1 Nicolaus Copernicus
77
4
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Mathematician
Birthdate: February 19, 1473
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Toruń, Poland
Died: May 24, 1543
2 William Harvey
44
9
Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Physician
Birthdate: April 1, 1578
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Folkestone, England
Died: June 3, 1657
3 Giacomo Casanova
17
4
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Adventurer
Birthdate: April 2, 1725
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: June 4, 1798
4 Gerolamo Cardano
2
1
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Polymath
Birthdate: September 24, 1501
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pavia, Italy
Died: September 21, 1576
5 Francis de Sales
4
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Bishop
Birthdate: August 21, 1567
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Château de Sales, Thorens-Glières, France
Died: December 28, 1622
6 Albertus Magnus
4
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Saint
Birthdate: 1200 AD
Birthplace: Lauingen, Germany
Died: November 15, 1280
7 Giuseppe Tartini
3
1
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Baroque composer and violinist
Birthdate: April 8, 1692
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Piran, Slovenia
Died: February 26, 1770
You May Like
8 Thomas Browne
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: October 19, 1605
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 19, 1682
9 Federico Faggin
1
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Famous As: Physicist best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004
Birthdate: December 1, 1941
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vicenza, Italy
10 Robert Bellarmine
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church
Birthdate: October 4, 1542
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Montepulciano, Italy
Died: September 17, 1621
11 Stephen Báthory
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King
Birthdate: September 27, 1533
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania
Died: December 12, 1586
12 Luigi Nono
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Composer
Birthdate: January 29, 1924
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: May 8, 1990
13 Nicholas of Cusa
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Mathematician, Philosopher
Birthdate: 1401 AD
Birthplace: Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Died: August 11, 1464
14 Marcella Hazan
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Biologist
Birthdate: April 15, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cesenatico, Italy
Died: September 29, 2013
15 Jan Kochanowski
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Renaissance Poet Who Established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language
Birthdate: 1530 AD
Birthplace: Sycyna Północna, Poland
Died: August 22, 1584
16 Cesare Lombroso
0
1
Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Criminologist, Phrenologist, Physician
Birthdate: November 6, 1835
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: October 19, 1909
17 Pietro Bembo
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Former Renaissance cardinal who wrote one of the earliest Italian grammars and assisted in establishing the Italian literary language
Birthdate: May 20, 1470
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: January 18, 1547
18 Peter Martyr Vermigli
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Theologian
Birthdate: September 8, 1499
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: November 12, 1562
19 Elena Cornaro Piscopia
0
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: June 5, 1646
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: July 26, 1684
20 Marsilius of Padua
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Scholar
Birthdate: 1275 AD
Birthplace: Padua, Italy
Died: 1342 AD
21 Tito Gobbi
1
0
Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Baritone singer
Birthdate: October 24, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Died: March 5, 1984
22 Angelus Silesius
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Priest
Birthdate: December 1, 1624
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: June 9, 1677
23 Lawrence of Brindisi
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Saint
Birthdate: July 22, 1559
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brindisi, Italy
Died: July 22, 1619
24 Roberto Calasso
0
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: May 30, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
25 Andrea Gritti
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military personnel
Birthdate: April 17, 1455
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bardolino, Italy
Died: December 28, 1538
26 Marko Marulic
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: August 18, 1450
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Split, Dalmatia, Croatia
Died: January 5, 1524
27 Paolo Sarpi
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: Historian
Birthdate: August 14, 1552
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: January 15, 1623
28 Polydore Vergil
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Historian
Birthdate: 1470 AD
Birthplace: Urbino, Italy
Died: April 18, 1555
29 Ugo Foscolo
0
1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: February 6, 1778
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Zakynthos, Greece
Died: September 10, 1827
30 Giuseppe Sinopoli
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Conductor
Birthdate: November 2, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: April 20, 2001
31 Ulisse Aldrovandi
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Naturalist
Birthdate: September 11, 1522
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: May 4, 1605
32 Ilaria Capua
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Virologist
Birthdate: April 21, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
33 Santorio Santorio
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Physiologist
Birthdate: March 29, 1561
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Koper, Slovenia
Died: February 22, 1636
34 Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente
0
0
Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Surgeon
Birthdate: May 20, 1533
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Acquapendente, Italy
Died: May 21, 1619
35 Benedetto Castelli
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Mathematician
Birthdate: 1578 AD
Birthplace: Brescia, Italy
Died: April 9, 1643
36 Massimo Cacciari
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: June 5, 1944
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Recommended Lists:
37 John Argyropoulos
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: 1415 AD
Birthplace: Constantinople
Died: June 26, 1487
38 Pope Clement VIII
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Pope
Birthdate: February 24, 1536
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fano, Italy
Died: March 3, 1605
39 John of Nepomuk
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Saint
Birthdate: 1345 AD
Birthplace: Nepomuk, Czechia
Died: March 20, 1393
40 John Caius
0
0
Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Physician
Birthdate: October 6, 1510
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Norwich, England
Died: July 29, 1573
41 Philippe de Mornay
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: November 5, 1549
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buhy, France
Died: November 11, 1623
42 John Ruthven, 3rd earl of Gowrie
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Nobleman
Birthdate: 1577 AD
Birthplace: Perth, Scotland
Died: August 5, 1600
43 Pope Paul V
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Pope
Birthdate: September 17, 1550
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: January 28, 1621
44 Realdo Colombo
0
0
45 Jan Zamoyski
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Diplomat
Birthdate: March 19, 1542
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Skokowka, Poland
Died: June 3, 1605
46 Janus Pannonius
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Croatian-Hungarian Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs
Birthdate: August 29, 1434
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Čazma, Croatia
Died: March 27, 1472
47 George Of Trebizond
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Byzantine humanist
Birthdate: April 4, 1395
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Died: August 12, 1484
48 Antonio Rosmini
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: March 25, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rovereto, Italy
Died: July 1, 1855
49 Daniele Manin
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Political leader
Birthdate: May 13, 1804
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: September 22, 1857
50 Vittorino da Feltre
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Educator
Birthdate: 1378 AD
Birthplace: Feltre, Italy
Died: February 2, 1446