List of Famous people who died in 1978

Józef Drzazga (1914–1978) was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop of Warmia from 1972 to 1978. He was the first post-World War II bishop on that post. He has been a titular bishop of Sinidado in Warmia since 1958.

Sergio de Jesús Méndez Bolanos was a football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Karl Laux was a German musicologist, music critic and rector.

Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola Gómez (1917-1978) was a Spanish scholar and a Carlist politician. He is considered one of top intellectuals of the Francoist era, though not necessarily of Francoism. As theorist of law he represented the school known as iusnaturalismo, as historian of political ideas he focused mostly on Hispanidad, and as theorist of politics he pursued a Traditionalist approach. As a Carlist he remained an ideologue rather than a political protagonist.

Guo Moruo, courtesy name Dingtang (鼎堂), was a Chinese archaeologist, historian, poet, politician, and writer.