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

• Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci
• Europe – Europa, woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage

Countries

This is a summary of country name etymologies.

• Danmark - [ [Viking Dan Marksen] ]
• 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", Jesus
• Eswatini (Swaziland) – 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
• Saudi Arabia – Muhammad bin Saud
• Seychelles – Jean Moreau de Sechelles
• Solomon Islands – Solomon
• Uzbekistan- Öz Beg Khan of Golden Horde

Former countries

• 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

Self-governing overseas territories

• Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez (British overseas territory)
• Falkland Islands – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland (British overseas territory)
• Gibraltar – Tariq ibn Ziyad (from the Arabic Jabal Tariq, meaning The Mountain of Tariq. British overseas territory)
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Helena of Constantinople, and Tristão da Cunha (British overseas territory)
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – George III of the United Kingdom, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich respectively (British overseas territory)

"Lands" of Antarctica

• 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

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

Afghanistan

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

Albania

• 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

• 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

Angola

• Comandante Valódia (Luanda) – Joaquim Domingos Augusto "Valódia", 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
• Rocha Pinto (Luanda) – João Teixeira Pinto
• Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995)

Andorra

• Meritxell – Our Lady of Meritxell

Antigua and Barbuda

• Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington

Argentina

• 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 Domingo Peron, 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 – Jose Felix 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

• Abovyan and Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan, writer
• Anushavan – Dr. 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, participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
• Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian, writer
• Narek, Ararat – Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet
• Nizami, Armenia – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Paruyr Sevak, Armenia – Paruyr Sevak, poet
• Poselok Imeni Kalinina – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Pushkino, Armenia – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet
• Sarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882-1920), Communist revolutionary
• Sayat-Nova, Armenia – Harutyun Sayatyan, poet
• Shahumyan, Ararat, Shahumyan, Armavir, Shahumyan, Lori, Shahumyan, Yerevan and Stepanavan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Spandaryan, Shirak, Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
• Sverdlov, Armenia – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader
• Tumanyan, Armenia – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
• Yenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian (1896-1920), early Communist
• Zhdanov, Lori – Andrei Zhdanov

Former:

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

Australia

Austria

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

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

• George Town, Bahamas – George III of Great Britain
• Matthew Town – George Matthew, Bahamian governor in 1844–1849
• Nassau, Bahamas – William III of England

Bahrain

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

Bangladesh

• Cox's Bazar – Captain Hiram Cox
• Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, a 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, an eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian subcontinent in British India
• Sher-e-Bangla Nagar – A. K. Fazlul Huq, a Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman
• Sherpur District – Sher Ali Gazi, the last jaghirdar of the Gazi dynasty

Barbados

• Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)

Belarus

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

Belgium

• Albert Canal – Albert I of Belgium
• Charleroi – Charles II of Spain
• Geraardsbergen – Geraard van Hunnegem, a manor local
• Leopoldsburg – Leopold I of Belgium
• Martelange – Martelius
• Philippeville – Philip II of Spain
• Quartier Marais-Jacqmain (Brussels) – Émile Jacqmain (1860–1933), Belgian engineer
• Quartier Midi-Lemonnier (Brussels) – Charles Lemonnier, Belgian liberal politician
• Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse – Saint George
• Saint-Gilles – Saint Giles
• Saint-Hubert – Hubertus
• 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
• Woluwe-Saint-Lambert – Lambert of Maastricht
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter

Belize

• 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
• Victoria Peak (Belize) – Queen Victoria

Benin

• Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

Bermuda

• Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

Bhutan

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

Bolivia

• Abel Iturralde Province – Abel Iturralde Palacios (1869–1935), Bolivian politician
• Alonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from Potosi
• Andrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez (1844–1877), leader of the federal revolution in Santa Cruz
• Ángel Sandoval Province – Dr. Angel Sandoval Peña (1871–1941)
• Aniceto Arce Province – Aniceto Arce Ruiz, President of Bolivia
• Antonio Quijarro Province – Dr. 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 – Simon Bolivar, 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 (Potosi) – Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu (1789–1841), Bolivian military
• Carrasco Province – Dr. 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 (d.1944), Bolivian lawyer and senator
• Manco Kapac Province – Manco Capac
• Manuel María Caballero Province – Manuel María Caballero (1819–1865), one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861
• 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
• 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 (Potosi) – 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
• Tomas Barrón Province – Colonel Tomas Barrón (d.1810), an Independence hero
• Tomás Frías Province – Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia
• Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784–1822)
• Urriolagoitia, Chuquisaca - Mamerto Urriolagoitía
• Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840–1897)
• Villa Abecia – Dr. Valentin Abecia (1846–1910)
• Villamontes – Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia
• Villazón – Eliodoro Villazón
• Warnes, Bolivia – Ignacio Warnes, military leader in the South American war of independence

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Tomislavgrad – King Tomislav of Croatia or Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Botswana

• Francistown – Daniel Francis (English prospector)
• Gaborone – Chief Gaborone

Brazil

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

• Bandar Seri Begawan – Omar Ali Saifuddien III

Bulgaria

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Omurtag – Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria
• Pavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and Russian Tsar-Liberator's brother Prince Pavel
• 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
• 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

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

Cambodia

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

Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (railway superintendent)
• Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta
• Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector
• Barrie, Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie
• Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
• Brantford, Ontario – Joseph Brant
• Brockville, Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock
• Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)
• Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby
• Charlemagne, Quebec – Charlemagne
• Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom
• Churchill, Manitoba – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
• Churchill Falls – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Collingwood, Ontario – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
• Dawson City – George Mercer Dawson
• Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
• Drummondville, Quebec – Gordon Drummond
• Edmundston, New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head
• Fredericton, New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York
• Halifax – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
• Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton
• Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)
• Joliette, Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette
• 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
• Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener
• Lethbridge, Alberta – William Lethbridge
• Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly
• Markham, Ontario – William Markham
• Mont-Laurier, Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada
• Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris
• Patricia, Alberta – Princess Patricia
• Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson
• Port Alberni, British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní
• Port Hope Simpson – John Hope Simpson, British liberal politician
• Port Moody, British Columbia – Richard Moody, first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
• Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Prince Albert
• Prince George, British Columbia – King George III or Prince George, Duke of Kent
• Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine
• Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
• Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria
• Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality – Robert Cliche, a Quebec politician, writer, lawyer and judge
• Selkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
• Sherbrooke, Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke
• Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
• Thompson, Manitoba – Dr. John F. Thompson (1881–1968), Inco's chairman
• Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins
• Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)
• Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria
• Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria
• Wolfville, Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf

Central African Republic

• 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

• 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

• 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, 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 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

• Gensi Township – Yang Gensi, Chinese military hero
• Jingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu
• Leifeng Subdistrict – Lei Feng, Chinese hero
• Maoming – Chinese scholar and doctor Pan Maoming
• Qinhuangdao – Qin Shi Huang, First emperor of China
• Yingjun – Liu Yingjun (1945–1966), a Chinese military hero
• Zhidan County – Liu Zhidan, military strategist and high-ranking leader of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
• Zhongshan, Guangdong – Dr. 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 Red Army during the Chinese revolution

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• 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
• Lumumba (Lodja) – 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

Republic of the Congo

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

Costa Rica

• 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
• Blanco (Limon) – Maximo Blanco (1824–1886), Costa Rican military hero
• Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
• Cervantes District – Juan de los Santos Madriz y 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 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 Medic
• Flores (Limon) – Alfredo González Flores
• Garcia Flamenco (Guanacaste) – Marcelino Garcia Flamenco (1888–1918), a Salvadoran teacher
• Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
• Gutiérrez Braun District – Hernán Gutiérrez Braun (1902–1979), Costa Rican engineer
• Heredia, Costa Rica –Alonso Fernández de Heredia, a President of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala
• Jiménez (canton) – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• Jiménez, Pococí – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• León Cortés (canton) – León Cortés Castro
• 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 (San Jose) – Francisco Morazan
• Naranjito de Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo (1918–1948)
• Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
• Osa (canton) – Cacique Osa
• Pérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Perez Zeledon (1854–1930), Jurist and diplomat
• Pittier District – Henri François Pittier
• Pococí (canton) – Cacique Pococi
• Puerto Jiménez – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
• Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada Salazar (1873–1937), Poet
• Rincón Ulate (Sarchi) – Otilio Ulate Blanco
• Rio Jiménez, Limon – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• Rivas, Costa Rica – Domingo Rivas Salvatierra (1836–1900)
• 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 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 Solis and Ramon Rodriguez, two prominent figures in San Ramon
• Valverde (San Ramon) – Carlos Luis Valverde (1903–1948), Costa Rican physician and revolutionary
• Vázquez de Coronado (canton) – Conquistador Juan Vázquez de Coronado
  • 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) – Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union).

Croatia

• Dinko Simunovic (Zagreb) – Dinko Simunovic, 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 Mazuranic (Zagreb) – Ivan Mazuranic, 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 Zupancic (Zagreb) – Oton Zupancic, 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

• Bartolomé Masó, Cuba – Bartolomé Masó Márquez, 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
• 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

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

Cyprus

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Christianshavn – Christian IV of Denmark
• Fredericia – King Frederick III 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
• Liseleje – Elisabeth (Lise) Classen
• 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

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

Dominican Republic

• Cabral, Dominican Republic - José María Cabral
• 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
• Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres
• 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), Joaquin 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
• Jose Francisco Pena Gomez (Pedernales) – Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, Dominican lawyer and politician
• Juan de Herrera, Dominican Republic - Juan de Herrera (spanish farmer)
• 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
• María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez, a female soldier in the wars of independence
• Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Dr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla, Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President
• Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic - Bartolome 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 Guzman Fernandez, 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
• Vicente Noble - General Vicente Noble, Dominican military
• Villa González - Manuel de Jesus Gonzalez 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:

• Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo

East Timor

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

Ecuador

Egypt

• 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^[2] – 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, a commander of the Rashidun Islamic army who fought during the Muslim conquest of Egypt
• Victoria (neighborhood) – Queen Victoria

El Salvador

• Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria (d.1859)
• Aguilares – Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante and his brothers Nicolas and Vicente Aguilar
• Bolívar, La Unión – Simon Bolivar
• 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 (Ahuachapan) - Dr. 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 Concepcion Gonzalez Fortis (1872-1943)
• San Antonio Pajonal – Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa
• San Cayetano Istepeque – Dr. Cayetano Molina, President of El Salvador
• San Fernando, Chalatenango – King Ferdinand VII of Spain
• San Fernando, Morazán – King 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 Rafael, San Miguel – Doctor Rafael Zaldivar, President of El Salvador
• San Rafael Cedros – Dr. Rafael Zaldivar, President of El Salvador
• San Rafael Obrajuelo – Dr. Rafael Zaldivar
• 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

• 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

• 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)

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

Ethiopia

• 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
• Shire Inda Selassie – Imru Haile Selassie, Acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia
• Waliso – son of Liban, Waliso, an Oromo clan

Falkland Islands

• 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

• Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe) – Peter Brahe, 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

• Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia
• Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer
• Charleville-sous-Bois – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
• Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny
• Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
• Decazeville – Élie, duc Decazes, Prime Minister
• Descartes – René Descartes
• Ferney-Voltaire – Voltaire
• 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
• La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard
• Mont-Louis – Louis XIV of France
• Papaïchton-Pompidouville – Georges Pompidou, President of France
• Place Léon-Blum (Paris) – Léon Blum, a French socialist politician
• Régina – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina (1868–1922)
• Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister
• Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni – Auguste-Laurent Baudin, Governor of French Guiana
• Saint-Léger-Vauban – Vauban
• Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin – Louis XIV of France
• Vendays-Montalivet – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet

Gabon

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

Germany

• 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

• Agmashenebeli (Batumi) - David IV of Georgia
• Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Andrew
• Atarbekovka (Abkhazia) - Georgi Atarbekov
• Bagrationi (Batumi) - Pyotr Bagration
• Budyonovka (Marneuli) – Marshall Semyon Budyonny
• Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of Georgia
• Eliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Elijah
• Filippovka (Akhalkalaki) – Filipp Makaradze, President of Georgia during the soviet era
• Georgiashvili (Tetritskaro) - Arsen Georgiashvili (1881-1906), People's hero
• Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) – Saint George
• 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
• Leninisi (Gardabani), Ulyanovka (Marneuli) – Vladimir Lenin
• 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
• 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
• Ordzhonikidze (Zugdidi) – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian politician
• Rustaveli (Batumi) - Shota Rustaveli
• Saakadze (Gardabani) – Giorgi Saakadze, a Georgian politician and military commander
• Satsulukidze (Khoni) - Alexander Tsulukidze, revolutionary
• 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
• Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) – King Vakhtang I of Iberia
• Vazha-Pshavela (Tbilisi) - Vazha-Pshavela, Georgian writer
• Zhdanovakani (Ninotsminda) – Andrey Zhdanov

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

• Christiansborg – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Gwolu – Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann
• Kofi Pare^[3] – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer
• Queen Anne's Point^[4] – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Techiman – Nana Takyi Firi^[5]

