Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1998

Satoshi Murayama was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.

Alan J. Pakula fue un director de cine estadounidense con preferencia en películas de intrigas políticas.

Persis Khambatta was an Indian model and actress who is best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

Martha Gellhorn fue una escritora y periodista estadounidense. Es considerada una de las corresponsales de guerra más importantes del siglo XX. En 1958 obtuvo el prestigioso Premio O. Henry.

Dorothy Squires was a Welsh singer. Her early records were "The Gypsy", "A Tree in the Meadow" and "I'm Walking Behind You" by Billy Reid, and "Say It With Flowers" written by Squires and accompanied on piano by Russ Conway. Among her later recordings were versions of "Till", "My Way", and "For Once in My Life". Other cover songs included "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "Anytime", "If You Love Me " and "And So to Sleep Again".

Rolan Antonovich Bykov was a Soviet and Russian actor, theatre and film director, screenwriter, educator at High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, poet and song writer, as well as a politician and a banker. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.

Akira Kurosawa fue uno de los más célebres directores de cine de Japón. Sugata sanshirô (1943) fue su ópera prima y su filmografía consta de 30 películas, rodadas a lo largo de cinco décadas, que incluyen influyentes títulos como Rashōmon (1950), Shichinin no samurai (1954), Dersu Uzala (1975) o Ran (Caos) (1985).

Hans Conrad Schumann fue el primer desertor de la República Democrática Alemana (RDA) una vez empezada la construcción del Muro de Berlín. Su fuga es, además, una de las más conocidas.

Dušan Pašek was a Slovak professional ice hockey forward who played 48 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Minnesota North Stars. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and represented Czechoslovakia at three Canada Cups. He also won a gold medal at the 1985 World Ice Hockey Championships.

Protima Gauri Bedi (12 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model turned Odissi exponent. In 1990, she established Nrityagram, a dance village near Bangalore.