1698 births

Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty

Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)

French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters

Scottish mathematician (1698–1746)

Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)

French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)

Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary (1698–1764)

Swiss-German author, academic, critic and poet (1698–1783)

French architect

Italian luthier (1698-1744)

French chemist

Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1737 to 1780

French protestant martyr (1698–1762)

Russian military commander

English naturalist (1698–1774)

Irish soldier of fortune (1698–1792)

Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and of Hesse-Kassel

French composer and violinist

Ottoman Grand Vizier

Czech physicist, inventor and roman catholic priest (1698-1765)

French abbess (1698-1743)

Italian painter (1698-1767)

painter and engraver (1698-1767)

Italian chess player

Italian composer

French artist (1698–1762)

British nobleman and Whig politician

Austrian painter (1698-1762)

French engineer (*1698 – †1761)

Italian artist (1698-1757)

Swedish writer, historian, agronomist and poet

Italian noble (1698-1783)

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld at Gelnhausen

Bishop of Gloucester (1698-1779)

Dutch engraver (1698-1780)

German Duke

Archbishop of Salzburg

French noble

Spanish politician (1698–1754)

Swedish mathematician and physician

Italian Jesuit

Italian artist (1698-1768)

Colonial governor of Louisiana (1698-1778)

Italian composer

Roman Catholic archbishop (1698-1746)

Italian cardinal

Italian architect

French architect (1698–1777)

Patriarch of Serbia

Scottish duke (1698-1778)

British Duke (1698-1731)

German general (1698-1774)

Confucian scholar (1698-1769)

Roman Catholic archbishop

Italian composer

Marshal of France (1698-1780)

Swedish writer of Baltic German origin (1698–1733)

cardinal from Italy

Italian Mesoamericanist

French writer