Giovanni Battista Caproni

Giovanni Battista Caproni
Giovanni Caproni (left) poses with his brother, early 20th century
Born	(1886-07-03)July 3, 1886 Massone d'Arco, Austria-Hungary
Died	October 27, 1957(1957-10-27) (aged 71) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupations	Aeronautical engineer electrical engineer civil engineer aircraft designer
Years active	1907–c. 1950

Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni, 1st Count of Taliedo (July 3, 1886 – October 27, 1957) was an Italian aeronautical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, and aircraft designer who founded the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing company.