Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1978

Olaf Christian Ditlev-Simonsen Jr. was a Norwegian footballer, sports administrator and businessperson.

Edward Oswald Gabriel Turville-Petre was an English philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies.

Dalal Mughrabi was a Palestinian militant who was a member of the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and participated in the 1978 Coastal Road massacre in Israel. The attack resulted in the death of 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children. Mughrabi and eight other militants were also killed in the course of the operation. While she has been hailed as a martyr and a national hero among many Palestinians, Israel and the United Nations have described her as a terrorist.

Chi Che Wang, also known as Wang Chi-Lian, was a Chinese biochemist and college professor. Wang was one of the first Chinese women to make a career in American higher education and scientific research.

Bengt Ronnie Peterson fue un piloto de automovilismo sueco. Compitió en Fórmula 1 para los equipos March, Lotus y Tyrrell, donde logró diez victorias y 26 podios, además de resultar subcampeón en 1971 y 1978, y tercero en 1973. Es el séptimo piloto con más victorias entre quienes no obtuvieron el título. Su carrera se vio detenida por un choque fatal en el Gran Premio de Italia de 1978 cuando peleaba por el campeonato.

Josette Day fue una actriz cinematográfica francesa.

Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer fue una luchadora de la resistencia holandesa que puso a salvo a niños y adultos judíos antes y durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Junto con otras personas involucradas en el Kindertransport de antes de la guerra, salvó la vida de más de 10.000 niños judíos que huían del antisemitismo. Fue honrada como Justa entre las Naciones por Yad Vashem. Después de la guerra, sirvió en el consejo de la ciudad de Ámsterdam.

Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976).

Gürsel Aksel, was a Turkish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Aksel spent his entire professional career with Göztepe, and is their most capped player in their history. He had 3 caps with the Turkey national football team, and after retiring was briefly a manager before his untimely death in 1978.

Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin was a Soviet General, statesman and wartime leader.