Pons () is a surname of

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origin. It is also given name. Within a person’s

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, it is sometimes used as a first name or

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. Pons is also sometimes used

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(''e.g.'', by someone who is known simply as Pons, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio (

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) is sometimes known as "Francis"). Notable people with this name include:

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* Abel Molinero Pons (born 1989), Spanish footballer * Alain Pons (born 1995), Gibraltarian footballer * Antoinette de Pons-Ribérac (1560–1632), French courtier * Antonio Pons (1897–1980), Ecuadorian politician *

Axel Pons Axel Pons Ramón (born 9 April 1991) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer and model from Spain. His father Sito Pons is a former double World Champion in the 250cc class. He is a former competitor of the Spanish 125GP Championship, prior to competin ...

(born 1991), Spanish motorcycle racer and model; son of Sito Pons, brother of Edgar Pons * Beatrice Pons (1906–1991), American actor *

Bernadeth Pons Bernadeth Pons (born October 19, 1996) is a Filipino indoor and beach volleyball athlete. She is currently playing for the Creamline Cool Smashers at the Premier Volleyball League. She played for Petron Tri-Activ Spikers as an outside hitter. ...

(born 1996), Filipino volleyball player *

Bernard Pons Bernard Pons (18 July 1926 – 27 April 2022) was a French politician and medical doctor who was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the Rally for the Republic party thereafter. He served as Sec ...

(born 1926), French politician and physician *

Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt (1644 – 24 January 1709), was a French courtier, known as the royal mistress of Louis XIV of France.Veronica Buckley: The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon, 2010 She was known as ''L ...

(1644–1709), French courtier * Cipriano Pons (1890–unknown), Argentine fencer and Olympics competitor *

Edgar Pons Edgar Pons Ramón (born 16 June 1995 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish former motorcycle racer. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 European champion in 2015 and 2019. He is son of Sito Pons and brother of Axel Pons. Career Pons first appeared in the Moto2 ...

(born 1995), Spanish motorcycle racer; son of Sito Pons, brother of Axel Pons *

Eduard Pons Prades Eduard Pons Prades (1920–2007) was a Catalan historian and anarchist. Pons Prades was a Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) member who joined the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Españo ...

(1920–2007), Spanish anarchist, writer, historian, and politician *

Eolo Pons Eolo Pons (1914–2009) was an Argentine painter. Eolo Pons was born in Buenos Aires. He studied from 1935-38 in the studio of the influential Argentine painter and teacher Lino Enea Spilimbergo; among Pons' fellow students were his close friends ...

(1914–2009), Argentine painter *

Esteban González Pons Esteban González Pons (Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain, 21 August 1964) is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. Early life and career Married, and w ...

(born 1964), Spanish politician * Facundo Pons (born 1995), Argentine footballer *

Fabrizia Pons Fabrizia Pons (born 26 June 1955) is an Italian rally co-driver best known for her partnership with Michèle Mouton. Biography The pair won four rallies with the Rallye Sanremo in 1981 and a further three to finish second in the 1982 championship ...

(born 1955), Italian race car driver *

Félix Pons Félix Pons Irazazábal (14 September 1942, Palma – 2 July 2010, Id.) was a Spanish politician. He served as the President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain from 1986 until 1996; previously he had served as the Minister of Territoria ...

(1942–2010), Spanish politician; brother of Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal *

Francisco Pons y Boigues Francisco Pons y Boigues (1861-1899) was a Spanish Arabist and historian. Life Francisco Pons Boigues was born into humble circumstances in 1861 in the Valencian town of Carcaixent. He gained an early education at the seminar in Valencia. Follo ...

(1861–1899), Spanish Arabist and historian *

Francisco Vallejo Pons Francisco Vallejo, son of Ángel R. Vallejo Jiménez, military academy graduate in Law, and Felicidad Pons Gomila. He was born in Mahón, where the main hospital on the island of Menorca was located, but he has never lived there, but rather in E ...

(born 1982), Spanish chess grandmaster *

Frank Moya Pons Dr. Rafael Francisco “Frank” Moya Pons is one of the leading contemporary historians of the Dominican Republic. He has published many important books in the history and cultural heritage of the country. One of his best-known works is ''M ...

