Aged 98
Famous people who died at 98
44 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 98, including Giorgio Napolitano, Hans Bethe and Carl Reiner.
- Giorgio NapolitanoPresident of Italy from 2006 to 2015 · 1925–2023
- Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist · 1906–2005
- Carl ReinerAmerican actor · 1922–2020
- IsocratesGreek rhetorician and writer · c. 436–338 BC
- Irena SendlerPolish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer · 1910–2008
- Saint Valentine3rd-century Roman Christian saint · c. AD 175–273
- Arthur AshkinAmerican physicist · 1922–2020
- Otto von HabsburgHead of the House of Habsburg and German politician · 1912–2011
- Eli Wallach ↗American actor · 1915–2014
- Jacques Delors ↗French economist and politician · 1925–2023
- Johann Gottfried Galle ↗German astronomer · 1812–1910
- John Nance Garner ↗Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941 · 1868–1967
- Gough Whitlam ↗Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia · 1916–2014
- Robert Bresson ↗French film director · 1901–1999
- Barbara Cartland ↗English writer and media personality · 1901–2000
- Bob Dole ↗American politician · 1923–2021
- Louise Bourgeois ↗French-American artist · 1911–2010
- R. Venkataraman ↗President of India from 1987 to 1992 · 1910–2009
- Roger Garaudy ↗French philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier · 1913–2012
- Dilip Kumar ↗Indian actor and politician · 1922–2021
- Pierre Cardin ↗French-Italian fashion designer · 1922–2020
- Prem Tinsulanonda ↗Former Regent of Thailand · 1920–2019
- Roger Corman ↗American film director and producer · 1926–2024
- Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ↗Monarch of Luxembourg · 1921–2019
- Aden Abdullah Osman Daar ↗Somali politician · 1908–2007
- Enrico Dandolo ↗Doge of Venice · c. 1107–1205
- Konstantinos Mitsotakis ↗Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993 · 1918–2017
- Venceslau Brás ↗President of Brazil · 1868–1966
- Mortimer J. Adler ↗American philosopher, author and educator · 1902–2001
- Robert A. Dahl ↗American political scientist · 1915–2014
- Robert Conquest ↗British historian and poet · 1917–2015
- Maxime Weygand ↗French general · 1867–1965
- Ali Hassan Mwinyi ↗Tanzanian statesman · 1925–2024
- Mulk Raj Anand ↗Indian English writer · 1905–2004
- Nancy Wake ↗New Zealander and Australian war heroine · 1912–2011
- George Gaynes ↗American actor · 1917–2016
- Wellington Koo ↗Diplomat and former President of the Republic of China · 1887–1985
- Alicia Alonso ↗Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer · 1920–2019
- Gertrude Ederle ↗American swimmer · 1905–2003
- Ibn Miskawayh ↗Persian philosopher and historian · c. 932–1030
- Jack Williamson ↗American science fiction writer · 1908–2006
- Dorothy Vaughan ↗African-American mathematician · 1910–2008
- Jürgen Moltmann ↗German Reformed theologian · 1926–2024
- M. S. Swaminathan ↗Indian agronomist · 1925–2023
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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