Giovanni is a male Italian

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''Ioannes''). It is the Italian equivalent of the English name John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni, Gian, or Gio, particularly in the name Gianbattista, and can also be found as a surname. It is sometimes spelt as Geovanni, Giovonnie, Giovannie, Jiovanni, or, when used as an English name, its female counterpart is Giovanna.

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* Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978), whose given name was Giovanni Battista Montini * Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060–1119), whose given name was Giovanni Coniulo * Pope Leo X (1475–1521), whose given name was Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici * Giovanni Agnelli (1866–1945), Italian entrepreneur and founder of Fiat * Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (born 1965), Italian physicist *

Giovanni Arnolfini Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini ( – after 1452) was a merchant from Lucca, a city in Tuscany, Italy. He spent most of his life in Flanders, then part of the Duchy of Burgundy, probably always based in Bruges, a wealthy trading city and one of t ...

(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 – 29 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 father, ...

(c. 1430–1516), Italian Renaissance painter * Giovanni Battista Belzoni (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 people, Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanism, Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so ...

(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 * Giovanni Caravale (1935–1997), Italian academic and economist * 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 (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 ( 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italians, Italian Mysticism, mystic, poet and Friar, Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Chris ...

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

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* Giovanni Frezza (born 1972), Italian actor * Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1506–1561), Italian engraver *

Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School (music), Venetian School, at the t ...

(1557–1612), Italian early baroque composer * Giovanni Galbaio (8th century–804), eighth Doge of Venice * Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933), Swiss painter * Giovanni B. Giglioni (1929–2008), American business theorist * Giovanni Gozzadini (1810–1887), Italian archaeologist *

Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli (30 June 1926 – 6 July 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 Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia, Vicar ...

, Catholic bishop *Giovanni Infantino, known as

Gianni Infantino Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino (); (born 23 March 1970) is a Swiss-Italian Association football, football Administrator (business), administrator and the president of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 26 Febr ...

(born 1970), Swiss football administrator with Italian citizenship * 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 (born 1996), Argentine footballer * Giovanni "Gio" Lopez, American football player * Giovanni Marradi (1852–1922), Italian poet * Giovanni Marradi (musician) (born 1952), pianist, composer and arranger * Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 1940), Italian record producer, songwriter, performer, and DJ *

Giovanni Paisiello Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini. Life Paisiello was born i ...

(1740–1816), Italian composer * Giovanni Palandrani (born 1996), American drag queen better known by the stage name Aquaria *

Giovanni Papini Giovanni Papini (9 January 18818 July 1956) was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and Italian philosophy, philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he ...

(1881–1956), Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist * Giovanni I Participazio (died 837), tenth (historical) or twelfth (traditional) Doge of Venice * Giovanni Passannante (1849–1910), Italian anarchist * Giovanni Pernice (born 1990), Italian dancer * Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494), Italian philosopher * Giovanni Pieraccini (1918–2017), Italian journalist and socialist * Giovanni Pierpaoli (1833–1911), Italian painter * Giovanni Pisano (1250–1315), Italian sculptor, painter and architect * Giovanni Pittella (born 1958), Italian politician * Giovanni Prandini (1940–2018), Italian politician * Giovanni Prezioso (1957–2023), American lawyer * Giovanni Ramponi (born 1956), Italian professor of electronics * Giovanni Rana (born 1937), Italian entrepreneur * Giovanni Reyna (born 2002), American soccer player * Giovanni Ribisi (born 1974), American actor * Giovanni Ricci (American football) (born 1996), American football player * Giovonnie Samuels (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 Latinisation of names, Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italians, Italian physician and natural history, naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first ...

(1723–1788), Italian physician and naturalist * Giovanni Semerano (1913–2005), Italian philologist * Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), Italian composer and pianist * Giovanni Silva de Oliveira (born 1972), usually known as ''Giovanni'', Brazilian soccer player * Giovanni Simeone (born 1995), Argentine football player * Giovanni Spadolini (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 (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 (born 1990), Italian professional wrestler * Giovanni Visconti (archbishop) (1290–1354), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Giovanni Zurolo (1382–1440), Italian feudal lord and count

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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 (1943–2024), American poet, activist and author * Severino Di Giovanni (19011931), Italian anarchist

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

Fictional characters

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

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Giovanni (Pokémon) 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 ...

, boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of

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

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'' series of video games * Giovanni Capello, the Italian student in '' Mind Your Language'', played by George Camiller * Giovanni Zito, character from the Eoin Colfer novel '' Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception'' * Giovanni, a character from '' Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp'' * Giovanni, a blue cat, character from '' Night on the Galactic Railroad'' * Giovanni, a waiter, the eponymous character in James Baldwin's novel ''

Giovanni's Room ''Giovanni's Room'' is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin. The book concerns the events in the life of an American man living in Paris and his feelings and frustrations with his relationships with other men in his life, particularly an Italian barte ...

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Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; full title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legen ...

, protagonist of the eponymous Mozart opera * Moe Giovanni, a character first appeared in the episode " Be More" of the animated series ''Adventure Time''

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