Pontanus
Pontanus (meaning: "belonging to the bridge", from Latin pons 'bridge') is the Latin or Latinized surname of the following people:
- Ambrosius Pontanus († 1643), Augustinian canon in Sept-Fontaines (Brabant) and author of writings on the history of the order
- Christianus Pontanus: Christian Brück (around 1516–1567), politician and Saxon chancellor
- Dionysius Pontanus (or a Ponte): Denis Dupont (also du Pont; † around 1555), French lawyer and councilor in Blois, in charge of the Louis XII. commissioned editing of the Coutumes de Blois
- Erasmus Pontanus (* around 1600), 1631 rector of the learned school in Neubrandenburg, important eyewitness to the Thirty Years War, ibid.
- Fabius Pontanus: Fabio Pontano (16th century), Italian humanist and biographer of his father Johannes Jovianus Pontanus
- Gregorius Pontanus: Gregor Brück (actually Gregorius Henisch, Heinse, Heintz, Heinis and others, 1485–1557), politician and Saxon chancellor
- Georg Barthold Pontanus von Breitenberg (around 1550–1614 / 16), Bohemian Provost of Prague, humanist and editor
- Henricus Pontanus (1653–1714; also Heinrich Pontanus), Reformed preacher and theologian, first rector of the Lingen grammar school, then professor and temporarily rector of the University of Utrecht
- Jacobus Pontanus , also (Jacob) Pontan , Jakob Spannmüller, (1542–1626), Jesuit and humanist, founder of the Salvator College in Augsburg
- Johann Christian von Pontanus (1742–1813), Prussian major general
- Johann Pontanus: Hans Prückner (1485–1547), mayor in Hof
- Johann Pontanus (also: Brückner; around 1515–1572), German physician and alchemist
- Johann Isaak Pontanus (1571–1639), Danish-Dutch historiographer
- Johannes Jovianus Pontanus: Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (1429–1503), Italian humanist
- Ludovicus Pontanus: Ludovico Pontano (also Ludovicus Romanus, Ludovico Romano; 1409–1439), Italian lawyer
- Ludovicus de Ponte: Luis de la Puente (1554-1624), Spanish Jesuit and spiritual writer
- Matthaeus Pontanus : Matthäus Brückner (Matheus Bruggener von Hilpershausen, 1565-1620), printer
- Michael Pontanus: Michael Brüggemann (also Michał Mostnik, 1583–1654), Protestant pastor and translator
- Nicolaus Pontanus: Nikolaus Prugener (also Pruckner, Prueckner; around 1494–1553), German mathematician, astronomer and Protestant theologian
- Petrus Pontanus : Pieter van der Brugge (also French Pierre du Pont; around 1480 – around 1540), Flemish humanist
- Robertus Pontanus: Robert Pont (also Kylpont, Kynpont, 1524–1606), Scottish Reformed priest and author
Also:
- Pontanus (moon crater) , named after Giovanni Pontano
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