Full Name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni | Profession: Sculptor, painter, architect, poet; Renaissance master | Nationality: Italian | Born: March 6, 1475 | Birthplace: Caprese (now Caprese Michelangelo), near Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy) | Generation: Renaissance Era | Chinese Zodiac: Goat | Zodiac Sign: Pisces | Age in 2026: 551 | Marital Status: Never married | Children: None | Description: Michelangelo stands as a central titan of Western art, shaping the visual language of the Renaissance through sculptures that redefined anatomical realism and spiritual intensity, paintings that became cultural scripture, and architectural work that influenced monumental design for centuries; his career moved between Florence and Rome under powerful patrons, where his ambition and technical genius produced works that turned artistic labor into something close to myth, elevating the artist’s status from craftsman to singular creator; his legacy is not confined to masterpieces alone but to a model of relentless perfectionism, psychological depth, and creative force that still defines what “genius” means in the arts; Cause of Death: died in Rome in 1564 after illness in advanced age (specific medical cause not definitively established in surviving records).