Personalities who died at 78

Famous people grouped by age of death

There are 100 personalities from all nationalities who died at the age of 78
Among them, are for example Bernard Tapie, Jackie Sardou, Yves Rénier, Jean-Pierre Coffe, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gérard Filippelli, Simone de Beauvoir, Achille Zavatta, Auguste Renoir, Pierre Corneille, Alphonse de Lamartine, Idi Amin Dada, ...

† at 78 years

1898 • 1976

Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné

† at 78 years

Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné

1552 • 1630

† at 78 years

1946 • 2024

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at ~78 years

~ 1925 • 2003

† at 78 years

1933 • 2012

† at 78 years

1905 • 1983

† at 78 years

1941 • 2019

Christiaan Barnard

† at 78 years

Christiaan Barnard

1922 • 2001

† at 78 years

1932 • 2011

† at 78 years

1944 • 2023

Franz Beckenbauer

† at 78 years

Franz Beckenbauer

1945 • 2024

† at 78 years

1913 • 1992

† at 78 years

1944 • 2023

Sarah Bernhardt

† at 78 years

Sarah Bernhardt

1844 • 1923

† at 78 years

1921 • 1999

Hamilton Bohannon

† at 78 years

Hamilton Bohannon

1942 • 2020

† at 78 years

1899 • 1978

† at 78 years

1913 • 1992

Patrick Bricard

† at 78 years

Patrick Bricard

1940 • 2019

Died 40 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

1906 • 1985

Alexander Calder

† at 78 years

Alexander Calder

1898 • 1976

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Died 150 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

1796 • 1875

† at 78 years

Maurice Carême

1899 • 1978

Raffaella Carrà

† at 78 years

Raffaella Carrà

1943 • 2021

Michel Charasse

† at 78 years

Michel Charasse

1941 • 2020

† at 78 years

1929 • 2007

Fashion designers

Camille Claudel

† at 78 years

Camille Claudel

1864 • 1943

Jean-Pierre Coffe

† at 78 years

Jean-Pierre Coffe

1938 • 2016

Pierre Corneille

† at 78 years

Pierre Corneille

1606 • 1684

Dwight D. Eisenhower

† at 78 years

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1890 • 1969

Died 25 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

Frédéric Dard

1921 • 2000

† at 78 years

1889 • 1967

Simone de Beauvoir

† at 78 years

Simone de Beauvoir

1908 • 1986

Alphonse de Lamartine

† at 78 years

Alphonse de Lamartine

1790 • 1869

Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

† at 78 years

Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

1901 • 1979

Jean-Claude Decaux

† at 78 years

Jean-Claude Decaux

1937 • 2016

Régine Deforges

† at 78 years

Régine Deforges

1935 • 2014

† at 78 years

1928 • 2007

Maurice Dorléac

† at 78 years

Maurice Dorléac

1901 • 1979

Gérard Filippelli

† at 78 years

Gérard Filippelli

1942 • 2021

† at 78 years

1942 • 2021

Theodor Fontane

† at 78 years

Theodor Fontane

1819 • 1898

† at 78 years

1900 • 1979

André Glucksmann

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

André Glucksmann

1937 • 2015

† at 78 years

1785 • 1863

† at 78 years

1924 • 2003

† at 78 years

1828 • 1906

† at 78 years

1767 • 1845

† at 78 years

1852 • 1931

† at 78 years

1888 • 1967

Vassily Kandinsky

† at 78 years

Vassily Kandinsky

1866 • 1944

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

† at 78 years

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

1869 • 1948

† at 78 years

1938 • 2016

† at 78 years

1924 • 2003

Trade Unionists

Catherine Lachens

† at 78 years

Catherine Lachens

1945 • 2023

Maurice Larcange

† at 78 years

Maurice Larcange

1929 • 2007

† at 78 years

1871 • 1950

Raymond Lefebvre

† at 78 years

Raymond Lefebvre

1929 • 2008

Film music composers

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

1937 • 2015

Died 10 years ago in 2024

† at 78 years

1936 • 2014

George Marshall

† at 78 years

George Marshall

1880 • 1959

† at 78 years

1917 • 1995

† at 78 years

1901 • 1979

Dietrich Mateschitz

† at 78 years

Dietrich Mateschitz

1944 • 2022

† at 78 years

André Michelin

1853 • 1931

Christian-Marie Monnot

† at 78 years

Christian-Marie Monnot

1945 • 2024

† at 78 years

1921 • 1999

High-tech entrepreneurs

Maria Anna Mozart

† at 78 years

Maria Anna Mozart

1751 • 1829

† at 78 years

1860 • 1939

Vladimir Nabokov

† at 78 years

Vladimir Nabokov

1899 • 1977

† at 78 years

1861 • 1939

Donald O'Connor

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

Donald O'Connor

1925 • 2003

Roy Oliver Disney

† at 78 years

Roy Oliver Disney

1893 • 1971

† at 78 years

1933 • 2012

† at 78 years

1935 • 2014

† at 78 years

1895 • 1974

Auguste Piccard

† at 78 years

Auguste Piccard

1884 • 1962

† at 78 years

1942 • 2021

† at 78 years

1841 • 1919

Maurice Richard

Died 25 years ago in 2025

† at 78 years

Maurice Richard

1921 • 2000

† at 78 years

1922 • 2000

† at 78 years

1902 • 1981

† at 78 years

1866 • 1944

Eleanor Roosevelt

† at 78 years

Eleanor Roosevelt

1884 • 1962