Giovanni

Giovanni

Giovanni is an Italian given name (from Latin:"Iohannes"), the Italian equivalent of Johann (John). It may also refer to:

People

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*Pope John XVIII, whose given name was Giovanni Fasano
*Pope Gelasius II, whose given name was Giovanni Coniulo
*Pope John Paul II, known in Italian language as Giovanni Paolo II
*Giovanni Adamo, an Italian violinist
*Giovanni Agnelli, Italian entrepreneur, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899
*Giovanni Arnolfini, a merchant from Lucca
*Giovanni Becatti, an Italian archaeologist
*Giovanni Bononcini, an Italian Baroque composer and cellist
*Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian Renaissance writer
*Giovanni Boldini, an Italian painter
*Giovanni Bosco, an Italian saint
*Giovanni Csermanek, later János Kádár, Hungarian communist leader
*Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer
*Giovanni de Macque, late Renaissance Franco-Flemish composer
*Giovanni di Giovanni, an Italian youth executed for practising sodomy
*Giovanni Facchini, an Italian economist
*Giovanni Giacometti, a Swiss painter
*Giovanni Gieco, an American actor.
*Giovanni Gozzadini, an Italian archaeologist
*Giovanni Papini, an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist
*Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, an Italian philosopher
*Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
*Giovanni Salvatore Abruzzese, an Italian-American novelist
*Giovani dos Santos, a Mexican football player
*Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer
*Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, usually known as "Giovanni", Brazilian soccer player
*Giovanni Semerano, an Italian philologist
*Giovanni Trapattoni, an Italian football coach and former player
*Giovanni Visconti, an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

*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

Fiction

*Don Giovanni, an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of Don Juan
*Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon.
*The Giovanni, a group of vampires in "/World of Darkness" roleplay and video game
*Giovanni's Room, a novel by James Baldwin

ee also

*Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player
*Giovanni Battista
*Geovanni, Brazilian soccer player
*Giovani dos Santos, Mexican soccer player


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