| A | B |
| Martin Luther | he forced the Christian Church in Rome to reform |
| St. Joan of Arc | she united France against England, but died a martyr |
| Johannes Gutenberg | he invented the Printing Press |
| Machiavelli | his book "The Prince & Discourses" was about totalitarian rule (dictatorship) |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Renaissance painter: "Mona Lisa" & "Last Supper" |
| Michelangelo | Renaissance artist: painted "the Sistine Chapel" sculpted the "David" |
| Copernicus & Galileo | astronomers - said planets (and Earth) revolved around the Sun |
| Sir Isaac Newton | started "the law of gravity" & calculus |
| John Calvin | Protestant - believed in Predestination |
| Zwingli | wanted a secular state |
| Jesus of Nazareth | his life & teachings laid the foundation for the Christian religion |
| Henry VIII | King of England 1500s - got rid of Roman Catholicism & started Protestantism: the Anglican Church |