List of Famous people who died at 78

Hans Christian Blech was a German film, stage and television character actor who found success in both Germany and Hollywood.

Rafael Alonso Ochoa was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1951 and 1998.

Helmuth Johannsen was a German professional football player and manager.

Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist.

Miguel Abensour was a French philosopher specializing in political philosophy. He was emeritus professor of political philosophy at the Paris Diderot University (Jussieu) and a former president of the Collège international de philosophie.

General César Leonidas Mendoza Durán was a member of the Government Junta which ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the country-wide police force, the Carabineros de Chile.

Lady Evelyn Leonora Almina Beauchamp was the daughter of the George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. In November 1922, she, her father and the archaeologist Howard Carter were the first people in modern times to enter the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. She later married Sir Brograve Beauchamp and had a daughter. Lady Evelyn died in 1980, at the age of 78.

Daniel Soulage was a member of the Senate of France, who represented the Lot-et-Garonne department.

Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political economist whose work was associated with the New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons", which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson. To date, she remains the first of only two women to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, the other being Esther Duflo.

Esther Fischer-Homberger was a Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian. Her research focused on the history of psychiatry, psychosomatics and forensic medicine as well as the medical history of women.