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