Jean-Baptiste Ventura

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Jean-Baptiste Ventura
Oil painting of Jean-Baptiste Ventura
Birth name	Rubino Ventura
Born	25 May 1794 Finale di Modena, Duchy of Modena
Died	3 April 1858 Lardenne, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy Napoleonic France Qajar Persia Sikh Empire
Rank	Governor of Lahore
Awards	Legion of Honour
Spouse(s)	Anna Moses
Children	Victorine Ventura (daughter)

Jean-Baptiste (Giovanni Battista) Ventura, born Rubino (25 May 1794 – 3 April 1858), was an Italian soldier, mercenary in India, general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sarkar-i-Khalsa, and early archaeologist of the Punjab region of the Sikh Empire.^[1]