Protestant People

William Shakespeare -
written over 38 plays
called England's national poet
Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet

Christopher Columbus -
1476 into the atlantic ocean nearly cost him his life
his ship was burned
made his was to portugal where he married
he explored for spain

John Calvin -
influential french pastor
key figure in development of system of christian theology
trained as a lawyer
developed calvinism
published his seminal work in 1536
geneiva was the center of calvinism

Robert Hooke -
british philosipher, architect, polymathist
worked with isaac newton
wrote a book
developed compound microscope

Leonardo DaVinci -
greatest painters of all time
polymathist
vegetarian
mona lisa and the last supper
apprentice before he was an artist
designed cannon and invented parachute
invented and sketched early tanks and cars

Michealangelo -
italian painter and sculture
grew up in florence
painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel

Peiter -
painted the peasant dance which is a painting that relied on detail and realism

Niccolo Machiavelli -
wrote a book called the prince

Filippo Brunelleschi -
designed and built a dome for the florence cathedral

Johannes Gutenburg -
invented the mobile type printing press

Aretmisia Gentileschi -
painted pictures of strong women including a self portrait

Martin Luther -
wrote the 95 theses challenging the catholic church

Nicolaus Copernicus -
published the theory that the earth was not the center of the universe

Andreas Vesalius -
published detailed descriptions of the human anatomy

Galileo Galilei -
created a powerful telescope and was the first to observe and record sunspots

Ambrose Pare -
a surgeon who developed the use of bandages