List of Famous people named Giovanni

Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.

Giovanni Greco is an Italian badminton player. He started playing badminton in 1999, in a small town near Palermo. He started competing competitively when he was 20,and was selected to join the national team in 2009. He participated at the 2013 and 2018 Mediterranean Games, also at the 2015 and 2019 European Games.

Giovanni Battista Rabino was an Italian politician from the Christian Democracy party who served as member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1992, then a single term, between 1992 and 1994, as Senator.

Giovanni Gotti was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 3 of the 1938 Giro d'Italia.

Giovanni Sgambati was an Italian pianist and composer.

Giovanni Battista Franzoni was an Italian Christian communist and dissident Catholic theologian. A Benedictine, he was Abbot of St. Paul's Outside the Walls from 1964 to 1973. Having become involved in activism and politics, he was laicized by Pope Paul VI in 1976.

Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini, and his music was championed by Haydn and Beethoven.