List of islands named after people

This is a list of islands known to be named after individual people. It details the name of the island, its location and eponym.

IslandCountry or locationEponymAckerman Island United States Joseph AckermanAgios Efstratios Greece Saint Eustratius (Όσιος Ευστράτιος ο Θαυματουργός), who lived on the island in the 9th century as an exile, because he was opposed to the iconoclastic policies of the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Armenian Agios Georgios Greece Saint GeorgeAlejandro Selkirk Island Chile Alexander SelkirkAlexander Island Antarctica Alexander I of RussiaAllen Island Australia John AllenAmherst Island Canada Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron AmherstAmherst Island Canada Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron AmherstAmund Ringnes Island Canada Amund RingnesAnnenkov Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Mikhail AnnenkovAnnette Island United States Annette Whitney DallAxel Heiberg Island Canada Axel HeibergBaffin Island Canada William BaffinBainbridge Island United States Commodore William BainbridgeBaker Island United States Captain Michael BakerBall's Pyramid Australia Lieutenant Henry BallBanks Island Canada Joseph BanksBaranof Island United States Alexander Andreyevich BaranovBarrow Island Australia Sir John Barrow, 1st BaronetBartolomé Island Ecuador Sir Bartholomew James SulivanBathurst Island Australia Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl BathurstBathurst Island Canada Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl BathurstBeauchene Island Falkland Islands Jacques Gouin de BeauchêneBedford Island Antarctica Thomas BedfordBelcher Islands Canada Edward BelcherBellingshausen Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Fabian von BellingshausenBentinck Island Canada Lord George Bentinck (possibly)Bering Island Russia Vitus BeringBerkner Island Antarctica Lloyd BerknerBermuda Bermuda Juan de BermúdezBernard Island Antarctica Claude BernardBernier Island Australia Pierre-François Bernier (presumably)Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea Otto von BismarckBjarnason Island Canada Matt BjarnasonBlakely Island United States Johnston BlakeleyBlock Island United States Adriaen BlockBorden Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut Canada Robert BordenBougainville Papua New Guinea Louis Antoine de BougainvilleBoularderie Island Canada Louis-Simon le Poupet de la BoularderieBouvet Island Norway Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de LozierBowen Island, British Columbia Canada James Bowen (Royal Navy officer)Bowen Island (Jervis Bay) Australia Richard Bowen RNBowyer Island, British Columbia Canada Sir George Bowyer, 5th BaronetBrenton Island South Africa Jahleel BrentonBristol Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of BristolBrock Island, Northwest Territories Canada Reginald W. BrockBrown Island, Northwest Territories United States John G. BrownBruny Island Australia Bruni d'EntrecasteauxBurnaby Island Canada Robert BurnabyBusta Rhymes Island United States Busta RhymesBylot Island Canada Robert BylotCamano Island United States Jacinto CaamañoCampobello Island Canada Lord William Campbell (with name Italianized)Cape Chidley Islands Canada John ChidleyCarleton Island United States Guy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterCharles Alexander Island Russia Charles AlexanderCharles Island United States Charles DealCharlton Island Canada Charles I of EnglandCharron Island Canada François CharronCheeseman Island New Zealand Thomas Frederick CheesemanChichagof Island United States Vasili ChichagovChirikof Island United States Alexei ChirikovChoiseul Island Solomon Islands Étienne François, duc de ChoiseulChurchill Island Australia John ChurchillClapperton Island Canada Hugh ClappertonClark Island Australia Lieutenant Ralph ClarkClark Island United States Midshipman John ClarkClarke Island Australia William ClarkeClerke Rocks South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Charles ClerkeClipperton Island France John ClippertonCoats Island Canada William CoatsCockburn Island Canada Francis CockburnColville Island United States Andrew ColvilleCook Islands Cook Islands James CookCook Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands James CookCooper Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Robert Palliser CooperCornwallis Island Canada William CornwallisCortes Island, British Columbia Canada Hernán CortésChristiansø Denmark Christian V of DenmarkCrown Prince Frederik Island Canada Crozier Island Greenland Francis CrozierCurtis Island Australia Roger CurtisDall Island United States William Healey DallDarwin Island Ecuador Charles DarwinIsland Davaar Scotland Saint BarrDawson Island Chile See Dawson (surname)Decatur Island United States Stephen DecaturDelarof Islands United States Evstratii Ivanovich DelarovD'Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New Guinea Bruni D'EntrecasteauxDiego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory Diego García de MoguerDiego Ramírez Islands Chile Diego RamírezDigges Islands Canada Dudley DiggesDiomede Islands United States Russia Saint DiomedesDirk Hartog Island Australia Dirk HartogDorre Island Australia Peter DorreDouglas Island United States John DouglasDouglas Island Canada James Douglas (presumably)D'Oyly Carte Island England Richard D'Oyly CarteDoumer Island Antarctica Paul DoumerDrake's Island England Francis DrakeDrummond Island United States Gordon DrummondDundas Island Canada Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount MelvilleDundas Island Canada Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount MelvilleDurell's Island Canada Captain Thomas DurellD'Urville Island New Zealand Jules Dumont d'UrvilleEdgell Island Canada Captain EdgellEdgeøya Norway Thomas EdgeEilean Chaluim Chille Scotland Saint ColumbaEilean Donan Scotland Saint DonanEllef Ringnes Island Canada Ellef RingnesEllesmere Island Canada Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of EllesmereEllis Island United States Samuel Ellis (colonial New Yorker)Ernst Thälmann Island Cuba Ernst ThälmannEskilsø Denmark Eskil of LundFaure Island Australia Pierre FaureFergusson Island Papua New Guinea Sir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetFernandina Island Ecuador Ferdinand II of AragonFernando de Noronha Brazil Fernão de LoronhaFisher Island United States Carl G. FisherFlaherty Island Canada Robert J. FlahertyFlinders Island Australia Matthew FlindersFloreana Island Ecuador Juan José FloresFort Denison Australia William DenisonFox Island United States J.L. FoxFranklin Island Antarctica Sir John FranklinFranklin Island Greenland Sir John FranklinFranz Josef Land Russia Franz Joseph IFraser Island Australia Eliza FraserFraser Island Canada Robert James FraserFreeman Island United States J.D. FreemanFrobisher's Farthest Canada Martin FrobisherFrost Island United States Boatswain John FrostGaliano Island, British Columbia Canada Dionisio Alcalá GalianoGambier Island, British Columbia Canada James Gambier, 1st Baron GambierGambier Islands French Polynesia James Gambier, 1st Baron GambierGeiger Key United States Henry Huling GeigerGraham Island Canada Sir James Graham, 2nd BaronetGraham Bell Island Russia Alexander Graham BellGravina Island United States Federico Carlos Gravina y NápoliGravina Islands United States Federico Carlos Gravina y NápoliGribbell Island Canada Rev. Francis Barrow GribbellGrindal Island Australia Thomas GrindallGuemes Island United States Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of RevillagigedoGuido Island Antarctica Carlos Guido SpanoGuss Island United States Guss HoffmasterGuy Fawkes Island Ecuador Guy FawkesHall Island Russia Charles Francis HallHannah Island Greenland Hannah (Tookoolito)Hans Island Canada or Greenland Hans HendrikHantzsch Island Canada Bernhard HantzschHarstine Island United States Lt. Henry J. HartsteneHavelock Island India Henry HavelockHawkesbury Island Canada Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (Lord Hawkesbury)Heard Island and McDonald Islands Australia William Heard and John McDonaldHearst Island Antarctica William Randolph HearstHenderson Island Pitcairn Islands Captain Henderson EICHendrik Island Greenland Hendrik OlsenHenry Island United States Henry