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.

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)
Cook Islands – Captain James Cook
Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
El Salvador – "The Saviour", Jesus
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

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

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)

Towns and cities

Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundreds of years. Often, there is not much known about them today. In Europe and South America, it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures. There are other cases of this phenomenon present across the continents, especially in regions dominated by a hegemonic political ideology, such as Communism, Conservatism, Imperialism, or Fascism.

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

Angola

Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes
Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister
Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo

Andorra

Meritxell – Our Lady of Meritxell

Antigua and Barbuda

Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington

Argentina

Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda
(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
(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, World War II hero
Artashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I, Armenian king
Baghramyan, Ararat, Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – General Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander
Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist Labor
Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian, 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, revolutionary and poet
Fioletovo – Ivan Fioletov, socialist martyr and Baku Commissar
Gagarin, Armenia – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian, Bolshevik martyr
Ghukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian, 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 and Tairov – 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
Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
Mkhchyan – after an Armenian commander
Musayelyan, Ashotsk and Musayelyan, Akhuryan – Capt. Sargis Musayelian, Bolshevik military leader
Nagapetavan – Nagapet (or Nahapet) Kurghinian, participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian, writer
Narek – 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, 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, 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

Adelaide – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Sturt – Captain Charles Sturt
Alice Springs – Alice Todd, wife of Sir Charles Todd
Augusta, Western Australia – Princess Augusta Sophia
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – Captain William Henry Bacchus, early resident
Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson -boxer indirectly
Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno
Blackall, Queensland – Sir Samuel Blackall, governor of Queensland
Blaxland, New South Wales - Gregory Blaxland
Bourke, New South Wales – Sir Richard Bourke, governor of New South Wales
Bowen, Queensland – Sir George Bowen, governor of Queensland
Brisbane – Sir Thomas Brisbane, governor of New South Wales
Chermside – Sir Herbert Chermside, governor of Queensland
Broome, Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome
Bunbury, Western Australia – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury, who developed the Pinjarra-Bunbury inland route
Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
Busselton, Western Australia – John Garrett Bussell
Cairns, Queensland – Sir William Wellington Cairns, governor of Queensland
Collie, Western Australia – Dr Alexander Collie
Cooktown, Queensland – Captain James Cook
Darwin, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin
Elizabeth Town, Tasmania – Queen Elizabeth II
Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders
Fremantle, Western Australia – Charles Fremantle
Forbes, New South Wales – Sir Francis Forbes
Gawler, South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler
Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald
Harvey, Western Australia – Sir John Harvey RN
Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey
Hobart – Lord Hobart
Landsborough, Queensland – William Landsborough
Laverton, Western Australia – doctor Charles Laver
Lawson, New South Wales - William Lawson
Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
Mackay, Queensland – John Mackay
Melbourne – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, British Prime Minister
- Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent
- Brunswick, Victoria – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick
- Fawkner and Pascoe Vale, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
- Fitzroy, Victoria – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
- Lalor, Victoria – Peter Lalor (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)
- Scoresby, Victoria – William Scoresby
- Seddon, Victoria – Richard Seddon
- Spotswood, Victoria – Louisa Jane Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon
- Truganina, Victoria – Truganini
- Tullamarine, Victoria – Tullamareena
- Williamstown, Victoria – William IV
- Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga
Mount Gambier – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory - Douglas Nicholls (1906-1988), Governor of South Australia
- Bruce, Australian Capital Territory - Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia
- Cook, Australian Capital Territory - Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia
- Evatt, Australian Capital Territory - H. V. Evatt, an Australian judge, lawyer, parliamentarian and writer
- Flynn, Australian Capital Territory - John Flynn (minister)
- Forde, Australian Capital Territory - Frank Forde, Prime Minister of Australia
- Hawker, Australian Capital Territory - Charles Hawker
- Higgins, Australian Capital Territory - H. B. Higgins
- Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory - General Lachlan Macquarie
- Watson, Australian Capital Territory - Chris Watson, Prime Minister of Australia
Parkes, New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes
Roebourne, Western Australia – John Septimus Roe
Scottsdale, Tasmania – James Scott
Shepparton, Victoria – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
Sydney – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
Tom Price, Western Australia – Thomas Moore Price
Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns
Wentworth, New South Wales &
Wentworth Falls, New South Wales - William Wentworth

Austria

Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold
Josefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopoldschlag – Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria
Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria
Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor
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

Azerbaijan

Əli Bayramlı, Kalbajar, Əli Bayramlı, Qakh and Əli Bayramlı, Qazakh – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer
Artyom, Azerbaijan – Fyodor Sergeyev, revolutionary known as "Artyom"
Əzizbəyov, Goranboy – Meshadi Azizbekov, azeri revolutionary
Babek – Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary
Bakıxanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer
Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani prime minister
Fioletovka, Fizuli – Ivan Fioletov, Bolshevik leader and one of the 26 Baku Commissars
Fizuli Rayon, Füzuli, Füzuli, Samukh, and Füzuli, Shamkir – Fuzûlî, Turkic poet
Hacı Zeynalabdin – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, industrialist and philanthropist
Həzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov, Azerbaijani general
Heydarabad, Azerbaijan – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
Kamo, Azerbaijan – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
Kirov, Samukh – Sergey Kirov
Kuropatkino – Aleksey Kuropatkin, Russian general
Kuybışev, Aghjabadi and Kuybyshev, Imishli – Valerian Kuybyshev, Russian politician
Lüksemburq – Rosa Luxemburg, German socialist
Nərimanov raion, Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar, Nərimankənd, Gobustan, Nərimanabad, Lankaran and Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov, Prime Minister of Soviet Azerbaijan
Nəsimi raion, Nəsimi, Bilasuvar, Nəsimi, Sabirabad and Nəsimikənd – Imadaddin Nasimi
Nizami, Goranboy and Nizami raion – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
Promysel Narimanova – Nariman Narimanov
Rəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
Sabirabad (city) and Sabirabad Rayon – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir
Salatın – Salatyn Asgarova, Azerbaijani journalist
Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and Vurğun – Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijani writer
Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Məmmədəliyev (1905 – 1961) , President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Alternate:

Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to Khojavend (city) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"

Former:

Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
Azizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
Elizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
Frunze was the name of Suvorovka – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader
Il'ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Imeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey Kirov
Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey Kirov
Kaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician
Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
Kalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail Kalinin
Kirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey Kirov
Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey Kirov
Kirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey Kirov
Kirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey Kirov
Kuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionary
Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – Vladimir Lenin
Leninabad was the name of Sanqalan – Vladimir Lenin
Leninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – Vladimir Lenin
Leninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – Vladimir Lenin
Leninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – Vladimir Lenin
Molotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician
Musabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician
Myasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionary
Narimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov, revolutionary
Orconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Pamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – Vladimir Lenin
Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I
Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Pushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin
Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman
Shahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan
Stalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph Stalin
Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph Stalin
V.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Voroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
Yelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov

Bahamas

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

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar – Captain Hiram Cox
Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, a follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer
Jahangir Nagar – Emperor Jahangir
Madaripur District – Sufi saint 'Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar
Moulvibazar District – Syed Moulvi Qudratullah Munsef, the descendant of Syed Shah Mustafa 'Sher-E-Sowar' Chabukmar Baghdadi
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, President of Belarus during the Soviet era
Kirawsk – Sergey Kirov
Leninski, Belarus - Vladimir Lenin

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
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

Victoria Peak (Belize) – Queen Victoria

Benin

Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

Bermuda

Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

Bhutan

Jigme Dorji – King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park – King Jigme Singye 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 (Equal), 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
Carrasco Province – Doctor 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
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, Bolivian independence hero
Eustaquio Méndez Province – Eustaquio Méndez Arenas, warrior leader of Tarija
Franz Tamayo Province – Franz Tamayo, Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician
Federico Román Province – General Federico Roman (1875 - 1943)
Germán Busch Province – Germán Busch Becerra, former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War, and President of Bolivia
Germán Jordán Province - Germán Jordán (1899 - 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 – Bolivian lawyer and patrician Luis Calvo who was assassinated in 1944
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
Muñecas Province - Idelfonso de las Muñecas, 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, a Bolivian statesman on 19th century
Puerto Siles – Hernan Siles Zuazo
Puerto Villarroel – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia
Rafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo (1813 - 1873) , Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary
San Ignacio de Velasco – José Miguel de Velasco Franco, President of Bolivia
Sebastián Pagador Province – Sebastián Pagador Miranda (1733 - 1781), patriot of Alto Peru
Sucre – Antonio José de Sucre
Tomas Barrón Province - Colonel Tomas Barrón, an Independence hero
Tomás Frías Province – Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia
Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784 - 1822)
Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840 - 1897)
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)
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
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
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
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
Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary Vela Peeva
Yambol – Roman Emperor Diocletian
Zhivko (village) - Todor Zhivkov, President of Bulgaria

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

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
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 – George III of England 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

Formerly "Fort-Lamy" was taken named of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer

Chile

Capitán Prat Province – Arturo Prat, naval hero
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 O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins, libertador of Chile

China

Gensi (City) - Yang Gensi, Chinese military hero
Huangshan City - Yellow Emperor
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
Simao District - Mao Zedong, President of China
Yan Shizhen (City) - Ren Bishi, General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party
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

Acevedo, Huila – José Acevedo y Gómez
Agustín Codazzi, Cesar – Agustín Codazzi
Almaguer, Cauca – Francisco Briceño, Corral de Almaguer
Alvarado, Tolima – Pedro de Alvarado
Antonio Nariño, Bogotá – Antonio Nariño
Anzoátegui, Tolima – José Antonio Anzoátegui
Armero – José León Armero, national martyr
Balboa, Cauca – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Balboa, Risaralda – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Barbosa, Antioquia – Diego Fernández Barbosa
Betéitiva – cacique Betacín
Bolívar, Cauca – Simon Bolivar
Bolívar, Santander – Simon Bolivar
Bolívar, Valle del Cauca – Simon Bolivar
Bosconia – John Bosco
Briceño, Antioquia and Briceño, Boyacá – José Manuel Briceño
Busbanzá – cacique Boazá
Caicedonia – Dr. Lisandro Caicedo
Cajicá – cacique Cajic
Calarca – cacique Calarca
Caldas, Boyacá – Francisco José de Caldas, a Colombian Independence hero
Cerinza – cacique Cerinza
Charalá – cacique Chalalá
Chipatá – cacique Chipatá
Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia – Simon Bolivar
Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá – Simon Bolivar
Ciudad Mutis – José Celestino Mutis
Colón, Nariño – Christopher Columbus
Colón, Putumayo – Christopher Columbus
Córdoba, Bolívar – Jose Maria Cordoba, an Independence hero
Córdoba, Nariño – Jose Maria Cordoba
Don Matías – Don Matías Jaramillo
Duitama, Tundama Province – cacique Tundama
Elias, Huila – Manuel Elías Carvajal
Engativá – cacique Ingativá
Firavitoba – cacique Firavía
Fonseca, La Guajira – Catalan colonizer Agustín Fonseca
Funes, Nariño – Aragonese missioner Lucas Funes
Francisco Pizarro, Nariño – Francisco Pizarro
Gaitanía – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, writer, lawyer and politician
Girardota – Atanasio Girardot
Giraldo, Antioquia – Rafael María Giraldo
Gómez Plata – Bishop of Antioquia, Juan de la Cruz Gomez Plata
Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca – Santos Gutiérrez, President of Colombia
Juan de Acosta – Juan de Acosta
Kennedy, Bogotá – John F.Kennedy, President of United States
Leticia, Amazonas – Leticia Smith
López de Micay – José Hilario López
Madrid, Cundinamarca – Pedro Fernández Madrid
Morales, Cauca – Luis Jerónimo Morales and Juan Manuel Morales
Mosquera – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, former president of Colombia
Mosquera, Nariño – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
Nariño, Antioquia – Antonio Nariño
Nariño, Cundinamarca – idem
Nariño, Nariño – idem
Nemocón – zipa Nemequene
Olaya, Antioquia – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
Olaya Herrera – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
Onzaga – cacique Hunzaá
Ortega, Tolima – Juan de Ortega y Carrillo
Ospina – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, President of Colombia
Padilla, Cauca – José Prudencio Padilla
Palmar de Varela – Catalino Varela
Pereira, Colombia – Francisco Pereira Martínez
Policarpa, Nariño – Policarpa Salavarrieta
Puente Aranda – Juan Aranda
Puerto Berrío – Pedro Justo Berrío
Puerto Caicedo – Juan Maria Caicedo Martinez
Puerto Carreño – Pedro Maria Carreño, Colombian Minister of External Relations from 1912 to 1913
Puerto Gaitán – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Puerto Guzmán – Jorge Julio Guzmán Flor and Sinay Rocha de Guzmán
Puerto Leguízamo – Candido Leguízamo
Puerto Lleras – Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia
Puerto López, Meta – Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo, President of Colombia
Puerto Nariño – Antonio Nariño, an Independence hero
Puerto Rondón – Juan José Rondón
Puerto Santander, Amazonas – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian Independence hero
Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian Independence hero
Puerto Tejada, Cauca – General Manuel Tejada Sanchez
Puerto Wilches – José Solón Wilches Calderón
Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá – Rafael Uribe Uribe, a Colombian politician
Restrepo – Emiliano Restrepo Echeverria
Restrepo, Valle del Cauca – Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
Ricaurte, Nariño – Antonio Ricaurte
Rivera, Huila – José Eustasio Rivera
Rondón, Boyacá – Juan José Rondón
Saboyá – cacique Saboyá
Salazar de las Palmas – Alonso Perez de Salazar
Salgar – Eustorgio Salgar
San Eduardo, Boyacá – Eduardo Maldonado Calvo
San Fernando, Bolívar – Ferdinand III of Castile
San José del Fragua – Padre José Fusarrolly
San Vicente del Caguán – Juan Vicente Quesada
Santa Sofía, Boyacá – Sofia Angulo de Reyes
Santander de Quilichao – Francisco de Paula Santander
Sativanorte – cacique Sátiva
Sativasur – cacique Sátiva
Sogamoso, Sugamuxi Province – iraca Sugamuxi
Solano, Caquetá – Jose Domingo Solano
Somondoco – cacique Somendoco or Sumindoco
Suárez, Cauca – Marco Fidel Suarez, President of Colombia
Suárez, Tolima – Marco Fidel Suarez, President of Colombia
Sucre, Cauca – Antonio Jose de Sucre
Sucre, Santander – Antonio Jose de Sucre
Sucre, Sucre Department – Antonio Jose de Sucre
Techo – cacique Techitina
Tutazá – cacique Tutazúa
La Uribe – Antonio Uribe
Usaquén – cacique Usaque
Ulloa, Valle de Cauca – General José Eleuterio Ulloa
Valdivia, Antioquia – Andrés de Valdivia
Villa de Leyva – Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva
Villagarzón – colonel Julio Garzón Moreno
Villavicencio – Antonio Villavicencio, an Independence Hero
Zambrano, Bolívar – Álvaro de Zambrano

