List of places named after people
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There are a number of places named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
Continents
Countries
- Bermuda - Juan de Bermúdez (crown colony)
- Bharath - another name for India (Bharath was a prince, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala)
- Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
- Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
- China - General Qin (founder of the dynasty, circa 2nd century, BC)
- Colombia - Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name)
- El Salvador - Jesus, "The Saviour"
- Israel - Jacob (alternative name)
- Kiribati - Thomas Gilbert
- Liechtenstein - Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
- Marshall Islands - John Marshall
- Mauritius - Maurice of Nassau
- Philippines - Philip II of Spain
- Romania - Romulus (indirectly via Rome, the Roman Empire and the Romance languages)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Christopher
- Saint Lucia - Lucy of Syracuse (?)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent
- San Marino - Saint Marinus
- São Tomé and Príncipe - Saint Thomas
- Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud
- Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles
- Solomon Islands - Solomon
- The United States of America - Amerigo Vespucci
Former countries
- Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
- Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
- Rome - Romulus
Administrative divisions
Australia
Austria
- St. Pölten - The name Sankt Pölten is derived from Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to Sankt Hippolyt, then Sankt Polyt and finally Sankt Pölten.
Brazil
Canada
- Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
- British Columbia - Christopher Columbus (-> Columbia, an American sailing ship -> Columbia River -> Columbia Territory of Hudsons Bay Company -> British Columbia)
- Prince Edward Island - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (brother of George III of the United Kingdom), commander of British forces in Halifax
Chile
- Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - Bernardo O'Higgins
- Región Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Colombia
- Bogotá - Bacatá - an indigenous cacique (emperor)
- Bolívar Department - Simón Bolívar
- Caldas Department - Francisco José de Caldas
- Nariño - Antonio Nariño
- Norte de Santander - Francisco de Paula Santander
- Santander Department - Francisco de Paula Santander
- Sucre Department - Antonio José de Sucre
- Córdoba Department - José María Córdoba
France
- Adélie Land - Adélie, wife of Jules Dumont d'Urville
- Kerguelen Islands - Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
- Lorraine (formerly Lotharingia) - Lothar
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
- Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis
Mexico
- Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
- Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
- Morelos - José María Morelos
- Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo
- Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave
Namibia
- Caprivi - Count Leo von Caprivi (Chancellor of the German Empire)
New Zealand/Aotearoa
- Auckland - Earl of Auckland
- Cook Islands - Captain James Cook
- D'Urville Island - Jules Dumont d'Urville
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Romania
- Bessarabia - from Basarab I
Russia
United Kingdom
- Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
- Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts
- Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
- Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
- Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
- Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
- Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar
- Fife - Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe
- Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
- Gwynedd - Cunedda
- Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
- Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- Lothian - Leudonus
- Merionethshire - Meirion, son of Cunedda
- Montgomery, Powys - Roger de Montgomery
- Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
- Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
- Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
Dependencies
- Gibraltar - Arabic Jabal aţ-Ţāriq (جبل الطارق), meaning "mountain of Tariq", because Tariq ibn-Ziyad, the militar leader of the Muslim invasion of Spain in 711, landed there from Africa
United States
- Delaware - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
- District of Columbia - Christopher Columbus
- Georgia - King George I of Great Britain
- Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France
- Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I
- Northern Mariana Islands - Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain
- New York - the then Duke of York, who later became King James II of England
- North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England
- Pennsylvania - William Penn
- Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
- Washington - George Washington
Uruguay
Towns and cities
Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundreds of years. Often, there isn't much known about them today. In Latin America, as well, it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures after their notable sons. See also , and the entries there.
