In the year 1978
594 Notable deaths
Robert Giertsen
Sailor (1894-1978).
Born August 24th, 1894 in Bergen.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 84 years old in Bergen.
Abdel-Halim Mahmoud
Egyptian sufi and sheikh (1910–1978).
Born May 12th, 1910 in Belbis.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 68 years old in Cairo.
Paul Sjöberg
Finnish sailor (1897–1978).
Born July 14th, 1897 in Hanko.
Died March 16th, 1978 at 80 years old in Helsinki.
Adolph van der Voort van Zijp
Dutch equestrian (1892-1978).
Born September 1st, 1892 in North Sumatra.
Died March 8th, 1978 at 85 years old in Monaco.
Søren Alfred Jensen
Gymnast (1891-1978).
Born May 22nd, 1891 in Denmark.
Died May 16th, 1978 at 86 years old in Denver.
Karel Hromádka
Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1905–1978).
Born May 23rd, 1905 in Prague.
Died March 30th, 1978 at 72 years old in Tallahassee.
Michela Schiff Giorgini
Italian actress and egyptologist (1925–1978).
Born October 30th, 1925 in Padua.
Died July 3rd, 1978 at 52 years old in Benissa (meningitis).
Alexandr Arkhangelsky
Soviet aeroplane designer and scientist in aeronautics.
Born December 29th, 1892 in Kazan.
Died December 18th, 1978 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Søren Thorborg
Gymnast (1889-1978).
Born March 10th, 1889 in Barrit.
Died July 31st, 1978 at 89 years old in Gilleleje.
Annette Frances Braun
American entomologist (1884-1978).
Born August 24th, 1884 in Cincinnati.
Died November 27th, 1978 at 94 years old in Cincinnati.
Christophe Didier
Luxembourgish bicycle racer (1915-1978).
Born February 4th, 1915 in Bour.
Died July 24th, 1978 at 63 years old in Strasbourg.
Prince Sigismund of Prussia
German military personnel (1896–1978).
Born November 27th, 1896 in Kiel.
Died November 14th, 1978 at 81 years old in Puntarenas.
Edgar Kant
Estonian geographer and economist (1902–1978).
Born February 21st, 1902 in Tallinn.
Died October 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in Lund.
Edwin Myers
American pole vaulter (1896-1978).
Born December 18th, 1896 in Hinsdale.
Died August 31st, 1978 at 81 years old in Evanston.
Kamil Yarmatov
Uzbekistani film director and actor (1903-1978).
Born May 2nd, 1903 in Konibodom.
Died November 24th, 1978 at 75 years old in Tashkent, Moscow.
Asbjørn Andersen
Danish actor and film director (1903-1978).
Born August 30th, 1903 in Copenhagen.
Died December 10th, 1978 at 75 years old in Silkeborg.
Carl-Erik Svensson
Gymnast (1891–1978).
Born February 20th, 1891 in Gothenburg.
Died November 9th, 1978 at 87 years old in Stockholm.
Auguste Parfondry
Belgian cyclist.
Born February 12th, 1896 in Havelange.
Died September 28th, 1978 at 82 years old
György Csányi
Athletics competitor (1922–1978).
Born March 7th, 1922 in Budapest.
Died December 13th, 1978 at 56 years old in Budapest.
Deaths 576 to 594 of 594
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe