Giovanni Battista
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'''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
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