Leandro Bassano

Leandro Bassano, also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian artist from Bassano del Grappa who was awarded a knighthood by the Doge of Venice. He was the younger brother of artist Francesco Bassano the Younger and third son of artist Jacopo Bassano. Their father took his surname from their town of Bassano del Grappa, and trained his sons as painters.

10 June 1557

Born on the same birth day (10 June): Dirk Van Tichelt • Elizabeth Wettlaufer • Flesh-n-Bone • Hattie McDaniel • James Francis Edward Stuart • Kostas Louboutis • Marco Andreolli • Nat Hentoff • Nicola Palazzo • Preston Manning • Robert Wright (RAF officer) • Shane Whereat • Sondre Norheim

Born in the same month (June 1557): Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel