List of places named after people
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)
- Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
- Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
- Colombia - Christopher Columbus
- El Salvador - Jesus Christ, "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 - 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
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
- Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - Bernardo O'Higgins
- Región Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
France
- Lorraine - 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
New Zealand/Aotearoa
- Cook Islands - Captain James Cook
Norway
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
- 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
Towns and cities
- Alexandria, Egypt - Alexander the Great
- 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
- Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
- Buchanan,_Liberia - James Buchanan
- Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
- Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
- Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II. of Spain
- 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
- Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
- Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)
- Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possible named after a Roman general Flavius.
- General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín
- General Sarmiento, Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh
- Houston - Samuel Houston
- Istanbul - Constantine the Great
- Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
- Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
- Kaiseraugst - Augustus
- Knoxville - Henry Knox
- Las Heras, Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras
- Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas
- Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
- Lisbon - Ulysses
- Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
- Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
- Marechal Deodoro, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca
- Martelange - Martelius
- Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
- Monrovia - James Monroe
- Nariño, Colombia - Antonio Nariño
- Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
- Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
- 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
- Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra
- Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo
- Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas
- Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros
- Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek
- Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici
- Presidente Prudente, Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros
- Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
- Rome - Romulus
- Sadr City - Moqtada al-Sadr
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis
- St Petersburg, Russia & St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
- San Francisco - Saint Francis
- Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
- Seattle - Chief Seattle
- Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
- Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
- Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
- 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
- Charles de Gaulle Airport - Charles de Gaulle
- John F. Kennedy Airport - John F. Kennedy
- Leonardo Da Vinci, Rome - Leonardo da Vinci
- Toronto Pearson International Airport - Lester Bowles Pearson
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Ronald Reagan
- Gdansk Lech Wałęsa Airport - Lech Wałęsa
- Vere Cornwall Bird Airport - Sir Vere Cornwall Bird
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Murtala Muhammed Airport - Murtala R. Muhammad
- Merrill C. Meigs Field - Merrill C. Meigs
- Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport - Léopold Sédar Senghor
- Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airport - Francisco de Miranda
- B. J. Vorster Airport - Balthazar Johannes Vorster
- LaGuardia International Airport - Fiorello H. La Guardia
- King Hussein International Airport - Hussein of Jordan
- Princess Juliana International Airport - Juliana of the Netherlands
- Augusto César Sandino Airport - Augusto César Sandino
- Bernardo O'Higgins Aerodrome - Bernardo O'Higgins
- General Urquiza Airport - Justo José de Urquiza
- Benito Juárez International Airport - Benito Juárez
- John Paul II International Airport - John Paul II
- Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport - Frederic 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 Kosciusko
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- Richard Montgomery
- James K. Polk
- George Washington
See also
pl:Eponimy nazw geograficznych