Giovanni Diodati

Giovanni Diodati or Deodati was a Genevan-born Italian Calvinist theologian and translator. His translation of the Bible into Italian from Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources became the reference version used by Italian Protestants.

3 June 1576

Born on the same birth day (3 June): Beabadoobee • Chang Hsueh-liang • Charles Lecocq • Christian Malcolm • Colin Meads • Donald Judd • Ellen Corby • Georg von Békésy • Joe Coulombe • John Hale (minister) • Magdalene Thoresen • Mikhail Larionov • Paul Rotha • Philippe Quinault • Willem van Mieris