Famous people born in 1979
The best-known people born in 1979, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Chris PrattAmerican actor (born 1979)
June 21
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Tawakkol KarmanYemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist (born 1979)
February 7
Photo: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Diego ForlánUruguayan association football player and manager (born 1979)
May 19
Photo: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Jason MomoaAmerican actor (born 1979)
August 1
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Leo VaradkarTaoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024.
January 18
Photo: Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0
Olga KurylenkoUkrainian-French actress and model
November 14
Photo: Original: Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya / Derivative work: Benezius, CC BY 2.0
Eric AbidalFrench footballer (born 1979)
September 11
Photo: Mutari 16:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC), Public domain
- Roberta Metsola
Maltese politician and president of the European Parliament since 2022 (born 1979)
January 18
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January
- January 1 · Vidya Balan, Indian film actress
- January 7 · Christian Lindner, German politician, former Federal Minister of Finance
- January 8 · Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer (born 1979)
- January 8 · Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian association football player
- January 18 · Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer (born 1979)
- January 29 · Christina Koch, American astronaut (born 1979)
February
- February 6 · Alice Weidel, German politician (born 1979), AfD
- February 11 · Brandy Norwood, American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979)
- February 13 · Rafael Márquez El piojo, Mexican association football player
- February 13 · Mena Suvari, American actress, fashion designer, model (born 1979)
- February 14 · Yuichiro Nagai, Japanese association football player
- February 21 · Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979)
March
- March 2 · Damien Duff, Irish footballer and manager (born 1979)
- March 4 · Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian footballer
- March 6 · Tim Howard, American soccer player (born 1979)
- March 9 · Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
- March 17 · Stormy Daniels, American pornographic actress and director (born 1979)
- March 30 · Anatolii Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian footballer (born 1979)
April
- April 5 · Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese association football player
- April 10 · Sophie Ellis-Bextor, British singer (born 1979)
- April 10 · Rachel Corrie, American anti-war and human rights activist
- April 15 · Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer
- April 18 · Kourtney Kardashian, American media personality, model and businesswoman (born 1979)
- April 25 · Manal al-Sharif, Saudi Arabian activist
May
- May 9 · Rosario Dawson, American actress (born 1979)
- May 14 · Bleona, Albanian singer and actress
- May 18 · Milivoje Novaković, Slovenian association football player
- May 21 · Hideo Hashimoto, Japanese association football player
- May 22 · Maggie Q, American actress
- May 29 · Arne Friedrich, German association football player
June
- June 1 · Markus Persson, Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
- June 2 · Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
- June 4 · Naohiro Takahara, Japanese association football player
- June 7 · Anna Torv, Australian actress (born 1979)
- June 12 · Diego Milito, Argentine football player (1979-)
- June 20 · Masashi Motoyama, Japanese association football player
July
- July 6 · Kevin Hart, American comedian and actor (born 1979)
- July 9 · Koji Nakata, Japanese association football player
- July 13 · Craig Bellamy, Welsh association football manager
- July 14 · Sergei Ignashevich, Russian footballer
- July 24 · Rose Byrne, Australian actress
- July 31 · Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
August
- August 2 · Hitoshi Sogahata, Japanese association football player
- August 2 · Ryuji Bando, Japanese association football player
- August 7 · Nenad Đorđević, Serbian association football player
- August 19 · Gintautas Paluckas, Lithuanian politician (born 1979)
- August 21 · Joel Griffiths, Australian association football player
- August 27 · Aaron Paul, American actor (born 1979)
September
- September 3 · Júlio César, Brazilian footballer
- September 14 · Ivica Olić, Croatian football player and manager
- September 16 · Flo Rida, American rapper and singer (born 1979)
- September 16 · Keisuke Tsuboi, Japanese association football player
- September 18 · Junichi Inamoto, Japanese association football player
- September 27 · Shinji Ono, Japanese association football player
October
- October 8 · Kristanna Loken, American actress
- October 13 · Wes Brown, English association football player
- October 18 · Ne-Yo, American singer and songwriter (born 1979)
- October 20 · John Krasinski, American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)
- October 23 · Prabhas, Indian film actor
- October 31 · Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
November
- November 3 · Pablo Aimar, Argentine association football manager (born 1979)
- November 21 · Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian association football player
- November 23 · Nihat Kahveci, Turkish association football player (born 1979)
- November 23 · Kelly Brook, British actress and model
- November 25 · Joel Kinnaman, Swedish-American actor
- November 29 · The Game, American rapper, record producer and actor
December
- December 5 · Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Uzbekistani chess player
- December 7 · Sara Bareilles, American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
- December 14 · Sophie Monk, Australian actor and singer
- December 22 · Naotake Hanyu, Japanese association football player
- December 28 · Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
- December 29 · Diego Luna, Mexican actor (1979-)
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