Historical Italians

Many people throughout history define it by their actions, beliefs, and works. Can you name 18 historical people from Italy?

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Creator of the Mona Lisa	Leonardo da Vinci
Astronomer and physicist referred to as the father of the scientific theory and modern science	Galileo Galilei
Fascist leader during World War II	Benito Mussolini
Creator of the first nuclear reactor	Enrico Fermi
Diplomat of the Florentine Republic known as the "Father of Modern Political Philosophy"	Niccolò Machiavelli
Proclaimed to first find America when he left for his voyage for the Spanish in 1492	Christopher Columbus
Longest serving prime minister for Italy after World War II	Silvio Berlusconi
Venetian merchant whose writings gave comprehensive looks into Asia for Europeans	Marco Polo
De facto leader of the Florentine Republic in the height of the Renaissance	Lorenzo de' Medici
Sculpted David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel	Michelangelo
Composer of the "Four Seasons" and many of his works were featured in the "Ospedale della Pietà"	Antonio Vivaldi
Opera composer whose operas had supported the unification of Italy	Giuseppe Verdi
Known for his narrative poem, "Divine Comedy" which is considered the most important poem in the Middle Ages	Dante Alighieri
Made the first voyage to coastal North America since the viking days for the English	John Cabot
General and 1st Duke of Addis Ababa who became the Prime Minister of Italy after Mussolini	Pietro Badoglio
First King of Italy that sent forces to establish Rome as the capital of Italy from the Papal States	Victor Emmanuel II
Known for this rooms in the Apostolic Palace and the painting "The School of Athens"	Raphael
Proclaimed general led battles that led to Italian unification	Giuseppe Garibaldi

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