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In the year 1898

720 Notable birthdays

Rod La Rocque

American actor (1898-1969).

Born November 29th, 1898 in Chicago.

Died October 15th, 1969 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).

Vincent Youmans

American composer (1898-1946).

Born September 27th, 1898 in New York City.

Died April 5th, 1946 at 47 years old in Denver (tuberculosis).

Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan

Indian physicist (1898-1961).

Born December 4th, 1898 in Watrap.

Died June 14th, 1961 at 62 years old [ref]

Maurice Bowra

English classical scholar, literary critic and academic (1898–1971).

Born April 8th, 1898 in Jiujiang.

Died July 4th, 1971 at 73 years old in Oxford.

Vladimir Fock

Russian physicist (1898-1974).

Born December 22nd, 1898 in Saint Petersburg.

Died December 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Malcolm Cowley

American novelist (1898–1989).

Born August 24th, 1898 in Cambria County.

Died March 27th, 1989 at 90 years old in New Milford.

Beverley Nichols

Author, playwright, journalist, composer (1898-1983).

Born September 9th, 1898 in Bristol. [ref]

Died September 15th, 1983 at 85 years old in Kingston upon Thames. [ref]

A. J. Casson

Canadian painter, youngest member of the group of seven (1898–1992).

Born May 17th, 1898 in Toronto.

Died February 20th, 1992 at 93 years old in Toronto. [ref]

Helmuth Groscurth

German officer (1898-1943).

Born December 16th, 1898 in Lüdenscheid.

Died April 7th, 1943 at 44 years old in Frolovo.

Indra Lal Roy

British flying ace (1898-1918).

Born December 2nd, 1898 in Kolkata.

Died July 22nd, 1918 at 19 years old in Carvin.

Vicente Aleixandre

Spanish poet (1898–1984).

Born April 26th, 1898 in Seville.

Died December 14th, 1984 at 86 years old in Madrid (tuberculosis). [ref]

Dora Diamantová

Polish teacher and actress, last lover of writer franz kafka (1898 or 1902-1952).

Born March 4th, 1898 in Pabianice.

Died August 15th, 1952 at 54 years old in London (kidney failure).

Karl Ziegler

German chemist (1898–1973).

Born November 26th, 1898 in Helsa.

Died August 12th, 1973 at 74 years old in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940).

Born April 4th, 1898 in Carbondale.

Died December 25th, 1940 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage).

Günther Korten

German colonel general and chief of the general staff of the luftwaffe in world war ii.

Born July 26th, 1898 in Cologne.

Died July 22nd, 1944 at 45 years old in Kętrzyn (explosive device).

Vilhelm Moberg

Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater (1898–1973).

Born August 20th, 1898 in Moshultamåla.

Died August 8th, 1973 at 74 years old in Väddö (drowning).

Luís Carlos Prestes

Brazilian politician (1898-1990).

Born January 3rd, 1898 in Porto Alegre.

Died March 7th, 1990 at 92 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Katharine Burr Blodgett

American physicist (1898-1979).

Born January 10th, 1898 in Schenectady.

Died October 12th, 1979 at 81 years old in Schenectady.

Anagarika Govinda

Founder of a buddhist order (1898–1985).

Born May 17th, 1898 in Waldheim.

Died January 14th, 1985 at 86 years old in Mill Valley.

Henri Navarre

French general (1898-1983).

Born July 31st, 1898 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Died September 26th, 1983 at 85 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Albert Sauer

German nazi concentration camp commandant (1898–1945).

Born August 17th, 1898 in Międzyzdroje.

Died May 3rd, 1945 at 46 years old in Falkensee.

Adolf Reichwein

German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the spd, and resistance fighter in nazi germany (1898-1944).

Born October 3rd, 1898 in Bad Ems. [ref]

Died October 20th, 1944 at 46 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).

Grantley Herbert Adams

Barbadian politician (1898-1971).

Born April 28th, 1898 in Saint Michael, Colliston. [ref]

Died November 28th, 1971 at 73 years old in Saint Michael. [ref]

Viktor Ullmann

Austrian composer (1898–1944).

Born January 1st, 1898 in Český Těšín, Cieszyn.

Died October 18th, 1944 at 46 years old in Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia).

Franz Bäke

German dentist and general (1898-1978).

Born February 28th, 1898 in Schwarzenfels.

Died December 12th, 1978 at 80 years old in Bochum (traffic collision).

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