- Amman, Jordan - Ammon
- Antioch - Antiochus
- Bongoville, Gabon – Omar Bongo Ondimba
- Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
- Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II of Spain
- Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)
- Henties Bay, Namibia - Major Hentie van der Merwe
- Kaiseraugst - Augustus
- Kingston, Jamaica - King William III of England
- Latakia - Laodice
- Lisbon - possibly Ulysses
- Lüderitz - Adolf Lüderitz
- Martelange - Martelius
- Rome - Romulus
- San Salvador, El Salvador - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
- San José, Costa Rica - Saint Joseph
- Santiago de Chile - Saint James
- Sinop, Turkey - Sinope
- Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
- Zhongshan, Guangdong, China - Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Argentina
- Avellaneda, Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda
- Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia
- General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín
- General Sarmiento, Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- Las Heras, Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras
- Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza
- Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña
- Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
- Trelew, Argentina - Lewis Jones
- Vicente López, Argentina - Vicente López y Planes
- Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre
Australia
- Adelaide - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
- Brisbane - Sir Thomas Brisbane
- Cooktown,Queensland - Captain James Cook
- Darwin - Charles Darwin
- Hobart - Lord Hobart
- Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
- Sydney - Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
Bolivia
Brazil
- Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
- Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
- Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
- Duque de Caxias, Brazil - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
- Epitaciolândia, Acre, Brazil - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
- Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
- João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil - João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, governor of the state of Paraíba
- Marechal Deodoro, Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
- Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Nilo Peçanha, Brazil, Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Nilópolis, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
- Petrópolis, Brazil - Pedro II, emperor of Brazil
- Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Epitácio, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)
- Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Prudente and Prudente de Morais, Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Sarney, Maranhão, Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)
- Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
- Rondonópolis and Rondolândia, Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
- Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
- Salesópolis, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Salvador, Brazil - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
- Santos Dumont, Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft
- Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
- São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
- São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent
- São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil - Saint Sebastian
- Sud Mennucci, São Paulo, Brazil - journalist and educator Sud Mennucci
- Teresina, Piauí, Brazil - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
- Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
Bulgaria
- Asenovgrad - tsar Ivan Asen II
- Blagoevgrad - Communist leader Dimitar Blagoev
- Botevgrad - Hristo Botev
- Dimitrovgrad - Georgi Dimitrov
- Gotse Delchev - revolutionary Gotse Delchev
Former:
- Kolarov was the name of Shumen - Vasil Kolarov
- Stalin was the name of Varna - Joseph Stalin
- Stanke Dimitrov was the name of Dupnitsa - revolutionary Stanke Dimitrov
- Tolbukhin was the name of Dobrich - Soviet marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin
Canada
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.
- Churchill, Manitoba, Canada - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
- Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York
- Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
- Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener
- Sydney, Nova Scotia - Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
- Vancouver - Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)
- Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
- Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
Czech Republic
- Františkovy Lázně - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Jáchymov - St. Joachim
- Karlovy Vary - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- Karlštejn, castle and village - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Former:
- Gottwaldov was the name of Zlín from 1948–1990 - Klement Gottwald
Denmark
- Augustenborg, Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
- Fredericia, King Frederick III of Denmark
- Frederiksberg, King Frederick IV of Denmark
- Frederikshavn, King Frederick VI of Denmark
- Frederiksværk, King Frederick V of Denmark
Finland
- Loviisa, Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
- Mariehamn, Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
- Vaasa, King Gustav I of Sweden
There are some more cities that were named after people in Swedish, but not in Finnish, the major language in Finland.
Dominican Republic
Former:
- Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo
Egypt
France
- Carla-Bayle - Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), philosopher and writer
- Châtillon-Coligny - Gaspard de Coligny
- Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
- Decazeville - Élie, duc Decazes
- Descartes - René Descartes
- Ferney-Voltaire - Voltaire
- Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
- La Louptière-Thénard - Louis Jacques Thénard
- Saint-Léger-Vauban - Vauban
- Vendays-Montalivet - Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet
Germany
- Augsburg - Augustus
- Karlsruhe - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
- Leverkusen - Carl Leverkus
- Saarlouis - Louis XIV of France
Former:
- Karl-Marx-Stadt was the name of Chemnitz - Karl Marx
- Stalinstadt was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt - Stalin
Greece
India
- Aurangabad - Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
- Bodh Gaya - Buddha
- Gandhinagar - Mahatma Gandhi
- Gangaikonda Cholapuram - Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor
- Hyderabad - Hyder Ali
- Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar - Jamshetji Tata
Israel
Kazakhstan
- Fort Shevchenko - Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
- Ridder - Philip Ridder. Between 1941-2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin.
