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Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Inventor, Engineer, Painter of the Last Supper & the Mona Lisa -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Formulated the model of the universe; Influential contributor to the science revolution; Derived a quantum theory of money -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician; Developed breakthrough ideas that guided the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century -
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher; Developed some of the fundamentals of European liberal thought inc. theories on imagination: the right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the view of "representative" political power. -
Isaac Newton
Influential scientist; Key figure in the scientific revolution; Ahared credit on the development of Calculus -
Voltaire
Avid French Enlightenment writer, historian, & philosopher who advocated for freedom of religion, expression, and separation of church & state -
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Scientist, Political Theorist, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Conducted experiments with lightning and electricity -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer; influenced Enlightenment in France, political and educational thought -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer by the age of 5 who composed over 600 works in his lifetime -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Famous and influential composer who was critical in transition the Classical and Romantic eras of Western art -
JMW Turner
Landscape painter; innovative technical and stylistic working methods in both oils and watercolors -
Charles Darwin
Theorist of the diversity of life, naturalist, and geologist -
Claude Monet
Leader of the French Impressionism plein-air painting movement; acknowledged initiator of Modern Art -
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor and Engineer, Patent on the telephone -
Antoni Gaudi
Architect influenced by his passions in life: architecture, nature, and religion; developed a style all his own inspired by nature -
Sigmund Freud
Neurologist now known as the father of psychoanalysis; developed innovative therapeutic techniques -
Nikola Tesla
Developed the AC electrical delivery system -
Louis Henri Sullivan
Broke free from tradition and became influential in forging a distinctly American architecture; known for the principle of "form follows function" -
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator; original and innovative designs inspired by nature; work known as organc architecture -
Marie Curie
Developed breakthrough ideas in radioactivity and discovered two elements -
The Wright Brothers
Two American brothers who were legendary inventors and innovators in flight -
Albert Einstein
Developed the Theory of Relativity; Infleuncer of the philosophy of science; pivotal in the evolution of quantum theory -
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright; founder of Cubist art movement; revolutionary 20th century artist -
Georgia O'Keeffe
painter; known as mother of American modern art; first woman to have a Solo art show at MOMA -
Walt Disney
American entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer, co-founder of Walt-Disney -
Jackson Pollock
Influential American painter; pure creative inpiration & work; existentialist painting -
Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist; creative visionary who modeled the core values he espoused -
Kurt Vonnegut
Known for humanists beliefs and his satirical and science fiction books, Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five(1969), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) -
Steven Spielberg
Director, producer and screenwriter known as the pioneer of the New Hollywood era -
Steve Jobs
American pioneer of the computer revolution, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, marketer, and co-founder of Apple Computer -
Bill Gates
Founded and built Microsoft -
Salman Khan
Founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform -
Elon Musk
Co-founder of pay pal; founder of the electric car company Tesla