Greece

• 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

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

Guatemala

• Aguilar Batres (Zacapa) – Raúl Aguilar Batres, Guatemalan civil engineer
• Aparicio (Suchitepequez) – 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
• 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. Miguel Angel Asturias (Quetzaltenango) – Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan diplomatic and writer
• 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 – Dr. Cirlio Flores Estrada, a Guatemalan Medic
• Flores Costa Cuca – Jose Felipe Flores, Physician and Maria Josefa Barrios y Aparicio "Maruca or Cuca" (1878-1959), daughter of Justo Rufino Barrios
• Galvez (Quetzaltenango) – Dr. Mariano Galvez, Guatemalan Independence hero
• Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados
• Godinez (Solola) – Juan Godinez, Spanish conquistador
• Horno de Vides (Chiquimula) – Jose Maria Ignacio Ortiz Vides (1941–1983), a Guatemalan guerrilla
• Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader
• Juarez (Quetzaltenango) – Benito Juarez, 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
• Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Varón
• 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
• Puente Rodolfo Robles – Rodolfo Robles, the Guatemalan physician
• Puerto Barrios – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala
• Recuerdo a Barrios (Quetzaltenango) - Justo Rufino Barrios
• San Carlos Sija – King Charles III of Spain
• San Francisco La Union – Jose Francisco Colombo Gonzalez, businessmen
• 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

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

Guyana

• Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• 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
• Stabroek, Guyana – Nicholaas Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India Company
• Victoria, Guyana – Queen Victoria

Haiti

• Bombardopolis – German benefactor, Monsieur de Bombarde
• Dessalines – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti
• Cite Simone (Port-au-Prince) – Simone Duvalier, First lady of Haiti
• Ennery, Artibonite – Victor-Therese Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
• Gressier – Edmond Vallery Gressier
• 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
• Ouanaminthe – Juana Mendez (1788–1873), mother of Buenaventura Baez, a Dominican president
• Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
• Simone (Dessalines) - Simone Duvalier
• Village Lumane Casimir (Haiti) – Lumane Casimir (1920–1955), Hatian 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

• Alfonso XIII (Santa Barbara) – Alfonso XIII of Spain
• Asentamiento Juan Benito Montoya (Copan) – Juan Benito Montoya, a 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) – Dr. Alfonso Lacayo (1923–1985), Garifuna physician
• Col. Amaya Amador (Yoro) – Ramon 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
• Froylan Turcios (Olancho) – Froylan Turcios, Honduran Poet
• Guadalupe Carney (Colon) – James Carney (American priest), also known as Father Guadalupe Carney
• Grupo Villeda Morales (Atlantida) – Ramon 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, an 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), a Honduran priest
• Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician
• Policarpo Paz Garcia (Yoro) – Policarpo Paz Garcia
• Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador
• Puerto Lempira – cacique Lempira
• Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) – Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
• Rodas Alvarado (Danli) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado, a 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), a 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

• Aberdeen Harbour – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Belcher Bay – Edward Belcher
• Cape D'Aguilar – George Charles D'Aguilar
• Kennedy Town – Arthur Edward Kennedy
• Mount Davis, Hong Kong – John Francis Davis
• Stanley, Hong Kong – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
• Victoria City – Queen Victoria

Hungary

• 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

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

India

Indonesia

• Hatta, Bakauheni, Lampung - Mohammad Hatta, 1st Vice President of Indonesia
• Jayawijaya Regency – Jaya-Vijaya, two gatekeepers (Dwarapalaka) of the abode of Vishnu
• Jl. Abdullah Syafi – Abdullah Syafi'i (1910–1985)
• Jl. Dewi Sartika – Dewi Sartika
• Jl. Fatmawati – Fatmawati, Sukarno's wife
• Jl. Halim Perdanakusuma – Halim Perdanakusuma
• Jl. K.H Hasyim Asy'ari – Hasyim Asy'ari
• Jl. Otto Iskandardinata – Oto Iskandar di Nata
• Jl. Pangeran Tubagus Angke – Prince Tubagus Angke
• Jl. R.E. Martadinata – Eddy Martadinata
• Jl. Jend.R.S.Soekanto – Said Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo
• Jl. Sukarno – Sukarno, President of Indonesia
• Jl. Sultan Agung – Sultan Agung of Mataram
• Kartini, Sawah Besar - Kartini, Javanese women's rights figure
• Sudirman, Tanralili, Maros (South Sulawesi) - Sudirman, Indonesian military officer
• Suka Pura (Jakarta) - Sukarno
• Yos Sudarso Island – Yos Sudarso, naval officer

Former:

• Sukarnapura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno, President of Indonesia

Iran

• 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
• Mohammad Zaman-e Kamul – Mohammad Zaman
• Nahavand:
  • formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
• Naser Khosrow, Iran – Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poet
• Piranshahr – Piran, son of Viseh
• Rezaiyeh, Mehriz – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rezaiyeh, 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
• Shahreza – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• 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

• 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)

• Bellewstown – Darren Bellew
• Binghamstown – Richard Bingham
• Enniskeane – "island of Cian", Cian Murphy of Cork
• Canningstown – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
• Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
• Charleville, Count Cork – Charles II of England
• Connacht – Conn Cétchathach
• County Kerry – Ciar
• Cork – Corc
• 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
• 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 Port Laoise – 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

• 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
• 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

Ivory Coast

• Bingerville – Louis-Gustave Binger, former French colonial governor
• Port-Bouët – Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, French admiral
• San-Pédro, Ivory Coast – Saint Peter
• Treichville – Marcel Treich-Laplène, French resident in Ivory Coast
• Yamoussoukro – Queen Yamoussou

Jamaica

• Aberdeen, Jamaica – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Alexandria, Jamaica – Alexander Bustamante, First Prime Minister of Jamaica
• Granville, Jamaica – Granville Sharp
• Kingston, Jamaica – King William III of England
• Petersfield, Jamaica – Peter Beckford, Governor of Jamaica
• Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica – Lady Anne Hyde

Japan

• 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
• Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858–1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan
• Maeda, Aichi – Tadashi Maeda (admiral)
• Masaki, Ehime – Jinzaburō Masaki, Japanese general
• Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (died 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
• Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura, Japanese poet
• Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo period
• Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira no Tadayuki, son of a Japanese warrior
• Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru, owner of Tendō castle during the Muromachi period
• Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute
• 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

• 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

Kenya

• 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 (town) – Joseph Thomson (explorer)

Kosovo

• Obilić – Miloš Obilić

Kuwait

• 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

• Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) - Absamat Masaliyev
• Alla-Anarov (Aravan) – Alla Anarov (1907–1979), cotton producer
• Aydaraliev (Talas) – Dr. Akmatbek Aydaraliev (1916–1987)
• Amanbayevo – Akhmat Amanbayev (1920–1964), Kirghiz compositor
• Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941)
• Baetov – Kirghiz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902–1949)
• Bokonbayevo – Kirghiz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910–1944)
• Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
• Imeni Suymenkula Chokmorova – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
• Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kirghiz Socialist workers' hero
• Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
• Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
• Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
• Mombekovo (Nooken) – Yusup Mombekov (1926–1983), Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
• Nazaraliev (Aksy) – Orozaaly Nazaraliev (1898–1957), Kirghiz educator
• Nurzhanov (Talas) – Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922–1987), Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
• Orozbekovo (Batken) – Abdykadyr Orozbekov (1889–1938), Kirghiz statesman
• Osmonkulov (Talas) – Iskender Osmonkulov (1907–1992), Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
• Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov
• Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov
• Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (1915–1941)
• Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
• Zharkynbayevo – Kyrgyz hero Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969)

Former:

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

Laos

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

Latvia

• 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

• 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

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

Liberia

• 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
• Careysburg – Lott Carey, a Baptist minister
• Clay-Ashland – Henry Clay, an American lawyer, planter, and statesman
• Greenville, Liberia – Judge James Green
• Harper, Liberia – Robert Goodloe Harper, American politician
• Monrovia – James Monroe, President of the United States
• Robertsport – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, First President of Liberia
• Tubmanburg – William Tubman, President of Liberia

Libya

• 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

• Grigiškės – Grzegorz Kurec a Polish industrialist
• Janapolė – Jan Długosz
• Jonava – Jono Eustachijaus
• Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar
• Kudirkos Naumiestis – Vincas Kudirka
• Marijampolė – Blessed Virgin Mary

Luxembourg

• Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)

Macedonia

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

Former:

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

Malaysia

• Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort, a 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 Hussein Onn – Hussein Onn, 3rd 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, an Englishman planter in Malaya has acquired an island
• FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson, an 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, a Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneur
• Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah, a legendary hero
• Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
• Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney, a 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, a UN General Secretary from 1961 until 1971,
• Templer's Park – Gerald Templer, a senior British Army officer
• Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
• Weston – A.J. West, a British North Borneo railway engineer

Malawi

• Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet Aaron
• Cape Maclear – Thomas Maclear
• Livingstonia, Malawi – David Livingstone

Mali

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

Malta

• Cottonera – Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner
• Floriana – architect Pietro Paolo Floriani
• Manoel Island – Grandmaster António Manoel de Vilhena
• Paola – Grandmaster Antoine de Paule
• Paceville – Dr. 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

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

Mauritius

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

Mexico

• Ciudad Juárez – Benito Juárez, president
• Ciudad López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos, president
• Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl – 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
• 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 Nicolas 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

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
• Cantemir, Moldova - Dimitrie Cantemir
• Ciorescu, Chisinau - 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 Fedotovich Lebedenko (1899-1956), 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

• Choibalsan city, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Communist leader, Prime Minister and President of Mongolia
• Choibalsan sum, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
• Khutag-Öndör – Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar
• Öndörkhaan (now Chinggis Khot) – Genghis Khan
• Renchinlkhümbe – Jambyn Lkhümbe
• Sükhbaatar city – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian revolutionary
• Sükhbaatar district – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Sükhbaatar Province – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Ulaanbaatar – Damdin Sükhbaatar

Montenegro

• 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 1946–1992 – Josip Broz Tito
• Ivangrad was the name of Berane from 1946–1992 – Ivan Milutinovic

Morocco

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

Mozambique

• Mozambique Island – Mussa Bin Bique, a 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, Portuguese politician and engineer
• Vila Eduardo Mondlane – Eduardo Mondlane, President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO)

Myanmar

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

Namibia

• Caprivi Strip – Leo von Caprivi, German general and statesman
• Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe
• John Pandeni Constituency – John Pandeni, a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
• Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma, 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

• 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
• Mahendrakot, Mahendranagar, Dhanusha, Mahendranagar, Sunsari – Mahendra of Nepal
• Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai, a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951
• Siddharthanagar – from Buddha's given name Siddhartha
• Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal
• Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva (Vyas)

Netherlands

• Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
• Emmaberg – Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Geertruidenberg – Gertrude of Nivelles
• 's-Gravenzande (lit. The Count's Sand) – William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)
• Heerhugowaard – lord ('heer') Hugo of Assendelft
• 's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) – Henry I, Duke of Brabant
• Julianadorp – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Koningsbosch – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely
• 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, a Dutch Politician
• Wilhelminadorp, Best – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• Wilhelminadorp, Goes – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands
• Wilhelminaoord – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• Willemsdorp – King William I of the Netherlands
• Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland – King William II of the Netherlands
• Willemstad, North Brabant – William the Silent, Father of the Dutch fatherland

New Zealand

• Aidanfield – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858–1958)
• Albert Town – Prince Albert
• Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark
• Auckland – George Eden, Earl of Auckland
• Christchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)
• Clive – Robert Clive ("Clive of India")
• Coatesville – Gordon Coates, Prime Minister
• Fendalton – Walpole Chesshyre Fendall (1830–1913)
• Foxton – William Fox, Premier
• Gisborne – William Gisborne
• Grey River, Greymouth, Greytown – George Grey, Governor
• Halswell – Edmund Storr Halswell QC (1790–1874)
• Hastings – Warren Hastings
• Hunterville – George Hunter, merchant
• Invercargill – William Cargill
• Massey – William Massey, Prime Minister
• McLaren Park, New Zealand – Bruce McLaren
• Melville, New Zealand – James Dougal Melville (1841–1909)
• Napier – Charles James Napier
• Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Queenstown, New Zealand – Queen Victoria
• Rātana Pā – T. W. Ratana
• Seddon and Seddonville – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
• Sumner, New Zealand – John Bird Sumner
• Victoria, New Zealand – Queen Victoria
• Vogeltown – Julius Vogel, Premier
• Waldronville – Bill Waldron (1909–1976)
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington

Nicaragua

• 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 Dario, 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 Jose Leon Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution
• Leonel Rugama (Esteli) – Jose Leonel Rugama (1949–1970), Nicaraguan poet
• Macario Brenes (Masaya) – Macario Brenes Alvarez (died in 1979)
• Madriz Department – Jose 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
• Patricio Arguello Ryan (Leon) – Patrick Argüello
• Puerto Benjamin Zeledon – Benjamin Zeledon, 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 Lopez Perez (Managua) – Rigoberto Lopez Perez, 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
• Ruben Dario (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Ruben Dario
• San Dionisio, Matagalpa – Dionisio de Herrera, president of Nicaragua
• San Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King Ferdinand III of Spain
• San Francisco del Norte – Saint Francis
• San Jose de Cusmapa – José Dolores Estrada
• San José de los Remates – José Guerrero, director of the State of Nicaragua
• San Lorenzo de los Tellez – Saint Lawrence and Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the area
• Santa Lucía, Boaco – Saint Lucy
• Santa María, Nueva Segovia – Saint Mary
• San Nicolás, Estelí – Saint Nicholas
• San Pedro del Norte – Saint Peter
• San Ramón, Matagalpa – Saint Raymond Nonnatus
• Santa Teresa, Carazo – Saint Teresa of Ávila
• Santo Tomás del Norte – Tomas Ruiz Romero (1777–1819), Priest and independence hero
• Socrates Sandino (Masaya) – Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875–1935), a Sandino's paternal brother
• Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca Amador, founder of Frente Sandinista Liberacion Nacional
• Villa Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino

Niger

• Cité Fayçal (Niamey) – Faisal of Saudi Arabia

Nigeria

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

North Korea

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

Norway

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

Former:

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

Oman

• Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Sultan Qaboos

Pakistan

• Abbottabad – James Abbott
• Aziz Bhatti Town – Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani military officer
• Bahawalnagar – Bahawal Khan V
• Bahawalpur – Mohamad Bahawal Khan II (1753–1809)
• Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa
• Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
• Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leader
• Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
• Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
• Iqbal Town, Lahore - Allama Iqbal, Pakistani national poet
• Jacobabad – John Jacob
• Jafarabad District – Jafar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan
• Jamshed Town – Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, first elected Mayor of Karachi
• Jauharabad – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement
• Jinnahabad (Abbottabad) – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 1st. President of Pakistan and Father of the nation
• Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah (d.1983)
• Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement
• Liaquatabad Town and Liaquatpur – Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman
• Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
• Muzaffargarh – Nawab Muzaffar Khan (d.1818), Afghan Popalzai governor of Multan
• Nankana Sahib – Guru Nanak
• Nazimabad – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan
• Nishtar Town – Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Pakistan movement leader
• Port Qasim – Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab Commander
• Qilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of Kalat
• Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan
• Rajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah
• Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
• Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, a two-time prime minister of Pakistan
• Sheikhupura – Jahangir's nickname Shekhu
• Shujabad – Nawab Shuja Khan
• Tando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani
• Toba Tek Singh – Tek Singh, Sikh religious figure

Former:

• Edwardesabad was the name of Bannu – Sir Herbert B. Edwardes
• Fort Sandeman was the name of Zhob – Sir Robert Sandeman
• Lyallpur was the name of Faisalabad – Alfred Comyn Lyall
• Montgomery was the name of Sahiwal – Sir Robert Montgomery

Panama

Papua New Guinea

• Finschhafen – Otto Finsch
• Hatzfeldhafen – Paul von Hatzfeldt
• Heldsbach – German missioner Friedrich Held, who died of malaria in 1901
• Lake Murray Rural LLG – Hubert Leonard Murray
• Marienberg Rural LLG – Marie von Bismarck (1848–1926)
• Markham District – Albert Hastings Markham
• Mount Hagen – Curt von Hagen (1859–1897)
• Mount Wilhelm Rural LLG – Wilhelm von Bismarck
• Port Moresby – Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby
• Queen Carola Harbour – Carola of Vasa
• West Ferguson Rural LLG – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

• Costa Cabral (Porto) – António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar
• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count Rodrigo González Girón
• Gomes da Costa (Porto) – Manuel Gomes da Costa
• Guimarães – Vímara Peres
• Lisbon (Latin, Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, Ulyssipolis, Ulisseia) – Ulysses
• Mal. Carmona (Lisboa) – Óscar Carmona, President
• Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal
• Norton de Matos (Coimbra) – Jose Norton de Matos, a Portuguese general and politician
• Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz
• Padre Cruz (Lisbon) – Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859–1948), Portuguese priest
• Rainha D. Leonor (Albufeira) – Eleanor of Viseu
• Santa Joana (parish) – Joanna, Princess of Portugal
• São Vicente, Madeira – Vincent of Saragossa
• Vale de Afonsinho – Afonso I of Portugal
• Vila Boa do Bispo – D.Sisnando, bishop of Porto
• Vila do Bispo – Bishop Fernando Coutinho
• Vila do Conde – Mumadona Dias
• Vila Real – King Denis of Portugal
• Vila Real de Santo António – Joseph I of Portugal

Puerto Rico

• Bolívar (Santurce) – Simon Bolivar
• Caguas, Puerto Rico - chief Caguax
• Carolina, Puerto Rico – King Charles II of Spain
• Cataño, Puerto Rico – Hernando de Cataño
• Eleanor Roosevelt (Hato Rey) – Eleanor Roosevelt, American Politician
• Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico – Jesús T. Piñero, Governor of Puerto Rico
• Isabela, Puerto Rico – Queen Isabella I of Castile
• Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico – Isabella II of Spain
• Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico – Doña Juana Díaz
• Lares, Puerto Rico – Don Amador de Lariz, Spanish nobleman
• Levittown, Puerto Rico – William Levitt
• López Sicardó (Oriente) – Dr. Rafael Lopez Sicardo (1875–1937)
• Marín (Patillas) – Luis Muñoz Marín, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• Muñoz Rivera (Patillas) – Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician
• Ponce, Puerto Rico – Juan Ponce de León or Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, great-grandson of Spanish conquistador
• San Germán, Puerto Rico – Germaine of Foix, the new queen of King Fernando or Saint Germanus of Auxerre

Qatar

• Umm Salal Ali – Ali bin Jassim Al Thani, a son of Qatar's former ruler
• Umm Salal Mohammed – Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Charlestown, Nevis – Charles II of England

Saint Lucia

• Castries – Charles Eugene Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries, French Marshal
• Rodney Bay – British naval officer George Brydges Rodney

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Charlestown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Charles II of England
• Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – George III of the United Kingdom
• Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Queen Elizabeth II

São Tomé e Príncipe

• Agostinho Neto (São Tomé) – Agostinho Neto, Angolan President

Saudi Arabia

• King Abdul Aziz Port – Ibn Saud
• King Abdullah Economic City – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
• King Khalid Military City – Khalid of Saudi Arabia

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• Edinburgh of the Seven Seas – The Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
• Jamestown – James, Duke of York
• Georgetown – George III

Senegal

• Djily Mbaye (Dakar) – El Hadj Djily Mbaye (1927–1991)
• Richard Toll – Jean Michel Claude Richard, French botanist
• Saint-Louis – Louis XIV of France

Serbia

Sierra Leone

• Aberdeen, Sierra Leone – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Bureh Town – Bai Bureh a Sierra Leonean pro independent leader
• Charlotte, Sierra Leone – Princess Charlotte of Wales
• Granville Town, Province of Freedom – Granville Sharp
• Newton, Sierra Leone – British abolitionist John Newton
• Ricketts, Sierra Leone – Henry Ricketts
• Samuel Town, Sierra Leone – Pa Samai, great Mende warrior from the south of Sierra Leone
• Wellington, Freetown – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Singapore

• Alexandra, Singapore – Alexandra of Denmark
• Balestier – Joseph Balestier
• Clementi, Singapore – Cecil Clementi
• MacPherson, Singapore – Lieutenant Colonel Ronald MacPherson (1837–1869)
• Mount Faber – Captain Charles Edward Faber
• Mount Vernon, Singapore – British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Edward Vernon
• Newton, Singapore – Alfred Howard Vincent Newton
• Queenstown, Singapore – Queen Elizabeth II
• Thomson, Singapore – John Turnbull Thomson

