Marco Polo

Marco Polo

male, deceased (1324)
Marco Polo (September 15 1254 - January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325) was a Venetian trader and explorer who gained fame for his...
Tintoretto

Tintoretto

male, deceased (1594)
Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin; September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the...
Canaletto

Canaletto

male, deceased (1768)
Giovanni Antonio Canal (Venice, Republic of Venice, October 28, 1697 - April 19, 1768), better known as Canaletto, was a Venetian artist famous for...
Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

male, deceased (1741) (Seattle, Washington, United States)
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, nicknamed "Il Prete Rosso" ("The Red Priest"), was an Italian priest and baroque music composer, as well as a famous...
Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

male, deceased (1798)
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, wr...
Carlo Goldoni

Carlo Goldoni

male, deceased (1793)
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (25 February 1707 - 6 February 1793) was a celebrated Venetian playwright, whom critics today rank among the European...
Carlo Scarpa

Carlo Scarpa

male, deceased (1978)
Carlo Scarpa (June 2, 1906 - 1978), was an Italian designer with a profound understanding of materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian...
Paolo Sarpi

Paolo Sarpi

male, deceased (1623)
Paolo Sarpi (often known simply as Fra Paolo) (August 14, 1552 - January 15, 1623) was a Venetian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer...
Enrico Dandolo

Enrico Dandolo

male, deceased (1205)
Enrico Dandolo (also anglicised Henry Dandolo or in Latin Henricus Dandulus, 1107? - 1205) was the Doge of the city-state of Venice from 1192 until...
Antonio da Ponte

Antonio da Ponte

male, deceased (1595)
Antonio da Ponte (1512-1595) (born in Venice) was a Swiss architect & engineer most famous for his rebuilding the Rialto Bridge in Venice....