List of Famous people named Giovanni

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli was an Italian astronomer and science historian.

Giovanni Federico is a German–born Italian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Giovanni De Carolis is an Italian professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in 2016.

Giovan Battista Pichierri was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Giovanni Battista Sidotti was an Italian secular priest and Apostolic Missionary of the Pontifical Congregation of Propaganda Fide. During the Edo period, he entered Japan illegally and was arrested, whereupon he was confined until his death.

Giovanni Battista Draghi, often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera La serva padrona. His compositions include operas and sacred music. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 26.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi and Laura Piranesi.

Giovanni Ferrero is an Italian businessman. He assumed the leadership of the confectionery company Ferrero SpA after the death of his brother Pietro Ferrero in 2011. He has a net worth of $34.2 billion as of December 2020, according to Bloomberg. As of July 2020, Forbes estimated his net worth at $26.3 billion, the 43rd richest in the world, and richest in Italy.

Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami was an Italian physicist. From March 2007 until August 2008, he was Chairman of the Italian Space Agency. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the first Italian to chair the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), and from 2011 until 2015, he was President of INAF. He was also the chairman of the SKA project. He was married to fellow Italian astrophysicist Patrizia A. Caraveo.

Giovanni José Coppiano Campoverde was an Ecuadorian radiologist and clown, best known for giving life to the clown Copito, who was a pioneer in children's entertainment nationwide.