List of Famous people who died at 78

Fray José de Guadalupe Mojica [mohe-cah] was a Mexican Franciscan friar and former tenor and film actor. He was known in the music and film fields as José Mojica.

Claus Holm was a German film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1979. He was born in Bochum, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.

Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor.

Darrall Tucker Imhoff was an American professional basketball player. He spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for six teams from 1960 to 1972. He was an NBA All-Star and an Olympic Gold medalist.

Vladimir Karpovich Pikalov was a Soviet general. He commanded the Chemical Troops of the USSR from 1968 to 1988.

Peter Andreas Grünberg was a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives.

Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) that merged to become the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 November 1982 to 22 August 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1 January 2001 until 20 February 2005.

Felipe Quispe Huanca "Mallku", was a Bolivian historian and political leader. He headed the Pachakuti Indigenous Movement (MIP) and was general secretary of the United Union Confederation of Working Peasants of Bolivia (CSUTCB).

Leonard Borisoff, known professionally as Len Barry, was an American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer.

Elisabeth Dorathea List, generally known as Liesbeth List was a Dutch singer, stage actress and television personality. She became popular during the 1960s and frequently collaborated with Ramses Shaffy. She also sang Jacques Brel's chansons in Dutch translation.