1998 deaths

American musician (1955–1998)

Soviet sculptor (1916-1998)

Croatian writer (1909–1998)

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

Puerto rican salsa singer, songwriter (1958–1998)

Dutch politician (1911–1998)

American composer (1923-1998)

sailor (1928-1998)

boxer (1909–1998)

Swiss writer (1901-1998)

Syrian lawyer, academic and politician (1914–1998)

Soviet submarine commander (1926-1998)

Spanish actor (1920–1998)

English composer and poet (1938-1998)

Australian tennis player (1902–1998)

Swedish bishop (1905–1998)

Polish footballer (1910-1998)

Indian activist

German artist (1906-1998)

Cuban filmmaker (1919-1998)

French writer (1908-1998)

actor (1920-1998)

younger son of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, and Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood

English historian

American game designer and programmer (1949-1998)

American film actress (1909–1998)

Arudra (born Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry; 31 August 1925 – 4 June 1998) was an Indian author, poet, lyricist, translator, publisher, dramatist, playwright, and an expert on Telugu literature. He is also known for his works in Telugu cinema as a lyricist, dialogue writer, and story writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.

Brazilian recording artist and singer

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1998)

Japanese architect

British writer (1912–1998)

Ukrainian painter, photographer, philosoph, poet, writer (1927-1998)

Italian screenwriter (1924-1998)

Italian lyric singer (1946-1998)

Hungarian Jazz guitarist (1927-1998)

American actress (1918-1998)

sailor (1901–1998)

Tunisian screenwriter and actress (1906-1998)

Scottish footballer (1925-1998)

American serial killer (1951–1998)

German musician (1955–1998)

artist and architect (1908-1998)

Israeli playwright and translator (1926–1998)

Mongolian politician

Italian athletics competitor

Swiss rower (1910-1998)

American ice hockey goaltender

Spanish diplomat and politician (1909-1998)

Indian singer (1915-1998)

Hungarian politician (1924-1998)

Belgian electrochemist and corrosion specialist (1904–1998)

basketball player

English footballer (1910-1998)

Broadway actress (1896–1998)

American mathematician (1923–1998)

American professional golfer (1921–1998)

Rwandan politician executed (1947-1998)

Sweden's first female professor of archeology

Pakistani actress

Dutch author, journalist, publisher, and feminist (1914-1998)