List of Famous people who died in 1978

Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Spanish diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in 1973.

Edgar John Bergen was an American actor, comedian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. He was the father of actress Candice Bergen.

Henri Curiel was a left-wing political activist in Egypt and France. Born in Egypt, Curiel led the communist Democratic Movement for National Liberation until he was expelled from the country in 1950.

Enzo Maggio was an Italian actor.

Lajos Jánossy was a Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist and mathematician and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His primary research fields were astrophysics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, and statistics, as well as electrodynamics and optics.

Colonel Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, 11th Baronet was a British Army officer and local politician.

Edward Roland Noel "Bunny" Harriman was an American financier and philanthropist.

Diana Denyse Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll was a Scottish noblewoman.