Giovanni Battista 5816355 225543543 2008-07-14T06:22:30Z 59.15.77.55 '''Giovanni Battista''', was a common Italian given name (see [[Battista]] for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries, which in English means "[[John the Baptist]]". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gianbattista or Giovambattista. The Genoese nickname was Baciccio, and a common shortening was Giovan Battista or simply G.B.. The people listed below are Italian unless noted otherwise. * [[Giovanni Battista Adriani]] (c.1511–1579), historian. * [[Giovanni Battista Aleotti]] (1546–1636), architect. * [[Giovanni Battista Amendola]] (1848–1887), sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Amici]] (1786–1863), astronomer and microscopist. * [[Giovanni Battista Angioletti]], writer and journalist. * [[Giovanni Battista Ballanti]] (1762–1835), sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Beccaria]] (1716–1781), physicist. * [[Giovanni Battista Bellandi]], sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Belzoni]] (1778–1823), explorer. * [[Giovanni Battista Bernero]] (1736–1796), sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Bononcini]] (1670–1747), composer and cellist. * [[Giovanni Battista Brocchi]] (1772–1826), mineralogist and geologist. * [[Giovanni Battista Bugatti]] (1780–1869), executioner. * [[Giovanni Battista Buonamente]] (c.1595–1642), composer and violinist. * [[Giovanni Battista Caccini]], sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Caporali]] (1476–1560), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Caprara]] (1733–1810), statesman and cardinal. * [[Giovanni Battista Caracciolo]] (1578–1635), artist. * [[Giovanni Battista Castello]], painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Casti]] (1724–1803), poet and librettist. * [[Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle]] (1820–1897), writer and art critic. * Giovanni Battista Cibo, birth name of [[Pope Innocent VIII]] (1432–1492). * [[Giovanni Battista Cima]] (c.1459–c.1517), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Cimaroli]] (1653–1714), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Cini]] (1525–c.1586), playwright. * [[Giovanni Battista Cipriani]] (1727–1785), painter and engraver. * [[Giovanni Battista Cirri]] (1724–1808), cellist and composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Crespi]] (1557–1663), painter, sculptor, and architect. * [[Giovanni Battista Dieter]] (1903–1955), German priest. * [[Giovanni Battista Donati]] (1826–1873), astronomer. * [[Giovanni Battista Doni]] (c.1593–1647), musicologist. * [[Giovanni Battista Draghi]] (c.1640–1708), composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Ferrandini]] (1710–1793), composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Ferrari]], botanist. * [[Giovanni Battista Foggini]] (1652–1737), sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Gaulli]] (1639–1709), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Giraldi]] (1504–1573), novelist and poet. * [[Giovanni Battista Grassi]] (1854–1925), zoologist. * [[Giovanni Battista Guadagnini]] (1711–1786), luthier. * [[Giovanni Battista Guarini]] (1538–1612), poet and diplomat. * [[Giovanni Battista Hodierna]] (1597–1660), astronomer. * Giovanni Battista di Jacopo, birth name of [[Rosso Fiorentino]] (1494–1540), Italian painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Lacchini]] (1884–1967), astronomer. * [[Giovanni Battista Landolina]] landowner and intellectual. * [[Giovanni Battista Locatelli]] (1713–c.1770), opera director. * Giovanni Battista Lulli, birth name of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] (1632–1687), Italian-born French composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Maganza]] (1513–1586), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Maini]] (1690–1752), sculptor. * [[Giovanni Battista Martini]] (1706–1784), musician. * [[Giovanni Battista Michelini]] (1604–1655), painter. * Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, birth name of [[Pope Paul VI]] (1897–1978). * [[Giovanni Battista Morgagni]] (1682–1771), anatomist. * [[Giovanni Battista Moroni]] (1520–1578), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Orsenigo]] (1837–1904), monk and dentist. * Giovanni Battista Pamphili, birth name of [[Pope Innocent X]] (1574–1655). * [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]] (1710–1736), composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Pescetti]] (c.1704–1766), composer and organist. * [[Giovanni Battista Piazzetta]] (c.1683–1754), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Pioda]] (1808–1882), Swiss politician. * [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]] (1720–1778), artist. * [[Giovanni Battista di Quadro]] Polish-Italian architect. * [[Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re]] (1934–), cardinal. * [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]] (1598–1671), astronomer. * [[Giovanni Battista Rinuccini]] (1592–1653), archbishop. * [[Giovanni Battista de Rossi]] (1822–1894), archaeologist. * [[Giovanni Battista Rubini]] (1794–1854), singer. * [[Giovanni Battista Sammartini]] (c.1700–1775), composer and organist. * [[Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato]] (1609–1685), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Santini]], architect. * [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]] (1668–1714), Jesuit priest and missionary. * [[Giovanni Battista Tempesti]], painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]] (1696–1770), painter. * [[Giovanni Battista Trevano]], architect. * [[Giovanni Battista Vaccarini]] (1702–1768), architect. * [[Giovanni Battista Venturi]] (1746–1822), physicist. * [[Giovanni Battista Viotti]] (1755–1824), violinist and composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Vitali]], composer. * [[Giovanni Battista Zupi]] (c.1590–1650), astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest. == Giambattista == * [[Giambattista Andreini]] (1578–1650), actor and playwright. * [[Giambattista Basile]] (1575–1632), poet, courtier, and fairytale collector. * [[Giambattista Benedetti]] (1530–1590), mathematician. * [[Giambattista Bodoni]] (1740–1813), engraver and printer. * [[Giambattista De Curtis]] (1860–1926), painter and poet. * [[Giambattista Gelli]] (1498–1563), humanist. * [[Giambattista Marini]] (1569–1625), poet. * [[Giambattista Pittoni]] (1687–1767), painter. * [[Giambattista della Porta]] (1538–1615), scholar, polymath, and child prodigy. * [[Giambattista Vico]] (1668–1744), philosopher, historian, jurist. ==Giovan Battista== * [[Giovan Battista Carpi]] (1927–1999), Italian [[cartoonist]]. * [[Giovan Battista Cini]], Italian playwright * Giovan Battista Perasso aka [[Balilla]], legendary revolutionary [[Category:Italian given names]] {{given name}}