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 * Ventura County, California * Ventura Boulevard, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California *

Buenaventura Lakes, Florida Buena Ventura Lakes, more commonly known as BVL, is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Osceola County, Florida, United States, near Kissimmee. Its population was 26,079 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanfo ...

, a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Osceola County, Florida * Ventura, Iowa, a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa *

Ventura Village, Minneapolis Ventura Village is a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are Interstate 35W to the west, Interstate 94 (including the I-94/I-35W bottleneck) to the north, and Hiawatha Avenue to the east. The southern bo ...

, a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis *

Ventura, Minnesota Saint Augusta, formerly named Ventura, is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, directly south of the city of St. Cloud. The population was 3,317 at the 2010 census and has increased to 3,835 according to 2019 estimates. St. Aug ...

, former name of St. Augusta, Minnesota *

Ventura, New Mexico Ventura is a census-designated place in Luna County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 468 as of the 2010 census. Geography Ventura is located at . According to the U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), offi ...

, a census-designated place in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.

People

; Surname * Amy Austria-Ventura (born 1961), Filipino film and television actress * 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 Gilberto Ventura Ceballos (born July 6, 1975) is a Dominican Republic, Dominican serial killer who murdered five Panamanian youths in the city of La Chorrera, Panama, La Chorrera between 2010 and 2011, all of his victims being of China, Chinese de ...

(born 1975), Dominican serial killer * Gioacchino Ventura (dei Baroni) di Raulica (1792–1861), Italian Roman Catholic pulpit orator, patriot, philosopher and writer *

Giorgio Ventura Giorgio Ventura (also Zorzi Ventura) was an Italian mannerist painter of the Venetian school, active mainly in Venice, Istria and Dalmatia at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Life At present, almost nothing is known about his life, e ...

(also Zorzi Ventura), Italian mannerist painter of the Venetian school *

Giovanni de Ventura Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, 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 Hamilton Ventura da Conceicao (born 1983 in Cruz das Almas) is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to win a silver medal at the 2006 South American Games in the men's light heavyweight division. Career He only started to box in 2006 but when ...

da Conceicao (born 1983), Brazilian amateur boxer *

Héctor Ventura Héctor Ventura (born 7 September 1944) is a Mexican former field hockey player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commo ...

(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 Iñaki is a male given name. It is a neologism created by Sabino Arana meaning ''Ignatius'', to be a Basque language analog to "Ignacio" in Spanish, "Ignace" in French, and "Ignazio" in Italian, and an alternative to the names Eneko and Iñigo. ...

(born 1983), Spanish football central defender *

Isabel Ortega Ventura Isabel Ortega Ventura (born 20 December 1954) is a Bolivian Aymara- Quechua politician. She was born in 1954 in Ventilla Pongo, Cercado Province, Oruro Department. She worked as a farmer and was involved in union activities. Ortega Ventura has ...

(born 1954), Bolivian Aymara-Quechua politician *

Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura (born 19 March 1979), known as Jair Ventura, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Besides Brazil, he has played in France, Greece, and Gabon. Playing career Born ...

(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 Joaquín Ferrándiz Ventura (born 1963) is an incarcerated Spanish abductor, rapist and (later) serial killer who murdered five women in the Spanish province of Castellón between July 2, 1995, and September 14, 1996. Early life Ferrándiz was b ...

(born 1963), an incarcerated Spanish abductor, rapist and (later) serial killer * Johnny Ventura (1940–2021), Dominican singer and band leader *

José María Ventura Casas Josep Maria Ventura i Casas (Alcalá la Real ( Jaén), 1817 – Figueres (Catalonia), 1875), popularly known as Pep Ventura, was a Spanish musician and composer from Catalonia who consolidated the long sardana and reformed the cobla, adding instr ...

(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 Julián Ventura Valero (born 15 May 1966 in Tampico, Mexico) is a Mexican diplomat, who served as Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from December 2018 to January 2020, G-20 Sherpa, and Chair of the Matías Romero Institute (Diplom ...

