List of Famous people who died in 1998

Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson was an American jazz patron and the founder in 1954 of Shakey's Pizza, which hosted live jazz-oriented music nightly.

Hazel Gladys Bishop was an American chemist and the founder of the cosmetics company Hazel Bishop, Inc. She was the inventor of the first long-lasting lipstick.

Donald Stuart Russell was an attorney from South Carolina who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, President of the University of South Carolina, Governor of South Carolina, United States Senator from South Carolina, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Viljo ("Ville") Akseli Heino was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from 25 August 1944 to 11 June 1949 and again from 1 September 1949 to 22 October 1949. He was the male Finnish Sportspersonality of the year for 1949.

Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He served as a United States senator from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 to 1998.

John Richard "Jack" Williams was an American radio announcer and politician. After gaining public recognition throughout Arizona because of his work in radio, he went on to become a two-term Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona and a three-term governor of Arizona. A constitutional amendment, approved by Arizona voters in 1968, resulted in Williams serving eight years as governor and being the first governor of Arizona to serve a four-year term.