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
- 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)
- Mir Bacha Kot District – Mir Bacha Khan (1825–1905)
- 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
- Shah Wali Kot District – Sardar Shah Wali Khan
- 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
- Bordj Le Prieur was the name of Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Louis-Ambroise Le Prieur (1908–1997)
- 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]Antigua and Barbuda
[edit]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
- 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
- Felixdorf – Felix Mießl (1778–1861), Mayor of Wiener Neustadt
- Hugo Breitner Hof (Vienna) – Hugo Breitner (1873–1946), Social Democrat politician
- Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini (1726–1805)
- 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
- Theresienfeld – Maria Theresa
- Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria
- Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848)
Azerbaijan
[edit]- Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer
- Babek – Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary
- Bakıxanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer
- Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
- Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani prime minister
- Firuzabad, Azerbaijan – Firuz Məlikov (1902–1965), Azerbaijani scientist
- Fizuli Rayon, Füzuli, Füzuli, Samukh, and Füzuli, Shamkir – Fuzûlî, Turkic poet
- Hacı Zeynalabdin – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, industrialist and philanthropist
- Həzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov, Azerbaijani general
- Heydarabad, Azerbaijan, Heydərabad – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
- Kuropatkino – Aleksey Kuropatkin, Russian general
- Mircəlal – Mir Jalal Pashayev, Azerbaijani writer
- Nərimanov raion, Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar, Nərimankənd, Gobustan, Nərimanabad, Lankaran and Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov, Prime Minister of Soviet Azerbaijan
- Nəsimi raion, Nəsimi, Bilasuvar, Nəsimi, Sabirabad and Nəsimikənd – Imadaddin Nasimi
- Nadirkənd – Nadir Karimov (d.1943)
- Nizami, Goranboy and Nizami raion – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
- Qaçaq Kərəm – Qaçaq Kərəm (1860–1909), Azeri national hero
- Rəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
- Sabirabad (city) and Sabirabad Rayon – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir
- Salatın – Salatyn Asgarova, Azerbaijani journalist
- Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and Vurğun – Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijani writer
- Səmədabad, Yevlakh – Samedaga Agamali oglu (1867–1930)
- Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
- Şəhriyar, Goygol – Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azerbaijani poet
- Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Alternate:
- Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to Khojavend (city) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
Former:
- Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
- Azizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
- Elizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
- Frunze was the name of Hacırüstəmli – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader
- Il'ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich Lenin
- Imeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey Kirov
- Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey Kirov
- Kaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician
- Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
- Kalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail Kalinin
- Kirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey Kirov
- Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey Kirov
- Kirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey Kirov
- Kirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey Kirov
- Kuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionary
- Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – Lenin
- Leninabad was the name of Sanqalan – Lenin
- Leninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – Lenin
- Leninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – Lenin
- Leninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – Lenin
- Molotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician
- Musabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician
- Myasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionary
- Narimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov, revolutionary
- Orconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
- Pamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – Lenin
- Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I
- Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Pushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin
- Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman
- Shahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
- Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan
- Stalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph Stalin
- Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph Stalin
- V.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – Lenin
- Voroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Yelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
- Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov
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]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]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 (1840–1920), 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]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]- Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (Canadian Pacific Railway superintendent)[2]: 44
- Abbotsford, Quebec – Rev. Joseph Abbott[2]: 226
- Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta[2]: 23
- Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector[2]: 45
- Barrie, Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie or Captain A. Barry[2]: 160
- Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst[2]: 83
- Brantford, Ontario – Joseph Brant[2]: 163
- Brockville, Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock[2]: 163
- Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)[2]: 26
- Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby[2]: 45–46
- Charlemagne, Quebec – Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier[2]: 236
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom[2]: 217–218
- Churchill, Manitoba – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough[2]: 67–68
- Churchill Falls – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom[2]: 10, 111
- Collingwood, Ontario – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood[2]: 168
- Dawson City – George Mercer Dawson[2]: 315
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux[2]: 240
- Drummondville, Quebec – Gordon Drummond[2]: 241
- Edmundston, New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head[2]: 87
- Fredericton, New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York[2]: 88
- Halifax, Nova Scotia – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax[2]: 138
- Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton[2]: 178
- Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)[2]: 179
- Joliette, Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette[2]: 249
- King George, Saskatoon – George VI of United Kingdom
- Kirkland, Quebec – Charles-Aimé Kirkland, a Canadian politician
- Kirkland Lake, Ontario – Ms. Winnifred Kirkland, secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines[2]: 182
- Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener[2]: 182
- Lethbridge, Alberta – William Lethbridge[2]: 33
- Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly
- Manning, Alberta – Ernest Manning, 8th Premier of Alberta
- Markham, Ontario – William Markham[2]: 187
- Mont-Laurier, Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada[2]: 260
- Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris[2]: 189
- Patricia, Alberta – Princess Patricia[3]
- Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson[2]: 196
- Port Alberni, British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní[4]
- Port Hope Simpson – John Hope Simpson, British liberal politician[5]
- Port Moody, British Columbia – Richard Moody, first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.[2]: 57
- Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Prince Albert[2]: 304
- Prince George, British Columbia – King George III[2]: 58
- Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine[2]: 58
- Sackville, New Brunswick – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
- Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria[2]: 305
- Selkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk[2]: 75
- Sherbrooke, Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke[2]: 148, 287
- Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney[2]: 149
- Thompson, Manitoba – John F. Thompson (1881–1968), Inco's chairman[2]: 77
- Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins[2]: 208
- Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)[2]: 63
- Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria[2]: 63
- Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria[2]: 291
- Wolfville, Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf[2]: 152
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]- Ábrego – Mercedes Abrego, Colombian independence heroine
- Acevedo, Huila – José Acevedo y Gómez
