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Jul 9, 1395
Jan Van Eyck
Country: Maaseik
Area of Interest: Painter
Achievement: Invented oil painting
Achievement: retable for the St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Country - Anchiano
Area(s) of interest - painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, ETC....
He painted two of the most famous paintings - Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
He invented the the helicopter and an airplane -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg
Area of Interest: blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher
Country: Mainz
Achievement: inventor of the art of printing with movable types
Achievement: Gutenberg Bible -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Area of Interest: diplomat, philosopher, humanist, etc ...
Country: Italy
Achievement/fact: created one of the worlds famous books called, "The Prince"
Achievement/fact: Wrote The Mandrake -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
Country: Nuremberg
Area of Interest: painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist
Achievement: opened his own workshop in 1494
Achievement: Painted The Four Witches -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Country - Caprese Michelangelo
Area of Interest- sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer
Achievements- masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
He painted The Last Judgement -
Feb 7, 1478
Sir Thomas More
Area of Interest: lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist
Country: London
Achievement one:coined the word "utopia" in his work by the same name
Achievement two: Catholic saint -
Dec 6, 1478
Baldassare Castiglione
Area of Interest: diplomat, soldier, Renaissance author, etc...
Country: Mantua
Achievement: Wrote The Courtier
Achievement: Castiglione wrote (and acted in) a pastoral play, his eclogue Tirsi -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Area of interest - painter and architect
Country- Urbino, Italy
One achievement/fact - best known for his Madonnas
Two achievement/fact - Painting of Sistene Madonna -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
Area of Interest: poet and playwright
Country: Stratford-upon-Avon
Achievement one: he wrote 38 plays
Achievement two: Wrote Romeo and Juliet
