Nicolaus Copernicus
Polymath
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. Wikipedia
Born: February 19, 1473, Toruń, Poland
Died: May 24, 1543 (age 70 years), Frombork, Poland
Influenced: Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and more
Known for: Heliocentrism; Quantity theory of money; Gresham–Copernicus law
Parents: Barbara Watzenrode and Nicolaus Copernicus Sr.
Siblings: Katharina Copernicus, Andreas Copernicus, and Barbara Copernicus
Fields: Astronomy; Canon law; Economics; Mathematics; Medicine; Politics