- Agustín Codazzi, Cesar – Agustín Codazzi
- Albán, Cundinamarca – Carlos Albán
- Albania, La Guajira – Alba Londoño Sánchez (1923–2023), daughter of the commissar of La Guajira, Eduardo Londoño Villegas
- Alfonso Lopez (Chocó) – Alfonso López Pumarejo
- Almaguer, Cauca – Francisco Briceño, Corral de Almaguer
- Alvarado, Tolima – Pedro de Alvarado
- Antonio Nariño, Bogotá – Antonio Nariño
- Anzoátegui, Tolima – José Antonio Anzoátegui
- Aranzazu, Caldas – Juan de Dios Aranzazu
- Arbeláez – Vicente Arbeláez (1822–1884)
- Armero – José León Armero, national martyr
- Balboa, Cauca – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Balboa, Risaralda – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Barbosa, Antioquia – Diego Fernández Barbosa
- Beltrán, Cundinamarca – Francisco Felix Beltran
- Betéitiva – cacique Betacín
- Bolívar, Cauca – Simón Bolívar
- Bolívar, Santander – Simón Bolívar
- Bolívar, Valle del Cauca – Simón Bolívar
- Bosconia – John Bosco
- Briceño, Antioquia and Briceño, Boyacá – José Manuel Briceño
- Busbanzá – cacique Boazá
- Cabrera, Cundinamarca – General Cabrera, who was participated in Liberal war
- Caicedonia – Lisandro Caicedo (1806–1891)
- Cajicá – cacique Cajic
- Calarcá – cacique Calarcá
- Caldas, Boyacá – Francisco José de Caldas, a Colombian independence hero
- Camilo Torres (Norte de Santander) – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian socialist and priest
- Cerinza – cacique Cerinza
- Charalá – cacique Chalalá
- Chipatá – cacique Chipatá
- Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia – Simón Bolívar
- Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá – Simón Bolívar
- Ciudad Mutis – José Celestino Mutis
- Clemencia, Bolívar – Maria Clemencia Grau
- Colón, Nariño – Christopher Columbus
- Colón, Putumayo – Christopher Columbus
- Commune 5 Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (Yopal, Casanare) – Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (died in 2000), Yopal councilior
- Córdoba, Bolívar – Jose Maria Córdoba, an independence hero
- Córdoba, Nariño – Jose Maria Córdoba
- Don Matías – Don Matías Jaramillo
- Duitama, Tundama Province – cacique Tundama
- Durania – Justo Leonidas Durán
- Elias, Huila – Manuel Elías Carvajal
- Engativá – cacique Ingativá
- Firavitoba – cacique Firavía
- Fonseca, La Guajira – Catalan colonizer Agustín Fonseca
- Funes, Nariño – Aragonese missioner Lucas Funes
- Francisco Pizarro, Nariño – Francisco Pizarro
- Gaitanía – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, writer, lawyer and politician
- Girardota – Atanasio Girardot
- Giraldo, Antioquia – Rafael María Giraldo
- González, Cesar – Florentino Gonzalez (1805–1874)
- Gómez Plata – Bishop of Antioquia, Juan de la Cruz Gomez Plata
- Gualmatán – cacique Guatán
- Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca – Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara (founder)
- Gutiérrez Province – Santos Gutiérrez, President of Colombia
- Herrán – Pedro Alcántara Herrán, Colombian general and statesman
- Inírida, Guainía – Princess Inirida
- Juan de Acosta – Juan de Acosta
- Kennedy, Bogotá – John F. Kennedy, president of United States
- Leticia, Amazonas – Leticia Smith
- López de Micay – José Hilario López
- Madrid, Cundinamarca – Pedro Fernández Madrid (1817–1875)
- Magüí Payán – Eliseo Payán
- Maní, Casanare – Cacique Maní
- Mariano Ospina Pérez (Boyacá) – Mariano Ospina Pérez, president of Colombia
- Morales, Bolívar – Pedro Vicente de Morales (founder)
- Morales, Cauca – Luis Jerónimo Morales and Juan Manuel Morales
- Mosquera – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, former president of Colombia
- Mosquera, Nariño – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
- Nariño, Antioquia – Antonio Nariño
- Nariño, Cundinamarca – Antonio Nariño
- Nariño, Nariño – Antonio Nariño
- Nemocón – zipa Nemequene
- Olaya, Antioquia – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
- Olaya Herrera – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
- Onzaga – cacique Hunzaá
- Ortega, Tolima – Juan de Ortega y Carrillo
- Ospina – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, president of Colombia
- Ospina Perez (Nariño) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
- Padilla, Cauca – José Prudencio Padilla
- Palmar de Varela – Catalino Varela
- Pereira, Colombia – Francisco Pereira Martínez
- Policarpa, Nariño – Policarpa Salavarrieta
- Puente Aranda – Juan Aranda
- Puerto Berrío – Pedro Justo Berrío
- Puerto Caicedo – Juan Maria Caicedo Martinez (1910–2006), a Colombian engineer
- Puerto Carreño – Pedro Maria Carreño (1874–1946), Colombian Minister of External Relations from 1912 to 1913
- Puerto Gaitán – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
- Puerto Guzmán – Jorge Julio Guzman Flor (died in 2020), founder
- Puerto Leguízamo – Candido Leguízamo (1911–1933), Colombia–Peru War hero
- Puerto Lleras – Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia
- Puerto Lleras (Arauca) – Alberto Lleras Camargo
- Puerto Lleras (Norte de Santander) – Alberto Lleras Camargo
- Puerto López, Meta – Alfonso López Pumarejo, President of Colombia
- Puerto Nariño – Antonio Nariño, an Independence hero
- Puerto Ospina (Guaviare) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
- Puerto Ospina (Putumayo) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
- Puerto Parra – Aquileo Parra
- Puerto Rondón – Juan José Rondón
- Puerto Santander, Amazonas – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian independence hero
- Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian independence hero
- Puerto Tejada, Cauca – General Manuel Tejada Sanchez
- Puerto Wilches – José Solón Wilches Calderón (1835–1893)
- Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá – Rafael Uribe Uribe, a Colombian politician
- Ragonvalia – Ramón González Valencia
- Restrepo – Emiliano Restrepo Echeverria (1832–1918)
- Restrepo, Valle del Cauca – Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
- Roberto Payán – Colonel Roberto Payán Hurtado (d.1934), a brother of President Eliseo Payán
- Rovira, Tolima – Custodio García Rovira
- Ricaurte, Nariño – Antonio Ricaurte
- Rivera, Huila – José Eustasio Rivera
- Rondón, Boyacá – Juan José Rondón
- Saboyá – cacique Saboyá
- Salazar de las Palmas – Alonso Perez de Salazar
- Salgar – Eustorgio Salgar
- San Eduardo, Boyacá – Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (1860–1932)
- San Fernando, Bolívar – Ferdinand III of Castile
- San José de Albán – Carlos Albán
- San José del Fragua – Giuseppe Fusaroli (1927–2015), Italian missionary who visited in Colombia
- San José de Kennedy (Magdalena) – John F. Kennedy
- San Vicente del Caguán – Vincent de Paul
- Santa Sofía, Boyacá – Sofia Angulo de Reyes (1843–1898)
- Santander de Quilichao – Francisco de Paula Santander
- Sativanorte – cacique Sátiva
- Sativasur – cacique Sátiva
- Silvania, Colombia – Ismael Silva (1895–1962), founder
- Sogamoso, Sugamuxi Province – iraca Sugamuxi
- Solano, Caquetá – Jose Dolores Solano (1891–1961), Colombia–Peru War hero
- Somondoco – cacique Somendoco or Sumindoco
- Suárez, Cauca – Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia
- Suárez, Tolima – Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia
- Sucre, Cauca – Antonio José de Sucre
- Sucre, Santander – Antonio José de Sucre
- Sucre, Sucre Department – Antonio José de Sucre
- Techo – cacique Techitina
- Tutazá – cacique Tutazúa
- La Uribe – Antonio Uribe
- Usaquén – cacique Usaque
- Ulloa, Valle de Cauca – General José Eleuterio Ulloa
- Uribia, La Guajira – Rafael Uribe Uribe
- Valdivia, Antioquia – Andrés de Valdivia
- Villa Caro – José Eusebio Caro
- Villa de Leyva – Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva
- Villa Germania (Cesar) – Manuel Germán Cuello Gutiérrez (1915–2006), Governor of Cesar Department
- Villagarzón – colonel Julio Garzón Moreno
- Villagómez – Monseñor Misael Gomez Torres (1880–1967)
- Villapinzón – Propsero Pinzon (1856–1901)
- Villavicencio – Antonio Villavicencio, an Independence Hero
- Zambrano, Bolívar – Álvaro de Zambrano
- Zapayán – cacique Zapayán
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 (1902–1980), 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]- Alejandro Labaka (Orellana) – Alejandro Labaka (1920–1987), Spanish bishop
- Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
- Antonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante (1771–1836), Ecuadorian Independence Hero
- Atahualpa Canton – Atahualpa, King of Quito
- Bolívar Canton, Carchi – Simón Bolívar
- Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simón Bolívar
- General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar, Ecuadorian military and politician
- Camilo Ponce Enríquez (parish) – Camilo Ponce Enriquez, president of Ecuador
- Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (Manabí) – Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
- Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Ecuador – Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, president of Ecuador
- Cevallos – Pedro Fermín Cevallos (1812–1893), Ecuadorian Politician and Historian
- Coronel Marcelino Maridueña – Marcelino Maridueña Quesada (1798–1883)
- Durán, Ecuador – Sr. José Durán Maristany (1878–1956)
- El Empalme de Velasco Ibarra – José María Velasco Ibarra, president of Ecuador
- Eloy Alfaro Canton – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador
- Echeandía – Manuel José de Echeandía (1783–1850), Ecuadorian independence hero
- Espejo Canton – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist
- Flavio Alfaro Canton – General Flavio Evaristo Alfaro (1865–1912)
- General Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez – Leónidas Plaza, President of Ecuador
