An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1998.

Events

Character debuts

• September 16 - Typhon, Echidna
• September 17 - Fear and Terror
• September 18 - Queen Hippolyte
• September 19 - Cassandra Bleem
• September 23 - Hecate
• September 25 - Rachel McGuire
• September 26 - Sphinx Martindale
• September 29 - Mowgli (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Baloo (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Bagheera (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Shere Khan (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Tabaqui, Colonel Hathi (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Akela (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Raksha (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story), Li'l Raksha, Chil, Tarzan Chimp, Biranyi
• September - Oberon De Spair
• October 3 - Gelman, Gegeneis
• October 5 - Nestor & Meleager, Mentor
• October 10 - Prometheus, Caucasian Eagle
• October 17 - Aggie Cromwell, Gwen Piper, Marnie Piper, Dylan Piper, Sophie Piper, Luke, Kalabar, Benny, Harriet
• October 27 - Kiara, Kovu, Zira, Vitani, Nuka, Outsiders, Crocodiles
• October 31 - Chiron
• October - Eugene Photomas
• November 2 - Galatea
• November 3 - Astro Blasters Robots
• November 4 - Chimera, Ladon
• November 6 - Lavina, Geryon, Tivius
• November 7 - Conrad Mundy
• November 10 - Orion
• November 12 - King Midas, Epsilon
• November 14 - Amphitrite
• November 16 - Poseidon
• November 20 - Mr. Griff
• November 21 - Erwin Lawson, Ephialtes, Syrinx, Miss Thespis
• November 24 - Great King Pan, Nemesis
• November 25 - Flik, Princess Atta, Dot, Hopper, Molt, Thumper, P.T. Flea, Heimlich, Gypsy, Manny, Slim, Rosie, Dim, Francis, Tuck and Roll, The Queen, The Fly Brothers, Bird, Grasshoppers, The Blueberries, Ant Colony, Bellerophon
• November 28 - Alexander, Callista
• December 2 - Doc Owl
• December 3 - Jeremiah Tortoise
• December 11 - Merv Griffin, Scylla
• December 14 - Doc Hogg
• December 16 - Andromeda
• December 25 - Gregg O'Hara, Jill Young, Mighty Joe Young, Andrei Strasser, Doctor Ruth Young, Garth, Jason
• December 26 - Santa Claus (Recess)
• Dexter Dingus

People

• January 4 - Coco Jones (actress, singer, rapper, and dancer)
• January 9 - Kerris Dorsey (actress and singer)
• January 16 - Curran Walters (actor and former model)
• January 28 - Ariel Winter (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• February 9 - Isabella Gomez (actress and voice actress)
• February 15 - Zachary Gordon (actor and voice actor)
• April 6 - Peyton List (actress and model)
• April 9 - Elle Fanning (actress)
• June 19 - Atticus Shaffer (actor and voice actor)
• June 24 - Liana Ramirez (actress)
• July 3 - Isabella Murad (actress and voice actress)
• July 8 - Maya Hawke (actress and singer)
• July 22 - Madison Pettis (actress, voice actress, and model)
• July 24 - Logan Grove (athlete and former actor and voice actor)
• July 31 - Rico Rodriguez (actor and voice actor)
• August 1 - Khamani Griffin (actor and voice actor)
• August 3 - Cozi Zuehlsdorff (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• August 25 - China Anne McClain (actress, voice actress, and singer-songwriter)
• September 15 - Seth Dusky (actor and voice actor)
• October 6 - Matt Cornett (actor and singer)
• October 17 - Erin Kellyman (actress)
• October 23 - Amandla Stenberg (actress)
• October 28 - Nolan Gould (actor and voice actor)
• October 29 - Jenna Lea Rosen (vocalist, actress, voice actress, and singer)
• November 4 - Darcy Rose Byrnes (actress and singer-songwriter)
• November 23 - Bradley Steven Perry (actor and voice actor)
• November 24 - Peyton Meyer (actor)
• December 16 - Kiara Muhammad (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• December 22 - G. Hannelius (actress)

Deaths

• February 6 - Carl Wilson (musician, singer, singer-songwriter, record producer, and artist)
• February 28 - James Algar (director, screenwriter, and producer)
• March 8 - Marvin Davis (master planner, art director, and scenic designer)
• March 31 - Eda Reiss Merin (actress and voice actress)
• May 27 - Ken O'Connor (layout artist and art director)
• May 28 - Phil Hartman (actor, voice actor, comedian, graphic artist, and screenwriter)
• June 5 - Jeanette Nolan (actress)
• June 12 - Retta Davidson (animator)
• July 22 - Marjorie Ralston (voice actress)
• October 3 - Roddy McDowall (actor, film director, photographer, and voice artist)
• October 15 - Jack Boyd (effects animator)
• November 30 - Ruth Clifford (actress and voice actress)