| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jay Adler |
Actor |
26-Sep-1896 |
23-Sep-1978 |
The Family Jewels |
| Philip Ahn |
Actor |
29-Mar-1905 |
28-Feb-1978 |
Early Korean-American actor |
| James B. Allen |
Politician |
28-Dec-1912 |
1-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78 |
| John M. Allison |
Diplomat |
7-Apr-1905 |
28-Oct-1978 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1953-57 |
| Astrid Allwyn |
Actor |
27-Nov-1905 |
31-Mar-1978 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| J. Hugo Aronson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1891 |
25-Feb-1978 |
Governor of Montana, 1953-61 |
| Barry Atwater |
Actor |
16-May-1918 |
24-May-1978 |
The Night Stalker |
| Wendy Barrie |
Actor |
18-Apr-1912 |
2-Feb-1978 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Michael Bates |
Actor |
4-Dec-1920 |
11-Jan-1978 |
A Clockwork Orange |
| Edgar Bergen |
Actor |
16-Feb-1903 |
30-Sep-1978 |
Radio's greatest ventriloquist |
| Carl Betz |
Actor |
9-Mar-1921 |
18-Jan-1978 |
The Donna Reed Show |
| George Blaisdell |
Inventor |
5-Jun-1895 |
3-Oct-1978 |
Zippo cigarette lighter |
| Marie Blake |
Actor |
21-Aug-1895 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Grandmama on The Addams Family |
| Wesley Bolin |
Politician |
1-Jul-1909 |
4-Mar-1978 |
Governor of Arizona, 1977-78 |
| Johnny Bond |
Country Musician |
1-Jun-1915 |
12-Jun-1978 |
Hot Rod Lincoln |
| Houari Boumédienne |
Head of State |
23-Aug-1932 |
27-Dec-1978 |
Algerian Dictator, 1965-78 |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Jacques Brel |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Apr-1929 |
9-Oct-1978 |
Legendary chanson singer and songwriter |
| George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
| C. Norman Brunsdale |
Politician |
9-Jul-1891 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1951-57 |
| John Burroughs |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
21-May-1978 |
Governor of New Mexico, 1959-61 |
| John Marshall Butler |
Politician |
21-Jul-1897 |
14-Mar-1978 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1951-63 |
| Robert Cantwell |
Novelist |
31-Jan-1908 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Laugh and Lie Down |
| John Cazale |
Actor |
12-Aug-1935 |
12-Mar-1978 |
Fredo in The Godfather |
| Oscar L. Chapman |
Government |
22-Oct-1896 |
8-Feb-1978 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53 |
| Ilka Chase |
Actor |
8-Apr-1900 |
15-Feb-1978 |
Now, Voyager |
| Carlos Chávez |
Composer |
13-Jun-1899 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Sinfonía de Antígona |
| Giorgio de Chirico |
Painter |
10-Jul-1888 |
20-Nov-1978 |
Metaphysical surrealist painter |
| Dutch Clark |
Football |
11-Oct-1906 |
5-Aug-1978 |
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback |
| James B. Conant |
Educator |
26-Mar-1893 |
11-Feb-1978 |
President of Harvard, 1933-53 |
| James Gould Cozzens |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1903 |
9-Aug-1978 |
Guard of Honor |
| Bob Crane |
Actor |
13-Jul-1928 |
29-Jun-1978 |
Hogan on Hogan's Heroes |
| Zara Cully |
Actor |
26-Jan-1892 |
28-Feb-1978 |
Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
| Dan Dailey |
Actor |
14-Dec-1913 |
16-Oct-1978 |
When My Baby Smiles at Me |
| Charles M. Dale |
Politician |
8-Mar-1893 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49 |
| James Daly |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
3-Jul-1978 |
Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center |
| Adi Dassler |
Business |
3-Nov-1900 |
6-Sep-1978 |
Founder of Adidas |
| Claude Dauphin |
Actor |
19-Aug-1903 |
16-Nov-1978 |
Barbarella |
| Thayer David |
Actor |
4-Mar-1927 |
17-Jul-1978 |
Jergens in Rocky |
| Clarence C. Dill |
Politician |
21-Sep-1884 |
14-Jan-1978 |
US Senator from Washington, 1923-35 |
| Sally Eilers |
Actor |
11-Dec-1908 |
5-Jan-1978 |
Coroner Creek |
| Ruth Etting |
Singer |
23-Nov-1896 |
24-Sep-1978 |
Love Me or Leave Me |
| Frank Ferguson |
Actor |
25-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1978 |
Eli Carson on Peyton Place |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| John S. Fine |
Politician |
10-Apr-1893 |
