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

Countries

This is a summary of country name etymologies.

Former countries

Self-governing overseas territories

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.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

  • Comandante Valódia (Luanda) - Joaquim Domingos Augusto “Valódia", one of the prominent generals during the Angolan War of Independence
  • Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes (died 1805)
  • Nelito Soares (Luanda) - Nelito Soares (1943 - 1975), Angolan revolutionary
  • Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister
  • Rocha Pinto (Luanda) - João Teixeira Pinto
  • Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910 - 1995)

Andorra

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

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Australia

Austria

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"

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Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

  • Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

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

Bulgaria

Former:

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

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

Chile

China

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Cité Maman Mobutu (Kinshasa) - Marie-Antoinette Mobutu (1941 - 1977), First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Cité Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila (Kinshasa) - Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President
  • Lumumba (Lodja) - Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister

Former:

Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

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Cuba

  • Bartolomé Masó, Cuba – Bartolomé Masó Márquez, a Cuban patriot and President of Cuba
  • Briones Montoto (Cuba) - Antonio Briones Montoto (1940 - 1967), Cuban revolutionary
  • Calixto García, Cuba – Calixto García Iñiguez, an independence war hero
  • Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte)Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary
  • Cárdenas, Cuba – Mateo de Cárdenas y Vélez de Guevara
  • Central José Smith Comas (Cárdenas) - José Smith Comas (1932 - 1956)
  • Cespedes, Cuba – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Father of the Cuban Fatherland and first President of Cuba
  • Cienfuegos – José Cienfuegos Jovellanos, Captain General of Cuba
  • Ciro Redondo – Ciro Redondo, a Cuban revolutionary
  • Colón, CubaChristopher Columbus
  • Emilio Córdova (Encrucijada) - Emilio Córdova Garcia (1938 - 1958)
  • Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País
  • Héctor Molina (San Nicolás) - Héctor Molina Riaño (1922 - 1958)
  • Hermanos Saíz (San Juan y Martínez) - The Saiz Brothers who died in action on 1957
  • Heriberto Orellanes (La Sierpe) - Heriberto Felipe Orellana (1926 - 1959)
  • Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officer
  • Jesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
  • Juan Gualberto Gómez (Matanzas) - Juan Gualberto Gómez
  • Loynaz Hechavarría (Holguin) - Loynaz Hechavarría Cordovés (1911 - 1956)
  • Manuel Sanguily (Ciego de Avila) - Manuel Sanguily (1848 - 1925)
  • Mariel, Cuba – Cacique Marien
  • Martí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí
  • Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez Garcia
  • Pablo de la Torriente Brau (Bahía Honda) - Pablo de la Torriente Brau (1901 - 1936)
  • Pedro BetancourtPedro Betancourt Dávalos
  • Piti Fajardo (Trinidad) - Manuel "Piti" Fajardo (1930 - 1960)
  • Ramon Balboa (Cienfuegos) - Ramon Balboa Monzon (1939 - 1958)
  • Raúl Hernández Vidal (San Antonio de los Baños) - Raúl Hernández Vidal (1948 - 1978), Cuban pilot
  • Reynold García (Calimete) - Reynold García García (1922-1956)
  • Sabino Hernández (Santo Domingo) - Sabino Hernandez Casal (died on 1959)
  • Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
  • Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee
  • Silvio Caro (Bahía Honda) - Silvio Nestor Caro (1943 - 1966)

Curaçao

Czech Republic

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Denmark

In Greenland:

In Bornholm:

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Former:

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Former:

Eswatini (Swaziland)

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Germany

Former:

Georgia

Former:

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

  • Bombardopolis - German benefactor, Monsieur de Bombarde
  • DessalinesJean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti
  • Cite Simone (Port-au-Prince) - Simone Duvalier, First lady of Haiti
  • Duvalierville (Cabaret) - Dr. Francois Duvalier, President of Haiti
  • Ennery, Artibonite - Victor-Therese Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
  • Gressier - Edmond Vallery Gressier
  • Killick Stenio Vincent (Port-au-Prince) - Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti
  • Leclerk Bidonville (Port-au-Prince) - Charles Leclerc (general), a French Army general
  • Louverture, (Pétion-ville) - Toussaint Louverture
  • Morne Boyer (Haiti) - Jean-Pierre Boyer, leader of the Haitian Revolution
  • Ouanaminthe - Juana Mendez (1788 - 1873), mother of Buenaventura Baez, a Dominican president
  • Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
  • Village Lumane Casimir (Haiti) - Lumane Casimir (1920 - 1955), Hatian singer

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Former:

Iceland

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

India

Indonesia

Former:

Iran

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

Ireland (Republic of)

Former:

Israel

Former:

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Former:

