1979 deaths

American actor (1907–1979)

Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)

3rd President of the Republic of Korea

4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)

Japanese physicist (1906-1979)

English bassist (1957–1979)

Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)

Italian chemist

American chemist

President of Angola (1975-1979)

Italian association football player and manager (1910-1979)

British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)

Jewish-German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)

British-born American astronomer

Finnish writer (1908–1979)

Swedish economist and politician (1899-1979)

American sociologist (1902 – 1979)

American poet (1911–1979)

First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961

Equatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)

French political economist regarded by as a chief architect of European unity (1888-1979)

Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915-1979)

Czechoslovak general and politician (1895-1979)

German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904-1979)

French musician, conductor, and teacher (1887-1979)

Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979)

German biochemist, Nobel Laureate (1911–1979)

Hungarian footballer

Italian composer

13th Prime Minister of Canada (1895-1979)

Japanese association football player (1917–1979)

Indian field hockey player (1905–1979)

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979)

American film director (1911-1979)

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

American film producer (1902–1979)

Austrian-born British nuclear physicist

American actress (1938–1979)

British novelist (1890–1979)

British actress (1911-1979)

German astronomer (1892–1979)

56th President of Mexico

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

German aviator (1912–1979)

American actress (1906–1979)

Kurdish nationalist (1903–1979)

Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)

Italian engineer (1891-1979)

American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)

German student activist (1940–1979)

Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979)

Italian football manager (1912–1979)

American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979)

Yugoslav politician (1910–1979)

President of Ecuador (1934 - 1935) / (1944 - 1947) / (1952 - 1956) / (1960 - 1961) / (1968 - 1972)

Soviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player (1922–1979)