(born 1966), Mexican diplomat, who currently serves as Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico *

Lino Ventura Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor who grew up in France and starred in many French films. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first caree ...

(1919–1987), Italian actor who starred mainly in French films *

Lucas de Souza Ventura Lucas de Souza Ventura (born 19 May 1998), known as Lucas Ventura or sometimes as Nonoca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portimonense. Professional career Lucas Ventura was recruited by Cruzei ...

(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 Manuel Mateus Ventura (17 June 1921 in Fortaleza, Ceará – 31 December 2018) was a Brazilian biophysicist, biochemist, and educator. Ventura graduated with a degree in agronomy from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) in 1943, and then took a ...

(1921-2018), Brazilian biophysicist, biochemist, and educator *

Maria Ventura Marie Ventura (born ''Aristida Maria Ventura'' 14 July 1888 - 3 December 1954) was a Romanian-French actress and theatre director. From 1919 to 1941 she worked at the Comédie-Française. In 1938, she directed ''Iphigénie'' by Racine Jean-B ...

(1888-1954), Romanian-French actress and theatre director *

Marlon Ventura Rodrigues Marlon Ventura Rodrigues (born November 21, 1986, in Rio de Janeiro), or simply Marlon, is a Brazilian central defender. He currently plays for Treze. Career Marlon is create Estádio da Gávea. It started from small Flamengo and went through ...

(born 1986), or simply Marlon, Brazilian central defender *

Michael Ventura Michael Ventura (born October 31, 1945) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film director, essayist and cultural critic. History Michael Ventura commenced his career as a journalist at the ''Austin Sun'', a counter-culture bi-weekly newspap ...

(born 1945), American novelist, film director, and cultural critic *

Miguel Ventura Terra Miguel Ventura Terra (1866–1919) was a Portuguese architect. Ventura Terra studied in Porto and later in the École de Beaux-Arts of Paris in the ''atelier'' of Victor Laloux. Upon his return to Portugal, he became a celebrated architect and ...

(1866–1919), Portuguese architect *

Montserrat Carulla i Ventura Montserrat Carulla i Ventura (19 September 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Spanish actress. Career Coming from the amateur theatre, she completed her training with courses at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona (Barcelona Theatre Institute) a ...

(born 1930), Catalan actress *

Moses Ventura Moses ben Joseph Ventura (called also Ventura of Tivoli and Ventura of Jerusalem) was rabbi of Silistria, Bulgaria, in the latter half of the 16th century. He was educated at Jerusalem, but later settled in Silistria. Ventura was the author of ''Ye ...

(called also Ventura of Tivoli and Ventura of Jerusalem), rabbi of Silistria, Bulgaria, in the latter half of the 16th century *

Orlando Ventura Orlando Ventura (born 20 May 1948) is a Mexican former field hockey player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly k ...

(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 Robert Costa Ventura (born 6 June 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CF Lorca Deportiva as a central defender. Club career Born in Girona, Catalonia, Costa joined FC Barcelona's youth system in 2006, aged 12. In June 2013 he was pro ...

(born 1994), Spanish football central defender *

Roberto Ventura Roberto Ventura (born 19 February 1957, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan neuropsychologist, psychiatrist, activist, musician, author and professor. Biography Ventura was born in Montevideo, the son of Italian musician Luigia Brignoli and Alfredo V ...

(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 Rosmery Mamani Ventura (born in Cajiata on October 27, 1985) is a Bolivian painter. Her work is very realistic, with a high level of detail. Biography She was born in Omasuyos, near Lake Titicaca where she lived until 1998. Her parents are Te ...

(born 1985), Bolivian artist * Santiago Ventura Bertomeu (born 1980), retired tennis player from Spain *

Santiago Ventura Morales Santiago Ventura Morales (born 1968 ) is a Mexican social worker in the state of Oregon. Born in Mexico, he was falsely convicted of murder in Oregon in 1986. The conviction drew national attention when some jurors worked to overturn the convictio ...

(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 Osvaldo Paulo Ventura (born 3 August 1996), commonly known as Zé Ventura, is an Angolan footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associat ...

