Famous people born in 1978
The best-known people born in 1978, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident of Ukraine since 2019
January 25
Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0
Kobe BryantAmerican basketball player (1978–2020)
August 23 · d. 2020
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Gianluigi Buffonformer Italian footballer (born 1978)
January 28
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Frank LampardEnglish association football player and manager
June 20
Photo: Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0
Miroslav KloseGerman professional football manager and former player
June 9
Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Manny PacquiaoFilipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor, politician and philanthropist
December 17
Photo: Avito C. Dalan for the Philippine News Agency, Public domain
Katherine HeiglAmerican actress (born 1978)
November 24
Photo: Photo from www.lukeford.net, CC BY-SA 2.5
Gennaro GattusoItalian professional football manager and former player
January 9
Photo: Рыбакова Елена, CC BY-SA 3.0
Jüri RatasEstonian politician (born 1978)
July 2
Photo: 2017 Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, CC BY 2.0
Ayumi HamasakiJapanese singer, songwriter, and actress
October 2
Photo: Laura Cervantes Roura, CC BY 3.0
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January
- January 11 · Emile Heskey, English association football player
- January 20 · Omar Sy, French actor and comedian (born 1978)
- January 20 · Volodymyr Hroisman, Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2016 to 2019
- January 24 · Tomokazu Myōjin, Japanese association football player
- January 25 · Lila Tretikov, Russian–American engineer, manager and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
- January 25 · Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Zimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer; wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
February
- February 2 · Kota Yoshihara, Japanese association football player
- February 3 · Amal Clooney, Lebanese-British-French barrister and human right activist
- February 3 · Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
- February 7 · Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian association football player (born 1978)
- February 14 · Danai Gurira, Zimbabwean-American actress
- February 25 · Yuji Nakazawa, Japanese association football player
March
- March 1 · Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model and actress (born 1978)
- March 6 · Teruaki Kurobe, Japanese association football player
- March 9 · Lucas Neill, Australian association football player
- March 19 · Lenka, Australian singer-songwriter
- March 23 · Walter Samuel, Argentine association football player (born 1978)
- March 24 · Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech association football player (born 1978)
April
- April 15 · Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer
- April 15 · Anna Torv, Australian actress (born 1979)
- April 18 · Ryota Tsuzuki, Japanese association football player
- April 19 · Gabriel Heinze, Argentine association football player
- April 23 · Arash, Iranian singer
- April 26 · Stana Katic, Canadian actress
May
- May 8 · Lúcio, Brazilian footballer (born 1978)
- May 11 · Laetitia Casta, French actress and model
- May 12 · Malin Akerman, Swedish actress (born 1978)
- May 16 · Lionel Scaloni, Argentine football coach (born 1978)
- May 22 · Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
- May 23 · Hideaki Kitajima, Japanese association football player
June
- June 2 · Justin Long, American actor (born 1978)
- June 9 · Matt Bellamy, English singer-songwriter, member of Muse
- June 16 · Daniel Brühl, German actor (born 1978)
- June 19 · Marina Ovsyannikova, Russian television journalist
- June 24 · Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese association football player
- June 24 · Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine association football player
July
- July 12 · Topher Grace, American actor
- July 18 · Virginia Raggi, Italian politician (1978)
- July 21 · Josh Hartnett, American actor and producer (born 1978)
- July 21 · Justin Bartha, American actor (born 1978)
- July 22 · Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
- July 25 · Louise Brown, first in-vitro baby
August
- August 8 · Louis Saha, French footballer (born 1978)
- August 17 · Jelena Karleuša, Serbian singer
- August 18 · Andy Samberg, American comedian and actor (born 1978)
- August 18 · Steve Chen, Chinese-American businessman
- August 22 · James Corden, English actor, comedian, singer and television host (born 1978)
- August 29 · Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian association football player (born 1978)
September
- September 5 · Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister of New Zealand from January to November 2023
- September 11 · Dejan Stanković, Serbian association football manager and former player
- September 14 · Ron DeSantis, American politician (born 1978)
- September 15 · Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
- September 23 · Anthony Mackie, American actor
- September 27 · Ani Lorak, Ukrainian-born Russian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur
October
- October 3 · Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
- October 3 · Gerald Asamoah, German association football player
- October 7 · Alesha Dixon, British singer, rapper and dancer
- October 26 · CM Punk, American professional wrestler, actor, and retired mixed martial artist
- October 27 · Vanessa-Mae, British violinist
- October 28 · Gwendoline Christie, British actress (born 1978)
November
- November 8 · Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
- November 12 · Alexandra Maria Lara, German actress
- November 12 · Céline Sciamma, French director and screenwriter (born 1978)
- November 17 · Tom Ellis, Welsh actor
- November 27 · Jeton Kelmendi, Kosovar writer
- November 30 · Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and producer
December
- December 1 · Jen Psaki, American political advisor and White House Press Secretary from 2021 to 2022 (born 1978)
- December 6 · Emerson Sheik, Qatari association football player
- December 20 · Márcio Rodrigues, Brazilian association football player
- December 28 · John Legend, American singer-songwriter
- December 30 · Tyrese Gibson, American singer and actor
- December 31 · Johnny Sins, American adult film performer (born 1978)
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