Leonardo da Vinci was a renowned Italian polymath of the Renaissance era who lived from 1452 to 1519. He excelled at painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. Some of his most famous works include the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and Vitruvian Man. He was a genius ahead of his time.