I am widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among my works are the 'David' and 'Pieta' statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes.
I am an Italian composer who is known for several operas, including La Traviata and Aida.
I am an intellectual and writer known for my work in semiotics and bestselling novels such as 'The Name of the Rose' and 'Foucault's Pendulum.'
I am a film producer who over my 60-year career produced more than 600 films, from King Kong to Serpico to Flash Gordon.
I am a Nobel Prize-winning physicist/inventor who developed the first effective system of radio communication.
I am best known for my 'Madonnas,' including the Sistine Madonna, and for my large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome.
I am a navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the New World.
I am considered by many to be the greatest violinist of all time and called the 'Devil's Violinist'.
I am a scientist and scholar who made pioneering observations that laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy.
I am a designer to celebrities and royalty such as Princess Diana. I brought vitality and art to an industry considered out of touch with the street.
I am one of the most significant film director of all time, and La strada and 8½ were named two of the Top 10 most influential films of all time.
I am a leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance who's known for my enduring works 'The Last Supper' and 'Mona Lisa.'
I am an explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor in 1524.
I am an explorer who discovered the 'New World' of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain.
I am an Academy Award-winning actress. I am often listed among the world's all time most attractive women.
I created the Fascist Party in Italy in 1919, eventually making myself dictator prior to World War II.
I abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after reportedly hearing the voice of God, who commanded me to rebuild the Christian church and live in poverty.
I am an actor, director and producer best known for my 1997 Oscar winning film La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful).
I am a composer who started the operatic trend toward realism with my popular works 'La Bohème' and 'Madame Butterfly.'
I am best known for the financial crimes I committed when I conned investors into giving me millions of dollars, and paid them returns with other investors' money.
I am an emperor, who’s reign was lavish and tyrannical. I killed my mother, persecuted Christians and am said to have 'fiddled while Rome burned.'
I am a noblewoman and daughter of Pope Alexander VI. A notorious reputation precedes me, and I am perhaps unfairly, linked to the crimes and debauchery of my family.
I am a tenor singer who has had great popular success and I am known for my work with Luciano Pavarotti.
I am a Dominican theologian and was one of the most influential medieval thinkers of Scholasticism and the father of the Thomistic school of theology.
I was a Medieval poet and philosopher whose poetic trilogy, The Divine Comedy, made an indelible impression on both literature and theology.
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