Ponce is a surname or part of a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Chilean people

* Miguel Ponce (born 1971), Chilean footballer *

Waldo Ponce Waldo Alonso Ponce Carrizo (born 4 December 1982) is a Chilean former football defender. Club career Universidad de Chile Ponce made his professional debut with Universidad de Chile in 2001. In his three years with Universidad de Chile, Ponce ...

(born 1982), Chilean footballer * Walter Ponce (born 1998), Chilean footballer

Filipino people

Juan Ponce Enrile Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., (born Juanito Furagganan; February 14, 1924), also referred to by his initials JPE, or Manong Johnny, is a Filipino politician and lawyer known for his role in the administration of Philippine dicta ...

(born 1924), Filipino politician and senator * Juan Ponce Sumuroy (fl. 1649-1650), Filipino rebel leader * Mariano Ponce (1863–1918), Filipino physician and leader of the Propaganda Movement

Mexican people

* Daniel Ponce de León (born 1980), Mexican professional boxer * Edgar Ponce (1974–2005), Mexican actor and dancer *

Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was 61st president of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from t ...

(in full: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León) (born 1951), President of Mexico 1994–2000 * Manuel Barbachano Ponce (1924–1994), Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, and novelist *

Manuel Ponce Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) was a Mexican composer active in the 20th century. His work as a composer, music educator and scholar of Mexican music connected the concert scene with a mostly forgotten traditio ...

(1882–1948), Mexican composer *

Miguel Ángel Ponce Miguel Ángel Ponce Briseño (born 12 April 1989), also known as Pocho, is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national team. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Early life Po ...

(born 1989), Mexican footballer * Sergio Amaury Ponce (born 1981), Mexican football (soccer) player

Puerto Rican people

* Carlos Ponce (born 1972), Puerto Rican actor, singer, and composer *

Juan Ponce de Leon II ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanis ...

(1524–1591), first Puerto Rican to assume governorship of Puerto Rico * Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon and founder of the city of Ponce in Puerto Rico

Spanish people

Antonio Ponce de Santa Cruz Antonio Ponce de Santa Cruz (1561–1632) was the court physician in the royal courts of Philip III and Philip IV. Antonio was also a university professor at the University of Valladolid and a clergyman. He was interested in lycanthropy, free ...

, Spanish cartographer, instrument maker and historian. * Angela Ponce, first transgender woman in Miss Universe *

Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (, , , ; 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and ''conquistador'' known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida and for serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico. He was born in Santerv� ...

(1460–1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador of the New World * Luis Ponce de León (1527–1591), Spanish poet and Augustinian friar * Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León ( ndash;1720), Spanish colonial officer, interim viceroy of Peru 1716 * Pedro Ponce de León (1520–1584), Spanish Benedictine monk, established a school for the deaf

Other people

* Cecilia Ludmila Ponce, Argentine actress on Mexican Telenovelas * Cody Ponce, American baseball player * Dan Ponce, American television journalist * Ezequiel Ponce, Argentine footballer * Phil Ponce, American television journalist * Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician) (1912–1976), President of Ecuador 1956–1960 * Gustavo Ponce (b. 1952), Venezuelan mathematician *

Juan Federico Ponce Vaides Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (26 August 1889 – 16 November 1956) was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. He was overthrown by a popular uprising on 20 October 1944 that began the Guatemalan Revolution. Life ...

(1889–1956), Guatemalan politician, acting president 1944 * Manuel María Ponce Brousset (1874–1966), President of Peru for two days in 1966 * María Ponce de Bianco (1924–1978), Argentine social activist * Ebontius also known as "Poncio", French saint and Bishop of Barbastro {{surname, Ponce Spanish-language surnames French-language surnames