Bonaventure (disambiguation)
Bonaventure, or the Latin original form Bonaventura, means "good fortune" and may refer to:
People
Given name
- Italian saint Bonaventure (John of Fidanza) (1221–1274)
- Pseudo-Bonaventura, 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, pseudonym of Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), a German writer and theatre director
Surname
- Braniff Bonaventure, American football player
- Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian football player
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura, American film producer
- 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
- City of Bonaventure, Quebec, in the Bonaventure RCM
- Bonaventure Island in the Gaspésie region
- 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 the
- Bonaventure (Montreal Metro) station
- Bonaventure Station, railway station in downtown Montreal, Quebec
- Quebec Autoroute 10, also called the Bonaventure Expressway and Autoroute Bonaventure
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
Corporate
- Bonaventure India Pvt Ltd in New Delhi (NCR), India
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
Ships
- Canadian aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)
- nine warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bonaventure
Entertainment
- Bonaventure, a play that was made into the 1951 film Thunder on the Hill
- Signor Bonaventura, an Italian comic strip
See also
- Old and New Bonaventure, Newfoundland and Labrador, small communities
- Buenaventura (disambiguation)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.