Giuseppe Cipriani (1900–1980)[1] was the founder of Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy, opening the establishment in 1931.[2] He is the inventor of both the Bellini cocktail and the raw beef dish carpaccio.[3] In 1956, he founded the Belmond Hotel Cipriani in Venice.[4] It was named the best hotel in the world in June 2023 on the Top 1,000 World’s Best Hotels, a list compiled by French company La Liste that uses a composite score based on a wide array of sources.[5]