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'''Giovanni''' is an Italian given name (from Latin:''Iohannes''), the Italian equivalent of [[Johann (name)|Johann]] ([[John]]). It may also refer to:
==People==
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*[[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
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