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Battista
Battista is a given name and surname which means Baptist in Italian. Given named * Battista Agnese (died 1564), cartographer from the Republic of Genoa, who worked in the Venetian Republic * Battista Dossi, also known as Battista de Luteri, Italian painter * Battista Farina (1893-1966), later Battista Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer and the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina. * Battista Sforza (1446-1472), Duchess of Urbino and second wife of Federico da Montefeltro Surnamed * Bobbie Battista (1952-2020), American journalist * Giovanni Battista, multiple people * Miriam Battista (1912-1980), American actress * Orlando Aloysius Battista (1917-1995), Canadian chemist and author. Others * Battista, a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's butler. *Pininfarina Battista, the first car from Automobili Pininfarina See also * Baptist (other) * Batista (Portuguese/Spanish surname) * Bautista (Spanish surname) meaning "Baptist" * Baptista (Portuguese surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista
Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist" in English, the French equivalent is " Jean-Baptiste". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gianbattista, Giovambattista, or Giambo. In Genoese the nickname was Baciccio, and a common shortening was Giovan Battista, Giobatta or simply G.B.. The people listed below are Italian unless noted otherwise. * Giovanni Battista Adriani (c.1511–1579), historian. * Giovanni Battista Agnello (fl. 1560–1577), author and alchemist. * Giovanni Battista Aleotti (1546–1636), architect. * Giovanni Battista Amendola (1848–1887), sculptor. * Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863), astronomer and microscopist. * Giovanni Battista Angioletti (1896-1961), writer and journalist. * Giovanni Battista Ballanti (1762–1835), sculptor. * Giovanni Battista Barbiani (1593–1650), painter. * Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist. * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Battista
Miriam Battista (July 14, 1912 – December 22, 1980) was an American actress known principally for her early career as a child star in silent films. After gaining notice in Broadway theatre at the age of four, she was cast in films the same year. Her most famous appearance was in the 1920 film '' Humoresque'' in which she played a little girl on crutches. As an adult, Battista acted in Italian-language films in the 1930s, and she appeared in Broadway productions. She wrote, sang, composed music, and co-hosted a television talk show with her second husband. Early life and career Miriam Caramella Josephine Battista was born in 1912 in New York City to Raphael Battista and Cleonice "Clara" Rufolo, both Italian immigrants. She began performing in 1916 at the age of four in ''A Kiss for Cinderella'', a Broadway play starring Maude Adams, in which Battista had an uncredited role as the youngest of a group of war orphans. Other Broadway appearances followed, including small roles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pininfarina Battista
The Pininfarina Battista is an electric sports car manufactured by Automobili Pininfarina GmbH which is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with roots in the Italian car design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina. The name Battista is a tribute to Pininfarina's founder Battista Pininfarina. The car was publicly unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. Specifications and features The Battista is powered by a 120 kW⋅h battery pack supplied by Rimac Automobili. The car has four individual motors, each placed at a wheel and they have a combined power output of 1400 kW and 2300 N⋅m of torque. The car has a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis with aluminium crash structures at the front and rear. Most of the body panels are also built from the same material resulting in a low mass. The car has 533.4 mm rims in Pirelli Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is a multinational tyre manufacturer based in Milan, Italy. The company, which has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1922, is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobbie Battista
Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Battista (July 23, 1952 – March 3, 2020) was an American journalist and a prominent newscaster on CNN. During her 20-year career with the cable news company, Battista anchored numerous programs on CNN, CNN Headline News, and CNN International. Education Battista earned a bachelor's degree in radio, television, and film production at Northwestern University. Career After beginning her career at a radio station in Raleigh, North Carolina, she moved on to be an anchor, reporter and producer with WRAL-TV; she was the writer and assistant producer for the 1981 documentary ''Fed up with Fear'', which won a Peabody Award. On November 17, 2006, Battista returned to WRAL to co-anchor a special "reunion" newscast celebrating the station's 60th anniversary. With CNN, Battista was one of the original anchors on the CNN Headline News station, and then moved to the main network in 1988, where she served as host of numerous daily and regularly scheduled shows a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battista Dossi
Battista Dossi (ca. 1490–1548), also known as Battista de Luteri, was an Italian painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting. He spent nearly his entire career in service of the Court of Ferrara, where he worked with his older brother Dosso Dossi (c. 1489–1542). It is believed that Battista worked in the Rome studio of Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ... from 1517 to 1520. Battista's students include Camillo Filippi (c. 1500–1574). Gallery File:'The Flight into Egypt' by Battista Dossi and Dosso Dossi.JPG, ''The Flight into Egypt'' File:Madonna col Bambino e santo Vescovo, Battista Dossi e Dosso Dossi 001.JPG, ''Madonna and Child with Holy Bishop'' File:Battista Dossi - Holy Family with a Shepherd - 1949.185 - Cleveland Museum of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battista Sforza
