Giovanni Battista

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Giovanni Battista, was a common Italian name (see Battista) in the 16th-18th centuries, which in English means "John the Baptist". A very common nickname for this name was 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 Amici (1786-1863), astronomer and microscopist.
• Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist.
• Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), explorer.
• 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 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 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 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 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 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 Sidotti (1668-1714), Jesuit priest and missionary.
• 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 Zupi (c.1590–1650), astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest.

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] Giovan Battista

• Giovan Battista Carpi (1927-1999), Italian cartoonist.
• Giovan Battista Perasso aka Balilla, legendary revolutionary