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In the year 1898
720 Notable birthdays
Ann Lowe
African american fashion designer (1898–1981).
Born December 14th, 1898 in Clayton.
Died February 25th, 1981 at 82 years old in Queens. [ref]
Leo McCarey
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1898-1969).
Born October 3rd, 1898 in Los Angeles.
Died July 5th, 1969 at 70 years old in Santa Monica (pulmonary emphysema).
Therese Neumann
German mystic (1898-1962).
Born April 8th, 1898 in Konnersreuth.
Died September 18th, 1962 at 64 years old in Konnersreuth (myocardial infarction).
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
Egyptian singer, actor and composer (1896-1991).
Born March 13th, 1898 in Cairo. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1991 at 93 years old in Cairo (stroke). [ref]
Rose Valland
French resistance member, art historian (1898-1980).
Born November 1st, 1898 in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs.
Died September 18th, 1980 at 81 years old in Ris-Orangis.
Owen Barfield
British philosopher.
Born November 9th, 1898 in London.
Died December 14th, 1997 at 99 years old in Forest Row.
George Chandler
American film and television actor (1898-1985).
Born June 30th, 1898 in Waukegan.
Died June 10th, 1985 at 86 years old in Panorama City (cancer).
Stephen Vincent Benét
American poet, short story writer, novelist (1898–1943).
Born July 22nd, 1898 in Fountain Hill.
Died March 13th, 1943 at 44 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Hanns Eisler
Austrian and german composer (1898–1962).
Born June 6th, 1898 in Leipzig.
Died September 6th, 1962 at 64 years old in East Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Pralhad Keshav Atre
Indian writer (1898-1969).
Born August 13th, 1898 in Saswad.
Died June 13th, 1969 at 70 years old in Mumbai.
Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer (1898-1957).
Died July 19th, 1957 at 59 years old in Rome (lung cancer).
Jacques Doriot
French journalist, communist, fascist politician (1898-1945).
Born September 26th, 1898 in Bresles.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Mengen (gunshot wound).
Grace Moore
American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947).
Born December 5th, 1898 in Cocke County. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1947 at 48 years old in Copenhagen Airport (aviation accident, 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash). [ref]
Piero Sraffa
Italian economist (1898–1983).
Born August 5th, 1898 in Turin.
Died September 3rd, 1983 at 85 years old in Cambridge.
Ben Shahn
American painter, graphic designer and photographer of lithuanian descent (1898–1969).
Born September 12th, 1898 in Kaunas.
Died March 14th, 1969 at 70 years old in New York City.
Lampião
Brazilian bandit leader (1897-1938).
Born June 4th, 1898 in Serra Talhada.
Died July 28th, 1938 at 40 years old (gunshot wound).
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Indian writer (1898–1971).
Born July 23rd, 1898 in Labhpur.
Died September 14th, 1971 at 73 years old in Kolkata.
Gerald Templer
British army general (1898–1979).
Born September 11th, 1898 in Colchester.
Died October 25th, 1979 at 81 years old in Chelsea.
Marie Pierre Kœnig
French general and politician (1898-1970).
Born October 10th, 1898 in Caen. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1970 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
René Clair
French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981).
Born November 11th, 1898 in Paris.
Died March 15th, 1981 at 82 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Helen B. Taussig
Jewish-american cardiologist (1898-1986).
Born May 24th, 1898 in Cambridge.
Died May 20th, 1986 at 87 years old in Kennett Square (car collision).
R. Gordon Wasson
American ethnobiologist (1898-1986).
Born September 22nd, 1898 in Great Falls.
Died December 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Binghamton.
Oskar Homolka
Austrian actor (1898–1978).
Born August 12th, 1898 in Vienna.
Died January 29th, 1978 at 79 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells (pneumonia).
Jean Borotra
French tennis player.
Born August 13th, 1898 in Biarritz.
Died July 17th, 1994 at 95 years old in Arbonne.
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