List of Famous people who are 78

Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D. was the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, from on 2000 to 2020. He was the first non-canonist to hold this position. He has done advanced work in Christian spirituality and Jungian psychology. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston from 1988 to 2000.

Tina Sloan is an American actress, best known for originating and playing the part of Lillian Raines on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light from 1983 until the show's final broadcast in 2009. Her previous leading roles on daytime television have included scheming Kate Thornton Cannell on Somerset (1974–76), troubled Patti Barron McCleary on Search for Tomorrow (1976–78), and Dr. Olivia Delaney on Another World (1980–81). Her role as Lillian Raines endeared her and over the years, Lillian became one of the show's "guiding lights", a noble woman whose troubled past made her stronger and kept her morally grounded.

Erica Fischer is an Austrian writer, translator, and women's rights activist. She is best known for her book Aimée & Jaguar. Eine Liebesgeschichte, Berlin 1943 (1994), about Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim, which was adapted into the 1999 film Aimée & Jaguar. The book won Fischer a Lambda Literary Award in 1996. In 2009, Fischer was the recipient of the Hedwig Dohm certificate from the Association of Women Journalists.

David Nelson is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a co-founder and longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.