There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponomy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents

• Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci

Countries

This is a summary of country name etymologies.

• Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez (crown colony)
• Bharata – another name for India (Bharata was a prince, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala)
• Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
• Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name)
• 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
• 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
• Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) – Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) – Cecil Rhodes

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 Latin America it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures, or after their notable sons.

• Amman, Jordan – Ammon
• Antioch – Antiochus
• Bosconia, Colombia – John Bosco
• Caesarea (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
• Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)
• Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe
• Kaiseraugst – Augustus
• Kingston, Jamaica – King William III of England
• Latakia – Laodice
• Lüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz
• Martelange – Martelius
• San Salvador, El Salvador – Jesus (the Christian Savior)
• San José, Costa Rica – Saint Joseph
• Santiago de Chile – Saint James
• Sinop, Turkey – Sinope – contested
• Thessaloniki – Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
• Zhongshan, Guangdong, China – Dr. Sun Yat-sen

Afghanistan

• Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great

Argentina

• Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda
• Comodoro Rivadavia – Bernardino Rivadavia
• General San Martín – José de San Martín
• General Sarmiento – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• Las Heras – Juan Gregorio de las Heras
• Presidencia de la Plaza – Victorino de la Plaza
• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña – Roque Sáenz Peña
• Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires – Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
• Rafaela, Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza
• Rawson – Guillermo Rawson
• Trelew – Lewis Jones
• Vicente López – Vicente López y Planes
• Villa General Mitre – Bartolomé Mitre

Armenia

• Abovyan – Khachatur Abovyan, writer
• Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan
• Anushavan – Dr. Anushavan Galoyan, World War II hero
• Artashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I, Armenian king
• Baghramyan, Ararat – Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Baghramyan, Armavir – Hovhannes Bagramyan
• Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – Hovhannes Bagramyan
• Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894-1971), Hero of Socialist Labor
• Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian, World War II general
• Charentsavan – Yeghishe Charents, poet
• Chkalov, Armenia – Valery Chkalov, Soviet pilot
• Chkalovka – Valery Chkalov
• Davit Bek – David 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, Soviet 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 Dzerzhinskogo – Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Tairova – Alexander Tairov, Soviet 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
• Kirov, Armenia – Sergey Kirov
• Kuchak – Nahapet Kuchak, 16th century bard
• Kuybyshev, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader
• Lermontovo – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer and poet
• Lukashin – Sargis Lukashin, Soviet politician
• Lukashin, Yerevan – Sargis Lukashin
• Martuni, Armenia – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Martuni (village) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan
• Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan
• Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet poet
• Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
• Mkhchyan – after a Soviet commander
• Musayelyan, Ashotsk – Capt. Sargis Musayelian, Bolshevik military leader
• Musayelyan, Akhuryan – Capt. Sargis Musayelian
• Nagapetavan – Nagapet (or Nahapet) Kurghinian, a 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 – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Shahumyan, Armavir – Stepan Shahumyan
• Shahumyan, Lori – Stepan Shahumyan
• Shahumyan, Yerevan – Stepan Shahumyan
• Spandaryan, Shirak – Suren Spandarian, Armenian revolutionary
• Spandaryan, Syunik – Suren Spandarian
• Stepanavan – Stepan Shahumyan
• Surenavan – Suren Spandarian
• Sverdlov, Armenia – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader
• Tairov – Alexander Tairov, Soviet theater director
• Tumanyan, Armenia – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
• Yenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian, early Communist
• Zhdanov, Armavir – Andrei Zhdanov, Soviet leader
• 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 Spandarian, Armenian revolutionary

• Tumanyan was the name of Dsegh – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer

• Vagharshapat was the name of Echmiadzin – King Vagharshak

• Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, viceroy of the Caucasus

Australia

• Adelaide – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
• Alice Springs – Alice Todd, wife of Sir Charles Todd
• Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – Captain William Henry Bacchus, early resident
• Bendigo – William Abednego "Bendigo" Thompson
• Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno
• Bowen – George Ferguson Bowen
• Burnie – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
• Brisbane – Sir Thomas Brisbane
• Cairns – William Wellington Cairns
• Cooktown, Queensland – Captain James Cook
• Darwin – Charles Darwin
• Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders
• Forbes, New South Wales – Sir Francis Forbes
• Gawler, South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler
• Hobart – Lord Hobart
• Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
• Mackay – John Mackay
• Melbourne – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne

• 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 – King William IV

• Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga

• Mount Gambier – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
• Parkes, New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes
• Shepparton – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
• Sydney – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
• Townsville – Robert Towns

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.

