In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Victor Hasselblad
Swedish photographer and inventor (1906–1978).
Born March 8th, 1906 in Göteborgs Kristine församling. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1978 at 72 years old in Onsala. [ref]
Claire Adams
Canadian actress (1898-1978).
Born September 24th, 1898 in Winnipeg. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1978 at 80 years old in Melbourne.
Mikhail Pervukhin
First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).
Born October 14th, 1904 in Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Valerian Gracias
Catholic cardinal (1901–1978).
Born October 23rd, 1900 in Karachi.
Died September 11th, 1978 at 77 years old in Mumbai.
François Duprat
French politician (1940–1978).
Born October 26th, 1940 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1978 at 37 years old in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon (terrorist attack). [ref]
Gertrude Mary Cox
American statistician (1900-1978).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Dayton.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 72 years old in Durham (leukemia).
Wesley Bolin
American politician (1909-1978).
Born July 1st, 1909 in Butler.
Died March 4th, 1978 at 68 years old in Phoenix.
Arnold Hauser
Hungarian art historian (1892-1978).
Born May 8th, 1892 in Timișoara.
Died January 28th, 1978 at 85 years old in Budapest.
John Randolph Bray
Animator (1879-1978).
Born August 25th, 1879 in Addison.
Died October 10th, 1978 at 99 years old in Bridgeport.
Richard Lindner
American-german painter, 1901-1978.
Born November 11th, 1901 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Karl Lennart Oesch
Finnish general and war criminal (1892-1978).
Born August 8th, 1892 in Otradnoye. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1978 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Dennie Moore
American actress (1902–1978).
Born December 31st, 1902 in New York City.
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 75 years old in New York City.
O. E. Hasse
German film actor and director (1903–1978).
Born July 11th, 1903 in Obrzycko.
Died September 12th, 1978 at 75 years old in Berlin.
August Sabbe
Estonian anti-communist (1909-1978).
Born September 1st, 1909 in Paidra.
Died September 27th, 1978 at 69 years old in Paidra (drowning).
Karl Herzfeld
Austrian-american physicist (1892–1978).
Born February 24th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died June 4th, 1978 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lee Garmes
American cinematographer (1898–1978).
Born May 27th, 1898 in Peoria. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1978 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Renny Ottolina
Venezuelan producer and entertainer (1928–1978).
Born December 11th, 1928 in Valencia.
Died March 16th, 1978 at 49 years old in Caracas (aviation accident).
Naoki Hoshino
Japanese politician (1892-1978).
Born April 10th, 1892 in Yokohama.
Died January 26th, 1978 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
Kathryn McGuire
American actress (1903-1978).
Born December 6th, 1903 in Peoria.
Died October 10th, 1978 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola
Spanish philosopher (1917–1978).
Born April 6th, 1917 in Madrid.
Died February 18th, 1978 at 60 years old in Madrid.
Werner Finck
German actor (1902-1978).
Born May 2nd, 1902 in Görlitz.
Died July 31st, 1978 at 76 years old in Munich.
Carlos Torre Repetto
Mexican chess player (1904-1978).
Born November 23rd, 1905 in Mérida. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1978 at 72 years old in Mérida.
Jacques Brugnon
French tennis player (1895-1978).
Born May 11th, 1895 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 20th, 1978 at 82 years old in Monaco.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Ss officer (1897–1978).
Born May 6th, 1897 in Września.
Died March 11th, 1978 at 80 years old in Hanover.
Goffredo Alessandrini
Italian filmwriter and film director (1904–1978).
Born September 9th, 1904 in Cairo.
Died May 16th, 1978 at 73 years old in Rome.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 594
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi