List of places named after people

There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents[edit]

• Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci

Countries[edit]

This is a summary of country name etymologies.

• Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata^[1]
• Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
• Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo)
• Cook Islands – Captain James Cook
• Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
• El Salvador – "The Saviour", referring to Jesus
• Eswatini – Mswati II
• Israel – Jacob (alternative name)
• Kiribati – Thomas Gilbert
• Liechtenstein – Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
• Marshall Islands – John Marshall
• Mauritius – Maurice of Nassau
• Mozambique – Mussa Bin Bique
• Philippines – Philip II of Spain
• 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 and Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal
• Saudi Arabia – Muhammad bin Saud
• Seychelles – Jean Moreau de Sechelles
• Solomon Islands – Solomon
• Uzbekistan – Öz Beg Khan of Golden Horde

Former countries[edit]

• Principality of Antioch, now part of Turkey – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
• Lotharingia (Lorraine), now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – Lothair I
• Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia – Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe – Cecil Rhodes
• Terra Mariana ("Land of Mary"), now Estonia and Latvia – Mary, mother of Jesus

British Overseas Territories[edit]

• Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez
• Falkland Islands – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland
• Gibraltar – Tariq ibn Ziyad (from Arabic: جبل طارق, romanized: Jabal Tariq, lit. 'Mountain of Tariq')
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Helena of Constantinople, and Tristão da Cunha
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – George III and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, respectively.

"Lands" of Antarctica[edit]

• Adélie Land – Adèle Dumont d'Urville
• Edward VII Land – King Edward VII
• Queen Maud Land – Queen Maud of Norway
• Ross Dependency – James Clark Ross
• Victoria Land – Queen Victoria

Towns and cities[edit]

• Caesarea (disambiguation) (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman emperors

Afghanistan[edit]

• Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Massoud
• Ahmad Shah Baba Mina – Ahmad Shah Durrani
• Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great
• Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) – Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)
• Ghaziabad, Kunar – Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed (died in 1980s)
• Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town – Amanullah Khan
• Jalalabad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Jamal Mena, Kabul – Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
• Kandahar – Alexander the Great
• Khwaja Bahauddin District- Khwaja Bahauddin, Naqshband of Turkistan
• Khushal Khan Mena – Khushal Khattak
• Mohammad Agha District – Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a founder of the Qajar dynasty
• Nadir Shah Kot District – Mohammed Nadir Shah
• Sheberghan – Shapur II
• Sher Khan Bandar – Sher Khan Nashir
• Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul and Wazirabad, Kabul – Wazir Akbar Khan

Albania[edit]

• Ali Demi (neighborhood) – Ali Demi
• Asim Zeneli (Albania) – Asim Zeneli, Albanian hero
• Bajram Curri (town) – Albanian activist of Independence Bajram Curri
• Blloku Vasil Shanto – Vasil Shanto, Albanian hero
• Don Bosco (Tirana) – John Bosco
• Kastriot, Albania – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg
• Mihal Grameno (neighborhood) – Mihal Grameno
• Skënderbegas – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

Algeria[edit]

• Abdelkader Azil – Abdelkader Azil (1927–1959), Algerian activist
• Abou El Hassen – Abu al-Hassan (1934–1962), Algerian independence hero
• Ahmed Rachedi, Mila – Ahmed Rachedi (1930–1957), Algerian revolutionary martyr
• Assi Youcef – Bouiri Boualem (Youcef) (1927–1960), Algerian military
• Bekkouche Lakhdar – Bekkouche Lakhdar (d.1958), Algerian martyr
• Belouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist Mohamed Belouizdad
• Benabdelmalek Ramdane – Abdelmalek Ramdane (d.1954), first martyr of the revolution
• Bennasser Benchohra – Al-Nasser Bin Fameh (1804–1884)
• Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Badji Mokhtar (1919–1954), Algerian revolutionary
• Bordj Emir Khaled – Khalid ibn Hashim, grandson of the military leader Abd al Qadir
• Bordj Omar Driss – Commander Omar Driss (1931–1959)
• Bouraoui Belhadef – Bouraoui Ali Ben Cherif, a local hero of the national liberation war
• Constantine (Algeria) – Constantine the Great
• Didouche Mourad – Mourad Didouche, a veteran of the Algerian War of independence
• El Emir Abdelkader, Aïn Témouchent and Emir Abdelkader, Jijel – Emir Abdelkader
• Hassani Abdelkrim – Hassani Abdul Karim (d.1960)
• Hussein Dey (commune) – Hussein Dey
• Méchraâ Houari Boumédienne – Houari Boumédiène, President of Algeria
• Messaoud Boudjeriou – Messaoud Boudjeriou (1930–1961), Algerian revolutionary
• Mohammed Boudiaf (M'Sila) – Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria
• Mostefa Ben Brahim, Sid Bel Abbés – Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800–1867), Algerian poet
• Ramdane Djamel – Ramdane Ahcène (1934–1962), hero of the national liberation
• Salah Bey (town) – Salah Bey ben Mostefa
• Salah Bouchaour – Salah Bouchaour (1933–1962), Algerian revolutionary martyr
• Sidi Bel Abbès – Sidi Bel Abbès El Bouzidi (d.1780), a Muslim marabout
• Sidi M'Hamed – Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine
• Zighoud Youcef (Town) – Youcef Zighoud, guerrilla leader
• Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader – Emir Abdelkader

Former:

• Berteaux was the name of Ouled Hamla – Henri Maurice Berteaux
• Burdeau was the name of Mahdia – Auguste Burdeau
• Colomb-Béchar was the name of Béchar – Louis de Colomb, French major general
• Duperré was the name of Aïn Defla – Guy-Victor Duperré, French naval officer
• Fort-Duquesne was the name of Kaous – Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville
• Georges Clemenceau was the name of Stidia – Georges Clemenceau
• Haussonvillers was the name of Naciria – Joseph d'Haussonville
• Mac-Mahon was the name of Aïn Touta – Patrice de MacMahon
• Molière was the name of Bordj Bounaama – Molière
• Negrier was the name of Chetouane – François de Négrier
• Orléansville was the name of Chlef – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Pascal was the name of Salah Bey – Blaise Pascal
• Perrégaux was the name of Mohammadia – Alexandre Charles Perrégaux
• Philippeville was the name of Skikda – Louis Philippe I
• Port-Gueydon was the name of Azeffoun – Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria
• Renault was the name of Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali – Pierre Hippolyte Publius Renault, French general
• Saint-Arnaud was the name of El Eulma – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
• Saint-Eugène was the name of Bologhine – Eugène Guyot
• Tirman was the name of Teghalimet – Louis Tirman
• Waldeck-Rousseau was the name of Sidi Hosni – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Angola[edit]

• Comandante Valódia (Luanda) – Joaquim Domingos Augusto "Valódia" (died 1975), one of the prominent generals during the Angolan War of Independence
• Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes (died 1805)
• Nelito Soares (Luanda) – Nelito Soares (1943–1975), Angolan revolutionary
• Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister
• Porto Alexandre, Angola – James Edward Alexander
• Rocha Pinto (Luanda) – João Teixeira Pinto
• Sá da Bandeira (Huambo) – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
• Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995)

Former:

• Carmona was the name of Uíge – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president
• Henrique de Carvalho was the name of Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho (1844–1909)
• Sá da Bandeira was the name of Lubango – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
• Serpa Pinto was the name of Menongue – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer
• Silva Porto was the name of Cuito – António da Silva Porto
• Vila Arriaga was the name of Bibala – Portuguese president Manuel de Arriaga
• Vila Gago Coutinho was the name of Lumbala N'guimbo – Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
• Villa João de Almeida was the name of Chibia – João de Almeida (1873–1953), Portuguese military
• Vila Pereira d'Eça was the name of Ondjiva – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça
• Vila Robert Williams was the name of Caála – Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park
• Vila Roçadas was the name of Xangongo – José Augusto Alves Roçadas
• Vila Salazar was the name of N'dalatando – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator
• Vila Teixeira da Silva was the name of Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826–1894), Portuguese colonial administrator

Andorra[edit]

• Meritxell – Our Lady of Meritxell

Antigua and Barbuda[edit]

• Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington

Argentina[edit]

• Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda
• Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione – Atilio Oscar Viglione (1914–2010), Governor of Chubut
• (General) Belgrano – Many cities and towns after Manuel Belgrano
• Castelli – Many places after Juan José Castelli
• Ciudad Evita (means Evita City) – Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina
• General Pueyrredón – second-level administrative subdivision named after Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
• Las Heras – Many places after Juan Gregorio de las Heras
• Presidencia de la Plaza – Victorino de la Plaza, President of Argentina
• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña – Roque Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina
• Presidente Perón Partido – Juan Perón, President of Argentina
• Pueblo Illia (Misiones) – Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina
• Rafaela, Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza
• Rawson – Guillermo Rawson
• Rivadavia Department – Many cities and towns after Bernardino Rivadavia, First President of Argentina
• Rosario Vera Peñaloza Department – Rosario Vera Peñaloza (1873–1950), Argentine teacher
• (General) San Martín – Many cities and towns after José de San Martín
• Sarmiento – Many municipalities and cities after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• Trelew – Lewis Jones
• Uriburu, La Pampa – José Félix Uriburu, President of Argentina
• Vicente López, Buenos Aires – Vicente López y Planes
• Villa General Mitre – Bartolomé Mitre
• formerly: Ciudad Eva Perón (means Eva Perón City) – Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina; now La Plata

Armenia[edit]

• Abovyan and Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan, writer
• Anushavan – Anushavan Galoyan (1901–1945), World War II hero
• Artashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I, Armenian king
• Baghramyan, Ararat, Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander
• Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist Labor
• Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian (1902–1942), World War II general
• Charentsavan – Yeghishe Charents, poet
• Chkalov, Armenia and Chkalovka – Valery Chkalov, Russian pilot
• David Bek, Armenia – Davit Bek, Armenian patriot
• Dimitrov, Armenia – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader
• Ferik – Ferik Polatbekov (1897–1918), revolutionary and poet
• Fioletovo – Ivan Fioletov, socialist martyr and Baku Commissar
• Gagarin, Armenia – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
• Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian (1890–1920), Bolshevik martyr
• Ghukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
• Griboyedov, Armenia – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian diplomat and author
• Gusanagyugh – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bard
• Imeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Tairova – Alexander Tairov, Armenian theater director
• Isahakyan – Avetik Isahakyan, poet
• Kamo, Armenia – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Khanjian, Armenia – Aghasi Khanjian, first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
• Kuchak – Nahapet Kuchak, 16th-century bard
• Kuybyshev, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Russian politician
• Lermontovo – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer and poet
• Lukashin and Lukashin, Yerevan – Sargis Lukashin, Armenian prime minister
• Martiros, Vayots Dzor – Armenian Prince Martireni, who was martyred against Persian forces
• Martuni, Armenia, Martuni (village) and Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
• Mergelyan (Yerevan) – Sergey Mergelyan, Armenian scientist
• Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
• Mkhchyan – after an Armenian commander
• Musayelyan, Ashotsk – Capt. Sargis Musayelian (1882–1920), Bolshevik military leader
• Nagapetavan – Nahapet Kurghinian (1900–1937), participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
• Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian, writer
• Narek, Ararat – Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet
• Nizami, Armenia – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Paruyr Sevak, Armenia – Paruyr Sevak, poet
• Poselok Imeni Kalinina – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Pushkino, Armenia – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet
• Sarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882–1920), Communist revolutionary
• Sayat-Nova, Armenia – Harutyun Sayatyan, poet
• Shahumyan, Ararat, Shahumyan, Armavir, Shahumyan, Lori, Shahumyan, Yerevan and Stepanavan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Spandaryan, Shirak, Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
• Sverdlov, Armenia – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader
• Tumanyan, Armenia – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
• Yenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian (1896–1920), early Communist
• Zhdanov, Lori – Andrei Zhdanov

Former:

• Akhundov was the name of Punik – Mirza Fatali Akhundov, author
• Azizbekov was the name of Aregnadem – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
• Azizbekov was the name of Vayk – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Azizbekov was the name of Zarritap – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Batikian was the name of Gandzak, Armenia – Batik Batikian (1892–1920), Communist martyr
• Danushavan was the name of Aygehat – Danush Shahverdian, Armenian politician and diplomat
• Ghukasyan was the name of Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
• Imeni Beriya was the name of Shahumyan, Ararat – Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet politician and head of the secret police
• Imeni Beriya was the name of Zhdanov, Armavir – Lavrentiy Beria
• Imeni Stalina was the name of Sovkhoz Nomer Shest – Joseph Stalin
• Imeni Voroshilova was the name of Hatsik, Armavir – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Kalinin was the name of Noramarg – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Kalinino was the name of Tashir – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kamo was the name of Gavar – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Kirov was the name of Amrakits – Sergey Kirov, early Bolshevik leader
• Kirov was the name of Taperakan – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovakan was the name of Vanadzor – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka was the name of Mamai, Armenia – Sergey Kirov
• Kuybyshev was the name of Haghartsin, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader
• Maksim Gorkiy was the name of Bovadzor – Maxim Gorky, Soviet author
• Mikoyan was the name of Yeghegnadzor – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet leader
• Mravyan was the name of Yeghipatrush – Askanaz Mravyan, leader of Soviet Armenia
• Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vahan, Armenia – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet leader
• Samed Vurgun was the name of Hovk – Samad Vurgun, Soviet poet
• Shavarshavan was the name of Koti, Armenia – Shavarsh Amirkhanian, leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGB
• Spandaryan was the name of Silikyan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
• Tumanyan was the name of Dsegh – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
• Vagharshapat was the name of Echmiadzin – King Vologases I (Vagharsh I)
• Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, viceroy of the Caucasus

Australia[edit]

Austria[edit]

• Amaliendorf-Aalfang – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma
• Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold
• Elisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) – Empress Elisabeth of Austria
• Hugo Breitner Hof (Vienna) – Hugo Breitner (1873–1946), Social Democrat politician
• Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini (1726–1805), speculator
• Josefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Josef-Rautmann-Hof (Vienna) – Josef Rautmann (1890–1970)
• Kaisersdorf – Franz Joseph I of Austria
• Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria
• Leopoldskron-Moos (Salzburg) – Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Archbishop of Salzburg
• Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor
• Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung (Wien) – Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician
• Rennersdorf, Austria – Karl Renner
• Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus – Crown Prince Rudolf of 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.
• Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg – Wolfgang of Regensburg
• Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria
• Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848)

Azerbaijan[edit]

Bahamas[edit]

