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

"Lands" of Antarctica

Towns and cities

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:

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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.

Brunei

Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

  • Faya-Largeau – French Colonel, Étienne Largeau (1867-1916)

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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

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Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

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Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

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Denmark

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In Bornholm:

Dominica

Dominican Republic

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East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

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Eswatini (Swaziland)

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Germany

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Georgia

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Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

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Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

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Iceland

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

India

Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

Ireland (Republic of)

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Israel

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Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

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Kenya

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

  • Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) - Absamat Masaliyev
  • 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 (1915–1941)
  • Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
  • Zharkynbayevo – Kyrgyz hero Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969)

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Laos

Latvia

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Lebanon

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

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

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Malaysia

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

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Mongolia

Montenegro

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Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

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Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

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Oman

Pakistan

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Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

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Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

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Russia

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

São Tomé e Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Senegal

Serbia

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Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

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

South Africa

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Korea

Spain

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

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

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Tajikistan

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Tanzania

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

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

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Turkmenistan

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Uganda

Ukraine

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United Arab Emirates

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

United States

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

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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 PhúTrần 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

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Zimbabwe

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See also

References

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