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Sep 21, 1395
Jan van Eyck
Maaseik
Flemish oil painter and portraitist Jan van Eyck .
Ghent Altarpiece & is The Adoration of the Lamb. -
Feb 3, 1398
Johannes Gutenberg .
Engraver, Inventor, and Printer .
Mainz, Electorate of Mainz .
"zum Gutenberg" . -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Tuscany .
Architect, sculptor, engineer, painter, scientist, and inventor .
The Mona Lisa & the Last Supper. -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Florence
Italian historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist .
The Prince & Discourses on Livy . -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
Nuremberg .
Artist , Profession .
Apocalypse woodcuts , Knight, Death, and the Devil . -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Florence and Rome.
Sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer.
The Pietà and David, -
Dec 6, 1478
Baldassare Castiglione
near Casatico, which is near Mantua .
Courtier, diplomat, soldier, author .
"Book of the Courtier." -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Italy .
The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura & Mondana .
Painter & Artist . -
Oct 31, 1529
Thomas More
English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist .
London .
Utopia . -
Sep 21, 1564
William Shakespeare .
Stratford-upon-Avon .
His most famous plays include a midsummer nights dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth.
Poet
Playwright
Writer
Actor
Lyricist
Author
