There are a number of places named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Contents

1 Continents 2 Countries 3 Former countries 4 Administrative divisions 4.1 Australia 4.2 Canada 4.3 France 4.4 Mexico 4.5 New Zealand/Aotearoa 4.6 Romania 4.7 United Kingdom 4.8 United States 5 Towns and cities 6 Airports 7 List of places categorized by name of person 8 See also

Continents

• Europe - Europa
• North America and South America - Amerigo Vespucci

Countries

• Bermuda - Juan de Bermudez (crown colony)
• Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
• Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia - Christopher Columbus
• El Salvador - Jesus Christ, "The Saviour"
• 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
• Romania - Romulus
• 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 - Thomas
• Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud
• Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles
• Solomon Islands - Solomon

Former countries

• Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
• Rome - Romulus

Administrative divisions

Australia

• Queensland - Queen Victoria
• Tasmania - Abel Tasman
• Victoria - Queen Victoria

Canada

• Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
• British Columbia - Christopher Columbus (-> Columbia, an American sailing ship -> Columbia River -> Columbia Territory of Hudsons Bay Company -> British Columbia)
• Prince Edward Island - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (brother of George III of the United Kingdom), commander of British forces in Halifax

France

• Lorraine - Lothar
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
• Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis, 18th century navigator

Mexico

• Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Morelos - José María Morelos
• Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo
• Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave

New Zealand/Aotearoa

• Cook Islands - Captain James Cook

Romania

• Bessarabia - from Basarab I

United Kingdom

• Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
• Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts
• Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
• Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
• Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
• Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
• Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar
• Fife - Fib of the Picts , one of the seven sons of Cruithe
• Gibraltar - Tariq ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
• Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
• Gwynedd - Cunedda
• Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
• Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
• Lothian - Leudonus
• Merionethshire - Meirion , son of Cunedda
• Montgomery - Roger de Montgomery
• Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
• Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
• Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")

United States

• Delaware - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
• District of Columbia - Christopher Columbus
• Georgia - King George I of Great Britain
• Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France
• Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I
• North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England
• Pennsylvania - William Penn
• Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
• Washington - George Washington

Towns and cities

• Alexandria, Egypt - Alexander the Great
• Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
• Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
• Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
• Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
• Buchanan,_Liberia - James Buchanan
• Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II. of Spain
• Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
• Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
• Colombo – Christopher Columbus
• Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
• Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh
• Houston - Samuel Houston
• Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
• Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
• Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
• Knoxville - Henry Knox
• Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
• Lisbon - Ulysses
• Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
• Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
• Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
• Monrovia - James Monroe
• Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
• Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
• Rome - Romulus
• Saint Louis - Saint Louis
• St Petersburg, Russia & St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
• San Francisco - Saint Francis
• Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
• São Paulo - Saint Paul
• Seattle - Chief Seattle
• Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
• Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
• Vancouver - George Vancouver
• Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
• Washington, D.C. - George Washington

Airports

• Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris - Charles de Gaulle
• John F. Kennedy Airport - John F. Kennedy
• Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome - Leonardo da Vinci
• Toronto Pearson International Airport - Lester Bowles Pearson
• Ronald Reagan International Airport - Ronald Reagan
• Gdansk Walesa Lech Airport - Lech Walesa

List of places categorized by name of person

• Lenin
• Stalin
• Tito
• John C. Calhoun
• Lewis Cass
• DeWitt Clinton
• Marquis de la Fayette
• Benjamin Franklin
• Nathanael Greene
• Andrew Jackson
• Queen Victoria
• Simón Bolívar
• Christopher Columbus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Tadeusz Kosciusko
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• Richard Montgomery
• James K. Polk
• George Washington

See also

• List of eponyms