Born in 1898

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• 1898–1948Sergei EisensteinSoviet-Russian filmmaker and theoristJanuary 22
• 1898–1974Julius EvolaItalian radical-right philosopher and esotericistMay 19
• 1898–1976Paul RobesonAmerican singer, actor, political activist, and athleteApril 9
• 1898–1992Shirley BoothAmerican actressAugust 30
• 1898–1944William James SidisAmerican child prodigyApril 1
• 1898–1979Herbert MarcuseGerman–American philosopher, sociologist, and political theoristJuly 19
• 1898–1990Irene DunneAmerican actressDecember 20
• 1898–1986Henry MooreEnglish sculptorJuly 30
• 1898–1964Leo SzilardHungarian-American physicist and inventorFebruary 11
• 1898–1976Alexander CalderAmerican sculptorJuly 22
• 1898–1976Alvar AaltoFinnish architect and designerFebruary 3
• 1898–1998Gulzarilal NandaIndian politician and economistJuly 4
• 1898–1974Rudolf DasslerGerman cobbler, businessmanMarch 26
• 1898–1980Tamara de LempickaPolish painterMay 16
• 1898–1976Trofim LysenkoSoviet agronomist and pseudoscientistSeptember 29
• 1898–1981Lotte LenyaAustrian singer and actressOctober 18
• 1898–1988Isidor RabiAmerican physicistJuly 29
• 1898–1974Peng DehuaiChinese politician and generalOctober 24
• 1898–1945Hans KrebsGerman Wehrmacht Heer generalMarch 4
• 1898–1979Peggy GuggenheimAmerican art collectorAugust 26
• 1898–1968Howard FloreyAustralian pathologistSeptember 24
• 1898–1956Kenji MizoguchiJapanese filmmakerMay 16
• 1898–1990Armand HammerAmerican businessmanMay 21
• 1898–1987Gunnar MyrdalSwedish economist, sociologist, and Nobel LaureateDecember 6
• 1898–1974Fritz ZwickySwiss astronomerFebruary 14
• 1898–1967TotòItalian actorFebruary 15
• 1898–1985Henry HathawayAmerican film director and producerMarch 13
• 1898–1969Leo McCareyAmerican film directorOctober 3
• 1898–1960Inejirō AsanumaJapanese socialist politicianDecember 27
• 1898–1978Willy MesserschmittGerman aircraft designer and manufacturerJune 26
• 1898–1945Josef TerbovenGerman Nazi politicianMay 23
• 1898–1986Bessie LoveAmerican actressSeptember 10
• 1898–1936Julius SchreckNazi officer, first commander of the SSJuly 13
• 1898–1988Giuseppe SaragatPresident of Italy from 1964 to 1971September 19
• 1898–1959Preston SturgesAmerican film director and screenwriterAugust 29
• 1898–1968Dorothy GishAmerican actressMarch 11
• 1898–1980William O. DouglasAmerican juristOctober 16
• 1898–1981René ClairFrench filmmaker and writerNovember 11
• 1898–1986Georges DumézilFrench philologist and historianMarch 4
• 1898–1983Kurt TankGerman aeronautical engineerFebruary 24
• 1898–1993Norman Vincent PealeAmerican minister, author, and positive thinking proponentMay 31
• 1898–1977Princess Charlotte, Duchess of ValentinoisHereditary Princess of MonacoSeptember 30
• 1898–1960Aloysius StepinacCroatian Latin Catholic cardinalMay 8
• 1898–1920Jeanne HébuterneFrench painterApril 6
• 1898–1971Chesty PullerUnited States Marine Corps generalJune 26
• 1898–1992ArlettyFrench actressMay 15
• 1898–1962Hanns EislerAustrian and German composerJuly 6
• 1898–1995Alfred EisenstaedtGerman-born American photojournalistDecember 6
• 1898–1945Konrad HenleinSudeten German politician, Gauleiter, SS-ObergruppenführerMay 6
• 1898–1979Gracie FieldsBritish actress, singer and comedianJanuary 9
• 1898–1962Emil ArtinAustrian mathematicianMarch 3
• 1898–1967Henry LuceAmerican magazine publisherApril 3
• 1898–1984Vicente AleixandreSpanish poetApril 26
• 1898–1947Grace MooreAmerican operatic soprano and actressDecember 5
• 1898–1991Berenice AbbottAmerican photographerJuly 17
• 1898–1952Luigi FagioliItalian racing driverJune 9
• 1898–1994Jean BorotraFrench tennis playerAugust 13
• 1898–1935Wiley Post20th-century American aviatorNovember 22
• 1898–2001Ninette de ValoisIrish-born British dancerJune 6
• 1898–1952Gertrude LawrenceEnglish performing artistJuly 4