| Giovanni |
| Pronunciation |
Italian: [dʒoˈvanni] |
| Gender |
male |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Italian, German (Fritz) |
| Other names |
| Related names |
John, Fredrick |
Giovanni is a male Italian given name (from Latin:Iohannes), Giovanni is the Italian equivalent of John. Giovanni is occasionally spelled Geovanni, Giovonnie or Giovannie; however, this deviates from the original Italian, and, in this manner, is made a unisex name (i.e. the actress Giovonnie Samuels). Giovanni can be a surname as well.
List of people with the given name Giovanni [edit]
- Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060 – 1119), whose given name was Giovanni Coniulo
- Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), known in Italian language as Giovanni Paolo II
- Don Manley (born 1945), long-serving compiler of crosswords in the UK using the pseudonym Giovanni
- Giovanni Agnelli (1866–1945), Italian entrepreneur, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899
- 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 (born 1778, died 1823), Venetian explorer in Egypt and discoveror of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I
- Giovanni di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 1226), better known as Saint Francis of Assisi
- Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747), Italian Baroque composer and cellist
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), Italian Renaissance writer
- Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931), Italian painter
- Giovanni Bosco (1815–1888), Italian saint
- Giovani Casillas (born 1994), Mexican footballer
- Giovanni Csermanek (1912–1989), later János Kádár, Hungarian communist leader
- Giovanni d'Aleo (born 1959), Italian long-distance runner
- Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1480 – c. 1520), Italian explorer
- Giovanni Dandolo (died 1289), 48th Doge of Venice
- Giovanni de Macque (c. 1540 – 1614), late Renaissance Franco-Flemish composer
- Giovanni di Giovanni (c. 1350 – 1365), Italian youth executed for practising sodomy
- Giovanni Evangelisti (born 1961), Italian long jumper
- Giovanni Ferrari (1907–1982), Italian football (soccer) player
- Giovanni Frezza (born 1972), Italian actor
- Giovanni Galbaio (8th-century–804), eighth Doge of Venice (787–804)
- Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1506–1561), Italian engraver
- Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933), Swiss painter
- 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 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 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
- Giovani dos Santos (born 1989), Mexican football player
- 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 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
Fictional characters [edit]
List of people with the surname Giovanni [edit]
- 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
See also [edit]
