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, Portuguese and

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for "fortune") may refer to:

Places

; Brazil *

Boa Ventura de São Roque Boa Ventura de São Roque is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraná This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Paraná (PR), located in the South Region ...

, a municipality in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil *

Boa Ventura, Paraíba Boa Ventura, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraíba This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Paraíba, Paraíba (PB), loc ...

, a municipality in the state of Paraíba, in the northeast region of Brazil ; United States *

Ventura, California Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 110,763 at the ...

A medium size city in southern California *

Ventura County, California Ventura County () is a County (United States), county located in Southern California, the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, Ca ...

A county located in southern California, next to Los Angeles County *

Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east–west thoroughfares in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Ventura Boulevard is one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley as it is along the commem ...

, 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–San ...

, a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Osceola County, Florida *

Ventura, Iowa Ventura is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 711 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area. Ventura is located on the northeastern basin of Clear Lake, making ...

, 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, 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 According to the U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Cen ...

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

People

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Adriana Ventura Adriana Miguel Ventura (born 6 March 1969) is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2019. She has been a professor of management and entrepreneurship at the Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paul ...

(born 1969), Brazilian politician *

Amy Austria-Ventura Esmeralda Dizon Tuazon-Ventura (born December 13, 1961), known professionally as Amy Austria (), is a Filipino film and television actress. She is a recipient of a FAMAS Award, 2 Gawad Urian Awards, 3 FAP Awards and 4 MMFF Awards (including ...

(born 1961), Filipino film and television actress * Andrew da Silva Ventura (born 2001), Brazilian football goalkeeper *

Andrey da Silva Ventura Andrey da Silva Ventura (born 17 July 1993), simply known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Desportiva. Club career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Andrey finished his formation with Botafogo. On 16 July 2014 he made h ...

(born 1993), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (1919–1987), Italian actor who starred mainly in French films *

Antoni Reig Ventura Antoni Reig Ventura (1932 – January 2025), known as Rovellet, was a Spanish professional Escala i corda Valencian pilota Valencian pilota ( "Valencian ball") is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are ...

(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 Carlos Eduardo Ventura (born 15 March 1974), known as Duda, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward or right winger. He spent most of his career in Portugal, most notably with Boavista, amassing Primeira Liga to ...

(born 1974), Brazilian retired football forward or right-winger *

Cassie Ventura Casandra Elizabeth Ventura (born August 26, 1986), known mononymously as Cassie, is an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her musical career after meeting producer Ryan Leslie in late 2004, ...

, American recording artist, dancer, actress and model, known mononymously as Cassie *

Charlie Ventura Charlie Ventura (born Charles Venturo; December 2, 1916 – January 17, 1992) was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Career During the 1940s, Ventura played saxophone for the bands ...

(1916–1992), tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

Denis Ventúra Denis Ventúra (born 1 August 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Ruch Chorzów. Career FK Senica He made his professional debut for Senica in the Europa League qualifying away fixture against Hu ...

(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 Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 22 February 1984 in Rio de Janeiro), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Differdange 03. Career Early career Felipe began his career in Vitória (BA) before being sig ...

(born 1984), Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Uberlândia Esporte Clube, known as Felipe *

Feliu Ventura Feliu Ventura (Xàtiva Xàtiva (; ) is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the right (western) bank of the river Albaida and at the junction of the Valencia, Spain, Valencia–Murcia and Valencia Albacete railways ...

(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 František Ventura (13 August 1894 in Cerekvice nad Loučnou – 1 December 1969 in Prague) was a Czech equestrian who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an in ...

(1894-1969), Czech equestrian *

Gastone Ventura Gastone Ventura (29 October 1907 - 28 July 1981), also known with his Initiatic name ''Aldebaran,'' was the Grand Master of the Italian ''Ordine Martinista'' (1967 – 1981) and Sovereign Grand Hierophant General of the Rites of Misraïm and Memph ...

