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Leonardo Da Vinci Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.

Albert Einstein / Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner  “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”  Albert Einstein

Ann Bancroft / Artic Explorer “Ann's passion for polar adventures is matched by her enthusiasm for teaching children. She was diagnosed with dyslexia  as a child”.

Alexander Graham Bell / Inventor The inventor of the telephone, Bell saw (and heard) the world like no one had before him. “An eminent scientist, inventor and innovator, he is credited with inventing the first practical telephone”.

Wernher von Braun / Scientist One of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology. The father of rocketry flunked 9th grade Algebra.(Moore 1981, 2-3)

Thomas Edison / Inventor and scientist Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and although he did not invent the light bulb, he developed a complete lighting system.

Henry Ford / Inventor Henry Ford was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production.

William Lear / Inventor Entrepreneur & Business Leader, Lear designed the Lear Jet and contributed extensively to aviation. He invented the car radio, eight-track tape, the autopilot forjet aircraft, and more.

Charles Lindbergh / Aviator, Author, Inventor and Explorer Charles Lindbergh did the first solo non-stop flight from New York to Paris  in a custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane - The Spirit of St. Louis.

Dr.James Lovelock / Pioneer in the development of environmental awareness 'I'm hopeless at arithmetic and dyslexic'

Sir Isaac Newton / Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Natural Philosopher, Alchemist and Theologian Isaac Newton was one of the most influential men in human history.

Eli Whitney / Inventor of the cotton gin The cotton gin revolutionized the way cotton was harvested and reinvigorated slavery.

Orville & Wilbur Wright / Inventors Of the world’s first successful airplane.

Fred Astaire / Performer

Orlando Bloom / actor     

George Burns / Actor and comedian

Billy Connolly / Comedian

Patrick Dempsey "Actor /Grey's Anatomy"

Harrison Ford / Actor    

Dave Foley / Actor

Danny Glover / Actor     

Tracey Gold / TV actress

Whoopi Goldberg / Actress, comedian

Jerry Hall / Supermodel    

Anthony Hopkins / Actor    

Bob Hoskins / Actor    

Eddie Izzard / Comedian    

Keira Knightley / Actress

Susan Hampshire / Actress    

Salma Hayek / Actress

Jay Leno / Comedian, "Tonight Show" host

Tom Cruise / Actor

Alyssa Milano, actress    

Billy Bob Thornton / Actor    

Liv Tyler / Actress

Will Smith / Actor, singer    

Tom Smothers / Actor, singer, comedian

Henry Winkler / Actor, author         

Robin Williams / Actor Comedian    

Oliver Reed / Actor    

Keanu Reeves / Actor    

Edward James Olmos / Actor    

Jill Pages / Trapeze artist  

Henry Winkler / Actor, author  

Loretta Young / Actress

Enrico Caruso / Opera singer    

Cher / Actress, singer

Nigel Kennedy / Violinist    

Jewel / Singer, actress

Harry Belafonte / Singer, actor, producer, human rights activist

Brad Little / Stage actor, singer    

John Lennon / Singer, songwriter, actor, activist    

Britney Spears / Singer    

River Phoenix / Actor    

Bob Weir / Grateful Dead Guitarist

Usher / Singer

Nicholas Brady / US Secretary Treasury

George Herbert Walker Bush / 41st U.S. President

George W. Bush / 43rd President of the United States

Winston Churchill / Prime Minister Of England

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Jeffrey H. Gallet / Judge

Michael Heseltine / British Prime Minister

Andrew Jackson / 7th President of the United States

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

Lyndon Johnson / President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson / President of the United States

John Fitzgerald Kennedy / President of the United States

Gavin Newsom / Mayor of San Francisco

General George S. Patton / General, pilot

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt / First Lady

Nelson Rockefeller / Vice President

Woodrow Wilson / President of the United States [link#2 audio]

George Washington / President of the United States

Paul Wellstone / U.S. Senator

Ansel Adams / Photographer.

Scott Adams / Cartoonist, "Dilbert" creator

David Bailey / British Photographer

Nicole Betancourt / Emmy-winning filmmaker

Michelangelo Buonarroti / Artist

Elizabeth Daniels / author of mystery novels

Walt Disney / Producer, animation artist, theme park pioneer

John Ferrie / Artist

Ignacio Gomez / Muralist

Guy Ritchie / Film director and former husband of Madonna

Nicola Hicks / Sculptress

Auguste Rodin / Sculptor

Patricia Buckley Moss / Artist

Pablo Picasso / Artist

Robert Rauschenberg / Artist  

Jørn Utzon / Architect

Richard Rogers / Architect

Allison Merriweather/ Artist

Søren Kragh Jacobsen / Danish film director

Stacy Poulos / Photographer, Writer / Philosopher / Philanthropist

Steven Spielberg / Filmmaker

Bennett Strahan / Architect, Artist

Robert Toth / Artist , sculptor

Vincent VanGoghVincent van Gogh / Artist

Andy Warhol / Artist

G. Chris Anderson / Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Wall Street Investment banking firm

Stephen Bacque / Inventor & Entrepreneur, President, A.S. Bacque Enterprises, Inc.

Richard Branson / Founder of Virgin Enterprises

John T Chambers / CEO of Cisco Systems

Fred Curry / Chairman & CEO of Greyhound Bus

Reyn Guyer / Nerf ball developer

William Hewlett / Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard

Tommy Hilfiger / Fashion designer

Steve Jobs / Founder of Apple Computer

David Needleman, CEO of jetBlue Airways.

Paul J. Orfalea / Founder and Chairman of Kinko's

Charles Schwab / Investor & multimillionaire businessman

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger / Harvard University

Chick Thompson / Commercial video producer

Ted Turner / Founder and President of Turner Broadcasting Systems

Thomas J. Watson Jr. / Former CEO of IBM

F.W. Woolworth / Department store innovator

William Wrigley, Jr. / Founder of Wrigley Chewing Gum

Avi / Children's author & illustrator

Hans Christian Anderson / Author

Earnest Hemingway / Author

Steven Cannell / TV writer

Lewis Carroll / Author

Dame Agatha Christie / Author

Patricia Polacco / Children's author & illustrator

Girard Sagmiller / Author

Prophet Joseph Smith / Writer of The Book of Mormon

Mark Twain / Author

William Butler Yeats / Poet

Terry Bradshaw / Football player, tv host

Duncan Goodhew / Olympic Swimmer

Bruce Jenner / Olympic Decathlete

Magic Johnson / Basketball player

Greg Louganis / Olympic Diver

Dan O'Brien / Olympic Decathlete

Babe Ruth / Baseball player

Steven Redgrave / Olympic Rower

Jackie Stewart / Race car driver

Neil Smith / Football player, author

Muhammad Ali / Boxer

Bob May / Golfer

Joe Montana / Football player

Diamond Dallas Page / World Wrestling Champion

Jim Shea, Jr. / gold medal 2002 Winter Olympics

Nolan Ryan / Baseball player

Billy Banks / Fitness instructor, creator of Tae-Bo

Michael Phelps/Olympic swimming champion

Erin Brockovich / Activist

David Boies / Attorney

Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. / Astronaut

Jamie Oliver / The Naked Chef

This list has been compiled from public information and is correct to the best of our knowledge.

Great sites with information on Leonardo da Vinci

Collection of Museums and Articles

Biography

WebMuseum

Check out Leonardo's home town

Great site- includes discussion of why Da Vinci wrote backwards. What do you think?

Great site with pictures of davinci's inventions