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.
Countries
Azerbaijan – Atropates Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata Bolivia – Simón Bolívar Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo) Cook Islands – Captain James Cook Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic El Salvador – "The Saviour", referring to Jesus Eswatini – Mswati II Israel – Jacob (alternative name) Italy – Italus 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 and Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal Saudi Arabia – Muhammad bin Saud Seychelles – Jean Moreau de Sechelles Solomon Islands – Solomon United States of America - Amerigo Vespucci, or potentially Richard Amerike Uzbekistan – Öz Beg Khan of Golden Horde
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 Terra Mariana ("Land of Mary"), now Estonia and Latvia – Mary, mother of Jesus
Lands of Antarctica Adélie Land – Adèle Dumont d'Urville Edward VII Land – King Edward VII Queen Maud Land – Queen Maud of Norway Ross Dependency – James Clark Ross Victoria Land – Queen Victoria
Settlements Caesarea (disambiguation) (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman emperors
Afghanistan Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Massoud Ahmad Shah Baba Mina – Ahmad Shah Durrani Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) – Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) Mir Bacha Kot District – Mir Bacha Khan (1825–1905) Ghaziabad, Kunar – Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed (died in 1980s) Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town – Amanullah Khan Jalalabad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar Jamal Mena, Kabul – Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī Kandahar – Alexander the Great Khwaja Bahauddin District- Khwaja Bahauddin, Naqshband of Turkistan Khushal Khan Mena – Khushal Khattak Mohammad Agha District – Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a founder of the Qajar dynasty Nadir Shah Kot District – Mohammed Nadir Shah Shah Wali Kot District – Sardar Shah Wali Khan Sheberghan – Shapur II Sher Khan Bandar – Sher Khan Nashir (1888–1946) Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul and Wazirabad, Kabul – Wazir Akbar Khan
Albania Ali Demi (neighborhood) – Ali Demi Asim Zeneli (Albania) – Asim Zeneli, Albanian hero Bajram Curri (town) – Albanian activist of Independence Bajram Curri Blloku Vasil Shanto – Vasil Shanto, Albanian hero Don Bosco (Tirana) – John Bosco Kastriot, Albania – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg Mihal Grameno (neighborhood) – Mihal Grameno Skënderbegas – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg Zogu I Zi (Tirana) – Zog I of Albania
Algeria Abdelkader Azil – Abdelkader Azil (1927–1959), Algerian activist Abou El Hassen – Abu al-Hassan (1934–1962), Algerian independence hero Ahmed Rachedi, Mila – Ahmed Rachedi (1930–1957), Algerian revolutionary martyr Assi Youcef – Bouiri Boualem (Youcef) (1927–1960), Algerian military Bekkouche Lakhdar – Bekkouche Lakhdar (d.1958), Algerian martyr Belouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist Mohamed Belouizdad Benabdelmalek Ramdane – Abdelmalek Ramdane (d.1954), first martyr of the revolution Bennasser Benchohra – Al-Nasser Bin Fameh (1804–1884) Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Badji Mokhtar (1919–1954), Algerian revolutionary Bordj Emir Khaled – Khalid ibn Hashim, grandson of the military leader Abd al Qadir Bordj Omar Driss – Commander Omar Driss (1931–1959) Bouraoui Belhadef – Bouraoui Ali Ben Cherif, a local hero of the national liberation war Constantine (Algeria) – Constantine the Great Didouche Mourad – Mourad Didouche, a veteran of the Algerian War of independence El Emir Abdelkader, Aïn Témouchent and Emir Abdelkader, Jijel – Emir Abdelkader Hassani Abdelkrim – Hassani Abdul Karim (d.1960) Hussein Dey (commune) – Hussein Dey Méchraâ Houari Boumédienne – Houari Boumédiène, President of Algeria Messaoud Boudjeriou – Messaoud Boudjeriou (1930–1961), Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Boudiaf (M'Sila) – Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria Mostefa Ben Brahim, Sid Bel Abbès – Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800–1867), Algerian poet Ouled Brahem - Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi Ramdane Djamel – Ramdane Ahcène (1934–1962), hero of the national liberation Salah Bey (town) – Salah Bey ben Mostefa Salah Bouchaour – Salah Bouchaour (1933–1962), Algerian revolutionary martyr Sidi Bel Abbès – Sidi Bel Abbès El Bouzidi (d.1780), a Muslim marabout Sidi M'Hamed – Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Zighoud Youcef (Town) – Youcef Zighoud, guerrilla leader Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader – Emir Abdelkader
Former: Berteaux was the name of Ouled Hamla – Henri Maurice Berteaux Bordj Le Prieur was the name of Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Louis-Ambroise Le Prieur (1908–1997) Burdeau was the name of Mahdia – Auguste Burdeau Colomb-Béchar was the name of Béchar – Louis de Colomb, French major general Duperré was the name of Aïn Defla – Guy-Victor Duperré, French naval officer Fort-Duquesne was the name of Kaous – Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville Georges Clemenceau was the name of Stidia – Georges Clemenceau Haussonvillers was the name of Naciria – Joseph d'Haussonville Mac-Mahon was the name of Aïn Touta – Patrice de MacMahon Molière was the name of Bordj Bounaama – Molière Negrier was the name of Chetouane – François de Négrier Orléansville was the name of Chlef – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans Pascal was the name of Salah Bey – Blaise Pascal Perrégaux was the name of Mohammadia – Alexandre Charles Perrégaux Philippeville was the name of Skikda – Louis Philippe I Port-Gueydon was the name of Azeffoun – Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria Renault was the name of Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali – Pierre Hippolyte Publius Renault, French general Saint-Arnaud was the name of El Eulma – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud Saint-Eugène was the name of Bologhine – Eugène Guyot Tirman was the name of Teghalimet – Louis Tirman Waldeck-Rousseau was the name of Sidi Hosni – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
