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
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
6
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
9
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
10
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Movie Actress
11
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
12
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
13
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
14
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
15
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
16
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
17
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
18
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
19
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
20
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
21
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
22
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
23
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
25
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
26
Dolores Costello (1903-1979)
27
James T. Farrell (1904-1979)
Novelist
28
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
29
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
30
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
31
Yvonne Mitchell (1915-1979)
32
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
33
Richard Beckinsale (1947-1979)
34
Ann Dvorak (1911-1979)
35
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)
Sociologist
36
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)
World Leader
37
Kurt Kasznar (1913-1979)
38
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
39
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
40
Van McCoy (1940-1979)
Music Producer
41
Carlos Camacho (1924-1979)
Politician
42
John Carroll (1906-1979)
43
Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979)
44
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
Guitarist
45
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)
Children's Author
46
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
Poet
47
Jack Soo (1917-1979)
48
