page_title: 1979
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1979 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Maria Haukaas-Storeng at Fornebu, may 2010
context_page_description: 1979 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
context_section_description: August 1
  Jason Momoa, American actor
  Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (d. 2019)
  Honeysuckle Weeks, British actress
  August 3
  Danso Gordon, Canadian actor
  Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress and author of children's literature
  Maria Haukaas Mittet, Norwegian recording artist
  August 4 – Patryk Dominik Sztyber, Polish rock musician
  August 5 – David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
  August 7 – Miguel Llera, Spanish footballer
  August 10
  JoAnna Garcia, American actress
  Ted Geoghegan, American screenwriter
  August 11
  Drew Nelson, Canadian actor and voice actor
  Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
  August 12
  Peter Browngardt, American cartoonist
  Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
  August 13 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
  August 15
  Carl Edwards, American race car driver
  Peter Shukoff, American comedian, musician and personality
  August 16
  Sarah Balabagan, Filipina prisoner and singer
  August 19 – Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
  August 20 – Jamie Cullum, English jazz pianist and singer
  August 22 – Matt Walters, American football player
  August 23
  Mulan Jameela, Indonesian singer and politician
  Ritchie Neville, English singer (5ive)
  August 24
  Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
  Michael Redd, American basketball player
  August 25 – Andrew Hussie, American artist
  August 26
  Jamal Lewis, American football player
  Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
  August 27
  Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker and actor
  Tian Liang, Chinese diver
  Aaron Paul, American actor
  August 28
  Robert Hoyzer, German football referee
  Yuki Maeda, Japanese singer
  Shane Van Dyke, American actor
  August 29 – Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2002
  August 30
  Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
  Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress
  August 31
  Mickie James, American professional wrestler
  Simon Neil, Scottish musician (vocalist, guitarist, songwriter), Biffy Clyro Marmaduke Duke
  Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film composer
caption: Maria Haukaas Mittet
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