Battista is a given name and surname which means Baptist in Italian.
Given named
- Battista Agnese (died 1564), cartographer from the Republic of Genoa, who worked in the Venetian Republic
- Battista Dossi, also known as Battista de Luteri, Italian painter
- Battista Farina (1893-1966), later Battista Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer and the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina.
- Battista Sforza (1446-1472), Duchess of Urbino and second wife of Federico da Montefeltro
Surnamed
- Bobbie Battista (1952-2020), American journalist
- Giovanni Battista, multiple people
- Miriam Battista (1912-1980), American actress
- Orlando Aloysius Battista (1917-1995), Canadian chemist and author.
Others
- Battista, a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's butler.
- Pininfarina Battista, the first car from Automobili Pininfarina