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

    List of places named after people
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            Chile
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            Mexico
            Namibia
            New Zealand|New Zealand/Aotearoa
            Norway
            Papua New Guinea
            Paraguay
            Romania
            Russia
            United Kingdom
            United States
            Uruguay
        Towns and cities
            Argentina
            Australia
            Bolivia
            Brazil
            Bulgaria
            Canada
            Czech Republic
            Denmark
            Finland
            Dominican Republic
            Egypt
            France
            Germany
            India
            Israel
            Kazakhstan
            Kyrgyzstan
            Liberia
            Mexico
            Netherlands
            Netherlands Antilles
            New Zealand
            Norway
            Papua New Guinea
            Paraguay
            Philippines
            Poland
            Romania
            Russia
            Serbia
            South Africa
            Spain
            Sweden
            Turkmenistan
            Ukraine
            United Kingdom
            United States
            Venezuela
            Vietnam
            Zambia
        Islands
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        List of places categorized by name of person
        See also

Continents

Europe - Europa

North America and South America - Amerigo Vespucci

Countries

Bermuda - Juan de Bermúdez (crown colony)

Bharath - another name for India (Bharath was a prince, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala)

Bolivia - Simón Bolívar

Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva

China - General Qin (founder of the dynasty, circa 2nd century, BC)

Colombia - Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name)

El Salvador - Jesus, "The Saviour"

Israel - Jacob (alternative name)

Kiribati - Thomas Gilbert

Liechtenstein - Anton Florian of Liechtenstein

Marshall Islands - John Marshall

Mauritius - Maurice of Nassau

Philippines - Philip II of Spain

Romania - Romulus (indirectly via Rome, the Roman Empire and the Romance languages)

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Christopher

Saint Lucia - Lucy of Syracuse (?)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent

San Marino - Saint Marinus

São Tomé and Príncipe - Saint Thomas

Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud

Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles

Solomon Islands - Solomon

The United States of America - Amerigo Vespucci

Former countries

Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes

Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes

Australia

Queensland - Queen Victoria

Tasmania - Abel Tasman

Victoria - Queen Victoria

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.

Brazil

Rondônia - Marshal Cândido Rondon

Santa Catarina - Saint Catherine

São Paulo - Saint Paul

Canada

Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria

British Columbia - Christopher Columbus (-> Columbia, an American sailing ship -> Columbia River -> Columbia Territory of Hudsons Bay Company -> British Columbia)

Prince Edward Island - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (brother of George III of the United Kingdom), commander of British forces in Halifax

Chile

Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - Bernardo O'Higgins

Región Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Colombia

Bogotá - Bacatá - an indigenous cacique (emperor)

Bolívar Department - Simón Bolívar

Caldas Department - Francisco José de Caldas

Nariño - Antonio Nariño

Norte de Santander - Francisco de Paula Santander

Santander Department - Francisco de Paula Santander

Sucre Department - Antonio José de Sucre

Córdoba Department - José María Córdoba

France

Adélie Land - Adélie, wife of Jules Dumont d'Urville

Kerguelen Islands - Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec

Lorraine (formerly Lotharingia) - Lothar

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter

Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis

Mexico

Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero

Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo

Morelos - José María Morelos

Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo

Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave

Namibia

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

New Zealand|New Zealand/Aotearoa

Auckland - Earl of Auckland

Cook Islands - Captain James Cook

D'Urville Island - Jules Dumont d'Urville

Norway

Queen Maud Land - Queen Maud of Norway

Papua New Guinea

Bougainville – Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Paraguay

Presidente Hayes - Rutherford B. Hayes

Romania

Bessarabia - from Basarab I

Russia

Leningrad Oblast - Vladimir Lenin

Sverdlovsk Oblast - Yakov Sverdlov

United Kingdom

Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner

Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts

Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)

Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan

Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)

Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda

Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar

Fife - Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe

Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent

Gwynedd - Cunedda

Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner

Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")

Lothian - Leudonus

Merionethshire - Meirion, son of Cunedda

Montgomery, Powys - Roger de Montgomery

Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)

Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)

Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")

Dependencies

Gibraltar - Arabic Jabal aţ-Ţāriq (جبل الطارق), meaning "mountain of Tariq", because Tariq ibn-Ziyad, the militar leader of the Muslim invasion of Spain in 711, landed there from Africa

United States

Delaware - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

District of Columbia - Christopher Columbus

Georgia - King George I of Great Britain

Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France

Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I

Northern Mariana Islands - Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain

New York - the then Duke of York, who later became King James II of England

North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England

Pennsylvania - William Penn

Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"

Washington - George Washington

Uruguay

Artigas - José Artigas

Flores - Venancio Flores

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

Amman, Jordan - Ammon

Antioch - Antiochus

Bongoville, Gabon – Omar Bongo Ondimba

Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.

Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II of Spain

Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)

Henties Bay, Namibia - Major Hentie van der Merwe

Kaiseraugst - Augustus

Kingston, Jamaica - King William III of England

Latakia - Laodice

Lisbon - possibly Ulysses

Lüderitz - Adolf Lüderitz

Martelange - Martelius

San Salvador, El Salvador - Jesus (the Christian Savior)

San José, Costa Rica - Saint Joseph

Santiago de Chile - Saint James

Sinop, Turkey - Sinope

Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great

Zhongshan, Guangdong, China - Dr. Sun Yat-sen

Argentina

Avellaneda, Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda

Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia

General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín

General Sarmiento, Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Las Heras, Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras

Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña

Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón

Trelew, Argentina - Lewis Jones

Vicente López, Argentina - Vicente López y Planes

Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre

Australia

Adelaide - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Brisbane - Sir Thomas Brisbane

Cooktown,Queensland - Captain James Cook

Darwin - Charles Darwin

Hobart - Lord Hobart

Melbourne - Lord Melbourne

Sydney - Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney

Bolivia

Sucre - Antonio José de Sucre

Brazil

Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta

Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)

Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)

Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)

Duque de Caxias, Brazil - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician

Epitaciolândia, Acre, Brazil - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)

Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)

Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)

Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)

João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil - João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, governor of the state of Paraíba

Marechal Deodoro, Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)

Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)

Nilo Peçanha, Brazil, Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)

Nilópolis, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)

Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha

Petrópolis, Brazil - Pedro II, emperor of Brazil

Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Epitácio, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)

Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Prudente and Prudente de Morais, Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)

Presidente Sarney, Maranhão, Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)

Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)

Rondonópolis and Rondolândia, Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)

Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)

Salesópolis, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)

Salvador, Brazil - Jesus (the Christian Savior)

Santos Dumont, Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft

Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont

São Paulo - Saint Paul

São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)

São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent

São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil - Saint Sebastian

Sud Mennucci, São Paulo, Brazil - journalist and educator Sud Mennucci

Teresina, Piauí, Brazil - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II

Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II

Bulgaria

Asenovgrad - tsar Ivan Asen II

Blagoevgrad - Communist leader Dimitar Blagoev

Botevgrad - Hristo Botev

Dimitrovgrad - Georgi Dimitrov

Gotse Delchev - revolutionary Gotse Delchev

Former:

Kolarov 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

Canada

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.

Churchill, Manitoba, Canada - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York

Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax

Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener

Sydney, Nova Scotia - Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney

Vancouver - Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)

Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria

Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Czech Republic

Františkovy Lázně - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Jáchymov - St. Joachim

Karlovy Vary - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Karlštejn, castle and village - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Former:

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

Denmark

Augustenborg, Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Fredericia, King Frederick III of Denmark

Frederiksberg, King Frederick IV of Denmark

Frederikshavn, King Frederick VI of Denmark

Frederiksværk, King Frederick V of Denmark

Finland

Loviisa, Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden

Mariehamn, Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Vaasa, King Gustav I of Sweden

There are some more cities that were named after people in Swedish, but not in Finnish, the major language in Finland.

Dominican Republic
Former:

Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo

Egypt

Alexandria - Alexander the Great

France

Carla-Bayle - Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), philosopher and writer

Châtillon-Coligny - Gaspard de Coligny

Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon

Decazeville - Élie, duc Decazes

Descartes - René Descartes

Ferney-Voltaire - Voltaire

Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possibly named after a Roman general Flavius

La Louptière-Thénard - Louis Jacques Thénard

Saint-Léger-Vauban - Vauban

Vendays-Montalivet - Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet

Germany

Augsburg - Augustus

Karlsruhe - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach

Leverkusen - Carl Leverkus

Saarlouis - Louis XIV of France

Former:

Karl-Marx-Stadt was the name of Chemnitz - Karl Marx

Stalinstadt was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt - Stalin

India

Aurangabad - Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)

Bodh Gaya - Buddha

Gandhinagar - Mahatma Gandhi

Gangaikonda Cholapuram - Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor

Hyderabad - Hyder Ali

Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar - Jamshetji Tata

Israel

Herzliyya - Theodor Herzl

Netanya - Nathan Strauss

Qiryat Bialik - writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik

Kazakhstan

Fort Shevchenko - Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

Former:

Dzhambul was the name of Taraz - Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev

Panfilov was the name of Zharkent - Ivan Panfilov

Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau - Taras Shevchenko

Kyrgyzstan
Former:

Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926-1991 - Mikhail Frunze

Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888-1921 and 1939-1991 - Nikolai Przhevalsky

Liberia

Buchanan - James Buchanan

Monrovia - James Monroe

Tubmanburg - William Tubman

Mexico

Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos

Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl

Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas

Netherlands

's-Gravenzande (lit. The Count's Sand) - William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)

's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) - Henry I, Duke of Brabant

Julianadorp - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely

Sint Nicolaasga - Saint Nicholas

Sint-Oedenrode - Saint Oda

Sint Willebrord - Saint Willibrord

Wilhelminadorp - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Willemsdorp - King William I of the Netherlands

Willemstad - William the Silent

Netherlands Antilles

Wilemstad - William II, Prince of Orange or his son William III of England

New Zealand

Christchurch - Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)

Wellington - Duke Wellington

Norway

Fredrikstad - King Frederick II of Denmark

Kristiansand - King Christian IV of Denmark

Kristiansund - King Christian VI of Denmark

Longyearbyen - world's northenmost town - John Munroe Longyear

Former:

Christiania (1624-1877) and Kristiania (1877-1925) was the name of Oslo - King Christian VI of Denmark

Fredrikshald was the name of Halden 1665-1928 - King Frederick III of Denmark

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby - Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby

Paraguay

Pedro Juan Caballero - Pedro Juan Caballero

Philippines

Quezon City - Manuel L. Quezon

Poland

Barczewo - Walenty Barczewski

Dzierżoniów - Jan Dzierżon

Giżycko - Herman Marcin Gustaw Gizewiusz

Kętrzyn - Wojciech Kętrzyński

Mrągowo - Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz

Pieniężno - Seweryn Pieniężny

Wejherowo - Jakub Weyher

Władysławowo - King Wladislaus IV Vasa

Żyrardów - Philippe de Girard

Romania

Alexandria - Prince Grigore Alexandru Ghica

Bucharest - Bucur, legendary shepherd

Constanţa - Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of Constantine the Great

Giurgiu - Saint George

Medgidia - Abdülmecid

Negru Vodă - probably Radu Negru

Oneşti - Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana

Roman - Roman I of Moldavia

Sfântu Gheorghe - Saint George

Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea - Saint George

Former:

Stalin was the name of Braşov - Joseph Stalin

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Oneşti - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Russia

