Giovanni Battista
Giovanni Battista, sometimes spelled
Giovanni Batista, was a common Italian name 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.
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Giovanni Battista Adriani (c.1511-1579), historian.
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Giovanni Battista Amici (1786-1863), astronomer and microscopist.
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Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716â€"1781), physicist.
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Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778â€"1823), explorer.
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Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747), composer and cellist.
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Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772-1826), mineralogist and geologist.
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Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1780â€"1869), executioner.
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Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c.1595-1642), composer and violinist.
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Giovanni Battista Caprara (1733-1810), statesman and cardinal.
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Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578-1635), artist.
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Giovanni Battista Castello painter.
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Giovanni Battista Casti (1724-1803), poet and librettist.
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Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1820â€"1897), writer and art critic.
* Giovanni Battista Cibo birth name of
Pope Innocent VIII (1432â€"1492).
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Giovanni Battista Cima (c.1459-c.1517), painter.
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Giovanni Battista Cini (1525-c.1586), playwright.
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727â€"1785), painter and engraver.
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Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724â€"1808), cellist and composer.
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Giovanni Battista Crespi (1557-1663), painter, sculptor, and architect.
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Giovanni Battista Dieter (1903-1955), German priest.
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Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873), astronomer.
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Giovanni Battista Doni (c.1593-1647), musicologist.
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Giovanni Battista Draghi (c.1640 - 1708), composer.
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Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710â€"1793), composer.
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Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1737), sculptor.
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639-1709), painter.
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Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504-1573), novelist and poet.
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Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854-1925), zoologist.
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Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1711-1786), luthier.
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Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538â€"1612), poet and diplomat.
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Giovanni Battista Hodierna (1597-1660), astronomer.
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Giovanni Battista Lacchini (1884â€"1967), astronomer.
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Giovanni Battista Landolina landowner and intellectual.
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Giovanni Battista Locatelli (1713-c.1770), opera director.
* Giovanni Battista Lulli birth name of
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632â€"1687), Italian-born French composer.
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Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784), musician.
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Giovanni Battista Michelini (1604‑1655), painter.
* Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini birth name of
Pope Paul VI (1897â€"1978).
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Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), anatomist.
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Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520 â€" 1578), painter.
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Giovanni Battista Orsenigo (1837-1904), monk and dentist.
* Giovanni Battista Pamphili birth name of
Pope Innocent X (1574â€"1655).
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), composer.
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Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c.1704-1766), composer and organist.
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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (c.1683-1754), painter.
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Giovanni Battista Pioda (1808-1882), Swiss politician.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), artist.
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Giovanni Battista di Quadro Polish-Italian architect.
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Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re (1934-), cardinal.
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Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598-1671), astronomer.
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Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592-1653), archbishop.
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Giovanni Battista de Rossi (1822â€"1894), archaeologist.
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Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1854), singer.
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1700â€"1775), composer and organist.
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Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609-1685), painter.
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Giovanni Battista Sidotti (1668-1714), Jesuit priest and missionary.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), painter.
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Giovanni Battista Trevano architect.
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Giovanni Battista Vaccarini (1702-1768), architect.
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Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746 - 1822), physicist.
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Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824), violinist and composer.
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Giovanni Battista Zupi (c.1590â€"1650), astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest.
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Giambattista Andreini (1578-1650), actor and playwright.
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Giambattista Basile (1575-1632), poet, courtier, and fairytale collector.
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Giambattista Benedetti (1530â€"1590), mathematician.
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Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), engraver and printer.
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Giambattista Gelli (1498 - 1563), humanist.
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Giambattista Marini (1569-1625), poet.
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Giambattista Pittoni (1687-1767), painter.
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Giambattista della Porta (1538-1615), scholar, polymath, and child prodigy.
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Giambattista Vico (1668â€"1744), philosopher, historian, jurist.
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Giovan Battista Carpi (1927-1999), Italian
cartoonist.
* Giovan Battista Perasso aka
Balilla, legendary revolutionary
