Was Leonardo DaVinci a Hacker?

Was Leonardo a hacker? Obviously there as no code back then. And today the term hacker is connected to code/programmers. So I guess the questions is really "Can a non-programmer can be a hacker?"

To me it seems to be more about the spirit of invention, willingness to work at something when your not sure of the outcome. Perhaps a hacker is just an inventor in the digital age.

If that's true then I am definitely a hacker. If not, and if hacker must write code then... sadly, I am not a hacker, at least not a very good one. But if being hacker is about invention then I am a super hacker! While I am able to code html/css/js at a novice level my abilities are really about invention. So I wonder and ask everyone: Can a non programmer be a hacker?