| A | B |
| He was the author of "Prince", a stroy about a ruler who rules by whichever means necessary to get the desired results. | Machiavelli |
| Although more than just an artist, he painted the "Mona Lisa" and the Last Supper". | Leonardo da Vinci |
| First European to successfully use and or invent movable "metal" type print. | Johannes Gutenberg |
| His writings helped reestablish the "Silk Road" trade connections to the east. | Marco Polo |
| Wealthy Florence family that basically ran that city and helped inspire countless artisits, scientists, inventors, and writers. | Medici |
| Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling | Michelangelo |
| Famous Spanish writer of the Renaissance best known for his comic novel "Don Quixote". | Miguel Cervantes |
| Quite possibly the greates playwright in history; he was also a poet; he wrote "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", and "Henry V". | Williams Shakespeare |
| Dutch priest;published "The Praise of Folly" | Desiderius Erasmus |
| Italian Renaissance poet and politician ; wrote "The Divine Comedy". | Dante Alighieri |
| Designed a huge dome for cathedral in Florence using an old Roman technique. | Filippo Brunelleschi |