List of Famous people who died in 1978

Harold Alfred "Hack" Simpson was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was born in Winnipeg. In 1932 he was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played in five matches and scored six goals.

Marcello Marchesi was an Italian author, screenwriter and film director. He wrote 64 films between 1939 and 1977. He also directed six films between 1951 and 1952. He was born in Milan and died in San Giovanni di Sinis, Cabras, Italy.

Stanley Phillips Frankel was an American computer scientist. He worked in the Manhattan Project and developed various computers as a consultant.

Bernard Borderie, son of Raymond Borderie, one of the producers of Les Enfants du Paradis, was a French film director and screenwriter.

Cormac Michael Breslin was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1967 to 1973. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1937 to 1977.