1979 deaths

Salvadoran-French writer and artist (1901-1979)

actress (1886-1979)

Swedish mathematician (1887-1979)

French actor (1894–1979)

Argentine footballer (1940–1979)

Hungarian swimmer (1926-1979)

Olympic athlete (1898-1979)

German gallerist, art dealer and historian naturalised French (1884-1979)

Chinese paleontologist (1897–1979)

equestrian (1902–1979)

American composer (1898-1979)

Italian footballer and manager (1917-1979)

German dressage horse rider (1908–1979)

Eastern Orthodox theologian (1894–1979)

Russian footballer (1932-1979)

Catholic priest (1895–1979)

Sultan of Kelantan (1917–1979)

Russian princess

American actor (1894-1979)

Spanish poet (1916–1979)

Croatian sculptor, political commissar and university teacher (1900-1979)

Iranian Shia cleric and political activist

Soviet scientist and admiral (1893-1979)

Uruguayan footballer (1899-1979)

American trumpeter and composer (1930–1979)

American burlesque performer and actress (1904–1979)

American actress (1897–1979)

Dutch racing cyclist (1906-1979)

engineer from the United States

American singer (1944–1979)

Czech politician and doctor (1908-1979)

Olympic cyclist (1906–1979)

Chilean footballer (1903-1979)

Armenian artist, sculptor (1899–1979)

Czech footballer (1919-1979)

American actor (1887-1979)

American actress and model (1949-1979)

American conductor (1894-1979)

Irish classical scholar (1893–1979)

actor (1910-1979)

Russian Nazi collaborator, war criminal (1920-1979)

Turkish linguist (1895–1979)

Imperial Japanese Army soldier (1919–1979)

German dancer, choreographer and influential art dance educator (1901-1979)

Belgian swimmer and water polo player (1901–1979)

British writer (1910-1979)

American musician and poet (1938–1979)

American writer (1904–1979)

Countertenor singer (1912–1979)

Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim, opponent of Zionism (1887–1979)

field hockey player (1918-1979)

Italian footballer (1900-1979)

French-born American director (1900-1979)

Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)

German mathematician (1898–1979)

Hungarian footballer (1911-1979)

swimmer (1896–1979)

American mathematician, educator (1914–1979)

German photographer (1930–1979)

American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979)