Ventura

Ventura may refer to:

Places

• Ventura, California, US
• Ventura, Iowa, US
• Ventura County, California, US
• Las Venturas, San Andreas, a fictional city in Grand Theft Auto series of video games
• Ventura Boulevard, boulevard located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, US

People

• Ventura Rodriguez (1717-1785), Spanish architect and artist
• Charlie Ventura (1916-1992), American band leader
• Giampiero Ventura, Italian football coach
• Jean-Baptiste Ventura (ca. 1792-?), Italian-born soldier, mercenary and adventurer
• Jesse Ventura (born 1951), American wrestler, actor and politician
• Johnny Ventura (born 1940), Dominican composer and singer
• Lino Ventura (1919-1987), Italian-French movie actor
• Robin Ventura (born 1967), American baseball player
• Sheherazade Ventura (born 1974), English socialite and environmentalist
• Simona Ventura (born 1965), Italian TV hostess
• Viviane Ventura (born 1947), English actress and socialite
• Yolanda Ventura (born 1968), Spanish-born singer and actress
• Zuenir Ventura (born 1931), Brazilian journalist and writer
• Ace Ventura, a fictional character in several films
• Cassandra Ventura (born 1986), American pop and R&B singer
• Geoffrey Ventura (born 1995), lord of the underworld, and toured with led zeppelin

Transportation

• Ventura Bus Lines, Australian bus and coach company
• Ventura Freeway, connecting downtown Los Angeles with Ventura County, CA
• Lockheed Ventura, World War II aircraft
• Pontiac Ventura, automobile produced by General Motors
• MS Ventura, a cruise ship

Other uses

• "Ventura Highway", a 1972 song by the band America
• Ventura printers, several businesses in Granada
• Corel Ventura, software package from Corel Corporation
• Paxman Ventura, diesel engine

See also

• Venture
• Boa Ventura (disambiguation)