Slovakia

• Bernolákovo - Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and Catholic priest
• Bratislava – Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia
• Gabčíkovo – Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier involved in Operation Anthropoid
• Golianovo - Ján Golian, Slovak Brigade General
• Hamuliakovo – Martin Hamuljak, Slovak Writer
• Hurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Slovak writer
• Kalinkovo - Joachim Kalinka (1601-1678), Slovak poet and priest
• Leopoldov – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Malinovo, Slovakia - Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
• Martin, Slovakia – Saint Martin of Tours
• Michalovce – Saint Michael
• Mojzesovo - Štefan Moyses
• Nálepkovo – Ján Nálepka, anti-fascist Slovak captain
• Palárikovo – Ján Palárik (1822–1876), Slovak playwright
• Sládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet
• Štefanovičová – Dr. Miloš Štefanovič (1854–1904), Slovak lawyer
• Štúrovo – Ľudovít Štúr, 19th-century Slovak national leader
• Svätoplukovo – Svätopluk II, Prince of Moravia
• Tešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík, Slovak Lutheran priest
• Tomášikovo – Samo Tomášik, Slovak poet

Slovenia

• Kidričevo – Boris Kidrič, Prime Minister of Slovenia
• Primoži – Primož Trubar, Father of the Slovenian nation
• Semič – Stanko Semič (1915–1985), Slovenian national hero

Somalia

Former:

• Bandar Qassim was the name of Bosaso – named after city's founder Qassim

South Africa

• Benoni – the original name of the Biblical Benjamin
• Durban – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
• Johannesburg – Johannes Rissik; Johannes Meyer
• Pietermaritzburg – Two theories exist.
  • In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of Voortrekker leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz.
  • In another theory, the city was originally named after Retief alone, initially "Pieter Mouriets Burg" (after his given names) and transformed to its current form.
• Port Elizabeth – Elizabeth Donkin (wife of acting governor Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin)
• Pretoria – Andries Pretorius

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• King Edward Point – Edward VII
• Prince Olav Harbour – Crown Prince Olav of Norway

South Korea

• Danwon-gu – Gim Hongdo
• Myeongseongsan – Empress Myeongseong
• Sejong City – Sejong the Great
• Chumgmu-ro – Admiral Yi Sun-sin
• Euljiro – General Eulji Mundeok

Spain

Guadiana del Caudillo – Francisco Franco (Caudillo) (now restored its new name Guadiana)

Sudan

• Abu Hamad – Sheikh Abu Hamed
• Suakin, formerly named Ptolemais Theron – Ptolemy II Philadelphus

Suriname

• Brownsweg – John Brown (abolitionist)
• Julianatop – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Lelydorp – Cornelis Lely (the Dutch governor of Suriname in 1905)
• Marshallkreek – Captain Marshall, who explored in Marshall's Creek, Suriname

Sweden

• Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
• Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (wife of the founder of the industry)^[7]
• Dorotea – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
• Eskilstuna – Saint Eskil
• Filipstad – Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden
• Flemingsberg – Henrik Klasson Fleming, Lord Marshal, owner, 16th century
• Fredrika – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
• Gustavsberg – Gustaf Oxenstierna, father of the owner, 17th century
• Gustavsfors – King Gustav V of Sweden
• Jakobsberg – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century
• Karlsborg (Västra Götaland) – King Charles XIV John of Sweden
• Karlsborg (Norrbotten) – King Charles XV of Sweden
• Karlshamn – King Charles X Gustav of Sweden
• Karlskoga – King Charles IX of Sweden
• Karlskrona – King Charles XI of Sweden
• Karlstad – King Charles IX of Sweden
• Katrineholm – Catharina von der Linde, daughter of the estate owner, 17th century
• Kristianstad – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Kristinehamn – Queen Christina of Sweden
• Kungens Kurva - King Gustav V of Sweden
• Kungsängen – King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
• Mariefred – Mary, mother of Jesus
• Mariestad – Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden
• Örnsköldsvik – Per Abraham Örnsköld, county governor of Västernorrland County, 1762–1769
• Oskarshamn – King Oscar I of Sweden
• Ulricehamn – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
• Vilhelmina – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen

Switzerland

• Augst (near the ancient city of Augusta Raurica) – Roman Emperor Augustus
• Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus
• St. Gallen – Saint Gall

Syria

• Abu Kamal – the Kamal Family
• Al-Bitariyah – Salah al-Din al-Bitar
• Al-Malikiyah – Adnan al-Malki, a Syrian Army officer
• Al-Qadmus – Cadmus, Phoenician prince
• Apamea (Syria) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
• Arwad, formerly Antiochia in Pieria – Antiochus I Soter
• Dahiyat al-Assad - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria
• Latakia, formerly Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
• Mount Simeon District – Simeon Stylites
• Muadamiyat al-Sham – Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Kurdish Sultan from Ayyubid dynasty
• Palmyra (modern) (Tadumr) – named after a daughter of one of Noah's distant descendants, who was buried in a city
• Qura al-Assad – Hafez al-Assad
• Salaheddine District – Saladin
• Sayyidah Zaynab – Zaynab bint Ali

Former:

• Laodicea ad Libanum was the name of a Hellenistic settlement – a woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Seleucia ad Belum was the name of a Hellenistic settlement – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty

Tajikistan

• Avicenna District (Dushanbe) – Avicenna, Persian Polymath
• Ayni District – Tajik national poet Sadriddin Ayni
• Dustmurod Aliev - Dustmurod Aliev (1950-1989), Tajik musician and singer
• Dzhami District – 15th century Tajik-Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
• Ferdowsi district (Dushanbe) – Ferdowsi, Persian Poet
• Ghafurov – Tajik historian and President of Tajikistan during the soviet era, Bobojon Ghafurov
• Hamadoni District – 14th-century Persian poet Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
• Ismoili Somoni – Isma'il ibn Ahmad
• Jabbor Rasulov District – Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the Soviet era, Jabbor Rasulov
• Mirsaid Mirshakar (town or jamoat) – Mirsaid Mirshakar, a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet
• Muminsho Abdulvosiev (Rushon) - Muminsho Abdulvosiev (1933-1992), Tajik statesman
• Nazarsho Dodhudoev (Rushan) – Nazarsho Dodhudoev (1915–2000), Tajik statesman
• Nosiri Khusrav District – 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav
• Rahimzoda - Boki Rahimzoda (1910-1980), Tajik Poet
• Rudaki, Tajikistan – Rudaki, a Persian Poet
• Rumi District – Tajik-Persian poet and philosopher Jaloliddin Rumi
• Safar Amirshoev - Safar Amirshoev (1912-1944), World War II hero
• Shah Mansur district (Dushanbe) – King Mansur I
• Shamsiddin Shohin District – Tajik Poet Shamsiddin Shohin
• Shogadoev - Munavvar Shogadoev (1898-1974), President of Tajikistan during the soviet era
• Spitamen District – Spitamenes, a Sogdian warlord leader of the uprising
• Temurmalik District – Tajik Medieval hero Timur Malik
• Tursunzoda – Tajik national poet Mirzo Tursunzoda
• Tursun Uljaboev - Tursun Uljabayev, Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the soviet era

