Ventura

Ventura (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for "fortune") may refer to:

Places

 * Brazil
 * Boa Ventura de São Roque, a municipality in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil
 * Boa Ventura, Paraíba, a municipality in the state of Paraíba, in the northeast region of Brazil


 * United States
 * Ventura, California A medium size city in southern California
 * Ventura County, California A county located in southern California, next to Los Angeles County
 * Ventura Boulevard, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California
 * Buenaventura Lakes, Florida, a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Osceola County, Florida
 * Ventura, Iowa, a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
 * Ventura Village, Minneapolis, a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis
 * Ventura, Minnesota, former name of St. Augusta, Minnesota
 * Ventura, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.

People

 * Surname
 * Amy Austria-Ventura (born 1961), Filipino film and television actress
 * Andrew da Silva Ventura (born 2001), Brazilian football goalkeeper
 * Andrey da Silva Ventura (born 1993), Brazilian football goalkeeper
 * Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (1919–1987), Italian actor who starred mainly in French films
 * Antoni Reig Ventura (born 1932), Spanish Escala i corda Valencian pilota variant player
 * Battista de Ventura (died 1492), Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Avellino e Frigento
 * Bella Clara Ventura, Colombian-Mexican novelist and poet
 * Carlos Eduardo Ventura (born 1974), Brazilian retired football forward or right-winger
 * Cassie Ventura, American recording artist, dancer, actress and model, known mononymously as Cassie
 * Charlie Ventura (1916–1992), tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Denis Ventúra (born 1995), Slovak football midfielder
 * Elsa Margarida Meira Ventura, Portuguese football midfielder
 * Elys Saguil-Ventura (born 2001), New Zealand tennis player
 * Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 1984), Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Uberlândia Esporte Clube, known as Felipe
 * Feliu Ventura (born 1976), Spanish singer-songwriter
 * Francisco "Paco" C. Ventura, one of the pioneers in establishing motor racing in the Philippines in the 1960s
 * František Ventura (1894-1969), Czech equestrian
 * Gastone Ventura (1906-1981), Italian aristocrat
 * Gian Piero Ventura (born 1948), Italian football manager and former player
 * Gilberto Ventura Ceballos (born 1975), Dominican serial killer
 * Gioacchino Ventura (dei Baroni) di Raulica (1792–1861), Italian Roman Catholic pulpit orator, patriot, philosopher and writer
 * Giorgio Ventura (also Zorzi Ventura), Italian mannerist painter of the Venetian school
 * Giovanni de Ventura, municipal plague doctor for the town of Pavia
 * Giovanni Ventura Borghesi (1640–1708), Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome
 * Guglielmo Ventura (1249/50–c.1322), Italian merchant, public official and chronicler of Asti
 * Hamilton Ventura da Conceicao (born 1983), Brazilian amateur boxer
 * Héctor Ventura (born 1944), Mexican former field hockey player
 * Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura (born 1944), Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
 * Hugo Ventura Ferreira Moura Guedes (born 1988), Portuguese football goalkeeper
 * Iñaki Astiz Ventura (born 1983), Spanish football central defender
 * Isabel Ortega Ventura (born 1954), Bolivian Aymara-Quechua politician
 * Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura (born 1979), known as Jair Ventura, Brazilian retired football forward
 * Jean-Baptiste Ventura (1794–1858), Italian soldier, mercenary in India and early archaeologist of the Punjab region of the Sikh Empire
 * Jesse Ventura (born 1951), American media personality, former politician and retired professional wrestler
 * João Pedro Ventura Medeiros (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
 * Joaquín Alonso Ventura (born 1956), retired Salvadoran football player
 * Joaquín Ferrándiz Ventura (born 1963), an incarcerated Spanish abductor, rapist and (later) serial killer
 * Johnny Ventura (1940–2021), Dominican singer and band leader
 * José María Ventura Casas (1817-1875), Spanish musician and composer who consolidated the long sardana and reformed the cobla
 * José Ramón Machado Ventura, M.D. (born 1930), Cuban revolutionary and politician, the First Vice President of the Council of State
 * Julián Ventura Valero (born 1966), Mexican diplomat, who currently serves as Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
 * Lino Ventura (1919–1987), Italian actor who starred mainly in French films
 * Lucas de Souza Ventura (born 1998), simply known as Nonoca, Brazilian professional football midfielder
 * Luigi Ventura (born 1944), Italian Roman Catholic apostolic nuncio to France since 2009
 * Manuel Mateus Ventura (1921-2018), Brazilian biophysicist, biochemist, and educator
 * Maria Ventura (1888-1954), Romanian-French actress and theatre director
 * Marlon Ventura Rodrigues (born 1986), or simply Marlon, Brazilian central defender
 * Michael Ventura (born 1945), American novelist, film director, and cultural critic
 * Miguel Ventura Terra (1866–1919), Portuguese architect
 * Montserrat Carulla i Ventura (1930–2020), Catalan actress
 * Moses Ventura (called also Ventura of Tivoli and Ventura of Jerusalem), rabbi of Silistria, Bulgaria, in the latter half of the 16th century
 * Orlando Ventura (born 1948), Mexican former field hockey player
 * Paolo Ventura (born 1968), Italian photographer, artist and set designer
 * Ray Ventura (1908-1979), French jazz bandleader
 * Reinaldo Miguel Silva Ventura (born 1978), Portuguese roller hockey player
 * Robbie Ventura (born 1971), American former professional racing cyclist
 * Robert Costa Ventura (born 1994), Spanish football central defender
 * Roberto Ventura (born 1957), Uruguayan neuropsychologist, psychiatrist, activist, musician, author and professor
 * Robin Ventura (born 1967), American former professional baseball third baseman and manager
 * Rosmery Mamani Ventura (born 1985), Bolivian artist
 * Santiago Ventura Bertomeu (born 1980), retired tennis player from Spain
 * Santiago Ventura Morales (born 1968), Mexican social worker
 * Simona Ventura (born 1965), Italian television presenter, actress and singer
 * Susana Ventura (born 1950), American performance artist, actress, and playwright
 * Vince Ventura (1917–2001), American professional baseball left fielder
 * Yolanda Ventura (born 1968), Spanish actress and singer
 * Yordano Ventura (1991–2017), Dominican professional baseball pitcher
 * Zé Ventura (born 1996), Angolan football midfielder
 * Zuenir Ventura (born 1931), Brazilian journalist and writer