Budyonnovsk - Marshal Semyon Budyonny

Chernyakhovsk - general Ivan Chernyakhovsky

Gagarin - Yury Gagarin

Dimitrovgrad - Georgi Dimitrov

Engels - Friedrich Engels

Kaliningrad - Mikhail Kalinin

Khabarovsk - explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov

Kingisepp - Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp

Kirov - Sergey Kirov

Kirovgrad - Sergey Kirov

Kirovsk - Sergey Kirov

Korolyov - rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov

Leninsk-Kuznetsky - Vladimir Lenin

Lomonosov - writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov

Makhachkala - Daghestani revolutionary Makhach

Michurinsk - selectionist Ivan Michurin

Noginsk - Bolshevik Viktor Nogin

Petrozavodsk - tsar Peter the Great

Pushkin - Aleksandr Pushkin

Saint Petersburg - St. Peter, as the patron saint of Peter the Great (St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)

Sergiyev Posad - St. Sergii Radonezhsky

Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti

Ulyanovsk - Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov

Yaroslavl - prince Yaroslav I the Wise

Yekaterinburg, Russia - Saint Catherine and Catherine I of Russia

Former:

Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny - Leonid Brezhnev

Gorky was the name of Nizhny Novgorod - Maxim Gorky

Chkalov was the name of Orenburg - aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov

Kalinin was the name of Tver - Mikhail Kalinin

Kuybyshev was the name of Samara - Valerian Kuybyshev

Leningrad was the name of Saint Petersburg - Vladimir Lenin

Molotov was the name of Perm - Vyacheslav Molotov

Novonikolaevsk was the name of Novosibirsk - tsar Nicholas II

Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vladikavkaz - Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Petrovsk-Port was the name of Makhachkala - Peter the Great

Stalingrad was the name of Volgograd - Joseph Stalin

Stalinsk was the name of Novokuznetsk - Joseph Stalin

Sverdlovsk was the name of Yekaterinburg - Yakov Sverdlov

Yekaterinodar was the name of Krasnodar - Catherine the Great

Serbia

Aleksa Šantić - Aleksa Šantić

Bajina Bašta - Baja Osman

Dimitrovgrad - Georgi Dimitrov

Jaša Tomić - Jaša Tomić

Karađorđevo - Karađorđe

Miletićevo - Svetozar Miletić

Obilić - Miloš Obilić

Svetozar Miletić - Svetozar Miletić

Zrenjanin - Žarko Zrenjanin

Former:

Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina - Svetozar Marković

Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo - Aleksandar Rankovic

South Africa

Durban - Sir Benjamin d'Urban

Johannesburg - Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer

Krugersdorp - Paul Kruger

Port Elizabeth - Elizabeth Donkin (wife of governor Sir Rufane Donkin)

Pretoria - Andries Pretorius

Simon's Town - Simon van der Stel

Stellenbosch - Simon van der Stel

Swellendam - Hendrik Swellengrebel

Spain

Pamplona (Latin Pompaelo) - Pompey the Great (founder)

San Sebastián - Saint Sebastian

Santiago de Compostela - Saint James the Great

Saragossa (Latin, Caesaeraugusta; in English, Saragossa) - Emperor Augustus

Former:

El Ferrol del Caudillo - Francisco Franco birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)

Sweden

Borstahusen - Rasmus Andersson Borste och Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen

Dorotea - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.

Eskilstuna - Saint Eskil

Fredrika - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.

Filipstad - Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden

Karlshamn - King Charles X Gustav of Sweden

Karlstad - King Charles IX of Sweden

Karlskrona - King Charles XI of Sweden

Kristianstad - King Christian IV of Denmark

Kristinehamn - Queen Christina of Sweden

Mariefred - Mary, mother of Jesus

Mariestad - Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden

Örnsköldsvik - Per Abraham Örnsköld, Governor 1762-1769

Oskarshamn - King Oscar I of Sweden

Ulricehamn - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden

Vilhelmina - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.

Turkmenistan

Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov

Ukraine

Artemivsk - revolutionary Artem

Dniprodzerzhynsk - Felix Dzerzhinsky

Dnipropetrovsk - bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in 20's-30's

Ivano-Frankivsk - writer Ivan Franko

Khmelnytskyi - Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Kirovohrad - Sergey Kirov

Mariupol - St.Mary or tsarine Maria Fyodorovna of Russia

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi - Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Stakhanov - famous miner Aleksei Stakhanov

Torez - Maurice Thorez

Former:

Aleksandrovsk was the name of Zaporizhia - tsar Alexander I

Stalino was the name of Donetsk - Joseph Stalin

Stanisławów,Stanyslaviv was the name of Ivano-Frankivsk - Polish magnat Stanisław Potocki

Voroshilovgrad was the name of Luhansk - Kliment Voroshilov

Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipropetrovsk - Catherine the Great

Yelizavetgrad was the name of Kirovohrad - Saint Elizabeth and tsarine Elizabeth of Russia

Yuzovka was the name of Donetsk - British businessman John Hughes

Zhdanov was the name of Mariupol - Andrey Zhdanov

Zinovievsk was the name of Kirovohrad - Grigory Zinoviev

United Kingdom

Kingston upon Hull - Edward I of England

Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief

Telford - Thomas Telford

United States

Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)

Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin

Baird, Texas - Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)

Baltimore, Maryland - Lord Baltimore

Barstow, California - William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)

Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck

Broderick, California - David C. Broderick (U.S. senator)

Carson City, Nevada - Kit Carson

Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)

Chaison, South Carolina-Chaison L. McGuire

Christiana, Delaware - Queen Christina of Sweden

Cleveland, Ohio - Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)

Dallas, Texas - George M. Dallas

Denver, Colorado - James W. Denver

Dubuque, Iowa - Julien Dubuque

Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison

Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts – John C. Frémont

Houston - Sam Houston

Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson

Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson

Joe, Montana - Joe Montana

Joplin, Missouri - a Methodist minister in the new city

Knoxville - Henry Knox

Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln

Los Angeles - Our Lady queen of the angeles (when L.A. was founded it was named the town of Our Lady queen of the angels)

Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI

Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison

McMinnville, Tennessee - Joseph McMinn

Modesto, California - William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man

New York City - the then Duke of York, who later became King James II of England

Nickerson, Kansas - Thomas Nickerson (ATSF president)

Pullman, 3 places in Michigan/Washington/Illinois, named after George Pullman

Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder

Provo, Utah - Étienne Provost

Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)

Saint Louis - Saint Louis

St. Paul, Minnesota - Saint Paul

San Antonio - Saint Anthony of Padua

San Diego - Saint James

San Francisco, California - Saint Francis

San Jose, California - Saint Joseph

San Luis Obispo, California - Saint Louis of Toulouse

San Mateo, California - Saint Matthew

Seattle, Washington - Chief Seattle

Strong City, Kansas - William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)

Twain Harte, California - Mark Twain and Bret Harte

Washington, D.C. - George Washington

Venezuela

Ciudad Bolivar - Simón Bolívar

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh

Former:

Thanh Thai Phien was the name of Da Nang in 1945 - Thái Phiên

Zambia

Livingstone - doctor David Livingstone

Islands

Alexander Island, Antarctica – Alexander I of Russia

Baffin Island, Canada – William Baffin

Banks Island, Canada – Joseph Banks

Bathurst Island, Canada – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Berkner Island, Antarctica – Lloyd Berkner

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea – Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Bouvet Island, Norway - Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier

Bylot Island, Canada – Robert Bylot

Cornwallis Island, Canada – William Cornwallis

Ellesmere Island, Canada – Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

Ernst Thälmann Island, Cuba - Ernst Thälmann

Jan Mayen Island, Norway - Jan Mayen

King William Island, Canada – William IV of the United Kingdom

Mackenzie King Island, Canada – William Lyon Mackenzie King

Moresby Island, Canada – Fairfax Moresby

Prince Charles Island, Canada – Charles, Prince of Wales

Prince Edward Island, Canada - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, father of Queen Victoria

Roosevelt Island, Antarctica – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Starbuck Island, Pacific Ocean – Valentine Starbuck

Tasmania, Australia – Abel Tasman

Lakes

Hitlersee (Hitler Lake) - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland

Airports

Amerigo Vespucci Airport, Florence, Italy, named for Amerigo Vespucci

Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos", Athens, Greece, named for Eleftherios Venizelos

Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, Bucharest, Romania, named for Aurel Vlaicu

Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, named for David Ben-Gurion

Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico, named for Benito Juárez

Brockville-Thousand Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport, Brockville, Ontario, Canada, named for George Tackaberry the owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway

Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France, named for Charles de Gaulle

Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India, named for Shivaji

Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, Dakar, Senegal, named for Léopold Sédar Senghor

Dauphin (Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport), Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, named for William George Barker

Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport, Eatonia, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for Elvie Smith, former Chairman and CEO of Pratt & Whitney Canada

Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named for Kenneth Alexander Blatchford

Franz Josef Strauss International Airport, Munich, Germany, named for Franz Josef Strauß

Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, named for Antônio Carlos Jobim

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, Gdańsk, Poland, named for Lech Wałęsa

General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport, Chillán, Chile, named for Bernardo O'Higgins

General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, named for Billy Mitchell

General Urquiza Airport, Paraná, Argentina, named for Justo José de Urquiza

Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase, Caracas, Venezuela, named for Francisco de Miranda

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, United States, named for George H. W. Bush

Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, named for John Munro

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, named for William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson

Hearst (René Fontaine) Municipal Airport, Hearst, Ontario, Canada, named for René Fontaine

Henri Coanda International Airport, Bucharest, Romania, named for Henri Coanda

Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran, named for Ruhollah Khomeini

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, named for Indira Gandhi

Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, named for Mike Zubko, co-founder of the Northern Air Transport Association and owner of Aklavik Flying Services

Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, Paramaribo, Suriname, named for Johan Adolf Pengel, Suriname's Prime Minister from 1963 until 1969

John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States, named for John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States, named for John F. Kennedy

John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, Kraków, Poland, named for Pope John Paul II

John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California, California, United States, named for John Wayne

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, named for Jomo Kenyatta

José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador, named for José Joaquín de Olmedo

José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, named for José Martí

King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, named for Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia

King Fahd International Airport, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, named for Fahd of Saudi Arabia

King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, named for Khalid of Saudi Arabia

Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, named for Norman McLeod Rogers

LaGuardia Airport, New York City, New York, United States, named for Fiorello H. LaGuardia

Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Rome, Italy, named for Leonardo da Vinci

Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, England, named for John Lennon

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, named for Louis Armstrong

Marco Polo International Airport, Venice, Italy, named for Marco Polo

Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, named for Pierre Trudeau

Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for Air Vice-Marshal C.M. McEwen, commander of No. 6 Group RCAF

Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, named for Murtala Mohammed

Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, named for Benigno Aquino, Jr.

North Battleford (Cameron McIntosh) Airport, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada, named for Cameron McIntosh, owner and editor of the North Battleford News

North Bay/Jack Garland Airport, North Bay, Ontario, Canada, named for Jack Garland

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, named for John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier

Owen Sound/Billy Bishop Regional Airport, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, named for Billy Bishop

Princess Juliana International Airport, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, named for Juliana of the Netherlands

Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, named for Jean Lesage

Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan, named for Alia al Hussein

Rafic Hariri International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon, named for Rafik Hariri

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad,