Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1598?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 1598. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1598: Philip II of Spain.

  1. William Shakespeare34
  2. Galileo Galilei34
  3. René Descartes2
  4. Miguel de Cervantes49–53
  5. Francis Bacon37
  6. Elizabeth I of England65
  7. Johannes Kepler26
  8. Peter Paul Rubens21
  9. Akbar56
  10. Thomas Hobbes10
  11. Giordano Bruno50
  12. Lope de Vega36
  13. Tycho Brahe52
  14. Caravaggio27
  15. El Greco57
  16. Philip II of Spain71 †
  17. Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu13
  18. Henry IV of France45
  19. Shah Jahan6
  20. John Donne25–26
  21. John Amos Comenius6
  22. James VI and I32
  23. William Harvey20
  24. Hugo Grotius15
  25. Nicolas Poussin4
  26. Urban VIII30