Azerbaijan

• ?li Bayraml?, Kalbajar – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
• ?li Bayraml?, Qakh – Ali Bayramov
• ?li Bayraml?, Qazakh – Ali Bayramov
• ?li Bayraml?, Samukh – Ali Bayramov
• ?li Bayraml?, Zaqatala – Ali Bayramov
• Artyom, Azerbaijan – Fyodor Sergeyev, revolutionary known as "Artyom"
• ?zizb?yov, Baku – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
• ?zizb?yov, Goranboy – Meshadi Azizbekov
• ?zizb?yov, Goygol – Meshadi Azizbekov
• ?z?zb?yov, Nakhchivan – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Babek – Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary
• Bak?xanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer
• Engelsk?nd – Friedrich Engels
• Fioletovka, Bilasuvar – Ivan Fioletov, Bolshevik leader and one of the 26 Baku Commissars
• Fioletovka, Fizuli – Ivan Fioletov
• Kalinino, Azerbaijan – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Kamo, Azerbaijan – Kamo (Bolshevik), (1882-1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Kirov, Baku – Sergey Kirov
• Kirov, Lankaran – Sergey Kirov
• Kirov, Samukh – Sergey Kirov
• Kirov, Shusha – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka, Bilasuvar – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka, Shamakhi – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovkend, Saatly – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovk?nd, Ujar – Sergey Kirov
• Kuyb??ev – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet politician
• Kuyb??evk?nd – Valerian Kuybyshev
• Leninabad, Nakhchivan – Lenin
• Leninabad, Shamkir – Lenin
• Lenink?nd, Lachin – Lenin
• Leninkend, Saatly – Lenin
• Lenino, Azerbaijan – Lenin
• Lüksemburq – Rosa Luxemburg, German socialist
• Martuni, Azerbaijan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Narimanovka – Nariman Narimanov, leader of Soviet Azerbaijan
• Nizami, Azerbaijan – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Orconikidze, Beylagan – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet politician
• Orconikidze, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Orconikidze, Shaki – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Shaumyan, Goygol – Stepan Shahumyan
• Stalino, Azerbaijan – Joseph Stalin
• Stepan Razin, Azerbaijan – Stepan Razin, Russian rebel leader
• Suvorovka – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general
• Yeni ?libayraml? – Ali Bayramov

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

• Frunze was the name of Suvorovka – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader

• Imeni Kirova was the name of Bank? – Sergey Kirov

• Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxan? – Sergey Kirov

• Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader

• Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarl?, Shamkir – Lenin

• Musabekov was the name of Z?hm?tk?nd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician

• Pamyat? Lenina was the name of Bal?qç?lar – Lenin

• Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I

• Shahumyan was the name of A?a?? A?cak?nd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar

• Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaç?, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan

• Stalino was the name of Çayl?, Tartar – Joseph Stalin

• Voroshilovka was the name of A??ql? – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union

• Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov

Barbados

• Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)

Belarus

• Dzyarzhynsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky

Belgium

• Charleroi – Charles 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

Bermuda

• Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

Bolivia

• Sucre – Antonio José de Sucre

Botswana

• Francistown – Daniel Francis (English prospector)

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

Bulgaria

• Asenovgrad – tsar Ivan Asen II
• Blagoevgrad – Communist leader Dimitar Blagoev
• Botevgrad – Hristo Botev
• Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov
• Gotse Delchev – revolutionary Gotse Delchev

Former:

• 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

Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (railway superintendent)
• 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 (politician and explorer)
• 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
• 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
• Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener
• Lethbridge, Alberta – William Lethbridge
• Markham, Ontario – William Markham
• Mont-Laurier, Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier
• Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris
• Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson
• Port Alberni, British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní
• Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Albert, Prince Consort
• Prince George, British Columbia – George III of England
• Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine
• Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria
• Selkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
• Sherbrooke, Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke
• Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
• Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins
• Vancouver – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)
• Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria
• Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria

Chile

• Cochrane – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (captain)
• Galvarino – Galvarino (Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco)
• Lautaro – Lautaro (Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco)
• Puerto Ingerniero Ibáñez – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (President)
• Puerto Montt – Manuel Montt (President)
• Puerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (Military figure that 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 – Saint James
• Teodoro Schmidt – Teodoro Schmidt
• Valdivia – Pedro de Valdivia (conqueror of Chile)
• Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins (libertador of Chile)

Republic of the Congo

• Brazzaville – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

Croatia

• Karlovac – Charles II of Austria

Czech Republic

• Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, ironworks owner
• Alojzov – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
• Barrandov – Joachim Barrande
• Franti?kovy Lázn? – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Gol??v Jeníkov – Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg army
• Havlí?k?v Brod – Karel Havlí?ek Borovský
• Jáchymov – St. Joachim
• Jind?ich?v Hradec – Jind?ich 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
• Karl?tejn, castle and village – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Mladá Boleslav – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
• ?pindler?v Mlýn – Spindler, a miller
• Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
• Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
• Vítkov – Vítek z Krava?
• ?i?kov – Jan ?i?ka

Former:

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

Denmark

• Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
• Fredericia – King Frederick III of Denmark
• Frederiksberg – King Frederick IV of Denmark
• Frederikshavn – King Frederick VI of Denmark
• Frederikssund – Frederick III of Denmark
• Frederiksværk – King Frederick V of Denmark

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

Dominican Republic

Former:

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

Egypt

• Alexandria – Alexander the Great
• Crocodilopolis:
  • formerly named Arsinoe – Arsinoe II of Egypt
  • formerly named Ptolemais Euergetis – Ptolemy III Euergetes
• Port Fouad – Fuad I of Egypt

Estonia

Former:

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

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) – Saint Catherine of Sweden
• Loviisa (Swedish: Lovisa) – Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
• Kristiinankaupunki (Swedish: Kristinestad) – Queen Christina 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

• Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer
• Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny
• Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
• Decazeville – Élie, duc Decazes
• Descartes – René Descartes
• Ferney-Voltaire – Voltaire
• Flavigny-sur-Ozerain – possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
• La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard
• Saint-Léger-Vauban – Vauban
• Vendays-Montalivet – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet

Gabon

• Bongoville – Omar Bongo
• Lastoursville – François Rigail de Lastours
• Port-Gentil – Émile Gentil

Germany

• Augsburg – Augustus
• Karlsruhe – Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
• Leverkusen – Carl Leverkus
• Saarlouis – Louis XIV of France
• Wilhelmshaven (William's harbour) – King William I of Prussia, the later Emperor William I
• Trier (Augusta Treverorum) – Augustus (City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri)

Former:

• Karl-Marx-Stadt was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx
• Stalinstadt was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Stalin

Greece

• Alexandroupoli – King Alexander I of Greece
• Athens – Athena
• Nafplion – Nauplius
• Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter
• Santorini – Saint Irene

Guyana

• Georgetown – King George III of the United Kingdom
• Lethem – Sir Gordon James Lethem

Hong Kong

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

Hungary

• Benczúrfalva – Gyula Benczúr
• Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay
• Pet?fibánya – Sándor Pet?fi
• Pet?fiszállás – Sándor Pet?fi
• Rákóczifalva – Francis II Rákóczi
• Rákócziújfalu – Francis II Rákóczi

India

• Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
• Bodh Gaya – Buddha
• Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi
• Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor
• Hyderabad – Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, a ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty the ruling family of the Golconda
• Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)
• Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata
• Mumbai – Mumbadevi
• Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju
• Rajapalayam – Kshatriya Rajus Community (Kshatriyars)
• Tughlakabad – Mohammed Bin Tughlaq

Iran

• Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Nahavand:
  • formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
• Seleucia (Susiana) – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Susa, formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

Iraq

• 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
• Iskandariya – Named after Alexander the Great
• Laodicea (Mesopotamia) – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Sittacene) – Seleucus I Nicator

Ireland (Republic of)

• Edgeworthstown – Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, a local rector
• Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
• Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath

Israel

• Acre, formerly named Antiochia Ptolemais – Alexander the Great's generals Antiochus and Ptolemy Soter
• Herzliyya – Theodor Herzl
• Hippos, formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Netanya – Nathan Strauss
• Qiryat Bialik – writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik
• Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus
• Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty

