Born and died in 1978

American singer and co-founder of the rock band 3 Doors Down, known for writing and performing the hit single 'Kryptonite'

American basketball player and screenwriter who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning five championships and becoming one of the sport's most iconic figures

English racing driver who competed in Formula One, Champ Car, and IndyCar, notably winning the 2001 International Formula 3000 Championship and co-winning the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona

Algerian military officer and politician who served as the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978, first as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and then as President

Japanese association football player born in Hyōgo Prefecture, active in the early 20th century

Israel's first and only female Prime Minister, a politician who previously worked as a teacher

Greek-Italian artist and writer who founded the scuola metafisica art movement, known for his enigmatic paintings and profound influence on surrealism

American cult leader, preacher, and mass murderer known for the Jonestown mass murder-suicide and influencing the perception of cults

Italian politician and 3rd President of Italy, renowned for his efforts to bring about an 'opening to the left' and his influential role during Italy's post-war era and decolonization

Belgian singer, actor, and composer known as a master of the modern chanson, who generated a large, devoted following worldwide

Italian pope who served for 33 days in 1978, known as the "Smiling Pope" for his warm, accessible leadership style

Swedish physicist and university teacher known for his Nobel Prize-winning discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy

First Prime Minister and President of self-governing Kenya, playing a significant role in its transformation from a British colony to an independent republic

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978, known for concluding and implementing the Second Vatican Council and fostering ecumenical relations

British chemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967 for his studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing equilibrium with short pulses of energy