1979 (people)


 * 16 January - Actor Peter Butterworth died.
 * 21 January - Actor Kevin Wickenden was born.
 * 29 January - Writer Adrian Poynton was born.
 * 19 February - Actor Caroline Chikezie was born.
 * 2 March - Actor Jocelyn Jee Esien was born.
 * 6 March - Actor Rufus Hound was born.
 * 10 March - Actor Laura Rogers was born.
 * 20 March - Actor Freema Agyeman was born.
 * 27 March - Actor Louise Brealey was born.
 * 2 April - Casting director Melanie Burgess was born.
 * 9 April - Actor Ben Silverstone was born.
 * 27 April - Actor Christine Bottomley was born.
 * 30 April - Actor Oliver Mason was born.
 * 31 May - Cinematographer John Wilcox died.
 * 13 June - Artist Emma Vieceli was born.
 * 28 June - Actor Elaine Tan was born.
 * 6 July - Writer Malcolm Hulke died.
 * 6 July - Actor Abdul Salis was born.
 * 31 July - Actor Beatrix Lehmann died.
 * 1 August - Actor Honeysuckle Weeks was born.
 * 3 August - Actor Jason May was born.
 * 8 August - Actor Rosanna Lavelle was born.
 * 8 August - Actor Pooja Shah was born.
 * 13 August - Foley editor Helen Dickson was born.
 * 14 August - Actor Jamie Parker was born.
 * 19 August - Writer Joshua Hale Fialkov was born.
 * 22 August - Actor Megan Duffy was born.
 * 2 September - Actor Derek Seaton died.
 * 8 September - Actor Miles Jupp was born.
 * 22 September - Actor MyAnna Buring was born.
 * 6 October - Actor Lex Shrapnel was born.
 * 11 October - Actor Allison McKenzie was born.
 * 17 October - Actor John Stuart died.
 * 30 October - Actor Graham Ashley died.
 * 5 November - Actor Liz White was born.
 * 7 November - Totally Doctor Who presenter Barney Harwood was born.
 * 19 November - Actor Katherine Kelly was born.
 * 21 December - Actor Daniel Brocklebank was born.
 * 24 December - Actor Natalie Walter was born.
 * Unknown - BBC executive Ian Atkins was born.