1998 deaths

Haitian writer (1912–1998)

actress, drama teacher (1912-1998)

Danish rower (1919-1998)

British mathematician (1910-1998)

American author (1912–1998)

Albanian politician (1963-1998)

Yugoslav film maker (1927-1998)

chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank from 1951 to 1970

Russian-Italian actress

Ugandan boxer

American poet and writer (1915-1998)

German Catholic priest and theologian (1912-1998)

American writer (1917–1998)

Belgian road bicycle racer (1907–1998)

Japanese table tennis player (1935–1998)

Spanish linguist (1922–1998)

American astronomer (1919–1998)

American politician (1922–1998)

Polish footballer (1948-1998)

Hungarian actor (1919–1998)

German-British actor (1916–1998)

American author, singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer (1909–1998)

Japanese anime director (1950-1998)

Swedish DJ and record producer (1963-1998)

Olympic wrestler

Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1904–1998)

Italian rower (1914–1998)

Finnish writer (1907–1998)

Danish-Norwegian explorer (1906-1998)

Spanish poet, professor, writer and translator

athletics competitor (1928–1998)

Australian tennis player (1902–1998)

Serbian footballer (1930–1998)

French journalist (1914–1998)

Italian road bicycle racer (1923–1998)

Soviet-Uzbek actress (1911-1998)

English musician (1945–1998)

American physician (1904-1998)

Portuguese writer (1925-1998)

American radio announcer and politician (1909–1998)

British physicist (1911–1998)

Mexican footballer (1919-1998)

American musician (1955–1998)

racecar driver

German theologian (1906–1998)

German film director (1939–1998)

American chess player (1914–1998)

American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)

American novelist (1925–1998)

Indian businesswoman (1909–1998)

Swedish actor (1928–1998)

cyclist (1924-1998)

boxer (1909–1998)

American actor (1917–1998)

Spanish film director (1949-1998)

Romanian composer (1926–1998)

Soviet sculptor (1916-1998)

Egyptian actor, screenwriter, and film producer (1920–1998)

Croatian writer (1909–1998)

20th-century Portuguese author