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given name meaning "John Charles". It is one of the most common masculine given names in Italy and is often short for "Giovanni Carlo". Notable people with the name include:

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* Giancarlo Agazzi (1933–1995), Italian ice hockey player * Giancarlo Alessandrelli (born 1952), Italian footballer * Giancarlo Alessandrini (born 1950), Italian comic artist * Giancarlo Alvarado (born 1978), Puerto Rican baseball player *

Giancarlo Antognoni Giancarlo Antognoni (; born 1 April 1954) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A skilful and creative offensive playmaker, he played most of his club career with Fiorentina, with whom they won the Coppa Italia ...

(born 1954), Italian footballer * Giancarlo Astrua (1927–2010), Italian road bicycle racer

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* Giancarlo Bacci (1931–2014), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo Badessi Giancarlo Badessi (21 September 1928 – 6 December 2011) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Lecco, at the age of almost 40 Badessi gave up his daily job as an accountant to embrace the theatre, making his debut in a stage play direct ...

(1928–2011), Italian actor *

Giancarlo Baghetti Giancarlo Baghetti (; 25 December 1934 – 27 November 1995) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Baghetti won the 1961 French Grand Prix in a privateer Ferrari 156, and remains the only driver to win a Formula ...

(1934–1995), Italian Formula One driver *

Giancarlo Bellini Giancarlo Bellini (born 15 September 1945 in Crosa) is an Italian former road bicycle racer who won the mountains classification in the 1976 Tour de France. He also won a stage in the 1978 Giro d'Italia. Bellini won the first edition of the Am ...

(born 1945), Italian road bicycle racer *

Giancarlo Berardi Giancarlo Berardi (born 15 November 1949) is an Italian comic book writer. Born in Genoa, he is most famous as creator of comics '' Ken Parker'' (1977) and ''Julia Julia may refer to: People *Julia (given name), including a list of people wit ...

(born 1949), Italian comic book writer *

Giancarlo Bercellino Giancarlo Bercellino (; born 9 October 1941) is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender. He is sometimes referred to as Bercellino I, because his brother Silvino Bercellino was also a football player. His father Teresio Bercellin ...

(born 1941), Italian footballer * Giancarlo Bergamelli (born 1974), Italian alpine skier *

Giancarlo Bergamini Giancarlo Bergamini (2 August 1926 – 4 February 2020) was an Italian fencer. He won one gold and two silver medals at two Olympic Games. Bergamini died in February 2020 at the age of 93. References External links * 1926 births ...

(1926–2020), Italian fencer *

Giancarlo Bigazzi Giancarlo Bigazzi (5 September 1940 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian music producer and composer. He was a former member of comedy music group Squallor. Life and career Born in Florence, he was one of the best known Italian songwriters and ly ...

(1940–2012), Italian music producer * Giancarlo Boriani (1894–1962), Italian sports shooter *

Giancarlo Brusati Giancarlo Brusati (6 March 1910 – 30 June 2001) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was the President of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime The International ...

(1910–2001), Italian fencer

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* Giancarlo Cadé (1930–2013), Italian footballer and coach * Giancarlo Caltabiano (born 1967), Canadian actor * Giancarlo Camolese (born 1961), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo Canavesio Giancarlo Canavesio is an Italian entrepreneur, co-founder of the film company Mangusta Productions, producer of '' 2012: Time for Change'' and '' Neurons to Nirvana: Understanding Psychedelics Medicines.'' Biography Giancarlo Canavesio grew up ...

(born 1968), Italian film producer *

Giancarlo Carloni Giancarlo Carloni (born 8 June 1947 in Civita Castellana) is an Italian former professional footballer. His professional debut in the 1966–67 season for AS Roma remained the only Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enil ...

(born 1947), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo Carmona Giancarlo Carmona Maldonado (born 12 October 1985) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a centre-back. He currently plays for Academia Deportiva Cantolao. Career Carmona played his first professional years for Alianza Atlético and Universi ...

(born 1985), Peruvian footballer *

Giancarlo Ceccarelli Giancarlo Ceccarelli (born 31 August 1956 in Frascati) is a retired Italian footballer. He played as a midfielder. After playing in Lazio youth teams he went to play in Serie B for 4 years, during which he gained a promotion in Serie A The ...

(born 1956), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo Cella Giancarlo Cella (born 5 September 1940 in Bobbio) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. He made more than 300 appearances in the Italian professional leagues, which included 172 appearances in Serie A, and then became a co ...

(born 1940), Italian footballer and coach *

Giancarlo Centi Giancarlo Centi (born May 14, 1959, in L'Aquila) is an Italian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Un ...