21-May-1978 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55 |
| Janet Flanner |
Journalist |
13-Mar-1892 |
7-Nov-1978 |
The New Yorker |
| Frank Fontaine |
Actor |
19-Apr-1920 |
4-Aug-1978 |
Crazy Guggenheim |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Ralph F. Gates |
Politician |
24-Feb-1893 |
28-Jul-1978 |
Governor of Indiana, 1945-49 |
| Will Geer |
Actor |
9-Mar-1902 |
22-Apr-1978 |
Zebulon Walton in The Waltons |
| Leo Genn |
Actor |
9-Aug-1905 |
26-Jan-1978 |
Quo Vadis |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| Samuel Goudsmit |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1902 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| William F. Harrah |
Business |
2-Sep-1911 |
30-Jun-1978 |
Founder of Harrah's Casino |
| Robert Harrison |
Publisher |
14-Apr-1904 |
17-Feb-1978 |
Publisher of tabloid Confidential |
| Roy Harrod |
Economist |
13-Feb-1900 |
9-Mar-1978 |
Towards a Dynamic Economics |
| Ed Healey |
Football |
28-Dec-1894 |
9-Dec-1978 |
Hall of Fame Tackle, Chicago Bears |
| Mayo D. Hersey |
Engineer |
30-Aug-1886 |
5-Sep-1978 |
Tribology |
| Robert C. Hill |
Diplomat |
30-Sep-1917 |
28-Nov-1978 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1974-77 |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Hubert Humphrey |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
13-Jan-1978 |
US Vice President, 1965-69 |
| Pope John Paul I |
Religion |
17-Oct-1912 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978 |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Matthew Josephson |
Historian |
15-Feb-1899 |
13-Mar-1978 |
The Robber Barons |
| Gaston Julia |
Mathematician |
3-Feb-1893 |
19-Mar-1978 |
Creator of the Julia Sets |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| William M. Ketchum |
Politician |
2-Sep-1921 |
24-Jun-1978 |
Congressman from California, 1973-78 |
| Aram Khachaturian |
Composer |
24-May-1903 |
1-May-1978 |
Gayane |
| Duncan Lamont |
Actor |
17-Jun-1918 |
19-Dec-1978 |
The Golden Coach |
| William P. Lear |
Inventor |
26-Jun-1902 |
14-May-1978 |
Lear Jet, Inc. |
| Theo Lingen |
Actor |
10-Jun-1903 |
10-Nov-1978 |
German-Austrian comedian |
| Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
| Karl Lohmann |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1898 |
22-Apr-1978 |
Discovered ATP |
| John D. MacArthur |
Philanthropist |
6-Mar-1897 |
6-Jan-1978 |
Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation |
| Hugh MacDiarmid |
Poet |
11-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle |
| Ian MacDonald |
Actor |
28-Jun-1914 |
11-Apr-1978 |
High Noon |
| George Maciunas |
Artist |
8-Nov-1931 |
9-May-1978 |
Founder of Fluxus |
| Salvador de Madariaga |
Author |
23-Jul-1886 |
14-Dec-1978 |
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards |
| Georgi Markov |
Victim |
1-Mar-1929 |
11-Sep-1978 |
Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella |
| Harry Martinson |
Poet |
6-May-1904 |
11-Feb-1978 |
Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space |
| Joe McCarthy |
Baseball |
21-Apr-1887 |
13-Jan-1978 |
Yankees manager for 15 years |
| Phyllis McGinley |
Poet |
21-Mar-1905 |
22-Feb-1978 |
A Pocketful of Wry |
| Maggie McNamara |
Actor |
18-Feb-1928 |
18-Feb-1978 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
| Golda Meir |
Head of State |
3-May-1898 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Fourth Prime Minister of Israel |
| Robert Menzies |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1894 |
15-May-1978 |
Twice Prime Minister of Australia |
| Willy Messerschmitt |
Engineer |
26-Jun-1898 |
17-Sep-1978 |
Designer of Nazi fighter planes |
| Anastas Mikoyan |
Politician |
25-Nov-1895 |
21-Oct-1978 |
Knew where the shrimps stay in winter |
| Harvey Milk |
Politician |
22-May-1930 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Openly gay SF city supervisor |
| Joseph Montoya |
Politician |
24-Sep-1915 |
8-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1964-77 |
| Keith Moon |
Drummer |
23-Aug-1946 |
7-Sep-1978 |
Drummer for The Who |
| Aldo Moro |
Head of State |
23-Sep-1916 |
9-May-1978 |
Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy |
| George Moscone |