Former:

• Alexandria Eschate was the name of Khujand in antiquity – Alexander the Great
• Leninabad was the name of Khujand from 1936 through 1991 – Vladimir Lenin
• Stalinabad was the name of Dushanbe from 1929 through 1961 – Joseph Stalin

Tanzania

• Nyerere (Ward of Zanzibar City) – Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania

Thailand

• Galyani Vadhana District, Chiang Mai Province – Princess Galyani Vadhana
• Phaya Mengrai District, Chiang Rai Province – King Mangrai (Mengrai)
• Sirindhorn District, Ubon Ratchathani Province – HRH Princess Sirindhorn
• Srinagarindra District, Phatthalung Province – HRH Princess Srinagarindra
• Ubolratana District, Khon Kaen Province – Princess Ubol Ratana
• Vibhavadi District, Surat Thani Province – Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit
• Watthana District, Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration

Trinidad and Tobago

• Charlotteville – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Diego Martin – Don Diego Martin (explorer)
• Princes Town – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and King George V

Tunisia

• El-Mansuriya – al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah
• Mahdia, formerly Aphrodisium – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
• Menzel Bourguiba - Habib Bourguiba, first President of Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

• Ashgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia
• Balyş Öwezow (Görogly) – Balysh Ovezov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR
• Gurbansoltan Eje District – Gurbansoltan Eje, former president Saparmurat Niyazov's mother
• Kerbabayeva – Berdy Kerbabayev, Turkmen writer
• Magtymguly District – Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen poet
• Magtymguly Garlyýew (Gurbansoltan Eje) – Magtymguly Garly (1889–1957), Turkmen musician
• Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer Mollanepes (1810–1862)
• Nurmuhammet Andalyp (Gurbansoltan Eje) – Nurmuhammet Andalyp (1660–1740), Turkmen philosopher
• Saparmyrat Nyýazow District – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
• Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy – Saparmurat Niyazov
• Serdar (city) – Saparmurat Niyazov
• Seýdi – Seitnazar Seidi (1775–1836), Turkmen patriot and poet
• Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov

Former:

• Alexandria was giving named of Merv – Alexander the Great
• Antiochia in Margiana was giving named of Merv – Antiochus I Soter
• Atamyrat was giving named of Kerki – Atamyrat Niyazov, Father of Saparmurat Niyazov who died during World War II
• Leninsk was giving named of Turkmenabat – Vladimir Lenin

Uganda

• Fort Portal – Sir Gerald Portal (British commissioner)
• Port Bell – Sir Hesketh Bell (British commissioner)

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

• Khalifa City – Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates
• Port Rashid – Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the United Arab Emirates
• Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

United Kingdom

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

• County Tyrone – Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages
• Craigavon – Lord Craigavon, former Prime Minister
• Helen's Bay – Lady Helen Dufferin
• Randalstown – Randal MacDonnell
• Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone – Queen Victoria

United States

United States Virgin Islands

• Charlotte Amalie – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
• Christiansted – Christian VI of Denmark
• Frederiksted – Frederick V of Denmark

Uruguay

• Andresito – Andrés Guazurary
• Artigas – José Artigas
• Baltasar Brum (Artigas Department) – Baltasar Brum, President of Uruguay
• Bernabé Rivera (Artigas Department) – General Bernabe Rivera
• Brigadier General Diego Lamas (Artigas Department)
• Florencio Sánchez (Colonia Department) – Florencio Sánchez
• Flores Department – Venancio Flores
• General Liber Seregni – Liber Seregni, Uruguayan military and politician
• Ismael Cortinas (Flores Department) – Ismael Cortinas
• Javier de Viana (Artigas Department) – Javier de Viana
• Joaquín Suárez (Canelones Department) – Joaquín Suárez
• José Batlle y Ordóñez (Lavalleja Department) – José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay
• Juan Lacaze (Colonia Department) – Juan Luis Lacaze
• Lavalleja Department – Juan Antonio Lavalleja
• Ombúes de Lavalle (Colonia Department) – Juan Lavalle
• Rivera – Fructuoso Rivera
• San Antonio (Canelones Department) – Saint Anthony of Padua
• San Bautista (Canelones Department) – Saint John the Baptist
• San Jacinto (Canelones Department) – Saint Hyacinth of Cracow (in honor of bishop Jacinto Vera)
• San José Department – Saint Joseph
• San Luis (Canelones Department) – Saint Louis IX
• San Ramón (Canelones Department) – Saint Raymond Nonnatus
• Santa Lucía (Canelones Department) – Saint Lucy
• Santa Rosa (Canelones Department) – Saint Rose of Lima
• Santiago Vázquez (Montevideo Department) – Santiago Vázquez
• Soca (Canelones Department) – Francisco Soca
• Tomas Gomensoro (Artigas Department) – Tomás Gomensoro Albín, President of Uruguay

Uzbekistan

• Abdurahmonov nomidag (Tashkent) - Abdujabbor Abdurahmonov (1907-1975), President of Uzbekistan from 1938-1950
• Ahmad Yassaviy (Tashkent) - Ahmad Yasawi
• Ahmad Yugnakiy (Tashkent) - Edib Ahmed bin Mahmud Yüknekî (poet)
• Antiochia in Scythia – Antiochus I Soter
• Gagarin, Uzbekistan – Yuri Gagarin
• Gani Azamov, Qoraqamish - Gani Azamov (1909-2001), Uzbek actor
• H.Tursunqulov (Tashkent) - Hamrakul Tursunkulov (1892-1965), Chairman of the collective farm
• Iskandar (town) – Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
• Khamzy (Tashkent) - Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, poet
• Mirzo Ulugbek, Ulugbek (town) – Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician and sultan
• Navoiy – Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi
• Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh) – Sharof Rashidov, President of Uzbekistan from 1950–1959
• Shaykhontohur - Sheikh Khovendi at-Takhu, a famous thinker and educator
• T.Ahmedov nomidag (Sirdaryo) - Turgun Ahmedov (1925-1944), World War II hero
• Zakirov (Tashkent) - Qodir Zokirov, Uzbek scientist, botanist and educator

Former:

• "Akhunbabaev" was the name of Jalaquduq – Soviet Uzbek state figure, luldash Akhunbabaev (1885-1943)
• "Akmal-Ikramov" was the name of Uchtepa - Akmal Ikramov
• "Kuybishevo" was the name of Rishtan – Valerian Kuybyshev
• "Leninsk" was the name of Asaka, Uzbekistan – Vladimir Lenin
• "Skobelev" was the name of Fergana – Mikhail Skobelev
• "Sobir Rakhimov" was the name of Olmazar - Sobir Rakhimov
• "Hamza" was the name of Yashnobod - Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi

Venezuela

• Alberto Adriani Municipality – Alberto Adriani Mazzei (1898–1936), economist and writer
• Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality – Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet
• Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas – Andres Eloy Blanco, Venezuelan poet
• Angostura Municipality, Venezuela or Raúl Leoni Municipality – Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni
• Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality – Antonio Pinto Salinas (1915–1953), Venezuelan poet
• Aristides Bastidas Municipality – Aristides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer
• Arzobispo Chacón Municipality – Acacio Chacon Guerra (1884–1978)
• Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality – Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (1819–1908), Venezuelan lawyer and politician
• Cardenal Quintero Municipality – José Humberto Quintero Parra
• Carlos Arvelo Municipality – Carlos Arvelo, Venezuelan doctor and politician.
• Ciudad Bolívar – Simón Bolívar
• Ciudad Ojeda – Alonso de Ojeda
• Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality – Diego Bautista Urbaneja
• Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, Monagas – General Ezequiel Zamora
• Fernandez Feo Municipality – Bishop of Tachira, Monseñor Alejandro Fernandez-Feo Tinoco (1908–1987)
• Francisco Aniceto Lugo Parish (Delta Amacuaro) – Dr. Francisco Aniceto Lugo (1894–1982), Venezuelan writer
• Francisco Javier Pulgar Municipality (Zuila) – Francisco Javier Pulgar (1877–1959), Venezuelan educator
• Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero
• Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President
• Jauregui Municipality (Tachira) – Jesus Manuel Jauregui (1848–1905)
• Jesús Enrique Lossada Municipality – Jesus Enrique Lossada (1892–1948), Venezuelan writer
• Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez
• José Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas
• Manuel Monge Municipality – Manuel Monge (1950–1993), President of the Village Association of Poblado 32
• Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality – Mario Briceño Iragorry
• Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique Maruwa
• Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen (1903–2003)
• Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (Tachira) – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (1915–2003)
• Padre Noguera Municipality – Father Adonay Noguera (1884–1954)
• Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien (1925–1995), a Mongol missioner
• Páez, Apure – José Antonio Páez, an Independence hero
• Paz Castillo Municipality – Venezuelan poet and diplomat Fernando Paz Castillo
• Pedro Gual Municipality – 19th century Venezuelan President Pedro Gual Escandón
• Rafael Rangel Municipality – Rafael Rangel (1877–1909), Venezuelan scientific
• Raul Leoni Parish (Maracaibo) – Raul Leoni
• Rómulo Costa Municipality, Tachira – Dr. Antonio Romulo Costa Duque (1872–1957)
• Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure – Romulo Gallegos, Venezuelan writer and president
• Sifontes Municipality – General Antonio Domingo Sifontes
• Sucre, Miranda – Antonio José de Sucre
• Urdaneta, Miranda – Rafael Urdaneta
• Valmore Rodríguez Municipality (Zuila) – Valmore Rodríguez (1900–1955), Venezuelan journalist

Vietnam

• Bế Văn Đàn (Quảng Hòa) – Bế Văn Đàn (1931–1953), Hero of the People's Armed Forces
• Đề Thám (Lạng Sơn) – Hoàng Hoa Thám "Đề Thám" (1858–1913), leader of Yên Thế Insurrection
• Đình Phong (Cao Bằng) – Đình Phong, a communist soldier
• Đình Phùng, Bảo Lạc – Phan Đình Phùng (1847–1895), Vietnamese poet
• Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu (1912–1947), a communist lawyer
• Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
• Hồ Thị Kỷ (Cà Mau) – Hồ Thị Kỷ (1949–1970), martyr hero
• Hoàng Văn Thụ, Văn Lãng – Hoàng Văn Thụ (1909–1944), Vietnamese revolutionary
• Hồng Dân (Bạc Liêu) – Trần Hồng Dân (1916–1946), nationalist revolutionary
• Kim Đồng, Thạch An – Kim Đồng (1929–1943), captain of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization
• Ngọc Hiển (Cà Mau) – Phan Ngọc Hiển (1910–1941), a local teacher, writer and artist
• Nguyễn Huân (Cà Mau) – Nguyễn Văn Huân (d.1946), communist martyr
• Nông trường Trần Phú – Trần Phú, Vietnamese revolutionary
• Phạm Văn Cội (Củ Chi) – Phạm Văn Cội (1940–1967), Hero of the People's Armed Forces
• Quang Trung, An Lão (Hải Phòng) – Quang Trung, second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty
• Trần Hưng Đạo (Lý Nhân) – Trần Hưng Đạo, an imperial prince, statesman and military commander
• Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời (1902–1942), a local communist

Former:

• Thành Thái Phien – the name of Da Nang in 1945 – revolutionary Thái Phiên

Zambia

• Dag Hammerskjoeld (Ndola) - Dag Hammarskjöld
• Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (Lusaka) - Harry Nkumbula, Zambian nationalist leader
• Helen Kaunda (Copperbelt) - Ms. Helen Kaunda (d.1973), mother of President Kenneth Kaunda
• John Laing (Lusaka) - John Laing (businessman)
• Julia Chikamoneka (Kasama) - Julia Chikamoneka (1910-1986), Zambian freedom fighter
• Livingstone – doctor David Livingstone
• Lusaka – Chief Lusaka
• Victoria falls – Queen Victoria

Former:

• Abercorn was the name of Mbala – Lord Abercorn

Zimbabwe

• Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow (1868–1946), the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer Column
• Beitbridge – Alfred Beit
• Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield (1869–1950)
• Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888
• Montgomery (Bulawayo) – Bernard Montgomery
• Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe – Charles Darwin
• Mount Hampden – John Hampden
• Norton, Zimbabwe – the Norton family
• Selous, Zimbabwe – Frederick Selous
• Victoria falls – Queen Victoria
• West Nicholson – Andy Nicholson, an early prospector
• Zhombe Joel – Joel Tessa, one of the pioneer businessmen at the centre during the 1960s.

Former:

• Fort Victoria was the name of Masvingo – Queen Victoria
• Hartley was the name of Chegutu – Henry Hartley, an early explorer
• Salisbury was the name of Harare – Lord Salisbury

See also

• Lists of places named after people
  • List of countries named after people
  • List of country subdivisions named after people
  • List of islands named after people
• Buildings and structures named after people
  • List of eponyms of airports
  • List of convention centers named after people
  • List of railway stations named after people
• List of colleges and universities named after people
• List of etymologies of country subdivision names
• List of country-name etymologies
• Lists of places by eponym
• List of eponyms
• Lists of etymologies

References