Gian

Gian is a short form of the name Giovanni , an Italian and Graubünden Romance variant of the German first name Johann , usually in conjunction with a middle name. Another short form of Giovanni is Gianni . Gian is also a family name.

Name bearer

First name

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A.

• Gian Girolamo Albani (1504–1591), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

B.

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), Italian sculptor and architect
• Gian Domenico Borasio (* 1962), Italian doctor
• Gian Casper Bott (* 1960), art historian and curator
• Gian Bundi (1872–1936), Swiss fairy tale collector and editor, journalist and music critic

C.

• Gian Giacomo Caraglio (1500–1570), Italian draftsman, engraver and architect
• Gian Antonio Castelli (around 1570, † around 1640), Swiss plasterer
• Gian Luca Chiavari (* 1935), Italian dignitary of the Order of Malta
• Gian Paolo Chiti (* 1939), Italian composer and piano player
• Gian Biagio Conte (* 1941), Italian classical philologist
• Gian Giacomo Cristoforo (around 1588, † 1649), Italian Roman Catholic bishop

D.

• Gian Paolo Dallara (* 1936), Italian car designer
• Gian Giacomo Dalmasso (1907–1981), Italian comic book author

F.

• Gian Matteo Fagnini (* 1970), Italian racing cyclist
• Gian Luigi Frollo (1832–1899), Italian-Romanian Romance philologist and lexicographer

G

• Gian Francesco Giudice (* 1961), Italian theoretical physicist

M.

• Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770), composer of the Neapolitan School
• Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973), Italian composer and musicologist
• Gian Battista Mantegazzi (1889–1958), Italian composer and conductor
• Gian Gastone de 'Medici (1671–1737), Grand Duke of Tuscany
• Gian Giacomo Medici (approx. 1495–1555), Italian condottiere
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007), American composer

N

• Gian Gaspare Napolitano (1907–1966), Italian journalist, writer and screenwriter

O

• Gian Paolo Oliva (1600–1681), 11th General of the Jesuit Order

P

• Gian Luigi Polidoro (1928–2000), Italian film director, screenwriter and actor

R.

• Gian Piero Reverberi (* 1939), Italian composer and music producer
• Gian Andrea Rocco (* 1927), Italian film director and screenwriter
• Gian Domenico Romagnosi (1761–1835), Italian lawyer, economist and philosopher
• Gian Rupf (* 1967), Swiss actor, reciter and filmmaker

S.

• Gian Sammarco (* 1970), British actor
• Gian Saratz (1821–1900), Swiss hotelier, natural scientist and politician
• Gian Antonio Selva (1751–1819), Italian classicist architect
• Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469–1494), Duke of Milan
• Gian Simmen (* 1977), Swiss snowboarder

T

• Gian Trepp (* 1947), Swiss journalist, book author and strategy consultant
• Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550), Italian poet and linguist
• Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1436–1518), Italian-French military leader

V

• Gian Piero Ventura (* 1948), Italian football player and coach
• Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351–1402), Duke of Milan
• Gian Maria Volontè (1933–1994), Italian film actor

Z

• Gian Girolamo Zannichelli (1661–1729), Italian pharmacologist, botanist and natural scientist

family name

• Joseph Gian (* 1961), American film and television actor

stage name

• Gian (comedian) (1936-2010), Italian comedian

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gian on behindthename.com (Engl.)