Dead at age 78

1,693 Notable deaths

Oskar von Miller

German engineer.

Born May 7th, 1855 in Munich. [ref]

Died April 9th, 1934 at 78 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Osman Fuad Efendi

Ottoman noble (1895–1973).

Born February 24th, 1895 in Çırağan Palace.

Died May 19th, 1973 at 78 years old in Nice.

Molara Ogundipe

Nigerian writer.

Born December 27th, 1940 in Lagos. [ref]

Died June 18th, 2019 at 78 years old in Ijebu Igbo. [ref]

Felix Bernstein

German jewish mathematician (1878-1956).

Born February 24th, 1878 in Halle (Saale). [ref]

Died December 3rd, 1956 at 78 years old in Zurich. [ref]

Leonhard Frank

German writer.

Born September 4th, 1882 in Würzburg. [ref]

Died August 18th, 1961 at 78 years old in Munich. [ref]

Jens Okking

Danish actor, singer and politician. (1939-2018).

Born December 18th, 1939 in Copenhagen.

Died January 21st, 2018 at 78 years old [ref]

Louis Béroud

French painter (1852-1930).

Born January 17th, 1852 in Lyon.

Died October 9th, 1930 at 78 years old in rue de la Convention. [ref]

Georges Vantongerloo

Belgian visual artist (1886-1965).

Born November 24th, 1886 in Antwerp. [ref]

Died October 6th, 1965 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]

Frederick George Jackson

British polar explorer (1860–1938).

Born March 6th, 1860 in Alcester.

Died March 13th, 1938 at 78 years old in London.

Roberto Peccei

American physicist (1942–2020).

Born January 6th, 1942 in Turin. [ref]

Died June 1st, 2020 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Deaths 1031 to 1040 of 1693

Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard