- Jan 8 Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
- Jan 11 Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler, born in Waterford, Ireland
- Jan 14 John Reuben, American hip hop artist, born in Columbus, Ohio
- Jan 18 Leo Varadkar, Irish politician (Prime Minister, 2017-), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Jan 29 Christina Koch, American NASA astronaut (Soyuz MS-12), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Jan 31 Daniel Tammet, British writer & autistic savant, born in Barking, London
- Feb 4 Andrei Arlovski, Russian mixed martial artist
- Feb 5 Paulo Gonçalves, Portuguese rally racing motorcycle rider (FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship 2013), born in Gemeses, Portugal (d. 2020)
- Feb 28 Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
- Mar 4 Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
- Mar 7 Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rican politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (2017-), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Mar 16 Rashad Moore, National Football League player
- Apr 6 Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael
- Apr 8 David Petruschin, American drag queen (Raven) and make-up artist, born in Victorville, California
- Apr 10 Rachel Corrie, American political activist, born in Olympia, Washington (d. 2003)
- Apr 14 Randal McCloy, Survivor of the Sago Mine Disaster
- Apr 24 Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne, born in Singapore
- May 6 Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality
- May 13 Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
- May 21 James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist
- May 21 Jamie Hepburn, Member of the Scottish Parliament
- May 25 Carlos Bocanegra, American sports executive and footballer, born in Alta Loma, California
- May 29 Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
- Jun 1 Markus Persson "Notch", Video game programmer (Mojang, Minecraft), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jun 7 Anne McClain, American army officer and NASA astronaut (Soyuz MS-11), born in Spokane, Washington
- Jun 19 John Ford, American software engineer
- Jun 22 Thomas Voeckler, French road cyclist
- Jun 24 Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject
- Jun 28 Florian Zeller, French novelist (La Fascination du Pire) and playwright, born in Paris
- Jun 30 Travis Minor, National Football League Runningback
- Jul 1 Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist, born in Columbus, Ohio
- Jul 6 Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
- Jul 14 Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier
- Jul 18 Rick Baxter, American politician
- Jul 27 Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 2018)
- Jul 30 Diva Zappa, American artist and daughter of Frank, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 8 Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir
- Aug 13 Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician, born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
- Aug 16 Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach
- Aug 28 Robert Hoyzer, German football referee, born in Berlin
- Sep 7 Pavol & Peter Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoists, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
- Sep 11 Nathan Gale, American murderer (Heavy metal Pantera's concert murder), born in Marysville, Ohio (d. 2004)
- Oct 5 Jaime Chambers, American television reporter, born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 26 Movsar Barayev, Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, born in Argun, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union (d. 2002)
- Oct 29 Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan politician
- Oct 31 Saaphyri Windsor, American reality TV figure, born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 16 Tony Frias, American footballer, born in Hudson, Massachusetts
- Nov 19 Barry Jenkins, American director and writer (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight), born in Miami, Florida
- Nov 25 Michael Lehan, American National Football League player
- Nov 26 B.J. Averell, American reality television contestant (The Amazing Race 9), born in Camden, New Jersey
- Dec 8 Johan Forssell, Swedish politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Dec 23 Holly Madison, American model, born in Astoria, Oregon
- Dec 29 Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist, born in Berkeley, California
About 1979
How Old? 40 or 41 years old
Generation: Generation X
Chinese Zodiac: Horse (Jan 1 - Jan 27), Goat/Sheep (Jan 28 - Dec 31)