Ventura
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Ventura (Italian for Luck and Portuguese for adventure) is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Ventura may also refer to one of the following people:
- Charlie Ventura, 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
- Yolanda Ventura (born 1968), Spanish-born singer and actress
- Zuenir Ventura (born 1931), Brazilian journalist and writer
- Ventura Rodriguez, Spanish architect
Ventura may also refer to:
- Ace Ventura, fictional movie character, as in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- Lockheed Ventura, World War II aircraft
- Pontiac Ventura, automobile produced by General Motors
- Ventura Bus Lines, Australian bus and coach company
- Corel Ventura, software package from Corel Corporation
- Ventura printers from Granada
- Ventura (ship), a P&O Cruises ship
- Las Venturas, San Andreas - a fictional city in the Grand Theft Auto series of video games based on Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ventura Freeway, connecting downtown Los Angeles with Ventura County, CA
- "Ventura Highway", a song by the band America
[edit] See also
- Boa Ventura (disambiguation)

