Gianfranco is a compound
Italian given name, consisting of Gian- and Franco. ''Gian-'' comes from Giovanni and is used in compound names. It is closest to John or French Jean. Gianni means "God is gracious" and Franco means "Free man" or "Frenchman", a contracted form of Francesco.
Notable people with the given name include:
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Gianfranco Bellini (1924–2006), Italian actor and voice actor
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Gianfranco Brancatelli (born 1950), Italian racing driver
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Gianfranco Calligarich (1939–2024), Italian novelist, screenwriter and dramatist
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Gianfranco Dettori (born 1951), Italian jockey, father of
Frankie Dettori
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Gianfranco Ferré (1944–2007), Italian fashion designer
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Gianfranco Fini (born 1952), Italian politician
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Gianfranco Parolini (1925–2018), Italian film director
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Gianfranco Rotondi (born 1960), Italian politician
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Gianfranco Seramondi (born 1958), Swiss footballer
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Gianfranco Zola
Gianfranco Zola (; born 5 July 1966) is an Italian football executive, Manager (association football), manager, and former Association football, footballer who played predominantly as a Forward (association football), forward. He is currently v ...
(born 1966), Italian footballer
See also
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Gianfranco Lotti, an Italian handbag company
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John (first name)
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Francis (given name)
Francis is an English language, English, French language, French, German language, German, Dutch language, Dutch and Scandinavian given name of Latin origin.
Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. A feminine versi ...
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Franco (disambiguation)
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Giovanni (name)
Giovanni is a male Italian given name (from Latin ''Ioannes''). It is the Italian equivalent of the English name John (name), John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni, Gian, or Gio (nickname), Gio, particularly in the name Gianbattista ...
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