| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Sani Abacha |
Head of State |
20-Sep-1943 |
8-Jun-1998 |
Dictator of Nigeria, 1993-98 |
| Watkins M. Abbitt |
Politician |
21-May-1908 |
13-Jul-1998 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1948-73 |
| Bella Abzug |
Politician |
24-Jul-1920 |
31-Mar-1998 |
Feminist and former Congresswoman |
| H. Gardner Ackley |
Economist |
30-Jun-1915 |
12-Feb-1998 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69 |
| Joseph Alioto |
Politician |
12-Feb-1916 |
29-Jan-1998 |
Mayor of San Franscisco, 1968-76 |
| Rolando Alphonso |
Musician |
12-Jan-1931 |
20-Nov-1998 |
Horn player, Ska/Reggae pioneer |
| Eric Ambler |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1909 |
22-Oct-1998 |
Topkapi |
| Cleveland Amory |
Author |
2-Sep-1917 |
14-Oct-1998 |
The Cat Who Came for Christmas |
| C. Elmer Anderson |
Politician |
16-Mar-1912 |
12-Jan-1998 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1951-55 |
| Jorge Pacheco Areco |
Head of State |
8-Nov-1920 |
29-Jul-1998 |
President of Uruguay, 1967-72 |
| Gene Autry |
Country Musician |
29-Sep-1907 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Singing cowboy |
| Red Badgro |
Football |
1-Dec-1902 |
13-Jul-1998 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Joan Banks |
Actor |
30-Oct-1918 |
18-Jan-1998 |
Radio actress, Gangbusters |
| Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Eva Bartok |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
1-Aug-1998 |
The Crimson Pirate |
| Derek Barton |
Chemist |
8-Sep-1918 |
16-Mar-1998 |
Conformational analysis |
| Danielle Berry |
Computer Programmer |
19-Feb-1949 |
3-Jul-1998 |
Transsexual designer of M.U.L.E. |
| Tom Bolack |
Politician |
18-May-1918 |
20-May-1998 |
Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63 |
| Sonny Bono |
Singer |
16-Feb-1935 |
5-Jan-1998 |
Moustached half of Sonny and Cher |
| Tom Bradley |
Politician |
27-Dec-1917 |
29-Sep-1998 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-93 |
| Lloyd Bridges |
Actor |
15-Jan-1913 |
10-Mar-1998 |
Airplane! |
| Leo Buscaglia |
Author |
31-Mar-1924 |
11-Jun-1998 |
Dr. Hug |
| Harold Butler |
Business |
16-Jun-1921 |
9-Jul-1998 |
Founder of Denny's |
| Mary Calderone |
Activist |
1-Jul-1904 |
24-Oct-1998 |
Questions and Answers about Love and Sex |
| Stokely Carmichael |
Activist |
29-Jun-1941 |
15-Nov-1998 |
Black separatist, Pan-Africanist |
| Betty Carter |
Singer |
16-May-1929 |
26-Sep-1998 |
Jazz vocalist |
| Carlos Castaneda |
Author |
25-Dec-1925 |
27-Apr-1998 |
The Teachings of Don Juan |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze |
Politician |
4-Sep-1910 |
29-Oct-1998 |
Mayor of Cleveland, 1954-61 |
| Lawton Chiles |
Politician |
3-Apr-1930 |
12-Dec-1998 |
Florida Governor and Senator |
| Dane Clark |
Actor |
26-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1998 |
Moonrise |
| Eldridge Cleaver |
Activist |
31-Aug-1935 |
1-May-1998 |
Black Panther turned Republican |
| Clark Clifford |
Government |
25-Dec-1906 |
10-Oct-1998 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69 |
| Henry Steele Commager |
Historian |
25-Oct-1902 |
2-Mar-1998 |
The American Mind |
| Tom Cora |
Cellist |
14-Sep-1953 |
9-Apr-1998 |
Avant-Garde cellist |
| Allan M. Cormack |
Physicist |
23-Feb-1924 |
7-May-1998 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| Lùcio Costa |
Architect |
27-Feb-1902 |
13-Jun-1998 |
Designed the city of Brasilia |
| Hugh Cudlipp |
Business |
28-Aug-1913 |
17-May-1998 |
British news magnate |
| Ovid Demaris |
Author |
6-Sep-1919 |
12-Mar-1998 |
The Last Mafioso |
| Michael Denison |
Actor |
1-Nov-1915 |
22-Jul-1998 |
Shadowlands |
| Richard Denning |
Actor |
27-Mar-1914 |
11-Oct-1998 |
Gov. Grey on Hawaii 5-O |
| John Derek |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1926 |
22-May-1998 |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Walter Diemer |
Business |
8-Jan-1905 |
8-Jan-1998 |
Invented bubble gum |
| Charles Diggs, Jr. |
Politician |
2-Dec-1922 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80 |
| Allen Drury |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1918 |
2-Sep-1998 |
Advise and Consent |
| David W. Dyer |
Judge |
28-Jun-1910 |
7-Jun-1998 |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76 |
| Walter D. Edmonds |
Novelist |
15-Jul-1903 |
24-Jan-1998 |
Drums Along the Mohawk |
| Samuel Eilenberg |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1913 |
30-Jan-1998 |
Category theory |
| Alois Estermann |
Government |
29-Oct-1954 |
4-May-1998 |
Swiss Guard, murdered |
| Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
| Gene Evans |
Actor |
11-Jul-1922 |
1-Apr-1998 |
Behemoth, the Sea Monster |
| Weeb Ewbank |
Football |
6-May-1907 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets |
| Falco |
Musician |
19-Feb-1957 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Rock Me, Amadeus! |
| Dante Fascell |
Politician |
9-Mar-1917 |
28-Nov-1998 |
Congressman from Florida, 1955-93 |
| Alice Faye |
Actor |
5-May-1915 |
9-May-1998 |
Fallen Angel |
| Norman Fell |
Actor |
24-Mar-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mr. Roper on Three's Company |
| Douglas Fowley |
Actor |
30-May-1911 |
21-May-1998 |
Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp |
| Mary Frann |
Actor |
27-Feb-1943 |
23-Sep-1998 |
Joanna Loudon on Newhart |
| Fred Friendly |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1915 |
3-Mar-1998 |
President of CBS News, 1964-66 |
| Kenichi Fukui |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1918 |
9-Jan-1998 |
Frontier orbitals |
| William Gaddis |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1922 |
16-Dec-1998 |
A Frolic of His Own |
| Martha Gellhorn |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1908 |
15-Feb-1998 |
War correspondent |
| Rumer Godden |
Author |
10-Dec-1907 |
8-Nov-1998 |
The River |
| Barry Goldwater |
Politician |
1-Jan-1909 |
29-May-1998 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 |
| Nelson Goodman |
Philosopher |
7-Aug-1906 |
25-Nov-1998 |
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast |
| Albert Gore, Sr. |
Politician |
26-Dec-1907 |
5-Dec-1998 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1953-71 |
| Marius Goring |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Red Shoes |
| Grandpa Jones |
Country Musician |
30-Jan-1914 |
19-Feb-1998 |
Old-time banjo picker and Hee-Haw comic |
| Jess Hahn |
Actor |
29-Oct-1921 |
29-Jun-1998 |
Topkapi |
| Phil Hartman |
Actor |
24-Sep-1948 |
28-May-1998 |
Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure |
| Rodney Harvey |
Actor |
31-Jul-1967 |
11-Apr-1998 |
Sodapop Curtis on The Outsiders |
| Hurd Hatfield |
Actor |
7-Dec-1917 |
26-Dec-1998 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| John Hawkes |
Novelist |
17-Aug-1925 |
15-May-1998 |
The Blood Oranges |
| Irene Hervey |
Actor |
11-Jul-1909 |
20-Dec-1998 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Joan Hickson |
Actor |
5-Aug-1906 |
17-Oct-1998 |
Miss Marple |
| A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |
Judge |
25-Feb-1928 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| George H. Hitchings |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1905 |
27-Feb-1998 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis |
| Valerie Hobson |
Actor |
14-Apr-1917 |
13-Nov-1998 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Alan L. Hodgkin |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1914 |
20-Dec-1998 |
Electrical impulses in nerves |
| Miroslav Holub |
Poet |
13-Sep-1923 |
14-Jul-1998 |
Immunologist, important Czech poet |
| Red Holzman |
Basketball |
10-Aug-1920 |
13-Nov-1998 |
NY Knicks Head Coach, 1957-82 |
| Trevor Huddleston |
Religion |
15-Jun-1913 |
20-Apr-1998 |
Anti-Apartheid activist |
| Kay Hughes |
Actor |
16-Jan-1914 |
4-Apr-1998 |
Dick Tracy |
| Ted Hughes |
Poet |
16-Aug-1930 |
28-Oct-1998 |
Crow |
| Sandy Hume |
Journalist |
c. 1969 |
22-Feb-1998 |
The Hill Correspondent, 1996-98 |
| Josephine Hutchinson |
Actor |
12-Oct-1903 |
4-Jun-1998 |
North by Northwest |
| Megs Jenkins |
Actor |
21-Apr-1917 |
5-Oct-1998 |
The History of Mr. Polly |
| Florence Griffith Joyner |
Track and Field |
21-Dec-1959 |
21-Sep-1998 |
Olympic sprinter |
| Bob Kane |
Cartoonist |
24-Oct-1915 |
3-Nov-1998 |
Creator of the original Batman comic |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Nicholas Kemmer |
Physicist |
7-Dec-1911 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Nuclear weapons and reactors |
| Richard T. Kennedy |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1919 |
11-Jan-1998 |
US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy |
| Charles Korvin |
Actor |
21-Nov-1907 |
18-Jun-1998 |
Interpol Calling |
| Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
| Nicholas Kurti |
Physicist |
14-May-1908 |
24-Nov-1998 |
Molecular gastronomy |
| Frank Latimore |
Actor |
28-Sep-1925 |
29-Nov-1998 |
Shock |
| Halldór Laxness |
Author |
23-Apr-1902 |
8-Feb-1998 |
Iceland's Bell |
| Shari Lewis |
Performance Artist |
17-Jan-1933 |
2-Aug-1998 |
Lamb Chop's Play-Along |
| Jack Lord |
Actor |
30-Dec-1920 |
21-Jan-1998 |
McGarrett on Hawaii 5-O |
| Sid Luckman |
Football |
21-Nov-1916 |
5-Jul-1998 |
Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer |
| Jean-François Lyotard |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1924 |
21-Apr-1998 |
Founder of Postmodernism |
| Joseph Maher |
Actor |
29-Dec-1933 |
17-Jul-1998 |
Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior |
| David Manners |
Actor |
30-Apr-1901 |
23-Dec-1998 |
Dracula |
| Jean Marais |
Actor |
11-Dec-1913 |
8-Nov-1998 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| E. G. Marshall |
Actor |
18-Jun-1910 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Juror #4, 12 Angry Men |
| William McChesney Martin |
Economist |
17-Dec-1906 |
29-Jul-1998 |
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 |
| Daniel Massey |
Actor |
10-Oct-1933 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Star! |
| Linda McCartney |
Musician |
24-Sep-1941 |
17-Apr-1998 |
Beatle wife and photographer |
| Tommy McCook |
Musician |
3-Mar-1927 |
5-May-1998 |
Sax player for The Skatalites |
| Dick McDonald |
Business |
16-Feb-1909 |
14-Jul-1998 |
Co-Founder of McDonald's |
| Roddy McDowall |
Actor |
17-Sep-1928 |
3-Oct-1998 |
Planet of the Apes |
| Bob Merrill |
Songwriter |
17-May-1921 |
17-Feb-1998 |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? |
| Cary Middlecoff |
Golf |
6-Jan-1921 |
1-Sep-1998 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
| Archie Moore |
Boxing |
13-Dec-1913 |
9-Dec-1998 |
The Old Mongoose |
| Dermot Morgan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1952 |
28-Feb-1998 |
Father Ted |
| Wright Morris |
Novelist |
6-Jan-1910 |
29-Apr-1998 |
The Field of Vision |
| Ray Nitschke |
Football |
29-Dec-1936 |
8-Mar-1998 |
Green Bay Packer, Hall of Famer |
| Jeanette Nolan |
Actor |
30-Dec-1911 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree |
| Martha O'Driscoll |
Actor |
4-Mar-1922 |
3-Nov-1998 |
Li'l Abner |
| Dick O'Neill |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Charlie Cagney on Cagney and Lacey |
| Maureen O'Sullivan |
Actor |
17-May-1911 |
28-Jun-1998 |
A Day at the Races |
| Alan J. Pakula |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1928 |
19-Nov-1998 |
All the President's Men |
| Korla Pandit |
Musician |
16-Sep-1921 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Hynoptic exotic |
| Richard Paul |
Actor |
6-Jun-1940 |
25-Dec-1998 |
Born to play Jerry Falwell |
| Octavio Paz |
Poet |
31-Mar-1914 |
19-Apr-1998 |
The Labyrinth of Solitude |
| Leo Penn |
Film Director |
27-Aug-1921 |
5-Sep-1998 |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home |
| Carl Perkins |
Jazz Musician |
9-Apr-1932 |
19-Jan-1998 |
Blue Suede Shoes |
| Rob Pilatus |
Dancer |
8-Jun-1965 |
2-Apr-1998 |
Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
| Ferry Porsche |
Engineer |
19-Sep-1909 |
27-Mar-1998 |
Designed the Porsche 356 |
| Jon Postel |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1943 |
16-Oct-1998 |
Creator of the Internet's RFC system |
| Pol Pot |
Head of State |
19-May-1925 |
15-Apr-1998 |
Leader of the Khmer Rouge |
| Cozy Powell |
Drummer |
29-Dec-1947 |
5-Apr-1998 |
Drummer, Emerson Lake and Powell |
| Enoch Powell |
Politician |
16-Jun-1912 |
8-Feb-1998 |
British demagogue |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
| Vladimir Prelog |
Chemist |
23-Jul-1906 |
7-Jan-1998 |
Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts |
| Hermann Prey |
Singer |
11-Jul-1929 |
22-Jul-1998 |
Operatic baritone, Figaro |
| Antonio Prohias |
Artist |
17-Jan-1921 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Spy vs. Spy |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
Country Musician |
27-Nov-1941 |
7-May-1998 |
Drivin' My Life Away |
| Jennings Randolph |
Politician |
8-Mar-1902 |
8-May-1998 |
US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85 |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Gene Raymond |
Actor |
13-Aug-1908 |
2-May-1998 |
Red Dust |
| Pauline Réage |
Author |
23-Sep-1907 |
27-Apr-1998 |
Histoire d'O |
| Bebe Rebozo |
Business |
17-Nov-1912 |
8-May-1998 |
Nixon confidant |
| Frederick Reines |
Physicist |
16-Mar-1918 |
26-Aug-1998 |
Co-Discover of the neutrino |
| Abraham Ribicoff |
Politician |
9-Apr-1910 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Senator and Governor from Connecticut |
| Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
| Martin Rodbell |
Scientist |
1-Dec-1925 |
7-Dec-1998 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Roy Rogers |
Actor |
5-Nov-1911 |
6-Jul-1998 |
Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger |
| Esther Rolle |
Actor |
8-Nov-1920 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Florida Evans on Good Times |
| Vere Rothermere |
Publisher |
27-Apr-1925 |
1-Sep-1998 |
Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98 |
| Donald S. Russell |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71 |
| Terry Sanford |
Politician |
20-Aug-1917 |
18-Apr-1998 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| Francis W. Sargent |
