Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
Composer
1
Adolf Dassler (1900-1978)
Entrepreneur
2
Roy L. Dennis (1961-1978)
3
Keith Moon (1946-1978)
Drummer
4
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Painter
5
Harvey Milk (1930-1978)
Civil Rights Leader
6
Nancy Spungen (1958-1978)
7
Sydney Taylor (1904-1978)
Autobiographer
8
Golda Meir (1898-1978)
World Leader
9
Robert Shaw (1927-1978)
Movie Actor
10
Bob Crane (1928-1978)
TV Actor
11
Pope John Paul I (1912-1978)
Religious Leader
12
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978)
Vice President
13
James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978)
Novelist
14
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Jazz Singer
15
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
Director
16
Jomo Kenyatta
Politician
17
Joseph Montoya (1915-1978)
18
Michael Wilson (1914-1978)
Screenwriter
19
Dave Kerr (1909-1978)
Hockey Player
20
Hannah Hoch (1889-1978)
Photographer
21
John Cazale (1935-1978)
22
Julio Jaramillo (1935-1978)
World Music Singer
23
Kimberly Dianne Leach (1965-1978)
24
Charles Wood (1916-1978)
Stage Actor
25
Terry Kath (1946-1978)
Guitarist
26
Rose Reid (1906-1978)
Fashion Designer
27
Karl Wallenda (1905-1978)
Daredevil
28
Edgar Bergen (1903-1978)
Ventriloquist
29
Blossom Rock (1895-1978)
TV Actress
30
Jack Warner (1892-1978)
31
Mary Blair (1911-1978)
Animator
32
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
33
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
34
Charles Boyer (1899-1978)
35
Dan Dailey (1915-1978)
36
Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)
Country Singer
37
Salka Viertel (1889-1978)
38
James Daly (1918-1978)
39
Mark Robson (1913-1978)
40
James Bryant Conant (1893-1978)
Chemist
41
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)
42
Chris Bell (1951-1978)
Pop Singer
43
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
44
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978)
45
Zara Cully (1892-1978)
46
Fred Meyer (1886-1978)
47
John Doeg (1908-1978)
Tennis Player
48
Celebrities Born in 1978
Deaths by Year
