List of Famous people who died at 78

Nélson Dantas was a Brazilian actor in film and television. He began in 1949, but his peak period began in 1962. In 1981 he won an award at the Festival de Gramado.

Julianus Kemo Sunarko S.J. was an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop. He was the bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Purwokerto.

Yehia Emam, was an Egyptian former footballer who played as a Goalkeeper for Zamalek. He also played for the Egyptian national team, and represented his country in the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1951 Mediterranean Games and 1953 Pan Arab Games.

Djohan Effendi was the Secretary of State of Indonesia, under President Abdurrahman Wahid from 2000 to 2001. He was an Ahmadi and belonged to the Lahore branch and was an ardent advocate for the Ahmadiyya movement. He was known for having been a prominent liberal thinker of Islam in Indonesia, more specifically based in Yogyakarta and a part of the Jogja-based liberal Islamic intellectual group known as the Limited Group led by Mukti Ali. He also served as chair of the International Centre for Religious Pluralism and voiced criticism toward the issuance of the fatwa by Majelis Ulama Indonesia targeting religious pluralism in 2005.

Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre.