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In the year 1898
720 Notable birthdays
Guglielmo Brezzi
Italian footballer (1898-1926).
Born December 24th, 1898.
Died April 7th, 1926 at 27 years old
Wilhelm Arwe
Swedish ice hockey player.
Born January 28th, 1898. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1980 at 82 years old in Stockholm.
Ernst Kyburz
Olympic wrestler (1898-1983).
Born August 14th, 1898.
Died October 16th, 1983 at 85 years old in Ronco sopra Ascona.
Ole Hegge
Cross-country skier (1898-1994).
Born September 3rd, 1898 in Bardu Municipality.
Died June 2nd, 1994 at 95 years old in Livingston County. [ref]
Ivor Campbell
Canadian rower (1898–1971).
Born January 11th, 1898 in Kirkintilloch.
Died September 1st, 1971 at 73 years old in Portland.
Elemér Somfay
Hungarian decathlete (1898–1979).
Born August 28th, 1898 in Budapest.
Died May 15th, 1979 at 80 years old in Budapest.
Josef Adolf
Olympic nordic combined skier of czechoslovakia (1898–1951).
Born May 14th, 1898 in Velká Úpa.
Died November 30th, 1951 at 53 years old in Viechtach.
Latino Galasso
Italian rower (1898-1949).
Born August 25th, 1898 in Zadar.
Died July 29th, 1949 at 50 years old in Rovereto.
Emil Benecke
German water polo player (1898–1945).
Born October 4th, 1898 in Magdeburg.
Died August 12th, 1945 at 46 years old in Riga.
Gérard Debaets
Belgian cyclist (1898–1959).
Born April 17th, 1898 in Heule.
Died April 27th, 1959 at 61 years old in North Haledon.
Halina Górska
Polish writer (1898–1942).
Born May 14th, 1898 in Warsaw.
Died June 4th, 1942 at 44 years old in Lviv.
Christopher Dahl
Sailor (1898-1966).
Born December 8th, 1898 in Oslo.
Died December 26th, 1966 at 68 years old
Mikhail Petrovich Petrov
Soviet general.
Born January 3rd, 1898 in Zalustezhye.
Died October 10th, 1941 at 43 years old in Karachevsky District.
John O'Neil
American rugby union player (1898–1950).
Born October 4th, 1898 in South Dakota. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1950 at 51 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
August Eskelinen
Finnish biathlete (1898-1987).
Born July 16th, 1898 in Iisalmi.
Died June 10th, 1987 at 88 years old in Iisalmi.
Väinö Muinonen
Finnish distance runner (1898–1978).
Born December 30th, 1898 in Lappeenranta.
Died June 10th, 1978 at 79 years old in Imatra.
Lucien Choury
French cyclist (1898–1987).
Born March 26th, 1898 in Courbevoie.
Died May 6th, 1987 at 89 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Bjart Ording
Norwegian equestrian (1898–1975).
Born May 19th, 1898 in Nes Municipality.
Died October 12th, 1975 at 77 years old in Nes Municipality.
Frank Sullivan
Canadian ice hockey player (1898-1989).
Born July 26th, 1898 in Toronto.
Died January 8th, 1989 at 90 years old in Toronto.
Charles Karle
American rower (1898–1946).
Born May 15th, 1898 in Philadelphia.
Died June 24th, 1946 at 48 years old in Bryn Mawr (traffic collision).
Vera Poska-Grünthal
Estonian lawyer (1898-1986).
Born March 25th, 1898 in Tallinn.
Died January 29th, 1986 at 87 years old in Stockholm.
Vilho Pekkala
Olympic wrestler (1898–1974).
Born April 3rd, 1898 in Kotka.
Died October 20th, 1974 at 76 years old in Kotka.
Aleksandr Bezymensky
Russian screenwriter, journalist and poet (1898-1973).
Born January 18th, 1898 in Zhytomyr.
Died June 29th, 1973 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes
French botanist, lichenologist and plant collector (1898-1974).
Born July 15th, 1898 in Vihiers.
Died May 21st, 1974 at 75 years old in Rennes.
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