Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, was an influential Persian polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He was born in 980 near Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan and later moved to Persia. By age 10, he had memorized the Quran and studied various subjects like medicine and philosophy. By age 16, he was a respected physician and treated patients without payment. His major works include The Canon of Medicine, a standard medical text used until the 18th century, and The Book of Healing on science and philosophy. Ibn Sina made significant contributions across many fields and wrote over 400 works before dying in 1037 at the age of 58 in Hamadan, Iran.