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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, 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