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
• Castelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco
• Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
• Cava Manara – Luciano Manara, patriot
• Corridonia – Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist, IWW hero
• Ercolano – Heracles
• Grazzano Badoglio – Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician
• Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli, politician
• 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
• Margherita di Savoia – Margherita of Savoy
• Paderno Ponchielli – Amilcare Ponchielli
• Pienza – Pope Pius II
• Riese Pio X – Pope Pius X
• Rome – Romulus
• Sagliano Micca – Pietro Micca
• San Mauro Pascoli – Giovanni Pascoli, poet
• Sasso Marconi – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer
• Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII – Pope John XXIII
• Umbertide – Umberto I of Italy
• Virglio – Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet
• Vittorio Veneto – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Japan

• Date – Date Kunishige
• Hiroshima – Oe no Hiromoto + Fukushima Motonaga (disputed)

Jordan

• Abila, formerly named Seleucia – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Umm Qais:
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great
  • formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus

Kazakhstan

• Fort Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
• Ridder – Philip Ridder. Between 1941–2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin.

Former:

• Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
• Panfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan Panfilov
• Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko

Kyrgyzstan

Former:

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

Lebanon

Former:

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

Liberia

• Barclayville – Edwin Barclay
• Buchanan – James Buchanan
• Monrovia – James Monroe
• Tubmanburg – William Tubman

Libya

• Ptolemais – a king of the Ptolemaids, probably Ptolemy III Euergetes

Malta

• Cottonera – for Grandmaster Ralph Cotoner
• Floriana – for architect Pietro Floriani
• Manoel Island – for Grandmaster Manoel de Vilhena
• Paola – for Grandmaster Anton de Paule
• San ?iljan – St. Julian
• San ?wann – St. John
• San Lawrenz – St. Lawrence
• San Pawl il-Ba?ar – Paul of Taurus
• Santa Lu?ija – St. Lucy
• Santa Venera – St. Venra
• Senglea – for Grandmaster La Sengle
• St. Thomas Bay – St. Thomas
• Valletta – for Grandmaster Jean de la Vallette

Mauritius

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

Mexico

• Cerralvo, Nuevo León – Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo
• Chilapa de Alvarez, Guerrero – Juan Álvarez
• Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila – Manuel Acuña (poet)
• Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán – Miguel Hidalgo
• Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua – Benito Juárez
• Ciudad López Mateos, State of Mexico – Adolfo López Mateos
• Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas – Francisco I. Madero
• Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico – Nezahualcoyotl
• Ciudad Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico – Nicolás Romero
• Ciudad Obregón, Sonora – Álvaro Obregón
• Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas – Guadalupe Victoria
• Doctor Coss, Nuevo León – Dr. José María Coss (politician)
• Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato – Miguel Hidalgo
• Emiliano Zapata, Morelos – Emiliano Zapata
• Galeana, Nuevo León – Hermenegildo Galeana (lieutenant)
• General Bravo, Nuevo León – Nicolás Bravo
• General Treviño, Nuevo León – Gen. Jerónimo Treviño
• Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz – Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
• Juan Aldama, Zacatecas – Juan Aldama
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán – Lázaro Cárdenas
• Matamoros, Tamaulipas – Mariano Matamoros
• Melchor Ocampo, Nuevo León – Don Melchor Ocampo (foreign minister)
• Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León – Miguel Hidalgo
• Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán – Venustiano Carranza
• Villa Guerrero, Jalisco – Vicente Guerrero
• Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico – Vicente Guerrero
• Villa Juárez, San Luis Potosí – Benito Juárez
• Villa Juárez, Sonora – Benito Juárez

Namibia

• Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman (German trader)
• Lüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz
• Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann

Netherlands

• Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
• 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
• 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
• Vrouwenpolder – Our Lady (Onze Vrouwe)
• Wilhelminadorp – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• Willemsdorp – King William I of the Netherlands
• Willemstad – William the Silent

Netherlands Antilles

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

New Zealand

• Albert Town – Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark
• Christchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)
• Hunterville – George Hunter (merchant)
• Napier – Charles James Napier
• Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington

Nicaragua

• Ciudad Darío – Rubén Dareo

Nigeria

• Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

Norway

• Eydehavn – Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer
• Fredrikstad – King