- Girón Canton – Spanish captain Francisco Hernández Girón
- Gonzalo Pizarro Canton – Gonzalo Pizarro, Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro
- Ines Arango (Orellana) – Ines Arango (1937–1987), Colombian missionary
- Isidro Ayora, Ecuador – Isidro Ayora
- Ibarra, Ecuador – Miguel de Ibarra y Mallea (1550–1608)
- Jaime Roldos, Pastaza and Jaime Roldos (Guayas) – Jaime Roldós Aguilera
- Julio Andrade (Carchi) – General Julio Andrade (1866–1912)
- Lauro Guerrero (Loja) – Lauro Guerrero Becerra (1873–1904), Ecuadorian military
- Leonidas Proaño (Yantzaza) – Leonidas Proaño (1910–1988), Bishop of Riobamba
- Mejía Canton – José Mejía Lequerica (1774–1813), Ecuadorian political figure
- Mera, Pastaza – Juan León Mera, writer
- Milton Reyes (El Oro) – Milton Alfredo Reyes (1939–1970), student leader
- Montalvo Canton – Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author and essayist
- Montúfar Canton – Coronel Carlos de Montufar (1780–1816), Ecuadorian military
- Nuevo Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, president of Ecuador
- Quevedo, Ecuador –Timoteo Quevedo Pozo (1813–1876), surveying
- Olmedo Canton, Loja – José Joaquín de Olmedo, president of Ecuador
- Olmedo Canton, Manabí – José Joaquín de Olmedo
- Pablo Sexto – Pope Paul VI
- Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil
- General Villamil – José de Villamil, Ecuadorian independence hero
- Puerto López – Daniel Lopez (1848–1893), philanthropist
- Puerto Rodriguez (Sucumbios) – Coronel Luis Arsenio Rodríguez (1898–1977), Ecuadorian–Peruvian War hero
- Puerto Villamil – José de Villamil
- Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo, journalist and politician
- Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton and Maldonado (Carchi) – Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 18th-century Ecuadorian scientist
- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, president of Ecuador
- Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, president of Ecuador
- Rumiñahui Canton – Rumiñawi (Inca warrior)
- Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana
- San Juan Bosco Canton – John Bosco
- San Miguel de Salcedo – Manuel Antonio Salcedo y Legorburú (1829–1870), priest
- Simón Bolívar Canton and Puerto Bolivar (El Oro) – Simón Bolívar
- Sucre Canton – Antonio José de Sucre
- Teniente Maximiliano Rodriguez (Loja) – Maximiliano Rodriguez Loaiza (1909–1941)
- Tobar Donoso (Tulcan) – Julio Tobar Donoso (1894–1981), minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador
- Tufiño (Carchi) – Luis Gabriel Tufiño (1880–1962), cartographer
- Urbina (Tulcan) – José María Urvina
- Urdaneta Canton – Luis Urdaneta Farias, a Venezuelan-Ecuadorian military figure
- Valencia – Gregorio Valencia, founder
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]- Agios Nikolaos – Saint Nicholas
- 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), philanthropist
- 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 – 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 – 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]- Adityapur – a city and a part of Jamshedpur was named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo (1887–1969).
- Ahmedabad – Sultan Ahmed Shah
- Ahmednagar – Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I, Nizam Shahi dynasty
- Alluri Sitharama Raju district – Alluri Sitarama Raju
- Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar
- Ambedkar Nagar district – B. R. Ambedkar, Father of the Indian Constitution
- Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) – Jyotiba Phule
- Annamalai Nagar – S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar
- Annamayya district – Annamacharya
- Ashoknagar Kalyangarh – Ashoke Kumar Sen
- Atal Nagar Nava Raipur - Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
- Bardhaman – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir
- Bodh Gaya – Buddha
- Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji
- Bhadani Nagar – Lala Gurusharan Lal Bhadani
- Chamoli district – Shiva, one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
- Chandigarh – Goddess Chandi
- Chennai – Chennappa Naicker
- Churachandpur – Maharaja Sir Churachand Singh
- CV Raman Nagar – a neighbourhood in Bangalore named after C. V. Raman
- Dalhousie – James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
- Dr. Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar
- Faridabad – Shaikh Farid Bukhari
- Faridkot, Punjab – Fariduddin Ganjshakar
- Firozpur – Firuz Shah Tughlaq
- Gajapati district - Krushna Chandra Gajapati
- Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist
- Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor
- Gautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha
- Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor)
- Haridwar – Vishnu (Hari)
- Hyderabad – Hyder Mahal, wife of Quli Qutub Shah.
