Pons (disambiguation)

The pons (or pons Varolii; "bridge of Varolius") is a part of the brain stem.

Pons or pons may also refer to:

People

First name

• Pons of Cimiez (died 257), Christian martyr and saint
• Pons, Count of Toulouse (991–1060), the Count of Toulouse from 1037
• Pons of Balazun (died 1099), nobleman of the First Crusade
• Pons of Melgueil (c. 1075–1126), abbot of Cluny
• Pons, Count of Tripoli (c. 1098–1137), the count of Tripoli from 1112
• Pons de Cabrera (fl. 1105–1162), Spanish count and military leader
• Pons de Minerva (c. 1115–1175), Spanish count and military leader
• Pons d'Arsac (died 1181), archbishop of Narbonne from 1162
• Pons de la Guardia (fl. 1154–1188), a Catalan troubadour
• Pons of the Cross (fl. 1210s), master of the Knights Templar in Hungary
• Pons de Monlaur (early 13th century), a troubadour
• Pons de Capduelh (fl. 1160–1220 or 1190–1237), a troubadour from the Auvergne
• Pons d'Ortaffa (c. 1170–1246), a Catalan troubadour
• Pons Santolh (13th century), a troubadour
• Pons Maar (born 1951), an American actor, artist, and puppeteer

Last name

• Pons (surname)

Characters

• Solar Pons, a detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche Sherlock Holmes

Toponyms

• Pons, Charente-Maritime, a commune in France
• Pons River, a tributary of the Caniapiscau River (watershed of Ungava bay), in Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
• Pons (crater), a lunar impact crater west of the prominent Rupes Altai scarp

Other uses

• Pons, a junior synonym of the butterfly genus Penaincisalia
• Passive optical network, a telecommunications term
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog, from the Polish Polski Owczarek Nizinny, a type of sheepdog

See also

• PON (disambiguation)
• Ponce (disambiguation)
• Ponciano (disambiguation)
• Pontian (disambiguation)
• Ponza (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Pons (disambiguation)