Giovanni is a male Italian

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(from

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''Ioannes''). It is the Italian equivalent of John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni, Gian, or

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, particularly in the name

Gianbattista Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist" in English, the French equivalent is "Jean-Baptiste". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gia ...

, and can also be found as a surname. It is sometimes spelled as Geovanni, Giovonnie, Giovannie, Jiovanni or when used as an English female name. Its female counterpart is

Giovanna Giovanna is an Italian feminine first name. It is the feminine counterpart of the masculine Giovanni, which in turn is the Italian form of John; it is thus the Italian equivalent of Jane, Joanna, Jeanne, etc. In Brazil, the feminine name Giovan ...

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* Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978), whose given name was Giovanni Battista Montini *

Pope Gelasius II Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060/1064 – 29 January 1119), born Giovanni Caetani or Giovanni da Gaeta (also called ''Coniulo''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1118 to his death in 1119. A monk of Monte C ...

(c. 1060–1119), whose given name was Giovanni Coniulo *

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political an ...

(1475–1521), whose given name was Giovanni di Lorenzo de'

Medici The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mu ...

Giovanni Agnelli Giovanni Agnelli (13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945) was an Italian businessman, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899. Early life The son of Edoardo Agnelli and Aniceta Frisetti, he was born in 1866 in Villar Perosa, a small town near ...

(1866–1945), Italian entrepreneur and founder of Fiat * Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (born 1965), Italian physicist * Giovanni Arnolfini (c. 1400–c. 1450), merchant from Lucca * Giovanni Báez (born 1981), Colombian road cyclist * Giovanni Battaglin (born 1951), Italian road cyclist * Giovanni Becatti (1912–1973), Italian archaeologist *

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his fath ...

(c. 1430–1516), Italian Renaissance painter *

Giovanni Battista Belzoni Giovanni Battista Belzoni (; 5 November 1778 – 3 December 1823), sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his removal to England of the seven-ton ...

(1778–1823), Venetian explorer in Egypt * Giovanni Benelli (1921-1982), Cardinal Archbishop of Florence, Italy *

Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was som ...

(1313–1375), Italian Renaissance writer * Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931), Italian painter * Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747), Italian Baroque composer and cellist * Giovanni Borgia (1475–1497), son of Pope Alexander VI * Giovanni Bosco (1815–1888), Italian saint * Giovanni Botero (c. 1544–1617), Italian writer, thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat * Giovani Casillas (born 1994), Mexican footballer * Giovanni Cirfiera, Italian actor *

Giovanni Antonio Colonna Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(1878–1940), Italian noble and politician * Giovanni Dandolo (died 1289), 48th Doge of Venice * Giovanni D'Aleo (born 1959), Italian long-distance runner *

Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , , often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlanti ...

(c. 1480–c. 1520), Italian explorer * Giovanni de Macque (c. 1540–1614), late Renaissance Franco-Flemish composer * Giovanni di Bernardone (c.1181–1226), better known as Saint

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

* Giovanni di Giovanni (c. 1350–1365), Italian youth executed for sodomy * Giovani dos Santos (born 1989), Mexican football player * Giovanni Evangelisti (born 1961), Italian long jumper * Giovanni Falcone (1939–1992), Italian judge *

Giovanni Ferrari Giovanni Ferrari (; 6 December 1907 – 2 December 1982) was an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder/inside forward on the left. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation, one of Italy's best ever players, ...

(1907–1982), Italian football player * Giovanni Fornasini (1915–1944), Italian priest, recipient of Italy's

Gold Medal of Military Valour The Gold Medal of Military Valour ( it, Medaglia d'oro al valor militare) is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers. The f ...

Servant of God "Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint. Terminology The expression "servant of God" appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in ...

Giovanni Frezza Giovanni Frezza (born 8 September 1972) is an Italian former child actor, diver, martial artist and product developer who appeared in a number of films throughout the 1980s. Frezza is possibly best recalled for his roles in several horror films ...

(born 1972), Italian actor * Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1506–1561), Italian engraver * Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612), Italian early baroque composer * Giovanni Galbaio (8th century–804), eighth

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 ...

* Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933), Swiss painter * Giovanni B. Giglioni (1929–2008), American business theorist *

Giovanni Gozzadini Giovanni Gozzadini (15 October 1810 – 25 August 1887) was an Italian archeologist. The last male heir of a noble family in Bologna, that had given the city men-at-arms, doctors, and jurists, Giovanni was a highly educated man in other areas s ...

(1810–1887), Italian archaeologist *

Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli (June 30, 1926 – July 6, 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Italy, Gremoli was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. Gremoli served as titular bishop of Masuccaba and was Vicar Apostolic of Arabia from 1 ...

, Catholic bishop * Giovanni Jona-Lasinio (born 1932), Italian theoretical physicist * Giovanni Lapentti (born 1983), Ecuadorian tennis player * Giovanni Lavaggi (born 1958), Italian racing driver *

Giovani Lo Celso Giovani Lo Celso (born 9 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the Argentina national team. Club career Rosario ...

(born 1996), Argentine footballer *

Giovanni Marradi Giovanni Marradi (1852–1922) was an Italian poet born at Livorno and educated at Pisa and Florence. At the latter place he started with others a short-lived review, the ''Nuovi Goliardi'', which made a literary sensation. He became a teacher at ...

