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

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