Adolf Dassler (1900-1978)
Entrepreneur
1
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
Composer
2
Sydney Taylor (1904-1978)
Autobiographer
3
Harvey Milk (1930-1978)
Civil Rights Leader
4
Pope John Paul I (1912-1978)
Religious Leader
5
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Painter
6
Keith Moon (1946-1978)
Drummer
7
Roy L. Dennis (1961-1978)
8
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Jazz Singer
9
John Cazale (1935-1978)
Movie Actor
10
Robert Shaw (1927-1978)
11
Salka Viertel (1889-1978)
Screenwriter
12
Bob Crane (1928-1978)
TV Actor
13
Jomo Kenyatta
Politician
14
Nancy Spungen (1958-1978)
15
Kimberly Dianne Leach (1965-1978)
16
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)
World Music Singer
17
Dave Kerr (1909-1978)
Hockey Player
18
Michael Wilson (1914-1978)
19
Julio Jaramillo (1935-1978)
20
Lily Parr (1905-1978)
Soccer Player
21
Golda Meir (1898-1978)
World Leader
22
James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978)
Novelist
23
Peggy Wood (1892-1978)
Movie Actress
24
Celebrities Born in 1978
Deaths by Year
Joseph Montoya (1915-1978)
25
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978)
Vice President
26
Edgar Bergen (1903-1978)
Ventriloquist
27
Tom Wilson (1931-1978)
Music Producer
28
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978)
29
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
30
Jack Warner (1892-1978)
31
Chris Bell (1951-1978)
Pop Singer
32
Charles James (1906-1978)
Fashion Designer
33
Zenta Maurina (1897-1978)
Essayist
34
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)
35
Charles Boyer (1899-1978)
36
Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)
Country Singer
37
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
38
Burt Munro (1899-1978)
Motorcycle Racer
39
Mary Blair (1911-1978)
Animator
40
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
Anthropologist
41
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
Director
42
Charles Wood (1916-1978)
Stage Actor
43
Mark Robson (1913-1978)
44
Joe McCarthy (1887-1978)
Baseball Manager
45
Jack O'Connor (1902-1978)
46
Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)
47
Skender Kulenovic (1910-1978)
Poet
48
