Famous People Born in 1898

Famous people born in 1898

C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)

Irish author and poet

M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972)

Dutch illustrator

René Magritte

René Magritte (1898 - 1967)

Belgian painter

Enzo Ferrari

Enzo Ferrari (1898 - 1988)

Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari

George Gershwin

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

American music composer and pianist

Golda Meir

Golda Meir (1898 - 1978)

Israeli teacher and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson (1898 - 1976)

American singer, actor, and activist

Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Spanish poet, lyricist, and dramatist

Chesty Puller

Chesty Puller (1898 - 1971)

American military officer

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott (1898 - 1987)

American actor

Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (1898 - 1976)

Chinese Premier

Jack Haley

Jack Haley (1898 - 1979)

American actor

Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque (1898 - 1970)

German writer

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein (1898 - 1948)

Russian director

William James Sidis

William James Sidis (1898 - 1944)

American mathematician

Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum (1898 - 1975)

Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress

Alvar Aalto

Alvar Aalto (1898 - 1976)

Finnish designer and architect

Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne (1898 - 1990)

American actress

Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse (1898 - 1979)

German philosopher

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

American minister and author

Maria Rasputin

Maria Rasputin (1898 - 1977)

Daughter of Grigori Rasputin; memoirist, circus performer

Armand Hammer

Armand Hammer (1898 - 1990)

American businessman and philanthropist

Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara de Lempicka (1898 - 1980)

Polish painter

Leó Szilárd

Leó Szilárd (1898 - 1964)

Hungarian-American physicist

Salvatore Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo (1898 - 1960)

Italian shoemaker, founder of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A.

Peggy Guggenheim

Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979)

American art collector

Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya (1898 - 1981)

Austrian singer and actress

Shirley Booth

Shirley Booth (1898 - 1992)

Actress

Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields (1898 - 1979)

English singer and comedienne

Julius Evola

Julius Evola (1898 - 1974)

Italian philosopher and esotericist

Emmett Kelly

Emmett Kelly (1898 - 1979)

American circus star

Gunnar Myrdal

Gunnar Myrdal (1898 - 1987)

Swedish economist

Wiley Post

Wiley Post (1898 - 1935)

First pilot to fly around the world

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges (1898 - 1959)

Film director, screenwriter

Totò

Totò (1898 - 1967)

Italian actor and singer

Curly Lambeau

Curly Lambeau (1898 - 1965)

American football player, coach, and executive

Kurt Tank

Kurt Tank (1898 - 1983)

German aircraft designer

Carl Clauberg

Carl Clauberg (1898 - 1957)

German general

Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Gish (1898 - 1968)

Actress, director, writer

Henry Moore

Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)

English sculptor

Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)

German composer

Lil Hardin Armstrong

Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898 - 1971)

SingerpianistComposerBandleader

Grace Moore

Grace Moore (1898 - 1947)

Opera singer, actress

Harry Crosby

Harry Crosby (1898 - 1929)

Publisher, poet, writer; Co-founder, Black Sun Press

Vincent Youmans

Vincent Youmans (1898 - 1946)

American composer

Katharine Burr Blodgett

Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898 - 1979)

Inventor, Physicist

Frankie Frisch

Frankie Frisch (1898 - 1973)

American baseball player and coach

Vicente Aleixandre

Vicente Aleixandre (1898 - 1984)

Spanish writer

Joseph Kessel

Joseph Kessel (1898 - 1979)

French journalist and author

Walter Abel

Walter Abel (1898 - 1987)

Actor

Jan Brzechwa

Jan Brzechwa (1898 - 1966)

Polish poet

Bill Terry

Bill Terry (1898 - 1989)

American baseball player