Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1979

John "Jack" Milburn was an English footballer who played 408 games for Leeds United. He was also a football manager.

Tatjana Iwanow fue una actriz y cantante de nacionalidad alemana.

Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim was the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia from 21 September 1975 to his death, and the 27th Sultan of Kelantan (1960–1979).

Alberto Martín-Artajo Álvarez fue un político y propagandista católico español, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores durante la dictadura franquista.

Jon Hall was an American film actor known for playing a variety of adventurous roles, as in 1937's The Hurricane, and later when contracted to Universal Pictures, including Invisible Agent and The Invisible Man's Revenge and six movies he made with Maria Montez. He was also known to 1950s fans as the creator and star of the Ramar of the Jungle television series which ran from 1952 to 1954. Hall directed and starred in two 1960s sci-fi films in his later years, The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965) and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966).

Edvard Kardelj, también conocido bajo los seudónimos de Sperans y Krištof, fue un líder comunista yugoslavo de origen esloveno, que se destacó como comandante partisano y economista en la Yugoslavia socialista. Fue también miembro de la Academia Serbia de Ciencias y Artes, así como Héroe del Pueblo de Yugoslavia, y es considerado el creador principal del sistema yugoslavo de autogestión obrera.

Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the world wars. He is best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in Malaya between 1952 and 1954. As Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1955–58, he was Prime Minister Anthony Eden's chief military adviser during the Suez Crisis.

Sir Desmond Oriel Alistair George Weston Cochrane, 3rd Baronet was an army officer and Honorary Consul-General of Ireland for Syria and Lebanon.