Ventura (Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, 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, 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 * Andrey da Silva Ventura (born 1993), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Lino Ventura, 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 Ventura, Elsa Margarida Meira Ventura, Portuguese football midfielder * Elys Ventura, 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 C. Ventura, 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 di Raulica, 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, Hugo Ventura Ferreira Moura Guedes (born 1988), Portuguese football goalkeeper * Iñaki Astiz, Iñaki Astiz Ventura (born 1983), Spanish football central defender * Isabel Ortega Ventura (born 1954), Bolivian Aymara-Quechua politician * Jair Ventura, 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 Ventura, João Pedro Ventura Medeiros (born 1994), Portuguese footballer * Joaquín Ventura, 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 (born 1930), 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 Ventura, 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, Ventura Alvarado Aispuro (born 1992), American soccer player * Ventura Benassai (died 1511), Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Massa Marittima * Ventura Blanco Encalada, 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, 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, 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

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, 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'' (Phish album) * Ventura (Anderson Paak album), ''Ventura'' (Anderson Paak album) * Ventura (Los Hermanos album), ''Ventura'' (Los Hermanos album) * "Ventura", a song by Thomas Bangalter from the Irréversible (soundtrack), ''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