List of Famous people who died in 1998

Hideo Shima was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).

Robert L. Brock was an American businessman. He was born in Pawnee Rock, Kansas, and graduated from Sterling High School and Kansas University.

Hans Daniel Namuhuja was a Namibian poet, author, and teacher. He published in Oshindonga, a dialect of Oshiwambo, and was the first author to publish poetry in this language for which before only the Catechism and few basic texts had been created.

Prudencio Sánchez Fernández, commonly known as Pruden was a Spanish association football player who played mainly for Real Madrid. His career started in Salamanca, in the club's first ever season, 1934–35 regional league. The next season, 1939–40, the club was promoted to Segunda División, the second tier in Spain. He then moved to Atlético Madrid, where he scored 33 goals winning the Pichichi Trophy and helping the club win the La Liga title. He then returned to his youth club for 2 years, and after failing to lead the club to promotion, he left for Real Madrid. He spent 5 years in Madrid, failing to win the league title, although he did win two consecutive Copa del Reys, in 1946 and 1947, and scored in both finals. He finished his professional career with one season in Real Zaragoza, in the Tercera División, then the 3rd tier.