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
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
7
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
8
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
9
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
10
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
11
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Movie Actress
12
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
13
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
14
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
15
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
16
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
17
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
18
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
19
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
20
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
21
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
22
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
23
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
James T. Farrell (1904-1979)
Novelist
25
Emory Parnell (1892-1979)
26
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
27
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
28
Dolores Costello (1903-1979)
29
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
30
David Campbell (1915-1979)
Poet
31
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
32
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
33
Juana de Ibarbourou (1892-1979)
34
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)
Sociologist
35
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
36
Kurt Kasznar (1913-1979)
37
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
38
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
World Leader
39
Van McCoy (1940-1979)
Music Producer
40
John Carroll (1906-1979)
41
Richard Beckinsale (1947-1979)
42
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
Guitarist
43
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)
Children's Author
44
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
45
Jack Soo (1917-1979)
46
Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)
Physicist
47
Edgar Buchanan (1903-1979)
48