(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 Ventura Benassai (died 1511) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Massa Marittima (1501–1511).David M. Cheney"Bishop Ventura Benassai"''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. Retrieved January 4, 2017. Biography Ventura Benassai was a native ...

(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 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 ...

, or Francisco García Calderón (1834-1905), lawyer and Provisional President of the Republic of Peru *

Ventura Gassol Bonaventura Gassol i Rovira (6 October 1893 – 19 September 1980), known as Ventura Gassol, was a Catalonia, Catalan poet, playwright and politician. A Catalan nationalism, nationalist, he was prominent member of the ''Esquerra Republicana de Cat ...

(1893-1980), Catalan poet, playwright and politician *

Ventura Mazza Ventura Mazza or Mazzi or Marzi or Mazi or Magi (circa 1560 - March 6, 1638) was an Italian people, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance. Biography He was born in Cantiano, then part of the Duchy of Urbino. He was a pupil of Federico Barocci. ...

, or Mazzi or Marzi or Mazi or Magi (c.1560-1638), Italian painter of the late-Renaissance *

Ventura Miguel Marcó del Pont Buenaventura Miguel Marcó del Pont Ángel Díaz y Méndez (15 November 1768 – 28 December 1836) was a Spanish merchant and treasurer for the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Marcó del Pont was born in Vigo, Spain , image_flag ...

(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 Ventura Ruiz Aguilera (1820–1881) was a Spanish lyric poet, called "the Spanish Béranger.” Biography He was born in 1820 at Salamanca, where he graduated in medicine. He moved to Madrid in 1844, where he engaged in political journalism an ...

(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 The Lockheed Ventura is a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol bomber of World War II. The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in 1 ...

, World War II aircraft *

Moyes Ventura The Moyes Ventura is an Australian high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Moyes Delta Gliders of Botany, New South Wales. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and rea ...

, 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 VCTC Intercity (formerly known as Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority or VISTA) is a public transit agency providing bus service in Ventura County, California. It provides an intercity bus service between the cities of Ventura, Oxnard, C ...

, a public transit agency providing bus service in Ventura County, California

Art, entertainment, and media

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 *

Marisa Ava Marie Ventura Marisa may refer to: * Marisa (town), an Indonesian town * Marisa, Hellenised name of Maresha, town in Idumea (today in Israel) * Marisa (given name), a feminine personal name * ''Marisa'' (gastropod), a genus of apple snails * MV ''Marisa'' (193 ...

, 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 La-Ventura is a female fronted rock/ melodic metal band based in the Netherlands. It was founded by ex- Orphanage drummer Erwin Polderman and vocalist Carla van Huizen in 2005. Its sound is characterized by groovy drum beats, raunchy riffs and mel ...

, 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 "Ventura Highway" is a 1972 song by the band America from their album ''Homecoming'', written by Dewey Bunnell. Background Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a r ...

", a 1972 song by the band America

Other uses

Ventura (Japanese guitars) Ventura was a brand of stringed instruments imported from Japan by C. Bruno and Company during the 1960s and 1970s. C. Bruno was bought by Kaman (Ovation) in the early 1980s, after which the brand disappeared. Some of the Ventura guitars were kn ...

, 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 PortAventura World is an entertainment resort in Salou and Vila-seca, Tarragona, on the Costa Daurada in Catalonia, Spain. It was built around the PortAventura Park theme park, which attracts around 3.5 million visitors per year, making it the ...

, 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 Ventura Farms, previously known as Deerwood Stock Farm and Kentucky Park Farms, lies in the Hidden Valley in Thousand Oaks, California.Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). ''Western Filming Locations Book 1''. CP Entertainment Books. Page 132. . The ra ...

, 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 Ventura Lambrate is an international design show, held annually in April in Milan, Italy. Its sister shows, Ventura Interieur, is held biennial in October, in Courtray, Belgium, during Courtray Design Biennale Interieur and Ventura Berlin took pla ...

, an international design show, held annually in April in Milan, Italy * macOS Ventura, the 2022 release of Apple's desktop operating system macOS