Former:
- Dzhambul was the name of Taraz - Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
- Panfilov was the name of Zharkent - Ivan Panfilov
- Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau - Taras Shevchenko
Kyrgyzstan
Former:
- Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926-1991 - Mikhail Frunze
- Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888-1921 and 1939-1991 - Nikolai Przhevalsky
Liberia
Mexico
- Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl
- Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas
Netherlands
- 's-Gravenzande (lit. The Count's Sand) - William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)
- 's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) - Henry I, Duke of Brabant
- Julianadorp - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
- Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
- Sint Nicolaasga - Saint Nicholas
- Sint-Oedenrode - Saint Oda
- Sint Willebrord - Saint Willibrord
- Wilhelminadorp - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
- Willemsdorp - King William I of the Netherlands
- Willemstad - William the Silent
Netherlands Antilles
- Wilemstad - William II, Prince of Orange or his son William III of England
New Zealand
- Christchurch - Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)
- Wellington - Duke Wellington
Norway
- Fredrikstad - King Frederick II of Denmark
- Kristiansand - King Christian IV of Denmark
- Kristiansund - King Christian VI of Denmark
- Longyearbyen - world's northenmost town - John Munroe Longyear
Former:
- Christiania (1624-1877) and Kristiania (1877-1925) was the name of Oslo - King Christian VI of Denmark
- Fredrikshald was the name of Halden 1665-1928 - King Frederick III of Denmark
Papua New Guinea
- Port Moresby - Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby
Paraguay
- Pedro Juan Caballero - Pedro Juan Caballero
Philippines
Poland
- Barczewo - Walenty Barczewski
- Dzierżoniów - Jan Dzierżon
- Giżycko - Herman Marcin Gustaw Gizewiusz
- Kętrzyn - Wojciech Kętrzyński
- Mrągowo - Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz
- Pieniężno - Seweryn Pieniężny
- Wejherowo - Jakub Weyher
- Władysławowo - King Wladislaus IV Vasa
- Żyrardów - Philippe de Girard
Romania
- Alexandria - Prince Grigore Alexandru Ghica
- Bucharest - Bucur, legendary shepherd
- Constanţa - Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of Constantine the Great
- Giurgiu - Saint George
- Medgidia - Abdülmecid
- Negru Vodă - probably Radu Negru
- Oneşti - Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana
- Ovidiu - Ovid
- Roman - Roman I of Moldavia
- Sfântu Gheorghe - Saint George
- Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea - Saint George
Former:
- Stalin was the name of Braşov - Joseph Stalin
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Oneşti - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Russia
- Budyonnovsk - Marshal Semyon Budyonny
- Chernyakhovsk - general Ivan Chernyakhovsky
- Gagarin - Yury Gagarin
- Dimitrovgrad - Georgi Dimitrov
- Engels - Friedrich Engels
- Kaliningrad - Mikhail Kalinin
- Khabarovsk - explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov
- Kingisepp - Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp
- Kirov - Sergey Kirov
- Kirovgrad - Sergey Kirov
- Kirovsk - Sergey Kirov
- Korolyov - rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky - Vladimir Lenin
- Lomonosov - writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov
- Makhachkala - Daghestani revolutionary Makhach
- Michurinsk - selectionist Ivan Michurin
- Noginsk - Bolshevik Viktor Nogin
- Petrozavodsk - tsar Peter the Great
- Pushkin - Aleksandr Pushkin
- Saint Petersburg - St. Peter, as the patron saint of Peter the Great (St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)
- Sergiyev Posad - St. Sergii Radonezhsky
- Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
- Ulyanovsk - Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov
- Yaroslavl - prince Yaroslav I the Wise
- Yekaterinburg, Russia - Saint Catherine and Catherine I of Russia
Former:
- Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny - Leonid Brezhnev
- Gorky was the name of Nizhny Novgorod - Maxim Gorky
- Chkalov was the name of Orenburg - aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov
- Kalinin was the name of Tver - Mikhail Kalinin
- Kuybyshev was the name of Samara - Valerian Kuybyshev
- Leningrad was the name of Saint Petersburg - Vladimir Lenin
- Molotov was the name of Perm - Vyacheslav Molotov
- Novonikolaevsk was the name of Novosibirsk - tsar Nicholas II
- Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vladikavkaz - Sergo Ordzhonikidze
- Petrovsk-Port was the name of Makhachkala - Peter the Great
- Stalingrad was the name of Volgograd - Joseph Stalin
- Stalinsk was the name of Novokuznetsk - Joseph Stalin
- Sverdlovsk was the name of Yekaterinburg - Yakov Sverdlov
- Yekaterinodar was the name of Krasnodar - Catherine the Great
Serbia
- Aleksa Šantić - Aleksa Šantić
- Bajina Bašta - Baja Osman
- Dimitrovgrad - Georgi Dimitrov
- Jaša Tomić - Jaša Tomić
- Karađorđevo - Karađorđe
- Miletićevo - Svetozar Miletić
- Obilić - Miloš Obilić
- Svetozar Miletić - Svetozar Miletić
- Zrenjanin - Žarko Zrenjanin
Former:
- Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina - Svetozar Marković
- Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo - Aleksandar Rankovic
South Africa
- Durban - Sir Benjamin d'Urban
- Johannesburg - Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer
- Krugersdorp - Paul Kruger
- Port Elizabeth - Elizabeth Donkin (wife of governor Sir Rufane Donkin)
- Pretoria - Andries Pretorius
- Simon's Town - Simon van der Stel
- Stellenbosch - Simon van der Stel
- Swellendam - Hendrik Swellengrebel
Spain
- Pamplona (Latin Pompaelo) - Pompey the Great (founder)
- San Sebastián - Saint Sebastian
- Santiago de Compostela - Saint James the Great
- Saragossa (Latin, Caesaeraugusta; in English, Saragossa) - Emperor Augustus
Former:
- El Ferrol del Caudillo - Francisco Franco birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)
Sweden
- Borstahusen - Rasmus Andersson Borste och Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
- Dorotea - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
- Eskilstuna - Saint Eskil
- Fredrika - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
- Filipstad - Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden
- Karlshamn - King Charles X Gustav of Sweden
- Karlstad - King Charles IX of Sweden
- Karlskrona - King Charles XI of Sweden
- Kristianstad - King Christian IV of Denmark
- Kristinehamn - Queen Christina of Sweden
- Mariefred - Mary, mother of Jesus
- Mariestad - Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden
- Örnsköldsvik - Per Abraham Örnsköld, Governor 1762-1769
- Oskarshamn - King Oscar I of Sweden
- Ulricehamn - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
- Vilhelmina - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
- Artemivsk - revolutionary Artem
- Dniprodzerzhynsk - Felix Dzerzhinsky
- Dnipropetrovsk - bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in 20's-30's
- Ivano-Frankivsk - writer Ivan Franko
- Khmelnytskyi - Bohdan Khmelnytsky
- Kirovohrad - Sergey Kirov
- Mariupol - St.Mary or tsarine Maria Fyodorovna of Russia
- Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi - Bohdan Khmelnytsky
- Stakhanov - famous miner Aleksei Stakhanov
- Torez - Maurice Thorez
Former:
- Aleksandrovsk was the name of Zaporizhia - tsar Alexander I
- Stalino was the name of Donetsk - Joseph Stalin
- Stanisławów,Stanyslaviv was the name of Ivano-Frankivsk - Polish magnat Stanisław Potocki
- Voroshilovgrad was the name of Luhansk - Kliment Voroshilov
- Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipropetrovsk - Catherine the Great
- Yelizavetgrad was the name of Kirovohrad - Saint Elizabeth and tsarine Elizabeth of Russia
- Yuzovka was the name of Donetsk - British businessman John Hughes
- Zhdanov was the name of Mariupol - Andrey Zhdanov
- Zinovievsk was the name of Kirovohrad - Grigory Zinoviev
United Kingdom
- Kingston upon Hull - Edward I of England
- Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
- Peterlee - Peter Lee, a miners' leader
- Telford - Thomas Telford
United States
- Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
- Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
- Baird, Texas - Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)
- Baltimore, Maryland - Lord Baltimore
- Barstow, California - William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
- Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
- Broderick, California - David C. Broderick (U.S. senator)
- Carson City, Nevada - Kit Carson
- Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
- Chaison, South Carolina-Chaison L. McGuire
- Christiana, Delaware - Queen Christina of Sweden
- Cleveland, Ohio - Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)
- Dallas, Texas - George M. Dallas
- Denver, Colorado - James W. Denver
- Dubuque, Iowa - Julien Dubuque
- Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
- Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts – John C. Frémont
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - John Harris, Sr.
