* 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 – Matt Guerrier, American baseball player

* 1978 – Matt Walker, British swimmer

* Matt Kata ( born 1978 ), Major League Baseball player

* 1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player

* Matt Bradley ( born 1978 ), Canadian professional hockey player

He remains one of the youngest governors elected to date in U. S. history, along with Harold Stassen in Minnesota ( 1938 ), Bill Clinton in Arkansas ( 1978 ), Christopher " Kit " Bond and Matt Blunt in Missouri ( 1972 ) and ( 2004 ), respectively, and Bobby Jindal in Louisiana ( 2007 ).

Matthew Joseph " Matt " Rogers ( born September 16, 1978 in Arcadia, California ) is an American Country Singer / Songwriter and television host of There Goes the Neighborhood.

Gary Green was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year in 1978 – 79, leading the Petes to their only Memorial Cup championship.

* Matt Nagy ( born 1978 ), American football player

* Matt Warburton ( born 1978 ), American television writer

* Matt Smith ( Australian politician ) ( born 1978 ), member of the Tasmanian state parliament

* Matt Smith ( The Real World ) ( born 1978 ), participant in The Real World

* Matt Childers ( born 1978 ), American major League baseball player

* Matt Walker ( swimmer ) ( born 1978 ), British Paralympian

* Matt Hader ( 1978 ) is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer.

Based in Toronto, Ontario and founded in 1978 by Matt Walsh, Jerry Ciccoritti, and Sky Gilbert, Buddies in Bad Times is dedicated to " the promotion of queer theatrical expression ".

* Matt O ' Sullivan ( 1978 – 80 )

Matthew " Matt " W. Davis ( born May 8, 1978 ) is an American actor best known for his roles as Alaric Saltzman on The CW series The Vampire Diaries and Adam Hillman on the ABC series What About Brian.

Under the ring name Matt Bourne, Osborne debuted on December 6, 1978 and began wrestling for many independent promotions, most prominently for Portland Wrestling, Mid-South Wrestling, where he was allied with Ted DiBiase and Jim Duggan as a member of the " Rat Pack " faction.