(born 1959), Italian footballer and coach *

Giancarlo Chiaramello Giancarlo Chiaramello (born 18 February 1939) is an Italian composer, conductor and arranger. Born in Bra, Italy, Bra, in 1958 Chiaramello graduated from the Turin Conservatory where he studied piano, composition and vocal polyphony. He won two ...

(born 1939), Italian composer *

Giancarlo Cito Giancarlo Cito (12 August 1945 – 11 May 2025)Taranto, è morto Giancarlo Cito

(1945–2025), Italian politician and entrepreneur *

Giancarlo Cobelli Giancarlo Cobelli (12 December 1929 – 16 March 2012) was an Italian actor and stage director. He was considered one of the most important directors of Italian theatre. Life and career Born in Milan, Cobelli studied acting at Giorgio Strehl ...

(1929–2012), Italian actor and stage director *

Giancarlo Commare Giancarlo Commare (born 29 December 1991) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his role as Edoardo Incanti in the teen drama television series '' Skam Italia'' (2018–2022). Biography Commare was born in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily ...

(born 1991), Italian actor * Giancarlo Conta (born 1949), Italian politician * Giancarlo Coraggio (born 1940), Italian judge * Giancarlo Corradini (born 1961), Italian footballer and coach

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* Giancarlo da Silva Moro (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Giancarlo Dametto (born 1959), Italian volleyball player * Giancarlo Danova (1938–2014), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo de' Medici Giancarlo de' Medici (24 July 1611 – 22 January 1663) was an Italian cardinal of the House of Medici. He was the second son of Grand Duke Cosimo II of Tuscany and his wife, Maria Maddalena of Austria, and the brother of Ferdinando II de' Medi ...

(1611–1663), Italian cardinal *

Giancarlo De Carlo Giancarlo De Carlo (1919−2005) was an Italian architect and anarchist. He was a member of the ''Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne'' (CIAM) and became closely linked to Urbino as its town planner and creator of its master plan. Thr ...

(1919–2015), Italian architect *

Giancarlo De Sisti Giancarlo De Sisti (; born 13 March 1943) is a retired Italian footballer and football manager and midfielder player. Club career Best known by his nickname ''Picchio'', during his club career, De Sisti played for his hometown club A.S. Roma ...

(born 1943), Italian footballer and coach * Giancarlo del Monaco (born 1943), Italian stage director

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Giancarlo Esposito Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He rose to prominence by portraying Gus Fring in the AMC (TV channel), AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2009–2011), a role he reprised in ...

(born 1958), American actor

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* Giancarlo Falappa (born 1963), Italian motorcycle road racer * Giancarlo Ferrari (born 1942), Italian archer * Giancarlo Ferretti (born 1941), Italian road bicycle racer and team manager *

Giancarlo Fisichella Giancarlo "Giano" Fisichella (; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Fisichella won three Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Bo ...

(born 1973), Italian Formula One driver * Giancarlo Flati (born 1953), Italian painter

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Giancarlo Galan Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956) is an Italian politician. Career Born in Padua, Galan was an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s. He was not fully active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its ...

(born 1956), Italian politician * Giancarlo Gallifuoco (born 1994), Australian footballer *

Giancarlo Genta Giancarlo Genta (born 1948 in Turin, Italy) is Professor of Machine Design and Construction at the Polytechnic University of Turin. His areas of professional interest include vibration, vehicle design, magnetic bearings, and rotordynamics. He h ...

(born 1948), Italian professor of machine design and construction * Giancarlo Gentilini (1929–2025), Italian politician *

Giancarlo Ghirardi Giancarlo Ghirardi (28 October 1935 – 1 June 2018) was an Italian physicist and emeritus professor of theoretical physics at the University of Trieste. He is well known for the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber theory (GRW), which he proposed in 1985 ...

(1935–2018), Italian physicist *

Giancarlo Giammetti Giancarlo Giammetti (born 5 February 1942) is an Italian businessman, known for his professional and personal association with Valentino Garavani. He is the founder with Valentino Garavani of the Valentino fashion house. He is the Honour Preside ...

(born 1938), Italian fashion entrepreneur *

Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for '' Seven Beaut ...

(born 1942), Italian actor *

Giancarlo Giorgetti Giancarlo Giorgetti (; born 16 December 1966) is an Italian politician and prominent member of the League, of which he became deputy secretary in 2016. Since October 2022, Giorgetti has served as Minister of Economy and Finance in the governme ...

(born 1966), Italian politician *

Giancarlo Golzi Giancarlo Golzi (February 10, 1952 – August 12, 2015) was an Italian drummer and songwriter, a founding member of the Genoan band Matia Bazar. Early career and Museo Rosenbach Golzi began his career in music as a drummer and percussionist ...

