Marco Polo
Crossed the Silk Road
Johannes Gutenberg
Invented the printing press with moveable type
Niccolo Machiavelli
Father of modern political theory and wrote “the Prince”
Lorenzo de’Medici
Leader of the Florentine Republic and one of the most important patrons of the arts
Albrecht Dürer
Had a talent for engraving and woodcuts.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Devised the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun
Elizabeth I
Had political skill and strengthened England’s economy
William Shakespeare
Wrote great and famous stories and plays and was a great poet. Had a good understanding of human behavior.
Andreas Vesalius
Dissected dead people for his job, found that the human heart has four chambers, and wrote the first modern medical textbook.
Isabella I
Her and Ferdinand United Spain, and sponsored Columbus’ voyages to the New World.
Miguel Cervantes
Popular for his satire stories, wrote Don Quixote
Leonardo da Vinci
A great mathematician, inventor, artist, engineer, sculptor, painter, and an architect. He was brilliant and extremely smart and curious. His Mona Lisa is his most popular work.
Michelangelo
Ambitious, religious, and said to have a bad temper. He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and wrote 300 poems.
Titian
Created many stories of myths and Bible stories, as well as royalty. He was known for his use of color and brushwork that made his paintings come alive and show personality.
