Battisti is a surname of Italian origin. The name refers to: Carlo Battisti (1882–1977), Italian linguist and actor Cesare Battisti (born 1954), Italian writer, former member of Armed Proletarians for Communism, also a convicted murderer in Italy, currently a refugee in Brazil Cesare Battisti (politician) (1875–1916), Italian-Austrian irredentist; hanged by the Austro-Hungarian regime during World War I David Battisti (born 1956), American atmospheric scientist Frank J. Battisti (1922–1994), American jurist on the United States Circuit Court Gianfranco Battisti (born 1962), Italian corporate executive Leda Battisti (born 1971), Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti (1943–1998), Italian singer-songwriter and composer Mount Battisti, a mountain in Canada