List of Famous people who born in 1978

Samuel Theis is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He was awarded the Camera d'Or prize along with Claire Burger and Marie Amachoukeli for directing the film Party Girl at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Ian Anthony Dale is an American actor who has a main role as Adam Noshimuri, ex-husband of former main character Kono Kalakaua, on Hawaii Five-0. Other notable roles include Deputy Secretary of Defense Harris Edwards on Salvation, Simon Lee on The Event, Davis Lee on Surface, Avatar Gamma on Charmed and Kazuya Mishima in Tekken. He has also appeared on shows such as Las Vegas, JAG, Day Break, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Criminal Minds; in 2007, he appeared in 24 as the minor character Zhou.

Ryan Toby is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his role as a Nigerian boy Wesley Glen Ahmal James in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.

Byron Lowell Donalds is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, his district includes parts of Lee County and Collier County. Donalds previously was the Florida State Representative for the 80th district, which encompasses Hendry County and part of Collier County, from 2016 to 2021. He and Burgess Owens are the two current African-American House Representatives from the Republican Party. He is the only member of Congress that is part of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Freedom Caucus.

Helena Margarida dos Santos e Costa is a Portuguese football manager.

Tom Hayes is a former trader for UBS and Citigroup who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for dishonestly driving manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a bank reported interest rate, to enhance his trading results. Hayes, in the course of his defence, asserted managers were aware of his actions, and even condoned them. Hayes has mild Asperger syndrome, and was repeatedly nicknamed Rain Man and other demeaning terms by his colleagues.

Nisaba Adi "Nisa" Godrej is the chairperson of Godrej Consumer Products LimitedConsumer Products.

Steve Thompson MBE is a former rugby union player who played at hooker for Northampton Saints and England.

Washington Alexis Viera Barreto, commonly known as Alexis Viera, is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He holds Italian citizenship. Currently, he is assistant coach of his last club Atlético F.C..

Ari Michael Shapiro is an American radio journalist. In September 2015, Shapiro became one of four rotating hosts on National Public Radio's flagship drive-time program All Things Considered. He previously served as White House correspondent and international correspondent based in London for NPR. Shapiro is married to former White House advisor Michael Gottlieb.