List of Famous people who died in 1998

Vladimir Arkadyevich Petukhov was mayor of Nefteyugansk in 1996-1998. According to the investigative committee of the Russian Federation, he was killed by order of the first vice-president of the oil company YUKOS, Leonid Nevzlin, due to conflict due over the failure of YUKOS to pay taxes to the local budget. The Moscow City Court found that the organizer of the crime was the security officer of YUKOS Alexey Pichugin.

Catherine Sauvage was a French singer and actress.

Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, mainly known as Ferry Porsche, was an Austrian-German technical automobile designer and automaker-entrepreneur. He operated Porsche AG in Stuttgart, Germany. His father, Ferdinand Porsche, Sr. was also a renowned automobile engineer and founder of Volkswagen and Porsche. His nephew, Ferdinand Piëch, was the longtime chairman of Volkswagen Group, and his son, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, was involved in the design of the 911.

César, also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini, was a noted French sculptor.

Dominique Davray was a French actress. She performed in more than ninety films from 1942 to 1983.

Shōji Nakayama was a Japanese film actor.

Nelson Gonçalves was a Brazilian singer and songwriter.

Richard Jaeger was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Under Ludwig Erhard's second ministry, he was Minister of Justice.

Tso-hsin Cheng was a Chinese ornithologist known for his seminal work on the birds of China and mentoring a generation of researchers. Educated in the United States, he chose to stay in China after the Second World War though many of his academic colleagues moved to Taiwan. He was severely punished during the Cultural Revolution despite being a member of the Communist Party.

Daniel Tinayre was a French-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer.