Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15,1452 in Italy and died on May 2, 1519 in France. Da Vinci was an Italian polymath. He focused on painting, engineering, anatomy, scupting, and architecture. He is most famous for his painting, like the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. His notebooks are also quite famous, containing drawings and backwards written notes on all sorts of matters. He is considered to be on of the greatest geniuses of all time.