| ![Show Contents]() Botti History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Botti familyThe surname Botti was first found in Cremona a city in Lombardy, capital of the province of Cremona. Founded by the Romans in 218 it has a checkered history. Virgil studied here. The finest building is the cathedral in the Lombard Romanesque style. It was started in 1107. There are many frescos from the 16th century. It was Austrian in 1814, but became a part of Italy in 1859. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. Early History of the Botti familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Botti research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1090, 1103, 1445, 1477, 1485, 1510, 1535, 1605, 1658, 1698, 1740 and 1778 are included under the topic Early Botti History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Botti Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Botta, Botto, Botti, Boto, Bota and others. Early Notables of the Botti familyProminent among bearers of this family in early times was - Biagio Betti (1535-1605), an Italian painter of the Renaissance period; Rinaldo Botti (1658-1740), an Italian painter in the Baroque period, a pupil of Jacopo Chiavistelli; and Gaudenzio Botti (1698-1...
- Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He is best known for his Venus and Mars, a panel painting of about...
Migration of the Botti familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Annunziata Bota, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island from Ascoli Satiano, Italy, in 1913; Adelina Botto, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island from Borzonssca, Italy, in 1921.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Botti (post 1700) | + |
- Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti (b. 1962), American Grammy Award winning trumpeter and composer
- Anthony Botti, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Hudson County, 1924-27 1
- Guglielmo Botti (1829-1906), Italian painter from Pisa
- Giulia Botti (b. 1980), Italian ski mountaineer and triathlete
- Raphael José Botti (b. 1981), Brazilian professional footballer
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