# Giovanni Battista

Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist" in English, the French equivalent is "Jean-Baptiste". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gianbattista, Giovambattista, or Giambo. In Genoese the nickname was Baciccio, and a common shortening was Giovan Battista, Giobatta or simply G.B.. The people listed below are Italian unless noted otherwise.
* Giovanni Battista Adriani (c.1511–1579), historian.
* Giovanni Battista Agnello (fl. 1560–1577), author and alchemist.
* Giovanni Battista Aleotti (1546–1636), architect.
* Giovanni Battista Amendola (1848–1887), sculptor.
* Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863), astronomer and microscopist.
* Giovanni Battista Angioletti (1896-1961), writer and journalist.
* Giovanni Battista Ballanti (1762–1835), sculptor.
* Giovanni Battista Barbiani (1593–1650), painter.
* Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist.
* Giovanni Battista Bellandi, sculptor.
* Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), explorer.
* Giovanni Battista Bernero (1736–1796), sculptor.
* 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 Casanova, painter, brother of Giacomo Casanova.
* 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 de Campania (1633-1639), 64th Minister General of the OFM
* 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 Guelphi, 18th century sculptor
* 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 Lenzi (1951–2009), Italian politician.
* Giovanni Battista Locatelli (disambiguation), several people
* Giovanni Battista Lulli, birth name of Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687), Italian-born French composer.
* Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1755–1821), Italian painter who was involved in the removal of the Elgin Marbles.
* Giovanni Battista Maganza (1513–1586), painter.
* Giovanni Battista Maini (1690–1752), sculptor.
* Giovanni Battista Mancini (1714–1800), voice teacher.
* Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784), musician.
* Giovanni Battista Michelini (1604–1655), painter.
* Giovanni Battista Monte (1498-1551), humanist physician and professor at Padua.
* Giovanni Battista Monti, 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 Orsini, Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller from 1467 to 1476
* Giovanni Battista Paggi (1554–1627), painter.
* 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 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 Volpati, (1633–1706), painter.
* 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 Valli, fashion designer.
* Giambattista Vico (1668–1744), philosopher, historian, jurist.
* Giambattista Busi (born 1968), former racing driver

## Giovan Battista

* Giovan Battista Aleotti (1546–1636), Italian architect
* Giovan Battista Carpi (1927–1999), Italian cartoonist
* Giovan Battista Cavagna (c. 1545–1613), Italian architect, engineer, and painter
* Giovan Battista della Cerva (c. 1515–1580), Italian painter
* Giovan Battista Cini (1525–1586), Italian playwright
* Giovan Battista di Crollalanza (1819–1892), Italian writer
* Giovan Battista Fabbri (1926–2015), Italian football player and manager
* Giovan Battista Perasso aka Balilla, 18th century legendary revolutionary
* Giovan Battista Pirovano (1937–2014), Italian footballer
* Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693), Neapolitan painter