Ponce
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Persons
- Antonio Ponce de Santa CruzAntonio Ponce de Santa CruzAntonio Ponce de Santa Cruz was the court physician in the royal courts of Philip III and Philip IV. Antonio was the son of Alonzo de Santa Cruz , a famous Spanish cartographer, instrument maker and historian....
- Camilo PonceCamilo PonceCamilo Ponce Enríquez was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador between 1956 and 1960. He was married to María de las Mercedes de Gangotena Jijón....
(1912–1976), President of Ecuador 1956–1960 - Carlos PonceCarlos PonceCarlos Armando Ponce, Jr. is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality. Ponce began his acting career by participating in Spanish language soap operas for Televisa and Telemundo. Ponce continued to expand his acting career by participating in various American television...
(born 1972), Puerto Rican actor, singer, and composer - Daniel Ponce de LeónDaniel Ponce de LeónDaniel Ponce de León is a Mexican professional Boxer in the Featherweight division and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympics team...
(born 1980), Mexican professional boxer - Edgar PonceEdgar PonceEdgar Ponce Garcia was a Mexican actor and dancer. Ponce was a member of the male dance troupe Sólo Para Mujeres and appeared in a number of soap operas which were popular in both Mexico and the United States.On May 5, 2005, while filming a commercial with his troupe in Mexico City, an...
(1974–2005), Mexican actor and dancer - Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de LeónErnesto ZedilloErnesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He served as President of Mexico from December 1, 1994 to November 30, 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted seventy year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
(born 1951), President of Mexico 1994–2000 - Juan Federico Ponce VaidesJuan Federico Ponce VaidesJuan Federico Ponce Vaides was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. He succeeded long-ruling dictator Jorge Ubico after Ubico's resignation, but the latter continued to exercise considerable influence during Ponce's acting presidency...
(1889–1956), Guatemalan politician, acting president 1944 - Juan Ponce de LeónJuan Ponce de LeónJuan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named...
(1460–1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador of the New World - Juan Ponce de León IIJuan Ponce de Leon IIJuan Ponce de León II , was the first Puerto Rican to assume, though temporarily, the governorship of Puerto Rico.-Early years:...
(16th c.), first Puerto Rican to assume the temporary governorship of Puerto Rico - Juan Ponce EnrileJuan Ponce EnrileJuan Ponce Enrile is a Filipino politician. As a protege of President Ferdinand Marcos, he served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Secretary under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders of the 1986 People Power Movement that drove Marcos from power...
(born 1924), Filipino politician and senator - Juan Ponce SumuroyJuan Ponce SumuroyAgustin Sumuroy was a Waray leader of the Sumoroy Rebellion, a rebellion of native Filipinos against colonial Spanish forces that occurred in eastern Visayas in 1649-1650....
(17th c.), Filipino rebel leader - Luis Ponce de LeónLuis Ponce de LeónFray Luis Ponce de León was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar and theologian and academic, active during the Spanish Golden Age.-Early life:...
(1527–1591), Spanish poet and Augustinian friar - Manuel Barbachano PonceManuel Barbachano PonceManuel Barbachano Ponce was a Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, novelist and Mayan art collector....
(1924–1994), Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, and novelist - Manuel Ponce (1882–1948), Mexican composer
- Manuel María Ponce BroussetManuel María Ponce BroussetManuel María Ponce Brousset briefly occupied the Presidency of Peru in August 1930.After Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro overthrew Augusto B. Leguía's eleven-year dictatorship in Arequipa, Ponce assumed the two-day interim presidency until Sánchez Cerro arrived in Lima and was designated as Leguía's...
(1874–1966), President of Peru for two days in 1966 - Mariano PonceMariano PonceMariano Ponce , was a Filipino physician, writer, and active member of the Propaganda Movement. In Spain, he was among the founders of La Solidaridad and Asociacion Hispano-Filipino...
(1863–1918), Filipino physician and leader of the Propaganda Movement - Mateo de la Mata Ponce de LeónMateo de la Mata Ponce de LeónMateo de la Mata Ponce de León was a Spanish colonial official in Peru. He was president of the Audiencia of Quito from 1691 to 1699...
([?]–1720), Spanish colonial officer, interim viceroy of Peru 1716 - Miguel PonceMiguel PonceMiguel Andrés Ponce Torres is a retired football defender from Chile, who made his debut for the Chile national football team on 1991-04-09 in a friendly match against Mexico. He obtained a total number of eighteen caps during his professional career.-References:*...
(born 1971), Chilean football (soccer) player - Pedro Ponce de LeónPedro Ponce de LeónFray Pedro Ponce de Leon was a Spanish Benedictine monk who is often credited as being "the first teacher for the deaf".Pedro Ponce de Leon established a school for the deaf at the San Salvador Monastery in Madrid. His students were almost all children of wealthy aristocrats who could afford...
(1520–1584), Spanish Benedictine monk, established a school for the deaf - PoncioEbontiusEbontius , also known as Ebon, Pontius, or Ponce, was Bishop of Barbastro, Spain, after its recapture from the Moors. Born in Comminges, Haute Garonne, France, he became a Benedictine and abbot before accepting the See of Babastro....
, saint and Bishop of Barbastro - Sergio Amaury PonceSergio Amaury PonceSergio Amaury Ponce Villegas is a Mexican football player who plays as a Right Midfielder for Querétaro F.C. on loan from Chivas de Guadalajara.-Career:...
(born 1981), Mexican football (soccer) player - Waldo PonceWaldo PonceWaldo Alonso Ponce Carrizo is a Chilean football defender who plays for club Cruz Azul in Mexico and the Chilean national team.-Universidad de Chile:...
(born 1982), Chilean football (soccer) player
Places
- Ponce, Puerto RicoPonce, Puerto RicoPonce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
, a city in Puerto Rico - Ponce de Leon, FloridaPonce de Leon, FloridaPonce de Leon is a town in Holmes County, Florida, United States. The population was 457 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 462 .According to Ponce de Leon town Census 2010 results, the population of the area was approximately 598 people...
, a town in Florida, US - Ponce de Leon, MissouriPonce de Leon, MissouriPonce de Leon is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Missouri, United States, about twenty miles southwest of Springfield. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community was founded in 1882...
, an unincorporated community in Missouri, US - Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, US
- Ponce de Leon BayPonce de Leon BayPonce de Leon Bay is a bay on the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern Florida in the United Statesat 81 degrees longitude and 10.6 latitude. The bay is located in Monroe County at the northwestern end of Cape Sable in the Everglades National Park. Ponce de Leon Bay leads into Oyster Bay to the east,...
, a bay in Florida, US - Ponce Inlet, FloridaPonce Inlet, FloridaPonce Inlet is a town in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,513 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 3,178....
, a town in Florida, US - Ponce de Leon Springs State Recreation AreaPonce de Leon Springs State Recreation AreaPonce de Leon Springs State Recreation Area is a Florida State Park in Holmes County, Florida. It is located in the town of Ponce de Leon, a half mile south of U.S. 90 on C.R 181A. The address is 2860 Ponce de Leon Springs Road....
, Holmes County, Florida, US
Other
- USS Ponce (LPD-15)USS Ponce (LPD-15)USS Ponce , an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the only ship of the United States Navy that is named for Ponce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the first governor of Puerto Rico and European discoverer of...
, ship of the US Navy