1978 deaths

American Hall of Fame basketball player (1929–1978)

French poet (1894–1978)

Danish boxer (1895–1978)

British author, theologian, radio and TV presenter and Church of Scotland minister (1907-1978)

Iraqi military officer (1934–1978)

Austrian association football player (1920-1978)

American ice hockey player (1895-1978)

Canadian wrestler (1904–1978)

Soviet writer (1913-1978)

Finnish writer (1893-1978)

West German rower (1931–1978)

British actress (1891–1978)

comic artist, writer (1921–1978)

Romanian physician

Egyptian Sufi and Sheikh (1910–1978)

American politician (1909-1978)

Canadian actor and film producer (1891-1978)

Swiss mathematician (1909-1978)

Dutch diplomat (1888-1978)

Finnish sailor (1897–1978)

American cinematographer (1885-1978)

American jazz musician (1934-1978)

gymnast (1891-1978)

Belgian footballer (1897-1978)

Soviet chess player (1920–1978)

Czech actress (1919-1978)

Egyptian Quran reciter (1905–1978)

gymnast (1889-1978)

American actress (1902–1978)

British chemist (1875-1978)

Greek actor-singer (1910–1978)

American jazz trombonist (1926–1978)

Polish general (1891–1978)

American actor (1899–1978)

Russian prince (1902-1978)

American politician (1904–1978)

gymnast (1891–1978)

Russian mathematician (1909-1978)

Danish gymnast (1894–1978)

German opera singer (1897-1978)

Victoria Cross recipient (1888–1978)

American writer (1903–1978)

Ecuadorian poet/historian/author/diplomat (1903–1978)

Belarusian poet and translator (1914-1978)

Croatian footballer (1908-1978)

American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist (1903–1978)

daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan (1896–1978)

German athlete (1910–1978)

animator (1879-1978)

Palestinian female freedom fighter and member of the PLO (1959-1978)

Indian cricketer (1917–1978)

Italian actor and director (1912–1978)

Dutch conductor and composer (1907–1978)

Polish writer and scout leader (1903–1978)

American architect (1902–1978)

Finnish distance runner (1898–1978)

English actress (1929–1978)

actor (1904-1978)

Albanian politician (1904-1978)

actor, film director (1902-1978)