Battista

Battista is an Italian first name. The name is of Greek origin and means: the Baptist. It is therefore often used in combination with the name Giovanni, the Italian form of the name John.

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Giambattista Basile (1575-1632), Italian writer and writer
  • Giambattista Bassi (1784-1852), Italian painter
  • Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), Italian engraver, printer, typographer and publisher
  • Giambattista Castello (1509-1569), Italian architect
  • Giambattista Dall'Olio (1739-1823), Italian musician
  • Giambattista Donati (1826-1873), Italian astronomer
  • Giambattista Dufort (~ 1680 - after 1728), French dancer, dancing-master and choreographer
  • Giambattista Giraldi (1504-1573; Cinzio called ), Italian poet, writer, philosopher and physician
  • Giambattista Giusti (1758-1829), Italian engineer and translator
  • Giambattista Grazioli (1746-1820), Italian organist and composer
  • Giambattista Lolli (1698-1769), an Italian chess player
  • Giambattista Marino (1569-1625), Italian poet
  • Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615), Neapolitan doctor, polymath and playwright
  • Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), Italian historian and philosopher of law
  • Gian Battista Mantegazzi (1889-1958), Swiss composer and conductor
  • Giovan Battista Strozzi (1489-1538), Italian patricians, see Filippo Strozzi the Younger
  • Giovanni Battista Amici (1786-1863), Italian astronomer, optician and physicist
  • Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823), Italian adventurer, engineer, weightlifters and Acrobat
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747), Italian cellist and composer
  • Giovanni Battista Caprara (1733-1810), Apostolic Nuncio and Cardinal Legate
  • Giovanni Battista Casanova (1728-1795), Italian painter and draftsman
  • Giovanni Battista Castagna (1521-1590), pope from 1590 to 1590, see Urban VII
  • Giovanni Battista Ciampoli (1589-1643), Italian priest and friend of Galileo Galilei
  • Giovanni Battista Cibo (1432-1492), pope from 1484 to 1492, see Innocent VIII
  • Giovanni Battista Cima ( called Cima da Conegliano; ~ 1460-1517/1518 ), Italian painter
  • Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (1897-1978), pope from 1963 to 1978, see Paul VI.
  • Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1725), Italian sculptor and architect
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter) (~ 1524-1587 ), Italian artist
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana (Composer) (~ 1571 - ~ 1630), Italian composer and violinist
  • Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784), Italian composer and music theorist
  • Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), Italian physician and anatomist
  • Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (1872-1952), Archbishop of Bologna
  • Giovanni Battista Pamphili (1574-1655), pope from 1644 to 1655, see Innocent X.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), Italian composer
  • Giovanni Battista Pininfarina (1893-1966), Italian car designer
  • Giovanni Battista Pioda (1808-1882), Swiss politician
  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), Italian engraver, archaeologist, architect and architectural theorist
  • Giovanni Battista Re ( born 1934 ), Italian cardinal
  • Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700/1701-1775), Italian composer
  • Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), a Venetian artist of the Baroque
  • Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), Italian physicist
  • Giovanni Battista Viassolo (1749-1802), Italian playwright, see Camillo Federici
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824), Italian composer and violinist
  • Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692), Italian violinist, singer and composer
  • Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), Italian humanist, writer, mathematician, cryptographer and architect
  • Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris (1884-1964), Italian bishop and papal diplomat

Family name

  • Éric Battista ( born 1933), French triple jumper
  • Hans Battista (1915-1995), Austrian physician and SS leaders
  • Lloyd Battista ( born 1937 ), American actor
  • Stefano Di Battista (born 1969 ), Italian jazz saxophonist
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