(1906-1981), Italian aristocrat *

Gian Piero Ventura Gian Piero Ventura (; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager. His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 197 ...

(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 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, municipal plague doctor for the town of Pavia *

Giovanni Ventura Borghesi Giovanni Ventura Borghesi (October 29, 1640 – April 13, 1708) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Biography Born in Città di Castello, he was initially a pupil of the painter Giovanni Battista Pacetti (called ...

(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 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. He was born in Oaxaca City Oaxaca de Juárez (), or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec languages, ...

(born 1944), Mexican former field hockey player *

Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura (born May 24, 1944) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He has served as Deputy of the LII, LVI and LX Legislatures of the Mexican Congress and as Senator of the L, LI, LIV and LV Le ...

(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 Íñigo. ...

(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 Jean-Baptiste (Giovanni Battista) Ventura, born Rubino (25 May 1794 – 3 April 1858), was an Italian soldier, mercenary in India, general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sarkar-i-Khalsa, and early archaeologist of the Punjab region of the Sikh Empir ...

(1794–1858), Italian soldier, mercenary in India and early archaeologist of the Punjab region of the Sikh Empire *

Jesse Ventura Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos; July 15, 1951) is an American politician, political commentator, actor, media personality, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), he ...

(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 Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano (8 March 1940 – 28 July 2021), better known as Johnny Ventura nicknamed , was a Dominican singer and band leader of merengue music, merengue and Salsa music, salsa. In 2004, he received the Latin Grammy Award fo ...

(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 instru ...

(1817-1875), Spanish musician and composer who consolidated the long sardana and reformed the cobla *

José Ramón Machado Ventura José Ramón Machado Ventura (born 26 October 1930) is a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the First Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba from 2008 to 2013. With the election of Raúl Castro as President of Cuba on 24 February ...

, 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 Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...

(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 Luigi Ventura (born 9 December 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, ending his career as Apostolic Nuncio to France from 2009 to 2019. He became a nuncio and archbishop in 1995 ...

(born 1944), Italian Roman Catholic apostolic nuncio to France since 2009 * Manuel Mateus Ventura (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 ''Iphigénie'' is a d ...

(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 Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender. He currently plays for Treze Futebol Clube, Treze. Career Marlon is create Est ...

(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 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. He was born in Oaxaca City. References External links

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(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 Robin Mark Ventura (born July 14, 1967) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager. Ventura played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Los Angeles D ...

(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 Province, Omasuyos, near Lake Titicaca where she lived until 1998. ...

(born 1985), Bolivian artist *

Santiago Ventura Bertomeu Santiago Ventura Bertomeu (; born 5 January 1980) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop shots during hi ...

(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 Simona Ventura (born 1 April 1965) is an Italian television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Italia 1988 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1988. She is the third woman to have presented the Sanremo Music Festiv ...

(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 Yolanda Ventura (born 21 October 1968, in Barcelona, Spain) is a dual nationality Spanish/Mexican actress and was a Spanish singer when she was young . She is best known for roles in Mexican telenovelas and is a former member of the Spanish chi ...

(born 1968), Spanish actress and singer *

Yordano Ventura Yordano Ventura Hernández (; June 3, 1991 – January 22, 2017) was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Ventura made his MLB debut on September 17, 2013. Known as a power pitcher ...

(1991–2017), Dominican professional baseball pitcher *

Zé Ventura Osvaldo Paulo Ventura (born 3 August 1996), commonly known as Zé Ventura, is an Angolan footballer who currently plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, o ...

(born 1996), Angolan football midfielder * Zuenir Ventura (born 1931), Brazilian journalist and writer ; Given name *

Ventura Alonzo Ventura Martínez Alonzo (December 30, 1904 – December 14, 2000) was a Mexican-born American musician. She was known as the "Queen of the Accordion". She was born Ventura Martínez in Matamoros and moved to Brownsville, Texas with her fami ...

(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 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 Catalan poet, playwright and politician. A nationalist, he was prominent member of the ''Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya'' (ERC, Republican Left ...

(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 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 ...

(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 Ventura Rodríguez Tizón (July 14, 1717 – September 26, 1785) was a Spanish architect and artist. Born at Ciempozuelos, Rodríguez was the son of a bricklayer. In 1727, he collaborated with his father in the work at the Royal Palace of Ar ...

(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 The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California, United States, that runs from the Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara/Ventura county line to Pasadena in Los Angeles County. It is the principal east–west route (designate ...

, 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 ...

, 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 read ...

, an Australian hang glider design * MV ''Ventura'', a cruise ship * Pontiac Ventura, automobile produced by General Motors *

Ventura Bus Lines Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of more than 950 buses on 141 bus routes. History Early history Ventura was founded in December 1924 by Henry Cornwall. The name and co ...

, 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, ...

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

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is a title character created by screenwriter Jack Bernstein. Ace was performed by Jim Carrey in the films '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', released in 1994, and '' Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', released in 1995, and was voiced by ...

, a fictional pet detective in Warner Bros comedy films *

Las Venturas, San Andreas ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the fifth main game in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2002's ''Grand Theft Auto ...

, 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 ''Maid in Manhattan'' is a 2002 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Wayne Wang and based on a story by John Hughes, who is credited using a pseudonym. It stars Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, and Natasha Richardson. In the film, a ...

'' *

Sharon Ventura Sharon Ventura, also known as She-Thing, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She has used the pseudonym Ms. Marvel and has served as a member of the Fantastic Four and the female wrestlers known ...

, 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 music, rock and Glam metal, melodic metal band from the Netherlands. It was founded in 2005 by former Orphanage (band), Orphanage drummer Erwin Polderman and vocalist Carla van Huizen. The band's sound is defined ...

, Netherlands-based Gothic/melodic metal band *

Desmadrados Soldados de Ventura Desmadrados Soldados de Ventura is a psychedelic music ensemble formed in Manchester. It features an ever-rotating line-up of musicians who share an admiration for Santana (band), Santana, Royal Trux, Boredoms, Vermonster, Glenn Branca and Funka ...

, 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. It achieved the number 8 spot in the United States' ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 43 in the UK Singles Chart. Background Dewey ...

", 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) Ventura (foaled January 31, 2004 in Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and the United States. Background Ventura, a dark bay filly with a white blaze was a homebred raced by Khalid Abdulla's Juddmonte Farm ...

, American race horse *

Corel Ventura Ventura Publisher was the first popular desktop publishing package for IBM PC compatible computers running the GEM extension to the DOS operating system. The software was originally developed by Ventura Software, a small software company founded ...

, software package from Corel Corporation *

Paxman Ventura The Paxman Ventura is an internal combustion diesel engine for railway locomotives, built by Davey, Paxman & Co. The type YJ or ''Ventura'' was developed in the mid-1950s as Davey, Paxman's first high-speed diesel engine. With a view to the fo ...

, 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 5.3 million visitors per year, making it ...

, 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 The Ventura Oilers were a California League baseball team based in Ventura, California, USA that played from 1947 to 1953. They were affiliated with the San Francisco Seals (baseball), San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1953, the B ...

, a California League baseball team based in Ventura *

Ventura Farms Ventura Farms, formally known as Deerwood Stock Farm and Kentucky Park Farms, is a historic estate that is located in the Hidden Valley, Ventura County, California, Hidden Valley near Thousand Oaks, California.Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). ''Weste ...

, 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 pl ...

, an international design show, held annually in April in Milan, Italy *

macOS Ventura macOS Ventura (version 13) is the nineteenth major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS Monterey, it was announced at WWDC 2022 on June 6, 2022, and launched on October 24, 2022. macOS V ...

, the 2022 release of Apple's desktop operating system macOS