List of Famous people who are 78

Tseng Yung-fu is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Justice of the Executive Yuan from 22 March 2010 to 6 September 2013.

Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa is a Bahraini royal, engineer and deputy prime minister of Bahrain.

António Simões da Costa ; born 14 December 1943), known as Simões, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger.

Professor Asaf Savaş Akat is a Turkish economist and academic. He served as Rector of Istanbul Bilgi University from 1996 to 1998, where he remains a Professor.

Galal Walker is an American professor of Chinese language at the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and a director the National East Asian Languages Resource Center, the Midwest US–China Flagship Program, and the Critical Language Scholarship Program at Ohio State University.

Andrew J. Nathan is a professor of political science at Columbia University. He specializes in Chinese politics, foreign policy, human rights and political culture. Nathan attended Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. in history, an M.A. in East Asian Studies, and a Ph.D. in Political Science. He has taught at Columbia University since 1971, and currently serves as the chair of the steering committee for the Center for the Study of Human Rights. His previous appointments include as the chair of the Department of Political Science (2003–2006), and chair of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (1991–1995).

Necla Pur is a Turkish economist and professor. She is the former rector of Marmara University.