Politician |
24-Nov-1929 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78 |
| Burt Munro |
Engineer |
25-Mar-1899 |
6-Jan-1978 |
Subject of biopic The World's Fastest Indian |
| Robert D. Murphy |
Diplomat |
28-Oct-1894 |
9-Jan-1978 |
Envoy in French North Africa, 1940-42 |
| Odette Myrtil |
Actor |
28-Jun-1898 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Out of the Fog |
| Ronald G. W. Norrish |
Chemist |
9-Nov-1897 |
7-Jun-1978 |
Rapid chemical processes |
| Johnny O'Keefe |
Musician |
6-Jan-1935 |
6-Oct-1978 |
King of Australian rock and roll |
| C. William O'Neill |
Politician |
14-Feb-1916 |
20-Aug-1978 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
| Jack Oakie |
Actor |
12-Nov-1903 |
23-Jan-1978 |
The Great Dictator |
| Pope Paul VI |
Religion |
26-Sep-1897 |
6-Aug-1978 |
The pilgrim pope |
| Louis Prima |
Singer |
7-Dec-1910 |
24-Aug-1978 |
King of the Swingers |
| Malvina Reynolds |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Aug-1900 |
17-Mar-1978 |
Little Boxes |
| Lynne Roberts |
Actor |
22-Nov-1919 |
1-Apr-1978 |
American character actress |
| Mark Robson |
Film Director |
4-Dec-1913 |
20-Jun-1978 |
Valley of the Dolls |
| John D. Rockefeller III |
Philanthropist |
21-Mar-1906 |
10-Jul-1978 |
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts |
| Norman Rockwell |
Painter |
3-Feb-1894 |
8-Nov-1978 |
Saturday Evening Post artist |
| Willard Rockwell |
Business |
31-Mar-1888 |
16-Oct-1978 |
Founder of Rockwell Automation |
| Frank Rosolino |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1926 |
26-Nov-1978 |
Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! |
| Raymond Rubicam |
Business |
16-Jun-1892 |
8-May-1978 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Samuel Rubin |
Business |
1901 |
21-Dec-1978 |
Founder of Fabergé Cosmetics |
| Leo Ryan |
Politician |
5-May-1925 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Congressman assassinated in Guyana |
| Paul Scott |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1920 |
1-Mar-1978 |
The Jewel in the Crown |
| Robert Shaw |
Actor |
9-Aug-1927 |
28-Aug-1978 |
Quint in Jaws |
| Manne Siegbahn |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1886 |
26-Sep-1978 |
X-Ray spectroscopy |
| Ignazio Silone |
Novelist |
1-May-1900 |
22-Aug-1978 |
Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant |
| Philip Sporn |
Engineer |
25-Nov-1896 |
23-Jan-1978 |
American Electric Power Company |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| William A. Steiger |
Politician |
15-May-1938 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1967-78 |
| William Steinberg |
Conductor |
1-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
| Kurt Student |
Military |
12-May-1890 |
1-Jul-1978 |
Luftwaffe General |
| Charles Tandy |
Business |
15-May-1918 |
4-Nov-1978 |
Radio Shack |
| Gene Tunney |
Boxing |
25-May-1897 |
7-Nov-1978 |
Heavyweight Boxing Champion, 1926-28 |
| Robert C. Turner |
Economist |
2-Mar-1908 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1952-53 |
| Vincent du Vigneaud |
Chemist |
18-May-1901 |
11-Dec-1978 |
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin |
| Jack L. Warner |
Business |
2-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
Co-Founder, Warner Bros. |
| Sylvia Townsend Warner |
Author |
6-Dec-1893 |
1-May-1978 |
Lolly Willowes |
| Chill Wills |
Actor |
18-Jul-1903 |
15-Dec-1978 |
The Alamo |
| Henry Willson |
Business |
31-Jul-1911 |
2-Nov-1978 |
Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele |
| Basil Wolverton |
Artist |
9-Jul-1909 |
31-Dec-1978 |
Mad magazine artist |
| Ed Wood |
Film Director |
10-Oct-1924 |
10-Dec-1978 |
Plan 9 From Outer Space |
| Peggy Wood |
Actor |
9-Feb-1892 |
18-Mar-1978 |
The Sound of Music |
| Henry M. Wriston |
Educator |
4-Jul-1889 |
7-Mar-1978 |
President of Brown University, 1937-55 |
| Gig Young |
Actor |
4-Nov-1913 |
19-Oct-1978 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Luther W. Youngdahl |
Politician |
29-May-1896 |
21-Jun-1978 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51 |
| Louis Zukofsky |
Poet |
23-Jan-1904 |
12-May-1978 |
Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement |
