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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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