(born ?), Dominican historian, writer, and educator *

Frédéric Pons Frédéric Pons (born in 1954) is a French Army officer and journalist. Biography Pons served as a Blue Helmet in Lebanon. He rose to the rank of colonel in parachute units of the Troupes de marine, and is now a reserve officer. He teaches at the ...

(born 1954), French army officer and journalist *

Gastón Pons Muzzo Gastón Pons Muzzo (circa 1922 – January 6, 2004) was a Peruvian chemist. He was born in Tacna, Peru and joined National University of San Marcos staff in the 1960s to lecture general chemistry laboratory at the Department of Chemistry. He ...

('1922–2004), Peruvian chemist *

Geoffroy III de Pons Geoffroy III de Pons, Lord of Pons, was a 12th-century French noble. Life Geoffroy was a son of Pons de Pons and Gervaise de Craon. In 1160, Geoffroy founded the Hôpital des Pèlerins (Pilgrims' Hospital), outside the walls of Pons, Charente-Ma ...

(died 1191), French noble * Ingrid Pons (born 1975), Spanish basketball player and Olympics competitor * Jaufre de Pons ('13th-cent.), French troubadour * Jaurés Lamarque Pons (1917–1982), Uruguayan composer and pianist *

Jean François Pons Jean François Pons (1688–1752) was a French Jesuit who pioneered the study of Sanskrit in the West. He published a survey of Sanskrit literature in 1743, where he described the language as "admirable for its harmony, copiousness, and energy", r ...

(1688–1752), French Jesuit priest, philologist, and Indologist *

Jean-Louis Pons Jean-Louis Pons (24 December 176114 October 1831) was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827 Pons discovered thirty-seven ...

(1761–1831), French astronomer *

Jim Pons Jim Pons is an American bassist, author and singer who most notably played for the Leaves, the Turtles, and the Mothers of Invention. Biography Jim Pons was born in Los Angeles. In 1964, he joined The Leaves and stayed in the group until 1967. ...

(born 1943), American bass guitarist, singer, and film and video director * Joan Lluís Pons (born 1996), Spanish swimmer and Olympics competitor * Josep Pons (disambiguation), several people *

Josette Pons Josette Pons (born 12 December 1947) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Var department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un m ...

(born 1947), French politician *

Juan Pons Joan Pons Álvarez ( Ciutadella, Spain, 8 August 1946) is a Spanish operatic baritone, known internationally as Juan Pons. Career Pons made his international début in 1980 at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan with ''Falstaff'', staged by Giorgio St ...

(born 1946), Spanish operatic baritone singer * Julia Pons (born 1994), Spanish field hockey player

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* Laia Pons (born 1993), Spanish synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist *

Lele Pons Eleonora Pons Maronese (born June 25, 1996), better known as Lele Pons, is a Venezuelan YouTuber, actress, and singer who holds both Venezuelan and American citizenship. Pons came to prominence on Vine before the platform shut down in 2017 w ...

(born 1996), Venezuelan and American internet personality, actor, and singer * Léo Pons (born 1996), French filmmaker *

Lily Pons Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she s ...

(1898–1976), French-born American operatic soprano singer and actor *

Louis Pons Louis Pons (born 1927) is a French collage artist. He specializes in reliefs and assemblages made entirely from discarded objects and junk. In Agnès Varda's documentary ''The Gleaners and I'', Pons explains his artistic process and understandi ...

(born 1927), French collage artist * Louis Marc Pons, marquis de Pons ('1789), French diplomat * Luciano Pons (born 1990), Argentine footballer * Marc Capdevila Pons (born 1974), Spanish swimmer and Olympics competitor * Marcello Rodriguez Pons (born 1965), Argentine architect, designer, and sailor * María Pons (disambiguation), several people * Mario Pons (born 1967), Ecuadorian cyclist and Olympics competitor * Marina Pons (born 1977), Spanish sport shooter and Olympics competitor * Mercè Pons (born 1966), Spanish actor *

Norma Pons Norma Delia Orizi (18 August 1942 – 29 April 2014) known by her stage name Norma Pons, was an Argentine actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the tradi ...

(1942–2014), Argentine actor and showgirl * Olivier Pons (born 1958), French rower and Olympics competitor * Pascal Pons (born 1968), French percussionist *

Patrick Pons Patrick Pons (24 December 1952 in Paris - 10 August 1980) was a French professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he finished in third place in the 250cc and the 350cc world championships. Pons became the firs ...

(1952–1980), French motorcycle racer *

Paul Pons Paul Pons (June 23, 1864–April 13, 1915), stage name ''le Colosse'' ("The Colossus"), was a French wrestler. He won the first title as world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1898 (as opposed to the first Olympic victory, won two years ...

(1864–1915), French wrestler *

Paul-Marie Pons Paul-Marie Pons (24 June 1904 – 24 October 1966) was a French naval engineer who became a senior civil servant. He is remembered for the Pons Plan which restructured the French automotive industry in the second half of the 1940s. Life Born in Lo ...

(1904–1996), French naval engineer and civil servant *

Pere Pons Pere Pons Riera (born 20 February 1993) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC. Club career Girona Born in Sant Martí Vell, ...

(born 1993), Spanish footballer * Rainaut de Pons ('12th or 13th-cent.), French troubadour of indiscernible identity * Ramón Pons (1940–2014), Spanish actor *

Raymond Pons Raymond Pons (''Regimundus Pontio''; died after 944), who may be numbered Raymond III or Pons I,He has traditionally been called Raymond III, but with the discovery of at least one and perhaps two additional Raymonds, this numerical designation is u ...

( Pons I; died after 944), French noble; Count of Toulouse *

Renaud de Pons (seneschal of Gascony) Renaud de Pons (floruit, fl. 1189–1228) was a nobleman from the Saintonge (region), Saintonge. He served as Seneschal of Gascony between 1214 and 1217 and briefly as Seneschal of Poitou in 1216. He went on the Fifth Crusade in 1217–21. He and ...

('1189–1228), French noble and Crusader; uncle of Renaud II de Pons * Renaud II de Pons ('1170–1252), French noble and Crusader; nephew of Renaud de Pons (seneschal of Gascony) *

Richard Fitz Pons Richard Fitz Pons ( 1080 – 1129) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, active as a marcher lord on the border with Wales. He is described as a follower of Bernard de Neufmarché, and probably first builder of Bronllys Castle. He started construction at ...

('1080–1129), Anglo-Norman noble and warrior * Salvador Salort-Pons (born 1970), Spanish-born American art historian and museum director *

Sito Pons Alfonso Pons Ezquerra (Barcelona 9 November 1959), better known as Sito Pons, is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1981 to 1991. Pons is notable for ...

(born 1959), Spanish motorcycle racer and team owner; father of Axel and Edgar Pons *

Stanley Pons Bobby Stanley Pons (born August 23, 1943) is an American electrochemist known for his work with Martin Fleischmann on cold fusion in the 1980s and 1990s. Early life Pons was born in Valdese, North Carolina. He attended Valdese High School, then ...

(born 1943), American-born French electrochemist and cold fusion experimenter * Teodoro Pons (1896–1968), Spanish runner and Olympics competitor *

Ventura Pons Ventura Pons Sala (; born 25 July 1945, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish movie director. He mainly directs films in Catalan but also in Spanish and English. Pons has directed 32 feature films and is one of the best-known Catalan film directors ...

(1945-2024), Spanish film director * Víctor Pons (1935–1999), Puerto Rican American justice, attorney, and political campaign manager *

Vimala Pons Vimala Pons (born 15 March 1986) is a French actress and juggler of part Indian descent. Her notable films include ''The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu'' (2013), '' La Loi de la jungle'' (2016), ''Elle ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide w ...

(born 1986), Indian-born French actor and juggler *

Xavier Pons Xavier "Xevi" Pons Puigdillers (born 21 January 1980) is a Spanish rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2003 to 2014. Career Pons started his racing career on motorcycles and won the Spanish enduro national championship ...

