List of Famous people who died at 78
Chuck Couch
Ali Buraiki
Minoru Tanba
Mostéfa Merarda
Jan Steen
Hans Langemann
Lars Leksell
Lars Leksell (1907–1986) was a Swedish physician and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the inventor of radiosurgery.
Taiichi Ohno
Taiichi Ohno was a Japanese Industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven wastes as part of this system. He wrote several books about the system, including Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production.
Shizue Maruyama
Lilavati Munshi
Lilavati Munshi was an Indian politician and Gujarati essayist. She was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1946 and the Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1958 as a member of the Indian National Congress. She wrote essays and sketches.