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lumumba (Lodja) - Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Acosta (canton) – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza, Governor of Province of Costa Rica
Alvarado (canton) – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz
Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
Ciudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro President of Costa Rica
Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop (1912-2000), a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
Flores (canton) – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña, a Costa Rican Medic
Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
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
Montes de Oca (canton) – Don Faustino Montes de Oca, 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
Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
Osa (canton) – Cacique Osa
Pérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Perez Zeledon, Jurist and diplomat
Puerto Jiménez – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada, Poet
Rio Jiménez, Limon – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
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 Vega (canton) – Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a medic and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union)
Vásquez de Coronado (canton) – Conquistador Juan Vasquez de Coronado
- Former:
Aguirre was changed name of Quepos (canton) – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
Alfaro Ruiz was changed name of Zarcero (canton) – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856

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
Oton Zupancic (Zagreb) - Oton Zupancic, Slovene poet

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
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
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
Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País
Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officer
Jesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
Mariel, Cuba – Cacique Marien
Martí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí
Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez Garcia
Pedro Betancourt – Pedro Betancourt Dávalos
Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee

Curaçao

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

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
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
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

Dominican Republic

Castillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration
Cayetano Germosén – a Dominican patriot and martyr
Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres
Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic
Duvergé – General of the independence Antonio Duvergé
Espaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat, the 19th-century author who was briefly President of the Republic in 1876
Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) - Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911 - 1992), Joaquin Balaguer's wife
Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato Mayor) - Elupina Cordero (1892 - 1939), a Dominican catholic religious
Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernandez, a famous Dominican Priest, associate of Juan Pablo Duarte in the war of independence from Haiti
Hermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters
Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos
Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert
Jimaní – Cacique Ximani
Jose Francisco Pena Gomez (Municipality district of Pedernales) - Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, a presidential candidate
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 briefly President of the Republic
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
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
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
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

Ecuador

Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
Antonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante, Ecuadorian Independence Hero
Atahualpa Canton – Atahualpa, King of Quito
Bolívar Canton, Carchi – Simon Bolivar
Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simon Bolivar
General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar, Ecuadorian Military and politician
Camilo Ponce Enríquez (parish) – Dr. Camilo Ponce Enriquez, President of Ecuador
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Ecuador – Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President of Ecuador
Cevallos – Pedro Fermín Cevallos, Ecuadorian Politician and Historian
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña – Marcelino Maridueña Quesada
Durán, Ecuador – Sr. José Durán Maristany
El Empalme de Velasco Ibarra – Dr. José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador
Eloy Alfaro Canton – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador
Echeandía – Manuel José de Echeandía
Espejo Canton - Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist
Flavio Alfaro Canton – General Flavio Evaristo Alfaro (1865 - 1912)
General Leonidas Plaza Gutierrez – Leónidas Plaza, President of Ecuador
Girón Canton – Spanish captain Francisco Hernández Girón
Gonzalo Pizarro Canton – Gonzalo Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro
Isidro Ayora, Ecuador – Isidro Ayora
Ibarra, Ecuador – Don Miguel de Ibarra
Mejía Canton – Ecuadorian political figure José Mejía Lequerica
Montalvo Canton – Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author and essayist
Montúfar Canton - Coronel Carlos de Montufar, Ecuadorian military
Nuevo Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, President of Ecuador
Quevedo, Ecuador –Timoteo Quevedo, surveying
Olmedo Canton, Loja – José Joaquín de Olmedo, President of Ecuador
Olmedo Canton, Manabí – José Joaquín de Olmedo
Pablo Sexto – Pope Paul VI
Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, a 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil
General Villamil – José de Villamil, Ecuadorian Independence hero
Puerto López – Daniel Lopez
Puerto Villamil – José de Villamil
Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo, journalist and politician
Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton – Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 18th-century Ecuadoran scientist
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, President of Ecuador
Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana
San Juan Bosco Canton – John Bosco
San Miguel de Salcedo – Manuel Antonio Salcedo y Legorburú, priest
Simón Bolívar Canton – Simon Bolivar
Sucre Canton – Antonio Jose de Sucre
Urdaneta Canton – Luis Urdaneta Farias, a Venezuelan-Ecuadorian military figure
Valencia, Ecuador – Gregorio Valencia, founder

Egypt

Alexandria – Alexander the Great
Faiyum:
- formerly named Arsinoe – Arsinoe II of Egypt
- formerly named Ptolemais Euergetis – Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ismailia – Isma'il Pasha
Port Fouad – Fuad I of Egypt
Port Said^[2] – Sa'id of Egypt
Sheikh Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Port Tawfik – Tewfik Pasha
Victoria (neighborhood) - Queen Victoria

El Salvador

Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria
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
Colón, La Libertad – Christopher Columbus
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 wife Maria
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 - Cristino Seriche Bioko, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Malabo – Malabo Lopelo Melaka

Estonia

Kristiine – Christina, Queen of Sweden
Suure-Jaani – John the Evangelist
Tartu – Tharapita, God of Estonian mythology
Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family

Former:

Kingissepa was the name of Kuressaare – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian revolutionary and communist

Ethiopia

Debre Marqos – Saint Mark the Evangelist
Dessie – refers to Yohannes IV of Ethiopia to express how he had made him feel, Dessie that means my joy.
Lalibela - Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Emperor of Ethiopia
Shire Inda Selassie – Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia or 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

Finland

Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe) – Peter Brahe, Governor-General of Finland
Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina) – King Frederick I of Sweden
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
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 (Guyane) – Georges Pompidou, President of France
Régina (Guyane) – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina
Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (Guyane) – 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

Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Andrew
Budyonovka (Marneuli) – Marshall Semyon Budyonny
Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of Georgia
Eliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Elijah
Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) – Saint George
Kalinino (Gardabani) – Mikhail Kalinin
Kazbegi Municipality – Alexander Kazbegi, a Georgian writer
Kirov (Zugdidi), Kirovka (Marneuli) – Sergey Kirov
Leninisi (Gardabani), Ulyanovka (Marneuli) – Vladimir Lenin
Leselidze (town) – General Konstantin Leselidze, a Georgian Colonel-General and National hero
Makharadze (village) – Filipp Makaradze, Prime Minister of Georgia during the soviet era
Mikeltsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Michael
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, a Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia
Ordzhonikidze (Zugdidi) – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian politician
Rustavi – refers to Shota Rustaveli, Georgian medieval poet
Saakadze (Gardabani) – Giorgi Saakadze, a Georgian politician and military commander
Stepantsminda – Saint Stephen or a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan
Shaumiani – Stepan Shahumyan, a Georgian revolutionary
Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) - King Vakhtang I of Iberia
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
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
Heraklion – Heracles
Ion Dragoumis (municipality) – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian Struggle
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
Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter
Pythagoreio – Pythagoras
Santorini – Saint Irene
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

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
Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (1874-1975), daughter of Manuel Barillas
Fraijanes – Two Misssioners Juan Milán y Juan Álvarez
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
Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados
Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader
La Gomera, Escuintla – Antonio Peraza de Ayala y Rojas, conde de la Gomera
La Reforma, San Marcos – Justo Rufino Barrios the reformer
Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician Edward Livingston
Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Varón
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
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 Luis Jilotepeque - King Louis IX of France
San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder
San Miguel Uspantan - Miguel Garcia Granados, leader of the liberal revolution
Santa Catarina Barahona – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, Founder
Santa Cruz Barillas – 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
San Joaquin Villa Canales - Joaquina Cabrera, a former president´s mother
Zaragoza, Chimaltenango - Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus

Guinea Bissau

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
Ennery, Artibonite - Victor-Therese Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
Gressier - Edmond Vallery Gressier
Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
Port-au-Prince - Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti

Honduras

Cabañas, Copán –José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduras
Cabañas, La Paz – General José Trinidad Cabañas
Froylan Turcios (Olancho) - Froylan Turcios, Honduran Poet
Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes (1808 - 1876), 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
Marcovia – Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras
Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician
Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador
Puerto Lempira – cacique Lempira
Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) – Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
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

Hong Kong

Hungary

Abasár – King Sámuel Aba of Hungary
Ambrózfalva – Baron Lajos Ambrózy, a real treasure trustee
Árpádhalom – Árpád, father of the Hungarian fatherland
Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr, Painter
Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat
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
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

Bessastaðir – Sigurður Jónasson Bessastaðir, who bought the city in 1940 and donated it in 1941
Grímsey – Vestfjarða-Grímur
Ólafsfjörður – Ólafur Bekkur

India

Ambedkar Nagar – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Father of the Indian Constitution
Ahmedabad – Sultan Ahmed Shah
Ahmednagar – Ahmad Nizam Shah, Nizam Shahi dynasty
Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) – Jyotiba Phule
Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
Bardhaman – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir
Bodh Gaya – Buddha
Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji
Chandigarh – Goddess Chandi
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (formerly Victoria Terminus, named after Queen Victoria
Dalhousie, India – James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Dr Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar
Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist
Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor
Gautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha
Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor)
Hyderabad – various theories
Indira Point - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata
Jaipur – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji
Jodhpur – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji
Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district – Komaram Bheem, a Gond martyr
Lucknow – Lakshmana, a hero of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana
Mangalore – Mangala Devi, Mangaladevi Temple
Moradabad – prince Murad
Mumbai – Mumbadevi
Osmanabad – Mir Osman Ali Khan
Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri
Patel Nagar – Vallabhbhai Patel, 1st deputy Prime minister of India
Port Blair – Archibald Blair
R. T. Nagar - Rabindranath Tagore
Rajendranagar mandal – Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of India
Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju
Rishabhdeo – First Tirthankar - Rishabha (Adinath)
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district – Ajit Singh (Sikhism)
Sant Kabir Nagar district – Sant Kabir, poet
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district – Bhagat Singh, Indian National Hero
Shimla – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity Kali
Sri Ganganagar – General Sri Ganga Singh, a Mahajaya ruler from 1888 to 1943
Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore – Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary
Udaipur – Maharana Udai Singh II
Udham Singh Nagar district – freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh
Vasco da Gama – Vasco da Gama
Visakhapatnam – ruled by King Visakha Varma
Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)
Vallathol Nagar – Vallathol Narayana Menon, great Malayalam poet
Williamnagar – Williamson A. Sangma, the founder Chief Minister of Meghalaya

Indonesia

Jl. Fatmawati - Fatmawati, Sukarno's wife
Yos Sudarso Bay - Yos Sudarso, naval officer

Former:

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

Iran

Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
Arefabad, Chabahar – Aref Qazvini, an Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician
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
Irajabad, Razavi Khorasan – Prince Iraj Mirza
Jammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
Kabak Mohammad Reza – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last king
Kermanshah – King Bahram IV
Khomeyni Shahr – Ruhollah Khomeini
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, Bafq – Reza Shah Pahlavi
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
Susa, formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

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-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)

Binghamstown - Richard Bingham
Edgeworthstown – Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, local rector
Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
Charleville, Count Cork - Charles II of England
Dún Laoghaire – Lóegaire mac Néill
Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort
Connacht – Conn Cétchathach
County Kerry – Ciar
Cork – Corc
Jamestown, County Leitrim - James VI and I
Louisburgh, County Mayo - Louis XIV of France

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
Herzliya – Theodor Herzl, a leader of Zionist movement
Hippos, formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
Kiryat Wolfson – Isaac Wolfson
Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem – Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878-1909.
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
Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
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
Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus

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

Alessandria – Pope Alexander III
Andorno Micca – Pietro Micca
Aosta – Augustus
Arquà Petrarca – Petrarch
Augusta – "Augusto" di Federico II di Svevia
Bosisio Parini – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet
Caprese Michelangelo – Michelangelo, painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
Castagneto Carducci – Giosuè Carducci, poet
Castelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco
Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Father of the Italian fatherland
Cava Manara – Luciano Manara, patriot
Corridonia – Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist, IWW hero
Corteno Golgi – Camillo Golgi, pathologist
Ercolano – Heracles
Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
Guidonia Montecelio – Alessandro Guidoni, air force general
Incisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino, soldier
Jolanda di Savoia – Yolanda of Savoy
Ladispoli – Ladislao Odescalchi
Livorno Ferraris – Galileo Ferraris
Mafalda – Mafalda of Savoy
Manfredonia – Manfred of Sicily
Marconia – Guglielmo Marconi
Margherita di Savoia – Queen Margherita of Savoy
Morra De Sanctis – Francesco de Sanctis
Paderno Ponchielli – Amilcare Ponchielli
Pienza – Pope Pius II
Riese Pio X – Pope Pius X
Rome – Romulus
Sagliano Micca – Pietro Micca, Piedmontese hero
San Gimignano – Saint Geminianus
San Mauro Pascoli – Giovanni Pascoli, poet
Sanremo – Saint Romulus of Genoa
Sasso Marconi – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer
Serra San Bruno – Saint Bruno of Cologne
Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII – Pope John XXIII
Umbertide – Umberto I of Italy
Terranuova Bracciolini – Poggio Bracciolini, Renaissance humanist
Virgilio – Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet
Vittorio Veneto – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Ivory Coast

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 Sharpe
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 + Kanamori Tōjirō
Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu, a civil officer
Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858 - 1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan
Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (died 1877) ,a prominent military commander
Niki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi (1834 - 1915), japanese pioneer
Noda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke
Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura, japanese poet
Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon
Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira Tadayuki
Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru
Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute
Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi (1847 - 1895), Japanese Samurai
Tsuruga, Fukui – Tsunuga Arashito, Japanese Samurai
Wake, Okayama – Wake no Kiyomaro, a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period

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

Altynsarin District – Ybyrai Altynsarin,a Kazakh educator
Amangeldi – Amangeldi Imanov (1873-1919), Kazakh national leader
Auezov district (Almaty) – Dr. Mukhtar Auezov a Kazakh writer
Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy
Ayteke Bi – Ayteke Biy
Balpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly
Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
Bayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860- 1945), Kazakh folk singer
Chapaev, Kazakhstan – Red army hero of the Russian Civil War Vasily Chapayev
Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
Gabit Musirepov District – Gabit Musirepov, Kazakh writer, playwright
Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player Dina Nurpeisova
Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (South Kazakhstan) – Shamshi Kaldayakov, a Kazakhstani composer
Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev
Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) – General Kasym Kaysenov, Kazakh national hero
Kurchatov, Kazakhstan – Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov
Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly
Magzhan Zhumabaev District – Kazakh writer Magzhan Zhumabayev
Makhambet – Makhambet Otemisuly, Kazakh Poet
Mamlyutka – Mavlyut Valguzin, a Tatar peasant
Panfilov District, Kazakhstan – Ivan Panfilov
Pavlodar – Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
Petropavl – Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Raiymbek District – Raiymbek Batyr
Ridder – Philip Ridder; between 1941 and 2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin
Satpayev – Kazakh geologist and first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences Kanysh Satpayev
Tole Bi District – Töle Biy
Turar Ryskulov, South Kazakhstan – Kazakh politician Turar Ryskulov
Turar Ryskulov District – Turar Ryskulov, President of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Ualikhanov District – Shoqan Walikhanov, ethnographer
Zhambyl District, Almaty Region – Jambyl Jabayev. Kazakh traditional folksinger
Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region – Jambyl Jabayev
Zhangeldi District – Alibi Zhangeldi (1894- 1953), Kazakh revolutionary
Zhansugirov – Ilyas Zhansugurov, Kazakh literature

Former:

Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
Guryev was the name of Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev
Leninsk was the name of Baikonur – Vladimir Lenin
Panfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan Panfilov
Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko
Yermak was the name of Aksu – Russian national hero and explorer of Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich

Kenya

Karen, Kenya - Karen Blixen, a Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa
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

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
Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
Orozbekovo (Batken) - Abdykadyr Orozbekov (1889-1938), Kirghiz statesman
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
Pāvilosta – after Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of Kurzeme
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

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

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

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, participant in the National Liberation War
Delčevo – Goce Delčev, revolutionary hero
Gazi Baba Municipality – Ottoman poet Aşık Çelebi
Gjorče Petrov Municipality – revolutionary Gjorče Petrov
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 – L.P. Beaufort
Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar
Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara
Bandar Muadzam Shah – Abu Bakar of Pahang
Bandar Seri Putra – Tunku Abdul Rahman
Bandar Tun Abdul Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
Bandar Tun Hussein Onn – Hussein Onn
Bandar Tun Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka – Abdul Razak Hussein
Butterworth, Penang – William John Butterworth
Cameron Highlands – William Cameron
Carey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey
FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson
FELDA Soeharto – Soeharto
Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser
George Town, Penang – George III of the United Kingdom
Gohtong Jaya – Lim Goh Tong
Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah
Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney
Port Dickson – John Frederik Dickson
Putrajaya – Tunku Abdul Rahman
Seri Iskandar – Iskandar of Perak
Shah Alam – Hisamuddin of Selangor
Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman
Taman Tun Sardon – Sardon Jubir
Taman Tun Teja – Tun Teja
Taman U-Thant – U Thant
Templer's Park – Gerald Templer
Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
Weston – A.J. West

Malawi

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

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

Mauritius

Mexico

Aguascalientes

Adolfo López Mateos (Aguascalientes) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Calles, Aguascalientes, México - Plutarco Elias Calles
Calvillo - Jose Calvillo (founder)
Cosio - Felipe Cosio, Governor
Pabellon de Arteaga - General Jose Maria Artega, 19th century national hero
Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) - Miguel Hidalgo
Villa Juarez (Aguascalientes) - Benito Juarez
Villa Lic Jesús Terán (Aguascalientes) - Jesus Teran Peredo (governor)

Baja California

Alberto Oviedo Mota (Baja California) - Dr. Alberto Oviedo Mota (1882 - 1953)
Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California - Guadalupe Victoria
Venustiano Carranza, Baja California - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico
Vicente Guerrero, Baja California - Vicente Guerrero
Villa de Juárez (Ensenada) - Benito Juarez, President of Mexico

Baja California Sur

Melitón Albáñez Domínguez, Baja California Sur - General Melitón Albañez (1880 - 1917)
Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos (Baja California Sur) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos

Campeche

Bolonchen de Rejón - Manuel Crescencio García Rejón (1799 - 1849), jurist
Emiliano Zapata (Campeche) - Emiliano Zapata
Escarcega - Francisco Escarcega Marquez (1896 - 1938), a native from Tlaxcala who fought in a revolution
Iturbide (Campeche) - King Agustin de Iturbide
Juarez (Campeche) - Benito Juarez
Villa Madero (Campeche) - Francisco I. Madero

Chiapas

Altamirano, Chiapas - Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, poet
Angel Albino Corzo - 19th century politician Angel Albino Corzo
Arriaga Municipality - Ponciano Arriaga, lawyer
Bejucal de Ocampo - Melchor Ocampo, politician
Belisario Dominguez Municipality, Chiapas - Dr. Belisario Dominguez, senator
Benemérito de las Américas - Benito Juarez
Berriozabal - Felipe Berriozabal, military and politician
Chiapa de Corzo - Angel Albino Corzo
Dr. Rodulfo Figueroa (Chiapas) - Mexican poet and physician Dr. Rodulfo Figueroa Esquinca (1866 - 1899)
El Porvenir de Velasco Suarez - Manuel Velasco Suarez, Governor
Emiliano Zapata (Chiapas) - Emiliano Zapata
Francisco León, Chiapas - Francisco Leon de la Barra, President of Mexico
Frontera Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo, Father of the fatherland
Juarez, Chiapas - Benito Juarez, president of Mexico
Larrainzar - Manuel Larrainzar, politician
Marques de Comillas - Antonio Lopez y Lopez, Marquis of Colmillas
Mazapa de Madero - Francisco I. Madero, president of Mexico
Montecristo de Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
Nicolás Ruiz - 19th-century Governor of Chiapas, Nicolás Ruiz
Rayon, Chiapas - Ignacio Lopez Rayon
San Andrés Larráinzar - Saint Andrew and Manuel Larráinzar
San Cristobal de las Casas - Bartolome de las Casas, 15th century spanish writer
Tuxtla Gutierrez - Joaquin Miguel Gutierrez, Conservative politician
Unión Juárez, Chiapas - Benito Juarez
Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico
Villa Corzo - Angel Albino Corzo

Chihuahua

Ahumada Municipality - Miguel Ahumada (Governor)
Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua - Juan Aldama
Allende Municipality, Chihuahua - Ignacio Allende
Aquiles Serdan Municipality - Aquiles Serdan
Batopilas de Manuel Gomez Morin - Manuel Gomez Morin, National Action Party's founder
Cardenas (Chihuahua) - Lazaro Cardenas, President
Chinipas de Almada - Francisco R. Almada (Governor)
Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua - Cuauhtemoc
Ciudad Juarez - Benito Juarez, President
Gomez Farias Municipality, Chihuahua - Valentin Gomez Farias, President
Gran Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
Guerrero, Chihuahua - Vicente Guerrero, President
Galeana, Chihuahua - Hermenegildo Galeana
Hidalgo del Parral - Miguel Hidalgo
Manuel Benavides - Manuel Benavides Armendariz, a revolutionary who died in 1913
Mariano Matamoros - Mariano Matamoros
Ojinaga - Manuel Ojinaga (Governor)
Praxedis G. Guerrero (Chihuahua) - Praxedis G. Guerrero, revolutionary who was killed in action on 1910
Valle de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza

Coahuila

Abasolo, Coahuila - Mariano Abasolo
Allende, Coahuila - Ignacio Allende
Ciudad Acuna - Manuel Acuna, poet
Cuatrocienegas de Carranza - President Venustiano Carranza, who was born in Cuatrocieneagas on 1859
Escobedo, Coahuila - General Mariano Escobedo
Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila - Francisco I. Madero, President
General Cepeda - Victoriano Cepeda
Guerrero, Coahuila - Vicente Guerrero, President
Hidalgo, Coahuila - Miguel Hidalgo
Jimenez, Coahuila - Jose Mariano Jimenez
Juarez Municipality, Coahuila - Benito Juarez, President
Lamadrid Municipality, Coahuila - Francisco Lamadrid
Lázaro Cárdenas, Coahuila - Lazaro Cardenas, President
Monclova - Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova
Nava, Coahuila - Pedro de Nava, Commander general of New Spain
Ocampo, Coahuila - Melchor Ocampo
Ramos Arizpe - Miguel Ramos Arizpe, priest and politician
Santa Rosa de Muzquiz - Saint Rose of Lima and Melchor Muzquiz, President
Viesca, Coahuila - Jose Maria y Viesca, Governor of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon
Zaragoza, Coahuila - Ignacio Zaragoza

Colima

Cuauhtemoc, Colima - Cuauhtemoc
Madrid, Colima - Miguel de la Madrid, President
Villa de Alvarez - General Manuel Alvarez, first governor

Durango

Adolfo López Mateos (Aguinaldo) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Canelas, Durango - Captain Mateo Canelas
Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria and Victoria de Durango - Guadalupe Victoria, First President
Ciudad Lerdo - Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
Coneto de Comonfort - Ignacio Comonfort
Francisco I. Madero, Durango - Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico
General Simon Bolivar - Simon Bolivar, South American liberator
Gomez Palacio, Durango - Francisco Gomez Palacio, writer
Pastor Rouaix (Durango) - Pastor Rouaix (1874 - 1950), politician
San Juan de Guadalupe - Saint John the Baptist and Our Lady of Guadalupe
San Juan del Rio del Centauro del Norte, Durango - Pancho Villa
San Luis del Cordero - Don Luis del Cordero (Founder)
Tlahualilo de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza
Vicente Guerrero, Durango - Vicente Guerrero
Villa Hidalgo, Durango - Miguel Hidalgo
Villa Ocampo, Durango - Melchor Ocampo

Guanajuato

Abasolo, Guanajuato - Mariano Abasolo
Alvaro Obregon (Guanajuato) - Alvaro Obregon
Ciudad Manuel Doblado - Manuel Doblado, politician
Comonfort - Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico
Cortazar, Guanajuato - Luis Cortazar y Rabago
Doctor Mora - Jose Maria Luis Mora Lamadrid, father of the Mexican liberalism
Dolores Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
Ocampo, Guanajuato - Melchor Ocampo
Purisima del Bustos - Hermenegildo Bustos, painter
San Felipe, Guanajuato - King Philip II of Spain
San Jose Iturbide - Agustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico
San Miguel de Allende - Ignacio Allende
Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas - Juventino Rosas, musician
Villagran, Guanajuato - Julian Villagran

Guerrero

Acapulco de Juarez - Benito Juarez
Alcozauca de Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
Atoyac de Alvarez - Juan Alvarez
Buenavista de Cuellar - General Rafael A. Cuellar, Governor
Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero - Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Coyuca de Benitez - Maria Faustina Benitez, wife
Coyuca de Catalan - Nicolas Catalan
Eduardo Neri - Eduardo Neri Reynoso (1887 - 1973)
General Heliodoro Castillo - a Zapatist general, Heliodoro Castillo Castro
Huitzuco de los Figueroa - named after the Figueroa family, such as Rubén Figueroa Figueroa, (1908-1991), governor of Guerrero, Ignacio Figueroa (1834-1873), liberal military, and Prof. Francisco Figueroa Mata (1870-1936), teacher and governor of Guerrero
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc - Cuauhtemoc
José Joaquín de Herrera (municipality) - Jose Joaquin de Herrera, President
Juan R. Escudero (municipality) - Juan Ranulfo Escudero (1890 - 1923), a syndicalist leader, worker and statesman
Leonardo Bravo (municipality) - General Leonardo Bravo, an Independence hero
Taxco de Alarcon - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, writer
Tecpán de Galeana (municipality) - Hermenegildo Galeana
Tepecoacuilco de Trujano - Valerio Trujano
Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality) - Vicente Guerrero
Tlapa de Comonfort - Ignacio Comonfort
Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado - Caritino Maldonado Pérez, Governor
Zirandaro de los Chavez - Rodolfo Chavez Sanchez (1895 - 1995) and Dr. Ignacio Chavez Sanchez

