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Giancarlo Comi

Giancarlo Comi (1947–2024) was an Italian neurologist and multiple sclerosis researcher who led defining phase 3 trials, co-founded the European Charcot Foundation, and won the 2015 Charcot Award.

Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici

Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici (1904-1970), Milanese marquis and épée fencer of Società del Giardino, won five Olympic medals: team gold 1928 and 1936, individual gold 1932, team silver 1932, individual bronze 1936.

Giancarlo Corsetti

Giancarlo Corsetti is an economist who holds the Pierre Werner Chair at the European University Institute, working on open-economy macroeconomics and currency, financial, and sovereign debt crises.

Giancarlo Devasini

Giancarlo Devasini is an Italian former physician, born in Turin in 1964, who served as chief financial officer of Tether and Bitfinex and is now Tether's chairman and controlling shareholder.

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, born 1958 in Copenhagen, is an American actor known for Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, Stan Edgar in The Boys, and early Spike Lee roles including Buggin' Out.

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella (born 1973, Rome) is an Italian racing driver; F1 1996–2009, 231 Grands Prix, three wins (Brazil 2003, Australia 2005, Malaysia 2006), later Le Mans GTE Pro winner with AF Corse Ferrari.

Giancarlo Ghirardi

Giancarlo Ghirardi (1935–2018) was an Italian theoretical physicist who taught for 42 years at the University of Trieste and co-authored the GRW model, in which wave functions collapse spontaneously.

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini (born 1942, La Spezia) is an Italian actor, director, and dubber famous for Wertmüller films, the 1977 Oscar nomination for Pasqualino Settebellezze, Cannes 1973, and dubbing Al Pacino.

Giancarlo Giorgetti

Giancarlo Giorgetti is an Italian Lega politician, born in Cazzago Brabbia, Varese, who has been Minister of Economy and Finance since 2022 under Giorgia Meloni.

Giancarlo Guerrini

Giancarlo Guerrini (1939–2025) was an Italian water polo player who won Olympic gold with Italy at Rome 1960 and later held senior roles with the Italian Swimming and Fencing Federations.

Giancarlo Stanton

Giancarlo Stanton (Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton), Yankees DH/OF born 1989; 2017 NL MVP with Miami, record $325M contract, 456 career HR, hardest-hit ball in Statcast era, chronic injuries.

Giancarlo Vallauri

Giancarlo Vallauri (1882–1957) was an Italian engineer and naval officer, the leading Italian telecommunications specialist after Marconi, who gave the first analytical theory of the triode.

Giancarlo Viberti

Giancarlo Viberti is an emeritus professor of diabetes at King's College London who established microalbuminuria as a predictor of diabetic kidney disease and led landmark drug trials.

Gianfranco Alpini

Gianfranco Alpini is an American hepatology researcher known for work on cholangiocyte biology, the ductular reaction, and bile duct diseases, based at Texas A&M from 1994 and later Indiana University.

Gianfranco Dalla Barba

Gianfranco Dalla Barba (1957–2024), Italian sabre fencer from Padova; Olympic team gold at Los Angeles 1984 and bronze at Seoul 1988, five World Championship medals, later a neurologist and 2015 CONI Collare d'Oro recipient.

Gianfranco Pacchioni

Gianfranco Pacchioni is an Italian theoretical chemist and full professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca whose computational work on oxide surfaces and supported metal atoms anticipated single-atom catalysis.

Gianfranco Pandolfini

Gianfranco Pandolfini (1920–1997), nicknamed Kiri, was an Italian water polo player who won gold at the 1948 London Olympics and the 1947 Monte Carlo European championship, playing for R.N. Florentia alongside his brother Tullio.

Gianfranco Zola

Gianfranco Zola, born 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia, Italian forward nicknamed Magic Box; Napoli scudetto 1990, Parma UEFA Cup 1995, Chelsea legend (312 games, 80 goals, FWA Footballer of the Year 1997), later manager of West Ham, Watford, Cagliari, Birmingham.

Giangiorgio, Conte Trissino

Giangiorgio, Count Trissino (Giovanni Giorgio Trissino dal Vello d'Oro), Italian cavalry officer and rider; won 1900 Paris Olympic equestrian high jump gold at 1.85 m on Oreste, first Italian Olympic champion, plus long jump silver.

Gianluca Farina

Gianluca Farina (born 1962, Casalmaggiore) is an Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls at Seoul 1988 and bronze medalist at Barcelona 1992, with four World Championship medals.

Gianluca Grignani

Gianluca Grignani is an Italian singer-songwriter, born in Milan in 1972, whose 1994 debut single "La mia storia tra le dita" became a streaming phenomenon.

Gianluca Iaccarino

Gianluca Iaccarino is an Italian mechanical engineer who holds the Robert Bosch Chair at Stanford University, specializing in predictive simulation of complex flows and uncertainty quantification.

Gianluca Lapadula

Gianluca Lapadula Vargas (born 1990, Turin) is an Italian-Peruvian striker for Universitario de Deportes and Peru; former Pescara, AC Milan, Genoa, Lecce, Benevento, Cagliari, and Spezia forward, twice Serie B top scorer, 42 caps and 9 goals for Peru.

Gianluca Mancini

Gianluca Mancini (born 1996) is an Italian centre back for Roma, wearing No. 23, formerly of Fiorentina, Perugia, and Atalanta. Roma record of 319 appearances and 23 goals, Conference League 2021/22 winner, 22 Italy caps.

Gianluca Pagliuca

Gianluca Pagliuca, born 1966 in Bologna, Italian goalkeeper for Sampdoria, Inter, Bologna, and Ascoli; 592 Serie A appearances (fifth all-time), 24 penalties saved, 39 Italy caps, 1994 World Cup finalist.

Gianluca Scamacca

Gianluca Scamacca, Italian centre-forward born 1999 in Rome; Lazio-Roma-PSV youth path, Sassuolo breakthrough, West Ham, Atalanta; 2024 Europa League winner, 2024 ACL injury, 24 Italy caps.

Gianluca Simeone

Gianluca Simeone (Gianluca Simeone Baldini), Argentine retired centre-forward born 1998 in Buenos Aires; middle son of Diego Simeone, brother of Giovanni and Giuliano; career in Spanish lower leagues, last club Rayo Majadahonda.

Gianluca Vialli

Gianluca Vialli (1964–2023), Italian striker for Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus, and Chelsea; won Serie A, Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup; first Italian manager of a top-flight English club; died of pancreatic cancer.

Gianluca Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta is an Italian former footballer, born in 1977, who played full-back on either flank, won the 2006 World Cup, and starred for Juventus, Barcelona, and Milan.

Gianluigi Aponte

Gianluigi Aponte (born 1940) is an Italian shipping magnate who founded MSC in Geneva in 1970 and built it into the world's largest container shipping line.