Giovanni (name)

Giovanni (US: /dʒoˈvɑni/) is a male Italian given name (from Latin Iohannes). It is the Italian equivalent of John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni or Gian, particularly in the name Gianbattista, and can also be found as a surname. It is sometimes spelled as Geovanni, Giovonnie or Giovannie when used as an English female name. Its female counterpart is Giovanna.

Given name

• 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 (c.1400 – c.1450), merchant from Lucca
• Giovanni Báez (born 1981), Colombian road cyclist
• Giovanni Battaglin (born 1951), Italian professional road racing cyclist
• Giovanni Becatti (1912 – 1973), Italian archaeologist
• Giovanni Bellini (c.1430 – 1516), Italian Renaissance painter
• Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823), Venetian explorer in Egypt
• Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747), Italian Baroque composer and cellist
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), Italian Renaissance writer
• Giovanni Boldini (1842 – 1931), Italian painter
• Giovanni Borgia (1475–1497), son of Pope Alexander VI
• Giovanni Bosco (1815–1888), Italian saint
• Giovani Casillas (born 1994), Mexican footballer
• Giovanni Csermanek (1912–1989), Hungarian communist leader later known as János Kádár
• Giovanni d'Aleo (born 1959), Italian long-distance runner
• Giovanni Dandolo (died 1289), 48th Doge of Venice
• 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 Giovanni (c. 1350 – 1365), Italian youth executed for practising sodomy
• Giovani dos Santos (born 1989), Mexican football player
• Giovanni Evangelisti (born 1961), Italian long jumper
• Giovanni Ferrari (1907–1982), Italian football (soccer) player
• Giovanni Frezza (born 1972), Italian actor
• Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1506–1561), Italian engraver
• Giovanni Gabrieli (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 Jona-Lasinio (born 1932), influential Italian theoretical physicist
• Giovanni Lapentti (born 1983), Ecuadorian tennis player
• Giovanni Lavaggi (born 1958), racing driver from Italy
• 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 (1740–1816), Italian composer of the Classical era
• Giovanni Papini (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 Pisano (c. 1250 – c. 1315), Italian sculptor, painter and architect
• Giovanni Pittella (born 1958), Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Giovanni Ribisi (born 1974), American actor
• Giovonnie Samuels (born 1985), Actress
• Giovanni Sbrissa (born 1996) Italian footballer
• Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910), Italian astronomer
• Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788), Italian physician and naturalist
• Giovanni Semerano (1913–2005), Italian philologist
• 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 Targioni Tozzetti (1712–1783), Italian naturalist
• Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (1863–1934), Italian librettist
• Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian football coach and former player
• Giovanni van Bronckhorst (born 1975), Dutch football player
• Giovanni Vemba-Duarte (born 1991), Dutch-Angolan footballer
• Giovanni Visconti (1290–1354), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Surname

• 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 (born 1943), American poet, activist and author

Nickname

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

Fictional character

• Don Giovanni, protagonist of the eponymous Mozart opera.
• Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon
• Giovanni Auditore, father of player character Ezio in the Assassin's Creed series of video games
• Giovanni Zito, character from the Eoin Colfer novel Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception

See also

• Geovani
• Giovanni Battista