If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?

Thinking about this prompt was hard. If I wanted to meet one of my favourite people  it would be likely to be an artist. My first thought was Leonardo Da Vinci. I admire not only his art but also his inventivness. In the renaissance he could be said to be the renaissance man. Full of designs for flying machines and war tanks and other ideas as well as his beautiful art.

But my problem is I wouldn’t understand my surroundings, I certainly would not be able to understand the language, and being a woman would demote me to a basic life. How would I get his attention? I don’t know.

I think when asked if we could meet an historical figure people would choose the most famous, not the one we could connunicate with. Choose wisely!