Gianfrancesco Pivati ​​(1689 - 1764 ) was an Italian printer and writer. Although a scholar of natural sciences, he is primarily known for his ten-volume Nuovo Dizionario Scientifico E Curioso Sacro-Profano (the New Scientific and Curious Dictionary, Sacred and Profane.) He also produced, in 1750, a text discussing the possibly uses of electricity in medicine. In 1733 he was made superintendent of printing for the University of Padua.