We know it's hard to believe that once upon a time our civilization went by the theory that the Earth was the center of our universe, rather than the sun. Thankfully, we had Nicolaus Copernicus to put us straight with his theory that revolutionized the way we see the world. Born in 1473, the renascence mathematician and astronomer formulated a model which still stands as perfectly accurate today.
If only he were around today to deal with the flat earthers who refuse to get on board with the fact that Earth is spherical. Copernicus was born in Poland, but his fantastic brain took him all around Europe. Perhaps what is most tragic about his brilliant legacy was the fact that he published his revolutionary texts in the same year that he passed away in 1530.