Hidalgo

Cuautepec de Hinojosa - Pedro de Hinojosa
Emiliano Zapata, Hidalgo - Emiliano Zapata
Huasca de Ocampo, Tepeji del Rio de Ocampo - Melchor Ocampo
Huejutla de Reyes - Antonio Reyes Cabrera (1831 -1866)
Nicolas Flores, Hidalgo - General Nicolas Flores Rubio (1873 - 1934)
Omitlan de Juarez, Juarez, Hidalgo, Zapotlan de Juarez - Benito Juarez, President
Pachuca de Soto - Manuel Fernando Soto, lawyer
Progreso de Obregon - Alvaro Obregon, President
Tenango de Doria - Juan Cristodomo Doria, first governor
Tezontepec de Aldama - Juan Aldama
Tula de Allende - Ignacio Allende
Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero - Jose Lugo Guerrero (1897-1980), Governor
Zacualtipan de Angeles - General Felipe Angeles

Jalisco

Acatlan de Juarez, Valle de Juarez - Benito Juarez
Ahualulco de Mercado - Jose Maria Mercado
Atemajac de Brizuela - Coronel Miguel Brizuela
Autlan de Navarro - revolutionary Paulino Navarro
Bolanos, Jalisco - Toribio de Bolanos, conquistator
Casimiro Castillo - peasant leader Casimiro Castillo Vigil (1883 - 1925)
Canadas de Obregon - Alvaro Obregon
Cuautitlan de Garcia Barragan - General Marcelino Garcia Barragan (1895 - 1979), Governor of Jalisco
Degollado - Santos Degollado
Emiliano Zapata, Jalisco - Emiliano Zapata
Encarnacion de Diaz - Porfirio Diaz, Mexican dictator
Gómez Farías Municipality, Jalisco - Valentin Gomez Farias
Lazaro Cardenas, Jalisco - Lazaro Cardenas
Puerto Vallarta - Ignacio Luis Vallarta (Governor)
San Martin de Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
Talpa de Allende - Ignacio Allende
Teocuitatlan de Corona, Villa Corona - Ramon Corona
Tlajomulco de Zuniga - General Eugenio Zuniga
Villa Guerrero, Jalisco - Vicente Guerrero
Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco - Miguel Hidalgo
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo - José González Gallo (Governor)
Zapotitlán de Vadillo - Basilio Vadillo (1895 - 1935)
Zapotlan del Rey - King Philip II of Spain

Mexico (State)

Almoloya de Alquisiras - Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, an Independence hero
Almoloya de Juarez, Amecameca de Juárez, Chicoloapan de Juárez and Chiconcuac de Juárez - Benito Juarez, President
Atizapán de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza
Atlacomulco de Fabela, Tlazala de Fabela - Isidro Fabela, writer, politician and academician
Chapa de Mota - conquistator Jeronimo Ruiz de la Mota
Ciudad Lopez Mateos - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl - Nezahualcoyotl, poet
Coacalco de Berriozábal - Felipe Berriozabal, Governor of State of Mexico
Donato Guerra, State of Mexico - Donato Guerra, Soldier
Ecatepec de Morelos and Morelos, State of Mexico - Jose Maria Morelos
Jilotepec de Molina Enriquez - Andres Molina Enriquez
Luvianos - Cristobal Luvianos (founder)
Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico - Melchor Ocampo, politician and philosopher
Otumba de Gómez Farías - Valentin Gomez Farias
Rayón, State of Mexico - Ignacio Lopez Rayon, an Independence hero
San José Villa de Allende - Ignacio Allende, an Independence hero
Temascalcingo de Jose Maria Velasco - Jose Maria Velasco Gomez, painter
Tlalnepantla de Baz - Dr.Gustavo Baz Prada, Revolutionary and governor
Toluca de Lerdo - Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, President
Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo - General Mariano Escobedo
Valle de Bravo - Nicolas Bravo, President
Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico - Vicente Guerrero, President
Villa Victoria - Guadalupe Victoria, President

Mexico City

Alvaro Obregon, D.F. - Alvaro Obregon, who was assassinated in that area in 1928
Benito Juarez, D.F. - Benito Juarez, President of Mexico
Cuajimalpa de Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
Cuauhtemoc, D.F. - Cuauhtemoc
Gustavo A. Madero, D.F. - Gustavo A. Madero, Francisco I. Madero's Brother
Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. - Miguel Hidalgo
Venustiano Carranza, D.F. - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico

Michoacan

Alvaro Obregon, Michoacan - President Alvaro Obregon
Arteaga, Michoacan - Jose Maria Arteaga, 19th century national hero
Benito Juarez, Michoacan - President Benito Juarez
Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares - Natalio Vazquez Pallares (1913 - 1981), lawyer
Cojumatlán de Régules - Nicolás de Régules, a general who fought against the French intervention in Mexico
Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacan - Miguel Hidalgo
Epitacio Huerta (Michoacan) - General Epitacio Huerta (1827 - 1904)
Gabriel Zamora - Gabriel Zamora, Farm work and civil rights activist
Juárez Municipality, Michoacán - President Benito Juarez
Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan - President Lazaro Cardenas
Marcos Castellanos - Father Marcos Castellanos, an Independence Hero
Morelia - Jose Maria Morelos
Múgica Municipality - Francisco J. Múgica (1884 - 1954)
Paracho de Verduzco - Jose Sixto Verduzco, an Independence hero
Pastor Ortiz - Pastor Ortiz Avila (1902 - 1930)
Quiroga, Michoacán - Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Michoacan
Venustiano Carranza, Michoacan - President Venustiano Carranza
Villa Madero - President Francisco I. Madero
Villa Victoria - President Guadalupe Victoria
Villamar Municipality - Eligio Villamar, hero of the Mexican–American War.

Morelos

Ciudad Ayala - Francisco Ayala
Emiliano Zapata, Morelos - Emiliano Zapata

Nayarit

El Nayar - Tribal chief, Nayar
Ruiz, Nayarit - Mariano Ruiz Montanez (1846-1932), soldier
Villa Hidalgo (Nayarit) - Miguel Hidalgo
Villa Juarez, Nayarit - Benito Juarez

Nuevo Leon

Abasolo, Nuevo Leon - Mariano Abasolo
Allende, Nuevo Leon - Ignacio Allende
Aramberri, Nuevo Leon - Jose Silvestre Aramberri
Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon - Jose Mariano Jimenez
Bustamante, Nuevo Leon - Anastasio Bustamante
Cerralvo Municipality - Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marques de Cerralvo
Cienega de Flores - Don Pedro Flores
Congregación Calles (Nuevo Leon) - Plutarco Elias Calles
Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo Leon - Dr. Jose Francisco Arroyo y Anda
Doctor Coss - Jose Maria Cos, politician
Doctor Gonzalez, Nuevo Leon - Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Governor and founder of the UANL
Garcia, Nuevo Leon - Joaquin Garcia (Governor)
General Escobedo - Mariano Escobedo
General Trevino - Jeronimo Trevino (1835-1914)
Iturbide, Nuevo Leon - Agustin de Iturbide
Juarez, Nuevo Leon - Benito Juarez
Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon - Francisco Naranjo
Monterrey - Gaspar de Zuniga, 5th Count of Monterrey
Morones Prieto (Nuevo Leon) - Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto (1899 - 1974), medic and governor
San Pedro Garza Garcia - Genaro Garza Garcia (1837-1904), governor
San Nicolas de los Garza - Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the town

Oaxaca

Acatlan de Perez Figueroa - Luis Perez Figueroa
Animas Trujano, Oaxaca - Valerio Trujano
Ayoquezco de Aldama - Juan Aldama
Capulalpam de Méndez - Miguel Méndez Hernández, initiator of Mexican Liberal Party
Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez - Benito Juarez
Eloxochitlan de Flores Magon - Ricardo Flores Magon
Guevea de Humboldt - Alexander von Humboldt
Juchitan de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza
María Lombardo de Caso (Oaxaca) - María Lombardo de Caso (1905 - 1964) and Alfonso Caso, governor of Oaxaca
Matias Romero, Oaxaca - Matias Romero, politician and diplomat
Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, Santa María Chilapa de Diaz - Porfirio Diaz
Nejapa de Madero - Francisco I. Madero
Oaxaca de Juarez - Benito Juarez
Ocotlán de Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
Rojas de Cuauhtémoc - Cuauhtemoc
Teotitlan de Flores Magon - Ricardo Flores Magon and Enrique Flores Magon
Villa Díaz Ordaz - Jose Maria Diaz Ordaz, politician

Puebla

Ciudad Serdan - Aquiles Serdan
Cuapiaxtla de Madero - President Francisco I. Madero
Domingo Arenas Municipality - Revolutionary Domingo Arenas
Francisco Z. Mena - Francisco Zacarias Mena
General Felipe Angeles - Felipe Angeles
Guadalupe Victoria, Puebla - President Guadalupe Victoria
Juan C. Bonilla (municipality) - Juan Crisostomo Bonilla
Morelos Cañada - Jose Maria Morelos
Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla - Rafael Lara Grajales
Tepango de Rodriguez Municipality - Abelardo L. Rodriguez, former president
Tepeyahualco de Cuauhtemoc - Cuauhtemoc
Teteles de Avila Castillo - Manuel Avila Castillo, father of the future president Manuel Avila Camacho
Tlacotepec de Benito Juarez, Los Reyes de Juarez - President Benito Juarez
Venustiano Carranza Municipality, Puebla - Venustiano Carranza, who was assassinated in Tlaxcalatongo, Puebla in 1920
Xochitlan de Vicente Suarez - Vicente Suarez, a hero of Battle of Chapultepec

Queretaro

Amealco de Bonfil - Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil (1936-1973), a Peasant leader
Cadereyta de Montes - Lope Diez de Armendariz, marques de Cadereyta and Ezequiel Montes, lawyer and politician
Colon, Queretaro - Christopher Columbus
Corregidora Municipality - Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez
Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro - Ezequiel Montes, politician
Jalpan de Serra - Fray Junipero Serra
Landa de Matamoros - Mariano Matamoros
Pedro Escobedo - Dr. Pedro Escobedo

Quintana Roo

San Luis Potosi

Ahualulco de Sonido 13 - Julian Carrillo
Axtla de Terrazas - Alfredo M. Terrazas, revolutionary
Cardenas, San Luis Potosi - Luis de Cardenas (founder)
Ciudad Fernandez - General Zenon Fernandez
Ildefonso Turrubiartes (San Luis Potosi) - General Ildefonso Turrubiartes (1890 - 1963)
Mexquitic de Carmona - General Damian Carmona
Moctezuma, San Luis Potosi - General Jose Esteban Moctezuma
Rayon, San Luis Potosi - Ignacio Lopez Rayon
Salinas de Hidalgo, Villa de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi - Miguel Hidalgo
San Ciro de Acosta - revolutionary Miguel Acosta (1891 - 1947)
San Luis Potosi City - King Louis IX of France
Soledad de Graciano Sanchez - Graciano Sanchez Romo (1890-1957), a mexican teacher
Tanquian de Escobedo - Mariano Escobedo, governor
Villa de Arista - Mariano Arista
Villa de Arriaga - Ponciano Arriaga
Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi - Benito Juarez
Zaragoza, San Luis Potosi - Ignacio Zaragoza

Sinaloa

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (Sinaloa) - President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Escuinapa de Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
Gabriel Leyva Solano, (Sinaloa) - Gabriel Leyva Solano (1871 - 1910), promartyr
Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa - General Juan José Ríos (1882 - 1954), revolutionary
Salvador Alvarado - Salvador Alvarado, revolutionary
Sinaloa de Leyva - Gabriel Leyva Velázquez (1896 - 1985), Governor

Sonora

Benjamin Hill, Sonora - Benjamin G. Hill, military leader
Carbó - Jose Guillermo Carbó, military commander
Ciudad Obregon - Alvaro Obregon
Hermosillo - Jose Maria Gonzalez Hermosillo
Moctezuma, Sonora - Moctezuma II
Nacozari de Garcia - Jesus Garcia
Plutarco Elias Calles, Sonora - President Plutarco Elias Calles
Rayón, Sonora - Ignacio Lopez Rayon
Villa Hidalgo, Sonora - Miguel Hidalgo
Villa Juarez, Sonora - Benito Juarez
Villa Pesqueira - Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia

Tabasco

Cardenas, Tabasco - Jose Eduardo de Cardenas
Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tabasco - Emiliano Zapata
Jalpa de Mendez - Coronel Gregorio Mendez Magana
Tenosique de Pino Suarez - Jose Maria Pino Suarez, Vice President of Mexico under Francisco I. Madero

Tamaulipas

Abasolo, Tamaulipas - Mariano Abasolo
Aldama, Tamaulipas - Juan Aldama
Antiguo Morelos Municipality - Jose Maria Morelos
Bustamante Municipality - Anastasio Bustamante
Ciudad Madero - Francisco I. Madero
Ciudad Mier - Servando Teresa de Mier
Ciudad Miguel Aleman - President Miguel Aleman Valdes
Ciudad Victoria - Guadalupe Victoria
Gomez Farias Municipality, Tamaulipas - President Valentin Gomez Farias
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas - President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Mainero, Tamaulipas - General Guadalupe Mainero Juarez (1856 - 1901), Governor of Tamaulipas
Matamoros, Tamaulipas - Mariano Matamoros
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
Nuevo Morelos, Tamaulipas - Jose Maria Morelos
Xicotencatl, Tamaulipas - Xicotencatl I

Tlaxcala

Veracruz

Alto Lucero de Gutierrez Barrios - Fernando Gutierrez Barrios (governor)
Alvarado, Veracruz - Pedro de Alvarado
Angel R. Cabada - Angel Rosario Cabada, agrarian leader
Benito Juarez, Veracruz - Benito Juarez
Camaron de Tejeda, Chicontepec de Tejeda - Adalberto Tejeda Olivares, Politician
Carrillo Puerto (municipality) - Felipe Carrillo Puerto
Cazones de Herrera - Jose Joaquin de Herrera
Cosautlan de Carvajal - Angel Carvajal Bernal (Governor)
Chinampa de Gorostiza - Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza
Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Veracruz - Emiliano Zapata
Gutierrez Zamora - Manuel Gutierrez Zamora
Ignacio de la Llave (Municipality) - Ignacio de la Llave (governor)
Ixhuatlan de Madero - Francisco I. Madero
Juan de la Luz Enriquez, Veracruz - 19th century governor Juan de la Luz Enriquez
Jesús Carranza, Veracruz - Jesus Carranza, father of Venustiano Carranza
Landero y Coss - Francisco Landero y Coss (1828 - 1900), governor of Veracruz
Lerdo de Tejada - Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada
Mariano Escobedo, Veracruz - Mariano Escobedo
Minatitlán, Veracruz - Martín Javier Mina y Larrea
Mixtla de Altamirano - Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Platón Sánchez - Rafael Platón Sánchez (1831–1867), a native of the area who fought in the Battle of Puebla
Rafael Delgado - Rafael Delgado (author)
Sayula de Aleman - Miguel Aleman Valdes
Soledad de Doblado - Manuel Doblado
Ursulo Galvan - a communist leader Ursulo Galvan Reyes
Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes - Gregorio López y Fuentes

Yucatan

Motul de Carrillo Puerto - Felipe Carrillo Puerto
Quintana Roo Municipality - Andres Quintana Roo
Suma de Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon - Alvaro Obregon

Zacatecas

Cuauhtemoc Municipality, Zacatecas - Cuauhtemoc
El Plateado de Joaquin Amaro - Joaquin Amaro, revolutionary
Florencia de Benito Juarez - Benito Juarez, President
General Enrique Estrada - Enrique Estrada
General Francisco R. Murgia (Zacatecas) - Francisco R. Murgia (1873 - 1922), governor of Zacatecas
General Panfilo Natera (Zacatecas) - Panfilo Natera (1881 - 1951), revolutionary
Juan Aldama, Zacatecas - Juan Aldama
Luis Moya, Zacatecas - Luis Moya, revolutionary
Miguel Alemán, Zacatecas - Miguel Aleman Valdes
Moyahua de Estrada - Enrique Estrada, revolutionary
Teúl de González Ortega Municipality - Jesus Gonzalez Ortega
Villa de Cos - Doctor Jose Maria Cos
Villa Garcia - Antonio Garcia Salinas (Governor)
Villa Gonzalez Ortega - Jesus Gonzalez Ortega
Villa Hidalgo, Zacatecas - Miguel Hidalgo

Moldova

Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
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

Bayantsogt – Tsogt Khun Taij
Choibalsan city, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Communist leader, Prime Minister and President of Mongolia
Choibalsan sum, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Delgertsogt, Dundgovi – Tsogt Khun Taij
Erdenetsogt – Tsogt Khun Taij
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
Tsogt, Govi-Altai – Tsogt Khun Taij
Tsogt-Ovoo, Ömnögovi – Tsogt Khun Taij
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, the restorer of Moroccan independence

Mozambique

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
Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann
Tobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero

Nepal

Birendranagar – King Birendra
Mahendranagar, Janakpur – Mahendra of Nepal
Mahendranagar, Kosi – Mahendra of Nepal
Pratappur, Nepal – Pratap Singh Shah
Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah
Tribhuwannagar, Sarlahi – Tribhuvan of Nepal

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
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

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)
Coatesville – Gordon Coates, Prime Minister
Foxton – William Fox, Premier
Gisborne – William Gisborne
Grey River, Greymouth, Greytown – George Grey, Governor
Hastings – Warren Hastings
Hunterville – George Hunter, merchant
Invercargill – William Cargill
Massey – William Massey, Prime Minister
Napier – Charles James Napier
Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson
Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Seddon and Seddonville – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
Vogeltown – Julius Vogel, Premier
Wellington – Duke of Wellington

Nicaragua

Arlen Siu (Granada) - Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
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
German Pomares (Jinotega) - German Pomares Ordonez (1936 - 1979), a Nicaraguan national hero
La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of Mary
Larreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher
Madriz Department - Jose Madriz, President of Nicaragua
Marlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) - Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962 - 1983), a student martyr
Puerto Morazán – Francisco Morazán, a Honduran Politician
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
Rigoberto Lopez Perez (Managua) - Rigoberto Lopez Perez, nicaraguan poet
Rivas, Nicaragua – Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
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 Juan del Sur – Saint John
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 – Saint Thomas
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

Nigeria

Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

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, Communist activist, North Korean leader Kim Il-sung's first wife Kim Jong-suk

Norway

Edgeøya – Thomas Edge
Eydehavn – Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer
Fredrikstad – King Frederick II of Denmark
Jan Mayen – Captain Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
Kongsberg – King Christian IV of Denmark
Kongsvinger – King Christian V of Denmark
Kristiansand – King Christian IV of Denmark
Kristiansund – King Christian VI of Denmark
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
Fredrikshald was the name of Halden from 1665 through 1928 – King Frederick III of Denmark
Fredriksvern was the name of Stavern from 1799 through 1930 – King Frederick III of Denmark
Victoriahavn was the name of Narvik from 1887 through 1902 – Queen Victoria

Oman

Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Sultan Qaboos

Pakistan

Abbottabad – James Abbott
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Karachi – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa
Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali
Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
Jacobabad – John Jacob
Karimabad – Prince Karim Aga Khan
Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan
Shujabad – Nawab Shuja Khan
Tando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani

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

Alcalde Díaz – Mayor Mauricio Diaz
Almirante, Bocas del Toro – Altamirante Christopher Columbus
Amelia Denis de Icaza (corregimiento) – Panamanian Romantic poet Amelia Denis de Icaza
Antón – Antón Martín, Spanish explorer
Arnulfo Arias, Panama – Dr. Arnulfo Arias, President of Panama
Belisario Porras, Panama – Belisario Porras Barahona, President of Panama
Carlos Santana Ávila – ex-legislator of Panameñista Party
Colón – Christopher Columbus
Chepigana – Cacique Chepi
Chepo – Cacique Chepori
David, Chiriquí – King David
Edwin Fabrega – Panamanian politician Edwin Fabrega
Ernesto Córdoba Campos – ex-deputy Ernesto Cordoba Campos
Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet Tomas Martin Feuillet
Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo Vasquez
Herrera (corregimiento) – Tomas Herrera
Hurtado, Panama – Don Manuel José Hurtado, father of Panamanian education
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama – Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, President of Panama
Juan Díaz, Panama City – first soldier to Service of the King of Spain, Juan Diaz
José Domingo Espinar – Panamanian patriot Jose D.Espinar
Los Díaz – General Domingo Diaz
Manuel E. Amador Terrero (Veraguas) – Manuel Encarnación Amador, designer who created the flag of Panama
Manuel Ortega, Emberá – Professor Manuel Ortega
Mateo Iturralde – General Mateo Iturralde
Mendoza, Panama – Dr. Carlos A.Mendoza
Omar Torrijos, Panama – Commander Omar Torrijos
Omar Torrijos Herrera District (Colon) – Omar Torrijos, Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution
Pedasí, Los Santos – Cacique Peazi
Penonomé, Coclé – Nomé (Chief of a local Native American)
Pinogana – Cacique Pino
Puerto Armuelles – Colonel Tomás Armuelles
Puerto Obaldía – José Domingo de Obaldía, President of Panama
Puerto Vidal – Father superior Francisco Xavier Vidal
Purio – Cacique Puri
Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado – syndicate leader in a banana farm, Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado
Rubén Cantú, Panama – Panamanian pilot Ruben Cantu
Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Rufina Alfaro
Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Victoriano Lorenzo

Papua New Guinea

Finschhafen – Otto Finsch
Port Moresby – Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby

Paraguay

Alberdi, Paraguay – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine writer
Capitán Bado – José Matías Bado, an army officer
Capitán Mauricio José Troche – Mauricio José Troche (liberator)
Coronel Bogado – Jose Felix Bogado, a Paraguayan Hero
Coronel Oviedo – Florentin Oviedo, a Hero of Paraguayan war
Doctor Cecilio Báez – Cecilio Báez, President of Paraguay
Doctor Eulogio Estigarribia – Dr. Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, lawyer and politician
Doctor Juan León Mallorquín District – Juan León Mallorquín, a Paraguayan frontiersman
Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos – Juan Manuel Frutos, President of Paraguay
Doctor Moisés Bertoni – Moisés Santiago Bertoni, a great Swiss investigator
Doctor Pedro P. Peña – Pedro Peña, President of Paraguay
Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay – Eusebio Ayala, President of Paraguay
Escobar, Paraguay – Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay
Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay – Fernando de la Mora (politician), a father of Paraguayan independence from Spain
General Artigas – Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas
General Delgado – Jose Maria Delgado, a military in Paraguayan war
General Elizardo Aquino – Elizardo Aquino, a Hero of Paraguayan war
General Eugenio A. Garay – Eugenio Alejandrino Garay, a Paraguayan military and journalist
General Higinio Morínigo – Higinio Morínigo, President of Paraguay
General Isidoro Resquín – Francisco Isidoro Resquín
General José Eduvigis Díaz – José Eduvigis Díaz, a Hero of Paraguayan war
Juan Emilio O'Leary – Juan Emiliano O'Leary, a Paraguayan journalist, poet, historian and politician
José Ocampos – a founder on his birthplace Jose Domingo Ocampos
Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay – Mariano Roque Alonso, a consul of the republic
Mariscal Estigarribia – Marshall Jose Felix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay
Mariscal Francisco Solano López – Francisco Solano López, Second President of Paraguay
Mayor José Dejesús Martínez – Jose Dejesus Martinez, a Hero of Paraguayan war
Pedro Juan Caballero – Pedro Juan Caballero
Presidente Franco District – Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay
San Alfredo (Concepcion) - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay
Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguay – Tomás Romero Pereira, President of Paraguay
Valenzuela, Paraguay – father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela
Villa Hayes – Rutherford Hayes, an American President
Yegros – Fulgencio Yegros, Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay

Peru

Antonio Raymondi Province – Antonio Raimondi, native Italian geographer
Bolívar, Peru – Simon Bolivar
Bolognesi Province – Francisco Bolognesi, hero of the Battle of Arica
Cáceres del Perú District – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
Castilla District – Ramon Castilla
Castrovirreyna – Doña Teresa de Castro
Contralmirante Villar Province – Contralmirante Manuel Villar Olivera, Peruvian mariner
Coronel Portillo Province – Pedro Portillo, Prefect of Loreto
Daniel Alcides Carrión Province – medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión
Espinar Province – Ladislao Espinar Carrera, hero of Cuzco
General Sánchez Cerro Province – former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Ignacio Escudero District – Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso, a Peruvian patrician
Jorge Basadre Province – Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Peruvian historian
Jorge Chávez District – Jorge Chávez, a Peruvian aviator
José Luis Bustamante District - Jose Luis Bustamante, President of Peru
José María Arguedas District – José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist
Juan Espinoza Medrano District – Juan Espinoza Medrano, Peruvian Writer
La Mar Province - José de la Mar, President of Peru
Leoncio Prado Province, Leoncio Prado District, Huaura – Peruvian mariner Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez
Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro District – Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro, Peruvian explorer
Mariscal Benavides District – Oscar Benavides
Mariscal Cáceres Province – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Mariscal Castilla District, Chachapoyas, Mariscal Castilla District, Concepción – Ramon Castilla
Mariscal Luzuriaga Province – Peruvian marshal and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga
Mariscal Nieto Province – Marshall Domingo Nieto
Melgar Province – Mariano Melgar a Peruvian patriot, poet, artist and warrior
Miguel Checa District – Don Miguel Checa, who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910
Miguel Iglesias District – Miguel Iglesias, a Peruvian soldier, general, and politician who served as the 35th President of Peru
Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missioner
Puerto Maldonado – Faustino Maldonado, Peruvian explorer
Ramón Castilla – Marshall Ramón Castilla, President of Peru
Requena Province – Francisco Requena y Herrera, Governor of Maynas
Ricardo Palma District – Ricardo Palma, a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician
Rodríguez de Mendoza Province – Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Peruvian academic
San Martín Province – Jose de San Martin, a protector of Peru
San Román Province – Miguel de San Román President of Peru
Sánchez Carrión Province – José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, pro-independence politician from Peru
Sucre Province – Antonio Jose de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho
Túpac Amaru District – Túpac Amaru II
Tupac Amaru Inca District – Túpac Amaru
Víctor Fajardo Province – Colonel Victor Fajardo

