* 1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player

* 1978 – Myleene Klass, British singer, pianist, and model ( Hear ’ Say )

* 1978 – Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist ( Opeth )

* 1978 – Blaine Neal, American baseball player

* 1978 – Igor Semshov, Russian footballer

* 1978 – Kendra Todd, American real estate agent and author

* 1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and magistrate ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – Guy Berryman, Scottish musician and businessman ( Coldplay and Apparatjik )

* 1978 – Riley Smith, American actor

* 1978 – Tom Fulp, American video game programmer

* 1978 – Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist ( Dominici )

* 1978 – Marisa Miller, American model and actress

* 1978 – Reuben Rox, American actor, director, and producer

* 1978 – Marvel Smith, American football player

* 1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – Daniela Denby-Ashe, English actress

* 1978 – Ana Serradilla, Mexican actress

* 1978 – Audrey Tautou, French actress

* 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

Largely assisted by the return of Boycott, Brearley's men won the 1977 series 3 – 0 and then completed an overwhelming 5 – 1 series win against an Australian side missing its WSC players in 1978 – 79.

Allan Border made his Test debut for Australia in 1978 – 79.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

* 1978 – Jason Marquis, American baseball player

* 1978 – Jason White, Scottish rugby player

In 1978, Chapman co-wrote ( with Bernard McKenna ) and starred in The Odd Job alongside David Jason who had previously appeared on Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle, Jones, and Palin.

* 1978 – Jason Michael Carroll, American singer-songwriter

* 1978 – Jason Biggs, American actor

* 1978 – Jason M. Burns, American writer

* Jason Biggs ( born 1978 ), actor, attended Hasbrouck Heights High School.

* Jason Biggs ( born 1978 ), actor, American Pie – born in Pompton Plains.

* Jason of Star Command ( 1978 ) ( guest appearances )

Also in 1978, Simon and James Taylor sang backing vocals on two songs for Taylor's sister Kate's album Kate Taylor: " Happy Birthday Sweet Darling " and " Jason & Ida ".

* Mar 1978 Crimson Moon / Jason B.

The trend continued on a larger scale with The Hindenburg ( 1975 ) starring George C. Scott ; The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ) starring Burt Lancaster ; Two-Minute Warning ( 1976 ) starring Charlton Heston ; Black Sunday ( 1977 ) starring Robert Shaw ; Rollercoaster in Sensurround ( 1977 ) starring George Segal ; Damnation Alley ( 1977 ) starring Jan-Michael Vincent ; Avalanche ( 1978 ) starring Rock Hudson ; Gray Lady Down ( 1978 ) also starring Charlton Heston ; Hurricane ( a 1979 remake of John Ford's 1937 film ) starring Jason Robards ; and City on Fire ( 1979 ) starring Henry Fonda.

* Jason Marquis ( born 1978 ), Major League Baseball All Star pitcher

After breaking into series television in 1975 with Happy Days, followed by other sitcom and drama appearances and three more movies including Grease, Conaway was cast as vain and struggling, but goodhearted and handsome, aspiring actor Bobby Wheeler in the workplace comedy Taxi, which premiered in fall 1978 .< ref > West, Beverly, and Jason Bergund.

Jason Matthew Biggs ( born May 12, 1978 ) is an American actor best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen comedy films.

Jason Stollsteimer ( born Jason Elliott Stollsteimer on April 22, 1978 in Southfield, Michigan ) was the vocalist and guitarist for the American indie rock band The Von Bondies, which disbanded in 2011.

Technology journalist Jason Whittaker, in The Cyberspace Handbook, places the beginning of the golden age in 1978, with the release of Space Invaders, which he credits for bringing an end to the video game crash of 1977, sparking a renaissance for the video game industry, and starting a video game revolution.

Frank Dillon won the $ 50, 000 and $ 100, 000 tournaments in 1977 and 1978, respectively ; Eileen Jason won the $ 250, 000 tournament in 1979 by defeating Dillon in the finals.

Jason Keema Hart ( born April 29, 1978 ) is an American basketball coach and retired professional basketball player.

Jason Raymond Bay ( born September 20, 1978 ) is a Canadian professional baseball outfielder who currently plays for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.

Jason Scott Marquis (; born August 21, 1978 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.

Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE ( born 25 January 1978 ) is a British-born footballer of Grenadian heritage who plays as a striker for Reading in the English Premier League