| MAHAFFEY | John -, US winner of the 1978 PGA Championship |
| DUFNER | Jason -, US winner of the 2013 PGA Championship (6) |
| MARR | Dave -, US winner of the 1965 PGA Championship (4) |
| MARCCONNELLY | US winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play The Green Pastures (4,8) |
| KOEPKA | Brooks ...... , US winner of the PGA Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2023 (6) |
| ANNESEXTON | US winner of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the collection Live or Die (4,6) |
| LOPEZ | Nancy ___, US winner of the 1989 LPGA title (5) |
| ASHE | US winner of the 1975 Wimbledon singles; Arthur ... (4) |
| PENHALL | Bruce -, US winner of the 1981 and 1982 Speedway World Championships (7) |
| BOBDYLAN | US winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature (3,5) |
| THESEA | Winner of the 2005 Booker prize (or half the winner of the 1978 Booker prize) |
| HENNING | Anne, US winner of the 1972 Winter Olympic women's 500m speed skating gold medal (7) |
| MURDOCH | Iris, winner of the 1978 Booker Prize with The Sea, the Sea (7) |
| ANDRETTI | Mario ___, winner of the 1978 F1 World Championship (8) |
| SINGER | Isaac Bashevis --, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature (6) |
| GHANA | Hosts and winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations (5) |
| JESSEOWENS | US winner of four golds at the 1936 Berlin Olympics |
| SADAT | Anwar, Egyptian president who was a co-winner of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize (5) |
| AOKI | Isao ...., Japanese golfer; winner of the 1978 Work! Match Play an 1993 Panasonic European Open tournaments (4) |
| AGUTTER | Jenny ___, winner of the 1978 Best Supporting Actress Bafta for her performance in Equus (7) |
