BONEFONS, JOHN, or BONNEFONS, a Latin poet, was born at Clermont in Auvergne, in 1554. He became an advocate in the parliament of Paris, and was appointed lieutenant general of Bar sur Seine, and acquired great reputation by his Pancharis, and other poems. He died under the reign of Louis XIII. He ought not to be confounded with John Bonefons his son, another Latin poet.