In the year 1979, the Guardian Angels are formed in New York City (Feb 13), it snows in Sahara (Feb 18), Voyager I photos reveal Jupiter’s rings (Mar 4), Sadat and Begin sign the Peace Treaty (Mar 26), Three Mile Island disaster occurs in Pennsylvania (Mar 28), Iran becomes an Islamic Republic (Apr 1), Margaret Thatcher becomes UK’s first female prime minister (May 4), the first international election takes place as European Community elects its MEPs (Jun 7), Sweden outlaws corporal punishment in the home, and the Sony Walkman goes on sale in Japan (Jul 1), National March for gay rights takes place in Washington, D.C. (Oct 14), Iran hostage crisis begins (Nov 4), Pink Floyd’s The Wall is released (Nov 30), the eradication of smallpox virus is certified (Dec 9), the One-child policy is introduced in China - and all these fine people were born:

1979-xxxx Halyna Hutchins* (b Androsovych) Ukrainian-American journalist/cinematographer - Horodets, Ukraine, Soviet Union (2021/42) 1979-0101 Jawed Karim* entrepreneur/co-founder of YouTube - Merseburg, East Germany (birth date tbd) 1979-0108 Hanna Ljungberg* football player - Umeå, Sweden 1979-0109 Ashraf Barhom* Christian Israeli-Arab actor - Galilee, Israel 1979-0110 Grace Wanjiru* race walker - Embu, Kenya 1979-0112 Marián Hossa* hockey player - Stara Lubovna, Czechoslovakia 1979-0113 Jill Wagner* model/actress/television personality - Winston-Salem, NC USA 1979-0118 Roberta Metsola* (b Tedesco Triccas) politician/President of the European Parliament - near St. Julian’s, Malta 1979-0120 Ray Panthaki* actor/writer/ producer - London, England 1979-0122 Ismo Leikola* standup-comedian - Jyväskylä, Finland 1979-0124 Tatyana Ali* actress/singer - North Bellmore, NY USA 1979-0124 Nik Wallenda* acrobat/high wire artist/author - Sarasota, FL USA 1979-0127 Rosamund Pike* actress - Hammersmith, London, England 1979-0128 Adam Bartley* actor - Eden Prairie, MN USA 1979-0129 Christina Koch* astronaut - Grand Rapids, MI USA 1979-0131 Daniel Tammet* autistic savant/novelist - Barking, England 1979-0201 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen* cross-country skier/WC - Hollola, Finland 1979-0203 Costa Ronin* actor/cinematographer - Kaliningrad, Soviet Union 1979-0205 1979-0210 1979-0212 Jesse Spencer* actor / musician - Melbourne, VIC Australia 1979-0213 Anders Behring Breivik* mass murderer - Oslo, Norway 1979-0215 1979-0217 Bear McCreary* musician/composer - Fort Lauderdale, FL USA 1979-0217 Conrad Ricamora* actor/singer - Santa Maria, CA USA 1979-0220 1979-0221 Jennifer Love Hewitt* actress/ singer/producer - Waco, TX USA 1979-0221 Jordan Peele* actor/producer/director - New York, NY USA 1979-0223 Erik Johansson* actor - Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden 1979-0228 Michael Bisping* British mixed martial artist - Nicosia, Cyprus 1979-0228 Sébastien Bourdais* racing driver - Le Mans, France 1979-0228 Primoz Peterka* ski jumper - Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia 1979-0301 Mustafa Mohamed* Swedish long-distance runner - Mogadishu, Somalia 1979-0309 Oscar Isaac* Guatemalan-American actor - Guatemala City, Guatemala 1979-0310 Edi Gathegi* Kenyan American actor - Nairobi, Kenya 1979-0311 Benji Madden* (b Combs) guitarist/producer/twin of Joel - Waldorf, MD USA 1979-0311 Joel Madden* (b Combs) singer/ producer/twin of Benji - Waldorf, MD USA 1979-0313 Paul Smith* singer/ songwriter - Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, England 1979-0315 1979-0316 Leena Peisa* keyboard player (Lordi) - Vantaa, Finland 1979-0320 Daniel Cormier* mixed martial artist/commentator - Lafayette, LA USA 1979-0320 Fiona Wade* actress (Emmerdale)/w Filipina mother - Enfield, Greater London, England 1979-0321 1979-0322 Zach Lund* skeleton racer/WB - Salt Lake City, UT USA 1979-0324 1979-0325 Lee Pace* actor - Chickasha, OK USA 1979-0330 Laura Huhtasaari* politician - Mänttä, Finland 1979-0401 Mikko Franck* violinist/conductor - Helsinki, Finland 1979-0404 Petteri Jamalainen* actor - Kemi, Finland 