List of Famous people who are 78

Daniel Lee Truhitte is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Rolfe Gruber, the young Austrian telegraph delivery boy in the The Sound of Music (1965). Truhitte is a singer, actor, dancer, and performance teacher.

Steven Haworth Miller is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, known as leader of the Steve Miller Band. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented sound during the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, releasing popular singles and albums. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

Josée Dayan is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.

Ursula Werner is a German actress born September 28, 1943, in Eberswalde, Germany. She grew up in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. After studying at the Staatlichen Schauspielschule Berlin, she obtained her first roles in the Halle Opera House, and in the Berlin cabaret "Die Distel". From 1974 to 2009 Werner was a permanent member of the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. She also makes guest appearances on the Gorki stage. She is particularly remembered for her role of Dr. Unglaube in the 1977 film Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu. From 2001 to 2007 she played a permanent secondary character in the Schloss Einstein series. Following several minor roles in film and on TV, she took the leading role for Andreas Dresen's Wolke 9 where she played the part of a woman in her late sixties who leaves her older husband for an even older man. The film attempts to show that even in advanced years, love and sex simply do not just stop. For this unusual role, Werner received the 2009 German Film Award (Lola) for the best female leading role.

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, fantasy, and science fiction.

Luis Rego is a French actor, comedian, writer and director, of Portuguese origins. He was a founding member of music/comedy group Les Charlots which he left after a few years.

Ferfried of Hohenzollern is a member of the princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and former champion race car driver. He is also known as the "black sheep" of Hohenzollern after several divorces and alcoholism including binge drinking scandals.

Tuesday Weld is a retired American actress. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over the following decade, she established a career playing dramatic roles in films.

José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena, nicknamed El Chopo, is a Spanish retired football goalkeeper and manager.

Wolfgang Thierse is a German politician (SPD). He served as the 11th President of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2005.