Politician |
29-Jul-1915 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75 |
| Steve Schiff |
Politician |
18-Mar-1947 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Congressman from New Mexico, 1989-98 |
| Theodore W. Schultz |
Economist |
30-Apr-1902 |
26-Feb-1998 |
Investment in Human Capital |
| Yang Shangkun |
Head of State |
25-May-1907 |
14-Sep-1998 |
President of the PRC, 1988-93 |
| Alan Shepard |
Astronaut |
18-Nov-1923 |
21-Jul-1998 |
First American in space |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Frank Sinatra |
Singer |
12-Dec-1915 |
14-May-1998 |
It's Frank's world, we just live in it |
| Buffalo Bob Smith |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1917 |
30-Jul-1998 |
Howdy Doody |
| H. Allen Smith |
Politician |
8-Oct-1909 |
4-Jun-1998 |
Congressman from California, 1957-73 |
| Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
| Benjamin Spock |
Doctor |
2-May-1903 |
15-Mar-1998 |
Baby and Child Care |
| Maurice H. Stans |
Government |
22-Mar-1908 |
14-Apr-1998 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1969-72 |
| Dorothy Stickney |
Actor |
21-Jun-1896 |
2-Jun-1998 |
Broadway star of Life With Father |
| Annette Strauss |
Politician |
26-Jan-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 |
| Robert Lewis Taylor |
Novelist |
24-Sep-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters |
| Michelle Thomas |
Actor |
23-Sep-1969 |
22-Dec-1998 |
Myra on Family Matters |
| Karla Faye Tucker |
Criminal |
18-Nov-1959 |
3-Feb-1998 |
First woman executed in Texas since 1863 |
| Mo Udall |
Politician |
15-Jun-1922 |
12-Dec-1998 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1961-91 |
| Doak Walker |
Football |
1-Jan-1927 |
27-Sep-1998 |
Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer |
| Margaret Walker |
Novelist |
7-Jul-1915 |
30-Nov-1998 |
Jubilee |
| George Wallace |
Politician |
25-Aug-1919 |
13-Sep-1998 |
Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin |
| J. T. Walsh |
Actor |
28-Sep-1943 |
27-Feb-1998 |
A Few Good Men |
| Dorothy West |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1907 |
16-Aug-1998 |
The Wedding |
| Otto Wichterle |
Chemist |
27-Oct-1913 |
18-Aug-1998 |
Invented soft contact lenses |
| Jack Williams |
Politician |
29-Oct-1909 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Governor of Arizona, 1967-75 |
| Wendy O. Williams |
Singer |
28-May-1949 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Singer for The Plasmatics |
| Carl Wilson |
Musician |
21-Dec-1946 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Beach Boy |
| Flip Wilson |
Comic |
8-Dec-1933 |
25-Nov-1998 |
The Flip Wilson Show |
| Beatrice Wood |
Artist |
3-Mar-1893 |
12-Mar-1998 |
Mama of Dada |
| Donald Woods |
Actor |
2-Dec-1906 |
5-Mar-1998 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| Chalmers P. Wylie |
Politician |
23-Nov-1920 |
14-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93 |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
| Frankie Yankovic |
Musician |
15-Jul-1915 |
14-Oct-1998 |
America's Polka King |
| Samuel W. Yorty |
Politician |
1-Oct-1909 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1961-73 |
| Robert Young |
Actor |
22-Feb-1907 |
21-Jul-1998 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| Henny Youngman |
Comic |
16-Mar-1906 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Take my wife, please |
| Todor Zhivkov |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1911 |
5-Aug-1998 |
Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89 |
