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Leonardo da Vinci

1452-1519

Italian painter, engineer, musician, and scientist

 

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Albert Einstein

1879-1955

Scientist, physicist, Nobel laureate

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Archimedes of Syracuse

c. 287-12212 BC
Greek Mathematician

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Dante

1265-1321
Italian poet




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Giuseppe Garibaldi

1807-1882, Soldier/Patriot

He was born in Nizza on July 4th, 1807. Since he was a boy he proved to be full of courage. When he was eight he saved a woman who had fallen into a ditch and when he was thirteen avoided the shipwreck of some companions. He had a predilection for physical exercises and sea life. When he was fifteen he embarked as ship-boy. In 1832 he became master. On the occasion of his voyages he knew some Giovine Italia's representatives and become patriot in a short time. ... Click here to continue reading the biography at the Italian-American Web Site of New York.  

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