Jean-Louis Pons

Jean-Louis Pons was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827 Pons discovered thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.

24 December 1761

Born on the same birth date (24 December 1761): Selim III

Born on the same birth day (24 December): Abdirizak Haji Hussein • Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin • Austin Stowell • Ava Helen Pauling • Diane Tell • Doyle Bramhall II • Franco Lucentini • Harry Warren • John J. Kelley • Jonathan Borofsky • Joshua Primo • Lydia Koidula • Mariana of Austria • Martha Leijonhufvud • Mike Hazlewood • Philip Ziegler • Álvaro Mesén

Born in the same month (December 1761): Gian Domenico Romagnosi • Marie Tussaud • Selim III