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Leonardo da Vinci

1452 – 1519

Proved that art and science are one act of looking.

Italy·Engineering · Biology · Astronomy · LiteratureFull profile

Miguel de Cervantes

1547 – 1616

Don Quixote, the first modern novel and the most translated after the Bible.

Spain·Literature

William Shakespeare

1564 – 1616

Built the language most of the planet now negotiates in.

United Kingdom·LiteratureFull profile

Voltaire

1694 – 1778

Weaponised satire for tolerance and free expression.

France·Literature · Philosophy