People murdered in 1979

American Mafia boss (1910-1979)

Turkish journalist (1929–1979)

American gang member (1953–1979)

United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (1920-1979)

American politician (1891–1979)

French academic (1944–1979)

American singer

Italian journalist (1928–1979)

Iranian royal (1945–1979)

American mobster (1950–1979)

American photographer (1939–1979)

Italian lawyer (1933-1979)

American actor (1896-1979)

American philosopher

British diplomat (1920–1979)

Turkish professor of sociology (1921–1979)

American journalist (1941–1979)

Italian Roman Catholic physician, missionary and venerable (1932-1979)