Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1978

Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was a prominent South African political dissident and teacher, who founded the Pan Africanist Congress in opposition to the South African apartheid system.

Miguel Ángel Eugenio Lázaro Zacarías Izquierdo Valdés Hernández, también conocido como Míster Babalú, fue un cantante cubano que cultivó distintos géneros musicales cubanos como el bolero, el son cubano y la guaracha. Su estilo estuvo caracterizado por su potente voz y un sentido picaresco de lo popular.

Paul Yu Pin was a Chinese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nanking from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.

Ignazio Silone es el seudónimo de Secondino Tranquilli, un escritor italiano.

Francesco Mimbelli was an Italian Naval officer who fought in World War II.

Gyula Ortutay was a Hungarian ethnographer and politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1947 and 1950.