Giovan Battista Nani

Giovan Battista Nani
Born30 August 1616 
Died5 November 1678  (aged 62)
Resting placeSan Giovanni Nuovo 
OccupationDiplomat, historian 
Position heldProcurators of Saint Mark (1662–) 

Giovan Battista Nani (30 August 1616, Venice – 5 November 1678, Venice), in French Jean Baptiste Felix Gaspard Nani, was a Venetian ambassador, librarian, archivist, amateur botanist and historian, born into a patrician family. For 25 years (1643–68) Battista was the Republic of Venice's ambassador to France.