List of Famous people who born in 1978

Timo Rost is a German former footballer and current manager of SpVgg Bayreuth.

Anne-Marie Withenshaw is a Canadian television and radio personality, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jan Šimák is a Czech former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career in Germany while making one appearance for the Czech Republic national team. As a player, he was well known for his powerful shot and goalscoring from midfield.

Cristian Karlo Rivero Schoster is a Peruvian television host, actor and male model, most known for being Gisela Valcárcel's co-host in all her TV shows.

Bruno Studer is a French teacher and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the 3rd constituency of Bas-Rhin.

César Fernández de las Heras Caneda, known simply as César, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Logroñés as a defender.

Sammul Chan Kin-fung is from Hong Kong. He is an actor, singer, and presenter.

Serkan Özsoy is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor in the TFF First League.

Samuel Muk Man Chu is a Hong Kong-born American activist and community organizer. Samuel is the founding and managing director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), the first and only DC-based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Hong Kong's basic freedoms, the rule of law, and autonomy. Launched in 2019, HKDC has successfully passed landmark legislation such as the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and numerous other policies supporting Hong Kong. HKDC and Chu also successfully pushed for economic sanctions and visa bans by the US on Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for the erosion of Hong Kong's basic freedoms and autonomy. In direct response, Hong Kong authorities issued arrest warrants against Samuel in July 2020, making him the first foreign citizen to be targeted under the Hong Kong National Security Law.

Lee Ru-ma, better known by his stage name Yiruma, is a South Korean pianist and composer.