Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1978

William Holmes was an American film editor. He won an Oscar for Best Film Editing at the 14th Academy Awards for his work on the film Sergeant York.

Vladimir Medar (1923–1978) was a Croatian film and television actor. He played the title role in the 1962 Italian adventure film Taras Bulba, the Cossack.

Juan Rodolfo Wilcock fue un escritor, poeta, crítico literario y traductor argentino nacionalizado italiano. Escribió tanto en español como en italiano.

Howard Estabrook fue un guionista, actor, director y productor cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense.

Heimrad Prem was a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. From 1949–1952 he studied decorative painting at Schwandorf and then studied painting with Josef Oberberger and sculpture with Toni Stadler at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich until 1956. While studying painting with Ernst Schumacher at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, he formed Gruppe SPUR with Lothar Fischer, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer. After meeting Asger Jorn, SPUR joined the Situationist International.