(1952–2015), Italian drummer and songwriter, a founding member of the Genoan band Matia Bazar * Giancarlo González (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer * Giancarlo Gramolazzo (1945–2010), Italian priest and exorcist *

Giancarlo Guerrero Giancarlo Guerrero (born March 14, 1969) is a Costa Rican orchestra conductor, born in Nicaragua. He is currently music director of the Nashville Symphony and music director-designate of the Sarasota Orchestra, and artistic director and princip ...

(born 1969), Costa Rican music director * Giancarlo Guerrini (1939–2025), Italian water polo player *

Giancarlo Gutierrez Giancarlo Gutierrez (11 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was an Italian equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 19 ...

(1932–2025), Italian equestrian

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* Giancarlo Ibarguen (born 1963), Guatemalan businessman and academic * Giancarlo Improta (born 1987), Italian footballer

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* Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia (born 1971), Italian actor

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Giancarlo Ligabue Giancarlo Ligabue (30 October 1931 – 25 January 2015) was an Italian paleontologist, scholar, politician and businessman. Born in Venice, Ligabue graduated in economics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and in Geology at la Sorbonne, an ...

(1931–2015), Italian palaeontologist and politician * Giancarlo Livraghi (1927–2014), Italian author and advertising executive * Giancarlo Luzzani (1912–date of death unknown), Swiss field hockey player

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Giancarlo Magalli Giancarlo Magalli (born 5 July 1947) is an Italian television writer, presenter and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Magalli studied at the Massimiliano Massimo Institute, Istituto Massimiliano Massimo, having Mario Draghi and Luca Corde ...

(born 1947), Italian television writer and presenter *

Giancarlo Maldonado Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero (; born 29 June 1982) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Portuguesa. Club career River Plate Maldonado began his footballing career i ...

(born 1982), Venezuelan footballer *

Giancarlo Marinelli Giancarlo Marinelli (4 December 1915 – 12 May 1987) was an Italian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest ...

(1915–1987), Italian basketball player * Giancarlo Marocchi (born 1965), Italian footballer * Giancarlo Martini (1947–2013), Italian Formula One driver *

Giancarlo Mazzanti Giancarlo Mazzanti (born 1963) is a Colombian architect based in Bogota. Mazzanti was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1963. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Pontifical Xaverian University in Bogotá (Pontificia ...

(born 1963), Colombian architect * Giancarlo Meo, Italian record producer *

Giancarlo Minardi Giancarlo Minardi (born 18 September 1947) is the founder and managing director of the now-defunct Minardi Formula One team. Early life Minardi was born in Faenza (Ravenna), Italy and has spent his life with cars. As a young boy, his family mana ...

(born 1947), Italian car racer and founder of the Formula One team

Minardi Minardi was an Italian automobile racing team and constructor founded in Faenza in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. It competed in the Formula One World Championship from 1985 until 2005 with little success, nevertheless acquiring a loyal following ...

* Giancarlo Monsalve (born 1982), Chilean tenor * Giancarlo Morolli, Italian philatelist * Giancarlo Morresi (1944–2019), Italian modern pentathlete

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* Giancarlo Neri (born 1955), Italian sculptor

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Giancarlo Pagliarini Giancarlo Pagliarini (born 23 April 1942) is an Italian politician. Born in Milan, he was later elected to the Italian Senate for Lega Nord in 1992 and re-elected in 1994, then elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1996 and in 2001. He was Minis ...

(born 1942), Italian politician *

Giancarlo Pajetta Giancarlo Pajetta (24 June 1911 – 13 September 1990) was an Italian communist politician. Biography Pajetta was born in a working-class district of Turin to Carlo, a bank employee, and Elvira Berrini, an elementary school teacher. He attende ...

(1911–1990), Italian politician * Giancarlo Pallavicini (born 1931), Italian economist * Giancarlo Pantano (born 1977), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo Parretti Giancarlo Parretti (born 23 October 1941) is an Italian financier, who has bought, sold, and operated numerous businesses. Early life Parretti was born in Orvieto, north of Rome, Italy. He worked as a waiter in London before moving to Sicily. ...

(born 1941), Italian financier * Giancarlo Pasinato (born 1956), Italian footballer and coach *

Giancarlo Pepeu Giancarlo Pepeu (29 March 1930 – 20 November 2021) was an Italian Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Florence and an Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society. He was from Milan and graduated with a Laurea de ...

