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 .
Towns and cities
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Abdelkader Azil – Abdelkader Azil (1927–1959), Algerian activistAbou El Hassen – Abu al-Hassan (1934–1962), Algerian independence heroAhmed Rachedi, Mila – Ahmed Rachedi (1930–1957), Algerian revolutionary martyrAssi Youcef – Bouiri Boualem (Youcef) (1927–1960), Algerian militaryBekkouche Lakhdar – Bekkouche Lakhdar (d.1958), Algerian martyrBelouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist Mohamed Belouizdad Benabdelmalek Ramdane – Abdelmalek Ramdane (d.1954), first martyr of the revolutionBennasser Benchohra – Al-Nasser Bin Fameh (1804–1884)Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Badji Mokhtar (1919–1954), Algerian revolutionaryBordj Emir Khaled – Khalid ibn Hashim , grandson of the military leader Abd al QadirBordj Omar Driss – Commander Omar Driss (1931–1959)Bouraoui Belhadef – Bouraoui Ali Ben Cherif, a local hero of the national liberation warConstantine (Algeria) – Constantine the Great Didouche Mourad – Mourad Didouche , a veteran of the Algerian War of independenceEl 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 AlgeriaMessaoud Boudjeriou – Messaoud Boudjeriou (1930–1961), Algerian revolutionaryMohammed Boudiaf (M'Sila) – Mohamed Boudiaf , President of AlgeriaMostefa Ben Brahim, Sid Bel Abbés – Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800–1867), Algerian poetRamdane Djamel – Ramdane Ahcène (1934–1962), hero of the national liberationSalah Bey (town) – Salah Bey ben Mostefa Salah Bouchaour – Salah Bouchaour (1933–1962), Algerian revolutionary martyrSidi Bel Abbès – Sidi Bel Abbès El Bouzidi (d.1780), a Muslim maraboutSidi M'Hamed – Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Zighoud Youcef (Town) – Youcef Zighoud , guerrilla leaderZmalet El Emir Abdelkader – Emir Abdelkader
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
Sá da Bandeira (Huambo) – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995)Former:
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione – Atilio Oscar Viglione (1914–2010), Governor of Chubut(General) Belgrano – Many cities and towns after Manuel Belgrano Castelli – Many places after Juan José Castelli Ciudad Evita (means Evita City ) – Eva Perón , First Lady of ArgentinaGeneral Pueyrredón – second-level administrative subdivision named after Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Las Heras – Many places after Juan Gregorio de las Heras Presidencia de la Plaza – Victorino de la Plaza , President of ArgentinaPresidencia Roque Sáenz Peña – Roque Sáenz Peña , President of ArgentinaPresidente Perón Partido – Juan Perón , President of ArgentinaPueblo Illia (Misiones) – Arturo Umberto Illia , President of Argentina
Rafaela , Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de EgusquizaRawson – Guillermo Rawson Rivadavia Department – Many cities and towns after Bernardino Rivadavia , First President of ArgentinaRosario Vera Peñaloza Department – Rosario Vera Peñaloza (1873–1950), Argentine teacher(General) San Martín – Many cities and towns after José de San Martín Sarmiento – Many municipalities and cities after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Trelew – Lewis Jones Uriburu, La Pampa – José Félix Uriburu , President of ArgentinaVicente López, Buenos Aires – Vicente López y Planes Villa General Mitre – Bartolomé Mitre formerly: Ciudad Eva Perón (means Eva Perón City) – Eva Perón , First Lady of Argentina ; now La Plata
Armenia
Abovyan and Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan , writerAnushavan – Anushavan Galoyan (1901–1945), World War II heroArtashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I , Armenian kingBaghramyan, Ararat , Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – Hovhannes Bagramyan , Armenian marshal and military commanderBagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist LaborBeniamin – Beniamin Galstian (1902–1942), World War II generalCharentsavan – Yeghishe Charents , poetChkalov, Armenia and Chkalovka – Valery Chkalov , Russian pilotDavid Bek, Armenia – Davit Bek , Armenian patriotDimitrov, Armenia – Georgi Dimitrov , Bulgarian Communist leaderFerik – Ferik Polatbekov (1897–1918), revolutionary and poetFioletovo – Ivan Fioletov , socialist martyr and Baku CommissarGagarin, Armenia – Yuri Gagarin , Russian cosmonautGharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian (1890–1920), Bolshevik martyrGhukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), founder of Armenia's Communist Youth MovementGriboyedov, Armenia – Alexandr Griboyedov , Russian diplomat and authorGusanagyugh – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bardImeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov , Bolshevik leaderImeni Tairova – Alexander Tairov , Armenian theater directorIsahakyan – Avetik Isahakyan , poetKamo, Armenia – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-PetrossianKhanjian, Armenia – Aghasi Khanjian , first secretary of the Armenian Communist PartyKuchak – Nahapet Kuchak , 16th-century bardKuybyshev, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev , Russian politicianLermontovo – Mikhail Lermontov , Russian writer and poetLukashin and Lukashin, Yerevan – Sargis Lukashin , Armenian prime ministerMartiros, Vayots Dzor – Armenian Prince Martireni, who was martyred against Persian forcesMartuni, Armenia , Martuni (village) and Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan , first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky , Russian poetMergelyan (Yerevan) – Sergey Mergelyan , Armenian scientist
Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov , Russian revolutionary and regicideMkhchyan – after an Armenian commanderMusayelyan, Ashotsk – Capt. Sargis Musayelian (1882–1920), Bolshevik military leaderNagapetavan – Nahapet Kurghinian (1900–1937), participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian , writerNarek, Ararat – Grigor Narekatsi , medieval monk and poetNizami, Armenia – Nizami Ganjevi , Persian poetParuyr Sevak, Armenia – Paruyr Sevak , poetPoselok Imeni Kalinina – Mikhail Kalinin , Soviet leaderPushkino, Armenia – Alexander Pushkin , Russian author and poetSarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882–1920), Communist revolutionarySayat-Nova, Armenia – Harutyun Sayatyan , poetShahumyan, Ararat , Shahumyan, Armavir , Shahumyan, Lori , Shahumyan, Yerevan and Stepanavan – Stepan Shahumyan , Bolshevik commissarSpandaryan, Shirak , Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan – Suren Spandaryan , Armenian revolutionarySverdlov, Armenia – Yakov Sverdlov , Bolshevik leaderTumanyan, Armenia – Hovhannes Tumanyan , writerYenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian (1896–1920), early CommunistZhdanov, Lori – Andrei Zhdanov Former:
Akhundov was the name of Punik – Mirza Fatali Akhundov , authorAzizbekov was the name of Aregnadem – Meshadi Azizbekov , Soviet revolutionaryAzizbekov was the name of Vayk – Meshadi AzizbekovAzizbekov was the name of Zarritap – Meshadi AzizbekovBatikian was the name of Gandzak, Armenia – Batik Batikian (1892–1920), Communist martyrDanushavan was the name of Aygehat – Danush Shahverdian, Armenian politician and diplomatGhukasyan was the name of Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth MovementImeni Beriya was the name of Shahumyan, Ararat – Lavrentiy Beria , Soviet politician and head of the secret policeImeni Beriya was the name of Zhdanov, Armavir – Lavrentiy BeriaImeni Stalina was the name of Sovkhoz Nomer Shest – Joseph Stalin Imeni Voroshilova was the name of Hatsik, Armavir – Kliment Voroshilov , Marshal of the Soviet UnionKalinin was the name of Noramarg – Mikhail Kalinin , Soviet leaderKalinino was the name of Tashir – Mikhail KalininKamo was the name of Gavar – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-PetrossianKirov was the name of Amrakits – Sergey Kirov , early Bolshevik leaderKirov was the name of Taperakan – Sergey KirovKirovakan was the name of Vanadzor – Sergey KirovKirovka was the name of Mamai, Armenia – Sergey KirovKuybyshev was the name of Haghartsin, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev , Soviet leaderMaksim Gorkiy was the name of Bovadzor – Maxim Gorky , Soviet authorMikoyan was the name of Yeghegnadzor – Anastas Mikoyan , Soviet leaderMravyan was the name of Yeghipatrush – Askanaz Mravyan , leader of Soviet ArmeniaOrdzhonikidze was the name of Vahan, Armenia – Sergo Ordzhonikidze , Soviet leaderSamed Vurgun was the name of Hovk – Samad Vurgun , Soviet poetShavarshavan was the name of Koti, Armenia – Shavarsh Amirkhanian, leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGBSpandaryan was the name of Silikyan – Suren Spandaryan , Armenian revolutionaryTumanyan was the name of Dsegh – Hovhannes Tumanyan , writerVagharshapat was the name of Echmiadzin – King Vologases I (Vagharsh I) Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov , viceroy of the Caucasus
Australia
Austria
Amaliendorf-Aalfang – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named ArnoldElisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) – Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Hugo Breitner Hof (Vienna) – Hugo Breitner (1873–1946), Social Democrat politician
Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini (1726–1805), speculatorJosefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor Josef-Rautmann-Hof (Vienna) – Josef Rautmann (1890–1970)
Kaisersdorf – Franz Joseph I of Austria Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria Leopoldskron-Moos (Salzburg) – Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Archbishop of Salzburg
Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman EmperorPer-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung (Wien) – Per Albin Hansson , Swedish politician
Rennersdorf, Austria – Karl Renner
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus – Crown Prince Rudolf of 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 .Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg – Wolfgang of Regensburg Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848)
Azerbaijan
Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı , writerBabek – Babak Khorramdin , Persian revolutionaryBakıxanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov , writerCəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad ) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski , Azerbaijani prime ministerFiruzabad, Azerbaijan – Firuz Məlikov (1902–1965), Azerbaijani scientistFizuli Rayon , Füzuli , Füzuli, Samukh , and Füzuli, Shamkir – Fuzûlî , Turkic poetHacı Zeynalabdin – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev , industrialist and philanthropistHəzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov , Azerbaijani generalHeydarabad, Azerbaijan , Heydərabad – Heydar Aliyev , President of AzerbaijanKuropatkino – Aleksey Kuropatkin , Russian generalMircəlal – Mir Jalal Pashayev , Azerbaijani writerNərimanov raion , Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar , Nərimankənd, Gobustan , Nərimanabad, Lankaran and Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov , Prime Minister of Soviet AzerbaijanNəsimi raion , Nəsimi, Bilasuvar , Nəsimi, Sabirabad and Nəsimikənd – Imadaddin Nasimi Nadirkənd – Nadir Karimov (d.1943)Nizami, Goranboy and Nizami raion – Nizami Ganjevi , Persian poetQaçaq Kərəm – Qaçaq Kərəm (1860–1909), Azeri national heroRəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade , Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of AzerbaijanSabirabad (city) and Sabirabad Rayon – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir Salatın – Salatyn Asgarova , Azerbaijani journalistSəməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and Vurğun – Samad Vurgun , Azerbaijani writerSəmədabad, Yevlakh – Samedaga Agamali oglu (1867–1930)Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan , Bolshevik commissar
Şəhriyar, Goygol – Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar , Iranian Azerbaijani poetYusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Alternate:
Former:
Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early BolshevikAzizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov , Soviet revolutionaryElizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) Frunze was the name of Hacırüstəmli – Mikhail Frunze , Bolshevik leaderIl'ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich Lenin Imeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey Kirov Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey KirovKaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich , Soviet politicianKalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin , Soviet leaderKalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail KalininKirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey Kirov Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey KirovKirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey KirovKirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey KirovKuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev , Soviet revolutionaryLenin , Leninkend , and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – LeninLeninabad was the name of Sanqalan – LeninLeninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – LeninLeninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – LeninLeninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – LeninMolotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov , Soviet politicianMusabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov , Soviet politicianMyasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov , Bolshevik revolutionaryNarimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov , revolutionaryOrconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze Pamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – LeninPerozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich LeninPushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade , Azeri statesmanShahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan , Bolshevik commissarShaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan ShahumyanStalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph Stalin Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph StalinV.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – LeninVoroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov , Marshal of the Soviet UnionYelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Abel Iturralde Province – Abel Iturralde Palacios (1869–1935), Bolivian politicianAlonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from PotosíAndrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez (1844–1877), leader of the federal revolution in Santa CruzÁngel Sandoval Province – Angel Sandoval Peña (1871–1941)Aniceto Arce Province – Aniceto Arce Ruiz , President of BoliviaAntonio Quijarro Province – Antonio Quijarro Quevedo (1831–1903), Bolivian politicianAzurduy Province – Juana Azurduy de Padilla , revolutionary guerrillaBautista Saavedra Province – Bautista Saavedra Mallea , President of BoliviaBelisario Boeto Province – Belisario Boeto (1841–1900), Bolivian diplomat during a War of the PacificBernardino Bilbao Province – General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895–1983), Bolivian military figure and politicianBolívar Province, Cochabamba – Simón Bolívar , Venezuelan military and political leaderBurdett O'Connor Province – Francisco Burdett O'Connor , chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of TarijaCarlos Medinaceli (Potosí) – Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu (1789–1841), Bolivian military
Carrasco Province – Jose Carrasco Torrico (1863–1921), Vice president of BoliviaCornelio Saavedra Province – Cornelio Saavedra , president of the Argentine First JuntaDaniel Campos Province – Daniel Campos Cortes (1829–1902), Bolivian poetEduardo Abaroa Province – Colonel Eduardo Abaroa , hero of the War of the PacificEl Carmen Rivero Tórrez (Santa Cruz) – Juan Rivero Tórres (1897–1951), a Bolivian engineer
Eliodoro Camacho Province – Eliodoro Camacho , Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidateEnrique Baldivieso Province – Enrique Baldivieso , Vice president of Bolivia under German BuschEsteban Arce Province – General Esteban Arce (1765–1815), Bolivian independence heroEustaquio Méndez Province – Eustaquio Méndez Arenas (1784–1841), warrior leader of TarijaFranz Tamayo Province – Franz Tamayo , Bolivian intellectual, writer and politicianFederico Román Province – General Federico Roman Calderon (1875–1943), Hero of the Chaco WarGermán Busch Province – Germán Busch Becerra , former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War, and President of BoliviaGermán Jordán Province – Germán Jordán (1890–1932), a hero of the Chaco WarGualberto Villarroel Province – Gualberto Villarroel , President of Bolivia, who was killed in 1946 under his presidencyHernando Siles Province – Hernando Siles Reyes , President of BoliviaJosé Ballivián Province – José Ballivián , President of BoliviaJosé Manuel Pando Province – José Manuel Pando (1848–1917) president of BoliviaJosé María Avilés Province – General José María Avilés (1784–1838), a hero who was fighting during the Peru–Bolivian Confederation campaignJosé María Linares Province – José María Linares , President of BoliviaLadislao Cabrera Province – Ladislao Cabrera , Bolivian hero during the War of the PacificLoayza Province – Jose Ramon Loayza (1751–1839), President of BoliviaLuis Calvo – Luis Calvo Calvimontes (1879–1944), Bolivian lawyer and senatorManco Kapac Province – Manco Cápac Manuel María Caballero Province – Manuel María Caballero (1819–1865), one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (Cochabamba) – Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
Maximiliano Paredes (Cochabamba) – Maximiliano Paredes (1879–1900), Bolivian soldier
Modesto Omiste Province – Modesto Omiste Tinajeros , Bolivian writer and politicianMonseñor Salvatierra (Santa Cruz) – José Andrés de Salvatierra (1772–1862), Bolivian priest and independence hero
Monteagudo, Bolivia – Bernardo de Monteagudo Muñecas Province – Idelfonso de las Muñecas (1776–1816), priest and leader of the War of IndependenceNarciso Campero Province – Narciso Campero , President of BoliviaNicolás Suárez Province – Nicolás Suárez Callaú Ñuflo de Chávez Province – conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves Obispo Santistevan Province – Monseñor José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1843–1931)Oropeza Province – Samuel Oropeza (d.1907), an illustrious Bolivian statesmanPadilla, Bolivia – Manuel Ascencio Padilla , an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chiefPaz Estenssoro Viejo (Santa Cruz) – Victor Paz Estenssoro , President of Bolivia
Puerto Siles – Hernando Siles Reyes Puerto Villarroel – Gualberto Villarroel , President of BoliviaRafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo (1813–1873), Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretaryRamón Darío Gutiérrez (Itenez, Beni) – Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (1907–1987), minister of the interior
Rufino Carrasco (Potosí) – Rufino Carrasco (1817–1891), Bolivian military during the war of the pacific
San Ignacio de Velasco – José Miguel de Velasco Franco , President of BoliviaSebastián Pagador Province – Sebastián Pagador Miranda (1733–1781), patriot of Upper PeruSucre – Antonio José de Sucre Tarija – Tariq ibn Ziyad Teniente Bullaín (Oruro) – José Bullaín (1907–1934), Hero of the Chaco war
Tomas Barrón Province – Colonel Tomas Barrón (d.1810), an Independence heroTomás Frías Province – Tomás Frías Ametller , President of BoliviaTupac Katari, Santa Cruz – Tupac Katari
Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784–1822)Urriolagoitia, Chuquisaca – Mamerto Urriolagoitía
Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840–1897)Villa Abecia – Valentin Abecia (1846–1910)Villa Banzer, Beni – Hugo Banzer
Villa Barrientos (La Paz) – René Barrientos
Villa Vaca Guzmán – Santiago Vaca Guzmán (1847–1896)Villamontes – Ismael Montes , President of BoliviaVillazón – Eliodoro Villazón Waldo Ballivián Municipality – Waldo Ballivián Soria-Galvarro (1917–1946)Warnes, Bolivia – Ignacio Warnes , military leader in the South American war of independenceZudáñez – Jaime de Zudáñez
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people .
