List of Famous people who died at 78

Dietmar Schwager was a German football coach and player. As a player, he spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Clifford H. Watson was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for the St Helens in the Rugby Football League Championship, and later the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in Australia. Along with hardman Ken Gee, and legendary captain Alan Prescott, he remains one of the best Great Britain frontrowers ever.

Alma Seidler was an Austrian actress. She was the daughter of Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg, and had an extensive stage and screen career.

Antoni Krauze was a Polish screenwriter and director.

Shams Pahlavi was an Iranian royal of the Pahlavi dynasty, who was the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. During her brother's reign she was the president of the Red Lion and Sun Society.

Jean-François Deniau was a French politician, diplomat, essayist and novelist. Until 1998, he was a member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF).

Robert Christophe was a French swimmer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Marseille.

Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia was the fourth son and fifth child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Glikeriya Vasilyevna Bogdanova-Chesnokova was a Soviet musical comedy theatre and film actress. In 1970, she was made a People’s Artist of the RSFSR.

Ulrich Beiger was a German actor.