1898 births

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)

German-born novelist (1898–1970)

Egyptian singer and actress (1904–1975)

1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

American physicist (1898–1988)

Spanish poet (1898–1984)

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

Swedish economist (1898–1987)

Italian racing driver and entrepreneur (1898–1988)

Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)

Australian pathologist (1898-1968)

Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)

South African politician (1898–1967)

German chemist (1898–1973)

American actress (1898–1992)

Indian politician (1898-1998)

Soviet military commander

Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)

Swiss astronomer who posited dark matter (1898–1974)

American artist (1898–1976)

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

Italian writer (1898-1957)

Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976)

American actress and singer (1898–1990)

French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956)

French philologist (1898-1986)

The seventh and last Shah of Iran Qajar (1909–1925)

American actor (1898–1987)

American film director, screenwriter and producer (1898-1969)

American child prodigy (1898-1944)

Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata ("the prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He is commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. While best known for his funny and sometimes cynical comic characters in theatre and then many successful comedy films made from the 1940s to the 1960s, he also w

Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)

Uruguayan footballer (1898-1967)

Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981)

American film director and producer (1898-1985)

Croatian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Zagreb (1898-1960) and blessed

German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898-1978)

American writer and minister (1898-1993)

American photographer (1898-1991)

Dutch filmmaker (1898-1989)

American actress (1898–1986)

Austrian-Armenian mathematician (1898–1962)

German general

Austrian and German composer (1898–1962)

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Nazi Germany politician (1898-1946)

British economist (1898–1984)

Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat (15 May 1898 – 23 July 1992), known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including Hotel du Nord (1938), Le jour se lève (1939) and Children of Paradise (1945). She was found guilty of treason for an affair with a German officer during World War II.

Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic

American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)

Uruguayan football player and manager (1898-1981)

Polish physicist (1898–1968)

Serbian writer (1898-1993)