 * Given name
 * Ventura Alonzo (1904–2000), Mexican-born American musician
 * Ventura Alvarado Aispuro (born 1992), American soccer player
 * Ventura Benassai (died 1511), Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Massa Marittima
 * Ventura Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (c.1782–1856), Chilean political figure
 * Ventura Bufalini (died 1504), Roman Catholic Bishop of Terni (1499–1504) and Bishop of Città di Castello
 * Ventura Díaz (born 1937), former Spanish cyclist
 * Ventura García Calderón, or Francisco García Calderón (1834-1905), lawyer and Provisional President of the Republic of Peru
 * Ventura Gassol (1893-1980), Catalan poet, playwright and politician
 * Ventura Mazza, or Mazzi or Marzi or Mazi or Magi (c.1560-1638), Italian painter of the late-Renaissance
 * Ventura Miguel Marcó del Pont (1768-1836), Spanish merchant and treasurer for the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
 * Ventura Monge Domínguez (1914–1937), an infantry officer of the General Staff of the Spanish
 * Ventura Pons Sala (born 1945), Spanish movie director
 * Ventura Rodríguez (1717–1785), Spanish architect and artist
 * Ventura Ruiz Aguilera (1820–1881), Spanish lyric poet, called "the Spanish Béranger.”
 * Ventura Tenario (1911–1984), with ring name of Chief Little Wolf, American professional wrestler

Transportation

 * Ventura Freeway, a highway connecting downtown Los Angeles with Ventura County, CA
 * Lockheed Ventura, World War II aircraft
 * Moyes Ventura, an Australian hang glider design
 * MV Ventura, a cruise ship
 * Pontiac Ventura, automobile produced by General Motors
 * Ventura Bus Lines, Australian bus and coach company
 * Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority, a public transit agency providing bus service in Ventura County, California

Fictional entities

 * Ace Ventura, a fictional pet detective in Warner Bros comedy films
 * Las Venturas, San Andreas, a fictional city in Grand Theft Auto series of video games
 * Luke Ventura, a character from the TV series Married... with Children
 * Marisa Ava Marie Ventura, fictional character of the American romantic comedy-drama Maid in Manhattan
 * Sharon Ventura, also known as She-Thing, a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics

Music

 * La-Ventura, Netherlands-based Gothic/melodic metal band
 * Desmadrados Soldados de Ventura, a psychedelic music ensemble formed in Manchester
 * Ventura (Phish album)
 * Ventura (Anderson Paak album)
 * Ventura (Los Hermanos album)
 * "Ventura", a song by Thomas Bangalter from the Irréversible soundtrack, 2002
 * "Ventura Highway", a 1972 song by the band America

Other uses

 * Ventura (Japanese guitars), a brand of stringed instruments imported from Japan by C. Bruno and Company during the 1960s and 1970s
 * Ventura (horse), American race horse
 * Corel Ventura, software package from Corel Corporation
 * Paxman Ventura, diesel engine
 * PortAventura World, an entertainment resort in Salou and Vila-seca, Tarragona, on the Costa Daurada in Catalonia, Spain
 * Ventura Black Widows, a women's tackle football Tier 3 team, was founded in 2008 by Ahmad Newton of Los Angeles, CA
 * Ventura Oil Field, a large and currently productive oil field in the hills north of Ventura, in southern California
 * Ventura Oilers, a California League baseball team based in Ventura
 * Ventura Farms, a ranch featured in a number of Western films, located in the Hidden Valley in Thousand Oaks, California
 * Ventura Film Festival, an international film festival held each year in Ventura, California
 * Ventura Lambrate, an international design show, held annually in April in Milan, Italy
 * macOS Ventura, the 2022 release of Apple's desktop operating system macOS