Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1978

Hridya Nath Kunzru was an Indian freedom fighter and public figure. He was a long-time Parliamentarian, serving in various legislative bodies at the Provincial and Central level for nearly four decades. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–50) that drew up the Constitution of India. He was also keenly interested in international affairs and co-founded the Indian Council of World Affairs and the Indian School of International Studies.

Margarete Bieber fue una historiadora de arte, arqueóloga clásica y profesora judía germano-estadounidense. Se convirtió en la segunda profesora universitaria en Alemania en 1919 cuando tomó un puesto en la Universidad de Giessen .Estudió el teatro de la antigua Grecia y Roma, así como la escultura y la ropa en la antigua Roma y Grecia.

Haravu Venkatanarasingha Verada Raj "H. V. R." Iengar CIE, ICS was the sixth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1957 to 28 February 1962.

John Randolph Bray was an American animator, cartoonist, and film producer.

Wallace Archibald MacDonald fue un actor de cine mudo, además de productor y director cinematográfico canadiense.

Stephen Ferrando was an Italian Roman Catholic priest belonging to the Salesians of Don Bosco – an order that Saint John Bosco established. He served in the missions in Asia once he was ordained and was stationed in India where he led a diocese of his own. He also established his own religious congregation.