Famous personalities connected with Florence

Among the most famous personalities who worked in the city are: 

Dante Alighieri (poet, 1265-1321),

Donatello (sculptor, 1386 - 1466),

Sandro Botticeli (painter, 1444 - 1510),

Amerigo Vespucci (traveler and explorer, 1454 - 1512) ,

Michelangelo (sculptor, 1475 + 1564),

Leonardo da Vinci (painter, 1452 - 1519),

Raphael Santi (painter and architect, 1483 - 1520)

Guccio Gucci (merchant and designer, 1881 - 1953),

Roberto Cavalli (designer , 1940 - )

and many others.

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Florence is the home city of the football club ACF Fiorentina.