John Wayne (1907-1979)
Movie Actor
1
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Punk Singer
2
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Soul Singer
3
Jim Hutton (1934-1979)
TV Actor
4
Etan Patz (1972-1979)
5
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
6
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
Movie Actress
7
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
8
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
9
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
10
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
11
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
12
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
13
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
14
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
15
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
16
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
17
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
18
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
19
Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979)
Painter
20
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
21
Dhyan Chand (1905-1979)
Field Hockey Player
22
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
23
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
Kurt Kasznar (1913-1979)
25
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
26
Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979)
27
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
28
John Carroll (1906-1979)
29
Olive Elaine Morris (1952-1979)
Activist
30
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
31
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
32
Dolores Costello (1903-1979)
33
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911-1979)
World Leader
34
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
35
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
36
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
37
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
38
Grant Green (1935-1979)
Guitarist
39
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
40
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
41
Giuseppe Meazza (1910-1979)
Soccer Player
42
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)
43
Archibald Roosevelt (1894-1979)
44
Arthur Fiedler (1894-1979)
45
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)
Sociologist
46
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
47
Florence Atwater (1896-1979)
Children's Author
48
