1998 deaths

Tunisian politician (1913–1998)

Ceylonese athlete (1918–1998)

Canadian-born American film and television actor (1906-1998)

English footballer (1941-1998)

German singer, dancer, model (1964–1998)

Dutch tennis player (1904–1998)

French mathematical physicist (1915-1998)

American singer-songwriter (1943–1998)

American novelist (1918-1998)

Argentine footballer (1923-1998)

athletics competitor (1951–1998)

American actor (1907-1998)

Footballer (1935-1998)

Egyptian weightlifter (1913-1998)

Mexican writer (1916–1998)

athletics competitor (1932–1998)

American professional wrestler (1952-1998)

Irish actor (1952–1998)

American actor (1923–1998)

actor (1922-1998)

swimmer (1915-1998)

racecar driver

Estonian diplomat (1905-1998)

Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist (1942–1998)

German actor (1905-1998)

Indian historian

French composer of popular music and film scores (1908–1998)

Polish film director (1907–1998)

African American painter (1905–1998)

Hungarian water polo player (1924–1998)

Soviet wrestler (1929–1998)

Catholic cardinal (1913-1998)

Catholic cardinal (1927–1998)

Finnish long-distance runner

Northern Irish footballer (1933-1998)

Italian footballer (1923-1981)

German murderer (1935–1998)

Japanese mathematician (1917-1998)

Prime Minister of Turkey (1919–1998)

Czech poet and immunologist (1923–1998)

Italian film actor and director (1913-1998)

English writer (1907-1998)

New Zealand racing driver (1937-1998)

Italian conductor

German conductor (1926-1998)

British cinematographer (1902–1998)

Hungarian water polo player (1908-1998)

French psychoanalyst (1923–1998)

Olympic cyclist

American country singer (1941–1998)

National Revolutionary Army General (1896–1998)

American basketball player and coach (1917–1998)

cross-country skier (1914-1998)

Minister for Expellees, Ostforscher, Probable war criminal (not convicted) (1905-1998)

British writer (1913-1998)

American actress (1909-1998)

sailor

Georgian football manager (1938–1998)

French fencer (1909–1998)

Austrian soprano (1926-1998)