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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 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 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 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 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.
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- 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.
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