page_title: 1978
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1978 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Karina Smirnoff at the Get Smart premiere, Fox Theater, Westwood, CA.
context_page_description: 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.
context_section_description: January 1 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
  January 2
  Raghda Khateb, Syrian voice actress
  Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress
  Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer
  January 3
  Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model, clothing designer and actress
  Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
  January 4 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (d. 2009)
  January 5
  Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
  January Jones, American actress
  January 7 – Emilio Palma, Argentine citizen, first human born in Antarctica
  January 9
  Chad Johnson, American football player
  AJ McLean, American singer
  Gennaro Gattuso, Italian football player
  January 10 – Kanako Mitsuhashi, Japanese voice actress
  January 11 – Emile Heskey, English footballer
  January 12
  Jeremy Camp, American singer and songwriter
  Hannah Gadsby, Australian comedian
  January 13
  Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
  Nate Silver, American statistician, psephologist and writer
  January 14 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
  January 15
  Eddie Cahill, American actor
  Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
  January 17 – Ricky Wilson, Lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs
  January 18
  Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
  Katja Kipping, German politician
  January 20 – Omar Sy, French actor and comedian
  January 23 – Josh Thompson, American singer
  January 24
  Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and voice actor
  Nami Miyahara, Japanese voice actress and singer
  Kristen Schaal, American actress
  January 25
  Gordie Dwyer, American hockey player and coach
  Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian politician and comedian, President of Ukraine
  January 26 – Kelly Stables, American actress
  January 28
  Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
  Jamie Carragher, English footballer
  Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
  Big Freedia, New Orleans musician, "Queen of Bounce"
  Sheamus - Irish wrestler
  Vanessa Villela, Mexican actress
  January 29 – Joice Hasselmann, Brazilian journalist, writer, activist and conservative political commentator
  January 31 – Brad Rutter, American game show champion (Jeopardy!)
caption: Karina Smirnoff
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