List of Famous people who died at 78

Chatichai Choonhavan was a Thai army officer, diplomat and politician. From 1986 to 1991, he was the chairman of the Thai Nation Party and served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from August 1988 until the coup d'état of February 1991.

Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He travelled the world widely to spread ecumenicism and worked to foster relations with both Protestant and Catholic churches across Europe. He was a leader of the Liberal Anglo-Catholicism movement. He came under attack for expressing compassion towards bereaved Argentines after the Falklands War of 1982, and generated controversy by supporting women's ordination.

Malcolm Wallop was an American rancher and politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, known as Charles FitzRoy until 1936, was a British aristocrat, soldier, politician, and farmer.

Françoise Bonnot was a French film editor with more than 40 feature film credits.

Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov was an admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union. Twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, he oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force during the Cold War.

Pasquale "Pascal" Mazzotti was a French actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is known for having played a role in Hibernatus with Louis de Funès, as well as provided the voice of Le roi in the animated feature film, Le Roi et l'oiseau.

Maurice Hugh Keen was a British historian specializing in the Middle Ages. His father had been the Oxford University head of finance and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and after schooling at Winchester College, Maurice became an undergraduate there in 1954. He was a contemporary and lifelong friend of Tom Bingham, later the Senior Law Lord, as well as of the military historian, Sir John Keegan, whose sister Mary he married.

Julian Otto Trevelyan was an English artist and poet.

Getulio Alviani was an Italian painter based in Milan. He is considered to be an important International Optical - kinetic artist.