Ponting is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Charles Ponting
Charles Edwin Ponting, F.S.A., (1850–1932) was a Gothic Revival architect who practised in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Career
Ponting began his architectural career in 1864 in the office of the architect Samuel Overton. He was agent for the Meu ...
(1850–1932), English architect
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Chris Ponting
Christopher Paul Ponting is a British computational biologist, specializing in the evolution and function of genes and genomes. He is currently Chair of Medical Bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh and group leader in the MRC Human ...
, British biologist
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Clive Ponting
Clive Sheridan Ponting (13 April 1946 – 28 July 2020)Richard Norton-Taylor, "The Ponting Affair", Cecil Woolf, London, 1985, p. 14. was a senior British civil servant and historian. In 1984, he leaked classified documents about the sinkin ...
(1946–2020), UK civil servant and writer
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Herbert Ponting
Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (21 March 1870 – 7 February 1935) was an English professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and S ...
(1870–1935), British photographer
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Nick Ponting
Nicholas Ponting (born 13 June 1966) is a former professional badminton player from England.
Early life
He grew up in Bishop's Cleeve. He attended Cleeve School and studied Maths at university.
Career
Olympic Games
He was ranked No. 1 in ...
, British badminton player
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Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, ...
(born 1974), former Australian cricket player and captain
*Thomas Ponting, British entrepreneur, founder of
Pontings department store
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Tom Ponting
Thomas Harold Ponting (born January 28, 1965) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in the butterfly stroke. Ponting competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada starting with the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los ...
(born 1965), Canadian swimmer
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Tom Candy Ponting (1824–1916), cattleman and pioneer cattle driver
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Walter Ponting (1913–1960), English footballer
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William Ponting (1872–1952), English footballer
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English-language surnames