List of Famous people who died in 1978

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

Evert Kraaijvanger

Everhardus Hubertus Antonius Kraayvanger

First Name Evert

Last Name Kraaijvanger

Born on July 14, 1899

Died on February 9, 1978 (aged 78)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

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Frank Ernest Cameron Cox

First Name Frank

Last Name Cox

Died on January 1, 1978 (aged 8)

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Raffaele de Courten

First Name Raffaele

Last Name Courten

Born on September 23, 1888

Died on August 23, 1978 (aged 89)

Born in Italy, Lombardy

Raffaele de Courten was an Italian admiral. He was the last Chief of Staff of the Regia Marina.

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Ernst Benz

First Name Ernst

Last Name Benz

Born on November 17, 1907

Died on December 29, 1978 (aged 71)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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Ernst Matray

Mechlovits Ernő

First Name Ernst

Last Name Matray

Born on May 27, 1891

Died on November 12, 1978 (aged 87)

Born in Hungary

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Captain Lionel Peyton Skipwith

First Name Captain

Last Name Skipwith

Born on June 23, 1902

Died on January 1, 1978 (aged 75)

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Edward Durell Stone

First Name Edward

Last Name Stone

Born on March 9, 1902

Died on August 6, 1978 (aged 76)

Born in United States of America, Arkansas

Edward Durell Stone was an American architect known for the formal, highly decorative buildings he designed in the 1950s and 1960s. His works include the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India, The Keller Center at the University of Chicago, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

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Jessie Edith Cochrane

First Name Jessie

Born on July 22, 1891

Died on January 1, 1978 (aged 86)

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Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev

First Name Vladimir

Last Name Myasishchev

Born on September 28, 1902

Died on October 14, 1978 (aged 76)

Born in Russia, Tula Oblast

Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev was a Soviet aircraft designer, Major General of Engineering (1944), Hero of Socialist Labor (1957), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR (1972).

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Rudolf Kolisch

First Name Rudolf

Last Name Kolisch

Born on July 20, 1896

Died on August 1, 1978 (aged 82)

Born in Austria, Lower Austria

Rudolf Kolisch was a Viennese violinist and leader of string quartets, including the Kolisch Quartet and the Pro Arte Quartet.

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