Philippines

Adams, Ilocos Norte – John Quincy Adams
Aguilar, Pangasinan – Rafael María de Aguilar
Aguinaldo, Ifugao – Emilio Aguinaldo, First President
Allen, Northern Samar – Henry Tureman Allen
Aurora – Aurora Quezon, first lady of the Philippines
Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental – Andres Bonifacio, National hero
Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte – Braulio Española Dujali
Brooke's Point – James Brooke
Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez
Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental – Enrique B. Magalona, former Senator of the Philippines
Garchitorena, Camarines Sur – Don Andres Garchitorena
General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite – Emilio Aguinaldo, First President
General Luna, Quezon – Antonio Luna
General Mariano Alvarez – Mariano Alvarez
General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao – Salipada K. Pendatun
General Santos – General Paulino Santos
General Tinio, Nueva Ecija – Manuel Tinio
General Trias, Cavite – Mariano Trias
Gloria, Oriental Mindoro – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines
Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur – Gregorio del Pilar
Isabela, Basilan – Queen Isabella II of Spain
Isabela Province – Queen Isabella II of Spain
Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental – Jose Abad Santos
Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte – José María Panganiban
Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu
Legazpi, Albay – Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega
Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental – Graciano López Jaena
MacArthur, Leyte – General Douglas MacArthur
Mendez, Cavite – Commodore Castro Méndez Núñez
Muñoz, Nueva Ecija – Francisco Muñoz
New Washington, Aklan – George Washington
Ozamiz – José Ozámiz
Quezon, Bukidnon – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines
Quezon City – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines
Quirino – Elpidio Quirino
Padre Burgos, Quezon – José Burgos
Padre Garcia, Batangas – Vicente García, a Filipino priest, hero and a defender of Dr. Jose P. Rizal
Pio Duran, Albay – Filipino Pan-Asianist, Lawyer and Legislator, Pio Saceda Duran (1900–1961)
Pio V. Corpuz, Masbate – Congressman and Governor, Pio Vicente Corpuz (1883–1944)
President Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol – Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines
President Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of then First Lady and Congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos
Rizal – Dr.José Rizal, National hero
Rodriguez, Rizal – Eulogio Rodriguez
Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay – Roseller T. Lim
Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
Santiago – Saint James the Apostle
Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat
Tobias Fornier, Antique – Congressman from Antique, Tobias A Fornier
Trece Martires – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
Valenzuela – Pío Valenzuela
Victoria, Oriental Mindoro – Victoria Quirino, daughter of President Elpidio Quirino

Poland

Aleksandrów Kujawski – Emperor Alexander II Romanov, benefactor of the town
Aleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
Annopol – Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founder
Augustów – King Sigismund II Augustus, founder
Baborów – Bavor ze Strakonic, founder
Barczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858-1929), Polish catholic priest
Bemowo – Józef Bem, national hero
Bodzentyn – Jan Bodzanta, founder
Dzierżoniów – Father Dr. Jan Dzierżon, polish apiarist who was discovered the phenomenon of Parthenogenesis of bees
Frampol – Franciszka Butler, wife of founder
Giżycko – Gustaw Gizewiusz, political figure
Janów Lubelski – Jan Zamoyski, son of founder
Jordanów – Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, founder
Józefów – Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, founder
Kazimierz Dolny – Duke Casimir II the Just, donor of the town to the order of Norbertines
Kętrzyn – Wojciech Kętrzyński, historian
Kolonowskie – Philipp Colonna, founder
Konstancin – Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founder
Konstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov
Korfantów – Wojciech Korfanty, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
Łaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz, founder
Mieszkowice – Duke Mieszko I
Mrągowo – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz, protestant pastor
Pieniężno – Seweryn Pieniężny (1890 - 1940), Polish journalist
Platerówka – Emilia Plater, national heroine
Przemków – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa, founder
Rymanów – Nicolao Reymann, founder
Sokołowsko – Alfred Sokołowski, resident and benefactor of the town
Szczuczyn – Stanisław Antoni Szczuka, founder
Szlichtyngowa – Jan Schlichting, founder
Tarnobrzeg – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
Tarnogród – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
Terespol – Teresa Słuszka, wife of founder
Tomaszów Lubelski – Tomasz Zamoyski, owner and benefactor of the town
Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski, founder
Tyczyn – Bartold Tyczner, founder
Wejherowo – Jakub Weyher, founder
Władysławowo – King Wladislaus IV Vasa, founder of the town's port
Zawadzkie – Franciszek von Zawadzky, founder
Żyrardów – Philippe de Girard, founder

Former:

Bierutowice was the name of Karpacz Górny (now part of Karpacz) in the years 1949–1991 – Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland
Hermannsbad was the name of Ciechocinek in the years 1939–1945 – Hermann Göring
Hindenburg was the name of Zabrze in the years 1915–1945 – Paul von Hindenburg
Iwanogród was the name of Dęblin in the years 1842–1915 – Ivan Paskevich
Litzmannstadt was the name of Łódź in the years 1940–1945 – Karl Litzmann
Nowa Aleksandria was the name of Puławy in the years 1846–1918 – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
Stalinogród was the name of Katowice in the years 1953–1956 – Joseph Stalin

Portugal

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – conde Rodrigo González Girón
Guimarães – Vímara Peres
Lisbon (Latin, Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, Ulyssipolis, Ulisseia) – Ulysses
Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal
Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz
Padre Cruz(Lisbon) - Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859-1948), Portuguese priest
Santa Joana (parish) – Joanna, Princess of Portugal
São Vicente, Madeira – Vincent of Saragossa
Vale de Afonsinho – Afonso I of Portugal
Villa 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 do Santo Antonio - Joseph I of Portugal

Puerto Rico

Bolívar (Santurce) – Simon Bolivar
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

Ady Endre – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet
Alexandria – Prince Grigore Alexandru Ghica
Alexandru Odobescu, Călărași – Alexandru Odobescu, writer and politician
Avram Iancu, Alba and Avram Iancu, Bihor – Avram Iancu
Bucharest – Bucur, legendary shepherd
C. A. Rosetti, Buzău, C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, liberal Wallachian politician
Ciprian Porumbescu, Suceava – Ciprian Porumbescu
Constanţa – Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of Constantine the Great
Constantin Daicoviciu, Caraș-Severin – Constantin Daicoviciu, Romanian historian who died in 1973
Costache Negri, Galați – Costache Negri, revolutionary
Costinești – Emil Costinescu, Minister of Finance and land owner
Cuza Vodă, Călărași, Cuza Vodă, Constanța, Cuza Vodă, Galați – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
Dragalina, Călărași – General Ion Dragalina
Dr. Petru Groza, Ştei - Petru Groza, President of Romania
General Berthelot – Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general
George Enescu, Botoșani – George Enescu, Romanian compositor
Gheorghe Doja, Ialomița – György Dózsa, a Székely from Transylvania
Gheorghe Lazăr, Ialomița – Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
Giurgiu – Saint George
Horia, Constanța, Horia, Neamț, Horia, Tulcea – Vasile Ursu Nicola (known as Horea)
I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea – Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania
Ion Corvin, Constanţa – John Hunyadi
Ion Creangă, Neamț – Ion Creangă
Ion Roată, Ialomița – Ion Roată, a Romanian peasant and political figure
Medgidia – Abdülmecid I
Mihai Eminescu, Botoșani – Mihai Eminescu
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Ialomiţa, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea – Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
Mihai Viteazu, Cluj, Mihai Viteazu, Constanţa – Michael the Brave
Mircea Vodă, Brăila, Mircea Vodă, Constanţa – Mircea I of Wallachia
Moldovenești – Ioan Micu Moldovan, a romanian professor
Nicolae Bălcescu, Bacău, Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași, Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanţa, Nicolae Bălcescu, Vâlcea – Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Titulescu, Olt – Nicolae Titulescu, a Romanian diplomat and politician
Negru Vodă – probably Radu Negru
Oneşti – Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana
Ovidiu – Ovid
Petru Rareș, Bistrița-Năsăud – Petru Rareș
Roman – Roman I of Moldavia
Saligny, Constanţa – Anghel Saligny
Sfântu Gheorghe, Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea – Saint George
Ștefan cel Mare, Argeș, Ștefan cel Mare, Călărași, Ștefan cel Mare, Neamț, Ștefan cel Mare, Olt, Ștefan cel Mare, Vaslui, Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău – Stephen III of Moldavia
Traian, Bacău, Traian, Brăila, Traian, Ialomița, Traian, Olt, Traian, Teleorman – Trajan
Traian Vuia, Timiș - Traian Vuia, romanian inventor and aviator
Tudor Vladimirescu, Brăila, Tudor Vladimirescu, Galați – Tudor Vladimirescu
Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș - Victor Vlad Delamarina, Romanian poet
Vlad Țepeș, Călărași, Vlad Țepeș, Giurgiu – Vlad the Impaler

Former:

Stalin was the name of Brașov – Joseph Stalin
Vasile Roaită was the name of Eforie Sud – after Vasile Roaită, a communist shot during the Griviţa Strike of 1933
Ferdinand I was the name of Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa – Ferdinand I of Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Oneşti – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, communist leader
Dr. Petru Groza was the name of Ştei – Doctor Petru Groza, Prime Minister and President of Romania

Russia

Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky – Emperor Alexander II of Russia
Andropovsky District - Yuri Andropov, President
Babushkin – Ivan Babushkin, revolutionary
Borisoglebsk – Boris and Gleb
Budyonnovsk – Marshal Semyon Budyonny
Chaykovsky – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
Chekhov - Dr. Anton Chekhov, medic
Chernyakhovsk – general Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast – General Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (1829-1905)
Demidov – Bolshevik Yakov Demidov
Dikson – Scottish Swedish explorer Oscar Dickson
Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian communist leader and also as a Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Dmitrov – Saint Demetrius
Dzerzhinsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky, politician
Engels – Friedrich Engels, philosopher
Furmanov – Dmitry Furmanov, author
Gagarin – Yury Gagarin, cosmonaut
Georgiyevsk – Saint George
Gorodovikovsk – General Oka Gorodovikov
Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – Major General Stepan Guryev
Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast – Dimitri Alexandrovich Guryev, Minister of finance
Imeni Poliny Osipenko (rural locality) – Polina Osipenko, military pilot
Ivangorod – King Ivan III of Russia
Kaliningrad – Mikhail Kalinin, President
Khabarovsk – explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov
Kingisepp – Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian communist revolutionary
Kirov – Sergey Kirov, bolshevik leader
Kirovgrad – Sergey Kirov
Kirovsk – Sergey Kirov
Korolyov – rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov
Kotovsk – Grigore Kotovski, politician
Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin, anarcho-communist philosopher
Kuybyshevo, Rostov Oblast – Commander Nikolay Kuibyshev
Leninsk-Kuznetsky – Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician
Leninogorsk – Vladimir Lenin
Lermontov – Mikhail Lermontov, writer and poet
Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) - Leo Tolstoy, writer
Lomonosov – writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov
Makarov – Stepan Makarov, oceanographer
Makhachkala – Daghestani revolutionary Makhach
Mariinsk – Queen Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
Mariinsky Posad – Queen Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
Marks – Karl Marx, philosopher
Michurinsk – selectionist Ivan Michurin
Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast – the army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller
Novoalexandrovsk – King Alexander I of Russia
Novokuybyshevsk – Valerian Kuybyshev, revolutionary
Nesterov – World War II hero Stepan Kuzmich Nesterov
Nevelsk – Gennady Nevelskoy, navigator
Noginsk – Bolshevik Viktor Nogin
Pavlovsk – Paul I
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast – Peter the Great, Father of the Russian fatherland
Petrozavodsk – Tsar Peter the Great
Podgorny, Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai - Nikolai Podgorny, President
Prokopyevsk - Prokopiy of Ustug
Pushkin – Aleksandr Pushkin, writer
Rostov-na-Donu - Dimitry of Rostov
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
Shelekhov – Grigory Shelikhov, marine
Sholokhovsky District – Mikhail Sholokhov, novelist
Tolyatti (or Togliatti) – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician
Ulyanovsk – Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov
Yaroslavl – prince Yaroslav I the Wise
Yekaterinburg, Russia – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Queen Catherine I of Russia
Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast - Georgy Zhukov, Military

Former:

Andropov was the name of Rybinsk – Yuri Andropov, President of the Soviet Union
Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny – Leonid Brezhnev, President of the Soviet Union
Gorky was the name of Nizhny Novgorod – Maxim Gorky
Chkalov was the name of Orenburg – aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov
Georgiu Dezh was the name of Liski – Romanian communist Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Kalinin was the name of Tver – Mikhail Kalinin, First President of the Soviet Union
Königsberg was the name of Kaliningrad – King Ottokar II, "the Iron", of Bohemia
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 – Emperor 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
Stalinogorsk was the name of Novomoskovsk – Joseph Stalin
Stalinsk was the name of Novokuznetsk – Joseph Stalin
Sverdlovsk was the name of Yekaterinburg – Yakov Sverdlov
Ustinov was the name of Izhevsk – Marshal Dmitry Ustinov
Voroshilov was the name of Ussuriysk – Kliment Voroshilov
Yekaterinodar was the name of Krasnodar – Catherine the Great

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

São Tomé e Príncipe

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

Saudi Arabia

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Senegal

Richard Toll – Jean Michel Claude Richard, French botanist
Saint-Louis – Louis XIV of France

