Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Giovanni Lombardi (cyclist)

b. 1969

Italian cyclist

Giovanni Marchese (footballer)

b. 1984

Italian footballer

Giovanni Marco Rutini

b. 1723

Italian composer

Giovanni Maria Bononcini

b. 1642

Italian violinist and composer

Giovanni Maria Sabino

b. 1588

Italian composer

Giovanni Martinelli

b. 1885

Italian operatic tenor (1885–1969)

Giovanni Michelotti

b. 1921

Italian designer (1921–1980)

Giovanni Mocenigo

Doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni

b. 1695

Italian painter (1695–1766)

Giovanni Paisiello

b. 1740

Italian Classical era composer (1740–1816)

Giovanni Paolo Lascaris

b. 1560

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1560–1657)

Giovanni Paolo Panini

b. 1691

Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)

Giovanni Papini

Italian writer (1881–1956)

Giovanni Picchi

Italian composer

Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis

b. 1712

Maltese lawyer, historian, and linguist (1712–1770)

Giovanni Reale

Italian historian of philosophy (1931–2014)

Giovanni Ricci (bishop)

b. 1498

Italian bishop and cardinal (1498-1574)

Giovanni Santi

Italian painter and poet (c. 1435–1494)

Giovanni Schiaparelli

Italian astronomer and science historian (1835–1910)

Giovanni Segantini

Italian painter (1858–1899)

Giovanni Sforza

b. 1466

Italian condottiero

Giovanni Spadolini

b. 1925

Italian politician (1925–1994)

Giovanni Steffè

Italian rower

Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)

Medieval Italian cardinal and statesman (1290–1354)