Giovanni Battista

San 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. 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