# Leonardo da Vinci

_Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)_

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> Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, better known as Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Leonardo is widely regarded as a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works contributed to the development of European art to an extent rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 15 April 1452 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Anchiano ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762#P19))
- **Died:** 2 May 1519 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762#P570))
- **Place of death:** Clos Lucé ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Republic of Florence ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762#P27))
- **Occupation:** painter; engineer; astronomer; anatomist; mathematician; sculptor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762#P106))

## Questions

**When was Leonardo da Vinci born?**  
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 in Anchiano.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Leonardo da Vinci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): लेओनार्दो दा भिञ्ची](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q762](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Francesco Melzi - Portrait of Leonardo (colour correction).png by Attributed to Francesco Melzi (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo_(colour_correction).png)

## Licence and attribution

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