One of his most important paintings is the Mona Lisa. He did many drawings. The best-known drawing is Vitruvian Man. Leonardo was often thinking of new inventions.
Most of his inventions were never made. Some of his ideas were a helicopter, a tank, a calculator, a parachute, a robot, a telephone, evolution, and solar power.
He worked for rich Italian people. In his last years, he lived in a beautiful house that the King of France gave to him.
He was very good at designing and inventing interesting things.
He died in 1519 in France.
Leonardo wanted to know about everything in nature. He wanted to know how everything worked.
He was born in Vinci which is a small town near Florence, Italy.
He is famous for his paintings, but he was also a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and a writer.
He trained to be an artist.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15th April 1452.