Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521) was an early Spanish explorer who is credited as being the first European to land in North America, and was the first colonial governor of Puerto Rico. Ponce de León may also refer to: Places Ponce de Leon, Florida, a town in the northern Florida panhandle Ponce de León Hotel, a former hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, now part of Flagler College 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, a lighthouse in Florida at Ponce de Leon Inlet Ponce de León Island, a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida Ponce de Leon amusement park, a former amusement park in Atlanta, Georgia Ponce de Leon Avenue, a thoroughfare in Atlanta, Georgia Ponce de Leon Park, a former baseball park in Atlanta, Georgia Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta), former springs in Atlanta, Georgia Ponce de Leon Apartments, part of the Fox Theatre Historic District, Midtown Atlanta, Georgia Ponce de Leon, Missouri, an unincorporated community Avenida Juan Ponce de León, a thoroughfare in San Juan, Puerto Rico Other uses Ponce de Leon (train), a train operated by the Southern Railway in the southeast United States House of Ponce de León, a noble house Ponce de Leon, a, 1804 play by Clemens Brentano People with the name Alberto Yarini y Ponce de León (1882–1910), Cuban criminal Alfonso Ponce de León (1906-1936), Spanish painter Antonio Ponce de León, 11th Duke of Arcos (1726–1780), military officer Daniel Ponce de León (born 1980), Mexican boxer Daniel Ponce de Leon (born 1992), American baseball player 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 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born 1951), President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000 Fernando Ponce de León (1917–1998), Colombian writer Fidelio Ponce de León (1895–1949), Cuban painter Gisela Ponce de León (born 1985), Peruvian actress and singer 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, son of