People of real world

Marco Polo (1254-1324): Explorer

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321): Poet, Italian literature, Depictions of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven

Giotto (1267-1337): Painter & Architect

John Wycliffe (1324-1384): English translation of Bible

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400): Father of English literature

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446): Architect & Designer

Donatello (1386-1466): Sculptor

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): Explorer

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Americo Vespucci (1454-1512): Explorer

Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527): Modern political philosophy & political science

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Raphael (1483-1520)

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Titian (1488-1576)

William Tyndale (1494-1536): English translation of Bible printed by press

William Byrd (1543-1623)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Galileo (1564-1642)

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

Rene Descartes (1596-1650)

John Milton (1608-1674)

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Ferdinand Magellan, Ponce de Leon, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando De Soto