Famous People Who Died In 1979
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1979. This list includes people like John Wayne, Josef Mengele, Dhyan Chand, Sid Vicious, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, poets and physicists who died in 1979. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Lord Mountbatten(Last Viceroy of British India and Governor-General of Independent India)
25 June 1900
British
Minnie Riperton(Singer, Singer-songwriter)
08 November 1947
American
Donny Hathaway(Singer, Singer-songwriter, Conductor, Musician, Pianist, Record producer)
01 October 1945
American
Mamie Eisenhower(Former First Lady of the United States)
14 November 1896
American
Herbert Marcuse(American-German philosopher)
18 July 1898
German,American
Rachele Mussolini11 April 1890
Italian
Lowell George(Musician, Singer, Composer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Record producer)
13 April 1945
American
John Diefenbaker(Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat)
18 September 1895
Canadian
Carmine Galante(Drug trafficker)
21 February 1910
American
Talcott Parsons(Sociologist, University teacher)
13 December 1902
American
Philippe Cousteau(Explorer)
30 December 1940
French
Hannelore Schmatz(Mountaineer)
16 February 1940
German
Peggy Guggenheim(Art collector, Patron of the arts, Art dealer, Socialite)
26 August 1898
American
Hanna Reitsch(Aviator, Test pilot, Helicopter pilot, Military personnel)
29 March 1912
Austrian,German,Polish
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin(Astronomer, University teacher)
10 May 1900
British,American
Jimmy McCulloch(Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist)
04 June 1953
British,Scottish
Nino Rota(Composer, Conductor, Teacher, Pianist, Actor, Screenwriter, Film score composer)
03 December 1911
Italian
Gracie Fields(Actor, Comedian, Singer)
09 January 1898
British
Giuseppe Meazza(Association football player, Association football manager)
23 August 1910
Italian
Sara Carter(Singer-songwriter, Singer)
21 July 1898
American
Reinhard Gehlen(Officer)
03 April 1902
German
Judee Sill(Singer-songwriter, Singer, Composer, Pianist)
07 October 1944
American
Adolph Dubs(Diplomat, Politician)
04 August 1920
American
Francisco Macías Nguema(Former President of Equatorial Guinea)
01 January 1924
Spanish
Hafizullah Amin(Politician)
01 August 1929
Afghan
I. A. Richards(Literary critic, Philosopher, Writer)
26 February 1893
British
Jacques Mesrine(Criminal)
28 December 1936
French