In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Ivan Pereverzev
Soviet actor (1914–1978).
Born September 3rd, 1914 in Oryol Governorate.
Died April 23rd, 1978 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Dox
Malagasy writer (1913-1978).
Born January 13th, 1913 in Manakavaly.
Died June 14th, 1978 at 65 years old in Antananarivo.
Vera Maretskaya
Soviet actress (1906-1978).
Born July 31st, 1906 in Barvikha.
Died August 23rd, 1978 at 72 years old in Moscow (breast cancer).
Liane Augustin
German-austrian singer.
Born September 18th, 1928 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1978 at 49 years old in Vienna.
Baltasar Albéniz
Spanish footballer (1905-1978).
Born January 6th, 1905 in Eibar.
Died November 29th, 1978 at 73 years old in Pamplona.
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]
Vitorino Nemésio
Portuguese writer (1901–1978).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Praia da Vitória.
Died February 20th, 1978 at 76 years old in Lisbon.
Ivan Dzerzhinsky
Russian composer (1909–1978).
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Tambov.
Died January 18th, 1978 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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.
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.
Edith Humphrey
British chemist (1875-1978).
Born September 11th, 1875 in London.
Died February 25th, 1978 at 102 years old in London.
Roparz Hemon
Breton writer (1900–1978).
Born November 18th, 1900 in Brest.
Died June 29th, 1978 at 77 years old in Dublin.
Dragoslav Mihajlović
Serbian footballer (1906-1978).
Born December 13th, 1906 in Aleksinac.
Died June 18th, 1978 at 71 years old in Sale.
Lynne Roberts
Film actress (1922-1978).
Born November 22nd, 1922 in El Paso.
Died April 1st, 1978 at 55 years old in Sherman Oaks (falling from height).
Lina Carstens
German actress (1892–1978).
Born December 6th, 1892 in Wiesbaden.
Died September 22nd, 1978 at 85 years old in Munich.
Tadeusz Fijewski
Polish actor (1911-1978).
Born July 14th, 1911 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1978 at 67 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Helena Kagan
Israeli pediatrician (1889-1978).
Born September 25th, 1889 in Tashkent.
Died September 24th, 1978 at 88 years old in Jerusalem.
Jānis Daliņš
Latvian athletics competitor (1904–1978).
Born November 5th, 1904 in Valmiera.
Died June 11th, 1978 at 73 years old in Melbourne.
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.
Norman Brunsdale
American politician (1891–1978).
Born July 9th, 1891 in Sherbrooke.
Died January 27th, 1978 at 86 years old in Mayville.
Theo Helfrich
German racing driver (1913–1978).
Born May 13th, 1913 in Frankfurt.
Died April 29th, 1978 at 64 years old in Ludwigshafen.
Raafat Attia
Egyptian association football player (1934–1978).
Born February 6th, 1934 in Egypt.
Died July 21st, 1978 at 44 years old
Federico Chávez
President of paraguay (1949-1954).
Born February 15th, 1881 in Paraguarí.
Died April 24th, 1978 at 97 years old in Asunción.
Heiri Suter
Swiss racing cyclist (1899–1978).
Born July 10th, 1899 in Gränichen.
Died November 6th, 1978 at 79 years old in Bülach.
Deaths 426 to 450 of 594
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