Bonaventure (disambiguation)

Bonaventure, a French and Italian name (from Latin Bonaventura, meaning "good fortune") may refer to:

People

Given name

• Saint Bonaventure (John of Fidanza) (1221–1274) medieval Italian philosopher and theologian
  • Pseudo-Bonaventure, a name given to various anonymous medieval writers whose writings were previously attributed to Saint Bonaventure
• Bonaventure de Bar (1700–1729), French painter
• Bonaventure Baron (1610–1696), Irish Franciscan theologian, philosopher and writer of Latin prose and verse
• Bonaventure Broderick (1868–1943), the Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
• Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647), Italian mathematician
• Bonaventure Elzevir (1583–1652), Dutch publisher and printer
• Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734), English Roman Catholic bishop
• Bonaventure Hepburn (1573–1620/1), Scottish linguist and biblical scholar
• Bonaventura Hussey (Maelbrighte Ó Hussey) (died 1614), Irish Franciscan author
• Bonaventure Kalou (born 1978), Ivorian footballer
• Bonaventure Maruti (born 1976), a Kenyan football striker
• Bonaventure Panet (1765–1846), a businessman and politician in Lower Canada
• Bonaventure Patrick Paul (1929–2007), Pakistani bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad
• Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1501–1544), French author
• Bonaventura Bellemo O.F.M. (died 1602), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Andros
• Bonaventura Berlinghieri (1228-1274), alian painter from Lucca, Italy, of the Gothic period
• Fra Bonaventura Bisi (1601-1659), Italian painter of the Baroque period
• Bonaventura Bottone (born 1950), leading operatic tenor from England
• Bonaventura Cerronio (fl. 1639), Italian composer
• Bonaventura Claverio (1606-1671), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Potenza
• Bonaventura Furlani (died 1597), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri
• Bonaventura Genelli (1798-1868), German painter
• Bonaventura Gran (1620-1684), Spanish Franciscan friar, proclaimed blessed by the Catholic Church in 1906
• Bonaventura Ibáñez (1876-1932), Spanish film actor of the silent and early sound eras
• Bonaventura Lamberti (1653-1721), Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome
• Bonaventura van Overbeek (1660-1705), Dutch Golden Age draughtsman and engraver
• Bonaventura Porta (1861-1953), Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro
• Justinas Bonaventūra Pranaitis (1861-1917), Lithuanian Catholic priest, Russian Master of Theology and Professor of the Hebrew Language
• Bonaventura von Rauch (1740-1814), Prussian Army major general
• Bonaventura Rubino (1600-1668), Italian composer
• Bonaventura Secusio O.F.M. Obs. (died March 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Catania
• Bonaventura Tornielli O.S.M. (1411-1491), noble Italian priest and Roman Catholic preacher, beatified by Pope Pius X in 1911
• Bonaventura Vulcanius (1538-1614), leading Dutch humanist
• Bonaventura, pseudonym of Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), a German writer and theatre director
• Bonaventura Moller, inheritor (year 1625.) of Bonaventura manor, located near Riga, Latvia

Surname

• Andrea Bonaventura (born 1986), professional Canadian football linebacker
• Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin O.F.M.Cap. (1863-1936), Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Treviso
• Emilio Bonaventura Altieri (1590-1676), Italian noble and future Pope Clement X
• Braniff Bonaventure, American football player
• Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian football player
• Lorenzo di Bonaventura, American film producer
• Pietro Bonaventura (died 1653), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cesena
• Romano Bonaventura (1216-1243), Cardinal deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria and cardinal-legate to the court of France.
• Segna di Bonaventura, Italian painter
• Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (1659–1711), French officer in the colonial navy of New France
• Thomasine, Lady Percival, née Thomasine Bonaventure (c. 1470-c. 1530), English benefactress and founder of a school
• Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player

Places

Canada

• Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  • City of Bonaventure, Quebec, in the Bonaventure RCM
    • Bonaventure Airport, serving City of Bonaventure
  • Bonaventure River
• Bonaventure Island in the Gaspésie region on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
• Bonaventure (electoral district), a former federal electoral district
• Bonaventure (provincial electoral district), a Quebec provincial electoral district
• Place Bonaventure in Montreal which gave its name to
  • Bonaventure (Montreal Metro) station
  • Bonaventure Station, railway station in downtown Montreal, Quebec
• Autoroute Bonaventure (Quebec Autoroute 10), also called the Bonaventure Expressway
• Old and New Bonaventure, Newfoundland and Labrador, small communities

United States

• St. Bonaventure, New York, a census-designated place and community in Allegany
• Westin Bonaventure Hotel, the largest hotel in Los Angeles, California
• Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia
• Bonaventura (VTA), light-rail station in San Jose

Latvia

• Bonaventuras iela (Bonaventura street), Riga, Latvia

Entertainment

• Bonaventure, a play that was made into the 1951 film Thunder on the Hill
• Signor Bonaventura, an Italian comic strip

Schools

• Saint Bonaventure's College in Newfoundland, Canada
• St. Bonaventure University, located in Allegany, New York, United States
• St Bonaventure's Catholic School, in Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom
• St Bonaventure's High School, a school located in Hyderabad, Sindh province, Pakistan
• St. Bonaventure High School, a private, Catholic, co-educational secondary school in Ventura, California, United States
• St. Bonaventure Elementary School, a Catholic elementary school in Toronto, Ontario

Ships

• Canadian aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)
• nine warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bonaventure

Other

• Bonaventure station (disambiguation), stations of the name
• Bonaventura Heinz House (first), in the West End of Davenport, listed on the NRHP from 1984 to 2005
• Bonaventura Heinz House (second), historic building located in the West End of Davenport, listed on HRHP from 1983
• CVV 8 Bonaventura, Italian two-seat competition glider designed during the 1950s and produced in 50 unities

See also

• Buenaventura (disambiguation)