Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and paleontology. Leonardo is widely regarded to have been a genius who epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works comprise a contribution to later generations of artists matched only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.

15 April 1452

Born on the same birth day (15 April): Angelo DiGeorge • Ben Clarke • Brahim Lahlafi • Cam Janssen • Finidi George • Georges Descrières • Jeffrey Archer • John Bracewell • Josiane Balasko • Kaisa Roose • Karl Turner (British politician) • Manoj Prabhakar • Percy Shaw • Ramón Iribarren • Robert Lacroix • Soichi Noguchi • William Forgan Smith

Born in the same month (April 1452): Frederick of Naples