# 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

## 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
* 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