Giovanni 1478158 224141250 2008-07-07T14:33:58Z 75.50.168.126 '''Giovanni''' is an Italian given name (from Latin:''Iohannes''), the Italian equivalent of [[Johann (name)|Johann]] ([[John]]). It may also refer to: ==People== {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Giovanni | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = }} *[[Pope John XVIII]], whose given name was Giovanni Fasano *[[Pope Gelasius II]], whose given name was Giovanni Coniulo *[[Pope John Paul II]], known in Italian language as Giovanni Paolo II *[[Giovanni Adamo]], an Italian violinist *[[Giovanni Agnelli]], Italian entrepreneur, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899 *[[Giovanni Arnolfini]], a [[merchant]] from [[Lucca]] *[[Giovanni Becatti]], an Italian archaeologist *[[Giovanni Bononcini]], an Italian Baroque composer and cellist *[[Giovanni Boccaccio]], an Italian Renaissance writer *[[Giovanni Boldini]], an Italian painter *[[Giovanni Bosco]], an Italian saint *[[Giovanni Csermanek]], later [[János Kádár]], Hungarian communist leader *[[Giovanni da Verrazzano]], an Italian explorer *[[Giovanni de Macque]], late Renaissance Franco-Flemish composer *[[Giovanni di Giovanni]], an Italian youth executed for practising sodomy *[[Giovanni Giacometti]], a Swiss painter *[[Giovanni Gieco]], an American actor. *[[Giovanni Gozzadini]], an Italian archaeologist *[[Giovanni Papini]], an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist *[[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]], an Italian philosopher *[[Giovanni Ribisi]], American actor *[[Giovanni Salvatore Abruzzese]], an Italian-American novelist *[[Giovani dos Santos]], a Mexican football player *[[Giovanni Schiaparelli]], an Italian astronomer *[[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira]], usually known as ''Giovanni'', Brazilian soccer player *[[Giovanni Semerano]], an Italian philologist *[[Giovanni Trapattoni]], an Italian football coach and former player *[[Giovanni Visconti]], an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *[[Aria Giovanni]], model and adult film actress, Penthouse Pet for the month of September 2000 *[[Joy Giovanni]], actress and former [[WWE Diva]] *[[Nikki Giovanni]], American poet, activist and author ==Fiction== *[[Don Giovanni]], an opera by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], based on the legend of [[Don Juan]] *[[Giovanni (Pokémon)]], boss of [[Team Rocket]] in the fictional world of [[Pokémon]]. *[[Giovanni (World of Darkness)|The Giovanni]], a group of vampires in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]/[[World of Darkness]]'' roleplay and video game *[[Giovanni's Room]], a novel by James Baldwin ==See also== *[[Geovany Soto]], Puerto Rican baseball player *[[Giovanni Battista]] *[[Geovanni]], Brazilian soccer player *[[Giovani dos Santos]], Mexican soccer player {{disambig}} [[Category:Italian given names]] [[Category:Swiss given names]] [[es:Johannes]] [[fr:Giovanni]] [[it:Giovanni]] [[nl:Johannes]] [[ja:ジョヴァンニ]] [[no:Johannes]] [[zh:喬凡尼]]