LOCATION

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

Population:
356,000 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Florence	1321

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Gucci	1921
Salvatore Ferragamo Italia	1914

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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	03-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	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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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	03-May-1469	22-Jun-1527	The Prince
Lorenzo de Medici	Government	1-Jan-1449	8-Apr-1492	Ruler of Florence, patron of the arts
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
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
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	Artist	30-Jul-1511	27-Jun-1574	Lives of the Artists

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