Kenya

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

  • Alla-Anarov (Aravan) - Alla Anarov (1907-1979), cotton producer
  • Aydaraliev (Talas) - Dr. Akmatbek Aydaraliev (1916-1987),
  • Amanbayevo – Akhmat Amanbayev (1920 - 1964), Kirghiz compositor
  • Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912 - 1941)
  • Baetov – Kirghiz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902 - 1949)
  • Bokonbayevo – Kirghiz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910 - 1944)
  • Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
  • Imeni Suymenkula Chokmorova – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
  • Jalal-AbadJalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
  • Kochubaev (Osh) - Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922 - 1981), Kirghiz Socialist workers' hero
  • Kurmanbek (Suzak) - Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
  • Lenin District, BishkekVladimir Lenin
  • Manas DistrictManas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
  • Mombekovo (Nooken) - Yusup Mombekov (1926-1983), Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
  • Nazaraliev (Aksy) - Orozaaly Nazaraliev (1898-1957), Kirghiz educator
  • Nurzhanov (Talas) - Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922-1987), Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
  • Orozbekovo (Batken) - Abdykadyr Orozbekov (1889-1938), Kirghiz statesman
  • Osmonkulov (Talas) - Iskender Osmonkulov (1907-1992), Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
  • Panfilov District, KyrgyzstanIvan Panfilov
  • Sverdlov District, BishkekYakov Sverdlov
  • Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (19151941)
  • 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

Former:

Lebanon

Former:

  • Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Former:

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

Malaysia

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Aguascalientes
  • Adolfo López Mateos (Aguascalientes) - Adolfo López Mateos
  • Calvillo - José Calvillo (founder)
  • Cosío - Felipe Cosío, Governor
  • Pabellón de Arteaga - José María Artega, 19th century national hero
  • Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) - Miguel Hidalgo
  • Villa Juárez (Aguascalientes) - Benito Juárez
  • Villa Jesús Terán (Aguascalientes) - Jesús Terán Peredo (governor)

Baja California

Baja California Sur

Campeche

  • Alfredo V. Bonfil (Campeche) - Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil, a Peasant leader
  • Bolonchén 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
  • Ingeniero Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (Calakmul, Campeche) - Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (1918 - 1999), governor of Campeche
  • Iturbide (Campeche) - Agustín de Iturbide
  • Juárez (Campeche) - Benito Juárez
  • Villa Madero (Campeche) - Francisco I. Madero

Chiapas

Chihuahua

Coahuila

Colima

  • Arturo Noriega Pizano (Colima) - Prof. Arturo Noriega Pizano (1915 - 1994), governor of Colima
  • Cuauhtemoc, Colima - Cuauhtemoc
  • Madrid, Colima - the Madrid family who are owners on their place at a time
  • Venustiano Carranza (Colima) - Venustiano Carranza, President
  • Villa de Álvarez - General Manuel Álvarez, first governor

Durango

Guanajuato

Guerrero

Hidalgo

Jalisco

Mexico (State)

Mexico City

Michoacán

Morelos

Nayarit

  • El Nayar - Tribal chief, Nayar
  • Ruiz, Nayarit - Mariano Ruiz Montanez (1846 - 1932), soldier
  • Salvador Allende (Nayarit) - Dr. Salvador Allende, Chilean president who visited in Mexico on 1972
  • Villa Hidalgo (Nayarit) - Miguel Hidalgo
  • Villa Juárez, Nayarit - Benito Juárez

Nuevo Leon

Oaxaca

Puebla

Queretaro

Quintana Roo

San Luis Potosí

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tabasco

Tamaulipas

Tlaxcala

Veracruz

Yucatán

Zacatecas

Moldova

Former:

Mongolia

Montenegro

Former:

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Former:

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

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Oman

Pakistan

Former:

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Former:

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Former:

Russia

Former:

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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

Saudi Arabia

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Senegal

Serbia

Former:

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

Former:

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

South Africa

Western Cape

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

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 MokopanePiet Potgieter
  • Stanger (KwaZulu-Natal) was the name of KwaDukuza – William Stanger (Surveyor-General of Natal)
  • Verwoerdburg (Gauteng) was the name of CenturionHendrik Verwoerd

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Former:

South Korea

Spain

Former:

  • Guadiana del CaudilloFrancisco Franco (Caudillo) (now restored its original name Guadiana)

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Former:

Tajikistan

Former:

Tanzania

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

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Former:

Turkmenistan

Former:

Uganda

Ukraine

Former:

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

United States

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Former:

Venezuela

Vietnam

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

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Zambia

Former:

Zimbabwe

Former:

See also

References

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  4. Ghana Place Names: Queen Anne's Point
  5. Ghana Place Names: Techiman
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