In all the world, Buenaventura (Buenaventura 
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| Buenaventura | Spain, Philippines, Mexico, Colombia, United States |
Buenaventura is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| alonso de san buenaventura Spanish missionary (b. 1501) |
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| buenaventura d'avalos y aquino (b. 1609) |
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buenaventura fernández de córdoba y spínola Spanish cardinal (1724-1777), ES (b. 1724) |
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| buenaventura suarez Argentine astronomer, AR (b. 1679) |
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buenaventura marcó del pont Spanish businessman, ES (b. 1738) |
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| buenaventura blanco y elguero Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1696) |
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| buenaventura tellado ES (b. 1686) |
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| buenaventura pedro abarca de bolea ximénez de urrea y bermúdez de castro ninth count of Aranda (1699-1742), ES (b. 1699) |
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buenaventura codina y augerolas Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, ES (b. 1785) |
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| buenaventura sitjar Spanish missionary, California mission priest, linguist, ES (b. 1739) |
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| buenaventura moyano rodríguez Roman Catholic bishop (1755-1802) (b. 1755) |
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| buenaventura salesa Spanish painter and engraver, ES (b. 1755) |
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buenaventura seoane Peruvian politician (1808-1870), PE (b. 1808) |
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buenaventura báez President of the Dominican Republic (1812-1884), DO (b. 1812) |
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buenaventura de córdoba ES (b. 1806) |
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