List of Famous people who died in 1998
Louisa Wilhelmina Elisabeth Amarantha Mackay
Ethel Idonia Stern
Burton M. Cross
Burton Melvin Cross was a Maine Republican businessman and politician. Cross was Maine's 61st and 63rd Governor, though his two terms were separated by just 25 hours.
Max Eckard
Ernst Ising
Ernst Ising was a German physicist, who is best remembered for the development of the Ising model. He was a professor of physics at Bradley University until his retirement in 1976.
Rudy Dhaenens
Rudy Dhaenens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the World Cycling Championships in 1990 as a member of the Belgian national team.
William Alexander Fraser
Vitaly Nuykin
Vitaly Alekseevich Nuikin was a Soviet intelligence officer, and colonel of the KGB of the USSR.
Ran Laurie
William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie was an English physician, Olympic rowing champion, and gold medallist. His youngest son is the actor Hugh Laurie.
Phil Leeds
Phil Leeds was an American character actor.