- Houston - Sam Houston
- Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
- Joe, Montana - Joe Montana
- Joplin, Missouri - a Methodist minister in the new city
- Knoxville - Henry Knox
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
- Los Angeles - Our Lady queen of the angeles (when L.A. was founded it was named the town of Our Lady queen of the angels)
- Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
- Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
- McMinnville, Tennessee - Joseph McMinn
- Modesto, California - William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man
- New York City - the then Duke of York, who later became King James II of England
- Nickerson, Kansas - Thomas Nickerson (ATSF president)
- Pullman, 3 places in Michigan/Washington/Illinois, named after George Pullman
- Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
- Provo, Utah - Étienne Provost
- Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis
- St. Paul, Minnesota - Saint Paul
- San Antonio - Saint Anthony of Padua
- San Diego - Saint James
- San Francisco, California - Saint Francis
- San Jose, California - Saint Joseph
- San Luis Obispo, California - Saint Louis of Toulouse
- San Mateo, California - Saint Matthew
- Seattle, Washington - Chief Seattle
- Strong City, Kansas - William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
- Twain Harte, California - Mark Twain and Bret Harte
- Washington, D.C. - George Washington
Venezuela
Vietnam
Former:
- Thanh Thai Phien was the name of Da Nang in 1945 - Thái Phiên
Zambia
- Livingstone - doctor David Livingstone
Islands
- Alexander Island, Antarctica – Alexander I of Russia
- Baffin Island, Canada – William Baffin
- Banks Island, Canada – Joseph Banks
- Bathurst Island, Canada – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
- Berkner Island, Antarctica – Lloyd Berkner
- [[Bikini Islands, any location - whatever
- Bougainville, Papua New Guinea – Louis Antoine de Bougainville
- Bouvet Island, Norway - Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
- Bylot Island, Canada – Robert Bylot
- Cornwallis Island, Canada – William Cornwallis
- Ellesmere Island, Canada – Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
- Ernst Thälmann Island, Cuba - Ernst Thälmann
- Jan Mayen Island, Norway - Jan Mayen
- King William Island, Canada – William IV of the United Kingdom
- Mackenzie King Island, Canada – William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Moresby Island, Canada – Fairfax Moresby
- Prince Charles Island, Canada – Charles, Prince of Wales
- Prince Edward Island, Canada - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, father of Queen Victoria
- Roosevelt Island, Antarctica – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Starbuck Island, Pacific Ocean – Valentine Starbuck
- Tasmania, Australia – Abel Tasman
Lakes
- Hitlersee (Hitler Lake) - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland
Airports
- Amerigo Vespucci Airport, Florence, Italy, named for Amerigo Vespucci
- Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos", Athens, Greece, named for Eleftherios Venizelos
- Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, Bucharest, Romania, named for Aurel Vlaicu
- Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, named for David Ben-Gurion
- Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico, named for Benito Juárez
- Brockville-Thousand Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport, Brockville, Ontario, Canada, named for George Tackaberry the owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway
- Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France, named for Charles de Gaulle
- Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India, named for Shivaji
- Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, Dakar, Senegal, named for Léopold Sédar Senghor
- Dauphin (Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport), Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, named for William George Barker
- Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport, Eatonia, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for Elvie Smith, former Chairman and CEO of Pratt & Whitney Canada
- Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named for Kenneth Alexander Blatchford
- Franz Josef Strauss International Airport, Munich, Germany, named for Franz Josef Strauß
- Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, named for Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, Gdańsk, Poland, named for Lech Wałęsa
- General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport, Chillán, Chile, named for Bernardo O'Higgins
- General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, named for Billy Mitchell
- General Urquiza Airport, Paraná, Argentina, named for Justo José de Urquiza
- Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase, Caracas, Venezuela, named for Francisco de Miranda
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, United States, named for George H. W. Bush
- Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, named for John Munro
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, named for William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson
- Hearst (René Fontaine) Municipal Airport, Hearst, Ontario, Canada, named for René Fontaine
- Henri Coanda International Airport, Bucharest, Romania, named for Henri Coanda
- Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran, named for Ruhollah Khomeini
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, named for Indira Gandhi
- Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, named for Mike Zubko, co-founder of the Northern Air Transport Association and owner of Aklavik Flying Services
- Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, Paramaribo, Suriname, named for Johan Adolf Pengel, Suriname's Prime Minister from 1963 until 1969
- John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States, named for John F. Kennedy