1979-0404 Heath Ledger* actor - Perth, Western Australia, Australia (2008/30) 1979-0404 Roberto Luongo* hockey player/OG - Montreal, QC Canada 1979-0404 Jessica Napier* actress - Wellington, New Zealand 1979-0408 Alexi Laiho* guitarist/composer/vocalist (Children of Bodom) - Espoo, Finland (2020/41) 1979-0410 Rachel Corrie* activist/diarist - Olympia, WA USA (2003/23) 1979-0412 Claire Danes* actress - Manhattan, NY USA 1979-0415 Luke Evans* actor/singer - Pontypool, Wales 1979-0417 Giusy Ferreri* singer-songwriter - Palermo, Italy 1979-0418 Kourtney Kardashian* model/ media personality/socialite – Los Angeles, CA USA 1979-0421 James McAvoy* actor - Glasgow, Scotland 1979-0423 Samppa Lajunen* Nordic combined athlete/OG - Turku, Finland 1979-0423 Lauri Ylönen* singer-songwriter (Rasmus) - Helsinki, Finland 1979-0425 Laura Bach* actress - Denmark 1979-0430 1979-0505 Vincent Kartheiser* actor - Minneapolis, MN USA 1979-0506 Gerd Kanter* athlete (discus/OG) - Tallinn, Estonia, Soviet Union 1979-0506 Lindsay Pulsipher* actress - Salt Lake City, UT USA 1979-0509 Rosario Dawson* actress/producer - New York City, NY USA 1979-0510 1979-0513 Carl Philip Bernadotte* Prince of Sweden - Stockholm, Sweden 1979-0513 Kelly Powers* surgeon/television commentator - Yonkers, NY USA (2024/45) 1979-0520 Andrew Scheer* politician - Ottawa, ON Canada 1979-0523 Ryan Nicholas* Japanese-Australian rugby player/active in New Zealand - Broken Hill, NSW Australia 1979-0524 Frank Mir* mixed martial artist - Las Vegas, NV USA 1979-0526 Ashley Massaro* model/show wrestler/ television personality - Babylon, NY USA (2019/39) 1979-0531 Kieran O’Connor* (b Ciarán Ó Conchubhair) football player - Aghada, County Cork, Ireland (2020/41) 1979-0601 Markus Persson* video game programmer (Minecraft)/designer - Stockholm, Sweden 1979-0602 Morena Baccarin* actress - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1979-0605 1979-0607 Anna Torv* actress (Fringe) - Melbourne, VIC Australia 1979-0610 Perttu Häkkinen* musician/ journalist/ writer - Kokkola, Finland (2018/39) IS 1979-0614 Pascale Hutton* actress - Creston, BC Canada 1979-0614 Juliana Nero* Vincentian cricketer - Saint Vincent 1979-0615 Achille Ridolfi* actor - Liège, Belgium 1979-0617 Tyson Apostol* Survivor S27 Contestant - Provo, UT USA 1979-0620 1979-0621 Chris Pratt* actor - Virginia, MN USA 1979-0624 Jason Romano* baseball player - Tampa, FL USA 1979-0628 Felicia Day* actress/ writer/web series creator - Huntsville, AL USA 1979-0630 Albano Jerónimo* actor - Alhandra, Lisbon, Portugal 1979-0702 Sam Hornish Jr.* race car driver - Defiance, OH USA 1979-0702 Joe Thornton* hockey player/OG - London, ON Canada 1979-0702 Nick Lloyd Webber* composer/ record producer/son of Andrew Lloyd Webber - England (2023/43) 1979-0702 Ayiesha Woods* singer - Long Island, NY USA 1979-0705 Elvin Astanov* Azerbaijan Paralympic athlete (shot put)/OG - Kapan District, Armenia, Soviet Union 1979-0705 Mike Cahill* film maker - New Haven, CT USA 1979-0706 Kevin Hart* stand-up comedian/actor - Philadelphia, PA USA 1979-0707 Shebly Niavarani* Iranian-Swedish actor - Tehran, Iran 1979-0707 Shane Yellowbird* Cree-Canadian country music singer - Hobbema, AB Canada (2022/42) 1979-0710 1979-0715 Travis Fimmel* model/actor - Echuca, VIC Australia 1979-0718 Mélina Robert-Michon* athlete (discus)/OS - Voiron, France 1979-0724 Rose Byrne* actress - Balmain, NSW, Australia 1979-0725 Juan Pablo Di Pace* singer/ actor/to Spain at age 12 - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1979-0727 Marielle Franco* politician/human rights activist - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2018/38) 1979-0730 1979-0731 Kai Mykkänen* politician/ Russian heritage - Espoo, Finland 1979-0731 B. J. Novak* actor/writer/ director - Newton, MA USA 1979-0801 Jason Momoa* actor - Honolulu, HI USA 1979-0803 Evangeline Lilly* actress - Fort Saskatchewan, AB Canada 1979-0807 Eric Johnson* actor - Edmonton, AB Canada 1979-0811 Jarno Leppälä* stunt performer (The Dudesons) - Seinäjoki, Finland 