- Indira Point – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
- Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata
- Jaipur – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji
- Jodhpur – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji
- Jogindernagar – Joginder Sen
- Kabisuryanagar - Kabisurjya Baladeba Ratha
- Komaram Bheem district – Komaram Bheem, a Gond martyr
- Krishnarajapuram – a suburb and neighbourhood in Bangalore named after Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
- Lucknow – Lakshmana, a hero of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana
- Mahendragarh – Mahendra Singh of Patiala
- Mangalore – Mangala Devi, Mangaladevi Temple
- Margherita, Assam – Margherita of Savoy
- Modinagar – Gujarmal Modi
- Moradabad – prince Murad
- Mumbai – Mumbadevi
- Nampally, Hyderabad- A Persian Diwan of Hyderabad State, Raza Ali Khan whose title was Nekh-Nam-Khan.
- Nizamabad City, Nizamabad district – Nizam of Hyderabad
- NTR district – N. T. Rama Rao, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Osmanabad – Mir Osman Ali Khan
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar - Deendayal Upadhyaya
- Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri
- Patel Nagar – Vallabhbhai Patel, 1st deputy Prime minister of India
- Pithoragarh – Prithviraj Chauhan
- Port Blair – Archibald Blair
- R. T. Nagar – Rabindranath Tagore
- Rajendranagar mandal – Rajendra Prasad, President of India
- Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju
- Ranga Reddy district - K. V. Ranga Reddy
- Rishabhdeo – First Tirthankar – Rishabha (Adinath)
- Robertsganj – Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
- Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district – Ajit Singh (Sikhism)
- Sant Kabir Nagar district – Sant Kabir, poet
- Santhome – locality in Mylapore, named after the Apostle, Saint Thomas
- Secunderabad – Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district – Bhagat Singh, Indian National Hero
- Shimla – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity Kali
- Sri Ganganagar – General Sir Ganga Singh, the Maharajah of Bikaner State from 1888 to 1943
- Sri Sathya Sai district – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru
- Surendranagar Dudhrej – Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (1922–1983), Ruler of Wadhwan state
- Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore – Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary
- Tuljapur – Goddess Tulja Bhavani Temple
- Udaipur – Maharana Udai Singh II
- Udham Singh Nagar district – freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh
- Vasco da Gama – Vasco da Gama
- Visakhapatnam – ruled by King Visakha Varma
- Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)
- Vallathol Nagar – Vallathol Narayana Menon, Malayalam poet
- Williamnagar – Williamson A. Sangma, the founding Chief Minister of Meghalaya
- Willingdon Island – large artificial island in Kochi, named after Lord Willingdon
- Wellington – town in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, named after the Iron Duke
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:
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]- Alessandria – Pope Alexander III
- Andorno Micca – Pietro Micca
- Aosta – Augustus
- Arquà Petrarca – Petrarch
- Augusta – "Augusto" di Federico II di Svevia
- Bosisio Parini – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet
- Caprese Michelangelo – Michelangelo, painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
- Castagneto Carducci – Giosuè Carducci, poet
- Castelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco
- Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Father of the Italian fatherland
- Cava Manara – Luciano Manara, patriot
- Corridonia – Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist, IWW hero
- Corteno Golgi – Camillo Golgi, pathologist
- Ercolano – Heracles
- Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
- Grizzana Morandi – Giorgio Morandi
- Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
- Guidonia Montecelio – Alessandro Guidoni, air force general
- Incisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino (1802–1834), soldier
- Jolanda di Savoia – Yolanda of Savoy
- Ladispoli – Prince Ladislao Odescalchi (1846–1920)
- Livorno Ferraris – Galileo Ferraris
- Mafalda – Mafalda of Savoy
- Manfredonia – Manfred of Sicily
- Marconia – Guglielmo Marconi
- Margherita di Savoia – Queen Margherita of Savoy
- Milena – Queen Milena of Montenegro
- Morra De Sanctis – Francesco de Sanctis
- Paderno Ponchielli – Amilcare Ponchielli
- Pienza – Pope Pius II
- Riese Pio X – Pope Pius X
- Rome – Romulus (disputed;[13] see also: Rome#Etymology)
- Sagliano Micca – Pietro Micca, Piedmontese hero
- San Gimignano – Saint Geminianus
- San Mauro Pascoli – Giovanni Pascoli, poet
- Sanremo – Saint Romulus of Genoa
- Sasso Marconi – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer
- Serra San Bruno – Saint Bruno of Cologne
- Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII – Pope John XXIII
- Umbertide – Umberto I of Italy
- Terranuova Bracciolini – Poggio Bracciolini, Renaissance humanist
- Virgilio – Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet
- Vittorio Veneto – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
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 (died in 1909)
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]- Abay (town). Abay, Aktobe, Abay, Almaty and Abay District, East Kazakhstan – Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher
- Altynsarin District – Ybyrai Altynsarin, a Kazakh educator
- Amangeldi – Amankeldı İmanov (1873–1919), Kazakh national leader
- Auezov district (Almaty) – Mukhtar Auezov, a Kazakh writer
- Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy (1644–1700), Kazakh biy and tribesman
- Ayteke Bi – Ayteke Biy
- Balpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly
- Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
- Baydibek District – Baidibek Karashauly (1356–1419), legendary hero
- Bayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860–1945), Kazakh folk singer
- Bayzak District – Bayzak Mambetuly (1789–1864), Kazakh military leader and politician
- Beimbet Mailin District – Beimbet Mailin (1894–1938), Kazakh writer
- Bokey Orda District – Bokei Khan, chairman of the Khan's Council during the Aishuak Khan
- Budennovka (Akmola) – Semyon Budyonny
- Bukhar-Zhyrau District – Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov, a Kazakh poet
- Chapaev, Kazakhstan – Red Army hero of the Russian Civil War Vasily Chapayev
- Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
- Gabit Musirepov District – Gabit Musirepov, Kazakh writer
- Hamit Ergaliev (Atyrau) – Hamit Ergaliev (1916–1997), writer
- Imeni Baymaganbeta Iztolin (North Kazakhstan) – Baymaganbet Iztolin (1899–1921), poet
- Imeni Dinmukhamed Kunaev (Zhambyl) and Qonaev – Dinmukhamed Kunaev
- Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player Dina Nurpeisova
- Imeni Imangali Biltabanov (Aktobe) – Imangali Biltabanov (1925–1945), Kazakh hero
- Imeni Kudaibergen Zhubanov (Aktobe) – Kudaibergen Zhubanov (1899–1938), philologist
- Imeni Rakhim Sabdenov (Zhambyl) – Rakhim Sabdenov (1929–2000), Socialist workers' hero
- Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) – Qasim Qaysenov (1918–2006), Kazakh writer and military officer
- Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Turkistan) – Shamshi Kaldayakov, a Kazakhstani composer
- Imeni Tattibay Duisebayev (Zhambyl) – Tattibay Duisebayev (1923–1996), Kazakh police general
- Imeni Temirbek Zhurgenov (Aktobe) – Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898–1938), writer
- Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev
- Karim Mynbayev (Karaganda) – Karim Mynbayev (1906–1948), Kazakh scientist and teacher
- Kurchatov – Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov
- Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly
- Magzhan Zhumabayev District – Kazakh writer Magzhan Zhumabayev
- Makhambet – Makhambet Otemisuly, Kazakh Poet
- Mamlyut – Mavlyut Valguzin, a Tatar peasant
- Mantai Zharymbetov (Turkistan) – Mantai Zharymbetov (1912–1967), Socialist worker's hero
- Nurmukhamed Esentaev (Turkistan) – Nurmukhamed Esentaev (1909–1975), Socialist worker's hero
- Panfilov District, Kazakhstan – Ivan Panfilov
- Pavlodar – Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
- Petropavl – Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- Raiymbek District – Raiymbek Batyr
- Ridder – Philip Ridder; between 1941 and 2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin
- Satpayev – Kazakh geologist and first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences Kanysh Satpayev
- Shal akyn District – Tileuke Kulekeuly (Shal Akyn), a Kazakh poet
- Tole Bi District – Töle Biy
- Turar Ryskulov, Turkistan – Kazakh politician Turar Ryskulov
- Turar Ryskulov District – Turar Ryskulov, President of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Ualikhanov District – Shoqan Walikhanov, ethnographer
- Zhambyl District, Almaty Region – Jambyl Jabayev. Kazakh traditional folk singer
- Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region – Jambyl Jabayev
- Zhangeldi District – Alibi Zhangeldi (1884– 1953), Kazakh revolutionary
- Zhansugirov – Ilyas Zhansugurov, Kazakh writer
- Zhanybek District – Janibek Khan, a co-founder and the second Khan of the Kazakh Khanate from 1473–1480
Former:
- Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
- Guryev was the name of Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev
- Leninsk was the name of Baikonur – Vladimir Lenin
- Nur-Sultan was the name of Astana – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan[14]
- Panfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan Panfilov
- Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko
- Yermak was the name of Aksu – Russian national hero and explorer of Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich
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 – Aldabergen Amanbaev (1927–1975), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
- Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941)
- Atai Ogonbaev (Talas) – Atai Ogonbaev (1900–1949), Kyrgyz musician and compositor
- 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
- Berdike Baatyr (Talas) – Berdike Baatyr (1740–1790)
- 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)
- Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
- Imeni Aliaskara Toktonalieva (Ysyk-Ata) – Aliaskar Toktonaliev (1929–1990), Finance Minister
- 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
- Kaynazarova (Chuy) – Zuurakan Kaynazarova
- Kazybek (Naryn) – Kazybek Mambetimin uulu (1901–1936), poet
- Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
- Kochkorbaev (Chuy) – Isak Kochkorbaev (1890–1965), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
- Kulatov (Nookat) – Turabay Kulatov (1908–1984), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
- Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
- Kurmanjan Datka (Batken) and Kurmanjan Datka (Osh) – Kurmanjan Datka
- 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
- Ormon-Khan aliyl (Naryn) – Ormon Khan
- Ömüraliev (Talas) – Baky Ömüraliev (1932–2003), Kyrgyz actor and film director
- 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)
- Süymönkul Chokmorov – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
- Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov
- Razzakov – Iskhak Razzakov
- Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
- Togolok-Moldo Rural District (Naryn) – Togolok Moldo, Kyrgyz poet
- Toktomat Zulpuev (Nookat) – Toktomat Zulpuev (1925–1995)
- Urazbekov (Batken) – Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1889–1938), Kyrgyz statesman
- Yusupov aliyl (Osh) – Sultan Yusupov (1918–2004), Kyrgyz music teacher
- Zharkynbayevo – Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969), Kyrgyz hero
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:
- Kapsukas was the name of Marijampolė – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Lithuanian communist politician
- Sniečkus was the name of Visaginas – Antanas Sniečkus, Lithuanian communist politician
Luxembourg
[edit]- Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)
Malawi
[edit]- Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet Aaron
- Banda (Central) – Hastings Banda
- Cape Maclear – Thomas Maclear
- Fort Maguire (Southern) – Captain Cecil Montgomery Maguire (died in 1891)
- Livingstonia, Malawi – David Livingstone
- Liwonde – Chief Liwonde
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
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
Former:
- Jesselton was the name of Kota Kinabalu – Sir Charles Jessel, British colonial administrator
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
- 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]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
- Phalgunanda Rural Municipality – Phalgunanda
- 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
- Frederiksoord – Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
- 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 – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
- 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 –