WilkesHenry Lawrence Island India Henry Montgomery LawrenceHerron Island United States Lewis HerronHooker Island Russia Joseph Dalton HookerHopkins Island Australia John HopkinsHornby Island, British Columbia Canada Geoffrey HornbyHowe Island, Ontario Canada William Howe, 5th Viscount HoweHutt Island, British Columbia Canada John Hutt (Royal Navy officer)Île Bizard, Quebec Canada Jacques BizardÎle d'Orléans, Quebec Canada Henri II, Duke of OrléansÎle Jésus, Quebec Canada JesusÎle Perrot Canada François-Marie PerrotÎle Saint-Louis France Louis IX of FranceÎles Laval Canada François de LavalInchcolm Scotland Saint ColumbaInch Kenneth Scotland Saint KennethInchmarnock Scotland Saint MearnagInchmurrin Scotland Saint Meadhran/MirrenInnis Chonan Scotland Saint ConanIsabela Island Ecuador Isabella I of SpainIsland of Mozambique Mozambique Mussa Bin BiqueIsle La Motte United States Pierre La MotteIsle Martin Scotland Saint MartinJackson Island Russia Frederick George JacksonJahleel Island South Africa Jahleel BrentonJames Island United States Reuben JamesJames Ross Island Antarctica James Clark RossJan Mayen Island Norway Jan Jacobs May van SchellinkhoutJens Munk Island Greenland Jens MunkJoe Island Greenland Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing)John Lawrence Island India John Lawrence, 1st Baron LawrenceJohnston Atoll United States Captain Charles J. JohnstonJones Island United States Jacob JonesJorge Montt Island Chile Jorge MonttJossart Island United States Prosper JossartJuan de Nova Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands João da NovaJuan Fernández Islands Chile Juan Fernández (explorer)Keats Island (British Columbia) Canada Richard Goodwin KeatsKennedy Island Solomon Islands John F. KennedyKeppel Island Falkland Islands Admiral Augustus KeppelKerguelen French Southern and Antarctic Lands Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen de TrémarecKermadec Islands New Zealand Jean-Michel Huon de KermadecKetron Island United States William Kittson (name badly misspelt by cartographers)Kilian Island Canada Bernhard KilianKing George Island Antarctica George III of the United KingdomKing George Islands Canada George III of the United KingdomKing George Islands French Polynesia George III of the United KingdomKing Island Australia Philip Gidley KingKing William Island Canada William IV of the United KingdomKirkland Island Canada John KirklandKorovin Island United States Ivan Korovin (presumably)Kupreanof Island United States Ivan Antonovich KupreianovKupriyanov Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Ivan KupriyanovLady Franklin Island Canada Lady Jane FranklinLady Julia Percy Island Australia Lady Julia Helen PercyLanzarote Spain Lancelotto MalocelloLemesurier Island United States Midshipman William Le MesurierLennox Island Canada Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of RichmondLewis Island Australia George LewisLittle Island Australia John LittleLittle Wellington Island Chile Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonLoks Land Canada Michael LokLockwood Island Greenland James Booth LockwoodLopez Island United States Gonzalo López de HaroLord Howe Island Australia Richard Howe, 1st Earl HoweLouise Island Canada Princess Louise, Duchess of ArgyllLulu Island Canada Lulu SweetMacauley Island New Zealand George Mackenzie MacaulayMacDonald Island Canada James F. MacDonaldMackenzie King Island Canada William Lyon Mackenzie KingMacKlintok Island Russia Francis Leopold McClintockMacquarie Island Australia Lachlan MacquarieMagdalen Islands Canada Madeleine Fontaine, seigneur François Doublet's wifeMalcolm Island Canada Pulteney MalcolmManoel Island Malta António Manoel de VilhenaMansel Island Canada Robert MansellManuel Rodriguez Island Chile Manuel Rodríguez ErdoízaMarchena Island Ecuador Frey Antonio de MarchenaMargaret Island Hungary Saint Margaret of HungaryMauritius Indian Ocean Maurice of NassauMayne Island Canada Richard MayneMcIntyre Island Antarctica Robert McIntyre, USNMcNeil Island United States William Henry McNeillMcNish Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Harry McNishMelville Island Australia Robert Dundas, 2nd