• George Town, Bahamas – George III of Great Britain
• Matthew Town – George Buckley-Mathew, Bahamian governor in 1844–1849
• Nassau, Bahamas – William III of England
• Nicholls Town – Edward Nicolls

Bahrain[edit]

• Hamad Town – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
• Isa Town – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah

Bangladesh[edit]

• Cox's Bazar – Captain Hiram Cox
• Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer
• Madaripur District – Sufi saint 'Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar
• Mostafapur Union – Sufi saint Shah Mustafa
• Moulvibazar, Moulvibazar Sadar, Moulvibazar District – Syed Moulvi Qudratullah Munsef, Muslim cleric and judge
• Mujibnagar – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh
• Osmani Nagar Upazila – General M.A.G Osmani
• Pirojpur District – Firoz Shah
• Rajshahi District – the Puthia Raj family
• Shariatpur District – Haji Shariatullah, eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian subcontinent in British India
• Sher-e-Bangla Nagar – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman
• Sherpur District – Sher Ali Gazi, the last jaghirdar of the Gazi dynasty

Barbados[edit]

• Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)

Belarus[edit]

• Barysaw – Boris-Rogvolod Vseslavich
• Braslaw – Bryachislav of Polotsk
• Budenovka (Minsk) – Semyon Budyonny
• Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich
• Dzyarzhynsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky
• Gusarovka (Gomel) – Nikolai Gusarov
• Kirawsk – Sergey Kirov
• Leninski, Belarus – Vladimir Lenin
• Molotovki (Mogilev) – Vyacheslav Molotov

Belgium[edit]

• Charleroi – Charles II of Spain
• Geraardsbergen – Geraard van Hunnegem, a manor local
• Heikruis – Hado
• Leopoldsburg – Leopold I of Belgium and Bourg, urban planner of the city
• Mariakerke – Mary
• Martelange – Martelius
• Philippeville – Philip II of Spain
• Sint-Anna-Pede – Saint Anne
• Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse – Saint George
• Saint-Gilles – Saint Giles
• Saint-Hubert – Hubertus
• Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – Judoc
• Saint-Nicolas – Saint Nicholas
• Sint-Agatha-Berchem – Agatha of Sicily
• Sint-Amands – Saint Amand
• Sint-Gillis-Waas – Saint Giles
• Sint-Laureins – Lawrence of Rome
• Sint-Martens-Latem – Martin of Tours
• Sint-Niklaas – Saint Nicholas
• Sint-Pieters-Leeuw – Saint Peter
• Sint-Truiden – Trudo
• Wervik – Virovos
• Woluwe-Saint-Lambert – Lambert of Maastricht
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter

Belize[edit]

• Albert (Belize House constituency) – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
• Flowers Bank – William Flowers (d.1786)
• Fort George (Belize House constituency) – George III of the United Kingdom
• Hopkins – Frederick Charles Hopkins
• Victoria Peak (Belize) – Queen Victoria

Benin[edit]

• Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

Bermuda[edit]

• Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

Bhutan[edit]

• Jigme Dorji – King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
• Wangdue Phodrang – Wangdi, boy playing in a river

Bolivia[edit]

• Abel Iturralde Province – Abel Iturralde Palacios (1869–1935), Bolivian politician
• Alonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from Potosí
• Andrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez (1844–1877), leader of the federal revolution in Santa Cruz
• Ángel Sandoval Province – Angel Sandoval Peña (1871–1941)
• Aniceto Arce Province – Aniceto Arce Ruiz, President of Bolivia
• Antonio Quijarro Province – Antonio Quijarro Quevedo (1831–1903), Bolivian politician
• Azurduy Province – Juana Azurduy de Padilla, revolutionary guerrilla
• Bautista Saavedra Province – Bautista Saavedra Mallea, President of Bolivia
• Belisario Boeto Province – Belisario Boeto (1841–1900), Bolivian diplomat during a War of the Pacific
• Bernardino Bilbao Province – General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895–1983), Bolivian military figure and politician
• Bolívar Province, Cochabamba – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military and political leader
• Burdett O'Connor Province – Francisco Burdett O'Connor, chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of Tarija
• Carlos Medinaceli (Potosí) – Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu (1789–1841), Bolivian military
• Carrasco Province – Jose Carrasco Torrico (1863–1921), Vice president of Bolivia
• Cornelio Saavedra Province – Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Argentine First Junta
• Daniel Campos Province – Daniel Campos Cortes (1829–1902), Bolivian poet
• Eduardo Abaroa Province – Colonel Eduardo Abaroa, hero of the War of the Pacific
• El Carmen Rivero Tórrez (Santa Cruz) – Juan Rivero Tórres (1897–1951), a Bolivian engineer
• Eliodoro Camacho Province – Eliodoro Camacho, Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidate
• Enrique Baldivieso Province – Enrique Baldivieso, Vice president of Bolivia under German Busch
• Esteban Arce Province – General Esteban Arce (1765–1815), Bolivian independence hero
• Eustaquio Méndez Province – Eustaquio Méndez Arenas (1784–1841), warrior leader of Tarija
• Franz Tamayo Province – Franz Tamayo, Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician
• Federico Román Province – General Federico Roman Calderon (1875–1943), Hero of the Chaco War
• Germán Busch Province – Germán Busch Becerra, former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War, and President of Bolivia
• Germán Jordán Province – Germán Jordán (1890–1932), a hero of the Chaco War
• Gualberto Villarroel Province – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia, who was killed in 1946 under his presidency
• Hernando Siles Province – Hernando Siles Reyes, President of Bolivia
• José Ballivián Province – José Ballivián, President of Bolivia
• José Manuel Pando Province – José Manuel Pando (1848–1917) president of Bolivia
• José María Avilés Province – General José María Avilés (1784–1838), a hero who was fighting during the Peru–Bolivian Confederation campaign
• José María Linares Province – José María Linares, President of Bolivia
• Ladislao Cabrera Province – Ladislao Cabrera, Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific
• Loayza Province – Jose Ramon Loayza (1751–1839), President of Bolivia
• Luis Calvo – Luis Calvo Calvimontes (1879–1944), Bolivian lawyer and senator
• Manco Kapac Province – Manco Cápac
• Manuel María Caballero Province – Manuel María Caballero (1819–1865), one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861
• Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (Cochabamba) – Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
• Maximiliano Paredes (Cochabamba) – Maximiliano Paredes (1879–1900), Bolivian soldier
• Modesto Omiste Province – Modesto Omiste Tinajeros, Bolivian writer and politician
• Monseñor Salvatierra (Santa Cruz) – José Andrés de Salvatierra (1772–1862), Bolivian priest and independence hero
• Monteagudo, Bolivia – Bernardo de Monteagudo
• Muñecas Province – Idelfonso de las Muñecas (1776–1816), priest and leader of the War of Independence
• Narciso Campero Province – Narciso Campero, President of Bolivia
• Nicolás Suárez Province – Nicolás Suárez Callaú
• Ñuflo de Chávez Province – conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves
• Obispo Santistevan Province – Monseñor José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1843–1931)
• Oropeza Province – Samuel Oropeza (d.1907), an illustrious Bolivian statesman
• Padilla, Bolivia – Manuel Ascencio Padilla, an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chief
• Paz Estenssoro Viejo (Santa Cruz) – Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia
• Puerto Siles – Hernando Siles Reyes
• Puerto Villarroel – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia
• Rafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo (1813–1873), Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary
• Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (Itenez, Beni) – Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (1907–1987), minister of the interior
• Rufino Carrasco (Potosí) – Rufino Carrasco (1817–1891), Bolivian military during the war of the pacific
• San Ignacio de Velasco – José Miguel de Velasco Franco, President of Bolivia
• Sebastián Pagador Province – Sebastián Pagador Miranda (1733–1781), patriot of Upper Peru
• Sucre – Antonio José de Sucre
• Tarija – Tariq ibn Ziyad
• Teniente Bullaín (Oruro) – José Bullaín (1907–1934), Hero of the Chaco war
• Tomas Barrón Province – Colonel Tomas Barrón (d.1810), an Independence hero
• Tomás Frías Province – Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia
• Tupac Katari, Santa Cruz – Tupac Katari
• Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784–1822)
• Urriolagoitia, Chuquisaca – Mamerto Urriolagoitía
• Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840–1897)
• Villa Abecia – Valentin Abecia (1846–1910)
• Villa Banzer, Beni – Hugo Banzer
• Villa Barrientos (La Paz) – René Barrientos
• Villa Vaca Guzmán – Santiago Vaca Guzmán (1847–1896)
• Villamontes – Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia
• Villazón – Eliodoro Villazón
• Waldo Ballivián Municipality – Waldo Ballivián Soria-Galvarro (1917–1946)
• Warnes, Bolivia – Ignacio Warnes, military leader in the South American war of independence
• Zudáñez – Jaime de Zudáñez

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

• Mrkonjić Grad – King Peter I of Serbia who had taken the nom de guerre "Mrkonjić" while fighting against the Ottoman Empire
• Tomislavgrad – King Tomislav of Croatia or Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Botswana[edit]

• Francistown – Daniel Francis (1840–1921), English prospector
• Gaborone – Chief Gaborone

Brazil[edit]

For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people.

• Salvador, Brazil – Jesus (the Christian Savior)
• São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil – Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
• São Paulo – Saint Paul

Brunei[edit]

• Bandar Seri Begawan – Omar Ali Saifuddien III

Bulgaria[edit]

• Anton, Sofia Province – partisan Stefan Minev "Anton" (1917–1944)
• Antonovo – Anton Krastev, who died in a battle of 1944
• Asenovgrad – Tsar Ivan Asen II
• Aksakovo – Russian littérateur Ivan Aksakov
• Benkovski, Kardzhali Province – revolutionary Georgi Benkovski
• Blagoevgrad – Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party founder Dimitar Blagoev
• Botevgrad – Revolutionary and National Hero Hristo Botev
• Bratya Daskalovi – The Daskalovi brothers Dimitar, Ivan and Nikola
• Chervenkovtsi (Veliko Tarnovo) – Valko Chervenkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov
• Dimovo – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev (1903–1943)
• Dobrich – 14th-century Dobrujan ruler Dobrotitsa
• Dospat – Despot Alexius Slav
• Dulovo, Bulgaria – early medieval Bulgarian Dulo clan
• Elena, Bulgaria – Bulgarian bride Elena
• Elin Pelin – writer Elin Pelin
• General Toshevo – General Stefan Toshev
• Georgi Damyanovo – Georgi Damyanov, President of Bulgaria in 1950 until 1958
• Georgi Dobrevo – Georgi Dobrev (1893–1966), Bulgarian political figure
• Gotse Delchev – revolutionary Gotse Delchev
• Gurkovo – Iosif Gurko, one of Russian commanders in Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
• Hadzhidimovo – leftist Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov
• Isperih – Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria
• Ivaylovgrad – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria
• Kableshkovo (disambiguation) – revolutionary Todor Kableshkov
• Kapitan Andreevo – Bulgarian officer Nikola Kolev Andreev (1876–1912)
• Kapitan Petko voyvoda – Petko Voyvoda
• Krumovgrad – Khan Krum of Bulgaria
• Kubrat – Khan Kubrat of Bulgaria
• Kyustendil – 14th-century local feudal Constantine Dragaš
• Levski (town) – revolutionary and National Hero Vasil Levski
• Madzharovo – revolutionary Dimitar Madzharov (1882–1949)
• Momchilgrad – medieval Bulgarian ruler Momchil
• Nikola Kozlevo – Bulgarian National Revival revolutionary and writer Nikola Kozlev (1824–1902)
• Omurtag – Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria
• Pavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
• Polyanovo, Burgas Province and Polyanovo, Haskovo Province – Dimitar Polyanov (1878–1953), poet
• Radomir (town) – Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
• Rakovski – revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski
• Roman, Bulgaria – Tsar Roman of Bulgaria
• Samuil (village) – Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria
• Sandanski – revolutionary Yane Sandanski
• Shumen – Bulgarian emperor Simeon the Great
• Simeonovgrad – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
• St. Anastasia Island – Anastasia of Sirmium
• St. Ivan Island – St. John the Baptist
• Stamboliyski – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Aleksandar Stamboliyski
• Stambolovo, Haskovo Province – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Stefan Stambolov
• Stefan Karadzhovo – Bulgarian Revolutionary Stefan Karadzha
• Suvorovo – Alexander Suvorov, one of the famous Russian military commanders
• Tervel – Khan Tervel of Bulgaria
• Thompson – British officer William Frank Thompson
• Tsar Kaloyan – Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria
• Tsarevo – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
• Tsenovo, Ruse Province – Influential Svishtov merchant Dimitar Apostolov Tsenov (1852–1932)
• Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary Vela Peeva
• Yambol – Roman Emperor Diocletian
• Zhivkovo (Sofia) – Georgi Zhivkov (1844–1899), minister of education

Former:

• Borisovgrad was the name of Parvomay – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
• Grudovo was the name of Sredets – Todor Grudov (1895–1935)
• Kolarovgrad 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

Burkina Faso[edit]

• Sankara, Burkina Faso – Thomas Sankara, Military, Revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso

Cambodia[edit]

• Phnom Penh – said to be named for Lady Penh
• Sihanoukville (city) – King Norodom Sihanouk

Canada[edit]

Central African Republic[edit]

• Barthélemy Boganda Stadium – Barthélemy Boganda, First Prime Minister
• Carnot, Central African Republic – Sadi Carnot, French President
• Possel – Marshal Possel-Deydier, who was killed in combat against Rabih az-Zubayr at Kouno the year before
• Sibut – Adolphe Pierre Sibut

Chad[edit]

• Faya-Largeau – French Colonel, Étienne Largeau (1867–1916)

Former:

• Fort Archambault was the name of Sarh – Gustave Archambaud (1872–1899), French topographer
• Fort-Lamy was the name of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer

Chile[edit]

• Capitán Prat Province – Arturo Prat, naval hero
• Candelario Mancilla – José Candelario Mancilla Uribe (1900–1967), Chilean inhabitant of Lake O'Higgins
• Cardenal Caro Province – José María Caro Rodríguez, first Cardinal of Chile
• Cochrane – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, captain
• Diego de Almagro, Chile – Diego de Almagro
• Galvarino – Galvarino, Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco
• Gorbea – Andrés Antonio de Gorbea (1792–1852), founder and first dean of the Faculty of Mathematical and Exact Sciences of the University of Chile
• General Lagos – General Pedro Lagos, commander of Chilean troops in the Battle of Arica
• Lautaro – Lautaro, Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco
• Molina, Chile – Juan Ignacio Molina, Jesuit
• Osorno, Chile – Ambrosio O'Higgins, founder and Marquis of Osorno
• Padre José Fernandez Perez (Puerto Montt) – José Fernandez Perez (1919–2000), Spanish priest
• Padre Hurtado – Saint Alberto Hurtado
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile – Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President
• Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President
• Puerto Montt – Manuel Montt, President
• Puerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía
• Puerto Varas – Antonio Varas, minister of the interior
• Puerto Williams – Juan Williams Rebolledo, Chilean admiral
• San Fernando – Saint Ferdinand
• San Pedro de Atacama – Saint Peter
• Santiago – James, son of Zebedee (Saint James)
• Teodoro Schmidt – Teodoro Schmidt
• Valdivia – Pedro de Valdivia, conqueror of Chile
• Vicuña, Chile – Colonel Joaquín Vicuña Larraín, founder of a city
• Villa Frei (Coyhaique) – Eduardo Frei Montalva, President
• Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins, libertador of Chile

China[edit]

• Gensi Township – Yang Gensi, PLA soldier
• Huanghua – Huang Hua, communist revolutionary
• Jingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu
• Leifeng Subdistrict – Lei Feng, PLA soldier
• Maoming – scholar and doctor Pan Maoming
• Qinhuangdao – Qin Shi Huang, First emperor of China
• Tong Linge Road, Zhao Dengyu Road, Zhang Zizhong Road – Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu, Zhang Zizhong, soldiers in the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Yingjun – Liu Yingjun (1945–1966), PLA soldier
• Zhidan County – Liu Zhidan, military commander and Communist leader
• Zhongshan, Guangdong – Sun Yat-sen, President of the Republic of China
• Zichang County – Xie Zichang (1897–1935), Communist martyr
• Zuoquan County – Zuo Quan, a general in the Chinese Red Army

Colombia[edit]

Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]

• Cité Maman Mobutu (Kinshasa) – Marie-Antoinette Mobutu (1941–1977), First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Cité Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila (Kinshasa) – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President
• Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa – Joseph Kasa-Vubu
• Lumumba (Lodja) – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister
• Lumumbaville – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister

Former:

• Albertville was the name of Kalemie – Albert I of Belgium
• Coquilhatville was the name of Mbandaka – Camille-Aimé Coquilhat
• Élisabethville was the name of Lubumbashi – Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
• Jadotville was the name of Likasi – Jean Jadot
• Léopoldville was the name of Kinshasa – Leopold II of Belgium
• Ponthierville was the name of Ubundu – Pierre Ponthier
• Stanleyville was the name of Kisangani – Henry Morton Stanley
• Thysville was the name of Mbanza-Ngungu – Albert Thys

Republic of the Congo[edit]

• Brazzaville – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
• Dolisie – Albert Dolisie
• Lumumba (Point Noire) – Patrice Lumumba

Former:

• Fort-Rousset was the name of Owando – Alexis Rousset, French colonial administrator
• Jacob was the name of Nkayi – Léon Jacob, French engineer

Costa Rica[edit]

• Abangares (canton) – Cacique Avancari
• Acosta (canton) – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza (1747–1821), Governor of province of Costa Rica
• Alfaro (Alajuela) – Juan Alfaro Ruiz (1810–1856), Costa Rican military and hero of the Filibuster war
• Alvarado (canton) – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz (d.1890)
• Anselmo Llorente District and Llorente District – Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente (1800–1871), Costa Rican Bishop
• Aserrí (canton) – Cacique Aczarri
• Bagaces – Cacique Bagatzi
• Barva – Cacique Barvak
• Biolley (Puntarenas) – Paul Biolley (1862–1908), Swiss educator and naturalist
• Bolívar District, Grecia – Simón Bolívar
• Cañas (canton) – José María Cañas, Salvadoran military figure
• Carmona District, Nandayure – José Daniel Carmona Briceño (1869–1929)
• Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
• Cervantes District – Juan de Cervantes
• Ciudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro. President of Costa Rica
• Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop (1912–2000), a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
• Curridabat – Cacique Corriava
• Daniel Flores District - José Daniel Flores Zavaleta (1876-1958), Costa Rican teacher
• Daniel Oduber (Liberia) – Daniel Oduber Quirós
• Dota (canton) – Cacique Ota
• El Guarco (canton) – Cacique El Guarco
• Flores (canton) – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña (1843–1903), a Costa Rican physician
• Garcia Flamenco (Guanacaste) – Marcelino Garcia Flamenco (1888–1919), a Salvadoran teacher
• Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
• Gutiérrez Braun District – Hernán Gutiérrez Braun (1902–1979), Costa Rican engineer
• Heredia, Costa Rica – Alonso Fernández de Heredia, a President of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala
• Jiménez (canton) – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• León Cortés (canton) – León Cortés Castro
• Llano Brenes (Alajuela) – Alberto Manuel Brenes (1870–1948)
• Mayorga de Liberia – Francisco Mayorga Rivas (1864–1940)
• Montes de Oca (canton) – Don Faustino Montes de Oca (1860–1902), a former congressional representative from the area
• Montezuma, Costa Rica – Moctezuma II, an Aztec Emperor
• Mora (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras and Juan Mora Fernández
• Moravia (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica and National Hero
• Morazan (Alajuela), Morazan (San Jose) and Morazan (Limon) – Francisco Morazán
• Naranjito de Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo (1918–1948)
• Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
• Orlich (Alajuela) – Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
• Orotina – Gurutina, indigenous king of the chorotega ethnic
• Osa (canton) – Cacique Osa
• Pérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Pérez Zeledón (1854–1930), Jurist and diplomat
• Pittier District – Henri François Pittier
• Pococí (canton) – Cacique Pococi
• Puerto Jiménez and Jiménez, Pococí – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
• Puerto Soley (Guanacaste) – Tomás Soley Güell (1875–1943), Costa Rican economist
• Puerto Thiel (Guanacaste) – Monseñor Bernardo Augusto Thiel (1850–1901)
• Puerto Vargas (Limon) – Balvanero Vargas Molina (1833–1905), Governor of Limon
• Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada Salazar (1873–1937), Poet
• Rincón Ulate (Sarchi) – Otilio Ulate Blanco
• Rivas, Costa Rica – Domingo Rivas Salvatierra (1836–1900)
• Rodríguez District – Herminio de Jesús Rodríguez Gonzalez (1892–1960)
• Santa Bárbara de Heredia – Saint Barbara
• Santa Ana (canton) – Saint Anne
• San Carlos (canton) – Saint Charles Borromeo
• Santo Domingo (canton), Costa Rica – Saint Dominic
• San Isidro (canton) – Saint Isidro Labrador
• San Isidro de El General – Saint Isidro Labrador and General Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica
• San José, Costa Rica – Saint Joseph
• San Mateo de Alajuela – Saint Matthew
• San Pablo (canton) – Saint Paul of Tarsus
• San Rafael (canton) – Saint Raphael
• San Ramón, Costa Rica – Saint Raymond Nonnatus or Ramon Salas Sandoval (1838–1902) and Ramon Rodriguez Solorzano (1818–1893), two prominent figures in San Ramon
• San Vito (Costa Rica) – Saint Vitus or Vito Sansonetti (1916–1999), Italian marine and founder of San Vito de Java
• Valverde (San Ramon) – Carlos Luis Valverde (1903–1948), Costa Rican physician and revolutionary
• Vázquez de Coronado (canton) – Conquistador Juan Vázquez de Coronado
• Volio District – Julián Volio Llorente

Former:

• Aguirre (now Quepos) – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
• Alfaro Ruiz (now Zarcero) – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856
• Valverde Vega (now Sarchí) – Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union).

Croatia[edit]

• Dinko Šimunović (Zagreb) – Dinko Šimunović, Croatian writer
• Ernestinovo – Mrs. Ernestina Klein
• Eugen Kvaternik (Zagreb) – Eugen Kvaternik, Croatian nationalist politician
• Ferdinandovac – Ferdinand I of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary
• Generalski Stol – General Vuk Krsto Frankopan
• Ivan Mažuranić (Zagreb) – Ivan Mažuranić, Croatian poet, lawyer and politician
• Karlovac – King Charles II of Austria
• Maksimir – Maksimilijan Vrhovac, bishop of Zagreb
• Ošljak – Known in Italian and historical documents as Calugerà or Calogerà, after the Calogerà family who owned it
• Oton Župančič (Zagreb) – Oton Župančič, Slovene poet
• Tomislavovac – Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Former:

• Kardeljevo was the name of Ploče from 1950 through 1954 and from 1980 through 1990 – Edvard Kardelj
• Titova Korenica was the name of Korenica from 1945 through 1997 – Josip Broz Tito

Cuba[edit]

• Bartolomé Masó, Cuba – Bartolomé Masó, a Cuban patriot and President of Cuba
• Briones Montoto (Cuba) – Antonio Briones Montoto (1940–1967), Cuban revolutionary
• Calixto García, Cuba – Calixto García Iñiguez, an independence war hero
• Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte) – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary
• Cárdenas, Cuba – Mateo de Cárdenas y Vélez de Guevara
• Central José Smith Comas (Cárdenas) – José Smith Comas (1932–1956)
• Cespedes, Cuba – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Father of the Cuban Fatherland and first President of Cuba
• Cienfuegos – José Cienfuegos Jovellanos, Captain General of Cuba
• Ciro Redondo – Ciro Redondo, a Cuban revolutionary
• Colón, Cuba – Christopher Columbus
• Emilio Córdova (Encrucijada) – Emilio Córdova Garcia (1938–1958)
• Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País
• Héctor Molina (San Nicolás) – Héctor Molina Riaño (1922–1958)
• Hermanos Saíz (San Juan y Martínez) – The Saiz Brothers who died in action in 1957
• Heriberto Orellanes (La Sierpe) – Heriberto Felipe Orellana (1926–1959)
• Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officer
• Jesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
• Juan Gualberto Gómez (Matanzas) – Juan Gualberto Gómez
• Loynaz Hechavarría (Holguin) – Loynaz Hechavarría Cordovés (1911–1956)
• Manuel Sanguily (Ciego de Avila) – Manuel Sanguily (1848–1925)
• Mariel, Cuba – Cacique Marien
• Martí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí
• Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez Garcia
• Obdulio Morales (Sanctis Spiritus) – Obdulio Morales (1910–1981), Cuban compositor
• Pablo de la Torriente Brau (Bahía Honda) – Pablo de la Torriente Brau (1901–1936)
• Pedro Betancourt – Pedro Betancourt Dávalos
• Piti Fajardo (Trinidad) – Manuel "Piti" Fajardo (1930–1960)
• Ramon Balboa (Cienfuegos) – Ramon Balboa Monzon (1939–1958)
• Raúl Hernández Vidal (San Antonio de los Baños) – Raúl Hernández Vidal (1948–1978), Cuban pilot
• Reynold García (Calimete) – Reynold García García (1922–1956)
• Sabino Hernández (Santo Domingo) – Sabino Hernandez Casal (died in 1959)
• Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
• Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee
• Silvio Caro (Bahía Honda) – Silvio Nestor Caro (1943–1966)

Curaçao[edit]

• Willemstad – William II, Prince of Orange or his son William III of England

Cyprus[edit]

• Agios Athanasios, Cyprus – Athanasius of Alexandria
• Ayios Dhometios – Saint Dometius of Persia
• Ethnomártyras Kyprianós (Strovolos) – Kyprianos of Cyprus
• Makarios (Kato Polemidia) – Makarios III
• Paphos – Paphos, daughter of Pygmalion (mythology)

Czech Republic[edit]

• Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, ironworks owner
• Alojzov – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
• Barrandov, Prague – Joachim Barrande
• Františkovy Lázně – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Golčův Jeníkov – Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg army
• Havlíčkův Brod – Karel Havlíček Borovský
• Jáchymov – St. Joachim
• Jindřichův Hradec – Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town
• Fortress Josefov and Josefov (Prague) – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Halasovo Kunštátsko – František Halas
• Karlín – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
• Karlovy Vary – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Karlštejn Castle and village – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Mladá Boleslav – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
• Špindlerův Mlýn – Spindler, a miller
• Švermova (Bruntál) – Jan Šverma
• Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
• Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
• Vítkov – Vítek z Kravař
• Žižkov – Jan Žižka

Former:

• Gottwaldov was the name of Zlín from 1948 through 1990 – Klement Gottwald

Denmark[edit]

• Albertslund – Albert de Rault de Ramsault de Tortonval (1778–1855), a French noble
• Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
• Carlsberg (district) – Carl Jacobsen, a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist
• Charlottenlund – Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark
• Christiania – Christian IV of Denmark
• Christiansfeld – Christian VII of Denmark
• Christianshavn – Christian IV of Denmark
• Dronninglund – Queen Charlotte Amalie
• Fredericia – King Frederick III of Denmark
• Frederiks – King Frederick VI of Denmark
• Frederiksberg – King Frederick IV of Denmark
• Frederikshavn – King Frederick VI of Denmark
• Frederikssund – Frederick III of Denmark
• Frederiksværk – King Frederick V of Denmark
• Karlslunde – Kalf Skurfa
• Liseleje – Elisabeth (Lise) Classen
• Mariager – Blessed Virgin Mary
• Marielyst – Marie Kørgensen

In Greenland:

• Christianshåb (Inuit: Qasigiannguit) – King Christian VI of Denmark
• Frederikshåb (Inuit: Paamiut) – King Frederick V of Denmark
• Jakobshavn (Inuit: Ilulissat) – Jakob Severin, a fur trader

In Bornholm:

• Gudhjem – God

Dominica[edit]

• Salisbury, Dominica – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
• Scotts Head, Dominica – Colonel George Scott (British Army officer)

Dominican Republic[edit]

• Cabral, Dominican Republic – José María Cabral
• Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – General Jose Cabrera (d.1884), hero of the Dominican Restoration
• Castillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration
• Cayetano Germosén – a Dominican patriot and martyr
• Ciudad Juan Bosch (Santo Domingo) – Juan Bosch (politician), Dominican President
• Colonia Libertador (Dajabon) – Rafael Trujillo (libertator)
• Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando
• Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic
• Duvergé – General Antonio Duvergé, Dominican independence hero
• Espaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat, 19th-century author and President
• Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) – Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquín Balaguer's sister
• Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato mayor) – Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), a Dominican catholic religious
• Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernandez, a famous Dominican priest in the war of independence from Haiti
• Galván, Dominican Republic – Manuel de Jesús Galván (1834–1910), Dominican writer
• Hermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters
• Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos
• Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert
• Jimaní – Cacique Ximani
• José Francisco Peña Gómez (Pedernales) – José Francisco Peña Gómez, Dominican lawyer and politician
• Juan de Herrera, Dominican Republic – Juan de Herrera (Spanish farmer)
• Juan Rodríguez (La Vega) – General Juan Rodriguez Garcia (1886–1960), Dominican military and politician
• Loma de Cabrera and Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – José Cabrera Gómez (1810–1884), Dominican independence hero
• Las Matas de Farfán – Bartolome Farfan de los Godos, Spanish merchant
• Luperón – Gregorio Luperón, Dominican general and statesman
• Mamá Tingó (Monte Plata) – Mamá Tingó, Dominican activist leader
• María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez, a female soldier in the wars of independence
• Mella, Independencia – Matías Ramón Mella
• Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel, Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President
• Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic – Bartolomé de las Casas
• Pedro Brand – Peter Dorse Brand, a Californian miner
• Pedro Santana, Dominican Republic – Pedro Santana, first President of Dominican Republic
• Pepillo Salcedo, Dominican Republic – General José Antonio Salcedo
• Pimentel, Dominican Republic – Pedro Antonio Pimentel
• Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (Duarte) – Antonio Guzmán Fernández, President of the Republic
• Ramón Santana – twin brother of Pedro Santana
• Salcedo, Dominican Republic – Francisco Antonio Salcedo
• San Antonio de Guerra – Hernando Guerra (founder)
• Sánchez, Dominican Republic – Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
• Sánchez Ramírez Province – Juan Sánchez Ramírez, hero of the Battle of Palo Hincado (1808)
• Santiago Rodríguez Province – Santiago Rodríguez, an officer of the Dominican army in the Dominican War of Independence
• Santo Domingo – Saint Dominic
• Valverde Province – José Desiderio Valverde
• Vicente Noble – General Vicente Noble, Dominican military
• Villa González – Manuel de Jesús González Estevez (1862–1912), founder
• Villa Riva – Gregorio Riva (1833–1889), Dominican pioneer
• Villa Tapia – Doroteo Antonio Tapia (1844–1901), Hero of the Dominican Restoration War
• Villa Vásquez – Horacio Vásquez, President of the Dominican Republic

Former:

• Benefactor Province was the name of San Juan Province (Dominican Republic) – Rafael Trujillo
• Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo
• José Trujillo Valdez Province was the name of Peravia Province – José Trujillo Valdez (1864–1935), Rafael Trujillo's father
• Julia Molina Province was the name of María Trinidad Sánchez Province – Altagracia Julia Molina (1863–1964), Rafael Trujillo's mother
• Pacificador Province was the name of Duarte Province – Ulises Heureaux (Peacemaker)
• San Rafael Province was the name of Elías Piña Province – Rafael Trujillo
• Villa José Trujillo Valdez was the name of Villa Jaragua – José Trujillo Valdez
• Villa Julia Molina was the name of Nagua – Altagracia Julia Molina

East Timor[edit]

• Dom Aleixo Administrative Post – Aleixo Corte-Real
• Vila Salazar (Baucau) – António de Oliveira Salazar, a Portuguese statesman

Former:

• Vila Armindo Monteiro was the name of Bobonaro – Armindo Monteiro (1896–1955), Portuguese university professor, businessman, diplomat, and politician
• Vila Eduardo Marques was the name of Bazartete – Eduardo Marques (1867–1944), Portuguese military and officer
• Vila Filomeno da Câmara was the name of Same, East Timor – Filomeno da Câmara de Melo Cabral (1873–1934), Governor of Portuguese Timor
• Vila General Carmona was the name of Aileu – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president
• Vila Salazar was the name of Baucau – António de Oliveira Salazar

Ecuador[edit]

Egypt[edit]

• Alexandria – Alexander the Great
• El Mahmoudiyah – Muhammad Ali of Egypt
• Faiyum:
  • formerly named Arsinoe – Arsinoe II of Egypt
  • formerly named Ptolemais Euergetis – Ptolemy III Euergetes
• Ismailia – Isma'il Pasha
• Kafr El Sheikh – Sheikh Talha al-Tilmisani
• Port Fouad – Fuad I of Egypt
• Port Said^[6] – Sa'id of Egypt
• Port Tawfik – Tewfik Pasha
• Nasser, Egypt – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Sadat City – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
• Saint Catherine, Egypt – Catherine of Alexandria
• Sheikh Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• Sheikh Zuweid – Sheikh Zuweid commander of the Rashidun Islamic army who fought during the Muslim conquest of Egypt
• Victoria (neighborhood) – Queen Victoria

El Salvador[edit]

• Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria (d.1859)
• Aguilares – Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante and his brothers Nicolas and Vicente Aguilar
• Bolívar, La Unión – Simón Bolívar
• Cabañas Department – José Trinidad Cabañas
• Carolina, San Miguel – Charles IV of Spain
• Ciudad Arce – Manuel José Arce, Salvadorian Independence hero
• Ciudad Barrios – General Gerardo Barrios, President of El Salvador
• Col. Borja Moran (Ahuachapán) – Alfonso Borja Moran (1897–1986), Salvadorian deputy
• Col Francisco Gavidia (San Miguel) – Francisco Gavidia, Salvadorian writer
• Col. Isidro Menendez (San Salvador) – Isidro Menendez (1795–1858)
• Colón, La Libertad – Christopher Columbus
• Comunidad Farabundo Martí (Santa Ana) – Farabundo Martí, Salvadorian revolutionary
• Delgado, San Salvador – José Matías Delgado, Salvadorian Independence hero
• La Reina, Chalatenango – Guatemalan resident, Maria Reina
• Morazán Department – Francisco Morazán
• Santa Ana, El Salvador – Saint Anne
• Santiago de María – Santiago González (politician), President of El Salvador with his daughter Maria Concepción Gonzalez Fortis (1872–1943)
• San Antonio Pajonal – Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa
• San Cayetano Istepeque – Cayetano Molina, President of El Salvador
• San Fernando, Chalatenango – King Ferdinand VII of Spain
• San Fernando, Morazán – Ferdinand III of Castile
• San Francisco Menéndez – Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador
• San Francisco Morazán – Francisco Morazán
• San Gerardo – Gerardo Barrios, President of El Salvador
• San Ildefonso, San Vicente – Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo
• San Jorge, San Miguel – Jorge Meléndez, President of El Salvador
• San Luis La Herradura – Luis Chávez y González
• San Rafael, San Miguel – Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador
• San Rafael Cedros – Rafael Zaldívar
• San Rafael Obrajuelo – Rafael Zaldívar
• San Ramón, Cuscatlán – Presbyter Ramon Garcia
• San Salvador, El Salvador – Jesus (the Christian Savior)
• San Vicente, El Salvador – Saint Vincent of Saragossa
• Segundo Montes, Morazán – Segundo Montes, a Jesuit priest and scholar at the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"
• Victoria, Cabañas – Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico
• Zaragoza, La Libertad – Emperor Caesar Augustus

Equatorial Guinea[edit]

• Bioko – Adolfo Bioko, son of the King Möókáta
• Luba, Equatorial Guinea – Botuku Luba, who led a revolt against the Spanish in 1910
• Malabo – Malabo Lopelo Melaka
• Moka, Equatorial Guinea – King Möókáta (d.1898)

Estonia[edit]

• Anna – Saint Anne
• Järva-Jaani – John the Baptist
• Juhkentali – Lorenz Jauch, local landowner
• Kadriorg – Catherine I of Russia
• Karlova – Carl Gustav von Krüdener, local landowner
• Katleri – the Kattler family, local landowners
• Klooga and Kloogaranna – the Klugen noble family, local landowners
• Kolga-Jaani – John the Evangelist
• Kristiine – Christina, Queen of Sweden
• Maarja-Magdaleena – Mary Magdalene
• Maarjamäe – Marie, wife and/or daughter of Anatol Orlov-Davydov
• Madise – Saint Matthias
• Manilaid and Manija – Magnus, Duke of Holstein
• Peetri – Peter Peter, an 18th-century local farmer
• Pildiküla – Feliks Pilt (1906–1979), founder of a local housing estate
• Pirita – Bridget of Sweden
• Suure-Jaani – John the Evangelist
• Tondi and Tondiraba – Jobst Dunte, Tallinn Burgermeister
• Tartu – possibly after Tharapita, God of Estonian mythology
• Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landowners

Former:

• Harju-Jaani was the name of Raasiku – John the Baptist
• Kingissepa was the name of Kuressaare – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian revolutionary and communist

Eswatini (Swaziland)[edit]

• Mbabane – Chief Mbabane Kunene
• Piggs Peak – William Pigg (Early resident)

Ethiopia[edit]

• Debre Marqos – Saint Mark the Evangelist
• Habete Giorgis (Addis Adeba) – Habte Giyorgis Dinagde, Ethiopian military commander
• Lalibela – Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Emperor of Ethiopia
• Ras Makonnen (Addis Adeba) – Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari Makonnen), Emperor of Ethiopia
• Sheikh Hussein – Sheikh Hussein (saint), a 13th-century Somali Muslim proselytizer
• Waliso – son of Liban, Waliso, an Oromo clan

Falkland Islands[edit]

• Darwin – Charles Darwin
• Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
• Weddell Island – James Weddell
• Keppel Island – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
• Saunders Island – Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)

Finland[edit]

• Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe) – Per Brahe the Younger, Governor-General of Finland
• Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina) – King Frederick I of Sweden
• Hermanni (Helsinki) (Swedish: Hermanstad) – Herman Standertskjöld-Nordenstam (1854–1934)
• Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari) – Jacob De la Gardie (The city was founded by his widow – Ebba Brahe)
• Kaarina (Swedish: Sankt Karins) – Catherine of Alexandria
• Kristinestad (Finnish: Kristiinankaupunki) – Queen Christina of Sweden
• Loviisa (Swedish: Lovisa) – Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
• Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) – Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
• Mikkeli (Swedish: Sankt Michel) – Archangel Michael
• Ullanlinna (Swedish: Ulrikasborg) – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden
• Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) – King Gustav I of Sweden

France[edit]

• Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia
• Althen-des-Paluds - Jean Althen
• Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda - Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
• Apatou – Apatou (captain)
• Bonrepos-Riquet - Pierre-Paul Riquet
• Brie-Comte-Robert - Robert I, Count of Dreux
• Broglie, Eure - François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie
• Bourg-Madame - Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême
• Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer
• Champagne-Vigny - Alfred de Vigny
• Charleville-sous-Bois – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
• Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny
• Chavaniac-Lafayette - Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
• Chilly-Mazarin - Cardinal Mazarin
• Colleville-Montgomery - Bernard Montgomery
• Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
• Decazeville – Élie, duc Decazes, Prime Minister
• Descartes – René Descartes
• Diane-Capelle - Diane de Dommartin
• Domrémy-la-Pucelle - Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans
• Elisabethville (Yvelines) – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
• Eugénie-les-Bains - Eugénie de Montijo
• Ferney-Voltaire – Voltaire
• Fitz-James - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
• Flavigny-sur-Ozerain – possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
• Frédéric-Fontaine – named after Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
• Grenoble (Latin: Gratianopolis) – Roman Emperor Gratian
• Guisanbourg – Jean Samuel Guisan
• Hastingues - John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
• Henrichemont - Henry IV of France
• Le Bignon-Mirabeau - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
• La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard
• Le Plessis-Trévise - Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso
• Les Pennes-Mirabeau - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
• Levallois-Perret - Nicolas Levallois (1816-1879) and Jean-Jacques Perret
• Maisons-Laffitte - Jacques Laffitte
• Milly-Lamartine - Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and writer
• Mont-Louis – Louis XIV of France
• Papaïchton-Pompidouville – Georges Pompidou, President of France
• Philippsbourg - Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
• Place Léon-Blum (Paris) – Léon Blum, a French socialist politician
• Quartier De Gaulle (Cayenne) – Charles de Gaulle
• Régina – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina (1868–1922)
• Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire - Cardinal Richelieu
• Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister
• Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni – Auguste Baudin, Governor of French Guiana
• Saint-Léger-Vauban – Vauban
• Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin – Louis XIV of France
• Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne - Michel de Montaigne
• Saint-Paterne-Racan - Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan
• Schœlcher - Victor Schœlcher
• Thorey-Lyautey - Hubert Lyautey
• Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom - Henri d'Harcourt, 1st Duke of Harcourt
• Vendays-Montalivet – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet
• Vitry-le-François - Francis I of France

Gabon[edit]

• Bongoville – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
• Lastoursville – François Rigail de Lastours
• Port-Gentil – Émile Gentil

Germany[edit]

• Augsburg (state of Bavaria) – Roman Caesar Augustus
• Brunswick (state of Lower Saxony) – Bruno, Duke of Saxony
• Charlottenburg (state of Berlin) – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 13th century, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Cologne (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; German: Köln, Latin: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, CCAA) – Roman Emperor Claudius and Agrippina the Younger, empress consort (lit. Claudian colony and sacrificial altar of the Agrippinensians)
• Constance (state of Baden-Württemberg; German: Konstanz) – Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus
• Friedrichstadt (state of Berlin) – King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 1688, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710)
• Hildesheim (state of Lower Saxony) – farmer Hildwin (landowner in the 10th century)
• Karlsruhe (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
• Leverkusen (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – pharmacist Carl Leverkus
• Ludwigsburg (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg
• Ludwigshafen upon Rhine (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – King Louis I of Bavaria
• Saarlouis (state of Saarland) – King Louis XIV of France
• Sankt Pauli (state of Hamburg) – (Saul) Paul of Tarsos
• Trier (state of Rhineland-Palatinate; Latin: Augusta Treverorum) – Augustus (lit. City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people)
• Wilhelmshaven (state of Lower Saxony) – King William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor (lit. William's harbour)

Former:

• Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx
• Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin

Georgia[edit]

• Agmashenebeli (Batumi) – David IV of Georgia
• Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Andrew
• Asatiani Settlement (Kutaisi) – Lado Asatiani, Georgian poet
• Atarbekovka (Abkhazia) – Georgi Atarbekov
• Bagrationi (Batumi) – Pyotr Bagration
• Chavchavadze Settlement (Kutaisi) – Ilia Chavchavadze
• Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of Georgia
• Eliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Elijah
• Filippovka (Akhalkalaki) – Filipp Makaradze, President of Georgia during the soviet era
• Gabashvili Hill (Kutaisi) – Revaz Gabashvili, Georgian writer and politician
• Georgiashvili (Tetritskaro) – Arsen Georgiashvili (1881–1906)
• Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) – Saint George
• Iliatsminda (Signagi) – Ilia Chavchavadze
• Javakhishvili (Batumi) – Ivane Javakhishvili, one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University
• Kalinino (Gardabani) – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kazbegi Municipality – Alexander Kazbegi, a Georgian writer
• Khimshiashvili (Batumi) – Sherip Khimshiashvili
• Kirov (Zugdidi), Kirovka (Marneuli) – Sergey Kirov
• Leselidze (town) – General Konstantin Leselidze, a Georgian Colonel-General and National hero
• Mikeltsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Michael
• Mtskheta – Mtskhetos, epic hero of Georgian mythology
• Myasnikiani (Akhalkalaki) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist President of Armenia
• Nikoloz Baratashvili district (Rustavi) – Nikoloz Baratashvili
• Nikortsminda – Saint Nicholas
• Ninoshvili (Guria) and Ninoshvili (Samtredia) – Egnate Ninoshvili, a Georgian writer
• Ninotsminda – Saint Nino, an Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia
• Nutsubidze Plato (Tbilisi) – Shalva Nutsubidze
• Pirosmani (Dedoplistskaro) – Niko Pirosmani
• Rustaveli (Batumi) – Shota Rustaveli
• Saakadze (Gardabani) – Giorgi Saakadze, a Georgian politician and military commander
• Stalinisubani (Kobuleti) – Joseph Stalin
• Stepantsminda – Saint Stephen or a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan
• Shaumiani – Stepan Shahumyan, a Georgian revolutionary
• Shaumyanovka (Abkhazia) – Stepan Shahumyan
• Tamar (Batumi) – Queen Tamar of Georgia
• Tsereteli (Marneuli) – Akaki Tsereteli, Georgian poet
• Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) – King Vakhtang I of Iberia
• Vazha-Pshavela (Tbilisi) – Vazha-Pshavela, Georgian writer
• Vorontsovi (Tbilisi) – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
• Zhdanovakani (Ninotsminda) – Andrey Zhdanov
• Zhiuli Shartava district (Rustavi) – Zhiuli Shartava

Former:

• Gegechkori was the name of Martvili – Sasha Gegechkori
• Kazbegi was the name of Stepantsminda – Alexander Kazbegi
• Leningori was the name of Akhalgori – Vladimir Lenin
• Luxemburg was the name of Bolnisi – Rosa Luxemburg
• Macharadze was the name of Ozurgeti – Filipp Makaradze
• Mayakovsky was the name of Baghdati – Vladimir Mayakovsky
• Orjonikidze was the name of Kharagauli – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Stalinsi was the name of Khashuri – Joseph Stalin
• Tskhakaya was the name of Senaki – Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865–1950)
• Tsulukidze was the name of Khoni – Alexander Tsulukidze

Ghana[edit]

• Christiansborg – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Gwolu – Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann
• Kofi Pare^[7] – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer
• Queen Anne's Point^[8] – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Techiman – Nana Takyi Firi^[9]

Greece[edit]

• Alexandreia, Greece – Alexander the Great
• Alexandroupoli – King Alexander of Greece
• Aristotelis (municipality) – Aristotle, ancient philosopher
• Athens – Athena
• Dimitrios Ypsilantis (municipality) – Demetrius Ypsilanti, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
• Dionysos, Greece – Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility
• Emmanouil Pappas (municipality) – Emmanouil Pappas, leader in the Greek War of Independence
• Filippoi – Philip II of Macedon
• Georgios Karaiskakis (municipality) – Georgios Karaiskakis, a leader of the Greek War of Independence
• Glaraki – George Glarakis (1789–1855)
• Gypareika (Athens) – Pavlos Gyparis, Greek army officer
• Gyzi – Nikolaos Gyzis
• Heraklion – Heracles
• Ion Dragoumis (municipality) – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian Struggle
• Kountouriotika – President of Greece Pavlos Kountouriotis
• Kypriadou – Epameinondas Kypriadis (1888–1958)
• Ladopoulou, Patras – Evangelos G. Ladopoulos (1883–1966)
• Makrygianni, Athens – Yannis Makriyannis
• Megas Alexandros, Pella – Alexander the Great
• Nafplion – Nauplius
• Nikiforos Fokas – 10th century Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas
• Nikolaos Skoufas (municipality) – Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of the Greek independence movement
• Nikos Kazantzakis (municipality) – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer
• Orestiada – Orestes
• Pavlos Melas (municipality) – Pavlos Melas, a Greek hero of Macedonian struggle
• Probonas – Dimitrios Probonas (1874–1949)
• Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter
• Pythagoreio – Pythagoras
• Santorini – Saint Irene
• Skagiopouleio – Panagiotis Skagiopoulos
• Theodoros Ziakas (municipality) – Theodoros Ziakas, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
• Thessaloniki – Thessalonike, sister of Alexander the Great
• Traianoupoli – Roman emperor Trajan
• Vironas – Lord Byron, English poet and writer, National hero of Greece

Grenada[edit]

• Grenville, Grenada – George Grenville, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Victoria, Grenada – Queen Victoria

Guatemala[edit]

• Aguilar Batres (Zacapa) – Raúl Aguilar Batres, Guatemalan civil engineer
• Aparicio (Suchitepéquez) – Francisca Aparicio de Barrios, First lady of Guatemala
• Asentamiento Mario Alioto (Guatemala) – Mario Alioto Lopez Sanchez (1973–1994), Guatemalan student who was killed during a protest
• Barberena – Lic. Jose Barberena, Guatemalan secretarian under President Justo Rufino Barrios
• Barrancas de Gálvez (San Marcos) – Mariano Gálvez
• Cabañas, Zacapa – José Trinidad Cabañas, a Honduran politician
• Ciudad Tecun Uman, San Marcos – Cacique Tecun Uman
• Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado (Jutiapa) – Pedro de Alvarado
• Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (1874–1975), daughter of Manuel Barillas
• Col. Martinez de Lejarza (Guatemala) – Juan José Martínez de Lejarza (1785–1824)
• Col. Miguel Ángel Asturias (Quetzaltenango) – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan diplomatic and writer
• Col. Monseñor Gerardi (Guatemala) – Monseñor Juan José Gerardi Conedera
• Col. Perez Guisasola (Guatemala) – Enrique Perez Guisasola (1924–1951)
• Col. Ulises Rojas (Guatemala) – Ulises Rojas (1881–1959), botanist
• Comunidad Hermogenes Lopez (Chimaltenango) – Hermógenes López Coarchita
• Cooperativa Mario Mendez (Peten) – Mario Mendez Montenegro (1910–1965), political leader
• Chicacao – Francisco Chicajau, indigenous villager
• Fraijanes – Two Missioners Juan Milán y Juan Álvarez
• Francisco Vela (Retahuleu) – Ing. Francisco Vela (1859–1909), Guatemalan cartographer
• Fray Bartolomé de las Casas – 15th-century Spanish priest, bishop, and writer Bartolomé de las Casas
• Flores, El Petén – Cirlio Flores Estrada, a Guatemalan physician
• Flores Costa Cuca – José Felipe Flores, Physician and Maria Josefa Barrios y Aparicio "Maruca or Cuca" (1878–1959), daughter of Justo Rufino Barrios
• Galvez (Quetzaltenango) – Mariano Gálvez, Guatemalan Independence hero
• Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados
• Godinez (Sololá) – Juan Godínez, Spanish conquistador
• Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader
• Juarez (Quetzaltenango) – Benito Juárez, Mexican president
• Kaibil Balám (Quiche) – Kaybʼil Bʼalam, a 16th-century leader of the Mam people
• La Gomera, Escuintla – Antonio Peraza de Ayala y Rojas, conde de la Gomera
• La Reforma, San Marcos – Justo Rufino Barrios the reformer
• La Union Barrios (Baja Verapaz) – Justo Rufino Barrios
• Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician Edward Livingston
• Los Ochoa (San Marcos) – Bonifacio Ochoa Barrios (1888–1964) and Victor Maria Ochoa Barrios (1872–1951)
• Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Barón de Berrieza (1715–1787)
• Modesto Méndez (Izabal) – Modesto Méndez (1801–1863), Guatemalan military
• Morazán, El Progreso – Francisco Morazán, a Central American leader
• Morales, Guatemala – Guatemalan Lawyer and colonel Próspero Morales
• Nuevo San Carlos – King Charles III of Spain
• Palencia, Guatemala – Don Matias de Palencia, Founder
• Puerto Barrios – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala
• Quirio Cataño (Chiquimula) – Quirio Cataño, Spanish sculptor
• Recuerdo a Barrios (Quetzaltenango) – Justo Rufino Barrios
• San Carlos Sija – King Charles III of Spain
• San Jacinto, Chiquimula – Hyacinth of Poland, Bishop of Cracovia
• San Joaquin (Alta Verapaz) – Joaquina Cabrera, a former president's mother
• San Jorge (Zacapa) – Jorge Ubico, president
• San Luis Jilotepeque – King Louis IX of France
• San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder
• Santa Catarina Barahona – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, Founder
• Santa Cruz Barillas, Santa Elena Barillas (Guatemala) – General Manuel Barillas, president of Guatemala
• Santa Lucía La Reforma – Saint Lucy and Justo Rufino Barrios the liberal reformer
• Santa Rosa Cuilapa – Rose of Lima
• Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez – Dominic of Guzman
• Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus

Guinea Bissau[edit]

• São Domingos (Guinea-Bissau) – Saint Dominic of Guzman
• São Vicente, Guinea-Bissau – Vincent of Saragossa

Guyana[edit]

• Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Buxton, Guyana – Fowell Buxton
• Campbelltown, Guyana – Stephen Campbell, first Amerindian member of Parliament in Guyana
• Fort Wellington, Guyana – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• Georgetown – King George III of the United Kingdom
• Jonestown – Jim Jones, American religious and cult leader
• Lethem – Sir Gordon James Lethem
• Linden, Guyana – Linden Forbes Burnham Sampson, a Prime Minister and President of Guyana
• Matthews Ridge, Guyana – Matthew Young (1905–1996)
• Stabroek, Guyana – Nicholaas Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India Company
• Stewartville, Guyana – John Stewart (1789–1860)
• Victoria, Guyana – Queen Victoria

Haiti[edit]

• André, Ouest – André Rigaud
• Bombardopolis – German benefactor, Monsieur de Bombarde
• Dessalines – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti
• Dr. François Duvalier (Hinche) – François Duvalier
• Cite Simone (Port-au-Prince) – Simone Duvalier, First lady of Haiti
• Ennery, Artibonite – Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
• Gressier – Edmond Valléry Gressier
• Justin, Ouest – Justin Lhérisson, Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher
• Killick Stenio Vincent (Port-au-Prince) – Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti
• Leclerk Bidonville (Port-au-Prince) – Charles Leclerc (general), a French Army general
• Louverture, (Pétion-ville) – Toussaint Louverture
• Morne Boyer (Haiti) – Jean-Pierre Boyer, leader of the Haitian Revolution
• Nan Lavaud (Ouest) – Franck Lavaud
• Ouanaminthe – Juana Mendez (1788–1873), mother of Buenaventura Báez, a Dominican president
• Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
• Simon (Sud) – Tirésias Simon Sam
• Simone (Dessalines) – Simone Duvalier
• Thomas, Ouest – Thomas Madiou
• Village Lamothe (Port-au-Prince) - Dr. Louis G. Lamothe (1926-1999), philantropist
• Village Lumane Casimir (Haiti) – Lumane Casimir (1920–1955), Haitian singer

Former:

• Cite Simone was the name of Cité Soleil – Simone Duvalier
• Duvalierville was the name of Cabaret, Ouest – François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier

Honduras[edit]

• Alfonso XIII (Santa Barbara) – Alfonso XIII of Spain
• Asentamiento Juan Benito Montoya (Copan) – Juan Benito Montoya, peasant leader who was killed in Los Horcones in 1975
• Barrio Paz Barahona (Cortes) – Miguel Paz Barahona
• Cabañas, Copán –José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduras
• Cabañas (Danli) – José Trinidad Cabañas
• Cabañas, La Paz – General José Trinidad Cabañas
• Col. Alfonso Guillen (Yoro) – Alfonso Guillen Zelaya (1887–1947), Honduran Poet
• Col. Alfonso Lacayo (Cortes) – Alfonso Lacayo (1923–1985), Garifuna physician
• Col. Amaya Amador (Yoro) – Ramón Amaya Amador, Honduran author
• Col. Francisco J. Mejía (Yoro) – Francisco J. Mejía, Honduran teacher
• Col. Francisco Murillo Soto (Yoro) – Prof. Francisco Murillo Soto (1893–1982)
• Col. Jacobo V. Carcamo (Yoro) – Jacobo Carcamo (1916–1959), Honduran Poet
• Col. Jesús Aguilar Paz (Tegucigalpa) – Jesús Aguilar Paz, Honduran Chemist
• Col. Medardo Mejia (Olancho) – Medardo Mejia (1907–1981), Honduran poet
• Col. Rodas Alvarado (Ocotepeque) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado, President of the National Congress
• Col. Terencio Sierra (Cortes) – Terencio Sierra
• Col. Víctor F. Ardón (Tegucigalpa) – Víctor F. Ardón (1896–1976), Honduran educator
• Froylán Turcios (Olancho) – Froylán Turcios, Honduran Poet
• Guadalupe Carney (Colon) – James Carney (American priest), also known as Father Guadalupe Carney
• Grupo Villeda Morales (Atlantida) – Ramón Villeda Morales
• Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes (1808–1878), Garifuna soldier
• Jesús de Otoro – Fray Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda y Zepeda (1808–1885), bishop of Comayagua
• José Santos Guardiola –José Santos Guardiola, President of Honduras
• Kennedy (Tegucigalpa) – John F. Kennedy, American President
• Marcovia – Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras
• Marcelino Champagnat (Choluteca) – Saint Marcellin Champagnat
• Melgar Castro (Marcala, La Paz) – Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, former Head of State of Honduras
• Monseñor Fiallos (Tegucigalpa) – Monseñor Ernesto Fiallos (1857–1946), Honduran priest
• Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician
• Policarpo Paz García (Yoro) – Policarpo Paz García
• Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador
• Puerto Lempira – cacique Lempira
• Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) – Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
• Rodas Alvarado (Danli) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado, Honduran lawyer
• San Esteban, Olancho – Fray Esteban Verdelete
• San Francisco, Atlántida – Francisco Matute, Benefactor of the town.
• San Francisco del Valle – Saint Francis and José Cecilio del Valle
• San Jerónimo, Copán – Lic. Jerónimo J.Reina (1876–1918), Honduran poet and journalist
• San Jorge, Ocotepeque – Saint George
• San Luis, Comayagua – King Louis IX of France
• San Pedro Sula – Saint Peter
• Santa Rosa de Aguán – Saint Rose of Lima
• Villeda Morales (Danli) – Ramón Villeda Morales

Hong Kong[edit]

• Aberdeen – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Belcher Bay – Edward Belcher
• Bowrington [yue] – Sir John Bowring
• Cape D'Aguilar – George Charles D'Aguilar
• Cho Yiu Chuen – Sir Cho Yiu Kwan
• Jat Min Chuen – Tan Jat Min
• Kellet Island – Henry Kellett
• Kennedy Town – Arthur Edward Kennedy
• Lai Tak Tsuen – Michael Wright
• Lee Chung Yin Road
• Morrison Hill – Robert Morrison
• Mount Davis, Hong Kong – John Francis Davis
• St. Paul's Village – St. Paul
• Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
• Victoria City – Queen Victoria
• Wesley Village [zh-tw] – John Wesley

Hungary[edit]

• Abasár – King Sámuel Aba of Hungary
• Adyváros – Endre Ady
• Ambrózfalva – Lajos Ambrózy
• Antalhegy – István Antal, Hungarian politician
• Árpádhalom – Árpád, father of the Hungarian fatherland
• Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr, Painter
• Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat
• Cholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950)
• Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen (1853–1932)
• Erzsébetváros – Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria
• Ferencszállás – Baron Ferenc Gerliczy
• Ferencváros – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Harkakötöny – Kötöny
• Hunyadfalva – Hunyady family
• Izsófalva – Miklós Izsó, sculptor
• Jánoshalma – John Hunyadi, commander
• Józsefváros – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• József Attila lakótelep (Budapest) – Attila József
• Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902)
• Kossuthfalva (Budapest) – Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Hungary
• Krepuska Géza-telep – Géza Krepuska
• Krisztinaváros (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina
• Lipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
• Nyírtass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
• Petőfibánya – Sándor Petőfi, poet
• Petőfiszállás – Sándor Petőfi
• Rákóczibánya – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian National hero
• Rákóczifalva – Francis II Rákóczi
• Rákócziújfalu – Francis II Rákóczi
• Rudolftelep – Rudolf Cohacht, Hungarian miner
• Sándorfalva – Viscount Sándor Pallavicini
• Solt – Solt
• Taksony – Taksony of Hungary
• Tass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
• Terézváros – Queen Maria Theresa
• Tiborszállás – Tibor Károlyi, Hungarian politician
• Törökbálint – Bálint Török
• Újlipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
• Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád
• Zalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo

Former:

• Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of Nyárlőrinc – Koháry family
• Leninváros was the name of Tiszaújváros – Vladimir Lenin
• Prónayfalva was the name of Tázlár – Prónay family
• Sztálinváros was the name of Dunaújváros – Joseph Stalin

Iceland[edit]

• Grímsey – Grími Ingjaldsson, who have a winter residence in their island
• Ólafsfjörður – Ólafur Bekkur Karlsson

India[edit]

YSR district – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Indonesia[edit]

• Hatta, Bakauheni, Lampung – Mohammad Hatta, 1st Vice President of Indonesia
• Kartini, Sawah Besar, Jakarta – Kartini, Javanese women's rights figure
• Sudirman, Tanralili, Maros, South Sulawesi – Sudirman, Indonesian military officer

Former:

• Sukarnopura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia

Iran[edit]

• Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq – Mohammad Mosaddegh
• Amadegah Shahid Mohammad Montazeri – Mohammad Montazeri
• Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Bandar-Abbas – Shah Abbas I
• Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni – Ruhollah Khomeini a Supreme leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician
• Hamidaniyeh – Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, 14th century Poet and Scholar
• Hasanabad, Tehran – Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Prime Minister of Iran
• Jammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
• Kabak Mohammad Reza – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last king
• Kermanshah – King Bahram IV
• Khomeyni Shahr – Ruhollah Khomeini
• Masjed Soleyman – Solomon, a major prophet of islam
• Nahavand:
  • formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
• Naser Khosrow, Iran – Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poet
• Parsabad - Engineer Ibrahim Parsa (1905-1996), founder of Parsabad
• Piranshahr – Piran, son of Viseh
• Rezaïyeh, Razavi Khorasan – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rudaki, Iran – Rudaki, Persian poet
• Seleucia (Susiana) – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Shahrak-e Ayatollah Madani – Mir Asadollah Madani, Iranian politician
• Susa, formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Yazd – Yazdegerd I, a Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 399 to 420
• Yusef Abad – Mirza Yusef Ashtiani (1813–1887)

Former:

• Bandar-e Pahlavi was the name of Bandar-e Anzali – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rezā'īyeh was the name of Urmia – Reza Shah Pahlavi

Iraq[edit]

• Al-Aziziyah – Abdülaziz, Ottoman Sultan
• Al-Sadiyah – Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, commander who led the Arabs to conquer Mesopotamia from the Sasanian Empire
• Antiochia in Sittacene – Antiochus I Soter
• Apamea (Babylonia) – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Apamea (Sittacene) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Charax Spasinu:
  • formerly named Alexandria – Alexander the Great
  • formerly named Antiochia in Susiana – Antiochus IV
  • formerly named Charax of Hyspaosines – Hyspaosines
• Hamza – Bahraini Shia cleric "Ahmad Ibn Hashim Al-Ghurifi" (a.k.a. Hamza)
• Al Hashimiyah – Named after the Hashemites
• Al-Hindiya – "Yahya Asif Al-Dawla Bahadur Al-Hindi", who was a vizier of Bahadur Shah Zafar
• Iskandariya – Alexander the Great
• Kadhimiya – Musa al-Kadhim
• Laodicea (Mesopotamia) – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Al Midhatiya – Midhat Pasha
• Nasiriyah – "Nasir al-Saadun Pasha", the sheikh ("chief") of the Muntafiq tribal confederation
• Al Numaniyah – al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir
• Al-Qasim – "Al-Qasim" son of Musa al-Kadhim
• Sadr City – Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
• Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Sittacene) – Seleucus I Nicator
• Sulaymaniyah – Sulaiman Baba, the first Baban prince to gain control of the province of Shahrizor and its capital, Kirkuk
• Yusufiyah – Yūsuf (Joseph)
• Az Zubayr – Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Ireland (Republic of)[edit]

• Bellewstown – Darren Bellew
• Binghamstown – Major Denis Bingham (1765–1842)
• Canningstown – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
• Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
• Charleville, County Cork – Charles II of England
• Connacht – Conn Cétchathach
• County Kerry – Ciar
• Dún Laoghaire – Lóegaire mac Néill
• Edgeworthstown – the Anglo-Irish Edgeworth family, such as Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, local rector, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, economist, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, botanist, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, politician, and Maria Edgeworth, writer
• Enniskean – "island of Cian", Cian Maol Muadh (O'Mahony) of Cork^[10][11][12]
• Jamestown, County Leitrim – James VI and I
• Louisburgh, County Mayo – Louis XIV of France
• Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort

Former:

• Maryborough was the name of Portlaoise – Mary I of England
• Philipstown was the name of Daingean – Philip II of Spain
• Kingwilliamstown was the name of Ballydesmond – William IV of the United Kingdom
• Queenstown was the name of Cobh – Queen Victoria

Israel[edit]

• Acre, formerly named Antiochia Ptolemais – Alexander the Great's generals Antiochus and Ptolemy Soter
• Balfourya – Arthur James Balfour, British Prime Minister
• Even Shmuel – Samuel Bronfman
• Givat Brenner – Yosef Haim Brenner
• Givat Shapira – Hermann Schapira
• Herzliya – Theodor Herzl, a leader of Zionist movement
• Hippos, formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Kfar Haim – Haim Arlosoroff
• Kfar Hess – Moses Hess
• Kfar HaRif – Isaac Alfasi
• Kfar Maimon – Yehuda Leib Maimon
• Kfar Masaryk – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
• Kfar Menahem – Menachem Ussishkin
• Kfar Netter – Charles Netter
• Kfar Ruppin – Arthur Ruppin
• Kfar Shmuel – Stephen Samuel Wise
• Kfar Silver – Abba Hillel Silver
• Kfar Sirkin – Nachman Syrkin
• Kfar Truman – Harry S. Truman
• Kfar Vitkin – Yosef Vitkin
• Kfar Warburg – Felix M. Warburg
• Kfar Yavetz – Ze'ev Yavetz
• Kiryat Wolfson – Isaac Wolfson
• Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem – Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878–1909
• Kokhav Michael – Michael Sobell
• Midreshet Ben-Gurion – David Ben-Gurion
• Mishmar David – Mickey Marcus
• Netanya – Nathan Strauss
• Neve Granot – Avraham Granot, a Zionist activist and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
• Neve Yaakov – Yitzchak Yaacov Reines
• Qiryat Bialik – writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik
• Ramat Aharon – Rabbi Aharon Kotler
• Ramat Eshkol – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel
• Ramat Sharett – Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel in 1953–1955
• Ramat Shlomo – Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
• Sde David – Zalman David Levontin (1856–1940)
• Sde Eliezer – Robert Rothschild
• Sdei Avraham – Avraham Herzfeld
• Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Talmei Eliyahu – Eliyahu Krauze (1878–1962)
• Talmei Yaffe – Leib Yaffe
• Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus
• Tzur Yitzhak – Yitzhak Rabin

Former:

• Wilhelma (colloquially; formally: Hamîdije Wilhelma) was the name of Bnei Atarot – Sultan Abdul Hamid II, King William II of Württemberg and William II, German Emperor

Italy[edit]

Ivory Coast[edit]

• Bingerville – Louis-Gustave Binger, former French colonial governor
• Jean-Baptiste Mockey (Abidjan) – Jean-Baptiste Mockey
• Marie Koré (Abidjan) – Marie Koré (1912–1953), Ivorian independence activist
• Port-Bouët – Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, French admiral
• San-Pédro, Ivory Coast – Saint Peter
• Treichville – Marcel Treich-Laplène, French resident in Ivory Coast
• Yamoussoukro – Queen Yamoussou

Jamaica[edit]

• Aberdeen, Jamaica – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Albert Town, Jamaica – Albert, Prince Consort
• Alexandria, Jamaica – Alexander Bustamante, First Prime Minister of Jamaica
• Berry Hill (Manchester) – Curtis Philip Berry
• Brown's Town – Hamilton Brown, Scots-Irish planter
• Darlingford, Jamaica – Charles Henry Darling, Governor of Jamaica
• Denham Town – Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica
• Gordon Town, Jamaica – George William Gordon
• Granville, Jamaica – Granville Sharp
• Kingston, Jamaica – King William III of England
• Mandeville, Jamaica – George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, viscount Mandeville
• Moore Town, Jamaica – Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet
• Nanny Town – Nanny of the Maroons
• Norman Gardens (Kingston) – Norman Manley
• Petersfield, Jamaica – Peter Beckford, Governor of Jamaica
• Queensborough, Kingston – Queen Victoria
• Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica – Lady Anne Hyde
• Trenchtown – Daniel Power Trench (1813–1884)

Japan[edit]

• Asaka, Saitama – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
• Date, Hokkaidō – Date Kunishige, a Japanese samurai
• Hiroshima – Ōe no Hiromoto + Fukushima Motonaga (disputed)
• Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō (1870–1952) + Kanamori Tōjirō (1865–1909)
• Imamura, Saga – Hitoshi Imamura, a Japanese general
• Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu, a civil officer
• Kita, Hokkaido – Yuji Kitamura (1871–1903)
• Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858–1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan
• Maeda, Aichi – Tadashi Maeda (admiral)
• Masaki, Ehime – Jinzaburō Masaki, Japanese general
• Meiji (Nagoya) – Emperor Meiji
• Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (1837–1877), a prominent military commander
• Niki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi (1834–1915), a Japanese pioneer
• Noda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke, Japanese military commander during the Muromachi period
• Numata, Hokkaido – Kisaburo Numata (1834–1923)
• Okubo (Yokohama) _ Ōkubo Toshimichi
• Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura, Japanese poet
• Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo period
• Saigō, Shimane – Saigō Takamori
• Shōwa, Fukushima – Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
• Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira no Tadayuki, son of a Japanese warrior
• Takashimadaira – Takashima Shūhan
• Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru, owner of Tendō castle during the Muromachi period
• Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute
• Toyota, Aichi – Sakichi Toyoda and Kiichiro Toyoda
• Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi (1847–1895), Japanese Samurai
• Tsuruga, Fukui – Tsunuga Arashito, Japanese Samurai
• Uchiyama, Aichi – Eitaro Uchiyama, a lieutenant general
• Wake, Okayama – Wake no Kiyomaro, a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period
• Yamamoto, Kagawa – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Marshal Admiral

Jordan[edit]

• Abila, formerly named Seleucia – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Al-Abdali –King Abdullah I of Jordan
• Amman – Ammon
• Umm Qais:
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great
  • formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kenya[edit]

• Karen, Kenya – Karen Blixen, a Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa
• Kenyatta, Nairobi – Jomo Kenyatta
• Machakos – Masaku wa Munyati, an Akamba chief who arrived in the area in 1816 from the area around Sultan Hamud
• Port Victoria (Kenya) – Queen Victoria
• Thomson's Falls – Joseph Thomson (explorer)

Kosovo[edit]

• Ferizaj – Feriz Shasivari^[15]
• Obilić – Miloš Obilić
• Skenderaj – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg^[16]

Former:

• Đeneral Janković was the name of Elez Han – Božidar Janković^[17]

Kuwait[edit]

• Abdullah as-Salim suburb – Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
• Al Ahmadi, Kuwait – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Fahd al-Ahmad Suburb – Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Jabir al-Ahmad City – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
• Sabah al-Ahmad City – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Sabah as-Salim suburb – Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

• Аbdrakhmanov (Issyk-Kul) – Yusup Abdrakhmanov (1901–1938), Kyrgyz politician
• Abdy-Suerkulov (Toktogul) – Abdy Suerkulov (1912–1992), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
• Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) – Absamat Masaliyev
• Aitmatov District - Chinghiz Aitmatov, author
• Aldashev (Jeti-Ögüz) – Abdulkhai Aldashev (1918–2003), Kyrgyz pharmacologist, toxicologist and translator
• Alla-Anarov (Aravan) – Alla Anarov (1907–1979), cotton producer
• Aydaraliev (Talas) – Rysbek Aidaraliev (1922–1998), Kyrgyz public figure
• Amanbayevo – Akhmat Amanbayev (1920–1964), Kyrgyz compositor
• Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941)
• Baetov – Kyrgyz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902–1949)
• Baytik – Baytik Batyr (1823–1886), one of the leaders of the Solto tribe who fought the Kokand Khanate
• Bishkek – Bishkek Batyr (1700–1757), Commander of the Kyrgyz army in the war against the invaders of Dzungar in the 18th century.
• Bokonbayevo – Kyrgyz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910–1944)
• Cholponbay - Cholponbai Tuleberdiyev (1922-1944), World War II hero
• Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (Ysyk-Ata) – Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (1948–2004)
• Kurmanjan Datka (Batken) and Kurmanjan Datka (Osh) - Kurmanjan Datka
• Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
• Imeni Aliaskara Toktonalieva (Ysyk-Ata) – Aliaskar Toktonaliev (1929–1990), Finance Minister
• Imeni Suymenkula Chokmorova – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
• Imeni Toktomata Zulpueva (Nookat) – Toktomat Zulpuev (1925–1995)
• Isanov (Osh) – Nasirdin Isanov, Kyrgyz Prime Minister
• Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Jayyl District – Jayyl Batyr (1692–1780), one of the heroes of the Solto tribe
• Karasaev (Tüp) – Kusein Karasaev (1901–1998), Kyrgyz linguist
• Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
• Kulatov (Nookat) – Turabay Kulatov (1908–1984), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
• Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
• Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
• Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
• Mavlyanov (Aksy) – Junai Mavlyanov (1923–2003), writer and poet
• Mombekovo (Nooken) – Yusup Mombekov (1926–1983), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
• Nurzhanov (Talas) – Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922–1987), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
• Urazbekov (Batken) – Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1889–1938), Kyrgyz statesman
• Ormon-Khan aliyl (Naryn) - Ormon Khan
• Osmonkulov (Talas) – Iskender Osmonkulov (1907–1992), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
• Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov
• Pristan'-Przheval'sk – Nikolay Przhevalsky
• Shabdan - Shabdan Baatyr (1839-1912)
• Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (1915–1941)
• Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov
• Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
• Togolok-Moldo Rural District (Naryn) - Togolok Moldo, Kyrgyz poet
• Zharkynbayevo – Kyrgyz hero Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969)

Former:

• Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926 through 1991 – Mikhail Frunze
• Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888 through 1921 and 1939 through 1991 – Nikolai Przhevalsky

Laos[edit]

• Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet province – Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos

Latvia[edit]

• Jēkabpils – Jacob Kettler, Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
• Lucavsala – Klauss Lucavs
• Pāvilosta – after Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of Kurzeme
• Pētersala-Andrejsala – Peter the Great
• Valdemārpils – Krišjānis Valdemārs, writer and politician
• Valka (Estonian: Valga) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family

Former:

• Stučka was the name of Aizkraukle – Pēteris Stučka, Latvian revolutionary and communist

Lebanon[edit]

• Foch-Allenby district (Beirut) – Ferdinand Foch and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

Former:

• Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty

Lesotho[edit]

• Mohale's Hoek – Mohale, a King Moshoeshoe I's brother

Liberia[edit]

• A.B. Tolbert Community – Adolphus Benedict Tolbert (died in 1980), a former President's son
• Arthington, Liberia – Robert Arthington, an attorney and philanthropist from Leeds, England
• Barclayville – Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia
• Buchanan – Thomas Buchanan, American diplomat
• Careysburg – Lott Carey, a Baptist minister
• Clay-Ashland – Henry Clay, an American lawyer, planter, and statesman
• Greenville, Liberia – Judge James Green
• Harbel – Harvey S. Firestone and his wife Idabelle
• Harper, Liberia – Robert Goodloe Harper, American politician
• Monrovia – James Monroe, President of the United States
• Robertsport – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, First President of Liberia
• Samuel K. Doe Community (Monrovia) – Samuel Doe
• Schieffelin, Margibi County – Henry M. Schieffelin, American philanthropist and Consul-General in Liberia
• Tubmanburg – William Tubman, President of Liberia

Libya[edit]

• ʽAziziya – Abdulaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Benghazi – Sidi Ghazi, Benefactor of the city
• Ptolemais – a king of the Ptolemies, probably Ptolemy III Euergetes
• Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar – Omar Mukhtar, Libyan resistance leader

Lithuania[edit]

• Grigiškės – Hryhoriy Kurec, Belarusian architect
• Janapolė – Jan Długosz
• Jonava – Jono Eustachijaus
• Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar
• Kudirkos Naumiestis – Vincas Kudirka, Lithuanian poet
• Marijampolė – Blessed Virgin Mary

Former:

• Sniečkus was the name of Visaginas – Antanas Sniečkus, Lithuanian communist politician

Luxembourg[edit]

• Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)

Macedonia[edit]

• Čučer-Sandevo – Aleksandar Urdarevski-Sande (1920–1943), participant in the National Liberation War
• Dame Gruev (Skopje) – Dame Gruev
• Delčevo – Goce Delčev, revolutionary hero
• Gazi Baba Municipality – Ottoman poet Aşık Çelebi
• Gjorče Petrov Municipality – revolutionary Gjorče Petrov
• Jane Sandanski (Skopje) – Yane Sandanski
• Josifovo – Josif Josifovski (1915–1943)
• Sveti Nikole – Saint Nicholas
• Titov Vrv – Josip Broz, President of Yugoslavia

Former:

• Titov Veles (meaning: "Tito's Veles") was the name of Veles – Josip Broz

Malaysia[edit]

• Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort, colonial governor of North Borneo
• Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar, Malayan politician
• Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara (d.1941)
• Bandar Muadzam Shah – Abu Bakar of Pahang
• Bandar Seri Putra – Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Bandar Tun Abdul Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Bandar Tun Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Butterworth, Penang – William John Butterworth, governor of the Straits Settlements
• Cameron Highlands – William Cameron, British geologist
• Carey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey, English planter in Malaya
• FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson, American president
• FELDA Soeharto – Soeharto, Indonesian president
• Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser, Scottish pioneer
• George Town, Penang – George III of the United Kingdom
• Gohtong Jaya – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneur
• Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah, legendary hero
• Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
• Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney, British colonial administrator
• Port Dickson – John Frederick Dickson, British colonial administrator
• Putrajaya – Tunku Abdul Rahman, father of Malayan independence
• Seri Iskandar – Iskandar of Perak, 30th Sultan of Perak
• Shah Alam – Hisamuddin of Selangor
• Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman
• Taman Tun Sardon – Sardon Jubir, governor of Penang
• Taman Tun Teja – Princess Tun Teja
• Taman U-Thant – U Thant, UN Secretary-General from 1961 until 1971,
• Templer's Park – Gerald Templer, senior British Army officer
• Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
• Weston – A.J. West, British North Borneo railway engineer

Malawi[edit]

• Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet Aaron
• Banda (Central) – Hastings Banda
• Cape Maclear – Thomas Maclear
• Fort Maguire (Southern) – Captain Cecil Montgomery Maguire (died on 1891)
• Livingstonia, Malawi – David Livingstone
• Liwonde – Chief Liwonde (died on 1921)

Former:

• Fort Anderson was the name of Mulanje – Sir Henry Percy Anderson (1831–1896), Harry Johnston's father-in-law
• Fort Hill was the name of Chitipa – Clement Lloyd Hill, British diplomat
• Fort Johnston was the name of Mangochi – Harry Johnston, British botanist and colonial administrator
• Fort Lister was the name of Phalombe – Thomas Villiers Lister, British diplomat
• Fort Manning was the name of Mchinji – William Manning (colonial administrator), Governor of Nyasaland

Mali[edit]

• Ouezzindougou – Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Burkinabé politician
• Timbuktu – Buktu, a malian old woman who lived in that region

Malta[edit]

• Cottonera – Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner
• Floriana – architect Pietro Paolo Floriani
• Manoel Island – Grandmaster António Manoel de Vilhena
• Paola – Grandmaster Antoine de Paule
• Paceville – Giuseppe Pace (1890–1971)
• Qormi (Città Pinto) – Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
• San Ġiljan – St. Julian
• San Ġwann – St. John
• San Lawrenz – St. Lawrence
• San Pawl il-Baħar – Paul the Apostle
• Santa Luċija – St. Lucy
• Santa Venera – St. Venera
• Senglea – Grandmaster Claude de la Sengle
• Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
• Valletta – Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette
• Victoria – Queen Victoria
• Żabbar (Città Hompesch) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
• Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) – Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
• Żejtun (Città Beland) – Ferdinand von Hompesch's mother

Mauritania[edit]

• Boubacar Ben Amer – Abu Bakr Ibn Omar (d.1087)

Mauritius[edit]

• Mahébourg – Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
• Port Louis – Louis XV of France
• Souillac – François de Souillac

Mexico[edit]

• Apodaca, Nuevo León – Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto, bishop
• Ciudad Juárez – Benito Juárez, president
• Ciudad López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos, president
• Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl – Nezahualcoyotl, poet
• Ciudad Obregón – Álvaro Obregón, president
• Ciudad Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, first president
• General Escobedo – Mariano Escobedo
• Hermosillo – José María González Hermosillo
• Guadalupe, Zacatecas and other communities named Guadalupe – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mary)
• Guerrero state and several other localities – Vicente Guerrero, independence leader and president
• Hidalgo, state and several other localities – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, independence leader and Father of the Nation
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán – Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, president
• Morelia – José María Morelos, independence leader
• Morelos state and several other localities – José María Morelos, independence leader
• San Luis Potosí City and state – King Louis IX of France
• San Nicolás de los Garza – Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the town
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez, independence leader
• Quintana Roo – Andrés Quintana Roo, politician

Moldova[edit]

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
• Cantemir, Moldova – Dimitrie Cantemir
• Ciorescu, Chişinău – Ion Gheorghe Ciorescu (founder)
• Frunză, Ocnița – Mikhail Frunze
• Ion Vodă, Florești – John III the Terrible
• Lazo, Ștefan Vodă – Sergey Lazo, Moldavian revolutionary
• Lebedenco, Cahul – Nikita Lebedenko, Soviet military leader
• Miciurin – Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
• Regina Maria, Soroca – Marie of Romania
• Ștefan Vodă – Stephen III of Moldavia

Former:

• "Kotovsk" was the name of Hîncești – Grigory Kotovsky
• "Kutuzov" was the name of Ialoveni – Mikhail Kutuzov
• "Lazovsk" was the name of Sîngerei – Sergey Lazo
• "Suvorovo" was the name of Ștefan Vodă – Alexander Suvorov

Mongolia[edit]

• Choibalsan city, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
• Choibalsan sum, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
• Khatanbulag – Börte, Great Khatun of the Mongol Empire
• Magsarjav (Khovd) – Khatanbaatar Magsarjav
• Öndörkhaan (now Chinggis Khot) – Genghis Khan
• Renchinlkhümbe – Jambyn Lkhümbe
• Sükhbaatar city – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian independence hero
• Sükhbaatar district – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Sükhbaatar Province – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Ulaanbaatar – Damdin Sükhbaatar

Montenegro[edit]

• Danilovgrad – Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
• Herceg Novi – Duke (Herceg) Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
• Petrovac – King Peter I of Serbia
• Tomaševo – Tomaš Žižić, Montenegrin national hero

Former:

• Titograd was the name of Podgorica from 1946 to 1992 – Josip Broz Tito
• Ivangrad was the name of Berane from 1946 to 1992 – Ivan Milutinović

Morocco[edit]

• Mohammedia – King Mohammed V of Morocco
• Moulay Rachid (district) – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

Mozambique[edit]

• Beira, Mozambique – Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (titled Prince of Beira)
• Chissano (Gaza) - Alberto Chissano, Mozambican sculptor
• Maputo – Chief Maputsu I of the Tembe clan
• Mozambique Island – Mussa Bin Bique, an Arab Muslim chief of the early 16th century
• Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça) – Josina Machel, a former President's wife
• Manhiça District – Manacusse, a Tchaka chief, who moved here after some conflict in his native area
• Ressano Garcia – Frederico Ressano Garcia (1847–1911), Portuguese politician and engineer
• Vila Eduardo Mondlane – Eduardo Mondlane, President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO)

Former:

• António Enes was the name of Angoche – António José Enes (1848–1901), Portuguese journalist and colonial administrator
• Augusto Cardoso was the name of Metangula – Augusto Cardoso (1859–1930), Portuguese explorer
• Caldas Xavier was the name of Cambulatsitse – Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier (1852–1896), Portuguese colonial administrator
• Cidade Salazar was the name of Matola – António de Oliveira Salazar
• João Belo was the name of Xai-Xai – João Belo (1878–1928), Portuguese military
• Lourenço Marques was the name of Maputo – Lourenço Marques (explorer)
• Malvernia was the name of Chicualacuala (Vila Eduardo Mondlane) – Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern
• Porto Amélia was the name of Pemba, Mozambique – Queen Amélie of Orléans
• Vila Coutinho was the name of Ulongué – João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira (1865–1944)
• Vila Fontes was the name of Caia, Mozambique – Fontes Pereira de Melo
• Vila Gomes da Costa was the name of Alto Changane – Manuel Gomes da Costa, Portuguese president
• Vila Gouveia was the name of Catandica – Manuel António de Sousa, Portuguese military captain
• Vila Junqueiro was the name of Gurúè – Manuel Saraiva Junqueiro (d.1959)
• Vila Machado was the name of Nhamatanda – Joaquim José Machado
• Vila Paiva de Andrada was the name of Gorongosa – Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada (1846–1928)
• Vila Pery was the name of Chimoio – João Pery de Lind (1861–1930), Governor of Mozambique Company Territories of Manica and Sofala
• Vila Pinto Teixeira was the name of Mabalane – Francisco dos Santos Pinto Teixeira (1887–1983), Portuguese military engineer
• Vila Trigo de Morais was the name of Chokwe, Mozambique – António Trigo de Morais (1895–1966), Portuguese engineer
• Vila Vasco da Gama was the name of Chiputo – Vasco da Gama

Myanmar[edit]

• Maha Bandula Park – General Maha Bandula
• Mindon, Myanmar – Mindon Min, King of Burma
• Thibaw, Shan State – Thibaw Min, King of Burma

Namibia[edit]

• Caprivi Strip – Leo von Caprivi, German general and statesman
• Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe (1871–1954)
• John Pandeni Constituency – John Pandeni, a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
• Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma (died in 1968), a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrilla
• Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman, German trader
• Lüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz
• Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann Brandt
• Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency – Moses ǁGaroëb, a Namibian Politician
• Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency – Nehale Mpingana, Namibian National hero
• Samora Machel Constituency – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique
• Tobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero

Former:

• Caprivi Region was the name of Zambezi Region, named after Leo von Caprivi
• Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann (since 2013 called Luhonono)

Nepal[edit]

• Bhimdatta – Bhimdatta Panta, a revolutionary farmer leader
• Birendranagar – King Birendra of Nepal
• Birendranagar, Chitwan – King Birendra of Nepal
• Birgunj – Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali statesman
• Byans – Vyas, legendary author of Hinduism
• Dasharathchand – Dashrath Chand, a martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement
• Janakpur – King Janak, an ancient Indian king of Videha,
• Jaya Prithvi – Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, a humanist, peace advocate, writer and social activist
• K.I. Singh Rural Municipality – Kunwar Inderjit Singh, 20th Prime Minister of Nepal
• Krishnapur, Nepal – Krishna
• Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality - Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
• Mahendrakot and Mahendranagar, Dhanusha – Mahendra of Nepal
• Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah
• Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai, a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951
• Siddharthanagar – from Buddha's given name Siddhartha
• Siddhicharan Municipality – Siddhicharan Shrestha
• Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal
• Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva (Vyas)

Netherlands[edit]

• Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
• Emmaberg – Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Geertruidenberg – Gertrude of Nivelles
• 's-Gravenzande (lit. The Count's Sand) – William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)
• Heerhugowaard – lord ('heer') Hugo of Assendelft
• 's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) – Henry I, Duke of Brabant
• Julianadorp – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Koningsbosch (lit. King's Forest) – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• Koningsoord (Het Hogeland) – William III of the Netherlands
• Mariaparochie – Mary, mother of Jesus
• Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely
• Odiliapeel – Odilia of Cologne
• Oud-Beijerland, Nieuw-Beijerland and Zuid-Beijerland – Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria (Dutch: Sabina van Beieren)
• Philippine, Netherlands – Philip I of Castile
• Prins Alexander – Alexander, Prince of Orange
• Sint Annaparochie – Saint Anne
• Sint Jacobiparochie – James, son of Zebedee
• Sint Maarten – Martin of Tours
• Sint Nicolaasga – Saint Nicholas
• Sint-Oedenrode – Saint Oda
• Sint Pancras – Saint Pancras
• Sint Willebrord – Saint Willibrord
• Van Ewijcksluis – Daniël Jacob van Ewijck van Oostbroek van de Built (1786–1858), Dutch Politician
• Wilhelminadorp, Best – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• Wilhelminadorp, Goes – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands
• Wilhelminaoord – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• Willemsdorp – King William I of the Netherlands
• Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland – King William II of the Netherlands
• Willemstad, North Brabant – William the Silent, Father of the Dutch fatherland

New Zealand[edit]

• Addisons Flat, West Coast – unknown African American gold prospector^[18]
• Aidanfield – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858–1958)
• Albert Town – Prince Albert
• Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark
• Allanton – James Allan
• Alfredton – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Andersons Bay – James Anderson and family
• Arthurs Point – Thomas Arthur
• Ashburton – Francis Baring, Baron Ashburton
• Auckland – George Eden, Earl of Auckland
• Ballance – John Ballance
• Bell Block – Dillon Bell
• Benneydale – Matt Benney and Tom Dale
• Blaketown – Isaac Blake
• Brockville – Frederick Brock-Hollinshead
• Bronte – Admiral Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronté
• Brunner – Thomas Brunner
• Brydone – Thomas Brydone
• Carterton – Charles Carter
• Charleston – Captain Charles Bonner
• Christchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)
• Clarkville – Joseph Clark
• Clive – Robert Clive ("Clive of India")
• Clinton – Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle
• Clyde – Lord Clyde
• Coatesville – Gordon Coates, Prime Minister
• Cobden – Richard Cobden
• Collingwood – Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
• Colville – Alexander Colville, 7th Lord Colville of Culross
• Cromwell – possibly Oliver Cromwell
• Dargaville – Joseph Dargaville
• Days Bay – George Day
• Dennison – R.B. Denniston
• Dobson – George Dobson
• Duders Beach – Thomas Duder
• Evansdale – William Evans
• Eyreton – Edward John Eyre
• Featherston – Isaac Featherston
• Feilding – William Feilding
• Fendalton – Walpole Chesshyre Fendall (1830–1913)
• Fordlands – Harry Ford
• Foxton – William Fox, Premier
• Franz Josef / Waiau – Franz Joseph I of Austria
• Frasertown – Major James Fraser
• Gabriel's Gully – Gabriel Read
• Gisborne – William Gisborne
• Gladstone – William Ewart Gladstone
• Godley Head – John Robert Godley
• Gore – Thomas Gore Browne
• Greerton – Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Harpur Greer
• Grey River / Māwheranui, Greymouth, Greytown – George Grey, Governor
• Haast – Julius von Haast
• Halswell – Edmund Storr Halswell QC (1790–1874)
• Hamilton – John Fane Charles Hamilton
• Hampden – John Hampden
• Hanmer Springs – Thomas Hanmer
• Harrisville – Benjamin Harris
• Hastings – Warren Hastings
• Havelock – Henry Havelock
• Havelock North – Henry Havelock
• Helensville – Helen McLeod, wife of John McLeod
• Hinds – Samuel Hinds
• Hope – Jane Hope
• Hunterville – George Hunter
• Hyde – John Hyde Harris
• Invercargill – William Cargill
• Jack's Point – "Maori Jack" Tewa
• Jacksons – Michael Jackson
• Kennedys Bush – Thomas Kennedy
• Kimbell – Frederick J. Kimbell
• Levin – William Hort Levin
• Lincoln – Earl of Lincoln
• Linton – James Linton
• Lower Hutt – Sir William Hutt
• Lyell – Charles Lyell
• Lyttelton – the Lyttelton family
• Macraes – John MacRae
• Mackenzie Basin – James Mckenzie
• Mackenzie District – James Mckenzie
• Macetown – brothers Charles, Harry, and John Mace
• Mairtown – Gilbert Mair and family
• Martinborough – John Martin
• Massey – William Massey, Prime Minister
• Masterton – Joseph Masters
• Mauriceville – Maurice O'Rourke
• Maxwell (now Pākaraka) – Sergeant George Maxwell
• McLaren Park, New Zealand – Bruce McLaren
• Melville – James Dougal Melville (1841–1909)
• Mercer – Captain Henry Mercer
• Moncks Bay – John Stanley Monck
• Millers Flat – Walter Miller
• Murchison – Roderick Murchison
• Napier – Charles James Napier
• Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Ormondville – John Davies Ormond
• Palmerston – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Picton – Thomas Picton
• Plimmerton – John Plimmer
• Port Albert – Prince Albert
• Port Chalmers – Thomas Chalmers
• Port Levy – Solomon Levey
• Port Underwood – Joseph Underwood
• Prestons – Thomas Herbert Preston
• Pyes Pa – Charles Pye, VC
• Queenstown – Queen Victoria
• Raglan – Lord Raglan
• Rātana Pā – T. W. Ratana
• Renwick – Thomas Renwick
• Ross – George Ross
• Saint Arnaud – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
• Seddon – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
• Seddonville – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
• Sumner – John Bird Sumner
• Tasman – Abel Tasman
• Upper Hutt – Sir William Hutt
• Victoria – Queen Victoria
• Vogeltown – Julius Vogel, Premier
• Wakefield – Arthur Wakefield
• Waldronville – Bill Waldron (1909–1976)
• Ward – Joseph Ward
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington
• Wellsford – an acronym derived from the surnames of the first European families who settled in the region
• West Eyreton – Edward John Eyre
• Whitford – Richard Whitford
• Winton – Thomas Winton
• Wyndham – Charles Ash Windham

Nicaragua[edit]

• Ahmed Campos Correa (Chontales) – Ahmed Campos Correa (1956–1982), a Nicaraguan Poet
• Arlen Siu (Granada) – Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
• Bernardino Diaz Ochoa (Granada) – Bernadino Diaz Ochoa (1941–1971), a Nicaraguan peasant and revolutionary
• Bluefields – Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s
• Carazo Department – Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua
• Cárdenas – Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua
• Ciudad Darío – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet
• Ciudad Sandino – Revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
• El Viejo – Cacique Agateyte
• Filiberto Morales (Chinandega) – Filiberto Morales Darce (d.1979)
• German Pomares (Jinotega), German Pomares (Nueva Segovia) – German Pomares Ordonez (1936–1979), a Nicaraguan national hero
• Greytown, Nicaragua – Charles Edward Grey, a British judge and colonial governor
• Gaspar García (Rivas) – Gaspar García Laviana
• Hilario Sanchez (Managua) – Hilario Sánchez Vásquez (1953–1983), a Nicaraguan military
• Jesus Rivera (Jinotega) – Manuel de Jesus Rivera "La Mascota" (1965–1978), a Nicaraguan revolutionary kid
• Jose Benito Escobar (Matagalpa) and Jose Benito Escobar (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Jose Benito Escobar (1936–1978), revolutionary
• La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of Mary
• Larreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher
• Leon Diaz (Jinotega) – General José León Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution
• Leonel Rugama (Estelí) – José Leónel Rugama (1949–1970), Nicaraguan poet
• Macario Brenes (Masaya) – Macario Brenes Alvarez (died in 1979)
• Madriz Department – José Madriz, President of Nicaragua
• Marlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) – Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962–1983), a student martyr
• Monseñor Madrigal (Nueva Segovia) – Monseñor Nicolás Antonio Madrigal y García (1898–1977)
• Pablo Ubeda (Boaco) – Rigoberto Cruz (died in 1967), also known as Pablo Ubeda, one of the founders of the FSLN
• Padre Ramos (Chinandega) – Father Francisco Ramos, Nicaraguan priest
• Puerto Benjamín Zeledón – Benjamín Zeledón, national hero of Nicaragua
• Puerto Cabezas – Rigoberto Cabezas, journalist, military figure and politician
• Puerto Diaz, Chontales – Adolfo Díaz, President of Nicaragua
• Puerto Morazán – Francisco Morazán, a Honduran Politician
• Puerto Salvador Allende (Managua) – Salvador Allende
• Ricardo Morales Avilés (Granada) – Ricardo Morales Avilés (1939–1973)
• Rigoberto López Pérez (Managua) – Rigoberto López Pérez, Nicaraguan poet
• Rivas Department – Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
• Rivas, Nicaragua – Francisco Rodriguez de Rivas (1674–1743), Captain General of Guatemala
• Roman Esteban Toledo (Carazo) – Roman del Carmen Esteban Toledo (1950–1979), revolutionary
• Rubén Darío (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Rubén Darío
• San Dionisio, Matagalpa – Dionisio de Herrera, president of Nicaragua
• San Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King Ferdinand III of Spain
• San Francisco Chontales (Villa Sandino) – Rev. Frank Setzer (1911–2000)
• San Francisco del Norte – Saint Francis
• San José de Cusmapa – José Dolores Estrada
• San José de los Remates – José María Guerrero de Arcos, director of the State of Nicaragua
• San Lorenzo de los Tellez – Saint Lawrence and Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the area
• Santa Lucía, Boaco – Saint Lucy
• Santa María, Nueva Segovia – Saint Mary
• San Nicolás, Estelí – Saint Nicholas
• San Pedro del Norte – Saint Peter
• San Ramón, Matagalpa – Saint Raymond Nonnatus
• Santa Teresa, Carazo – Saint Teresa of Ávila
• Santo Tomás del Norte – Tomas Ruiz Romero (1777–1819), Priest and independence hero
• Socrates Sandino (Masaya) – Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875–1935), a Sandino's paternal brother
• Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
• Villa Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino

Niger[edit]

• Cité Fayçal (Niamey) – Faisal of Saudi Arabia

Nigeria[edit]

• Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
• Victoria Island, Lagos – Queen Victoria

North Korea[edit]

• Kimchaek – Korean People's Army (KPA) general, Kim Chaek
• Kimhyonggwon County – Korean revolutionary Kim Hyong-gwon
• Kimhyongjik County – Korean independence activist Kim Hyong-jik
• Kimjongsuk County – Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla and Kim Il-sung's first wife Kim Jong-suk

Norway[edit]

• Edgeøya – Thomas Edge
• Eydehavn – Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer
• Filipstad, Norway – pharmacist Philip Moth
• Fredrikstad – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway
• Jan Mayen – Captain Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
• Kongsberg – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
• Kongsvinger – King Christian V of Denmark and Norway
• Kristiansand – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
• Kristiansund – King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway
• Longyearbyen – world's northernmost town – John Munro Longyear

Former:

• Christiania (from 1624 through 1877) and then Kristiania (from 1877 through 1925) were the names of Oslo – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
• Fredrikshald was the name of Halden from 1665 through 1928 – King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway
• Fredriksvern was the name of Stavern from 1799 through 1930 – King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway
• Victoriahavn was the name of Narvik from 1887 through 1902 – Crown princess of Norway, Victoria of Baden

Oman[edit]

• Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Qaboos bin Said

Pakistan[edit]

• Abbottabad – James Abbott
• Aliabad, Hunza – Ali, cousin of Muhammad
• Aziz Bhatti Town – Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani military officer
• Bahawalnagar – Bahawal Khan V
• Bahawalpur – Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi (1715–1749)
• Chowk Sarwar Shaheed Tehsil – Raja Muhammad Sarwar, Pakistani army officer
• Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa (d.1985)
• Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
• Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leader
• Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
• Fatehpur Thakiala – Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi (d.1988)
• Fort Abbas – Abbas Abbasi, Amir of the Bahawalpur State and former governor of Punjab
• Haripur, Pakistan – Hari Singh Nalwa
• Haroonabad, Bahawalnagar – Sahibzada Muhammad Haroon-ur-Rashid Ahmad Abbasi (1924–1972), son of Nawab of Bahawalpur sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V
• Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
• Iqbal Town, Lahore – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani national poet
• Jacobabad – John Jacob
• Jafarabad District – Jafar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan
• Jamalabad Gojal - Jamal of Hunza
• Jamshed Town – Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, first elected Mayor of Karachi
• Jauharabad – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement
• Jinnahabad (Abbottabad) – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Father of the nation
• Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah (d.1983)
• Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement
• Liaquatabad Town and Liaquatpur – Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman
• Minchinabad – Colonel Charles Minchin (1829–1898), British political Agent
• Miranshah – Miran Shah
• Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
• Muzaffargarh – Nawab Muzaffar Khan (d.1818), Afghan Popalzai governor of Multan
• Nankana Sahib – Guru Nanak
• Nasirabad District – Muhammad Nasir Khan I (1710–1794), ruler of Kalat
• Nazimabad – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan
• Nishtar Town – Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Pakistan movement leader
• Phool Nagar – Phool Muhammad Khan, former Minister of the area
• Port Qasim – Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab Commander
• Qilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of Kalat
• Quaidabad – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan (1877–1881), who died by burns in a fire
• Rajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah
• Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
• Safdarabad – Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar (d.1989)
• Shaheed Benazirabad District –