(1930–2021) Italian Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology * Giancarlo Perini (born 1959), Italian road bicycle racer * Giancarlo Peris (born 1941), Italian track athlete *

Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (born 7 August 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

(born 1980), Italian tennis player *

Giancarlo Polidori Giancarlo Polidori (born 30 October 1943 in Sassoferrato, Italy) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. His career highlights include stage wins in Tirreno–Adriatico, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Romandie as well as wins in ...

(born 1943), Italian road bicycle racer *

Giancarlo Politi Giancarlo Politi (born 1937 in Trevi, Italy) is an art critic and publisher, mainly known for being the founder of ''Flash Art'' magazine. Magazine Politi was born in Trevi, in Umbria. He had a brief spell as an artist and poet before turning t ...

(born 1937), Italian art critic and publisher *

Giancarlo Prete Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor. Biography After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian d ...

(1943–2001), Italian actor * Giancarlo Previato (born 1993), Brazilian footballer *

Giancarlo Primo Giancarlo Primo (November 4, 1924, Rome – December 27, 2005, Civita Castellana, Italy) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. He was a coach of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974, 1975, and 1976. In 2001, he was awarded ...

(1924–2005), Italian basketball player and coach

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* Giancarlo Rastelli (1934–1970), Italian cardiac surgeon *

Giancarlo Rebizzi Giancarlo Rebizzi (born October 5, 1933 in Milan) is a retired Italian professional football player. Honours * Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian ...

(born 1933), Italian footballer * Giancarlo Ronchetti (1913–unknown), Italian bobsledder *

Gian-Carlo Rota Gian-Carlo Rota (April 27, 1932 – April 18, 1999) was an Italian-American mathematician and philosopher. He spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked in combinatorics, functional analysis, proba ...

(1932–1999), Italian born-American mathematician and philosopher

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Giancarlo Santalmassi Giancarlo Santalmassi (20 October 1941 – 4 June 2025) was an Italian journalist and radio presenter, from 2005 to 2008 he was the editor-in-chief of Radio 24 (Italy), Radio 24. Life and career Santalmassi joined RAI in 1961. He was the first ...

(1941–2025), Italian journalist and radio presenter *

Giancarlo Santi Giancarlo Santi (7 October 1939 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, Santi began his career as production assistant of Gian Vittorio Baldi, later became assistant director of Marco Ferreri ('' L'ape regina'', '' La Donna ...

(1939–2021), Italian director and screenwriter * Giancarlo Sbragia (1926–1994), Italian actor * Giancarlo Schiaffini, Italian jazz trombonist *

Giancarlo Scottà Giancarlo Scottà (born 11 April 1953, in Vittorio Veneto) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, Scottà was Mayor of Vittorio Veneto from 1999 to 2009. At the 2009 European election he was elected to the Europe ...

(born 1953), Italian politician * Giancarlo Serenelli (born 1981), Venezuelan racing driver * Giancarlo Siani (1959–1985), Italian crime reporter * Giancarlo Snidaro (born 1954), Italian footballer *

Giancarlo Stanton Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989), formerly known as Mike Stanton, is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in ML ...

(born 1989), American baseball player

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* Giancarlo Tesini (1929–2023), Italian politician

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Giancarlo Venturini Giancarlo Venturini was an Italian knitwear designer active in the 1950s-1970s. Venturini was born in Lucca, and studied engineering at the University of Pisa. After developing an interest in fashion, he returned to Lucca where his sister Anna h ...

, Italian fashion designer and artist * Giancarlo Vilarinho (born 1992), Brazilian race car driver *

Giancarlo Vitali Giancarlo Vitali (21 July 1926 — 27 October 2011) was an Italian football winger and later manager. References 1926 births 2011 deaths Italian men's footballers Genoa CFC players Calcio Padova players ACF Fiorentina players SSC N ...

(1926–2011), Italian footballer and manager *

Giancarlo Vitali (painter) Giancarlo Vitali (29 November 1929 – 25 July 2018) was an Italian painter and engraver. Biography Vitali was born in Bellano, on Lake Como, into a family of fishermen. He began painting when he was fifteen, after having worked at the Insti ...

(1929–2018), Italian painter * Giancarlo Volpe (born 1974), American animator and director

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Gian-Carlo Wick Gian Carlo Wick (15 October 1909 – 20 April 1992) was an Italian theoretical physicist who made important contributions to quantum field theory. The Wick rotation, Wick contraction, Wick's theorem, and the Wick product are named after him.

(1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist

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Giancarlo Zagni Giancarlo Zagni (4 November 1926 – 21 March 2013) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna, Zagni attended the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bologna, then collaborated with ''L'avvenire d'Italia'' and other newspap ...

(1926–2013), Italian director and screenwriter * Giancarlo Zolezzi (born 1981), Chilean swimmer

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