(born 1980), Spanish race car and motorcycle driver *

Yves Pons Yves Pons (born 7 May 1999) is a Haitian-born French professional basketball player for ASVEL of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. Early life and career Pons was born in Port-au-Prince, ...

(born 1999), Haitian-born French basketball player

In fiction

Solar Pons Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Robert Bloch wrote of the series, "During a span of a century there have been literally hundreds of Sherlockian imitations, rang ...

, a detective created by writer August Derleth in 1928

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* Pons Augustin Alletz (1703–1785), French agronomist *

Pons, Count of Tripoli Pons ( 1098 – 25 March 1137) was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137. He was a minor when his father, Bertrand, died in 1112. He swore fealty to the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos in the presence of a Byzantine embassy. His advisors sent hi ...

('1098–1137), French noble-born Count of Tripoli *

Pons d'Arsac Pons d'Arsac was the Archbishop of Narbonne from 1162 until 1181. He was archbishop at an important time in the history of Narbonne and Languedoc in general; a time when the Roman Catholic Church denounced the local religious way of life as heretica ...

('1162–1181), French Catholic archbishop * Pons de Cabrera ('1105–1162), Catalan nobleman, courtier and military leader *

Pons de Capduelh Pons de Capduelh ( fl. 1160–1220Chambers 1978, 140. or 1190–1237Aubrey 1996, 19–20.) was a troubadour from the Auvergne, probably from Chapteuil. His songs were known for their great gaiety. He was a popular poet and 27 of his songs are pres ...

('12th–13th-cent.), French troubadour * Pons de Cimiez (died 257), Gallo-Roman Christian martyr and saint * Pons de la Guardia ('1154–1188), Catalan knight, troubadour, and poet * Pons de Minerva (1114/15–1175) Occitan noble, courtier, governor, and general * Pons de Monlaur ('early 13th-cent.), French lord and troubadour *

Pons d'Ortaffa Pons d'Ortaffa/Ortafas or Ponç d'Ortafà (c. 1170–1246) was a Catalan nobleman and troubadour. He was the feudal lord of Ortafà, between Perpignan and Elne, in Roussillon. Only two pieces of his lyric poetry survive, both ''cansos'' on ...

('1170–1246), Catalan noble and troubadour * Pons I ( Raymond Pons; died after 944), French noble; Count of Toulouse * Pons II (991–1060), French noble; Count of Toulouse *

Pons Maar Pons Maar (born August 4, 1951) is an American actor, puppeteer, artist and filmmaker. Career His first feature film as an actor was ''Return to Oz'' (1985), in which he played the lead Wheeler; he also worked behind the scenes as a performan ...

(born 1951), American actor, puppeteer, artist, and filmmaker *

Pons of Balazun Pons of Balazun (died 1099) was an Occitan nobleman who participated in the First Crusade and in the creation of one of its earliest histories, the '' Book of the Franks Who Captured Jerusalem''. Pons was in the army of Count Raymond IV of Toulou ...

(died 1099), Occitan noble, Crusader, and historian *

Pons of Melgueil Pons of Melgueil (''c''. 1075 – 1126) was the seventh Abbot of Cluny from 1109 to 1122. Pons was the second child of Peter I of Melgueil and Almodis of Toulouse. He was descended from a noble lineage of Languedoc which had long supported the ...

('1075–1126), French noble and abbot * Pons of the Cross ('13th-cent.), European knight, and Master of the Templars *

Pons Santolh Pons (de) Santolh was a thirteenth-century troubadour, probably a member of the Centulli family, but whether of the Castelsarrasin or Toulouse branch remains a mystery. He was a brother of the wife of Guilhem de Montanhagol. He composed a ''planh ...

('13th-cent.), French troubadour

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* Georges-Antoine-Pons Rayet (1839–1906), French astronomer *

Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy (25 May 1657 – 26 July 1737) was a French priest who was Bishop of Toul from 1687 to 1704, Bishop of Meaux from 1704 to 1737, and Cardinal from 1715 to 1737. Biography Henri Pons Thiard Bissy was born on 25 May 1 ...

(1657–1737), French Catholic bishop and cardinal * Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet (1777–1868), French politician, playwright, and poet

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