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States, named for John F. Kennedy
- John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, Kraków, Poland, named for Pope John Paul II
- John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California, California, United States, named for John Wayne
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, named for Jomo Kenyatta
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador, named for José Joaquín de Olmedo
- José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, named for José Martí
- King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, named for Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
- King Fahd International Airport, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, named for Fahd of Saudi Arabia
- King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, named for Khalid of Saudi Arabia
- Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, named for Norman McLeod Rogers
- LaGuardia Airport, New York City, New York, United States, named for Fiorello H. LaGuardia
- Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Rome, Italy, named for Leonardo da Vinci
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, England, named for John Lennon
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, named for Louis Armstrong
- Marco Polo International Airport, Venice, Italy, named for Marco Polo
- Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, named for Pierre Trudeau
- Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for Air Vice-Marshal C.M. McEwen, commander of No. 6 Group RCAF
- Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, named for Murtala Mohammed
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, named for Benigno Aquino, Jr.
- North Battleford (Cameron McIntosh) Airport, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for Cameron McIntosh, owner and editor of the North Battleford News
- North Bay/Jack Garland Airport, North Bay, Ontario, Canada, named for Jack Garland
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, named for John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier
- Owen Sound/Billy Bishop Regional Airport, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, named for Billy Bishop
- Princess Juliana International Airport, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, named for Juliana of the Netherlands
- Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, named for Jean Lesage
- Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan, named for Alia al Hussein
- Rafic Hariri International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon, named for Rafik Hariri
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, India, named for Rajiv Gandhi
- Reina Sofía Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands, named for Queen Sofia of Spain
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C., United States, named for Ronald Reagan
- Saint-Exupéry International Airport, Lyon, France, named for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Santos Dumont Regional Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, named for Alberto Santos-Dumont
- Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport, Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, named for Chris Hadfield
- Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for John Diefenbaker
- Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), Maiquetía, Venezuela, named for Simón Bolívar
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Port Louis, Mauritius, named for Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia, named for Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta
- Stewart International Airport, Newburgh, New York, United States, named for Lachlan Stewart, ancestor of land donor
- Tegel International Airport Otto Lilienthal, Berlin, Germany, named for Otto Lilienthal
- Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named for Lester B. Pearson
- VC Bird International Airport, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, named for Vere Bird
- W. A. Mozart Airport, Salzburg, Austria, named for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland, named for Frédéric Chopin
- Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C., United States, named for John Foster Dulles
- Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek, Namibia, named for Chief Hosea Kutako, led the struggle for Namibian independence
- Yasser Arafat International Airport, Gaza Strip, Rafah, named for Yasser Arafat
Former airports
- Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq, formerly Saddam International Airport, named for Saddam Hussein
- Johannesburg International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, formerly Jan Smuts International Airport, named for Jan Smuts
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador, formerly Simón Bolívar International Airport, named for Simón Bolívar
- Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, closed, named after two plutocrats Ho Kai and Au Tak
- Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, South Africa, formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B.J. Vorster
- Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States, closed, named for Merrill C. Meigs
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, named for Chiang Kai-shek
List of places categorized by name of person
- Heracles
- Lenin
- Stalin
- Tito
- John C. Calhoun
- Lewis Cass
- DeWitt Clinton
- Marquis de la Fayette
- Benjamin Franklin
- Nathanael Greene
- Andrew Jackson
- Queen Victoria
- Simón Bolívar
- Christopher Columbus
- Thomas Jefferson
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- James Madison
- Charles de Gaulle
- James Monroe
- Richard Montgomery
- James K. Polk
- Israel Putnam
- George Washington
See also
Categories
Eponyms | Lists of place names | Lists of placename etymologies