Giacomo () is an Italian given name corresponding to English
James
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People
* King James (disambiguat ...
. It is the Italian version of the
Hebrew name
Jacob.
People bearing the name include:
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Giacomo Acerbo (1888–1969), Italian economist and Fascist politician
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Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini (; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Nicknamed Ago, he amassed 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championship titles. Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500 ...
(born 1942), Italian motorcycle road racer
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Giacomo Antonelli
Giacomo Antonelli (2 April 1806 – 6 November 1876) was an Italian cardinal deacon. He was the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1848 until his death; he played a key role in Italian politics, resisting the unification of Italy and affecting ...
(1806–1876), Italian cardinal
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Giacomo Aragall
Jaume Aragall i Garriga (; born 6 June 1939), better known as Giacomo Aragall, is a Spanish operatic tenor. He became known for his role singing Rodolfo in Puccini's ''La bohème'' in the late 1960s, and it would become one of the most frequently ...
(born 1939), Catalan tenor
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Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), Italian painter
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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507–1573), Italian Mannerism architect
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Giacomo Beltrami
Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779 – January 6, 1855) was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States (later exp ...
(1779–1855), Italian jurist, author, and explorer
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Giacomo Biffi
Giacomo Biffi (13 June 1928 – 11 July 2015) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
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(1928–2015), Italian cardinal
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Giacomo Bonaventura
Giacomo "Jack" Bonaventura (; (born 22 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italy national football team.
Bonaventura started his senior career at Atalanta in the Serie ...
(born 1989), Italian footballer
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Giacomo Boni (archaeologist)
Giacomo Boni (25 April 1859 – 10 July 1925) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture. He is most famous for his work in the Roman Forum.
Life
Born in Venice, Boni studied architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in ...
(1859–1925), Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture
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Giacomo Boni (painter) (1688–1766), Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa
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Giacomo Brodolini
Giacomo Brodolini (1920–1969) was an Italian socialist politician and trade unionist. He served as the minister of labour and social security between December 1968 and 1969.
Early life and education
Brodolini was born in Recanati on 19 July ...
(1920–1969), Italian politician
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Giacomo Carissimi
(Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (; baptized 18 April 160512 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the ...
(1605–1674), Italian Baroque composer
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Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798), Venetian adventurer and author
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Giacomo Ceruti
Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti (October 13, 1698 – August 28, 1767) was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan, Brescia, and Venice. He acquired the nickname Pitocchetto (the little beggar) for his many paint ...
(1698–1767), Italian late Baroque painter
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Giacomo Colombo
Giacomo Colombo (1663–1730) was an Italian sculptor, painter and engraver, he worked in Naples, Italy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Biography
Colombo was born in 1663 in Este, Padua, Italy. He moved to Naples in 1678. Colombo ...
(1663–1730) Italian late Baroque sculptor, working in Naples.
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Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), Italian naturalist
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Giacomo Durazzo
Count Giacomo Durazzo (27 April 1717 – 15 October 1794) was an Italian diplomat and man of theatre.
Biography
He was born into the House of Durazzo, one of the most important aristocratic families in Genoa. His older brother was the doge Marc ...
(1717–1794), Italian diplomat and man of the theatre
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Giacomo Feo
Giacomo Feo (c. 1471 – 27 August 1495), was the second husband of Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forlì. He was born and died in Forlì.
Biography
Giacomo Feo is the brother of Tommaso Feo, the castellan who had remained faithful to Caterina ...
(c. 1471–1495), second husband of Caterina Sforza
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Giacomo Ferrara
Giacomo Ferrara (born 24 November 1990) is an Italian actor best known for his role as Alberto "Spadino" Anacleti in the 2015 neo-noir crime film ''Suburra'' and its subsequent spin-off series, '' Suburra: Blood on Rome'', and '' Suburræterna''. ...
(born 1990), actor
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Giacomo Ferrari (disambiguation)
Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (baptised 2 April 1763 – 2 December 1842)Di Marco (1996) and Slonimsky and Kuhn (2001) give only the date of baptism. A memorial plaque in Rovereto, Ferrari's birthplace, gives his year of birth as 1763 (see Lapide St ...
, multiple people
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Giacomo Gastaldi
Giacomo Gastaldi ( c. 1500 in Villafranca Piemonte – October 1566 in Venice) was an Italian cartographer, astronomer and engineer of the 16th century. Gastaldi (sometimes referred to as JacopoTooley, R.V, and Charles Bricker, ''Landmarks ...
(ca 1500–1566), Italian cartographer
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Giacomo di Grassi Giacomo is an Italian name. It is the Italian version of the Hebrew name Jacob.
People
* Giacomo (name), including a list of people with the name
Other uses
* Giacomo (horse)
Giacomo (foaled February 16, 2002 in Kentucky) is a champion America ...
, 16th century Italian fencing master and author
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Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892–1979), Italian tenor who performed throughout Europe and the Americas
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Giacomo da Lentini (13th century), Italian poet
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Giacomo Leone (born 1971), Italian long-distance runner
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Giacomo Leoni (1686–1746), Italian architect
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Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist
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Giacomo Lercaro (1891–1976), Italian cardinal
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Giacomo Manzù (1908–1991), Italian sculptor
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Giacomo Matteotti (1885–1924), Italian socialist parliamentarian, murdered by Fascists for his opposition to Mussolini
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Giacomo Medici (general)
Giacomo Medici, ''Marchese del Vascello'' (15 January 1817 – 9 March 1882) was an Italian nobleman, patriot and soldier.
Biography
Medici was born in Milan in January 1817 as the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Angelo Medici and his wife Mari ...
(1817–1882), Italian patriot and soldier
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...
(1791–1864), German-born opera composer
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Giacomo Nizzolo
Giacomo Nizzolo (born 30 January 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career Leopard Trek (2011–18)
Nizzolo took his first win at UCI World Tour level in August 2012, on stage 5 of the Eneco Tour. He launc ...
(born 1989), Italian road cyclist
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Giacomo della Porta (c. 1533–1602), Italian architect and sculptor
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Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Italian composer
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Giacomo Quarenghi (1744–1817), Italian architect
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Giacomo Raspadori (born 2000), Italian footballer
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Giacomo Ricci
Giacomo Ricci (born 30 March 1985 in Baveno) is an Italian racing driver.
Career
Formula BMW
Ricci began his car racing career by driving in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC series in 2001 and 2002, with a best finish of seventh in the drivers ...
(born 1985), Italian racing driver
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Giacomo Sagripanti, Italian conductor
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Giacomo Tomaselli (born 1999), Italian footballer
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