Battista Sforza (14466 or 7 July 1472) was the second wife of Federico da Montefeltro, and Countess of Urbino. Biography Battista was the first legitimate child born to Alessandro Sforza, lord of Pesaro, and Costanza da Varano (14281447), the eldest daughter of Piergentile Varano (d. 1433), Lord of Camerino, and Elisabetta Malatesta. In 1447, Costanza died after giving birth to her second child, a son called Costanzo (d. 1483), when Battista was 18 months old. After the death of their mother Battista and Costanzo, together with their illegitimate half-sisters Ginevra (14401507) and Antonia (14451500), moved to the court of their paternal uncle Francesco Sforza and his wife Bianca Maria Visconti where they were brought up alongside their cousins. Battista and her cousin Ippolita Maria received a humanist education and the former was fluent in Greek and Latin, giving her first Latin public speech at the age of four. She was said to be very skilled in Latin rhetoric and even gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battista Farina
Battista "Pinin" Farina (later Battista Pininfarina; 2 November 1893 – 3 April 1966) was an Italian automobile designer and the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company, a name associated with many well known postwar cars. Early life Battista Farina was born in Cortanze, Italy. The tenth of eleven children, his nickname, "Pinin" (the youngest/smallest (brother), in Piedmontese), referred to his being the baby of the family, and in later years it also referred to his short stature of 5 feet (1.52 meters). He started working in his brother Giovanni's body shop at the age of 12, and it was there that his interest in cars was born. He stayed at Giovanni's Stabilimenti Farina for decades, learning bodywork and beginning to design his own cars. Carrozzeria Pininfarina and career He formed Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 to focus on design and construction of new car bodies, and quickly gained prominence. Only Carrozzeria Touring was more sought-after in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Aloysius Battista
Orlando Aloysius Battista (June 20, 1917 – October 3, 1995) was a Canadian- American chemist and author. He was known in particular for his inventions and patents. Biography Battista was born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, as the seventh of eight children. His father was a long-time Canadian government employee. As a child, he was an altar boy and earned money via shoveling snow and a newspaper route. He began writing at the age of twelve, after saving enough money to buy a typewriter. Battista graduated from McGill University with a degree in chemistry. Syndicated via the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post Service. Battista published scientific papers and books to bring chemistry to laypeople throughout his career. A devout Catholic, he did not shy away from advertising his religious beliefs as well as his scientific ones. Quotes “An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”''How to Enjoy Work and Get More Fun Out of Life'' p. 72. 1957. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battista Agnese
Battista Agnese (c. 1500 – 1564) was a cartographer from the Republic of Genoa, who worked in the Venetian Republic. In 1525 he prepared an early map of Muscovy that was based on the geographical data, narrated to Paolo Giovio by the Russian ambassador Dmitry Gerasimov. His workshop produced at least 71 manuscript atlases of sea charts between 1534 and 1564, more cheaply than Dieppe maps but still considered of fine craftsmanship. The charts normally included latitude but not longitude, along with various decorative features. One of Agnese's best-known works is an atlas of the world commissioned by Charles V for his son, Philip II. Apparently produced around 1542, it depicts Baja California correctly as a peninsula (60 years later cartographers started to show California as an island). Agnese liked to incorporate the new geographical discoveries in his maps. For example, he included in his world map the route of the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan, and the route to Peru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John The Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Baptista; cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲇⲣⲟⲙⲟⲥ or ; ar, يوحنا المعمدان; myz, ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡀࡍࡀ, Iuhana Maṣbana. The name "John" is the Anglicized form, via French, Latin and then Greek, of the Hebrew, "Yochanan", which means " YHWH is gracious"., group="note" ( – ) was a mission preacher active in the area of Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser. John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and he is revered as a major religious figure Funk, Robert W. & t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Donald Duck Universe Characters
This list of Donald Duck universe characters focuses on Disney cartoon and comics characters who typically appear with Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck, but are not related to them. For relatives of Donald and Scrooge, see Duck family (Disney) or Clan McDuck. For characters exclusive to the ''DuckTales'' franchise, see List of ''DuckTales'' characters. Main characters * Donald Duck * Daisy Duck * Huey, Dewey, and Louie * Scrooge McDuck * Ludwig Von Drake Relatives * Duck family (Disney) * Clan McDuck Duck characters Ducks are the most common type of named characters in the Donald Duck universe. Like Donald, they appear as white American Pekin ducks. This section contains a list of characters with the surname "Duck" who are not related to Donald. Disney illustrator Don Rosa has said that "Duck" is a common name in Duckburg (just as "Smith" or "Jones" are common in the real-life United States) and does not necessarily identify a blood relation of Donald. Donna Duck Donna Duck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bautista
Bautista (Spanish for "baptist") is a Spanish language surname also used as a first name, often in reference to John the Baptist. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolfo Bautista (born 1979), Mexican footballer * Alba Bautista (born 2002), Spanish rhythmic gymnast * Alberto Bautista Gómez, Mexican potter *Álvaro Bautista (born 1984), Spanish motorcyclist * Andres D. Bautista, Filipino lawyer * Antonio Bautista (1937–1974), Philippine Air Force pilot *Arianne Bautista (born 1993), Filipino actress and model *Aring Bautista, Filipino actress * Augusto Bautista, Filipino basketball player * Aurora Bautista (1925–2012), Spanish actress * Boyet Bautista (born 1981), Filipino basketball player * Buda Bautista (born 1973), Filipino women's footballer and manager * Cacai Bautista (born 1978), Filipino actress and comedian * Cipriano Bautista (died 2000), Filipino politician *Cirilo Bautista (born 1941), Filipino poet and writer *Christian Bautista (born 1981), Filipino sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
