Buenaventura (Spanish for 'good fortune', and the name of Saint Bonaventure) or Buena Ventura may refer to:

People

  • Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884), president of the Dominican Republic for five terms
  • Buenaventura Bagaria (1882–1947), Spanish sports shooter
  • Buenaventura Carlos Aribau (1798–1862), Spanish economist, writer and politician
  • Buenaventura Cousiño Jorquera (1808–1855), Chilean politician
  • Buenaventura de Abarzuza y Ferrer (1843–1910), Spanish diplomat
  • Buenaventura Durruti (1896–1936), Spanish anarchist and hero of the Spanish Civil War
  • Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), Paraguayan footballer
  • Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola (1724–1777), Spanish aristocrat and priest
  • Buenaventura García de Paredes (1866–1936), Dominican priest
  • Buenaventura Marcó del Pont (1738–1818), Spanish businessman
  • Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born 1928), Filipino author
  • Buenaventura Rodriguez (1893–1940), Filipino playwright and politician
  • Buenaventura Sitjar (1739–1808), Franciscan missionary who served in California, U.S.
  • Buenaventura Villamayor (born 1967), Filipino chess player
  • Rafael Buenaventura (1938–2006), Filipino banker

Places

  • Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
  • Buenaventura, Holguín, town in Holguín, Cuba
  • Buenaventura, Camagüey, barrio in Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba
  • Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Buenaventura, Spain
  • Buenaventura Lakes, Florida, U.S.
  • Buenaventura Province, a former province of Gran Colombia
  • Ventura, California, U.S.
  • Buenaventura Forest, a nature reserve in Piñas Canton, Ecuador, which is home to 30 species of hummingbird, the rare El Oro parakeet and Ecuadorian tapaculo

Other uses

  • Buenaventura, a 2016 album by La Santa Cecilia
  • "Buenaventura", a song by Paul van Dyk from the 2003 album Reflections
  • Buenaventura River, a non-existent river once believed to run from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
  • , or USS Buenaventura, a U.S. Navy cargo ship sunk in WW1
  • Buenaventura (mining company), a Peruvian mining company
  • Buenaventura Press, an American publisher and distributor of comics and graphic novels

See also

  • San Buenaventura (disambiguation)
  • Buenaventura Classic, a men's professional golf tournament