List of places named after people

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

Continents

• Europe - Europa
• North America and South America - Amerigo Vespucci

Countries

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

Former countries

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

Administrative divisions

Australia

• Queensland - Queen Victoria
• Tasmania - Abel Tasman
• Victoria - Queen Victoria

Brazil

• Rondônia - Marshal Cândido Rondon
• 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

• Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - Bernardo O'Higgins
• Región Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Colombia

• Bolívar Department - Simón Bolívar
• Nariño - Antonio Nariño
• Norte de Santander - Francisco de Paula Santander
• Santander Department - Francisco de Paula Santander

France

• Lorraine - Lothar
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
• Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis, 18th century navigator

Mexico

• Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Morelos - José María Morelos
• Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo
• Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave

New Zealand/Aotearoa

• Cook Islands - Captain James Cook

Norway

• Dronning Maud Land - Queen Maud of Norway

Romania

• Bessarabia - from Basarab I

United Kingdom

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

United States

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

Towns and cities

Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundred years. Often, there isn't much known about them today.

• Alexandria, Egypt - Alexander the Great
• Alexandria, Romania - Alexandru Ghica

  * See also Alexandria (disambiguation)

• Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
• Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
• Augsburg - Augustus
• Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
• Avellaneda, Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda
• Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
• Benjamin Constant, Brazil , Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
• Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
• Buchanan,_Liberia - James Buchanan
• Bucharest (Bucureşti)- Bucur , legendary shepherd
• Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
• Campos Sales , Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
• Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais , Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
• Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II. of Spain
• Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom
• Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
• Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos
• Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
• Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl
• Colombo – Christopher Columbus
• Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia
• Durban, South Africa - Sir Benjamin D'Urban
• Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
• Epitaciolândia , Acre, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
• Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)
• Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
• Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possible named after a Roman general Flavius.
• Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
• Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York
• General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín
• General Sarmiento , Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão , Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
• Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
• Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh
• Houston - Samuel Houston
• Istanbul - Constantine the Great
• Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
• Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
• Johannesburg, South Africa - Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer
• Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
• Kaiseraugst - Augustus
• Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener
• Knoxville - Henry Knox
• Las Heras , Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras
• Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas
• Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
• Leverkusen, Germany - Carl Leverkus
• Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
• Lisbon - Ulysses
• Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
• Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
• Marechal Deodoro , Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
• Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
• Martelange - Martelius
• Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
• Monrovia - James Monroe
• Nilo Peçanha, Brazil , Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
• Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
• Peçanha , Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
• Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
• Presidencia de la Plaza , Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza
• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña , Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña
• 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)
• Pueyrredón , Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
• Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)
• Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
• Rome - Romulus
• Rondonópolis and Rondolândia , Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
• Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
• Sadr City - Moqtada al-Sadr
• Saint Louis - Saint Louis
• St Petersburg, Russia & St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
• San Francisco - Saint Francis
• Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
• 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
• Seattle - Chief Seattle
• Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
• Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
• Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
• Tubmanburg, Liberia - William Tubman
• Vancouver - George Vancouver
• Vicente López , Argentina - Vicente López
• Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
• Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre
• Washington, D.C. - George Washington
• Willemstad - William the Silent

Airports

• Augusto César Sandino Airport - Augusto César Sandino
• Aurel Vlaicu International Airport - Aurel Vlaicu
• B. J. Vorster Airport - Balthazar Johannes Vorster
• Benito Juárez International Airport - Benito Juárez
• Bernardo O'Higgins Aerodrome - Bernardo O'Higgins
• Charles de Gaulle Airport - Charles de Gaulle
• Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport - Léopold Sédar Senghor
• Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport - Lech Wałęsa
• General Urquiza Airport - Justo José de Urquiza
• Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airport - Francisco de Miranda
• Henri Coanda International Airport - Henri Coanda
• John F. Kennedy Airport - John F. Kennedy
• John Paul II International Airport - John Paul II
• José Martí International Airport - José Martí
• King Hussein International Airport - Hussein of Jordan
• LaGuardia International Airport - Fiorello H. La Guardia
• Leonardo Da Vinci, Rome - Leonardo da Vinci
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport - John Lennon
• Merrill C. Meigs Field - Merrill C. Meigs
• Murtala Muhammad International Airport - Murtala R. Muhammad
• Princess Juliana International Airport - Juliana of the Netherlands
• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Ronald Reagan
• Santos Dumont Airport - Rio de Janeiro - Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation
• Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
• Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Soekarno and Mohammad Hatta
• Tom Jobim International Airport - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Tom Jobim, composer and artist
• Toronto Pearson International Airport - Lester Bowles Pearson
• Vere Cornwall Bird Airport - Sir Vere Cornwall Bird
• Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport - Frédéric Chopin

List of places categorized by name of person

• Lenin
• Stalin
• Tito
• John C. Calhoun
• Lewis Cass
• DeWitt Clinton
• Marquis de la Fayette
• Benjamin Franklin
• Nathanael Greene
• Andrew Jackson
• Queen Victoria
• Simón Bolívar
• Christopher Columbus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Tadeusz Kościuszko
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• Richard Montgomery
• James K. Polk
• Israel Putnam
• George Washington

See also

• List of eponyms
• List of U.S. counties named after women