List of Famous people with last name Riccioli

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

First Name Giovanni

Last Name Riccioli

Born on April 17, 1598

Died on June 25, 1671 (aged 73)

Born in Italy, Emilia-Romagna

Giovanni Battista Riccioli was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion of 126 arguments concerning the motion of the Earth, and for introducing the current scheme of lunar nomenclature. He is also widely known for discovering the first double star. He argued that the rotation of the Earth should reveal itself because on a rotating Earth, the ground moves at different speeds at different times.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Guido Riccioli

First Name Guido

Last Name Riccioli

Born on October 5, 1883

Died on March 28, 1958 (aged 74)

Born in Italy, Tuscany

Know him/her

Don't know him/her