List of Famous people who died at 78

Kim Ji-young was a South Korean actress.

Munawar Hasan was a Pakistani politician and a President of Jamaat-e-Islami political party. He served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1977.

Jayne Cortez was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound. Her writing is part of the canon of the Black Arts Movement. She was married to jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1954–64), and their son is jazz drummer Denardo Coleman. In 1975 Cortez married painter, sculptor, and printmaker Melvin Edwards, and they lived in Dakar, Senegal, and New York City.

Ivo Lapenna was a law professor from Yugoslavia.

Dorothea Bertha Olivia Wieck was a German theatre and film actress.