Buenaventura (Spanish for 'good fortune', and the name of Saint Bonaventure) or Buena Ventura may refer to:
People
- Buenaventura Báez (1812âÂÂ1884), president of the Dominican Republic for five terms
- Buenaventura Bagaria (1882âÂÂ1947), Spanish sports shooter
- Buenaventura Carlos Aribau (1798âÂÂ1862), Spanish economist, writer and politician
- Buenaventura Cousiño Jorquera (1808âÂÂ1855), Chilean politician
- Buenaventura de Abarzuza y Ferrer (1843âÂÂ1910), Spanish diplomat
- Buenaventura Durruti (1896âÂÂ1936), Spanish anarchist and hero of the Spanish Civil War
- Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), Paraguayan footballer
- Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba SpÃÂnola (1724âÂÂ1777), Spanish aristocrat and priest
- Buenaventura GarcÃÂa de Paredes (1866âÂÂ1936), Dominican priest
- Buenaventura Marcó del Pont (1738âÂÂ1818), Spanish businessman
- Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born 1928), Filipino author
- Buenaventura Rodriguez (1893âÂÂ1940), Filipino playwright and politician
- Buenaventura Sitjar (1739âÂÂ1808), Franciscan missionary who served in California, U.S.
- Buenaventura Villamayor (born 1967), Filipino chess player
- Rafael Buenaventura (1938âÂÂ2006), Filipino banker
Places
- Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Buenaventura, HolguÃÂn, town in HolguÃÂn, 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
See also