Famous people born in 1898

The best-known people born in 1898, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
February 10 · d. 1956
Photo: Kolbe, Jörg, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)
January 22 · d. 1948
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
June 5 · d. 1936
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Golda Meir
Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
May 3 · d. 1978
Photo: Talmoryair after Marion S. Trikosko, Public domain
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
November 29 · d. 1963
Photo: John S. Murray, Public domain
Erich Maria Remarque
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
June 22 · d. 1970
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Bing Crosby
American singer and actor (1903–1977)
June 4 · d. 1977
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Umm Kulthum
Egyptian singer and actress (1886–1975)
December 31 · d. 1975
Photo: Production company, Public domain
Zhou Enlai
1st Premier of the People's Republic of China
March 5 · d. 1976
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)
February 3 · d. 1976
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
René Magritte
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
November 21 · d. 1967
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author Restored by Giovanni Cardinali, CC0
Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych
Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977)
April 25 · d. 1977
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
M. C. Escher
Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)
June 17 · d. 1972
Photo: Hans Peters for Anefo, CC0
Herbert Marcuse
German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)
July 19 · d. 1979
Photo: Copyright holder: Marcuse family, represented by Harold Marcuse, CC BY-SA 3.0
Vicente Aleixandre
Spanish poet (1898–1984)
April 26 · d. 1984
Photo: Anefo, CC0
Isidor Isaac Rabi
American physicist (1898–1988)
July 29 · d. 1988
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
September 26 · d. 1937
Photo: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain
Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist (1898–1987)
December 6 · d. 1987
Photo: Uppsala-Bild / Upplandsmuseet, Public domain
Hastings Banda
First president of Malawi
February 15 · d. 1997
Photo: National Archives of Malawi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Enzo Ferrari
Italian racing driver and entrepreneur (1898–1988)
February 18 · d. 1988
Photo: User, CC BY-SA 4.0
Henry Moore
English sculptor (1898–1986)
July 30 · d. 1986
Photo: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0
Leó Szilárd
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
February 11 · d. 1964
Photo: U.S. Department of Energy, Public domain
Howard Florey
Australian pathologist (1898-1968)
September 24 · d. 1968
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Julius Evola
Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)
May 19 · d. 1974
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Karl Ziegler
German chemist (1898–1973)
November 26 · d. 1973
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Liu Shaoqi
2nd President of the People's Republic of China (1898–1969)
November 24 · d. 1969
Photo: unknown author, Public domain
Shirley Booth
American actress (1898–1992)
August 30 · d. 1992
Photo: The Theatre Guild/photographer-Marcus Blechman. New York, Public domain
Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet military commander
November 22 · d. 1967
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0
Gulzarilal Nanda
Indian politician (1898-1998)
July 4 · d. 1998
Photo: India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
Soong May-ling
Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
March 4 · d. 2003
Photo: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0

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January

January 1 · Viktor Ullmann, Austrian composer deported to Terezin (1898–1944)
January 3 · Luís Carlos Prestes, Brazilian politician (1898-1990)
January 10 · Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist (1898-1979)
January 13 · Elazar Shach, Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001)
January 21 · Ahmad Shah Qajar, The seventh and last Shah of Iran Qajar (1909–1925)
January 23 · Randolph Scott, American actor (1898–1987)

February

February 3 · Pavel Urysohn, Russian mathematician (1898–1924)
February 10 · Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
February 14 · Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (1898–1974)
February 15 · Totò, Italian actor (1898–1967)
February 24 · Kurt Tank, German aircraft designer (1898–1983)
February 27 · Maryse Bastié, French aviator (1898-1952)

March

March 3 · Emil Artin, Austrian-Armenian mathematician (1898–1962)
March 4 · Georges Dumézil, French philologist (1898-1986)
March 4 · Hans Krebs, German general
March 13 · Henry Hathaway, American film director and producer (1898-1985)
March 13 · Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer, actor and composer (1896-1991)
March 26 · Rudolf Dassler, German businessman (1898–1974)

April

April 1 · William James Sidis, American child prodigy (1898-1944)
April 6 · Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter (1898–1920)
April 8 · Achille Van Acker, Belgian former prime minister (1898-1975)
April 8 · Therese Neumann, German mystic (1898-1962)
April 9 · Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)
April 12 · Lily Pons, American opera singer and actress (1898-1976)

May

May 8 · Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Zagreb (1898-1960) and blessed
May 15 · Arletty, French actress (1898–1992)
May 16 · Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter (1894-1980)
May 16 · Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956)
May 16 · Desanka Maksimović, Serbian writer (1898-1993)
May 31 · Norman Vincent Peale, American writer and minister (1898-1993)

June

June 6 · Ninette de Valois, British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet
June 6 · Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician (1898–1980)
June 9 · Curzio Malaparte, Italian writer (1898-1957)
June 9 · Luigi Fagioli, Italian racecar driver
June 17 · Latife Uşşakî, Wife of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and First Lady of Turkey (1898-1975)
June 26 · Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898-1978)

July

July 8 · Ernő Gerő, former First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
July 13 · Julius Schreck, Nazi officer, First commander of the SS (1898-1936)
July 17 · Berenice Abbott, American photographer (1898-1991)
July 22 · Alexander Calder, American artist (1898–1976)
July 22 · Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, novelist (1898–1943)
July 26 · Günther Korten, German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II

August

August 5 · Piero Sraffa, Italian economist (1898–1983)
August 13 · Jean Borotra, French tennis player
August 17 · Matvei Zakharov, Soviet military commander (1898-1972)
August 20 · Leopold Infeld, Polish physicist (1898–1968)
August 24 · Albert Claude, Belgian-American cell biologist (1899–1983)
August 26 · Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)

September

September 10 · Bessie Love, American actress (1898–1986)
September 19 · Giuseppe Saragat, 5th President of Italy (1898-1988)
September 24 · Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (1898-1990)
September 29 · Trofim Lysenko, Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976)
September 30 · Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco; mother of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1898-1977)
September 30 · Renée Adorée, French actress (1898-1933)

October

October 3 · Leo McCarey, American film director, screenwriter and producer (1898-1969)
October 9 · Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian writer (1898-1987)
October 17 · Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author (1898-1971)
October 18 · Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981)
October 22 · Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic
October 24 · Peng Dehuai, Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)

November

November 11 · René Clair, French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)
November 18 · Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (1898-1989)
November 20 · Alberto Suppici, Uruguayan football player and manager (1898-1981)
November 22 · Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins, British economist (1898–1984)
November 22 · Gabriel Gonzáles Videla, Chilean politician (1898–1980)
November 26 · Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (1898-1967)

December

December 5 · Grace Moore, American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947)
December 6 · Alfred Eisenstaedt, German American photographer (1898–1995)
December 20 · Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (1898–1990)
December 22 · Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist (1898-1974)
December 27 · Inejirō Asanuma, Japanese politician (1898–1980)
December 31 · István Dobi, Hungarian politician (1898–1968)

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