List of Famous people who died at 78

Lars-Erik Larsson was a Swedish composer.

Joseph Leonard Walsh was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the field of analysis. The Walsh function and the Walsh–Hadamard code are named after him. The Grace–Walsh–Szegő coincidence theorem is important in the study of the location of the zeros of multivariate polynomials.

Gheorghe Vrănceanu was a Romanian mathematician, best known for his work in differential geometry and topology. He was titular member of the Romanian Academy and Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union.

Stephen Schwartz was an American pathologist at the University of Washington. He researched vascular biology, investigating the structure of blood vessels and smooth muscle cells. He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19.

Menotti Jakobsson was a Swedish skier. He was born in Stockholm. He competed in ski jumping and Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.

Nico Turoff was a Ukrainian boxer and actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1926 to 1979.