Brunei
Bulgaria
Anton, Sofia Province – partisan Stefan Minev "Anton" (1917–1944)Antonovo – Anton Krastev, who died in a battle of 1944Asenovgrad – Tsar Ivan Asen II Aksakovo – Russian littérateur Ivan Aksakov Benkovski, Kardzhali Province – revolutionary Georgi Benkovski Blagoevgrad – Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party founder Dimitar Blagoev Botevgrad – Revolutionary and National Hero Hristo Botev Bratya Daskalovi – The Daskalovi brothers Dimitar, Ivan and NikolaChervenkovtsi (Veliko Tarnovo) – Valko Chervenkov , Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov Dimovo – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev (1903–1943)Dobrich – 14th-century Dobrujan ruler Dobrotitsa Dospat – Despot Alexius Slav Dulovo, Bulgaria – early medieval Bulgarian Dulo clan Elena, Bulgaria – Bulgarian bride ElenaElin Pelin – writer Elin Pelin General Toshevo – General Stefan Toshev Georgi Damyanovo – Georgi Damyanov , President of Bulgaria in 1950 until 1958Georgi Dobrevo – Georgi Dobrev (1893–1966), Bulgarian political figureGotse Delchev – revolutionary Gotse Delchev Gurkovo – Iosif Gurko , one of Russian commanders in Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)Hadzhidimovo – leftist Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov Isperih – Khan Asparuh of BulgariaIvaylovgrad – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria Kableshkovo (disambiguation) – revolutionary Todor Kableshkov Kapitan Andreevo – Bulgarian officer Nikola Kolev Andreev (1876–1912)Kapitan Petko voyvoda – Petko Voyvoda Krumovgrad – Khan Krum of BulgariaKubrat – Khan Kubrat of BulgariaKyustendil – 14th-century local feudal Constantine Dragaš Levski (town) – revolutionary and National Hero Vasil Levski Madzharovo – revolutionary Dimitar Madzharov (1882–1949)Momchilgrad – medieval Bulgarian ruler Momchil Nikola Kozlevo – Bulgarian National Revival revolutionary and writer Nikola Kozlev (1824–1902)Omurtag – Khan Omurtag of BulgariaPavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia Polyanovo, Burgas Province and Polyanovo, Haskovo Province – Dimitar Polyanov (1878–1953), poetRadomir (town) – Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria Rakovski – revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski Roman, Bulgaria – Tsar Roman of Bulgaria Samuil (village) – Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria Sandanski – revolutionary Yane Sandanski Shumen – Bulgarian emperor Simeon the Great Simeonovgrad – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria St. Anastasia Island – Anastasia of Sirmium St. Ivan Island – St. John the Baptist Stamboliyski – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Aleksandar Stamboliyski Stambolovo, Haskovo Province – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Stefan Stambolov Stefan Karadzhovo – Bulgarian Revolutionary Stefan Karadzha Suvorovo – Alexander Suvorov , one of the famous Russian military commandersTervel – Khan Tervel of Bulgaria Thompson – British officer William Frank Thompson Tsar Kaloyan – Tsar Kaloyan of BulgariaTsarevo – Tsar Boris III of BulgariaTsenovo, Ruse Province – Influential Svishtov merchant Dimitar Apostolov Tsenov (1852–1932)Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary Vela Peeva Yambol – Roman Emperor Diocletian Zhivkovo (Sofia) – Georgi Zhivkov (1844–1899), minister of education Former:
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Canada
Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (Canadian Pacific Railway superintendent)[2] : 44 Abbotsford, Quebec – Rev. Joseph Abbott[2] : 226 Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta [2] : 23 Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector [2] : 45 Barrie , Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie or Captain A. Barry[2] : 160 Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst [2] : 83 Brantford , Ontario – Joseph Brant [2] : 163 Brockville , Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock [2] : 163 Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)[2] : 26 Burnaby , British Columbia – Robert Burnaby [2] : 45–46 Charlemagne, Quebec – Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier [2] : 236 Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , consort of King George III of the United Kingdom [2] : 217–218 Churchill, Manitoba – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough [2] : 67–68 Churchill Falls – Winston Churchill , Prime Minister of United Kingdom[2] : 10, 111 Collingwood, Ontario – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood [2] : 168 Dawson City – George Mercer Dawson [2] : 315 Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux [2] : 240 Drummondville , Quebec – Gordon Drummond [2] : 241 Edmundston , New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head [2] : 87 Fredericton , New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York [2] : 88 Halifax, Nova Scotia – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax [2] : 138 Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton [2] : 178 Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)[2] : 179 Joliette , Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette [2] : 249 King George, Saskatoon – George VI of United KingdomKirkland, Quebec – Charles-Aimé Kirkland , a Canadian politicianKirkland Lake , Ontario – Ms. Winnifred Kirkland, secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines[2] : 182 Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener [2] : 182 Lethbridge , Alberta – William Lethbridge [2] : 33 Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly Markham, Ontario – William Markham [2] : 187 Mont-Laurier , Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier , Prime Minister of Canada[2] : 260 Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris [2] : 189 Patricia, Alberta – Princess Patricia [3] Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson [2] : 196 Port Alberni , British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní [4] Port Hope Simpson – John Hope Simpson , British liberal politician[5] Port Moody , British Columbia – Richard Moody , first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia .[2] : 57 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Prince Albert [2] : 304 Prince George, British Columbia – King George III [2] : 58 Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine [2] : 58 Sackville, New Brunswick – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria [2] : 305 Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality – Robert Cliche , a Quebec politician, writer, lawyer and judgeSelkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk [2] : 75 Sherbrooke , Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke [2] : 148, 287 Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney [2] : 149 Thompson, Manitoba – John F. Thompson (1881–1968), Inco's chairman[2] : 77 Timmins , Ontario – Noah Timmins [2] : 208 Vancouver , British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver , English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden )[2] : 63 Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria [2] : 63 Victoriaville , Quebec – Queen Victoria [2] : 291 Wolfville , Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf [2] : 152
Central African Republic
Chad
Former:
Fort Archambault was the name of Sarh – Gustave Archambaud (1872–1899), French topographerFort-Lamy was the name of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy , an army officer
Chile
Capitán Prat Province – Arturo Prat , naval heroCandelario Mancilla – José Candelario Mancilla Uribe (1900–1967), Chilean inhabitant of Lake O'HigginsCardenal Caro Province – José María Caro Rodríguez , first Cardinal of ChileCochrane – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , captainDiego de Almagro, Chile – Diego de Almagro Galvarino – Galvarino , Mapuche leader during the War of AraucoGorbea – Andrés Antonio de Gorbea (1792–1852), founder and first dean of the Faculty of Mathematical and Exact Sciences of the University of Chile General Lagos – General Pedro Lagos , commander of Chilean troops in the Battle of AricaLautaro – Lautaro , Mapuche leader during the War of AraucoMolina, Chile – Juan Ignacio Molina , JesuitOsorno, Chile – Ambrosio O'Higgins , founder and Marquis of OsornoPadre José Fernandez Perez (Puerto Montt) – José Fernandez Perez (1919–2000), Spanish priest
Padre Hurtado – Saint Alberto Hurtado Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile – Pedro Aguirre Cerda , PresidentPuerto Ingeniero Ibáñez – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo , PresidentPuerto Montt – Manuel Montt , PresidentPuerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez , military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the AraucaníaPuerto Varas – Antonio Varas, minister of the interiorPuerto Williams – Juan Williams Rebolledo , Chilean admiralSan Fernando – Saint Ferdinand San Pedro de Atacama – Saint Peter Santiago – James, son of Zebedee (Saint James) Teodoro Schmidt – Teodoro Schmidt Valdivia – Pedro de Valdivia , conqueror of ChileVicuña, Chile – Colonel Joaquín Vicuña Larraín , founder of a cityVilla Frei (Coyhaique) – Eduardo Frei Montalva , President
Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins , libertador of Chile
China
Gensi Township – Yang Gensi , PLA soldierHuanghua – Huang Hua , communist revolutionaryJingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu Leifeng Subdistrict – Lei Feng , PLA soldierMaoming – scholar and doctor Pan MaomingQinhuangdao – Qin Shi Huang , First emperor of ChinaTong Linge Road , Zhao Dengyu Road , Zhang Zizhong Road – Tong Linge , Zhao Dengyu , Zhang Zizhong , soldiers in the Second Sino-Japanese War Yingjun – Liu Yingjun (1945–1966), PLA soldierZhidan County – Liu Zhidan , military commander and Communist leaderZhongshan , Guangdong – Sun Yat-sen , President of the Republic of ChinaZichang County – Xie Zichang (1897–1935), Communist martyrZuoquan County – Zuo Quan , a general in the Chinese Red Army
Colombia
Ábrego – Mercedes Abrego , Colombian independence heroineAcevedo, Huila – José Acevedo y Gómez Agustín Codazzi, Cesar – Agustín Codazzi Albán, Cundinamarca – Carlos Albán Albania, La Guajira – Alba Londoño Sánchez (1923-2023), daughter of the commissar of La Guajira, Eduardo Londoño VillegasAlfonso Lopez (Chocó) – Alfonso López Pumarejo
Almaguer, Cauca – Francisco Briceño , Corral de AlmaguerAlvarado, Tolima – Pedro de Alvarado Antonio Nariño, Bogotá – Antonio Nariño Anzoátegui, Tolima – José Antonio Anzoátegui Aranzazu, Caldas – Juan de Dios Aranzazu Arbeláez – Vicente Arbeláez (1822–1884)Armero – José León Armero, national martyrBalboa, Cauca – Vasco Núñez de Balboa Balboa, Risaralda – Vasco Núñez de Balboa Barbosa, Antioquia – Diego Fernández BarbosaBeltrán, Cundinamarca – Francisco Felix BeltranBetéitiva – cacique Bolívar, Cauca – Simón Bolívar Bolívar, Santander – Simón Bolívar Bolívar, Valle del Cauca – Simón Bolívar Bosconia – John Bosco Briceño, Antioquia and Briceño, Boyacá – José Manuel BriceñoBusbanzá – cacique BoazáCabrera, Cundinamarca – General Cabrera, who was participated in Liberal warCaicedonia – Lisandro Caicedo (1806–1891)Cajicá – cacique CajicCalarcá – cacique CalarcáCaldas, Boyacá – Francisco José de Caldas , a Colombian independence heroCamilo Torres (Norte de Santander) – Camilo Torres Restrepo , Colombian socialist and priest
Cerinza – cacique CerinzaCharalá – cacique ChalaláChipatá – cacique ChipatáCiudad Bolívar, Antioquia – Simón Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá – Simón Bolívar Ciudad Mutis – José Celestino Mutis
Clemencia, Bolívar – Maria Clemencia GrauColón, Nariño – Christopher Columbus Colón, Putumayo – Christopher Columbus Commune 5 Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (Yopal, Casanare) – Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (died in 2000), Yopal councilior
Córdoba, Bolívar – Jose Maria Córdoba, an independence heroCórdoba, Nariño – Jose Maria CórdobaDon Matías – Don Matías JaramilloDuitama , Tundama Province – cacique Tundama Durania – Justo Leonidas DuránElias, Huila – Manuel Elías CarvajalEngativá – cacique IngativáFiravitoba – cacique FiravíaFonseca, La Guajira – Catalan colonizer Agustín FonsecaFunes, Nariño – Aragonese missioner Lucas FunesFrancisco Pizarro, Nariño – Francisco Pizarro Gaitanía – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán , writer, lawyer and politician
Girardota – Atanasio Girardot Giraldo, Antioquia – Rafael María GiraldoGonzález, Cesar – Florentino Gonzalez (1805–1874)Gómez Plata – Bishop of Antioquia, Juan de la Cruz Gomez PlataGualmatán – cacique GuatánGutiérrez, Cundinamarca – Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara (founder)Gutiérrez Province – Santos Gutiérrez , President of ColombiaHerrán – Pedro Alcántara Herrán , Colombian general and statesmanInírida, Guainía – Princess IniridaJuan de Acosta – Juan de AcostaKennedy, Bogotá – John F. Kennedy , president of United StatesLeticia, Amazonas – Leticia SmithLópez de Micay – José Hilario López Madrid, Cundinamarca – Pedro Fernández Madrid (1817–1875)Magüí Payán – Eliseo Payán Maní, Casanare – Cacique ManíMariano Ospina Pérez (Boyacá) – Mariano Ospina Pérez , president of Colombia
Morales, Bolívar – Pedro Vicente de Morales (founder)Morales, Cauca – Luis Jerónimo Morales and Juan Manuel MoralesMosquera – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera , former president of ColombiaMosquera, Nariño – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera Nariño, Antioquia – Antonio Nariño Nariño, Cundinamarca – Antonio NariñoNariño, Nariño – Antonio NariñoNemocón – zipa Nemequene Olaya, Antioquia – Enrique Olaya Herrera , president of ColombiaOlaya Herrera – Enrique Olaya Herrera , president of ColombiaOnzaga – cacique HunzaáOrtega, Tolima – Juan de Ortega y CarrilloOspina – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez , president of ColombiaOspina Perez (Nariño) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
Padilla, Cauca – José Prudencio Padilla Palmar de Varela – Catalino VarelaPereira, Colombia – Francisco Pereira Martínez Policarpa, Nariño – Policarpa Salavarrieta Puente Aranda – Juan ArandaPuerto Berrío – Pedro Justo Berrío Puerto Caicedo – Juan Maria Caicedo Martinez (1910–2006), a Colombian engineerPuerto Carreño – Pedro Maria Carreño (1874–1946), Colombian Minister of External Relations from 1912 to 1913Puerto Gaitán – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Puerto Guzmán – Jorge Julio Guzman Flor (died in 2020), founderPuerto Leguízamo – Candido Leguízamo (1911–1933), Colombia–Peru War heroPuerto Lleras – Alberto Lleras Camargo , President of ColombiaPuerto Lleras (Arauca) – Alberto Lleras Camargo
Puerto Lleras (Norte de Santander) – Alberto Lleras Camargo
Puerto López, Meta – Alfonso López Pumarejo , President of ColombiaPuerto Nariño – Antonio Nariño , an Independence heroPuerto Ospina (Guaviare) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
Puerto Ospina (Putumayo) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
Puerto Parra – Aquileo Parra Puerto Rondón – Juan José RondónPuerto Santander, Amazonas – Francisco de Paula Santander , a Colombian independence heroPuerto Santander, Norte de Santander – Francisco de Paula Santander , a Colombian independence heroPuerto Tejada, Cauca – General Manuel Tejada SanchezPuerto Wilches – José Solón Wilches Calderón (1835–1893)Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá – Rafael Uribe Uribe , a Colombian politicianRagonvalia – Ramón González Valencia Restrepo – Emiliano Restrepo Echeverria (1832–1918)Restrepo, Valle del Cauca – Carlos Eugenio Restrepo Roberto Payán – Colonel Roberto Payán Hurtado (d.1934), a brother of President Eliseo PayánRovira, Tolima – Custodio García Rovira Ricaurte, Nariño – Antonio Ricaurte Rivera, Huila – José Eustasio Rivera Rondón, Boyacá – Juan José RondónSaboyá – cacique SaboyáSalazar de las Palmas – Alonso Perez de SalazarSalgar – Eustorgio Salgar San Eduardo, Boyacá – Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (1860–1932)San Fernando, Bolívar – Ferdinand III of Castile San José de Albán – Carlos Albán San José del Fragua – Giuseppe Fusaroli (1927–2015), Italian missionary who visited in ColombiaSan José de Kennedy (Magdalena) – John F. Kennedy
San Vicente del Caguán – Vincent de Paul Santa Sofía, Boyacá – Sofia Angulo de Reyes (1843–1898)Santander de Quilichao – Francisco de Paula Santander Sativanorte – cacique SátivaSativasur – cacique SátivaSilvania, Colombia – Ismael Silva (d.1962), founderSogamoso , Sugamuxi Province – iraca Sugamuxi Solano, Caquetá – Jose Dolores Solano (1891–1961), Colombia–Peru War heroSomondoco – cacique Somendoco or SumindocoSuárez, Cauca – Marco Fidel Suárez , President of ColombiaSuárez, Tolima – Marco Fidel Suárez , President of ColombiaSucre, Cauca – Antonio José de Sucre Sucre, Santander – Antonio José de Sucre Sucre, Sucre Department – Antonio José de Sucre Techo – cacique TechitinaTutazá – cacique TutazúaLa Uribe – Antonio UribeUsaquén – cacique UsaqueUlloa, Valle de Cauca – General José Eleuterio Ulloa
Uribia, La Guajira – Rafael Uribe Uribe Valdivia, Antioquia – Andrés de ValdiviaVilla Caro – José Eusebio Caro Villa de Leyva – Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva Villa Germania (Cesar) – Manuel Germán Cuello Gutiérrez (1915–2006), Governor of Cesar Department
Villagarzón – colonel Julio Garzón MorenoVillagómez – Monseñor Misael Gomez Torres (1880–1967)Villapinzón – Propsero Pinzon (1856–1901)Villavicencio – Antonio Villavicencio , an Independence HeroZambrano, Bolívar – Álvaro de ZambranoZapayán – cacique Zapayán
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Former:
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Abangares (canton) – Cacique AvancariAcosta (canton) – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza (1747–1821), Governor of province of Costa RicaAlfaro (Alajuela) – Juan Alfaro Ruiz (1810–1856), Costa Rican military and hero of the Filibuster war
Alvarado (canton) – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz (d.1890)Anselmo Llorente District and Llorente District – Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente (1800–1871), Costa Rican BishopAserrí (canton) – Cacique AczarriBagaces – Cacique BagatziBarva – Cacique BarvakBiolley (Puntarenas) – Paul Biolley (1862–1908), Swiss educator and naturalist
Bolívar District, Grecia – Simón Bolívar Cañas (canton) – José María Cañas , Salvadoran military figureCarmona District, Nandayure – José Daniel Carmona Briceño (1869–1929)Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina , a head of state of Costa RicaCervantes District – Juan de CervantesCiudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro . President of Costa Rica
Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop (1912–2000), a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
Curridabat – Cacique CorriavaDaniel Flores District - José Daniel Flores Zavaleta (1876-1958), Costa Rican teacherDaniel Oduber (Liberia) – Daniel Oduber Quirós
Dota (canton) – Cacique OtaEl Guarco (canton) – Cacique El Guarco Flores (canton) – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña (1843–1903), a Costa Rican physicianGarcia Flamenco (Guanacaste) – Marcelino Garcia Flamenco (1888–1919), a Salvadoran teacher
Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y GoicoecheaGutiérrez Braun District – Hernán Gutiérrez Braun (1902–1979), Costa Rican engineerHeredia, Costa Rica – Alonso Fernández de Heredia , a President of the Real Audiencia of GuatemalaJiménez (canton) – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa RicaLeón Cortés (canton) – León Cortés Castro Llano Brenes (Alajuela) – Alberto Manuel Brenes (1870–1948)
Mayorga de Liberia – Francisco Mayorga Rivas (1864–1940)Montes de Oca (canton) – Don Faustino Montes de Oca (1860–1902), a former congressional representative from the areaMontezuma, Costa Rica – Moctezuma II , an Aztec EmperorMora (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras and Juan Mora Fernández Moravia (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras , President of Costa Rica and National HeroMorazan (Alajuela), Morazan (San Jose) and Morazan (Limon) – Francisco Morazán
Naranjito de Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo (1918–1948)Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla , President of Costa RicaOrlich (Alajuela) – Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
Orotina – Gurutina, indigenous king of the chorotega ethnicOsa (canton) – Cacique OsaPérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Pérez Zeledón (1854–1930), Jurist and diplomatPittier District – Henri François Pittier Pococí (canton) – Cacique PocociPuerto Jiménez and Jiménez, Pococí – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa RicaPuerto Soley (Guanacaste) – Tomás Soley Güell (1875–1943), Costa Rican economist
Puerto Thiel (Guanacaste) – Monseñor Bernardo Augusto Thiel (1850–1901)
Puerto Vargas (Limon) – Balvanero Vargas Molina (1833–1905), Governor of Limon
Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada Salazar (1873–1937), PoetRincón Ulate (Sarchi) – Otilio Ulate Blanco
Rivas, Costa Rica – Domingo Rivas Salvatierra (1836–1900)Rodríguez District – Herminio de Jesús Rodríguez Gonzalez (1892–1960)Santa Bárbara de Heredia – Saint Barbara Santa Ana (canton) – Saint Anne San Carlos (canton) – Saint Charles Borromeo Santo Domingo (canton), Costa Rica – Saint Dominic San Isidro (canton) – Saint Isidro Labrador San Isidro de El General – Saint Isidro Labrador and General Bernardo Soto Alfaro , President of Costa RicaSan José, Costa Rica – Saint Joseph San Mateo de Alajuela – Saint Matthew San Pablo (canton) – Saint Paul of Tarsus San Rafael (canton) – Saint RaphaelSan Ramón, Costa Rica – Saint Raymond Nonnatus or Ramon Salas Sandoval (1838–1902) and Ramon Rodriguez Solorzano (1818–1893), two prominent figures in San RamonSan Vito (Costa Rica) – Saint Vitus or Vito Sansonetti (1916–1999), Italian marine and founder of San Vito de JavaValverde (San Ramon) – Carlos Luis Valverde (1903–1948), Costa Rican physician and revolutionary
Vázquez de Coronado (canton) – Conquistador Juan Vázquez de Coronado Volio District – Julián Volio Llorente Former:
Aguirre (now Quepos ) – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
Alfaro Ruiz (now Zarcero ) – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856
Valverde Vega (now Sarchí ) – Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union).
Croatia
Former:
Cuba
Bartolomé Masó, Cuba – Bartolomé Masó , a Cuban patriot and President of CubaBriones Montoto (Cuba) – Antonio Briones Montoto (1940–1967), Cuban revolutionary
Calixto García, Cuba – Calixto García Iñiguez , an independence war heroCamilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte) – Camilo Cienfuegos , Cuban revolutionaryCárdenas, Cuba – Mateo de Cárdenas y Vélez de GuevaraCentral José Smith Comas (Cárdenas) – José Smith Comas (1932–1956)
Cespedes, Cuba – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes , Father of the Cuban Fatherland and first President of CubaCienfuegos – José Cienfuegos Jovellanos, Captain General of CubaCiro Redondo – Ciro Redondo, a Cuban revolutionaryColón, Cuba – Christopher Columbus Emilio Córdova (Encrucijada) – Emilio Córdova Garcia (1938–1958)
Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País Héctor Molina (San Nicolás) – Héctor Molina Riaño (1922–1958)
Hermanos Saíz (San Juan y Martínez) – The Saiz Brothers who died in action in 1957
Heriberto Orellanes (La Sierpe) – Heriberto Felipe Orellana (1926–1959)
Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officerJesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez LarrondoJuan Gualberto Gómez (Matanzas) – Juan Gualberto Gómez
Loynaz Hechavarría (Holguin) – Loynaz Hechavarría Cordovés (1911–1956)
Manuel Sanguily (Ciego de Avila) – Manuel Sanguily (1848–1925)
Mariel, Cuba – Cacique MarienMartí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez GarciaObdulio Morales (Sanctis Spiritus) – Obdulio Morales (1910–1981), Cuban compositor
Pablo de la Torriente Brau (Bahía Honda) – Pablo de la Torriente Brau (1901–1936)
Pedro Betancourt – Pedro Betancourt Dávalos Piti Fajardo (Trinidad) – Manuel "Piti" Fajardo (1930–1960)
Ramon Balboa (Cienfuegos) – Ramon Balboa Monzon (1939–1958)
Raúl Hernández Vidal (San Antonio de los Baños) – Raúl Hernández Vidal (1948–1978), Cuban pilot
Reynold García (Calimete) – Reynold García García (1922–1956)
Sabino Hernández (Santo Domingo) – Sabino Hernandez Casal (died in 1959)
Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee Silvio Caro (Bahía Honda) – Silvio Nestor Caro (1943–1966)
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein , ironworks ownerAlojzov – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein Barrandov , Prague – Joachim Barrande Františkovy Lázně – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Golčův Jeníkov – Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg armyHavlíčkův Brod – Karel Havlíček Borovský Jáchymov – St. Joachim Jindřichův Hradec – Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the townFortress Josefov and Josefov (Prague) – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Halasovo Kunštátsko – František Halas
Karlín – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria Karlovy Vary – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Karlštejn Castle and village – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Mladá Boleslav – Boleslaus II of Bohemia Špindlerův Mlýn – Spindler, a millerŠvermova (Bruntál) – Jan Šverma
Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Vítkov – Vítek z KravařŽižkov – Jan Žižka Former:
Denmark
In Greenland:
In Bornholm:
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Cabral, Dominican Republic – José María Cabral Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – General Jose Cabrera (d.1884), hero of the Dominican RestorationCastillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican RestorationCayetano Germosén – a Dominican patriot and martyrCiudad Juan Bosch (Santo Domingo) – Juan Bosch (politician) , Dominican President
Colonia Libertador (Dajabon) – Rafael Trujillo (libertator)
Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte , founder of the Dominican RepublicDuvergé – General Antonio Duvergé , Dominican independence heroEspaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat , 19th-century author and PresidentEmma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) – Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquín Balaguer's sister
Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato mayor) – Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), a Dominican catholic religious
Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernandez, a famous Dominican priest in the war of independence from HaitiGalván, Dominican Republic – Manuel de Jesús Galván (1834–1910), Dominican writerHermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert Jimaní – Cacique XimaniJosé Francisco Peña Gómez (Pedernales) – José Francisco Peña Gómez , Dominican lawyer and politician
Juan de Herrera, Dominican Republic – Juan de Herrera (Spanish farmer)Juan Rodríguez (La Vega) – General Juan Rodriguez Garcia (1886–1960), Dominican military and politician
Loma de Cabrera and Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – José Cabrera Gómez (1810–1884), Dominican independence heroLas Matas de Farfán – Bartolome Farfan de los Godos, Spanish merchantLuperón – Gregorio Luperón , Dominican general and statesmanMamá Tingó (Monte Plata) – Mamá Tingó , Dominican activist leader
María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez , a female soldier in the wars of independenceMella, Independencia – Matías Ramón Mella Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel , Archbishop of Santo Domingo and PresidentPadre Las Casas, Dominican Republic – Bartolomé de las Casas Pedro Brand – Peter Dorse Brand, a Californian minerPedro Santana, Dominican Republic – Pedro Santana , first President of Dominican RepublicPepillo Salcedo, Dominican Republic – General José Antonio Salcedo Pimentel, Dominican Republic – Pedro Antonio Pimentel Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (Duarte) – Antonio Guzmán Fernández , President of the Republic
Ramón Santana – twin brother of Pedro SantanaSalcedo, Dominican Republic – Francisco Antonio SalcedoSan Antonio de Guerra – Hernando Guerra (founder)Sánchez, Dominican Republic – Francisco del Rosario Sánchez Sánchez Ramírez Province – Juan Sánchez Ramírez , hero of the Battle of Palo Hincado (1808)Santiago Rodríguez Province – Santiago Rodríguez , an officer of the Dominican army in the Dominican War of IndependenceSanto Domingo – Saint Dominic Valverde Province – José Desiderio Valverde Vicente Noble – General Vicente Noble, Dominican militaryVilla González – Manuel de Jesús González Estevez (1862–1912), founderVilla Riva – Gregorio Riva (1833–1889), Dominican pioneerVilla Tapia – Doroteo Antonio Tapia (1844–1901), Hero of the Dominican Restoration WarVilla Vásquez – Horacio Vásquez , President of the Dominican RepublicFormer:
East Timor
Former:
Vila Armindo Monteiro was the name of Bobonaro – Armindo Monteiro (1896–1955), Portuguese university professor, businessman, diplomat, and politicianVila Eduardo Marques was the name of Bazartete – Eduardo Marques (1867–1944), Portuguese military and officerVila Filomeno da Câmara was the name of Same, East Timor – Filomeno da Câmara de Melo Cabral (1873–1934), Governor of Portuguese TimorVila General Carmona was the name of Aileu – Óscar Carmona , Portuguese presidentVila Salazar was the name of Baucau – António de Oliveira Salazar
Ecuador
Alejandro Labaka (Orellana) – Alejandro Labaka (1920–1987), Spanish bishop
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno , President of EcuadorAntonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante (1771–1836), Ecuadorian Independence HeroAtahualpa Canton – Atahualpa , King of QuitoBolívar Canton, Carchi – Simón Bolívar Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simón Bolívar General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar, Ecuadorian military and politicianCamilo Ponce Enríquez (parish) – Camilo Ponce Enriquez , president of EcuadorCarlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (Manabí) – Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Ecuador – Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola , president of EcuadorCevallos – Pedro Fermín Cevallos (1812–1893), Ecuadorian Politician and HistorianCoronel Marcelino Maridueña – Marcelino Maridueña Quesada (1798–1883)Durán, Ecuador – Sr. José Durán Maristany (1878–1956)El Empalme de Velasco Ibarra – José María Velasco Ibarra , president of Ecuador
