Iconic Multilingual people (European languages)?

Question

What characters/people from days past were known for speaking 2 or more languages?

Answer 1

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti -- An Italian Catholic cardinal that could speak 29 different languages perfectly, and many more less fluently.

Harold Williams -- A New Zealand journalist who studied the Bible in 26 languages.

Georg Sauerwein -- A German publisher who was fluent in about 60 languages.

Emil Krebs -- A German polyglot who was said to be perfect in 68 languages and studied 120 others.

Uku Masing -- An Estonian philosopher and translator who could speak around 65 languages with the ability to translate 20 of them.