Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
André François-Poncet
French diplomat (1887-1978).
Born June 13th, 1887 in Provins.
Died January 8th, 1978 at 90 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Max Decugis
French tennis player (1882-1978).
Born September 24th, 1882 in Paris.
Died September 6th, 1978 at 95 years old in Biot.
Nicolas Nabokov
Russian-american composer (1903–1978).
Born April 17th, 1903 in Liubča.
Died April 6th, 1978 at 74 years old in New York City.
Pancho Vladigerov
Bulgarian musician (1899-1978).
Born March 13th, 1899 in Zurich.
Died September 8th, 1978 at 79 years old in Sofia.
Thomas A. Wofford
American politician (1908-1978).
Born September 27th, 1908 in Laurens County.
Died February 25th, 1978 at 69 years old in Greenville.
Loyal Griggs
American cinematographer (1906-1978).
Born August 15th, 1906 in Sanilac County.
Died May 6th, 1978 at 71 years old in Laguna Hills.
Marie-Louise Damien
French singer and actress (1889–1978).
Born December 5th, 1889 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 30th, 1978 at 88 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Bruno Bušić
Croatian writer (1939–1978).
Born October 6th, 1939 in Donji Vinjani.
Died October 16th, 1978 at 39 years old in Paris (gunshot wound). [ref]
James Gould Cozzens
American novelist (1903-1978).
Born August 19th, 1903 in Chicago.
Died August 9th, 1978 at 74 years old in Stuart.
Russell Metty
American cinematographer (1906–1978).
Born September 2nd, 1906 in Los Angeles.
Died April 28th, 1978 at 71 years old in Canoga Park.
Theo Lingen
Actor, film director, screenwriter (1903–1978).
Born June 10th, 1903 in Hanover. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1978 at 75 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Tyulenev
Soviet general (1892-1978).
Born January 28th, 1892.
Died August 15th, 1978 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Valeska Gert
German dancer, cabaret artist, actress (1892-1978).
Born January 11th, 1892 in Berlin.
Died March 15th, 1978 at 86 years old in Kampen (Sylt) (disease).
William Steinberg
American conductor (1899-1978).
Born August 1st, 1899 in Cologne.
Died May 16th, 1978 at 78 years old in New York City.
Basil Dean
British actor and filmmaker.
Born September 27th, 1888 in Croydon.
Died April 22nd, 1978 at 89 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
British chemist.
Born November 9th, 1897 in Cambridge.
Died June 7th, 1978 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Edmundo Suárez
Spanish football manager (1916-1978).
Born January 22nd, 1916 in Barakaldo.
Died December 14th, 1978 at 62 years old in Valencia.
Odette Myrtil
French actor (1898-1978).
Born June 28th, 1898 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 18th, 1978 at 80 years old in Doylestown (stroke).
Ford Beebe
American screenwriter, film director (1888–1978).
Born November 26th, 1888 in Grand Rapids.
Died November 26th, 1978 at 90 years old in Lake Elsinore.
Robert Daniel Murphy
American diplomat (1894–1978).
Born October 28th, 1894 in Milwaukee.
Died January 9th, 1978 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Josef Frings
Archbishop and cardinal from germany.
Born February 6th, 1887 in Neuss.
Died December 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Cologne.
Ward Moore
American writer (1903–1978).
Born August 10th, 1903 in Madison.
Died January 28th, 1978 at 74 years old in Pacific Grove.
Fyodor Kulakov
Politician (1918-1978).
Born February 4th, 1918 in Lgovskiy Uyezd.
Died July 17th, 1978 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Philip Khuri Hitti
Lebanese-american academic and authority on the middle east (1886-1978).
Born June 22nd, 1886 in Shemlan.
Died December 24th, 1978 at 92 years old in Princeton.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 594
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld