List of people from Ponce, Puerto Rico

This is a list of notable Ponceños, people from Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Ponce has also been the birthplace and the place of residence of many Puerto Ricans who became notable elsewhere.

The list is divided into categories and in some cases sub-categories which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted.

Contents: Top – Actors, actresses, comedians and directors, Architects, Authors, playwrights and poets, Beauty queens and fashion models, Business people and industrialists, Civil rights and/or political activists, Clergy, Composers, contemporary singers, musicians and opera, Criminals and outlaws, Diplomats, Educators, Governors, Historians, Journalists, Judges, law enforcement and firefighters, Military, Physicians, scientists and inventors, Politicians, Sportspeople, Visual Artists.

The following sortable table is a summary list of notable Ponceños and Ponceñistas arranged chronologically by year of birth.

Big screen actor Teófilo Torres
Film producer Juan Emilio Viguié
Andrés Mignucci , FAIA 2012 Henry Klumb Awardee
Denise Quiñones , Miss Universe 2001
Maripily Rivera , actress and model
Multi-instrumentalist Papo Lucca at piano
Juan Ríos Ovalle , danza composer and orchestra conductor
Amalia Paoli , soprano
Roberto Sánchez Vilella , Governor of Puerto Rico (1965-1969)
Luis A. Ferré , governor, philanthropist and industrialist
Rafael Hernández Colón Governor of Puerto Rico (1973-77, 1985-93)
Ramón Marín , historian
Lolita Tizol, music educator
Colonel Raúl G. Villaronga , military and Mayor of Killeen, Texas
Joxel García , Assistant Secretary of Health under President George W. Bush
Gerónimo Lluberas, physician and humanitarian
Dr. Rafael Pujals , physician and civic leader
Pedro Albizu Campos – President and principal leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.
Román Baldorioty de Castro , The Father of Puerto Rico's Autonomy
Maurice Ferré , former Mayor of Miami
Carlos Correa , MLB player with the Houston Astros
Roberto Alomar , MLB Hall of Famer
Ivelisse Vélez , professional wrestler
Orlando Cepeda , MLB Hall of Famer
Ricky Ledée with the Mets
Millito Navarro , last surviving player of the American Negro League
Carlos Ortíz , 3-time world boxing champion