1979 deaths

Argentine footballer (1906-1979)

English composer and violist (1886–1979)

Soviet aerospace engineer (1903–1979)

Ukrainian composer and poet (1949-1979)

French singer (1925–1979)

American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)

Russian composer (1907-1979)

Italian author and translator (1908-1979)

Argentine footballer (1908-1979)

Slovenian actress (1907-1979)

United States Army general (1887-1979)

Brazilian footballer (1913-1979)

French Polynesian actor (1924-1979)

British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)

American swimmer (1907–1979)

American actress (1911–1979)

Spanish footballer (1911-1979)

4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong

German SS general (1903-1979)

American psychologist (1904-1979)

German composer and conductor (1894-1979)

Italian actor (1907–1979)

Italian footballer (1936-1979)

Palestinian Leader (1941-1979)

French writer (1913–1979)

Chinese politician (1897–1979)

American actor (1932-1979)

Hungarian boxer (1913-1979)

American actor (1901-1979)

Russian philosopher (1924–1979)

German writer (1889-1979)

American animator (1907–1979)

American poet, essayist and social commentator (1899–1979)

Automobile engineer, designer and racecar driver (1908-1979)

English television and film actor (1912-1979)

Peruvian politician (1895–1979)

Norwegian footballer (1914-1979)

fencer (1882-1979)

Soviet officer (1900–1979)

Swedish Olympic wrestler (1903–1979)

Black American civil rights activist, labor unionist, politician (1889-1979)

Norwegian footballer (1910-1979)

French actress (1900-1979)

German writer (1900-1979)

French criminal (1936–1979)

Argentine cardinal (1889-1979)

German swimmer and water polo player (1901–1979)

Roman Catholic cardinal (1905–1979)

American author (1915–1979)

Tunisian association football player (1949-1979)

German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)

American philanthropist and socialite (1912-1979)

equestrian (1902–1979)

German physicist (1905–1979)

American film producer (1908–1979)

Slovak astronomer (1916-1979)

Hungarian swimmer (1926-1979)

Swedish mathematician (1887-1979)

actress (1886-1979)

Argentine footballer (1940–1979)