Adolf Dassler (1900-1978)
Entrepreneur
1
John Cazale (1935-1978)
Movie Actor
2
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
Composer
3
Keith Moon (1946-1978)
Drummer
4
Robert Shaw (1927-1978)
5
Sydney Taylor (1904-1978)
Autobiographer
6
Harvey Milk (1930-1978)
Civil Rights Leader
7
Nancy Spungen (1958-1978)
8
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Painter
9
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Jazz Singer
10
Jomo Kenyatta
Politician
11
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
12
James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978)
Novelist
13
Pope John Paul I (1912-1978)
Religious Leader
14
Dave Kerr (1909-1978)
Hockey Player
15
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978)
Vice President
16
Golda Meir (1898-1978)
World Leader
17
Salka Viertel (1889-1978)
Screenwriter
18
Roy L. Dennis (1961-1978)
19
Charles Wood (1916-1978)
Stage Actor
20
Fred Meyer (1886-1978)
21
Michael Wilson (1914-1978)
22
Julio Jaramillo (1935-1978)
World Music Singer
23
Charles James (1906-1978)
Fashion Designer
24
Celebrities Born in 1978
Deaths by Year
Rose Reid (1906-1978)
25
Edgar Bergen (1903-1978)
Ventriloquist
26
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978)
27
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
Director
28
Joseph Montoya (1915-1978)
29
Terry Kath (1946-1978)
Guitarist
30
Bob Crane (1928-1978)
TV Actor
31
Tom Wilson (1931-1978)
Music Producer
32
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)
33
Charles Boyer (1899-1978)
34
Gig Young (1913-1978)
35
Peggy Wood (1892-1978)
Movie Actress
36
Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)
Country Singer
37
Mel Street (1935-1978)
38
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
39
Blossom Rock (1895-1978)
TV Actress
40
Will Geer (1902-1978)
41
Kimberly Dianne Leach (1965-1978)
42
Chris Bell (1951-1978)
Pop Singer
43
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
Anthropologist
44
Jack Oconnor (1902-1978)
Non-Fiction Author
45
Sandy Denny (1947-1978)
Folk Singer
46
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
47
Lily Parr (1905-1978)
Soccer Player
48