Serbia

Aleksa Šantić – Aleksa Šantić, Poet
Aleksandrovac – King Alexander I of Serbia
Bajina Bašta – Baja Osman
Blok Sava Kovačević – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević
Braće Jerković – Nebojša and Dušan Jerković
Bosilegrad - King Busil
Čelarevo - Commander Zdravko Ĉelar, Serbian National Hero
Despotovac - Despot Stefan Lazarevic
Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Donji Milanovac - Milan I of Serbia
Dr Ivan Ribar – Doctor Ivan Ribar, President of Yugoslavia
Gornji Milanovac - Milan I of Serbia
Jaša Tomić – Jaša Tomić, journalist
Kačarevo - Svetozar Kačar, Serbian National Hero
Karađorđevo – Karađorđe, Father of the Serbian Fatherland
Kljajićevo - Miloš Kljajić, Serbian National Hero
Kraljevo - Milan I of Serbia
Kruščić - Vukman Kruŝĉić, Serbian National Hero
Lazarevac – Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic
Lukićevo - Veljko Lukić, serbian farmer and national hero
Miletićevo – Svetozar Miletić, advocate, journalist, author, politician
Minicevo - Milun Minić, serbian national hero
Mladenovo - Dr. Mladen Stojanović
Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja) – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist
Obilić – Miloš Obilić, a Serbian knight
Obrenovac – Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia
Petrovac, Serbia - Milutin Petrović, serbian revolutionary
Radoševo - Radoš Bojović, serbian national hero
Ratkovo - Ratko Pavlović, Serbian fighter
Sava Kovačević, Zemun – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević
Svetozar Miletić – Svetozar Miletić
Tošin Bunar – Teodor Toša Apostolović (1745–1810), Serbian merchant and philanthropist
Zrenjanin – Žarko Zrenjanin, National Hero of Serbia

Former:

Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina – Svetozar Marković
Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo – Aleksandar Rankovic
Titova Mitrovica was the name of Kosovska Mitrovica – Josip Broz Tito
Titovo Užice was the name of Užice – Josip Broz Tito

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 – Sir Cecil Clementi Smith
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

Bratislava – Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia
Gabčíkovo – Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier involved in Operation Anthropoid
Hamuliakovo – Martin Hamuljak, Slovak Writer
Hurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Slovak writer
Leopoldov – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Martin, Slovakia – Saint Martin of Tours
Michalovce – Saint Michael
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, President of the Government of Slovenia
Primoži – Primož Trubar, Father of the Slovenian nation

Somalia

Adan Yabal District - Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, First President of Somalia

Former:

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

South Africa

Western Cape

Albertinia – Johannes Rudolph Albertyn^[6]
Athlone – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Beaufort West – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Bellville – Charles Davidson Bell
Bredasdorp – Michiel van Breda, later first Mayor of Cape Town^[6]
Caledon – 2nd Earl of Caledon
Calitzdorp – Calitz family^[6]
Camps Bay (Cape Town) – Friedrich von Kamptz
Clanwilliam – 1st Earl of Clanwilliam^[6]
Darling – Charles Henry Darling, lieutenant-governor of Cape Colony
Durbanville – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
George – King George III of the United Kingdom
Gordon's Bay – Robert Jacob Gordon
Hermanus – Hermanus Pieters^[6]
Hopefield – Col William Hope and William Field^[6]
Ladismith – Lady Smith, wife of Sir Harry Smith
Laingsburg – John Laing
Lamberts Bay – Admiral Sir Robert Lambert
Maitland (Cape Town) – Sir Peregrine Maitland, governor of Cape Colony
Malmesbury – 1st Earl of Malmesbury^[6]
McGregor – Rev Andrew McGregor^[6]
Milnerton – Sir Alfred Milner
Montagu – John Montagu
Moorreesburg – Rev Johannes Moorrees
Murraysburg – Reverend Andrew Murray Snr
Napier – Sir George Napier, governor of Cape Colony
Oudtshoorn – Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, governor of Cape Colony
Parow – Johann Heinrich Parow^[6]
Plettenberg Bay – Baron Joachim Ammema van Plettenberg, governor of Cape Colony
Porterville – William Porter, attorney-general of Cape Colony
Prince Albert – Prince Albert
Prince Alfred Hamlet – The Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria
Riebeeck Kasteel – Jan van Riebeeck
Riebeeck West – Jan van Riebeeck
Riversdale – Harry Rivers
Robertson – Rev Dr William Robertson
Saldanha – Antonio de Saldanha
Simon's Town – Simon van der Stel
Somerset West – Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of Cape Colony
Stellenbosch – Simon van der Stel, governor of Cape Colony
Swellendam – Hendrik Swellengrebel and his wife Helena Ten Damme
Tulbagh – Ryk Tulbagh, governor of Cape Colony
Vanrhynsdorp – Petrus Benjamin van Rhyn^[6]
Wellington – Duke of Wellington
Wolseley – Viscount Wolseley
Worcester – Marquess of Worcester^[6]

Eastern Cape

Adelaide – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Alexandria, Eastern Cape – Rev Alexander Smit^[6]
Alice – Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria
Aliwal North – Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet of Aliwal
Balfour, Eastern Cape – Robert Balfour, secretary of the Glasgow Missionary Society
Barkly East – Sir Henry Barkly
Bedford – Duke of Bedford
Butterworth – Joseph Butterworth
Cradock – John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden
Dias Division – Bartolommeo Dias
Elliot – Henry George Elliot
Fort Beaufort – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Graaff-Reinet – Cornelis van der Graaff and his wife Hester Reynet
Grahamstown – John Graham
Humansdorp – Johannes Jurie Human and Matthys Gerhardus Human
Jansenville – Jan Willem Janssens
Joubertina – Rev W.A. Joubert^[6]
King William's Town – King William IV of the United Kingdom
Kirkwood – James Somers Kirkwood^[6]
Lady Grey – Lady Eliza Lucy Grey
Maclear – Thomas Maclear
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality – Nelson Mandela
Philipstown – Sir Philip Wodehouse, governor of Cape Colony^[6]
Port Alfred – The Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria
Port Elizabeth – Elizabeth Donkin (wife of acting governor Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin)
Queenstown – Queen Victoria
Richmond, Eastern Cape – Duke of Richmond^[6]
Seymour – Colonel Seymour^[6]
Somerset East – Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of Cape Colony
Steynsburg – Andries Steyn^[6]
Steytlerville – Abraham Isaac Steytler
Stutterheim – Baron von Stutterheim^[6]
Uitenhage – Jacob Uitenhage de Mist

Northern Cape

Barkly West – Sir Henry Barkly
Calvinia – John Calvin, from its church dedicated to him
Carnarvon – Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Cathcart – Sir George Cathcart
Colesberg – Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole^[6]
Douglas – Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Douglas
Jankempdorp – Gen Jan Kemp
Kimberley – John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Loxton – A.E. Loxton^[6]
Molteno – John Charles Molteno, first prime minister of Cape Colony
Port Nolloth – Captain M. S. Nolloth
Reivilo – Rev A.J. Olivier^[6]
Sutherland – Henry Sutherland, pastor who established the church around which the settlement grew
Upington – Thomas Upington
Victoria West – Queen Victoria
Warrenton – Sir Charles Warren
Williston – Colonel Willis

Free State

Allanridge – Allan Roberts^[6]
Brandfort – Johannes Brand, state president of the Orange Free State^[6]
Cornelia – Cornelia Mulder, wife of Francis William Reitz, president of the Orange Free State^[6]
Dealesville – John Henry Deale^[6]
Deneysville – Deneys Reitz
Dewetsdorp – Jacobus de Wet, father of General Christiaan de Wet
Fauresmith – Reverend Phillip Faure and Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
Harrismith – Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
Hennenman – P.F. Hennenman^[6]
Hertzogville – James Barry Munnik Hertzog^[6]
Hobhouse – Emily Hobhouse^[6]
Kestell – Rev Dr J.D. Kestell^[6]
Lindley – Rev Daniel Lindley^[6]
Paul Roux – Dr Paul Roux
Philippolis – Rev Dr John Philip^[6]
Rouxville – Rev Pieter Roux^[6]
Viljoenskroon – Hans Viljoen and his horse 'Kroon'^[6]
Villiers – Lourens de Villiers
Warden – Charles Warden, administrator of the Orange River Sovereignty^[6]
Zastron – Johanns sibella Zastron, wife of president Johannes Brand^[6]

Gauteng

Alexandra – Alexandra Papenfus (wife of farmer)
Benoni – the original name of the Biblical Benjamin
Boksburg – W.E. Bok, state secretary of the South African Republic
Carletonville – Guy Carleton Jones
Johannesburg – Johannes Rissik; Johannes Meyer
Krugersdorp – Paul Kruger
Pretoria – Andries Pretorius
Sharpeville – John Sharpe
Vanderbijlpark – Hendrik van der Bijl

KwaZulu-Natal

Colenso – Bishop John Colenso
Durban – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
Estcourt – Thomas Estcourt
Greytown – George Edward Grey
La Lucia – Lucia Michel
Ladysmith – Lady Smith, wife of Sir Harry Smith
Melmoth – Sir Melmoth Osborne, governor of Zululand
Newcastle – Duke of Newcastle
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.
Pinetown – Sir Benjamin Pine, governor of Natal
Port Edward – Edward VIII
Port Shepstone – Theophilus Shepstone
Richard's Bay – Frederick Richards
Scottburgh – John Scott, lieutenant-governor of Natal

Limpopo

Louis Trichardt – Louis Trichardt

Mpumalanga

Balfour – Arthur James Balfour
Barberton – Harry and Fred Barber, pioneer gold prospectors^[6]
Breyten – Nicolaas Breytenbach^[6]
Carolina – Carolina Coetzee, wife of the owner of the land on which the town was developed^[6]
Evander – Evelyn Anderson^[6]
Groblersdal – W.J. Grobler^[6]
Machadodorp – General Jose Machado^[6]
Nelspruit – Andries, Gert and Louis Nel^[6]
Paulpietersburg – Paul Kruger and Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Piet Retief – Piet Retief
Standerton – A.J. Stander, owner of the farm on which the town was developed^[6]
Trichardt – Carolus Johannes Trichardt, son of Louis Trichardt

North West

Brits – Gert Brits, owner of the farm on which the town was developed^[6]
Christiana – Christiana Pretorius, daughter of president Marthinus Wessel Pretorius^[6]
Coligny – Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny^[6]
Delareyville – General Jacobus de la Rey^[6]
Klerksdorp – Jacob de Clerq
Potchefstroom – the first syllable comes from the surname of the town's founder Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Schweizer Reneke – Captain Schweizer and Field Cornet Reneke^[6]
Ventersdorp – Johannes Venter, owner of the farm on which the town was developed^[6]
Wolmaransstad – J.M.A. Wolmarans
Zeerust – Diederick Coetzee (the town was originally named 'Coetzee-Rust')^[6]

Former:

Ellisras (Limpopo) was the name of Lephalale – Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus (farm owners)
Pietersburg (Limpopo) was the name of Polokwane – Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Potgietersrus (Limpopo) was the name of Mokopane – Piet Potgieter
Stanger (KwaZulu-Natal) was the name of KwaDukuza – William Stanger (Surveyor-General of Natal)
Verwoerdburg (Gauteng) was the name of Centurion – Hendrik Verwoerd

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

King Edward Point – Edward VII

Former:

Prince Olav Harbour – Crown Prince Olav of Norway

South Korea

Myeongseongsan – Empress Myeongseong

Spain

Alar del Rey – Philip IV of Spain
Alcázar del Rey – Alfonso VIII of Castille
Alcázar de San Juan – John the Baptist (indirectly)
Alcocero de Mola – General Emilio Mola
Alfonso XIII (Seville) – King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alonso de Ojeda (Miajadas) – Alonso de Ojeda
Arenas del Rey – Alfonso XII of Spain
Arganda del Rey – Philip II of Spain
Argüelles (Madrid) – Agustín Argüelles, a Spanish liberal politician
As Pontes de García Rodríguez – Conde García Rodríguez de Valcarce
Barcelona (Carthaginian: Barcino) – Hamilcar Barca (etymology disputed)
Belmonte de Gracián – Baltasar Gracián y Morales
Betancuria – Jean de Béthencourt
Cáceres, Spain – Julius Caesar
Casares, Málaga – Julius Caesar
Cervantes, Lugo - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist
Chillarón del Rey – Philip II of Spain
Ciudad Rodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron
Don Benito – D.Benito, son of Conde of Medellin
Doña Mencía – Mécia Lopes de Haro, Wife of captain Alvaro Perez de Castro
Dos Hermanas – Two sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, Elvira and Estefania Nazareno
El Cubo de Don Sancho – Sancho IV of Castile
El Puerto de Santa Maria – Saint Mary
El Valle de Altomira (also known as Puebla de Don Francisco) - Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo (1901-1990), Minister of Justice
Espinoso del Rey – Philip II of Spain
Fuente la Reina – Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon
Guadalema de los Quintero (Seville) – Quintero brothers, Spanish dramatists
Guadiana del Caudillo – General Francisco Franco (Caudillo)
Hernán Cortés (Badajoz) – Hernán Cortés
Isla Cristina – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Lanzarote – Lancelotto Malocello (Latin: Lanzarotus Marocelus)
Llanos del Caudillo – Francisco Franco, Spanish Prime Minister
Medellín (Latin: Metellinum) – Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (founder)
Molins de Rei – Alfonso II of Aragon
Monterrei – Ferdinand IV of Castile
Morales de Rey – Alfonso VII of Leon
Nava del Rey - Alfonso XII of Spain
Olías del Rey – Philip V of Spain
Olmeda del Rey – Charles II of Spain
Pamplona (Latin: Pompaelo) – Pompey the Great (founder)
Pedro Martínez, Granada – Pedro Martinez, Captain General of Duke of Gor
Pedro Muñoz – Pedro Muñoz, archdeacon of Alcaraz
Pío XII (Jerez de la Frontera) – Pope Pius XII
Pizarro (Cáceres) – Francisco Pizarro
Plaça de Francesc Macià, Barcelona - Francesc Macia, President of Generalitat of Catalonia
Puebla de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba
Queipo de Llano (Seville) – Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Spanish military
Quintanilla de Onésimo – Onésimo Redondo, a Spanish Politician
San Fernando de Henares – Ferdinand VI of Spain
San Fernando – Ferdinand VII of Spain
San Fulgencio – Fulgentius of Cartagena, Bishop of Ecija (Astigi)
San Leonardo de Yagüe – Juan Yagüe, a Spanish army officer
San Martín del Rey Aurelio – King Aurelius of Asturias
San Sebastián – Saint Sebastian
San Sebastián de los Reyes – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, the Catholics Kings
Sant Carles de la Ràpita – Charles III of Spain
Sant Lluís – Louis XV of France
Santiago de Compostela – Saint James the Great
Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Dominic de la Calzada (founder)
Santa Marina del Rey – Ferdinand II of Leon
Sos del Rey Catolico – lit. "You are a Catholic King", Ferdinand II of Aragon
Talavera de la Reina – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
Torrejón del Rey – Alfonso VI of León and Castile
Torrelavega – Garci Lasso de la Vega I (the elder)
Valderrodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron
Valencia de Don Juan – John, Duke of Valencia de Campos
Valladolid (Arabic: بلد الوليد‎) – Al-Walid I
Villa de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Alfonso of Castile
Villacarlos – Charles III of Spain
Villacarrillo – Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña
Villafranco del Guadalhorce – Francisco Franco, Spanish Military dictator, and Prime Minister
Villafranco del Guadiana – Francisco Franco, Spanish military dictator and Prime Minister
Villamanrique – Rodrigo Manrique de Lara
Villamanrique de la Condesa – Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
Villanueva de la Reina – Queen Maria Luisa of Parma
Villanueva del Arzobispo – Pedro Tenorio, archbishop of Toledo
Villares de la Reina – Berengaria of Castile
Villarreal – James I of Aragon
Villarreal de San Carlos – Charles III of Spain
Villareal de Urrechu – John I of Castile
Villarrodrigo – Maestre de Santiago Don Rodrigo Manrique (1474-1476)
Vivar del Cid – Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid
Zaragoza (Latin: Caesaraugusta) – Emperor Augustus