1979-0815 Mykhailo Havryliuk* activist - Yarivka, Ukraine, Soviet Union 1979-0820 Kimberly Stewart*  - Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, CA USA 1979-0822 Jennifer Finnigan* actress - Montreal, QC Canada 1979-0828 Shane van Dyke* actor/director/screenwriter - Los Angeles, CA USA 1979-0830 Marin Ireland* actress - Camarillo, CA USA 1979-0831 Mickie James* pro wrestler/country singer - Richmond, VA USA 1979-0903 Kieran O’Reilly* actor/musician/producer - Dublin, Ireland 1979-0910 1979-0911 Javad Foroughi* sport shooter/OG - Dehloran, Iran 1979-0912 1979-0915 Patrick Marleau* hockey player - Swift Current, SK Canada 1979-0919 Jarno Laasala* stunt performer (The Dudesons) - Seinäjoki, Finland 1979-0921 Maija Kovalevska* opera singer - Riga, Latvia 1979-0926 Chris Kunitz* hockey player/OG/SC - Regina, SK Canada 1979-0928 1979-0930 Juho Kuosmanen* film director - Kokkola, Finland 1979-1002 Brianna Brown* actress/ producer - Saint Paul, MN USA 1979-1003 John Morrison* pro wrestler/actor/traceur - Los Angeles, CA USA 1979-1003 Esther Staubli* agronomist/ football referee - Bern, Switzerland 1979-1004 Caitríona Balfe* model/ actress/producer -  Dublin, Ireland 1979-1005 1979-1007 Aaron Ashmore* actor - Richmond, BC Canada 1979-1007 Shawn Ashmore* actor/Aaron’s twin brother - Richmond, BC Canada 1979-1008 Kristanna Loken* actress - Ghent, NY USA 1979-1009 Brandon Routh* actor - Norwalk, IA USA 1979-1011 Bae Doona* 배두나 actress/photographer - Seoul, South Korea 1979-1017 Alexandros Nikolaidis* martial artist/WC - Thessaloniki, Greece 1979-1017 Kimi Räikkönen* racing driver/WC - Espoo, Finland 1979-1017 Kostas Tsartsaris* basketball player/coach - Veria, Greece 1979-1020 John Krasinski* actor /filmmaker - Boston, MA USA 1979-1103 Tim McIlrath* rock musician (Rise Against) - Indianapolis, IN USA 1979-1104 1979-1105 Hank Harris* actor - Duluth, MN USA 1979-1107 Mike Commodore* hockey player/ - Fort Saskatchewan, AB Canada 1979-1108 Dania Ramirez* actress - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1979-1109 Caroline Flack* radio and television presenter - Enfield, London, England (2020/40) 1979-1110 1979-1111 Esa Jussila* floorball player/coach - Finland 1979-1114 Osleidys Menéndez* athlete (javelin)/OG - Martí, Cuba 1979-1119 Katherine Kelly* actress - Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England 1979-1120 1979-1122 1979-1125 Joel Kinnaman* actor - Stockholm, Sweden 1979-1127 Teemu Tainio* football player/coach - Tornio, Finland 1979-1129 Simon Amstell* comedian/ television presenter - Gants Hill, Essex, England 1979-1130 Stephen Campbell Moore* (b Moore Thorpe) actor - London, England 1979-1130 Diego Klattenhoff* actor - French River, NS Canada 1979-1130 Iryna Vereshchuk* politician/DPM - Rava-Ruska, Ukraine, Soviet Union 1979-1201 1979-1203 Tiffany Haddish* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1979-1205 Niklas Hagman* hockey player/son of Matti Hagman - Espoo, Finland 1979-1205 Nick Stahl* actor - Harlingen, TX USA 1979-1206 Luke Letlow* politician - Monroe, LA USA (2020/41) 1979-1207 Sara Bareilles* singer-songwriter/ actress/ producer- Eureka, CA USA 1979-1207 Jennifer Carpenter* actress - Louisville, KY USA 1979-1214 Levan Akin* screenwriter/ film director/w Georgian ancestry - Botkyrka, Sweden 1979-1218 Mikko Ilonen* golf player - Lahti, Finland 1979-1220 Bob Lee* software engineer/businessman/founder of Cash App - St. Louis, MO USA (2023/43) 1979-1220 Matthew Reeve* British-American director/activist/son of Christopher Reeve - London, England 1979-1223 Johan Franzén* hockey player - Vetlanda, Sweden 1979-1224 1979-1227 Rutherford Chang* conceptual artist/Taiwanese background - Houston, TX USA (2025/45) 1979-1227 Peter Zuckerman* investigative journalist/campaign leader - USA 1979-1228 André Holland* actor - Bessemer, AL USA 1979-1228 Noomi Rapace* actress - Hudiksvall, Sweden 1979-1229 Juliana Kakraba* football player - Ghana 1979-0 1979-0 1979-0 Updated 2025-0427 Helsinki-Stockholm Search for another year here