List of Famous people who are 78

Emir Simão Sader is a Brazilian sociologist and political scientist of Lebanese origin.

Lee Myung-hee is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Lee became the company's chairwoman in 1997 following its separation from Samsung and is credited for growing it into the country's second-largest retailer. With an estimated net worth of $840 million she is one of the wealthiest people in South Korea and was ranked 20th on Forbes 2017 list of 50 Richest Koreans.

Karel Jiri Jan Josef Fajfr is a German figure skating coach based in Oberstdorf and a former pair skater for Czechoslovakia.

Hikaru Saeki is the first female admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the first female in the entire Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to achieve star rank. Originally an obstetrician-gynecologist with the degree of M.D., Saeki joined the JMSDF in 1989. After her service in several military hospitals and medical rooms aboard naval vessels, she became the first woman to head a JSDF hospital in 1997, promoted to rear admiral in 2001, and retired in 2003.

Jinen Nagase is a Japanese politician who formerly served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe.

Lin Ming-cheng is a Taiwanese banker who is a member of the seventh generation of Lin family from Banciao, one of the richest families of Taiwan. He is the only son of Lin Hsiung-cheng and a grandson of Lin Erh-kang. In June 2008, Forbes magazine ranked him as the 20th-richest person in Taiwan. He is serving as the vice chairman of Hua Nan Financial Holdings, and the director of Hua Nan Bank of China.

Second Sergeant Usman bin Haji Muhammad Ali, also spelt Osman bin Haji Mohamed Ali, was an Indonesian marine and convicted murderer. He uses the aliases Janatin or Usman Janatin during his task of bombing the MacDonald House, which killed three people and injured 33 other people. Usman was executed alongside his accomplice Harun Said for the murders of the three deceased victims from the MacDonald House bombing.

Claus-Peter Schnorr is a German mathematician and cryptographer.

Jonathan Hugh Mance, Baron Mance, is a British judge who is a former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.