Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía

Son of Pope Alexander VI (c. 1476 – 1497)

Giovanni Bracco

Itanian racecar driver (1908–1968)

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani

b. 1638

17th-century Italian composer and violinist

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari

b. 1677

Italian composer (1677–1754)

Giovanni Comisso

b. 1895

Italian writer

Giovanni Conso

Italian politician (1922–2015)

Giovanni Croce

Italian composer

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Italian diplomat and archbishop (c. 1185 – 1252)

Giovanni De Gennaro (canoeist)

b. 1992

Italian slalom canoeist (born 1992)

Giovanni della Casa

b. 1503

Florentine poet and writer (1503–1556)

Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai

b. 1475

Italian Renaissance humanist (1475–1525)

Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici

b. 1421

Italian banker (1421–1463)

Giovanni Diodati

b. 1576

Calvinist theologian (1576–1649)

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

b. 1625

Mathematician and astronomer (1625–1712)

Giovanni Falcone

b. 1939

Italian judge (1939–1992)

Giovanni Gabrieli

Italian composer (c. 1554/1557–1612)

Giovanni Gentile

b. 1875

Italian pedagogue, philosopher, and politician (1875–1944)

Giovanni Giolitti

Italian statesman (1842–1928)

Giovanni Giorgi

Italian physicist and engineer (1871–1950)

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

b. 1667

Italian Jesuit priest, philosopher and mathematician (1667–1733)

Giovanni Giuriati

b. 1876

Italian politician (1876–1970)

Giovanni Gronchi

b. 1887

President of Italy from 1955 to 1962

Giovanni Legrenzi

Italian composer (1626–1690)

Giovanni Leone

b. 1908

President of Italy from 1971 to 1978