Giamatti, the youngest of three children, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Giamatti, the youngest of three children, was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and commissioner of Major League Baseball.