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William Shakespeare- Poet, wrote sonnets, wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Pieter - painted the peasant dance, painting that relied on detail and realism.

Niccolo Machiavelli- wrote a book called the prince.

Filippo  Brunelleschi- designed and built a dome for the florence cathedral.

Johannes Guttenburg- invented mobile type printing press.

Aretmesia Gentileschi- painted pictures of strong women including a self-portrait.

Christopher Columbus- Explorer, sailed to the Bahamas, wanted to spread the Christian religion

Martin Luther- wrote the 95 thesis challenging the catholic church.

Nicolaus Copernicus- published the theory that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Andreas Vesalius- published detailed descriptions of the human anatomy.

Galileo Galilei- created a powerful telescope and was the first to observe and record sunspots.

Ambrose Pare- developed the use of bandages.

John Calvin-influential french pastor, originally a lawyer, Jeneava was the center of Calvinsim.

Robert Hook- British philiosopher, architect, originated the word cell, developed the compund microscope.

Leonardo da vinci- The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Italian painter, engineer, invented parachute, invented and sketched early tanks and cars.

Michelangelo- Painter and sculptor, the david, painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

 Sir Thomas More-7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor. He is recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church and is commemorated by the Church of England as a "Reformation martyr".^[1] He was an opponent of the Protestant Reformation and in particular of Martin Luther and William Tyndale.
More coined the word "utopia" – a name he gave to the ideal and imaginary island nation, the political system of which he described in Utopia published in 1516. He opposed the King's separation from the Catholic Church and refused to accept the King as Supreme Head of the Church of England, a title which had been given by parliament through the Act of Supremacy of 1534. He was imprisoned in 1534 for his refusal to take the oath required by the First Succession Act, because the act disparaged papal power and Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon. In 1535, he was tried for treason, convicted on perjured testimony and beheaded.
Intellectuals and statesmen across Europe were stunned by More's execution. Erasmus saluted him as one "whose soul was more pure than any snow, whose genius was such that England never had and never again will have its like".^[2] Two centuries later Jonathan Swift said he was "the person of the greatest virtue this kingdom ever produced" (Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, v. 13, Oxford UP, 1959, p. 123), a sentiment with which Samuel Johnson agreed. Historian Hugh Trevor-Roper said in 1977 that More was "the first great Englishman whom we feel that we know, the most saintly of humanists, the most human of saints, the universal man of our cool northern renaissance."^[3] The Catholic Church proclaimed him a saint in 1935. The Franciscan order has the tradition that he was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis and venerates his memory as a member of the order.

Prince Henry- known as the navigator, started first school of oceanic development, established a center for navigation and exploration.

Miguel- wrote Quixote?


Louise Labe- french poet of the Renaissance, author who encouraged women to write books.