- He was born on 15th April 1452 in Vinci.
- He died on the 2nd May 1519 at Close Luce.
- He had ten jobs: mathematician, inventor, engineer, anatomist, scientist, sculptor, botanist, architect, musician and writer.
- His full name is Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci.
- He only completed six works as many were uncompleted.
- He spent his last years in France.
- His most famous work was Mona Lisa/La Gioconada.
- Throughout his life he showed a natural flair for many things.
- He couldn't read or write properly; he was a paranoid dyslexic.
- He was ambidextrous.
- When he believed that some of his inventions were too intelligent he scrunched them up and threw them away.
- A famous quote: 'Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting felt rather than seen.'
- He left no definitive image of himself unlike most artists.
- Researchers at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Illinois used specialised face recognition software and found out that Mona Lisa was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry
- He is buried at Chapel of Saint Hubert in Chateau d'Amboise.
- A famous quote: 'One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.'