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.
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Continents
Countries
- Bermuda - Juan de Bermúdez (crown colony)
- Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
- Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
- Colombia - Christopher Columbus
- 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
Former countries
- Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
- Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
- Rome - Romulus
Administrative divisions
Australia
Brazil
- Rondônia - Marshal Cândido Rondon
- Santa Catarina - Saint Catherine
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
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
- Bolívar Department - Simón Bolívar
- Nariño - Antonio Nariño
- Norte de Santander - Francisco de Paula Santander
- Santander Department - Francisco de Paula Santander
France
- Lorraine (formerly Lotharingia) - Lothar
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
- Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis, 18th century navigator
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
- Cook Islands - Captain James Cook
Norway
Paraguay
Romania
- Bessarabia - from Basarab I
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
- Gibraltar - Tariq ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
- 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 - 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")
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
- 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 hundred 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 Alexandria (disambiguation)
- Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
- Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
- Augsburg - Augustus
- Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
- Avellaneda, Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda
- Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
- Benjamin Constant, Brazil, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
- Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
- Buchanan, Liberia - James Buchanan
- Bucharest (Bucureşti)- Bucur, legendary shepherd
- Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
- Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
- Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II of Spain
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom
- Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
- Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos
- Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl
- Colombo – Christopher Columbus
- Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia
- Duque de Caxias, Brazil - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
- Durban, South Africa - Sir Benjamin D'Urban
- Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
- Epitaciolândia, Acre, Brazil - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)
- Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
- Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possible named after a Roman general Flavius.
- Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York
- General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín
- General Sarmiento, Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
- Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
- Henties Bay, Namibia - Major Hentie van der Merwe
- Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh
- Houston - Samuel Houston
- Istanbul - Constantine the Great
- Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
- Johannesburg, South Africa - Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer
- Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
- Kaiseraugst - Augustus
- Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener
- Knoxville - Henry Knox
- Las Heras, Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras
- Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas
- Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
- Leverkusen, Germany - Carl Leverkus
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
- Lisbon - Ulysses
- Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
- Lüderitz - Adolf Lüderitz
- Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
- Marechal Deodoro, Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
- Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Martelange - Martelius
- Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
- Monrovia - James Monroe
- Nilo Peçanha, Brazil, Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Nilópolis, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
- Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
- Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay - Pedro Juan Caballero
- Petrópolis, Brazil - Pedro II, emperor of Brazil
- Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
- Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza
- Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña
- 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)
- Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
- Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)
- Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
- Rome - Romulus
- Rondonópolis and Rondolândia, Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
- Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
- Sadr City - Moqtada al-Sadr and his family
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis
- Salesópolis, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Santos Dumont, Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft
- St Petersburg, Russia and St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
- San Francisco - Saint Francis
- Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
- 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
- Seattle - Chief Seattle
- Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
- Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
- Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
- Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
- Tubmanburg, Liberia - William Tubman
- Vancouver - George Vancouver
- Vicente López, Argentina - Vicente López
- Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
- Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre
- Washington, D.C. - George Washington
- Willemstad - William the Silent
Airports
- Augusto César Sandino Airport - Augusto César Sandino
- Aurel Vlaicu International Airport - Aurel Vlaicu
- B. J. Vorster Airport - Balthazar Johannes Vorster
- Benito Juárez International Airport - Benito Juárez
- Bernardo O'Higgins Aerodrome - Bernardo O'Higgins
- Charles de Gaulle Airport - Charles de Gaulle
- Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport - Léopold Sédar Senghor
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport - Lech Wałęsa
- General Urquiza Airport - Justo José de Urquiza
- Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airport - Francisco de Miranda
- Henri Coanda International Airport - Henri Coanda
- Hosea Kutako International Airport - Hosea Kutako
- Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport - Johan Adolf Pengel
- John F. Kennedy Airport - John F. Kennedy
- John Paul II International Airport - John Paul II
- José Martí International Airport - José Martí
- King Hussein International Airport - Hussein of Jordan
- LaGuardia International Airport - Fiorello H. La Guardia
- Leonardo Da Vinci, Rome - Leonardo da Vinci
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport - John Lennon
- Merrill C. Meigs Field - Merrill C. Meigs
- Murtala Muhammad International Airport - Murtala R. Muhammad
- Princess Juliana International Airport - Juliana of the Netherlands
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Ronald Reagan
- Santos Dumont Airport - Rio de Janeiro - Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Soekarno and Mohammad Hatta
- Tom Jobim International Airport - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Tom Jobim, composer and artist
- Toronto Pearson International Airport - Lester Bowles Pearson
- Vere Cornwall Bird Airport - Sir Vere Cornwall Bird
- Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport - Frédéric Chopin
List of places categorized by name of person
- 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
- James Monroe
- Richard Montgomery
- James K. Polk
- Israel Putnam
- George Washington