List of Famous people who died in 1978

Gaspard Rinaldi was a French cyclist.

John James "Joe" Greene, was a Canadian politician.

Ernest George Palmer was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of Ivanhoe.

Isaac Stanford Jolley was an American character actor of film and television, primarily in Western roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains. Recognized by his slight build, narrow face, and pencil-thin moustache, Jolley appeared some 500 times on the large or small screen.

Michael Hammond Bates was an Anglo-Indian actor. He was best known for playing the chief prison guard who processes Alex in A Clockwork Orange, Cyril Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine (1973–75), and Rangi Ram in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–77).

Christophe Didier was a Luxembourgish cyclist. Professional from 1938 to 1946, he won the Volta a Catalunya in 1940 and the Tour de Luxembourg in 1941.

John Burroughs was an American politician, educator, and businessman who served as the 18th governor of New Mexico. Burroughs, a Democrat, served one-term and is remembered for honest government and introduction of the concept of a state Personnel Act to improve the quality of state workers and limit somewhat the effect of political patronage.