Eloy Alfaro Canton – Eloy Alfaro , President of EcuadorEcheandía – Manuel José de Echeandía (1783–1850), Ecuadorian independence heroEspejo Canton – Eugenio Espejo , Ecuadorian scientistFlavio Alfaro Canton – General Flavio Evaristo Alfaro (1865–1912)General Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez – Leónidas Plaza , President of Ecuador
Girón Canton – Spanish captain Francisco Hernández GirónGonzalo Pizarro Canton – Gonzalo Pizarro , Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco PizarroInes Arango (Orellana) – Ines Arango (1937–1987), Colombian missionary
Isidro Ayora, Ecuador – Isidro Ayora Ibarra, Ecuador – Miguel de Ibarra y Mallea (1550–1608)Jaime Roldos, Pastaza and Jaime Roldos (Guayas) – Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Julio Andrade (Carchi) – General Julio Andrade (1866–1912)
Lauro Guerrero (Loja) – Lauro Guerrero Becerra (1873–1904), Ecuadorian military
Leonidas Proaño (Yantzaza) – Leonidas Proaño (1910–1988), Bishop of Riobamba
Mejía Canton – José Mejía Lequerica (1774–1813), Ecuadorian political figureMera, Pastaza – Juan León Mera , writerMilton Reyes (El Oro) – Milton Alfredo Reyes (1939–1970), student leader
Montalvo Canton – Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author and essayistMontúfar Canton – Coronel Carlos de Montufar (1780–1816), Ecuadorian militaryNuevo Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte , president of EcuadorQuevedo, Ecuador –Timoteo Quevedo Pozo (1813–1876), surveyingOlmedo Canton, Loja – José Joaquín de Olmedo , president of EcuadorOlmedo Canton, Manabí – José Joaquín de Olmedo Pablo Sexto – Pope Paul VI
Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from GuayaquilGeneral Villamil – José de Villamil , Ecuadorian independence heroPuerto López – Daniel Lopez (1848–1893), philanthropistPuerto Rodriguez (Sucumbios) – Coronel Luis Arsenio Rodríguez (1898–1977), Ecuadorian–Peruvian War hero
Puerto Villamil – José de Villamil Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo , journalist and politicianPedro Vicente Maldonado Canton and Maldonado (Carchi) – Pedro Vicente Maldonado , 18th-century Ecuadorian scientistPuerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno , president of EcuadorRocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte , president of EcuadorRumiñahui Canton – Rumiñawi (Inca warrior) Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana San Juan Bosco Canton – John Bosco San Miguel de Salcedo – Manuel Antonio Salcedo y Legorburú (1829–1870), priestSimón Bolívar Canton and Puerto Bolivar (El Oro) – Simón Bolívar Sucre Canton – Antonio José de Sucre Teniente Maximiliano Rodriguez (Loja) – Maximiliano Rodriguez Loaiza (1909–1941)
Tobar Donoso (Tulcan) – Julio Tobar Donoso (1894–1981), minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador
Tufiño (Carchi) – Luis Gabriel Tufiño (1880–1962), cartographer
Urbina (Tulcan) – José María Urvina
Urdaneta Canton – Luis Urdaneta Farias , a Venezuelan-Ecuadorian military figureValencia – Gregorio Valencia, founder
Egypt
El Salvador
Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria (d.1859)Aguilares – Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante and his brothers Nicolas and Vicente AguilarBolívar, La Unión – Simón Bolívar Cabañas Department – José Trinidad Cabañas Carolina, San Miguel – Charles IV of Spain Ciudad Arce – Manuel José Arce , Salvadorian Independence heroCiudad Barrios – General Gerardo Barrios , President of El SalvadorCol. Borja Moran (Ahuachapán) – Alfonso Borja Moran (1897–1986), Salvadorian deputy
Col Francisco Gavidia (San Miguel) – Francisco Gavidia , Salvadorian writer
Col. Isidro Menendez (San Salvador) – Isidro Menendez (1795–1858)
Colón, La Libertad – Christopher Columbus Comunidad Farabundo Martí (Santa Ana) – Farabundo Martí , Salvadorian revolutionary
Delgado, San Salvador – José Matías Delgado , Salvadorian Independence heroLa Reina, Chalatenango – Guatemalan resident, Maria ReinaMorazán Department – Francisco Morazán Santa Ana, El Salvador – Saint Anne Santiago de María – Santiago González (politician) , President of El Salvador with his daughter Maria Concepción Gonzalez Fortis (1872–1943)San Antonio Pajonal – Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa San Cayetano Istepeque – Cayetano Molina, President of El SalvadorSan Fernando, Chalatenango – King Ferdinand VII of Spain San Fernando, Morazán – Ferdinand III of Castile San Francisco Menéndez – Francisco Menéndez , President of El SalvadorSan Francisco Morazán – Francisco Morazán San Gerardo – Gerardo Barrios , President of El SalvadorSan Ildefonso, San Vicente – Saint Ildephonsus of ToledoSan Jorge, San Miguel – Jorge Meléndez , President of El SalvadorSan Luis La Herradura – Luis Chávez y González San Rafael, San Miguel – Rafael Zaldívar , President of El SalvadorSan Rafael Cedros – Rafael Zaldívar San Rafael Obrajuelo – Rafael Zaldívar San Ramón, Cuscatlán – Presbyter Ramon GarciaSan Salvador , El Salvador – Jesus (the Christian Savior)San Vicente, El Salvador – Saint Vincent of Saragossa Segundo Montes, Morazán – Segundo Montes , a Jesuit priest and scholar at the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"Victoria, Cabañas – Guadalupe Victoria , first President of MexicoZaragoza, La Libertad – Emperor Caesar Augustus
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Anna – Saint Anne Järva-Jaani – John the Baptist Juhkentali – Lorenz Jauch, local landownerKadriorg – Catherine I of Russia Karlova – Carl Gustav von Krüdener, local landownerKatleri – the Kattler family, local landownersKlooga and Kloogaranna – the Klugen noble family, local landownersKolga-Jaani – John the Evangelist Kristiine – Christina, Queen of Sweden Maarja-Magdaleena – Mary Magdalene Maarjamäe – Marie, wife and/or daughter of Anatol Orlov-Davydov Madise – Saint Matthias Manilaid and Manija – Magnus, Duke of Holstein Peetri – Peter Peter, an 18th-century local farmerPildiküla – Feliks Pilt (1906–1979), founder of a local housing estatePirita – Bridget of Sweden Suure-Jaani – John the Evangelist Tondi and Tondiraba – Jobst Dunte, Tallinn BurgermeisterTartu – possibly after Tharapita , God of Estonian mythologyValga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landownersFormer:
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Finland
France
Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia Althen-des-Paluds - Jean Althen Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda - Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Apatou – Apatou (captain) Bonrepos-Riquet - Pierre-Paul Riquet Brie-Comte-Robert - Robert I, Count of Dreux Broglie, Eure - François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie Bourg-Madame - Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writerChampagne-Vigny - Alfred de Vigny Charleville-sous-Bois – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny Chavaniac-Lafayette - Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Chilly-Mazarin - Cardinal Mazarin Colleville-Montgomery - Bernard Montgomery Crillon-le-Brave (the brave ) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon Decazeville – Élie, duc Decazes , Prime MinisterDescartes – René Descartes Diane-Capelle - Diane de DommartinDomrémy-la-Pucelle - Joan of Arc , the Maid of OrléansElisabethville (Yvelines) – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
Eugénie-les-Bains - Eugénie de Montijo Ferney-Voltaire – Voltaire Fitz-James - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick Flavigny-sur-Ozerain – possibly named after a Roman general FlaviusFrédéric-Fontaine – named after Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg Grenoble (Latin : Gratianopolis Gratian Guisanbourg – Jean Samuel Guisan Hastingues - John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings Henrichemont - Henry IV of France Le Bignon-Mirabeau - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard Le Plessis-Trévise - Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso Les Pennes-Mirabeau - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Levallois-Perret - Nicolas Levallois (1816-1879) and Jean-Jacques PerretMaisons-Laffitte - Jacques Laffitte Milly-Lamartine - Alphonse de Lamartine , poet and writerMont-Louis – Louis XIV of FrancePapaïchton -Pompidouville – Georges Pompidou , President of FrancePhilippsbourg - Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Place Léon-Blum (Paris) – Léon Blum , a French socialist politician
Quartier De Gaulle (Cayenne) – Charles de Gaulle
Régina – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina (1868–1922)Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire - Cardinal Richelieu Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult , Prime MinisterSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni – Auguste Baudin , Governor of French GuianaSaint-Léger-Vauban – Vauban Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin – Louis XIV of FranceSaint-Michel-de-Montaigne - Michel de Montaigne Saint-Paterne-Racan - Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan Schœlcher - Victor Schœlcher Thorey-Lyautey - Hubert Lyautey Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom - Henri d'Harcourt, 1st Duke of Harcourt Vendays-Montalivet – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Vitry-le-François - Francis I of France
Gabon
Germany
Augsburg (state of Bavaria) – Roman Caesar Augustus Brunswick (state of Lower Saxony) – Bruno, Duke of Saxony Charlottenburg (state of Berlin) – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover , queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 13th century, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)Cologne (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; German: Köln , Latin : Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium Claudius and Agrippina the Younger , empress consort (lit. Claudian colony and sacrificial altar of the Agrippinensians )Constance (state of Baden-Württemberg; German: Konstanz ) – Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus Friedrichstadt (state of Berlin) – King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 1688, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710)Hildesheim (state of Lower Saxony) – farmer Hildwin (landowner in the 10th century)Karlsruhe (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Leverkusen (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – pharmacist Carl Leverkus Ludwigsburg (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg Ludwigshafen upon Rhine (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – King Louis I of Bavaria Saarlouis (state of Saarland) – King Louis XIV of France Sankt Pauli (state of Hamburg) – (Saul) Paul of Tarsos Trier (state of Rhineland-Palatinate; Latin : Augusta Treverorum ) – Augustus (lit. City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people )Wilhelmshaven (state of Lower Saxony) – King William I of Prussia , later also German Emperor (lit. William's harbour )Former:
Georgia
Agmashenebeli (Batumi) – David IV of Georgia
Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Andrew
Asatiani Settlement (Kutaisi) – Lado Asatiani , Georgian poet
Atarbekovka (Abkhazia) – Georgi Atarbekov
Bagrationi (Batumi) – Pyotr Bagration
Chavchavadze Settlement (Kutaisi) – Ilia Chavchavadze
Dedoplistsqaro , Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of GeorgiaEliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Elijah
Filippovka (Akhalkalaki) – Filipp Makaradze , President of Georgia during the soviet era
Gabashvili Hill (Kutaisi) – Revaz Gabashvili , Georgian writer and politician
Georgiashvili (Tetritskaro) – Arsen Georgiashvili (1881–1906)
Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) – Saint George
Iliatsminda (Signagi) – Ilia Chavchavadze
Javakhishvili (Batumi) – Ivane Javakhishvili , one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University
Kalinino (Gardabani) – Mikhail Kalinin
Kazbegi Municipality – Alexander Kazbegi , a Georgian writerKhimshiashvili (Batumi) – Sherip Khimshiashvili
Kirov (Zugdidi), Kirovka (Marneuli) – Sergey Kirov
Leselidze (town) – General Konstantin Leselidze , a Georgian Colonel-General and National heroMikeltsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Michael
Mtskheta – Mtskhetos , epic hero of Georgian mythologyMyasnikiani (Akhalkalaki) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan , first Communist President of Armenia
Nikoloz Baratashvili district (Rustavi) – Nikoloz Baratashvili
Nikortsminda – Saint Nicholas Ninoshvili (Guria) and Ninoshvili (Samtredia) – Egnate Ninoshvili , a Georgian writer
Ninotsminda – Saint Nino , an Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of GeorgiaNutsubidze Plato (Tbilisi) – Shalva Nutsubidze
Pirosmani (Dedoplistskaro) – Niko Pirosmani
Rustaveli (Batumi) – Shota Rustaveli
Saakadze (Gardabani) – Giorgi Saakadze , a Georgian politician and military commander
Stalinisubani (Kobuleti) – Joseph Stalin
Stepantsminda – Saint Stephen or a Georgian Orthodox monk named StephanShaumiani – Stepan Shahumyan , a Georgian revolutionaryShaumyanovka (Abkhazia) – Stepan Shahumyan
Tamar (Batumi) – Queen Tamar of Georgia
Tsereteli (Marneuli) – Akaki Tsereteli , Georgian poet
Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) – King Vakhtang I of Iberia
Vazha-Pshavela (Tbilisi) – Vazha-Pshavela , Georgian writer
Vorontsovi (Tbilisi) – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
Zhdanovakani (Ninotsminda) – Andrey Zhdanov
Zhiuli Shartava district (Rustavi) – Zhiuli Shartava Former:
Ghana
Greece
Alexandreia, Greece – Alexander the Great Alexandroupoli – King Alexander of Greece Aristotelis (municipality) – Aristotle , ancient philosopherAthens – Athena Dimitrios Ypsilantis (municipality) – Demetrius Ypsilanti , a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independenceDionysos, Greece – Dionysus , god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertilityEmmanouil Pappas (municipality) – Emmanouil Pappas , leader in the Greek War of IndependenceFilippoi – Philip II of Macedon Georgios Karaiskakis (municipality) – Georgios Karaiskakis , a leader of the Greek War of IndependenceGlaraki – George Glarakis (1789–1855)Gypareika (Athens) – Pavlos Gyparis , Greek army officer
Gyzi – Nikolaos Gyzis Heraklion – Heracles Ion Dragoumis (municipality) – Ion Dragoumis , Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian StruggleKountouriotika – President of Greece Pavlos Kountouriotis Kypriadou – Epameinondas Kypriadis (1888–1958)Ladopoulou, Patras – Evangelos G. Ladopoulos (1883–1966)Makrygianni, Athens – Yannis Makriyannis Megas Alexandros, Pella – Alexander the Great Nafplion – Nauplius Nikiforos Fokas – 10th century Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas Nikolaos Skoufas (municipality) – Nikolaos Skoufas , a leader of the Greek independence movementNikos Kazantzakis (municipality) – Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek writerOrestiada – Orestes Pavlos Melas (municipality) – Pavlos Melas , a Greek hero of Macedonian struggleProbonas – Dimitrios Probonas (1874–1949)Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter Pythagoreio – Pythagoras Santorini – Saint Irene Skagiopouleio – Panagiotis Skagiopoulos Theodoros Ziakas (municipality) – Theodoros Ziakas , a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independenceThessaloniki – Thessalonike , sister of Alexander the Great Traianoupoli – Roman emperor Trajan Vironas – Lord Byron , English poet and writer, National hero of Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Aguilar Batres (Zacapa) – Raúl Aguilar Batres , Guatemalan civil engineer
Aparicio (Suchitepéquez) – Francisca Aparicio de Barrios , First lady of Guatemala
Asentamiento Mario Alioto (Guatemala) – Mario Alioto Lopez Sanchez (1973–1994), Guatemalan student who was killed during a protest
Barberena – Lic. Jose Barberena, Guatemalan secretarian under President Justo Rufino BarriosBarrancas de Gálvez (San Marcos) – Mariano Gálvez
Cabañas, Zacapa – José Trinidad Cabañas , a Honduran politicianCiudad Tecun Uman, San Marcos – Cacique Tecun Uman Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado (Jutiapa) – Pedro de Alvarado
Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (1874–1975), daughter of Manuel Barillas Col. Martinez de Lejarza (Guatemala) – Juan José Martínez de Lejarza (1785–1824)
Col. Miguel Ángel Asturias (Quetzaltenango) – Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan diplomatic and writer
Col. Monseñor Gerardi (Guatemala) – Monseñor Juan José Gerardi Conedera
Col. Perez Guisasola (Guatemala) – Enrique Perez Guisasola (1924–1951)
Col. Ulises Rojas (Guatemala) – Ulises Rojas (1881–1959), botanist
Comunidad Hermogenes Lopez (Chimaltenango) – Hermógenes López Coarchita
Cooperativa Mario Mendez (Peten) – Mario Mendez Montenegro (1910–1965), political leader
Chicacao – Francisco Chicajau, indigenous villagerFraijanes – Two Missioners Juan Milán y Juan ÁlvarezFrancisco Vela (Retahuleu) – Ing. Francisco Vela (1859–1909), Guatemalan cartographer
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas – 15th-century Spanish priest, bishop, and writer Bartolomé de las Casas Flores, El Petén – Cirlio Flores Estrada, a Guatemalan physicianFlores Costa Cuca – José Felipe Flores , Physician and Maria Josefa Barrios y Aparicio "Maruca or Cuca" (1878–1959), daughter of Justo Rufino BarriosGalvez (Quetzaltenango) – Mariano Gálvez , Guatemalan Independence hero
Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados Godinez (Sololá) – Juan Godínez , Spanish conquistador
Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez , a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leaderJuarez (Quetzaltenango) – Benito Juárez , Mexican president
Kaibil Balám (Quiche) – Kaybʼil Bʼalam, a 16th-century leader of the Mam people
La Gomera, Escuintla – Antonio Peraza de Ayala y Rojas, conde de la GomeraLa Reforma, San Marcos – Justo Rufino Barrios the reformerLa Union Barrios (Baja Verapaz) – Justo Rufino Barrios
Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician Edward Livingston Los Ochoa (San Marcos) – Bonifacio Ochoa Barrios (1888–1964) and Victor Maria Ochoa Barrios (1872–1951)
Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Barón de Berrieza (1715–1787)Modesto Méndez (Izabal) – Modesto Méndez (1801–1863), Guatemalan military
Morazán, El Progreso – Francisco Morazán , a Central American leaderMorales, Guatemala – Guatemalan Lawyer and colonel Próspero Morales Nuevo San Carlos – King Charles III of Spain Palencia, Guatemala – Don Matias de Palencia, FounderPuerto Barrios – Justo Rufino Barrios , President of GuatemalaQuirio Cataño (Chiquimula) – Quirio Cataño, Spanish sculptor
Recuerdo a Barrios (Quetzaltenango) – Justo Rufino Barrios
San Carlos Sija – King Charles III of Spain San Jacinto, Chiquimula – Hyacinth of Poland , Bishop of CracoviaSan Joaquin (Alta Verapaz) – Joaquina Cabrera , a former president's mother
San Jorge (Zacapa) – Jorge Ubico , president
San Luis Jilotepeque – King Louis IX of France San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founderSanta Catarina Barahona – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, FounderSanta Cruz Barillas , Santa Elena Barillas (Guatemala) – General Manuel Barillas , president of GuatemalaSanta Lucía La Reforma – Saint Lucy and Justo Rufino Barrios the liberal reformerSanta Rosa Cuilapa – Rose of Lima Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez – Dominic of Guzman Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain Buxton, Guyana – Fowell Buxton Campbelltown, Guyana – Stephen Campbell , first Amerindian member of Parliament in GuyanaFort Wellington, Guyana – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Georgetown – King George III of the United KingdomJonestown – Jim Jones , American religious and cult leaderLethem – Sir Gordon James Lethem Linden, Guyana – Linden Forbes Burnham Sampson , a Prime Minister and President of GuyanaMatthews Ridge, Guyana – Matthew Young (1905–1996)Stabroek, Guyana – Nicholaas Geelvinck , Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India CompanyStewartville, Guyana – John Stewart (1789–1860)Victoria, Guyana – Queen Victoria
Haiti
André, Ouest – André Rigaud Bombardopolis – German benefactor, Monsieur de BombardeDessalines – Jean-Jacques Dessalines , a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent HaitiDr. François Duvalier (Hinche) – François Duvalier
Cite Simone (Port-au-Prince) – Simone Duvalier , First lady of Haiti
Ennery, Artibonite – Victor-Thérèse Charpentier , marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-DomingueGressier – Edmond Valléry Gressier Justin, Ouest – Justin Lhérisson , Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacherKillick Stenio Vincent (Port-au-Prince) – Sténio Vincent , President of Haiti
Leclerk Bidonville (Port-au-Prince) – Charles Leclerc (general) , a French Army general
Louverture, (Pétion-ville) – Toussaint Louverture
Morne Boyer (Haiti) – Jean-Pierre Boyer , leader of the Haitian Revolution
Nan Lavaud (Ouest) – Franck Lavaud
Ouanaminthe – Juana Mendez (1788–1873), mother of Buenaventura Báez, a Dominican presidentPétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion , President of HaitiSimon (Sud) – Tirésias Simon Sam
Simone (Dessalines) – Simone Duvalier
Thomas, Ouest – Thomas Madiou Village Lumane Casimir (Haiti) – Lumane Casimir (1920–1955), Haitian singer Former:
Honduras
Alfonso XIII (Santa Barbara) – Alfonso XIII of Spain
Asentamiento Juan Benito Montoya (Copan) – Juan Benito Montoya, peasant leader who was killed in Los Horcones in 1975
Barrio Paz Barahona (Cortes) – Miguel Paz Barahona
Cabañas, Copán –José Trinidad Cabañas , President of HondurasCabañas (Danli) – José Trinidad Cabañas
Cabañas, La Paz – General José Trinidad Cabañas Col. Alfonso Guillen (Yoro) – Alfonso Guillen Zelaya (1887–1947), Honduran Poet
Col. Alfonso Lacayo (Cortes) – Alfonso Lacayo (1923–1985), Garifuna physician
Col. Amaya Amador (Yoro) – Ramón Amaya Amador , Honduran author
Col. Francisco J. Mejía (Yoro) – Francisco J. Mejía , Honduran teacher
Col. Francisco Murillo Soto (Yoro) – Prof. Francisco Murillo Soto (1893–1982)
Col. Jacobo V. Carcamo (Yoro) – Jacobo Carcamo (1916–1959), Honduran Poet
Col. Jesús Aguilar Paz (Tegucigalpa) – Jesús Aguilar Paz , Honduran Chemist
Col. Medardo Mejia (Olancho) – Medardo Mejia (1907–1981), Honduran poet
Col. Rodas Alvarado (Ocotepeque) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado , President of the National Congress
Col. Terencio Sierra (Cortes) – Terencio Sierra
Col. Víctor F. Ardón (Tegucigalpa) – Víctor F. Ardón (1896–1976), Honduran educator
Froylán Turcios (Olancho) – Froylán Turcios , Honduran Poet
Guadalupe Carney (Colon) – James Carney (American priest) , also known as Father Guadalupe Carney
Grupo Villeda Morales (Atlantida) – Ramón Villeda Morales
Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes (1808–1878), Garifuna soldierJesús de Otoro – Fray Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda y Zepeda (1808–1885), bishop of ComayaguaJosé Santos Guardiola –José Santos Guardiola , President of HondurasKennedy (Tegucigalpa) – John F. Kennedy , American President
Marcovia – Marco Aurelio Soto , President of HondurasMarcelino Champagnat (Choluteca) – Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Melgar Castro (Marcala, La Paz) – Juan Alberto Melgar Castro , former Head of State of Honduras
Monseñor Fiallos (Tegucigalpa) – Monseñor Ernesto Fiallos (1857–1946), Honduran priest
Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán , Honduran liberal politicianPolicarpo Paz García (Yoro) – Policarpo Paz García
Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés , Spanish ConquistadorPuerto Lempira – cacique Lempira Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) – Ramón Villeda Morales , President of Honduras Rodas Alvarado (Danli) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado , Honduran lawyer
San Esteban, Olancho – Fray Esteban VerdeleteSan Francisco, Atlántida – Francisco Matute, Benefactor of the town.San Francisco del Valle – Saint Francis and José Cecilio del Valle San Jerónimo, Copán – Lic. Jerónimo J.Reina (1876–1918), Honduran poet and journalistSan Jorge, Ocotepeque – Saint George San Luis, Comayagua – King Louis IX of France San Pedro Sula – Saint Peter Santa Rosa de Aguán – Saint Rose of Lima Villeda Morales (Danli) – Ramón Villeda Morales
Hong Kong
Hungary
Abasár – King Sámuel Aba of HungaryAdyváros – Endre Ady
Ambrózfalva – Lajos AmbrózyAntalhegy – István Antal , Hungarian politician
Árpádhalom – Árpád , father of the Hungarian fatherlandBenczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr , Painter
Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay , aristocratCholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950)
Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen (1853–1932)
Erzsébetváros – Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria Ferencszállás – Baron Ferenc GerliczyFerencváros – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Harkakötöny – Kötöny Hunyadfalva – Hunyady family Izsófalva – Miklós Izsó , sculptorJánoshalma – John Hunyadi , commanderJózsefváros – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor József Attila lakótelep (Budapest) – Attila József
Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902)
Kossuthfalva (Budapest) – Lajos Kossuth , Governor-President of Hungary
Krepuska Géza-telep – Géza Krepuska
Krisztinaváros (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina Lipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II Nyírtass – Tas, grandson of ÁrpádPetőfibánya – Sándor Petőfi , poetPetőfiszállás – Sándor Petőfi Rákóczibánya – Francis II Rákóczi , Hungarian National heroRákóczifalva – Francis II Rákóczi Rákócziújfalu – Francis II Rákóczi Rudolftelep – Rudolf Cohacht, Hungarian minerSándorfalva – Viscount Sándor PallaviciniSolt – Solt Taksony – Taksony of Hungary Tass – Tas, grandson of ÁrpádTerézváros – Queen Maria Theresa Tiborszállás – Tibor Károlyi , Hungarian politicianTörökbálint – Bálint Török Újlipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II Üllő – Üllő, son of ÁrpádZalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo Former:
Iceland
Grímsey – Grími Ingjaldsson, who have a winter residence in their islandÓlafsfjörður – Ólafur Bekkur Karlsson
India
Adityapur . a city and a part of Jamshedpur was named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo (1887-1969).Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar Ambedkar Nagar district – B. R. Ambedkar , Father of the Indian ConstitutionAhmedabad – Sultan Ahmed Shah Ahmednagar – Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I , Nizam Shahi dynasty Alluri Sitharama Raju district – Alluri Sitarama Raju Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) – Jyotiba Phule Annamayya district – Annamacharya Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)Bardhaman – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir Bodh Gaya – Buddha Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji Chamoli district – Shiva , one of the principal deities of Hinduism.Chandigarh – Goddess Chandi Chennai – Chennappa Naicker CV Raman Nagar – a neighbourhood in Bangalore named after C. V. Raman Dalhousie – James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie Dr. Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar Faridabad – Shaikh Farid Bukhari Faridkot, Punjab – Fariduddin Ganjshakar Firozpur – Firuz Shah Tughlaq Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi , Indian activistGangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperorGautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor)Haridwar – Vishnu (Hari)Hyderabad – Hyder Mahal, wife of Quli Qutub Shah .Indira Point – Indira Gandhi , Prime Minister of IndiaJamshedpur , also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata Jaipur – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji Jodhpur – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji Komaram Bheem district – Komaram Bheem , a Gond martyrKrishnarajapuram – a suburb and neighbourhood in Bangalore named after Krishnaraja Wadiyar III Lucknow – Lakshmana , a hero of the ancient Hindu epic RamayanaMahendragarh – Mahendra Singh of Patiala Mangalore – Mangala Devi, Mangaladevi Temple Margherita, Assam – Margherita of Savoy Modinagar – Gujarmal Modi Moradabad – prince Murad Mumbai – Mumbadevi Nampally, Hyderabad - A Persian Diwan of Hyderabad State , Raza Ali Khan whose title was Nekh-Nam-Khan .Nizamabad City , Nizamabad district – Nizam of Hyderabad NTR district – N. T. Rama Rao , Chief Minister of Andhra PradeshOsmanabad – Mir Osman Ali Khan Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta SuriPatel Nagar – Vallabhbhai Patel , 1st deputy Prime minister of IndiaPithoragarh – Prithviraj Chauhan Port Blair – Archibald Blair R. T. Nagar – Rabindranath Tagore Rajendranagar mandal – Rajendra Prasad , President of IndiaRamachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra RajuRishabhdeo – First Tirthankar – Rishabha (Adinath) Robertsganj – Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district – Ajit Singh (Sikhism) Sant Kabir Nagar district – Sant Kabir , poetSanthome – locality in Mylapore , named after the Apostle, Saint Thomas Secunderabad - Named after Sikandar Jah , the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district – Bhagat Singh , Indian National HeroShimla – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity Kali Sri Ganganagar – General Sir Ganga Singh , the Maharajah of Bikaner State from 1888 to 1943Sri Sathya Sai district – Sathya Sai Baba , Indian guruSurendranagar Dudhrej – Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (1922–1983), Ruler of Wadhwan stateSri Potti Sriramulu Nellore – Potti Sreeramulu , an Indian revolutionaryTuljapur – Goddess Tulja Bhavani Temple Udaipur – Maharana Udai Singh II Udham Singh Nagar district – freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh Vasco da Gama – Vasco da Gama Visakhapatnam – ruled by King Visakha VarmaVizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)Vallathol Nagar – Vallathol Narayana Menon , Malayalam poetWilliamnagar – Williamson A. Sangma , the founding Chief Minister of MeghalayaWillingdon Island – large artificial island in Kochi , named after Lord Willingdon Wellington – town in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu , named after the Iron Duke YSR district – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy , Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Indonesia
