| DUSTINHOFFMAN | 1979 and 1988 |
| STREEP | 1979 and 1982 Oscar winner |
| IRWIN | US Open winner, 1974, 1979, and 1990 |
| FIELD | Best Actress winner for 1979 and 1984 |
| LOPEZ | LPGA leading money winner, 1978, 1979, and 1985 |
| TIGER | NHL's 1977, 1979, and 1981 leader in penalty minutes Williams |
| HUNT | Geoff ___, 1979 and 1980 World Open squash champion (4) |
| HALE | 1974, 1979 and 1990 US Open golf champion, ... Irwin (4) |
| VOYAGER | US space probe launched in 1977 that visited Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980 (7) |
| MCGOVERN | John ........ , Nottingham Forest 1979 and 1980 European Cup Finalwinning captain (8) |
| MADNESS | London band which had 14 UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1983 (7) |
| ROXANNE | Hit for the Police in 1979 and 1997 (7) |
| TRACYAUSTIN | Women's U.S. Open champ of 1979 and 1981 |
| TERESA | Mother ___ of Calcutta, Roman Catholic nun awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and canonised in 2016 (6) |
| LEAHIRWIN | *U.S. Open winner in 1974, 1979 and 1990 |
| GUILLAM | Peter ___, le Carre character played by Michael Jayston (1979) and Benedict Cumberbatch (2011) (7) |
| KARLA | le Carre character played by Patrick Stewart (1979) and Michael Sarne (2011) (5) |
| CONNIE | le Carre character played by Beryl Reid (1979) and Kathy Burke (2011) (6,5) |
| PIERRETRUDEAU | Prime Minister of Canada 1968-1979 and 1980-1984 (6,7) |
| MOSESMALONE | Houston Rocket named NBA MVP in 1979 and 1982: 2 wds. |
