What was Leonardo da Vinci's last name?

by cityoffestivals
BrainWav

In the modern sense, he didn't have one. "da Vinci" means "of Vinci", which is the town he was born in.

ilikeostrichmeat

Da Vinci was a bastard child. At that time in Italy, bastards took up the name of where they were born, rather than the name of their parents. So, he didn't have one.