(1852–1922), Italian poet *

Giovanni Marradi (musician) Giovanni Marradi (born 1952) is a composer, pianist, arranger and television presenter. He is the son of Italian trumpeter and conductor Alfredo Marradi; his great-grandfather, also named Giovanni Marradi Giovanni Marradi (1852–1922) was an ...

(born 1952), pianist, composer and arranger * Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 1940), Italian record producer, songwriter, performer, and DJ * Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816), Italian composer * Giovanni Palandrani (born 1996), American drag queen better known by the stage name Aquaria * Giovanni Papini (1881–1956), Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist *

Giovanni I Participazio Giovanni I Participazio (or ''Particiaco'') (died 837) was the tenth (historical) or twelfth (traditional) Doge of Venice from the death of his brother in 829 to his arrest and deposition in 836. History His father, Agnello, had appointed him ...

(died 837), tenth (historical) or twelfth (traditional) Doge of Venice *

Giovanni Passannante Giovanni Passannante (; February 19, 1849 – February 14, 1910) was an Italian anarchist who attempted to assassinate king Umberto I of Italy, the first attempt against Savoy monarchy since its origins. Originally condemned to death, his sentenc ...

(1849–1910), Italian anarchist * Giovanni Pernice (born 1990), Italian dancer * Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494), Italian philosopher *

Giovanni Pieraccini Giovanni Pieraccini (25 November 1918–14 July 2017) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician who was a member of the Italian Socialist Party. Started his political career in 1948 Pieraccini served in different cabinet posts in the per ...

(1918–2017), Italian journalist and socialist * Giovanni Pisano (1250–1315), Italian sculptor, painter and architect * Giovanni Pittella (born 1958), Italian politician * Giovanni Prandini (1940–2018), Italian politician * Giovanni Reyna (born 2002), American soccer player * Giovanni Ribisi (born 1974), American actor * Giovanni Ricci (American football) (born 1996), American football player *

Giovonnie Samuels Giovonnie Lavette Samuels (born November 13, 1985) is an American actress and voice artist best known for her role as Nia Moseby in ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' and for being a series regular on ''All That'' (where she was replaced by Kiann ...

(born 1985), Actress * Giovanni Sbrissa (born 1996) Italian footballer * Giovanni Scalise (1900-1929), later John Scalise, Italian-American organized crime figure * Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910), Italian astronomer *

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the " Linnaeus of the A ...

(1723–1788), Italian physician and naturalist * Giovanni Semerano (1913–2005), Italian philologist * Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), Italian composer and pianist *

Giovanni Silva de Oliveira Giovanni Silva de Oliveira (born 4 February 1972), better known as Giovanni, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He played as either an attacking midfielder or a forward. At club level, Giovanni most notably played for Spanish s ...

(born 1972), usually known as ''Giovanni'', Brazilian soccer player * Giovanni Simeone (born 1995), Argentine football player *

Giovanni Spadolini Giovanni Spadolini (21 June 1925 – 4 August 1994) was an Italian politician and statesman, who served as the 44th prime minister of Italy. He had been a leading figure in the Republican Party and the first head of a government to not be a ...

(1925–1994), liberal Italian politician, the 45th Prime Minister of Italy * Giovanni Stampa (1913–), Italian sailor * Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti (1712–1783), Italian naturalist *

Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (17 March 186330 May 1934) was an Italian librettist. Biography He was best known for his friendship and collaboration with the composer Pietro Mascagni. Most of his libretti were written in collaboration with Guido ...

(1863–1934), Italian librettist * Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian football coach and player * Giovanni van Bronckhorst (born 1975), Dutch football player * Giovanni Vemba-Duarte (born 1991), Dutch–Angolan footballer *

Giovanni Vinci Fabian Aichner (born 21 July 1990) is an Italian professional wrestler signed to WWE where he performs on SmackDown brand under the ring name Giovanni Vinci. He is a member of Imperium. Aichner previously worked on the U.S. independent circuit, ...

(born 1990), Italian professional wrestler * Giovanni Visconti (archbishop) (1290–1354), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

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* Aria Giovanni (born 1977), model and adult film actress, Penthouse Pet for the month of September 2000 * Joy Giovanni (born 1978), actress and former WWE Diva * Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), American poet, activist and author * Severino Di Giovanni (19011931), Italian anarchist

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Don Manley Don Manley (born 2 June 1945) is a long-serving setter of crosswords in the UK. He has supplied puzzles for the ''Radio Times'', ''The Spectator'', ''Today'', ''The Independent'', ''The Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Guardian'', and the ' ...

(born 1945), a compiler of crosswords known as ''Giovanni''

Fictional characters

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; Köchel catalogue, K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The rake (stock character), Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Pon ...

, protagonist of the eponymous

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

opera * Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, father of Tony Soprano from ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...

'' * Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of what each of thos ...

* Giovanni Auditore, father of player character Ezio in the ''

Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice D ...

'' series of video games * Giovanni Zito, character from the Eoin Colfer novel '' Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception'' *Giovanni Capello, character from 1970's British comedy, '' Mind Your Language'' * Giovanni, a character from '' Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp'' * Giovanni, a blue cat, character from ''

Night on the Galactic Railroad , sometimes translated as ''Milky Way Railroad'', ''Night Train to the Stars'' or ''Fantasy Railroad in the Stars'', is a classic Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927. The nine-chapter novel was posthumously published in 1 ...

'' * Giovanni, a waiter, the eponymous character in James Baldwin's novel '' Giovanni's Room''

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