List of Famous people who born in 1978

Silvia Dimitrov is a German former pair skater. She began competing internationally with Rico Rex in 1993. The pair placed sixth at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Budapest, eighth at the 1996 European Championships in Sofia, and 13th at the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne. Monika Scheibe coached the pair in Chemnitz. Dimitrov retired from competition due to injuries.

Martinus Hendricus Petrus "Martijn" van Dam is a Dutch engineer and politician. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he served as State Secretary for Economic Affairs from 3 November 2015 until 1 September 2017 in the Second Rutte cabinet. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2015. He previously served as councillor for the municipality of Eindhoven from April 1998 to January 2003. From the time he entered the States General on 30 January 2003 to 29 November 2006 he was the youngest member of the House.

Nicola Mayr is an Italian speed skater. She competed in two events at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Jason Russell is an American film and theater director, choreographer, and activist who co-founded Invisible Children, Inc. He is the director of Kony 2012, a short documentary film that went viral in the beginning of March 2012. In the first two weeks it gained more than 83 million views on YouTube and became the subject of media scrutiny and criticism. Its subject is the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, his alleged war crimes, and the movement to bring him to the International Criminal Court.