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Florence, Italy

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.comune.firenze.it/

Population:
356,000 (2004)

Founding Date:
59 BC

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
University of Florence1321

MUSEUM

MuseumFounded
Uffizi Gallery1765

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Gucci1921
Salvatore Ferragamo Italia1914

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alesso Baldovinetti Painter 14-Oct-1427 29-Aug-1499 15th c. Florentine painter
Lorenzo Bellini Doctor 3-Sep-1643 8-Jan-1704 Discovered kidney's Bellini Ducts
Sandro Botticelli Painter 1-Mar-1445 17-May-1510 Florentine early Renaissance painter
Filippo Brunelleschi Architect 1377 15-Apr-1446 Florentine Renaissance architect
Guido Cavalcanti Poet c. 1250 27-Aug-1300 Canzone d'Amore
Roberto Cavalli Fashion Designer 15-Nov-1940   Invented a technique for printing on leather
Benvenuto Cellini Sculptor 1-Nov-1500 13-Feb-1571 Florentine Mannerist goldsmith and sculptor
Luigi Cherubini Composer 14-Sep-1760 15-Mar-1842 The Water Carrier
Pope Clement VII Religion 26-May-1478 25-Sep-1534 Roman Catholic Pope, 1523-34
Pope Clement XII Religion 7-Apr-1652 6-Feb-1740 Roman Catholic Pope, 1730-40
George P. Cosmatos Film Director 4-Jan-1941 19-Apr-2005 Tombstone
Lorenzo di Credi Painter 1459 1537 Florentine Renaissance painter
Dante Poet 1265 14-Sep-1321 La Divina Commedia
Catherine de Medici Royalty 13-Apr-1519 5-Jan-1589 De facto ruler of France, 1547-59
Stefano Della Bella Engraver 17-May-1610 12-Jul-1664 Florentine engraver
Donatello Sculptor 1386 13-Dec-1466 Italian Renaissance sculptor
Oriana Fallaci Journalist 29-Jun-1929 15-Sep-2006 The Rage and the Pride
Domenico Ghirlandaio Painter 1449 11-Jan-1494 Florentine painter
Benozzo Gozzoli Painter 1420 4-Oct-1497 Murals of the Campo Santo at Pisa
Pope Leo X Religion 11-Dec-1475 1-Dec-1521 Excommunicated Martin Luther
Pope Leo XI Religion 2-Jun-1535 27-Apr-1605 Roman Catholic Pope, 1605
Fra Filippo Lippi Painter c. 1406 10-Oct-1469 Coronation of the Virgin
Jean-Baptiste Lully Composer 28-Nov-1632 22-Mar-1687 Founder of French opera
Niccolò Machiavelli Author 3-May-1469 22-Jun-1527 The Prince
Rose McGowan Actor 5-Sep-1973   Paige Matthews on Charmed
Marie de Medici Royalty 26-Apr-1573 3-Jul-1642 Regent of France, 1610-17
Philip Neri Religion 21-Jul-1515 26-May-1595 Congregation of the Oratory
Niccolò Niccoli Scholar 1363 3-Feb-1437 Italian humanist
Florence Nightingale Activist 12-May-1820 13-Aug-1910 Established nursing as a profession
Richard Rogers Architect 23-Jul-1933   Designed Centre Pompidou
John Singer Sargent Painter 12-Jan-1856 15-Apr-1925 American portraitist
Andrea del Sarto Painter 16-Jul-1486 28-Sep-1530 Florentine school
Piero Umiliani Composer 17-Jul-1926 14-Feb-2001 Mah Na Mah Na
Pope Urban VIII Religion 5-Apr-1568 29-Jul-1644 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1623-44
Perino del Vaga Painter 28-Jun-1500 19-Oct-1547 Painter of the Roman School
Gabriele Veneziano Physicist 20-Feb-1942   Father of string theory
Andrea del Verrocchio Painter 1435 1488 Florentine Renaissance painter and sculptor
Amerigo Vespucci Explorer 9-Mar-1454 22-Feb-1512 American eponym
Franco Zeffirelli Film Director 12-Feb-1923   Romeo and Juliet

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Giovanni Battista Amici Astronomer 25-Mar-1786 10-Apr-1863 Italian astronomer, microscopist
Bartolommeo Ammannati Architect 18-Jun-1511 22-Apr-1592 Designed the Pitti Palace
Alesso Baldovinetti Painter 14-Oct-1427 29-Aug-1499 15th c. Florentine painter
Lorenzo Bellini Doctor 3-Sep-1643 8-Jan-1704 Discovered kidney's Bellini Ducts
Giotto di Bondone Painter 1267 8-Jan-1337 Preeminent 14th c. Italian Painter
Pauline Borghese Relative 20-Oct-1780 9-Jun-1825 Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte
Sandro Botticelli Painter 1-Mar-1445 17-May-1510 Florentine early Renaissance painter
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poet 6-Mar-1806 29-Jun-1861 Sonnets from the Portuguese
Filippo Brunelleschi Architect 1377 15-Apr-1446 Florentine Renaissance architect
Andrea del Castagno Painter c. 1400 19-Aug-1457 Florentine painter
Guido Cavalcanti Poet c. 1250 27-Aug-1300 Canzone d'Amore
Benvenuto Cellini Sculptor 1-Nov-1500 13-Feb-1571 Florentine Mannerist goldsmith and sculptor
Lorenzo di Credi Painter 1459 1537 Florentine Renaissance painter
Luigi Dallapiccola Composer 3-Feb-1904 19-Feb-1975 Canti di Prigionia
Stefano Della Bella Engraver 17-May-1610 12-Jul-1664 Florentine engraver
Donatello Sculptor 1386 13-Dec-1466 Italian Renaissance sculptor
Oriana Fallaci Journalist 29-Jun-1929 15-Sep-2006 The Rage and the Pride
Francesco Filelfo Scholar 1398 1481 Italian humanist
Lorenzo Ghiberti Sculptor c. 1378 1-Dec-1455 Cast the Florence Baptistery doors
Domenico Ghirlandaio Painter 1449 11-Jan-1494 Florentine painter
Giambologna Sculptor 1529 13-Aug-1608 The Rape of the Sabine Women
Charles Godfrey Leland Poet 15-Aug-1824 20-Mar-1903 Hans Breitmann's Ballads
Niccolò Machiavelli Author 3-May-1469 22-Jun-1527 The Prince
Lorenzo de Medici Government 1-Jan-1449 8-Apr-1492 Ruler of Florence, art patron
Niccolò Niccoli Scholar 1363 3-Feb-1437 Italian humanist
Jacopo Peri Composer 20-Aug-1561 12-Aug-1633 Dafne, the first opera
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Philosopher 24-Feb-1463 17-Nov-1494 Italian philosopher and mystic
Politian Scholar 14-Jul-1454 28-Sep-1494 Humanist under Lorenzo de Medici
Pontormo Painter 24-May-1494 Dec-1556 Florentine Mannerist painter
Hiram Powers Sculptor 29-Jun-1805 27-Jun-1873 American neoclassical sculptor
Howard Pyle Artist 5-Mar-1853 9-Nov-1911 Art Nouveau children's book illustrator
Andrea del Sarto Painter 16-Jul-1486 28-Sep-1530 Florentine school
Girolamo Savonarola Religion 21-Sep-1452 23-May-1498 Italian monk and martyr
Desiderio da Settignano Sculptor c. 1430 1464 Florentine sculptor
Muriel Spark Novelist 1-Feb-1918 13-Apr-2006 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Pope Stephen IX Religion c. 1000 29-Mar-1058 Roman Catholic Pope, 1057-58
Gladys Swarthout Singer 25-Dec-1900 8-Jul-1969 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Evangelista Torricelli Mathematician 15-Oct-1608 25-Oct-1647 Inventor of the barometer
Paolo Uccello Painter 1397 10-Dec-1475 The Battle of San Romano
Giorgio Vasari Art Historian 30-Jul-1511 27-Jun-1574 Lives of the Artists

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