Gioacchino is a masculine Italian given name, equivalent to the English

Joachim Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Gioacchino Assereto (1600–1649), Italian painter *

Gioacchino Cocchi Gioacchino Cocchi (''circa'' 1712 – 11 September 1796) was a Neapolitan composer, principally of opera. Cocchi was probably born in Naples in about 1712, although his place of birth has also been given as Padova. His first works were performed ...

(1720–1804), Italian composer * Gioacchino Colombo (1903–1988), Italian automobile engine designer * Gioacchino Conti (1714–1761), Italian soprano castrato opera singer * Gioacchino La Barbera (born 1959), member of the Mafia who became a pentito *

Gioacchino La Lomia Gioacchino La Lomia (3 March 1831 – 30 July 1905) - born Gaetano La Lomia and in religious Gioacchino Fedele da Canicattì - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. La Lomia served as ...

(1831–1905), priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a missionary and a preacher *

Gioacchino Livigni Gioacchino (Jack) Lauro Li Vigni is a tenor opera singer who performs internationally. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Palermo Italy. He is an alumnus of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Livigni won 1st-pl ...

, tenor opera singer *

Gioacchino Navarro Gioacchino Navarro (1748 – 1 January 1813) was a Maltese priest and poet who was the Conventual Chaplain of the Order of St. John. He studied both Latin and Greek, and he also spoke Italian, Maltese, English and Arabic. He was the librarian of t ...

(1748–1813), the Conventional Parish Priest of the Order of St. John, Malta *

Gioacchino Pecci Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

(1810–1903), Italian pope *

Gioacchino Prati Gioacchino Prati (1790–1863) was an Italian revolutionary and patriot, a supporter of the Risorgimento who was exiled for his activities in 1821. He was later a Saint-Simonian. Life Prati was born in Tenno, County of Tyrol and educated in Salzbur ...

(1790–1863), Italian revolutionary and patriot *

Gioacchino Toma Gioacchino Toma (24 January 1836 12 January 1891) was an Italian art instructor and painter, noted primarily for historic, realistic and genre subjects in a Romantic style. Toward the end of his life, Toma authored his autobiography, ''Memorie ...

(1836–1891), Italian painter *

Gioacchino Ventura di Raulica Gioacchino Ventura (dei Baroni) di Raulica (8 December 1792 in Palermo – 2 August 1861 in Versailles), was a Sicilian Italian Roman Catholic pulpit orator, patriot, philosopher, writer and theologian, also known for his support of the cause ...

, Italian Roman Catholic pulpit orator, patriot, philosopher and writer

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