Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521) was an early Spanish explorer of the Americas and first Governor of Puerto Rico.

People

• Alberto Yarini y Ponce de León (1882-1910), Cuban criminal
• Augusto Ponce de León, character played by Guillermo García Cantú in the 2009 Mexican telenovela Camaleones
• Daniel Ponce de León (born 1980), Mexican boxer
• Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León (1749–1830), Spanish military commander and politician
• Diego de Vargas (Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras, 1643–1704), Spanish governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, today the U.S. states of New Mexico and Arizona
• Fernando Ponce de León (1917–1998), Colombian writer
• Juan Ponce de León II, (1524–1591), grandson of Juan Ponce de León and the first native-born Puerto Rican to become governor of Puerto Rico
• Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the son of Juan Ponce de León II, and early settler of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain) (?–1526), Spanish governor of New Spain
• Luis Ponce de León (1527–1591), Spanish poet
• Michael Ponce de Leon (1922-2006) American artist.
• Nestor Ponce de León (February 26, 1837–December 17, 1899) Cuban exile to the USA; publisher, founder, secretary, treasurer of the Junta Central Revolucionaria to which José Martí belonged in New York
• Nicolás Ponce de León (1590/95-1654), acting governor of Florida in 1631-1633 and 1651
• Nicolás Ponce de León II, acting governor of Florida in 1663-1664, and 1673-1675
• Patricio Ponce de León (1919–2010), Cuban mycologist
• Pedro Ponce de León (1520–1584) a Spanish Benedictine monk who is often credited as being "the first teacher for the deaf"
• Pedro Ponce de León y Riquelme, Governor of Venezuela Province (1566–1569)
• Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, viceroy of Naples (r. 1646–48)

Places

• Ponce de León Hotel, a former resort hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, now part of Flagler College
• Ponce de Leon amusement park, a former amusement park in Atlanta, Georgia
• Ponce de Leon Apartments, a contributing building to the Fox Theatre Historic District, Midtown Atlanta, Georgia
• Ponce de Leon Avenue, a major and historic thoroughfare in Atlanta, Georgia
• Ponce de Leon, Florida, a small town in the northern Florida panhandle
• Ponce de Leon Park, a former baseball park in Atlanta, Georgia
• Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda, Florida
• Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta), former springs in Atlanta, Georgia
• Ponce de Leon Springs State Park, a park in the Florida panhandle
• Ponce de León Inlet, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Florida
• Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, the largest lighthouse in Florida, located on Ponce de Leon Inlet
• Ponce de León Island, a long barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida

Other

• Ponce de Leon (train), a train operated by the Southern Railway in the southeast United States.
• Ponce de Leon, a play by Clemens Brentano.