Former:

El Ferrol del Caudillo – Francisco Franco birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)
Barbate de Franco – one of the many towns where Francisco Franco spent his holidays

Sudan

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

Suriname

Brownsweg - John Brown (abolitionist)
Corneliskondre – Cornelis Lely
Groningen, Suriname – refers to Governor Jan Gerhard Wichers, after his birthplace in Groningen
Johanna Maria – Johanna Maria Suermondt (1870 - 1945)
Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge – Jules Wijdenbosch, President of Suriname
Lelydorp – Cornelis Lely (the Dutch governor of Suriname in 1905)
Marienburg, Suriname - Maria de la Jaille (founder)
Marshallkreek – Captain Marshall, who explored in Marshall´s Creek, Suriname

Swaziland

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

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 - 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
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

Al-Qadmus – Cadmus, Phoenician prince
Apamea (Syria) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
Arwad, formerly Antiochia in Pieria – Antiochus I Soter
Latakia, formerly Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
Muadamiyat al-Sham – Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Kurdish Sultan from Ayyubid dynasty

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
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
Sardorov Karakhan - Karakhon Sardorov (1905 - 1952), one of the prominent figures in the struggle for the Soviet rule against the Basmachi.
Mirsaid Mirshakar (town or jamoat) – Mirsaid Mirshakar, a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet
Nosiri Khusrav District – 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav
Rudaki, Tajikistan - Rudaki, a Persian Poet
Rumi District – Tajik-Persian poet and philosopher Jaloliddin Rumi
Shah Mansur district (Dushanbe) - King Mansur I
Shamsiddin Shohin District - Tajik Poet Shamsiddin Shohin
Spitamen District - Spitamenes, a Sogdian warlord leader of the uprising
Temurmalik District - Tajik Medieval hero Timur Malik
Tursunzoda – Tajik national poet Mirzo Tursunzoda

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 Billah
Mahdia, formerly Aphrodisium – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah

Turkey

Adana, formerly Antiochia in Cilicia and Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
Alabanda, formerly Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – Antiochus III
Antakya, formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
Antioch, Pisidia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
Antioch on the Maeander – Antiochus I Soter
Antiochia, Lydia – Antiochus IV
Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
Antiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IV
Antiochia ad Pyramum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
Antiochia ad Taurum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
Antiochia Paraliou – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
Antiochia in Mesopotamia also known as Antiochia in Arabia:
- named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
- later named Antoninopolis – one of the Antonines, probably Antoninus Pius
- yet later named Constantia and Constantina – Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus
- yet later named Maximianopolis – Roman emperor Maximian
Apamea (Euphrates) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
Apamea (Phrygia) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
Apamea Myrlea:
- named for Apama, wife of King Prusias I of Bithynia
- later site of Roman colony, Colonia Iulia Concordia – Julius Caesar
Aydın:
- named for Mehmed Bey, the founder of the Anatolian beylik of Aydinids in 1307
- formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
- also formerly Seleucia ad Maeandrum – Seleucus I Nicator
- also formerly Caesarea and Kaisareia – Julius Caesar
Bayrampaşa – Bayram Pasha, a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizier
Cebrene:
- formerly Alexandria – Alexander the Great
- formerly Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter
Edirne, formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian
Ereğli, formerly Heracleia – Heracles
Eski Stambul:
- formerly Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas – Augustus and Alexander the Great
- formerly Alexandria Troas – Alexander the Great
- formerly Antigonia Troas – Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Fevzipaşa – Fevzi Çakmak
Gaziosmanpaşa – Gazi Osman Pasha, a prominent Ottoman general who was active in the Balkans
İsmetpaşa – İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey
Istanbul, formerly Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople – Constantine I
Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu – Güzelce Kasım Paşa
Kayseri – after the title Caesar – Emperor, specifically Emperor Augustus
Kemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey
Ladik, formerly Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named Laodice
Lalapaşa – Lala Şahin Pasha
Laodicea on the Lycus – Laodice I, wife of Antiochus II
Laodicea Combusta – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
Lysimachia – Lysimachus
Mopsuestia:
- formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator
- formerly named Hadria – Hadrian
- formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius
Mustafakemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey
Nusaybin, formerly Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I Soter
Samosata, formerly Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
Şanlıurfa:
- formerly Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV
- formerly Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor Justinian
Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucia Sidera:
- named for Seleucus I Nicator
- later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius
Silifke, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
Sinop – Sinope – contested
Stratonicea (Lydia):
- named for a royal wife named Stratonice, possibly the wife of Eumenes II
- later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
Stratonicea (Caria):
- named for Stratonice of Syria
- later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
Tarsus, formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV
Zeugma, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
Sinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks
Süleymanpaşa – Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)

Former:

Antioch was the name of an antique city near today's Antakya – Antiochus

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia
Gurbansoltan Eje District – Gurbansoltan Eje, former president Saparmurat Niyazov's mother
Kerbabayeva – Berdy Kerbabayev, Turkmen writer
Magtymguly District – Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen poet
Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer Mollanepes
Saparmyrat Nyýazow District - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy - Saparmurat Niyazov
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 the 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

Apostolove – Danylo Apostol
Boryspil – Boris
Dokuchaievsk – Vasily Dokuchaev
Gusarovka (Zhytomyr) - Nikolay Mikhailovich Gusarov
Ivano-Frankivsk – writer Ivan Franko
Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Kiev – Kyi
Kostiantynivka – Kostiantyn Nomikossov (son of former land owner)
Kropyvnytskyi – Mark Kropyvnytsky
Liubar – Liubartas
Lviv – Leo I of Halych
Malyn – Mal (prince of the Drevlyans) or Malusha
Mariupol – St.Mary or Empress consort Maria Fyodorovna of Russia
Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Ieremia Movilă
Mykolaiv – Saint Nicholas
Olevsk – Oleg of Drelinia
Ovidiopol – Ovid
Pavlohrad – Paul I of Russia
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Radyvyliv – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł
Romaniv – Roman the Great
Synelnykove – Ivan Sinelnikov
Stakhanov – famous miner Aleksei Stakhanov
Starokostiantyniv – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
Ternopil – Jan Tarnowski
Tomashpil – Tomasz Zamoyski
Torez – Maurice Thorez
Vasylkiv – Basil of Caesarea
Volodymyr-Volynskyi – Vladimir the Great
Yakymivka – Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic

Former:

Aleksandrovsk was the name of Zaporizhia – Emperor Alexander I
Artemivsk was the name of Bakhmut – revolutionary Artem
Dniprodzerzhynsk was the name of Kamianske – Felix Dzerzhinsky
Dnipropetrovsk was the name of Dnipro – bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in 1920s–30s
Illichivsk was the name of Chornomorsk – Vladimir Illich Lenin
Kirovohrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Sergey Kirov
Stalino was the name of Donetsk – Joseph Stalin
Stanisławów,Stanyslaviv was the name of Ivano-Frankivsk – Polish magnate Stanisław Potocki
Voroshilovgrad was the name of Luhansk – Kliment Voroshilov
Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipro – Catherine the Great
Yelizavetgrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Saint Elizabeth and Empress regnant 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 Kropyvnytskyi – Grigory Zinoviev

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

Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Queen Alexandra of Denmark
Bognor Regis – George V of United Kingdom
Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
Camden Town – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Campbell Park – Lord Campbell of Eskan
Cubitt Town – William Cubitt (politician)
Fitzrovia – Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton
Fort Augustus – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Fort William, Scotland – William of Orange
- renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
Helensburgh – Lady Helen Sutherland (1717–1791)
King's Lynn – Henry VIII of England
Kingstanding – Charles I of England
Kingston upon Hull – Edward I of England
Kingston upon Thames – King Æthelstan
Kington, Herefordshire – Henry I of England
Kirkcudbright – St Cuthbert
Knutsford – King Canute
Maryland, London – Henrietta Maria of France
Montgomery, Powys - Roger de Montgomerie, Main Counsellor
Pentonville – Henry Penton
Peterborough – St Peter
Peterlee – Peter Lee, a miners' leader and President of the MFGB
Princes Risborough – Edward the Black Prince
Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Queen Camel – Eleanor of Provence
Queen Charlton – Queen Catherine Parr
Queen's Park, London – Queen Victoria
Queenborough – Philippa of Hainault
Saltaire – Sir Titus Salt
Somers Town, London – Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers
St Albans – St Alban
St Andrews – St Andrew
St Davids – St David
St Ives, Cambridgeshire – Saint Ivo
St Neot, Cornwall – Neot
St Neots, Cambridgeshire – Neot
Telford – Thomas Telford, civil engineer
Victoria, Cornwall – Queen Victoria
Victoria, London – Queen Victoria
Victoria, Newport – Queen Victoria
Wellington, Somerset – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister
Wolverhampton – Wulfrun

Northern Ireland

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

United States

Alanreed, Texas – Messrs. Alan and Reed
Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin
Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore
Berkeley, California – George Berkeley, philosopher
Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck
Cesar Chavez, Texas - Cesar Chavez, activist
Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Dallas, Texas – George M. Dallas
Edison, New Jersey - Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
Hamilton, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton
Harding County, New Mexico - Warren G. Harding
Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton Hershey, famous chocolatier
Hoover Town, West Virginia - Herbert Hoover
Houston, Texas – Sam Houston
Jacksonville, Florida – Andrew Jackson
King County, Washington - Originally after William R. King, changed to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
King Field, Minneapolis - William S. King or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lincoln, Nebraska – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
Los Angeles, California – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison
Nashville, Tennessee – American Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash
New York City, New York – James of York and Albany
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – William Pitt the Elder
Roosevelt County, Montana - Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt, New Jersey - Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Antonio, Texas – Saint Anthony of Padua
San Diego, California – Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego
San Francisco, California – Saint Francis
San Jose, California – Saint Joseph
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul
Seattle – Chief Seattle
Washington, D.C. – George Washington

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

Antiochia in Scythia – Antiochus I Soter
Gagarin, Uzbekistan – Yuri Gagarin
Iskandar (town) – Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
Mirzo Ulugbek - Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician and sultan
Navoiy – Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi
Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh), Sharof Rashidov District - Sharof Rashidov, former President of Uzbekistan on 1950-1959

Former:

"Akhunbabaev" was the name of Jalaquduq – Soviet Uzbek state figure luldash Akhunbabaev
"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

Venezuela

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 – formerly called Raúl Leoni Municipality, after Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni
Aristides Bastidas Municipality – Aristides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer
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
Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero
Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President
Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez
José Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas
Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality – Mario Briceño Iragorry
Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique Maruwa
Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen
Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien, 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
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

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời (1902 – 1942), a local communist
Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu (1912-1947), a communist lawyer

Former:

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

Zambia

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
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

References

↑ Roshen Dalal (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin Books India. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-14-341517-6.
↑ Port Said
↑ Ghana Place Names: Kofi Pare
↑ Ghana Place Names: Queen Anne's Point
↑ Ghana Place Names: Techiman
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 SA Association of Municipal Employees (1983). 1983 Official South African Municipal Yearbook
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-10.

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[1] Roshen Dalal (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin Books India. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-14-341517-6.

[2] Port Said

[3] Ghana Place Names: Kofi Pare

[4] Ghana Place Names: Queen Anne's Point

[5] Ghana Place Names: Techiman

[myb83-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 SA Association of Municipal Employees (1983). 1983 Official South African Municipal Yearbook

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-10.

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