Hatta, Bakauheni , Lampung – Mohammad Hatta , 1st Vice President of Indonesia
Jayawijaya Regency – Jaya-Vijaya , two gatekeepers (Dwarapalaka) of the abode of VishnuKartini, Sawah Besar , Jakarta – Kartini , Javanese women's rights figureSudirman, Tanralili, Maros , South Sulawesi – Sudirman , Indonesian military officer Former:
Iran
Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq – Mohammad Mosaddegh Amadegah Shahid Mohammad Montazeri – Mohammad Montazeri Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids Bandar-Abbas – Shah Abbas I Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni – Ruhollah Khomeini a Supreme leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politicianHamidaniyeh – Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani , 14th century Poet and ScholarHasanabad, Tehran – Mostowfi ol-Mamalek , Prime Minister of IranJammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami Kabak Mohammad Reza – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , last kingKermanshah – King Bahram IV Khomeyni Shahr – Ruhollah Khomeini Masjed Soleyman – Solomon , a major prophet of islamNahavand :
Naser Khosrow, Iran – Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poetParsabad - Engineer Ibrahim Parsa (1905-1996), founder of ParsabadPiranshahr – Piran, son of VisehRezaïyeh, Razavi Khorasan – Reza Shah Pahlavi
Rudaki, Iran – Rudaki , Persian poetSeleucia (Susiana) – Seleucus I Nicator Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynastyShahrak-e Ayatollah Madani – Mir Asadollah Madani , Iranian politicianSusa , formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I NicatorYazd – Yazdegerd I , a Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 399 to 420Yusef Abad – Mirza Yusef Ashtiani (1813–1887)Former:
Iraq
Ireland (Republic of)
Bellewstown – Darren BellewBinghamstown – Major Denis Bingham (1765–1842)Canningstown – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh Charlestown – Charles Strickland , Land Agent and Town PlannerCharleville, County Cork – Charles II of England Connacht – Conn Cétchathach County Kerry – Ciar Dún Laoghaire – Lóegaire mac Néill Edgeworthstown – the Anglo-Irish Edgeworth family, such as Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont , local rector, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth , economist, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth , botanist, Richard Lovell Edgeworth , politician, and Maria Edgeworth , writerEnniskean – "island of Cian", Cian Maol Muadh (O'Mahony) of Cork[10] [11] [12] Jamestown, County Leitrim – James VI and I Louisburgh, County Mayo – Louis XIV of France Rochfortbridge , County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort Former:
Israel
Former:
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 poetCaprese Michelangelo – Michelangelo , painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineerCastagneto Carducci – Giosuè Carducci , poetCastelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy , Father of the Italian fatherlandCava Manara – Luciano Manara , patriotCorridonia – Filippo Corridoni , Italian socialist, IWW heroCorteno Golgi – Camillo Golgi , pathologistErcolano – Heracles Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall Pietro Badoglio , soldier, politician, Prime Minister of ItalyGrizzana Morandi – Giorgio Morandi Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli , politician, Prime Minister of ItalyGuidonia Montecelio – Alessandro Guidoni , air force generalIncisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino (1802–1834), soldierJolanda di Savoia – Yolanda of Savoy Ladispoli – Prince Ladislao Odescalchi (1846–1920)Livorno Ferraris – Galileo Ferraris Mafalda – Mafalda of Savoy Manfredonia – Manfred of Sicily Marconia – Guglielmo Marconi Margherita di Savoia – Queen Margherita of Savoy Morra De Sanctis – Francesco de Sanctis Paderno Ponchielli – Amilcare Ponchielli Pienza – Pope Pius II Riese Pio X – Pope Pius X Rome – Romulus (disputed;[13] Rome#Etymology )
Sagliano Micca – Pietro Micca , Piedmontese heroSan Gimignano – Saint Geminianus San Mauro Pascoli – Giovanni Pascoli , poetSanremo – Saint Romulus of Genoa Sasso Marconi – Guglielmo Marconi , Italian radio pioneerSerra San Bruno – Saint Bruno of Cologne Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII – Pope John XXIII Umbertide – Umberto I of Italy Terranuova Bracciolini – Poggio Bracciolini , Renaissance humanistVirgilio – Publius Vergilius Maro , classical Roman poetVittorio Veneto – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Aberdeen, Jamaica – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Albert Town, Jamaica – Albert, Prince Consort Alexandria, Jamaica – Alexander Bustamante , First Prime Minister of JamaicaBerry Hill (Manchester) – Curtis Philip Berry
Brown's Town – Hamilton Brown , Scots-Irish planterDarlingford, Jamaica – Charles Henry Darling , Governor of Jamaica
Denham Town – Edward Brandis Denham , Governor of JamaicaGordon Town, Jamaica – George William Gordon Granville, Jamaica – Granville Sharp Kingston, Jamaica – King William III of England Mandeville, Jamaica – George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester , viscount MandevilleMoore Town, Jamaica – Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet Nanny Town – Nanny of the Maroons Norman Gardens (Kingston) – Norman Manley
Petersfield, Jamaica – Peter Beckford , Governor of JamaicaQueensborough, Kingston – Queen Victoria
Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica – Lady Anne Hyde Trenchtown – Daniel Power Trench (1813–1884)
Japan
Asaka, Saitama – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko , a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial familyDate, Hokkaidō – Date Kunishige , a Japanese samuraiHiroshima – Ōe no Hiro moto + Fukushima Motonaga (disputed)Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō (1870–1952) + Kanamori Tōjirō (1865–1909)Imamura, Saga – Hitoshi Imamura , a Japanese general
Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu , a civil officerKita, Hokkaido – Yuji Kitamura (1871–1903)Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858–1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clanMaeda, Aichi – Tadashi Maeda (admiral)
Masaki, Ehime – Jinzaburō Masaki , Japanese general
Meiji (Nagoya) – Emperor Meiji
Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (1837–1877), a prominent military commanderNiki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi (1834–1915), a Japanese pioneerNoda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke, Japanese military commander during the Muromachi periodNumata, Hokkaido – Kisaburo Numata (1834–1923)Okubo (Yokohama) _ Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura , Japanese poetSanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo periodSaigō, Shimane – Saigō Takamori Shōwa, Fukushima – Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira no Tadayuki, son of a Japanese warriorTakashimadaira – Takashima Shūhan
Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru, owner of Tendō castle during the Muromachi periodTorahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostituteToyota, Aichi – Sakichi Toyoda and Kiichiro Toyoda Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi (1847–1895), Japanese SamuraiTsuruga, Fukui – Tsunuga Arashito, Japanese SamuraiUchiyama, Aichi – Eitaro Uchiyama , a lieutenant general
Wake, Okayama – Wake no Kiyomaro , a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara periodYamamoto, Kagawa – Isoroku Yamamoto , Japanese Marshal Admiral
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Abay (town) . Abay, Aktobe , Abay, Almaty and Abay District, East Kazakhstan – Abai Qunanbaiuly , Kazakh poet, composer and philosopherAltynsarin District – Ybyrai Altynsarin , a Kazakh educatorAmangeldi – Amangeldi Imanov (1873–1919), Kazakh national leaderAuezov district (Almaty) – Mukhtar Auezov , a Kazakh writer
Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy (1644–1700), Kazakh biy and tribesmanAyteke Bi – Ayteke BiyBalpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
Baydibek District – Baidibek Karashauly (1356–1419), legendary heroBayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860–1945), Kazakh folk singerBayzak District – Bayzak Mambetuly (1789–1864), Kazakh military leader and politicianBeimbet Mailin District – Beimbet Mailin (1894–1938), Kazakh writerBokey Orda District – Bokei Khan, chairman of the Khan's Council during the Aishuak KhanBudennovka (Akmola) – Semyon Budyonny
Bukhar-Zhyrau District – Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov , a Kazakh poetChapaev, Kazakhstan – Red Army hero of the Russian Civil War Vasily Chapayev Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko Gabit Musirepov District – Gabit Musirepov , Kazakh writerHamit Ergaliev (Atyrau) – Hamit Ergaliev (1916–1997), writer
Imeni Baymaganbeta Iztolin (North Kazakhstan) – Baymaganbet Iztolin (1899–1921), poet
Imeni Dinmukhamed Kunaev (Zhambyl) and Qonaev – Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player Dina Nurpeisova Imeni Imangali Biltabanov (Aktobe) – Imangali Biltabanov (1925–1945), Kazakh hero
Imeni Kudaibergen Zhubanov (Aktobe) – Kudaibergen Zhubanov (1899–1938), philologist
Imeni Rakhim Sabdenov (Zhambyl) – Rakhim Sabdenov (1929–2000), Socialist workers' hero
Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) – Kasym Kaysenov (1918–2006), Kazakh writer and military officer
Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Turkistan) – Shamshi Kaldayakov , a Kazakhstani composer
Imeni Tattibay Duisebayev (Zhambyl) – Tattibay Duisebayev (1923–1996), Kazakh police general
Imeni Temirbek Zhurgenov (Aktobe) – Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898–1938), writer
Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev Kurchatov – Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly Magzhan Zhumabaev District – Kazakh writer Magzhan Zhumabayev Makhambet – Makhambet Otemisuly , Kazakh PoetMamlyutka – Mavlyut Valguzin, a Tatar peasantMantai Zharymbetov (Turkistan) – Mantai Zharymbetov (1912–1967), Socialist worker's hero
Nurmukhamed Esentaev (Turkistan) – Nurmukhamed Esentaev (1909–1975), Socialist worker's hero
Panfilov District, Kazakhstan – Ivan Panfilov Pavlodar – Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia Petropavl – Saint Peter and Saint Paul Raiymbek District – Raiymbek Batyr Ridder – Philip Ridder ; between 1941 and 2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin Satpayev – Kazakh geologist and first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences Kanysh Satpayev Shal akyn District – Tileuke Kulekeuly (Shal Akyn), a Kazakh poetTole Bi District – Töle Biy Turar Ryskulov, Turkistan – Kazakh politician Turar Ryskulov
Turar Ryskulov District – Turar Ryskulov , President of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicUalikhanov District – Shoqan Walikhanov , ethnographerZhambyl District, Almaty Region – Jambyl Jabayev . Kazakh traditional folk singerZhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region – Jambyl Jabayev Zhangeldi District – Alibi Zhangeldi (1884– 1953), Kazakh revolutionaryZhansugirov – Ilyas Zhansugurov , Kazakh literatureZhanybek District – Janibek Khan , a co-founder and the second Khan of the Kazakh Khanate from 1473–1480Former:
Kenya
Kosovo
Former:
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Аbdrakhmanov (Issyk-Kul) – Yusup Abdrakhmanov (1901–1938), Kyrgyz politician
Abdy-Suerkulov (Toktogul) – Abdy Suerkulov (1912–1992), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) – Absamat Masaliyev
Aldashev (Jeti-Ögüz) – Abdulkhai Aldashev (1918–2003), Kyrgyz pharmacologist, toxicologist and translator
Alla-Anarov (Aravan) – Alla Anarov (1907–1979), cotton producer
Aydaraliev (Talas) – Rysbek Aidaraliev (1922–1998), Kyrgyz public figure
Amanbayevo – Akhmat Amanbayev (1920–1964), Kyrgyz compositor
Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941)Baetov – Kyrgyz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902–1949)Baytik – Baytik Batyr (1823–1886), one of the leaders of the Solto tribe who fought the Kokand KhanateBishkek – Bishkek Batyr (1700–1757), Commander of the Kyrgyz army in the war against the invaders of Dzungar in the 18th century.Bokonbayevo – Kyrgyz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910–1944)Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (Ysyk-Ata) – Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (1948–2004)
Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
Imeni Aliaskara Toktonalieva (Ysyk-Ata) – Aliaskar Toktonaliev (1929–1990), Finance Minister
Imeni Suymenkula Chokmorova – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
Imeni Toktomata Zulpueva (Nookat) – Toktomat Zulpuev (1925–1995)
Isanov (Osh) – Nasirdin Isanov , Kyrgyz Prime Minister
Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar Jayyl District – Jayyl Batyr (1692–1780), one of the heroes of the Solto tribeKarasaev (Tüp) – Kusein Karasaev (1901–1998), Kyrgyz linguist
Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
Kulatov (Nookat) – Turabay Kulatov (1908–1984), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin Manas District – Manas , mythical Kyrgyz national heroMavlyanov (Aksy) – Junai Mavlyanov (1923–2003), writer and poet
Mombekovo (Nooken) – Yusup Mombekov (1926–1983), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
Nazaraliev (Aksy) – Orozaaly Nazaraliev (1898–1957), Kyrgyz educator
Nurzhanov (Talas) – Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922–1987), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
Urazbekov (Batken) – Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1889–1938), Kyrgyz statesman
Osmonkulov (Talas) – Iskender Osmonkulov (1907–1992), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov Pristan'-Przheval'sk – Nikolay Przhevalsky Semyonovka, Issyk Kul – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (1915–1941)Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov Zharkynbayevo – Kyrgyz hero Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969)Former:
Laos
Latvia
Former:
Lebanon
Former:
Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty
Lesotho
Liberia
A.B. Tolbert Community – Adolphus Benedict Tolbert (died in 1980), a former President's son
Arthington, Liberia – Robert Arthington, an attorney and philanthropist from Leeds, EnglandBarclayville – Edwin Barclay , President of LiberiaBuchanan – Thomas Buchanan Careysburg – Lott Carey , a Baptist ministerClay-Ashland – Henry Clay , an American lawyer, planter, and statesmanGreenville, Liberia – Judge James GreenHarper, Liberia – Robert Goodloe Harper , American politicianMonrovia – James Monroe , President of the United StatesRobertsport – Joseph Jenkins Roberts , First President of LiberiaSamuel K. Doe Community (Monrovia) – Samuel Doe
