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Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Italy
Painter and Scientist
Painted one of the most treasured pieces which was tthe Mona Lisa and sketched the vitruvian men -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg
Germany
Goldsmith and printer
Introduced the printing press to Europe and the use of oil based ink -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italy
Diplomat and philosopher
Founder of modern political science and he was a civil servant of the flourintine republic -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italy
Painter and Poet
Sculpted the statue of David and the Pieta -
Feb 7, 1478
Sir Thomas More
England
Author and Statesmen
He wrote the history of Richard III and wrote the book utopia -
Dec 6, 1478
Baldassare Castiglione
Italy
Diplomat and soldier
Wrote a book called courtiern and wrote the de oficiis -
Apr 6, 1483
Rapheal
Italy
Painter and Architect
Painted the School of Athens and madonnas -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
England
writer and playwriter
The greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
Albrecht Durer
Germany
Printmaker and engraver
engraved the knight death and the devil and made saint jerome his study -
Jan van Eyck
Belguim
Painter
He decorated the binnhof palace and he painted the ghent altarpiece