Florence is best known for its contribution to the visual arts — It was the birthplace of the Renaissance — though there have also been famous musicians and writer born and bred in the city. In the following pages we shall meet some of them.

Florentine architects
Florentine actors and cinema directors
Florentine painters of the Middle Ages
Florentine painters of the Early Renaissance
Florentine painters of the High Renassance and Mannerist period
Florentine painters of later periods
Florentine rulers
Florentine scientists
Florentine sculptors
Florentine writers