In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Florica Bagdasar
Romanian physician.
Born January 24th, 1901 in Bitola.
Died December 19th, 1978 at 77 years old in Bucharest.
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.
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.
Paul Yü Pin
Chinese cardinal (1901-1978).
Born April 13th, 1901 in Lanxi County. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1978 at 77 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
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).
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
German opera singer (1897-1978).
Born February 19th, 1897 in Aachen.
Died February 13th, 1978 at 80 years old in Munich, Nuremberg.
Ewald Balser
Actor (1898-1978).
Born October 5th, 1898 in Elberfeld.
Died April 17th, 1978 at 79 years old in Vienna (cancer).
José Gonzalvo
Spanish footballer (1920–1978).
Born January 16th, 1920 in Mollet del Vallès.
Died May 31st, 1978 at 58 years old in Barcelona.
Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê
Vietnamese cardinal (1898–1978).
Born December 11th, 1898 in Vietnam.
Died November 27th, 1978 at 79 years old in Hanoi.
Eugen Mack
Swiss artistic gymnast (1907–1978).
Born September 21st, 1907 in Arbon.
Died October 29th, 1978 at 71 years old in Basel.
Bjarne Brustad
Norwegian musician (1895-1978).
Born March 4th, 1895 in Christiania.
Died May 20th, 1978 at 83 years old in Oslo.
Maja Berezowska
Polish artist (1898-1978).
Born April 13th, 1898 in Baranavichy.
Died May 31st, 1978 at 80 years old in Warsaw.
Jan Mastenbroek
Dutch footballer (1902-1978).
Born July 5th, 1902 in Dordrecht.
Died May 23rd, 1978 at 75 years old in Enschede.
Francesco Tricomi
Italian mathematician (1897–1978).
Died November 21st, 1978 at 81 years old in Turin.
Ernst Melchior
Austrian association football player (1920-1978).
Born June 26th, 1920 in Villach. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1978 at 58 years old in Rouen.
Adolf Metzner
German athlete (1910–1978).
Born April 25th, 1910 in Frankenthal.
Died March 5th, 1978 at 67 years old in Hamburg.
Sverre Farstad
Speed skater (1920–1978).
Born February 8th, 1920 in Trondheim.
Died March 27th, 1978 at 58 years old in Oslo.
Annie Romein-Verschoor
Dutch historian, editor (1895–1978).
Born February 4th, 1895 in Nijmegen. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1978 at 83 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Endre Sík
Hungarian historian and politician (1891-1978).
Born April 2nd, 1891 in Budapest.
Died April 10th, 1978 at 87 years old in Budapest.
Xercès Louis
French footballer (1926-1978).
Born October 31st, 1926 in Sainte-Marie.
Died March 6th, 1978 at 51 years old in Alès. [ref]
Harold Barron
Athletics competitor (1894–1978).
Born August 29th, 1894 in Chester County.
Died October 5th, 1978 at 84 years old in San Francisco.
Mária Mednyánszky
Hungarian table tennis player (1901-1978).
Born April 7th, 1901 in Budapest.
Died December 22nd, 1978 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Alfred Braun
German actor and director (1888–1978).
Died January 3rd, 1978 at 89 years old in Berlin.
Hanna Honthy
Hungarian opera singer and actress (1893–1978).
Born February 21st, 1893 in Budapest.
Died December 30th, 1978 at 85 years old in Budapest.
Deaths 451 to 475 of 594
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius