In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Salim Rubaya Ali
President of the people's democratic republic of south yemen (1934-1978).
Born June 17th, 1934 in Abyan Governorate. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1978 at 44 years old in Aden (gunshot wound). [ref]
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.
Heiri Suter
Swiss racing cyclist (1899–1978).
Born July 10th, 1899 in Gränichen.
Died November 6th, 1978 at 79 years old in Bülach.
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.
Florica Bagdasar
Romanian physician.
Born January 24th, 1901 in Bitola.
Died December 19th, 1978 at 77 years old in Bucharest.
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.
Francesco Tricomi
Italian mathematician (1897–1978).
Died November 21st, 1978 at 81 years old in Turin.
Adolf Metzner
German athlete (1910–1978).
Born April 25th, 1910 in Frankenthal.
Died March 5th, 1978 at 67 years old in Hamburg.
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.
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]
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.
Mauk Weber
Dutch footballer (1914-1978).
Born March 1st, 1914 in The Hague.
Died April 14th, 1978 at 64 years old in The Hague.
Endre Sík
Hungarian historian and politician (1891-1978).
Born April 2nd, 1891 in Budapest.
Died April 10th, 1978 at 87 years old in Budapest.
Gary Chapman
Australian swimmer, olympic bronze medallist (1938–1978).
Born March 12th, 1938 in Brighton-Le-Sands. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1978 at 40 years old in Little Bay (drowning).
Federico Chávez
President of paraguay (1949-1954).
Born February 15th, 1881 in Paraguarí.
Died April 24th, 1978 at 97 years old in Asunción.
Mária Mednyánszky
Hungarian table tennis player (1901-1978).
Born April 7th, 1901 in Budapest.
Died December 22nd, 1978 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Jenő Konrád
Hungarian association football player and manager (1894-1978).
Born August 13th, 1894 in Bačka Palanka.
Died July 15th, 1978 at 83 years old in New York City.
Sverre Farstad
Speed skater (1920–1978).
Born February 8th, 1920 in Trondheim.
Died March 27th, 1978 at 58 years old in Oslo.
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).
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.
Deaths 451 to 475 of 594
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore