List of Famous people who died at 78

Hans Rameau was a German screenwriter. Having established himself in the German film industry he left the country following the Nazi Party's taking of power in 1933. He spent time in several other countries, including Austria and Britain before moving to Hollywood. He returned to Europe in 1951.

Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' Slave/Toilet to Joe Papp's revivals of Long Day's Journey Into Night and Troilus and Cressida, and films, including My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, as well as television series and soap operas, such as One Life to Live, The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Edge of Night.

Stanley Anderson was an American character actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Drew Carey's father on The Drew Carey Show.

Jesus Chediak was a Brazilian actor, film director, film producer, journalist, and theatre director.

Giustino Durano was a movie actor best known for his work as Eliseo Orefice in the 1997 film Life Is Beautiful. For his role, he was nominated in part for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast

Shibban Lal Saxena was a former Indian politician and Freedom Fighter. He was son of late Shri Chhotey Lal Saksena and his uncles'were late Shri Shyam Sunder Lal Saksena and late Shri Ram Sunder Lal Saksena. He was born on 13 July 1906 to a wealthy Kayastha Family at Agra.

John Francis Hackett was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford from 1953 to 1986.