In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Greta Johansson
Swedish diver (1895–1978).
Born January 9th, 1895 in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1978 at 83 years old in San Mateo.
Ivan Dzerzhinsky
Russian composer (1909–1978).
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Tambov.
Died January 18th, 1978 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Vitorino Nemésio
Portuguese writer (1901–1978).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Praia da Vitória.
Died February 20th, 1978 at 76 years old in Lisbon.
Jean Guéhenno
French writer (1890-1978).
Born March 25th, 1890 in Fougères.
Died September 22nd, 1978 at 88 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Kamil Tolon
Turkish businessperson (1912–1978).
Born February 29th, 1912 in Constantinople.
Died July 23rd, 1978 at 66 years old in Geneva.
Ivan Pereverzev
Soviet actor (1914–1978).
Born September 3rd, 1914 in Oryol Governorate.
Died April 23rd, 1978 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Stere Adamache
Romanian footballer (1941-1978).
Born August 17th, 1941 in Galați. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1978 at 36 years old in Crișan (drowning). [ref]
Vera Maretskaya
Soviet actress (1906-1978).
Born July 31st, 1906 in Barvikha.
Died August 23rd, 1978 at 72 years old in Moscow (breast cancer).
Roparz Hemon
Breton writer (1900–1978).
Born November 18th, 1900 in Brest.
Died June 29th, 1978 at 77 years old in Dublin.
Edith Humphrey
British chemist (1875-1978).
Born September 11th, 1875 in London.
Died February 25th, 1978 at 102 years old in London.
Dragoslav Mihajlović
Serbian footballer (1906-1978).
Born December 13th, 1906 in Aleksinac.
Died June 18th, 1978 at 71 years old in Sale.
Rochus Gliese
German film director and actor (1891-1978).
Born January 6th, 1891 in Berlin.
Died December 22nd, 1978 at 87 years old in Berlin.
Helena Kagan
Israeli pediatrician (1889-1978).
Born September 25th, 1889 in Tashkent.
Died September 24th, 1978 at 88 years old in Jerusalem.
Lina Carstens
German actress (1892–1978).
Born December 6th, 1892 in Wiesbaden.
Died September 22nd, 1978 at 85 years old in Munich.
Pavel Antokolsky
Soviet russian poet and theatre director (1896-1978).
Born July 1st, 1896 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 9th, 1978 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Jānis Daliņš
Latvian athletics competitor (1904–1978).
Born November 5th, 1904 in Valmiera.
Died June 11th, 1978 at 73 years old in Melbourne.
Tadeusz Fijewski
Polish actor (1911-1978).
Born July 14th, 1911 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1978 at 67 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Edward Lindberg
Track and field competitor (1886–1978).
Born November 9th, 1886 in Cherokee.
Died February 16th, 1978 at 91 years old in Highland Park.
Germain Derycke
Belgian road bicycle racer (1929–1978).
Born November 2nd, 1929 in Kortrijk.
Died January 13th, 1978 at 48 years old in Kortrijk.
Raafat Attia
Egyptian association football player (1934–1978).
Born February 6th, 1934 in Egypt.
Died July 21st, 1978 at 44 years old
Theo Helfrich
German racing driver (1913–1978).
Born May 13th, 1913 in Frankfurt.
Died April 29th, 1978 at 64 years old in Ludwigshafen.
Norman Brunsdale
American politician (1891–1978).
Born July 9th, 1891 in Sherbrooke.
Died January 27th, 1978 at 86 years old in Mayville.
Irene Bowder Peacock
South african tennis player (1892-1978).
Born July 27th, 1892 in Firozpur.
Died June 13th, 1978 at 85 years old in Johannesburg (disease).
Lancelot Royle
British sprinter (1898–1978).
Born May 31st, 1898 in London Borough of Barnet.
Died June 19th, 1978 at 80 years old in London.
Deaths 426 to 450 of 594
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot