List of places named after people

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There are a number of places named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents

Europe - Europa
North America and South America - Amerigo Vespucci

Countries

Bermuda - Juan de Bermúdez (crown colony)
Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
Colombia - Christopher Columbus
El Salvador - Jesus, "The Saviour"
Israel - Jacob (alternative name)
Kiribati - Thomas Gilbert
Liechtenstein - Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
Marshall Islands - John Marshall
Mauritius - Maurice of Nassau
Philippines - Philip II of Spain
Romania - Romulus (indirectly via Rome, the Roman Empire and the Romance languages)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Christopher
Saint Lucia - Lucy of Syracuse (?)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent
San Marino - Saint Marinus
São Tomé and Príncipe - Saint Thomas
Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud
Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles
Solomon Islands - Solomon
The United States of America - Amerigo Vespucci

Former countries

Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
Rome - Romulus

Administrative divisions

Australia

Brazil

Canada

Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
British Columbia - Christopher Columbus (-> Columbia, an American sailing ship -> Columbia River -> Columbia Territory of Hudsons Bay Company -> British Columbia)
Prince Edward Island - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (brother of George III of the United Kingdom), commander of British forces in Halifax

Chile

Colombia

France

Adélie Land - Adélie, wife of Jules Dumont d'Urville
Kerguelen Islands - Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Lorraine (formerly Lotharingia) - Lothar
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis

Mexico

Namibia

Caprivi - Count Leo von Caprivi (Chancellor of the German Empire)

United Kingdom

Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts
Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar
Fife - Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe
Gibraltar - Tariq ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
Gwynedd - Cunedda
Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
Lothian - Leudonus
Merionethshire - Meirion, son of Cunedda
Montgomery - Roger de Montgomery
Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")

United States

Delaware - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
District of Columbia - Christopher Columbus
Georgia - King George I of Great Britain
Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France
Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I
New York - the then Duke of York, who later became King James II of England
North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England
Pennsylvania - William Penn
Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
Washington - George Washington

Uruguay

Towns and cities

Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundred years. Often, there isn't much known about them today. In Latin America, as well, it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures after their notable sons.

See also Alexandria (disambiguation)

Amman, Jordan - Ammon
Antioch - Antiochus
Ariel, West Bank - Ariel Sharon
Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
Avellaneda, Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda
Baird, Texas - Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)
Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
Barstow, California - William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
Bongoville, Gabon – Omar Bongo Ondimba
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Sir Thomas Brisbane
Buchanan, Liberia - James Buchanan
Bucharest (Bucureşti) - Bucur, legendary shepherd
Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II of Spain
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos
Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl
Cleveland, Ohio - Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)
Colombo – Christopher Columbus
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia
Dallas, Texas - George M. Dallas
Denver, Colorado - James W. Denver
Durban, South Africa - Sir Benjamin D'Urban
Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)
Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York
General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín
General Sarmiento, Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
Henties Bay, Namibia - Major Hentie van der Merwe
Heraclea (various cities in various countries) - Heracles
Herzliyya, Israel - Theodor Herzl
Houston - Sam Houston
Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
Johannesburg, South Africa - Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer
Kaiseraugst - Augustus
Kingston, Jamaica - King William III of England
Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener
Knoxville - Henry Knox
Krugerdorp, South Africa - Paul Kruger
Las Heras, Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras
Latakia - Laodice
Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas
Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
Lisbon - possibly Ulysses
Litvak, Germany - Evan Litvak
Livingstone, Zambia - Dr. Livingstone
Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
Lüderitz - Adolf Lüderitz
Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
Martelange - Martelius
Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
Modesto, California - William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man
Monrovia - James Monroe
Netanya, Israel - Nathan Strauss
Nickerson, Kansas - Thomas Nickerson (ATSF president)
Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay - Pedro Juan Caballero
Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Elizabeth Donkin (wife of governor Sir Rufane Donkin)
Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña
Pretoria, South Africa - Andries Pretorius
Provo, Utah - Étienne Provost
Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)
Rome - Romulus
Sadr City - Moqtada al-Sadr and his family
Saint Louis - Saint Louis
St. Paul, Minnesota - Saint Paul
St Petersburg, Russia and St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
Salvador, Brazil and San Salvador, El Salvador - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
San Francisco - Saint Francis
San José, Costa Rica and San Jose, California - Saint Joseph
Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
Seattle - Chief Seattle
Simon's Town, South Africa - Simon van der Stel
Sinop, Turkey - Sinope
Stellenbosch, South Africa - Simon van der Stel
Strong City, Kansas - William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
Swellendam, South Africa Hendrik Swellengrebel
Sydney - Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
Tubmanburg, Liberia - William Tubman
Vancouver - George Vancouver
Vicente López, Argentina - Vicente López y Planes
Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre
Washington, D.C. - George Washington
Wellington, New Zealand - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Willemstad - William the Silent
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Saint Catherine and Catherine I of Russia
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China - Dr. Sun Yat-sen

Brazil

Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
Duque de Caxias, Brazil - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
Epitaciolândia, Acre, Brazil - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
Marechal Deodoro, Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
Nilo Peçanha, Brazil, Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
Nilópolis, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
Petrópolis, Brazil - Pedro II, emperor of Brazil
Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Epitácio, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)
Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Prudente and Prudente de Morais, Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Sarney, Maranhão, Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
Rondonópolis and Rondolândia, Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
Salesópolis, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
Santos Dumont, Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft
Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont
São Paulo - Saint Paul
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent
São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil - Saint Sebastian

Czech Republic

Karlovy Vary - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

France

Carla-Bayle - Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), philosopher and writer
Descartes - René Descartes
Ferney-Voltaire - Voltaire
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
Saint-Léger-Vauban - Vauban

Germany

Augsburg - Augustus
Karlsruhe - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
Leverkusen - Carl Leverkus
Saarlouis - Louis XIV of France

Kyrgyzstan

Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926-1991 - Mikhail Frunze
Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888-1921 and 1939-1991 - Nikolak Przhevalsky

Poland

Turkmenistan

Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh

Airports

Former airports

Baghdad International Airport ,former Saddam International Airport, Saddam Hussein

List of places named after people

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