Angola Comandante Valódia (Luanda) – Joaquim Domingos Augusto "Valódia" (died 1975), 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 Porto Alexandre, Angola – James Edward Alexander Rocha Pinto (Luanda) – João Teixeira Pinto Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995)
Former: Carmona was the name of Uíge – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president Henrique de Carvalho was the name of Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho (1844–1909) Sá da Bandeira was the name of Lubango – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira Serpa Pinto was the name of Menongue – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer Silva Porto was the name of Cuito – António da Silva Porto Vila Arriaga was the name of Bibala – Portuguese president Manuel de Arriaga Vila Gago Coutinho was the name of Lumbala N'guimbo – Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho Villa João de Almeida was the name of Chibia – João de Almeida (1873–1953), Portuguese military Vila Pereira d'Eça was the name of Ondjiva – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça Vila Robert Williams was the name of Caála – Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park Vila Roçadas was the name of Xangongo – José Augusto Alves Roçadas Vila Salazar was the name of N'dalatando – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator Vila Teixeira da Silva was the name of Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826–1894), Portuguese colonial administrator
Antigua and Barbuda Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington Coolidge, Antigua and Barbuda – Hamilton Coolidge Piggotts – Richard Albert Louden Piggott (1844–1926) Tomlinson, Antigua and Barbuda – Major John Tomlinson
Argentina Buenos Aires Abbott, Argentina - Samuel Abbott (engineer), General Manager of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires - Adolfo Gonzales Chaves (1828-1887) Adrogué - Esteban Adrogué, founder Aldo Bonzi - Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), Italian businessman Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires - Dr. Alejandro Korn Alejandro Petión - Alexandre Pétion, Haitian President Ángel Etcheverry - Ángel Etcheverry, Minister of Public Works Arturo Vatteone - Dr. Arturo Dalmacio Vatteone Atilio Pessagno, Buenos Aires - Atilio Pessagno (1886-1965), judge Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina Banfield, Argentina - Edward Banfield (railroad engineer), General Manager of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company Barrio Kennedy (General Madariaga) - John F. Kennedy Béccar - Dr. Cosme Béccar, legislator Benito Juárez, Buenos Aires - Benito Juárez Berazategui - José Clemente Berazategui Bernal, Argentina - Don Pedro Bernal Berisso - Juan Berisso (founder) Billinghurst, Argentina - Mariano Billinghurst Canning, Argentina - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Capitán Sarmiento, Buenos Aires - Captain Domingo Fidel Sarmiento Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires - Carlos Casares (governor) Carlos Spegazzini, Buenos Aires - Carlo Luigi Spegazzini Carlos Tejedor, Buenos Aires - Carlos Tejedor (politician) Castelli, Buenos Aires - Juan José Castelli Ciudad Evita (means Evita City) – Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina Ciudad Madero, Argentina - Francisco Bernabé Madero Coronel Dorrego - Manuel Dorrego Coronel Martínez de Hoz - Miguel Federico Martínez de Hoz Coronel Pringles - Juan Pascual Pringles Coronel Suárez - Manuel Isidoro Suárez Coronel Vidal - Celestino Vidal, a hero of the Argentine War of Independence Don Torcuato - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Daireaux - Émile Honoré Daireaux (1843-1916) Diego Gaynor - Diego James Gaynor (1807-1892), Irish pioneer Domselaar - Dr. Antonie van Domselaar (1789-1861), Dutch medical doctor Don Bosco, Buenos Aires - John Bosco Dudignac - Exequiel Dudignac Esteban Echeverría Partido - Esteban Echeverría, novelist Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires - Florencio Varela (writer) Florentino Ameghino, Buenos Aires - Florentino Ameghino Galo Llorente - Galo Llorente (1850-1946), Spanish immigrant General Alvear, Buenos Aires - Carlos María de Alvear General Arenales, Buenos Aires - Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales (General) Belgrano – Manuel Belgrano General Conesa, Buenos Aires - Emilio Conesa General Daniel Cerri - Daniel Cerri (1841-1914) General Guido - Tomás Guido General Juan Madariaga - Juan Madariaga General La Madrid - Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid General Las Heras, Buenos Aires - Juan Gregorio de las Heras General Lavalle - Juan Lavalle General Pacheco - Ángel Pacheco General Pinto - Manuel Guillermo Pinto General Pirán - General José María Pirán (1804-1871) General Pueyrredón – Juan Martín de Pueyrredón General Rivas - Ignacio Rivas General Rodríguez - Martín Rodríguez (politician) General Rojo - General Anselmo Rojo (1799-1869) General Villegas - Conrado Villegas Gobernador Castro - Emilio Castro (1820-1899), Governor of Buenos Aires