List of Famous people who born in 1978

Xing Yu or Shi Xing Yu aka Shi Yanneng is a 32nd generation Shaolin monk born on December 27, 1978 in Zhangqiu, Shandong. His father and brother are policemen and his mother is a housewife.

Ryosuke Sawai is a Japanese former baseball infielder in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1998 and from 2000 to 2003.

Thomas Tesche is a retired German badminton player. He is the twin brother of Joachim Tesche, another former German badminton player. Thomas Tesche holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken, in business taxation, auditing and banking. Afterwards he completed his studies, he worked for 5 years as a research assistant at the Center for Accounting and Auditing at the University of Saarland in the area of accounting-related consultancy, as well as (co-)authoring numerous publications dealing with accounting issues.

Sami Hinkka, born 27 April 1978 in Finland, is a heavy metal bass player, presently with Ensiferum. He joined his current band in 2004 as a replacement for Jukka-Pekka Miettinen after playing for some years in the melodic death/doom metal band Rapture. He left his role with Rapture in 2006 and now plays only in Ensiferum.

Paul Odlin is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, best known for winning the 2012 New Zealand national championship in the individual time trial. Odlin currently runs the coaching business Odlin Cycle Coaching, helping New Zealand cyclists gain success.

Lily Hoshino is a Japanese manga artist. She is known for her extremely cute art style featured in her many published manga, some of which are boys' love (BL) series.

Joshua Harris is an American former child actor, former baseball player, and television producer. He is known for playing Christopher Ewing on the primetime soap opera Dallas from 1985 to 1991.