Sydney Taylor (1904-1978)
Autobiographer
1
Adolf Dassler (1900-1978)
Entrepreneur
2
Roy L. Dennis (1961-1978)
3
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
Composer
4
Keith Moon (1946-1978)
Drummer
5
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Painter
6
Harvey Milk (1930-1978)
Civil Rights Leader
7
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Jazz Singer
8
Jomo Kenyatta
Politician
9
Pope John Paul I (1912-1978)
Religious Leader
10
Nancy Spungen (1958-1978)
11
Charles Wood (1916-1978)
Stage Actor
12
Robert Shaw (1927-1978)
Movie Actor
13
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978)
Vice President
14
Bob Crane (1928-1978)
TV Actor
15
Eddie Aikau (1946-1978)
Surfer
16
Salka Viertel (1889-1978)
Screenwriter
17
Joseph Montoya (1915-1978)
18
Dave Kerr (1909-1978)
Hockey Player
19
Julio Jaramillo (1935-1978)
World Music Singer
20
James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978)
Novelist
21
Golda Meir (1898-1978)
World Leader
22
Kimberly Dianne Leach (1965-1978)
23
Michael Wilson (1914-1978)
24
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
Director
25
Chris Bell (1951-1978)
Pop Singer
26
Ronnie Peterson (1944-1978)
Race Car Driver
27
Joe McCarthy (1887-1978)
Baseball Manager
28
Jack Warner (1892-1978)
29
Fred Meyer (1886-1978)
30
Dan Dailey (1915-1978)
31
Ray Noble (1903-1978)
32
Charles James (1906-1978)
Fashion Designer
33
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
Anthropologist
34
Mary Blair (1911-1978)
Animator
35
Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)
Country Singer
36
Charles Boyer (1899-1978)
37
Sandy Denny (1947-1978)
Folk Singer
38
Gig Young (1913-1978)
39
James Daly (1918-1978)
40
Carl Betz (1921-1978)
41
James Reeves (1909-1978)
Poet
42
Mel Street (1935-1978)
43
Terry Kath (1946-1978)
Guitarist
44
Tom Wilson (1931-1978)
Music Producer
45
Billy Lee Brammer (1929-1978)
46
Claude Francois (1939-1978)
47
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)
48
Celebrities Born in 1978
Deaths by Year