Tubmanburg – William Tubman , President of Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Former:
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Former:
Malaysia
Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort , colonial governor of North BorneoBandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar , Malayan politicianBandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara (d.1941)Bandar Muadzam Shah – Abu Bakar of Pahang Bandar Seri Putra – Tunku Abdul Rahman Bandar Tun Abdul Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein , 2nd Prime Minister of MalaysiaBandar Tun Hussein Onn – Hussein Onn , 3rd Prime Minister of MalaysiaBandar Tun Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka – Abdul Razak Hussein Butterworth, Penang – William John Butterworth , governor of the Straits SettlementsCameron Highlands – William Cameron , British geologistCarey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey, English planter in MalayaFELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson , American presidentFELDA Soeharto – Soeharto , Indonesian presidentFraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser, Scottish pioneerGeorge Town, Penang – George III of the United Kingdom Gohtong Jaya – Lim Goh Tong , Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneurHang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah , legendary heroKampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney , British colonial administratorPort Dickson – John Frederick Dickson , British colonial administratorPutrajaya – Tunku Abdul Rahman , father of Malayan independenceSeri Iskandar – Iskandar of Perak , 30th Sultan of PerakShah Alam – Hisamuddin of Selangor Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman Taman Tun Sardon – Sardon Jubir , governor of PenangTaman Tun Teja – Princess Tun Teja
Taman U-Thant – U Thant , UN General Secretary from 1961 until 1971,Templer's Park – Gerald Templer , senior British Army officerVictoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria Weston – A.J. West, British North Borneo railway engineer
Malawi
Former:
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Apodaca, Nuevo León – Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto, bishopCiudad Juárez – Benito Juárez , presidentCiudad López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos , presidentCiudad Nezahualcóyotl – Nezahualcoyotl , poetCiudad Obregón – Álvaro Obregón , presidentCiudad Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria , first presidentGeneral Escobedo – Mariano Escobedo Hermosillo – José María González HermosilloGuadalupe, Zacatecas and other communities named Guadalupe – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mary)Guerrero state and several other localities – Vicente Guerrero , independence leader and presidentHidalgo , state and several other localities – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla , independence leader and Father of the Nation Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán – Lázaro Cárdenas del Río , presidentMorelia – José María Morelos , independence leaderMorelos state and several other localities – José María Morelos, independence leaderSan Luis Potosí City and state – King Louis IX of France San Nicolás de los Garza – Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the townTuxtla Gutiérrez – Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez, independence leaderQuintana Roo – Andrés Quintana Roo , politician
Moldova
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza , Prince of MoldaviaCantemir, Moldova – Dimitrie Cantemir Ciorescu, Chişinău – Ion Gheorghe Ciorescu (founder)
Frunză, Ocnița – Mikhail Frunze Ion Vodă, Florești – John III the Terrible
Lazo, Ștefan Vodă – Sergey Lazo , Moldavian revolutionary
Lebedenco, Cahul – Nikita Lebedenko , Soviet military leader
Miciurin – Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin Regina Maria, Soroca – Marie of Romania
Ștefan Vodă – Stephen III of Moldavia Former:
Mongolia
Montenegro
Former:
Morocco
Mozambique
Former:
António Enes was the name of Angoche – António José Enes (1848–1901), Portuguese journalist and colonial administratorAugusto Cardoso was the name of Metangula – Augusto Cardoso (1859–1930), Portuguese explorerCaldas Xavier was the name of Cambulatsitse – Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier (1852–1896), Portuguese colonial administratorCidade Salazar was the name of Matola – António de Oliveira Salazar João Belo was the name of Xai-Xai – João Belo (1878–1928), Portuguese militaryLourenço Marques was the name of Maputo – Lourenço Marques (explorer) Malvernia was the name of Chicualacuala (Vila Eduardo Mondlane) – Godfrey Huggins , 1st Viscount MalvernPorto Amélia was the name of Pemba, Mozambique – Queen Amélie of Orléans Vila Coutinho was the name of Ulongué – João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira (1865–1944)Vila Fontes was the name of Caia, Mozambique – Fontes Pereira de Melo Vila Gomes da Costa was the name of Alto Changane – Manuel Gomes da Costa , Portuguese presidentVila Gouveia was the name of Catandica – Manuel António de Sousa , Portuguese military captainVila Junqueiro was the name of Gurúè – Manuel Saraiva Junqueiro (d.1959)Vila Machado was the name of Nhamatanda – Joaquim José Machado Vila Paiva de Andrada was the name of Gorongosa – Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada (1846–1928)Vila Pery was the name of Chimoio – João Pery de Lind (1861–1930), Governor of Mozambique Company Territories of Manica and SofalaVila Pinto Teixeira was the name of Mabalane – Francisco dos Santos Pinto Teixeira (1887–1983), Portuguese military engineerVila Trigo de Morais was the name of Chokwe, Mozambique – António Trigo de Morais (1895–1966), Portuguese engineerVila Vasco da Gama was the name of Chiputo – Vasco da Gama
Myanmar
Namibia
Caprivi Strip – Leo von Caprivi , German general and statesmanHenties Bay , Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe (1871–1954)John Pandeni Constituency – John Pandeni , a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma (died in 1968), a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrillaKeetmanshoop – Johann Keetman, German traderLüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann BrandtMoses ǁGaroëb Constituency – Moses ǁGaroëb , a Namibian PoliticianNehale lyaMpingana Constituency – Nehale Mpingana , Namibian National heroSamora Machel Constituency – Samora Machel , President of MozambiqueTobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko , a guerrilla war heroFormer:
Nepal
Bhimdatta – Bhimdatta Panta , a revolutionary farmer leaderBirendranagar – King Birendra of NepalBirendranagar, Chitwan – King Birendra of NepalBirgunj – Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana , Nepali statesmanByans – Vyas , legendary author of HinduismDasharathchand – Dashrath Chand , a martyr of Nepalese Democratic MovementJanakpur – King Janak , an ancient Indian king of Videha,Jaya Prithvi – Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh , a humanist, peace advocate, writer and social activistK.I. Singh Rural Municipality – Kunwar Inderjit Singh , 20th Prime Minister of NepalKrishnapur, Nepal – Krishna Mahendrakot and Mahendranagar, Dhanusha – Mahendra of Nepal Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai , a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951Siddharthanagar – from Buddha 's given name SiddharthaSiddhicharan Municipality – Siddhicharan Shrestha Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva (Vyas )
Netherlands
Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia Emmaberg – Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
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 Koningsbosch (lit. King's Forest ) – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Koningsoord (Het Hogeland) – William III of the Netherlands
Mariaparochie – Mary, mother of Jesus Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely Odiliapeel – Odilia of Cologne Oud-Beijerland , Nieuw-Beijerland and Zuid-Beijerland – Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria (Dutch: Sabina van Beieren )Philippine, Netherlands – Philip I of Castile Prins Alexander – Alexander, Prince of Orange 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 Van Ewijcksluis – Daniël Jacob van Ewijck van Oostbroek van de Built (1786–1858), Dutch PoliticianWilhelminadorp, Best – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelminadorp, Goes – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelminaoord – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Willemsdorp – King William I of the Netherlands
Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland – King William II of the Netherlands Willemstad, North Brabant – William the Silent , Father of the Dutch fatherland
New Zealand
Addisons Flat, West Coast – unknown African American gold prospector[18]
Aidanfield – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858–1958)Albert Town – Prince Albert Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark Allanton – James AllanAlfredton – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Andersons Bay – James Anderson and familyArthurs Point – Thomas ArthurAshburton – Francis Baring , Baron Ashburton Auckland – George Eden, Earl of Auckland Ballance – John Ballance Bell Block – Dillon Bell Benneydale – Matt Benney and Tom DaleBlaketown – Isaac BlakeBrockville – Frederick Brock-Hollinshead Bronte – Admiral Lord Nelson , Duke of Bronté Brunner – Thomas Brunner Brydone – Thomas Brydone Carterton – Charles Carter Charleston – Captain Charles BonnerChristchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church , a college of the University of Oxford in England)Clarkville – Joseph ClarkClive – Robert Clive ("Clive of India")Clinton – Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Clyde – Lord Clyde Coatesville – Gordon Coates , Prime MinisterCobden – Richard Cobden Collingwood – Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood Colville – Alexander Colville, 7th Lord Colville of Culross Cromwell – possibly Oliver Cromwell Dargaville – Joseph DargavilleDays Bay – George DayDennison – R.B. DennistonDobson – George DobsonDuders Beach – Thomas DuderEvansdale – William EvansEyreton – Edward John Eyre Featherston – Isaac Featherston Feilding – William Feilding Fendalton – Walpole Chesshyre Fendall (1830–1913)Fordlands – Harry FordFoxton – William Fox , PremierFranz Josef / Waiau – Franz Joseph I of Austria Frasertown – Major James FraserGabriel's Gully – Gabriel Read Gisborne – William Gisborne Gladstone – William Ewart Gladstone Godley Head – John Robert Godley Gore – Thomas Gore Browne Greerton – Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Harpur GreerGrey River / Māwheranui , Greymouth , Greytown – George Grey , GovernorHaast – Julius von Haast Halswell – Edmund Storr Halswell QC (1790–1874)Hamilton – John Fane Charles Hamilton Hampden – John Hampden Hanmer Springs – Thomas HanmerHarrisville – Benjamin Harris Hastings – Warren Hastings Havelock – Henry Havelock Havelock North – Henry Havelock Helensville – Helen McLeod, wife of John McLeodHinds – Samuel Hinds Hope – Jane HopeHunterville – George Hunter Hyde – John Hyde HarrisInvercargill – William Cargill Jack's Point – "Maori Jack" TewaJacksons – Michael JacksonKennedys Bush – Thomas KennedyKimbell – Frederick J. KimbellLevin – William Hort Levin Lincoln – Earl of Lincoln Linton – James LintonLower Hutt – Sir William Hutt Lyell – Charles Lyell Lyttelton – the Lyttelton family Macraes – John MacRaeMackenzie Basin – James Mckenzie Mackenzie District – James Mckenzie Macetown – brothers Charles, Harry, and John MaceMairtown – Gilbert Mair and familyMartinborough – John Martin Massey – William Massey , Prime MinisterMasterton – Joseph Masters Mauriceville – Maurice O'Rourke Maxwell (now Pākaraka ) – Sergeant George MaxwellMcLaren Park, New Zealand – Bruce McLaren Melville – James Dougal Melville (1841–1909)Mercer – Captain Henry MercerMoncks Bay – John Stanley MonckMillers Flat – Walter MillerMurchison – Roderick Murchison Napier – Charles James Napier Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson Ormondville – John Davies Ormond Palmerston – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Picton – Thomas Picton Plimmerton – John Plimmer Port Albert – Prince Albert Port Chalmers – Thomas Chalmers Port Levy – Solomon Levey Port Underwood – Joseph UnderwoodPrestons – Thomas Herbert PrestonPyes Pa – Charles Pye , VC Queenstown – Queen Victoria Raglan – Lord Raglan Rātana Pā – T. W. Ratana Renwick – Thomas Renwick Ross – George Ross Saint Arnaud – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud Seddon – Richard Seddon , Prime MinisterSeddonville – Richard Seddon , Prime MinisterSumner – John Bird Sumner Tasman – Abel Tasman Upper Hutt – Sir William Hutt Victoria – Queen Victoria Vogeltown – Julius Vogel , PremierWakefield – Arthur Wakefield Waldronville – Bill Waldron (1909–1976)Ward – Joseph Ward Wellington – Duke of Wellington Wellsford – an acronym derived from the surnames of the first European families who settled in the regionWest Eyreton – Edward John Eyre Whitford – Richard WhitfordWinton – Thomas WintonWyndham – Charles Ash Windham
Nicaragua
Ahmed Campos Correa (Chontales) – Ahmed Campos Correa (1956–1982), a Nicaraguan Poet
Arlen Siu (Granada) – Arlen Siu , a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
Bernardino Diaz Ochoa (Granada) – Bernadino Diaz Ochoa (1941–1971), a Nicaraguan peasant and revolutionary
Bluefields – Abraham Blauvelt , a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630sCarazo Department – Evaristo Carazo , President of NicaraguaCárdenas – Adán Cárdenas , President of NicaraguaCiudad Darío – Rubén Darío , Nicaraguan poetCiudad Sandino – Revolutionary Augusto César Sandino El Viejo – Cacique AgateyteFiliberto Morales (Chinandega) – Filiberto Morales Darce (d.1979)
German Pomares (Jinotega), German Pomares (Nueva Segovia) – German Pomares Ordonez (1936–1979), a Nicaraguan national hero
Greytown, Nicaragua – Charles Edward Grey , a British judge and colonial governorGaspar García (Rivas) – Gaspar García Laviana
Hilario Sanchez (Managua) – Hilario Sánchez Vásquez (1953–1983), a Nicaraguan military
Jesus Rivera (Jinotega) – Manuel de Jesus Rivera "La Mascota" (1965–1978), a Nicaraguan revolutionary kid
Jose Benito Escobar (Matagalpa) and Jose Benito Escobar (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Jose Benito Escobar (1936–1978), revolutionary
La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of MaryLarreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga , Nicaraguan philosopherLeon Diaz (Jinotega) – General José León Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution
Leonel Rugama (Estelí) – José Leónel Rugama (1949–1970), Nicaraguan poet
Macario Brenes (Masaya) – Macario Brenes Alvarez (died in 1979)
Madriz Department – José Madriz , President of NicaraguaMarlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) – Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962–1983), a student martyr
