Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1998

Assia Noris fue una actriz de cine nacida en Rusia y nacionalizada italiana.

Jürgen Walther Ludwig Aschoff, conocido como Jürgen Aschoff, fue un médico y biólogo alemán especializado en la fisiología del comportamiento. Es considerado, junto con Erwin Bünning y Colin Pittendrigh, uno de los fundadores del campo de la cronobiología. Su trabajo en esta disciplina de la biología le llevó a plantear la idea de que alteraciones del ciclo luz-oscuridad pueden acarrear efectos psicológicos perjudiciales.

Shirley Lewis Povich was an American sports columnist and reporter for The Washington Post.

Joyce Wieland was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist. Wieland found success as a painter when she began her career in Toronto in the 1950s. In 1962, Wieland moved to New York City and expanded her career as an artist by including new materials and mixed media work. During that time, she also rose to prominence as an experimental filmmaker and soon, renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York were showing her films. In 1971, Wieland's True Patriot Love exhibition was the first solo exhibition by a living Canadian female artist at the National Gallery of Canada. In 1982, Wieland received the honour of the Order of Canada and in 1987, she was awarded the Toronto Arts Foundation's Visual Arts Award. She was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Bengt Gunnar Eklund was a Swedish actor. He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan.

Jerzy Bińczycki was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1962 and 1998. He starred in the 1975 film Nights and Days, which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.

Fred W. Friendly was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 film Non ti pago! was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.