Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 78
1,680 Notable deaths
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.
Born March 6th, 1860 in Alcester. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1938 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
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]
Anselm Hollo
Finnish poet.
Born April 12th, 1934 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2013 at 78 years old in Boulder. [ref]
Garrett P. Serviss
American astronomer, and early science fiction writer (1851-1929).
Born March 24th, 1851 in New York.
Died May 25th, 1929 at 78 years old
Robert Pinget
Swiss writer (1919-1997).
Born July 19th, 1919 in Geneva. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1997 at 78 years old in Tours. [ref]
Thomas Little Heath
British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940).
Born October 5th, 1861 in Barnetby le Wold.
Died March 16th, 1940 at 78 years old in Ashtead.
Sadri Maksudi Arsal
Tatar and turkish statesman, turkish historian (1878-1957).
Born July 23rd, 1878 in Kazan.
Died February 20th, 1957 at 78 years old in Istanbul.
Ragnar Östberg
Swedish architect.
Born July 14th, 1866 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1945 at 78 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Vladimír Weiss
Czechoslovak soccer player (1939-2018).
Born September 21st, 1939 in Vrútky. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2018 at 78 years old in Slovakia. [ref]
Deaths 1031 to 1040 of 1680
I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw