List of Famous people who died at 78

Herbert (Bert) Sydney Green was a British–Australian physicist. Green was a doctoral student of the Nobel Laureate Max Born at Edinburgh, with whom he was involved in the development of the modern kinetic theory. Green is the letter "G" in the BBGKY hierarchy.

Sir Edmund Ronald Leach was a British social anthropologist.

Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE was an Australian athlete, writer, and Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for setting seventeen world records.

Mihailo Lalić was a Montenegrin and Serbian writer.

Burnett Guffey, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.

Maurice John Dingman was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Des Moines from 1968 to 1986.

Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.

Gérard Blitz was a Belgian entrepreneur and Yogi.