Giovanni (name)
Giovanni is a male Italian given name. It is the Italian equivalent of the English name John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni, Gian, or Gio, particularly in the name Gianbattista, and can also be found as a surname. It is sometimes spelt as Geovanni, Giovonnie, Giovannie or Jiovanni; its female counterpart is Giovanna.
Given name
- Pope St. Paul VI, whose given name was Giovanni Battista Montini
- Pope Gelasius II, whose given name was Giovanni Coniulo
- Pope Leo X, whose given name was Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici
- Giovanni Agnelli, Italian entrepreneur and founder of Fiat
- Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, Italian physicist
- Giovanni Arnolfini, merchant from Lucca
- Giovanni Báez, Colombian road cyclist
- Giovanni Battaglin, Italian road cyclist
- Giovanni Becatti, Italian archaeologist
- Giovanni Bellini, Italian Renaissance painter
- Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Venetian explorer in Egypt
- Giovanni Benelli, Cardinal Archbishop of Florence, Italy
- Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Renaissance writer
- Giovanni Boldini, Italian painter
- Giovanni Bononcini, Italian Baroque composer and cellist
- Giovanni Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI
- Giovanni Bosco, Italian saint
- Giovanni Botero, Italian writer, thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat
- Giovanni Caravale, Italian academic and economist
- Giovani Casillas, Mexican footballer
- Giovanni Cirfiera, Italian actor
- Giovanni Antonio Colonna, Italian noble and politician
- Giovanni Pietro Damian, know professionally as Sangiovanni, Italian singer-songwriter
- Giovanni Dandolo, 48th Doge of Venice
- Giovanni D'Aleo, Italian long-distance runner
- Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian explorer
- Giovanni de Macque, late Renaissance Franco-Flemish composer
- Giovanni di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi
- Giovanni di Giovanni, Italian youth executed for sodomy
- Giovani dos Santos, Mexican football player
- Giovanni El-Hadi, American football player
- Giovanni Evangelisti, Italian long jumper
- Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge
- Giovanni Ferrari, Italian football player
- Giovanni Fornasini, Italian priest, recipient of Italy's Gold Medal of Military Valour, Servant of God
- Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor
- Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, Italian engraver
- Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian early baroque composer
- Giovanni Galbaio, eighth Doge of Venice
- Giovanni Giacometti, Swiss painter
- Giovanni B. Giglioni, American business theorist
- Giovanni Gozzadini, Italian archaeologist
- Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, Catholic bishop
- Giovanni Imparato, know professionally as Colombre, Italian singer-songwriter
- Giovanni Infantino, known as Gianni Infantino, Swiss football administrator with Italian citizenship
- Giovanni Jona-Lasinio, Italian theoretical physicist
- Giovanni Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player
- Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver
- Giovani Lo Celso, Argentine footballer
- Giovanni "Gio" Lopez, American football player
- Giovanni Marradi, Italian poet
- Giovanni Marradi (musician), pianist, composer and arranger
- Giovanni Giorgio Moroder, Italian record producer, songwriter, performer, and DJ
- Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer
- Giovanni Palandrani, American drag queen better known by the stage name Aquaria
- Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist
- Giovanni I Participazio, tenth or twelfth Doge of Venice
- Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist
- Giovanni Pernice, Italian dancer
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
- Giovanni Pieraccini, Italian journalist and socialist
- Giovanni Pierpaoli, Italian painter
- Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor, painter and architect
- Giovanni Pittella, Italian politician
- Giovanni Prandini, Italian politician
- Giovanni Prezioso, American lawyer
- Giovanni Ramponi, Italian professor of electronics
- Giovanni Rana, Italian entrepreneur
- Giovanni Battista Re, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
- Giovanni Ricci (American football), American football player
- Giovonnie Samuels, Actress
- Giovanni Sbrissa Italian footballer
- Giovanni Scalise, later John Scalise, Italian-American organized crime figure
- Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer
- Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and naturalist
- Giovanni Semerano, Italian philologist
- Giovanni Sgambati, Italian composer and pianist
- Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, usually known as Giovanni, Brazilian soccer player
- Giovanni Simeone, Argentine football player
- Giovanni Spadolini, liberal Italian politician, the 45th Prime Minister of Italy
- Giovanni Stampa, Italian sailor
- Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti, Italian naturalist
- Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Italian librettist
- Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian football coach and player
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch football player
- Giovanni Vemba-Duarte, Dutch–Angolan footballer
- Giovanni Vinci, Italian professional wrestler
- Giovanni Visconti (archbishop), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
- Giovanni Zurolo, Italian feudal lord and count
Surname
- Aria Giovanni, model and adult film actress, Penthouse Pet for the month of September 2000
- Joy Giovanni, actress and former WWE Diva
- Nikki Giovanni, American poet, activist and author
Nickname
- Don Manley, a compiler of crosswords known as ''Giovanni''
Fictional characters
- Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, father of Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
- Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon
- Giovanni Auditore, father of player character Ezio in the Assassin's Creed series of video games
- Giovanni Capello, the Italian student in Mind Your Language, played by George Camiller
- Giovanni Zito, character from the Eoin Colfer novel Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
- Giovanni, a character from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
- Giovanni, a blue cat, character from Night on the Galactic Railroad
- Giovanni, a waiter, the eponymous character in James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room
- Don Giovanni, protagonist of the eponymous Mozart opera
- Moe Giovanni, a character first appeared in the episode "Be More" of the animated series ''Adventure Time''