LOCATION

Population:
90,000

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Pisa	1343

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leonardo Fibonacci	Mathematician	c. 1175	1250	Liber Abacis
Galileo Galilei	Astronomer	15-Feb-1564	8-Jan-1642	Copernican observational astronomer
Orazio Gentileschi	Painter	1562	c. 1639	Italian Baroque painter
Giovanni Pisano	Sculptor	c. 1250	c. 1314	Gothic Italian sculptor
Antonio Tabucchi	Author	23-Sep-1943		The Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cimabue	Painter	c. 1240	1302	Florentine painter in the Byzantine style
Pope Gregory VIII	Religion	?	1187	Roman Catholic Pope, 1187
Francis Horner	Economist	12-Aug-1778	8-Feb-1817	Bullion Report
Giuseppe Mazzini	Activist	22-Jun-1805	10-Mar-1872	Italian patriot, agitator
Nicola Pisano	Sculptor	c. 1220	c. 1278	Classical Italian sculptor

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