Leonardo drew the plans for the first armored car in 1485.

He also designed the cannon, a machine gun, gliders, turnspit for roasting meat, canal system to irrigate fields, and invented the parachute.

Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo were not friends despite both being artists during this time.

Unusually for the era in which he lived, Leonardo Da Vinci was a vegetarian, for humanitarian reasons.

He was born April 15th, 1452 and passed on May 2, 1519.

described as the Renaissance Man and is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time.

He was a polymath: sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

He was considered an artist at 15.

He was an apprentice for Verrocchico.

in 1472 Leoarnado was accepted into the painters' guild of Florence.

He spent 17 years in Milan.

In France during his later years he painted little but did more scientific work.

His most famous works are the Mona Lisa, The last Supper, The Virgin of the Rocks, and several anantomy drawings.