page_title: 1979
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1979 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Press conference of 7 Days in Entebbe at Berlinale 2018. Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike, Omar Berdouni
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: January 1
  Brody Dalle, Australian singer
  Vidya Balan, Indian actress
  Gisela, Spanish pop singer and a Spanish dub actress
  Koichi Domoto, Japanese entertainer (KinKi Kids)
  January 2 – Erica Hubbard, American actress
  January 3
  Francesco Bellissimo, Italian Chef
  Koit Toome, Estonian singer and musical actor
  Rie Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
  January 4 – Kevin Kuske, German Olympic bobsledder
  January 6
  Christina Chanée, Danish-Thai pop singer
  Bernice Liu, Hong Kong actress
  Cristela Alonzo, American actress and comedian
  January 7
  Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and model
  Christian Lindner, German politician
  January 8
  Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, writer, director, producer and political activist
  Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer
  Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian football goalkeeper
  Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (d. 2015)
  January 9
  Jake Shields, UFC fighter
  Joshua Harto, American actor
  Tomiko Van, Japanese singer (Do As Infinity)
  Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and model
  January 10 – Chris Smith, African-American rapper (Kris Kross)
  January 11 – Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
  January 12
  Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
  Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
  Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
  January 14 – Angela Lindvall, American model
  January 15
  Drew Brees, American football player
  Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
  January 16 – Aaliyah, American R&B singer and actress (d. 2001)
  January 17 – Sharon Chan, Hong Kong actress
  January 18
  Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, song producer and actor
  Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
  Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland
  Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
  January 19
  Svetlana Khorkina, Russian artistic gymnast
  Wiley, British record producer and MC
  January 20
  Rob Bourdon, American drummer (Linkin Park)
  Billy Knight, American professional basketball player (d. 2018)
  Asaka Kubo, Japanese gravure idol
  Will Young, English singer
  January 21
  Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union player
  Inul Daratista, Indonesian dangdut singer
  Johann Hari, Scot-Swiss Journalist and author
  January 23 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player
  January 24 – Tatyana Ali, American actress
  January 25 – Christine Lakin, American actress
  January 26
  ACM Neto, Brazilian lawyer and politician
  Sara Rue, American actress
  January 27
  Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
  Rosamund Pike, British actress
  January 29 – B. J. Flores, American boxer
  January 31 – Jenny Wolf, German speed skater
caption: Rosamund Pike
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