Monseñor Madrigal (Nueva Segovia) – Monseñor Nicolás Antonio Madrigal y García (1898–1977)
Pablo Ubeda (Boaco) – Rigoberto Cruz (died in 1967), also known as Pablo Ubeda, one of the founders of the FSLN
Padre Ramos (Chinandega) – Father Francisco Ramos, Nicaraguan priest
Puerto Benjamín Zeledón – Benjamín Zeledón , national hero of Nicaragua
Puerto Cabezas – Rigoberto Cabezas, journalist, military figure and politicianPuerto Diaz, Chontales – Adolfo Díaz , President of Nicaragua
Puerto Morazán – Francisco Morazán , a Honduran PoliticianPuerto Salvador Allende (Managua) – Salvador Allende
Ricardo Morales Avilés (Granada) – Ricardo Morales Avilés (1939–1973)
Rigoberto López Pérez (Managua) – Rigoberto López Pérez , Nicaraguan poet
Rivas Department – Patricio Rivas , President of NicaraguaRivas, Nicaragua – Francisco Rodriguez de Rivas (1674–1743), Captain General of GuatemalaRoman Esteban Toledo (Carazo) – Roman del Carmen Esteban Toledo (1950–1979), revolutionary
Rubén Darío (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Rubén Darío
San Dionisio, Matagalpa – Dionisio de Herrera , president of NicaraguaSan Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King Ferdinand III of Spain San Francisco Chontales (Villa Sandino) – Rev. Frank Setzer (1911–2000)
San Francisco del Norte – Saint FrancisSan José de Cusmapa – José Dolores Estrada San José de los Remates – José María Guerrero de Arcos , director of the State of NicaraguaSan Lorenzo de los Tellez – Saint Lawrence and Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the areaSanta Lucía, Boaco – Saint Lucy Santa María, Nueva Segovia – Saint Mary San Nicolás, Estelí – Saint Nicholas San Pedro del Norte – Saint Peter San Ramón, Matagalpa – Saint Raymond Nonnatus Santa Teresa, Carazo – Saint Teresa of Ávila Santo Tomás del Norte – Tomas Ruiz Romero (1777–1819), Priest and independence heroSocrates Sandino (Masaya) – Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875–1935), a Sandino's paternal brother
Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca , founder of the Sandinista National Liberation FrontVilla Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Former:
Oman
Pakistan
Abbottabad – James Abbott Aliabad, Hunza – Ali , cousin of the prophet MuhammadAziz Bhatti Town – Raja Aziz Bhatti , Pakistani military officerBahawalnagar – Bahawal Khan V Bahawalpur – Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi (1715–1749)Chowk Sarwar Shaheed Tehsil – Raja Muhammad Sarwar , Pakistani army officerDera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa (d.1984)Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail KhanDera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leaderFaisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi ArabiaFatehpur Thakiala – Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi (d.1988)Fort Abbas – Abbas Abbasi , Amir of the Bahawalpur State and former governor of PunjabHaripur, Pakistan – Hari Singh Nalwa Haroonabad, Bahawalnagar – Sahibzada Muhammad Haroon-ur-Rashid Ahmad Abbasi (1924–1972), son of Nawab of Bahawalpur sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan VHayatabad – Hayat Sherpao Iqbal Town, Lahore – Muhammad Iqbal , Pakistani national poetJacobabad – John Jacob Jafarabad District – Jafar Khan Jamali , a Muslim League veteran from BalochistanJamalabad Gojal - Jamal of Hunza Jamshed Town – Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta , first elected Mayor of KarachiJauharabad – Mohammad Ali Jauhar , one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan MovementJinnahabad (Abbottabad) – Muhammad Ali Jinnah , Father of the nation
Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah (d.1983)Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri , one of the pioneers of the Pakistan MovementLiaquatabad Town and Liaquatpur – Liaquat Ali Khan , Pakistani statesmanMinchinabad – Colonel Charles Minchin (1829–1898), British political AgentMiranshah – Miran Shah Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar KhanMuzaffargarh – Nawab Muzaffar Khan (d.1818), Afghan Popalzai governor of MultanNankana Sahib – Guru Nanak Nasirabad District – Muhammad Nasir Khan I (1710–1794), ruler of KalatNazimabad – Khawaja Nazimuddin , Governor-General of PakistanNishtar Town – Abdur Rab Nishtar , a Pakistan movement leaderPhool Nagar – Phool Muhammad Khan , former Minister of the areaPort Qasim – Muhammad bin Qasim , an Arab CommanderQilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of KalatQuaidabad – Muhammad Ali Jinnah Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan (1877–1881), who died by burns in a fireRajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan ShahSadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V Safdarabad – Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar (d.1989)Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto , a two-time prime minister of PakistanShaheed Fazil Rahu – Fazil Rahu Sheikhupura – Jahangir 's nickname ShekhuShujabad – Nawab Shuja KhanTando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur ShahwaniToba Tek Singh – Tek Singh , Sikh religious figureFormer:
Panama
Alcalde Díaz – Mauricio Díaz Garcés (1901–1972), former mayor of PanamaAlmirante, Bocas del Toro – Altamirante Christopher Columbus Amador, Panama – Manuel Amador Guerrero , first PresidentAmelia Denis de Icaza (corregimiento) – Panamanian romantic poet Amelia Denis de Icaza Antón – Antón Martín, Spanish explorerArnulfo Arias, Panama – Arnulfo Arias , president of PanamaArosemena, Panama – Pablo Arosemena Belisario Porras, Panama – Belisario Porras Barahona , president of PanamaCarlos Santana Ávila – Carlos Santana Ávila, former legislator of Panameñista PartyColón – Christopher Columbus Chepigana – Cacique ChepiChepo – Cacique CheporiDavid, Chiriquí – King David Edwin Fábrega – Panamanian politician Edwin Fábrega Velarde (1929–1983)Ernesto Córdoba Campos – former deputy Ernesto Córdoba Campos (d.1999)Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet Tomás Martín Feuillet Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo VásquezHerrera (corregimiento) – Tomás de Herrera Hurtado, Panama – Don Manuel José Hurtado, father of Panamanian educationJosé Domingo Espinar – Panamanian patriot José Domingo Espinar (1791–1865)Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama – Juan Demóstenes Arosemena , president of PanamaJuan Díaz, Panama City – Juan Díaz, spanish soldierJusto Fidel Palacios – Justo Fidel Palacios (1956–1987), panamanian journalistLos Díaz – General Domingo DíazManuel E. Amador Terrero (Veraguas) – Manuel Encarnación Amador (1869–1952), designer who created the flag of Panama
Manuel Ortega, Emberá – Professor Manuel Ortega (d.1983)Mateo Iturralde – General Mateo IturraldeMendoza, Panama – Carlos A. Mendoza, former presidentObaldía, Panama – José Domingo de Obaldía Omar Torrijos, Panama – Commander Omar Torrijos Omar Torrijos Herrera District (Colón) – Omar Torrijos , Leader of the Panamanian Revolution
Parque Lefevre – Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre Pedasí, Los Santos – Cacique PeaziPenonomé, Coclé – Cacique NoméPinogana – Cacique PinoPuerto Armuelles – Colonel Tomás ArmuellesPuerto Obaldía – José Domingo de Obaldía , president of PanamaPuerto Vidal – Father Superior Francisco Xavier VidalPurio – Cacique PuriRodolfo Aguilar Delgado – trade unionist leader, Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado (1939–1963)Rubén Cantú, Panama – Panamanian pilot Rubén Cantú (d.1967)Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Rufina Alfaro Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Victoriano Lorenzo Villa Carmen, Panama – Carmen Madrid de Arias (d.1943), mother of Arnulfo Arias
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Alberdi, Paraguay – Juan Bautista Alberdi , Argentine writerBenjamín Aceval – Tomas Benjamin Aceval (1845–1900), a paraguayan diplomatCapitán Bado – José Matías Bado, an army officerCapitán Carmelo Peralta – Carmelo Peralta (1910–1940), paraguayan aviatorCapitán Mauricio José Troche – Mauricio José Troche (liberator) Capitán Meza – Pedro Ignacio Meza (1813–1865)Col.Juan Sinforiano Bogarin (Caaguazu) – Juan Sinforiano Bogarín , Archbishop of Paraguay
Col.Padre Guido Coronel (Alto Paraná) – Guido Coronel (1911–1990)
Coronel Bogado – Jose Felix Bogado, a Paraguayan HeroCoronel Oviedo – Florentin Oviedo, a hero of Paraguayan warDoctor Cecilio Báez – Cecilio Báez , president of ParaguayDoctor Eulogio Estigarribia – Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, lawyer and politicianDoctor Juan León Mallorquín District – Juan León Mallorquín (1880–1947), President of Supreme court of JusticeDoctor Juan Manuel Frutos – Juan Manuel Frutos , President of ParaguayDoctor Moisés Bertoni – Moisés Santiago Bertoni , a Swiss naturalistDoctor Pedro P. Peña – Pedro Peña , President of ParaguayDoctor Raúl Peña, Paraguay – Carlos Raúl Peña del Molino Torres (1904–1984), a former president Pedro Peña's son
Domingo Robledo (Mayor Otaño) – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), former municipal intendant of Encarnacion
Eusebio Ayala – Eusebio Ayala , President of ParaguayEscobar, Paraguay – Patricio Escobar , President of ParaguayFernando de la Mora, Paraguay – Fernando de la Mora (politician) , a father of Paraguayan independence from SpainGeneral Artigas – Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas General Delgado – Jose Maria Delgado, a military of Paraguayan warGeneral Elizardo Aquino – Elizardo Aquino, a hero of Paraguayan warGeneral Eugenio A. Garay – Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1874–1937), a Paraguayan military and journalistGeneral Francisco Álvarez – Francisco Caballero Alvarez (1896–1958), Paraguayan militaryGeneral Higinio Morínigo – Higinio Morínigo , President of ParaguayGeneral Isidoro Resquín – Francisco Isidoro ResquínGeneral José Eduvigis Díaz – José Eduvigis Díaz, a Hero of Paraguayan warGeneral Patricio Colmán (Alto Paraná) – Patricio Colmán Martinez (1911–1972)
Hernandarias District – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, a spanish ConquistatorJosé Fassardi – Giusseppe Fassardi (1866–1940), Italian businessmanJosé Ocampos – Jose Domingo Ocampos (1885–1993), founderJuan Emilio O'Leary – Juan Emiliano O'Leary (1879–1969), Paraguayan journalist, poet, historian, and politicianJuan R. Chavez (Caaguazu) – Juan Ramon Chavez (1901–1995)
Julián Augusto Saldívar – Julian Augusto Saldivar Viera (1896–1986), Paraguayan diplomatMariano Roque Alonso – Mariano Roque Alonso , a consul of the republicMariscal Estigarribia – Marshall José Félix Estigarribia , President of ParaguayMariscal Francisco Solano López – Francisco Solano López , Second President of ParaguayMayor José Dejesús Martínez – Jose Dejesus Martinez, a hero of Paraguayan warPedro Juan Caballero – Pedro Juan Caballero Presidente Franco District – Manuel Franco , President of ParaguayPuerto Casado – Carlos Casado del Alisal Raúl Arsenio Oviedo – Raúl Arsenio Oviedo (d.1960), Paraguayan politician who was killed by the guerrillas who faced the Stroessner's regimeSan Alberto, Paraguay – Capt. Alberto Fernandez Valenzuela (1906–2005), a captain of the Paraguayan navySan Alfredo (Concepción) – Alfredo Stroessner , President of Paraguay
San Lázaro – Capt. Lazaro Aranda (1873–1945), founderSargento José Félix López – José Félix López Pesoa (1860–1870), Paraguayan child martyr who died at Battle of Cerro CoráTeniente Esteban Martínez – – Teniente Esteban Martínez (d.1932), Hero of the Chaco warTeniente Primero Manuel Irala Fernández – Manuel Irala Fernández (1893–1979), Hero of the Chaco warTomás Romero Pereira, Paraguay – Tomás Romero Pereira , President of ParaguayValenzuela, Paraguay – father Antonio Fernandez de ValenzuelaVilla Elisa, Paraguay – Elisa von Poleski (1866–1946)Villa Hayes – Rutherford Hayes , US presidentYegros – Fulgencio Yegros , Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay Former:
Doña Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias was the name of Alto Verá – Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias, Alfredo Stroessner's sisterDomingo Robledo was the name of Natalio – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), Intendent of EncarnacionFortin Lopez de Filippis was the name of Mariscal Estigarribia – Captain Cesar Lopez de Filippis, Paraguayan military who died during the Chaco War on 1933Puerto Presidente Stroessner was the name of Ciudad del Este – Alfredo Stroessner
Peru
Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (Peru) – Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (1937–1951), a Child Hero of the School Police of Peru
Alonso de Alvarado District – Alonso de Alvarado , Spanish conquistadorAntonio Raymondi Province – Antonio Raimondi , native Italian geographerBolívar, Peru – Simón Bolívar Bolognesi Province – Francisco Bolognesi , hero of the Battle of AricaCáceres del Perú District – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres Cañete Province – Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Castilla District – Ramón Castilla Castrovirreyna – Doña Teresa de Castro
Condorcanqui Province – Túpac Amaru II (also known as Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui), a leader of a large Andean uprisingContralmirante Villar Province – Contralmirante Manuel Villar Olivera, Peruvian marinerCoronel Castañeda District – Colonel Jose Maria Castañeda, Peruvian militaryCoronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa District – Gregorio Albarracín (1817–1882)Coronel Portillo Province – Pedro Portillo, Prefect of LoretoDaniel Alcides Carrión Province – medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión Daniel Alomías Robles District – Daniel Alomía Robles , Peruvian compositorDaniel Hernández District – Daniel Hernández Morillo Deán Valdivia District – Juan Gualberto Valdivia Cornejo (1796–1884), Peruvian priestEleazar Guzman Barron District – Eleazar Guzmán Barrón (1899–1957), physicianElías Soplín Vargas District – Elías Soplín Vargas (1909–1933), Peruvian national heroEmilio San Martín District – Emilio San Martín (1861–1880), Peruvian national heroEspinar Province – Ladislao Espinar Carrera (1842–1879), hero of CuscoFernando Belaunde (Piura) – Fernando Belaunde Terry , President of Peru
Fernando Lores District – Fernando Lores Tenazoa (1906–1933), hero of the Colombia–Peru WarFidel Olivas Escudero District – Fidel Olivas Escudero (1850–1935), Peruvian bishopFitzcarrald District – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald General Sánchez Cerro Province – former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro Grau Province – Rafael Grau (1876–1917), Peruvian lawyer and politician who was assassinated in 1917Grau (Nauta) – Miguel Grau , Peruvian naval officer and national hero
Grocio Prado District – José Santos Grocio Prado Linares (1857–1880), hero of the Battle of the Peak of the AllianceGustavo Mohme Llona (Piura) – Gustavo Mohme Llona , businessman and politician
Hermilio Valdizán District – Hermilio Valdizán , Peruvian physicianHeroínas Toledo District – María e Higinia Toledo and their mother Cleofé Ramos, heroines of Peruvian independenceIgnacio Escudero District – Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso, Peruvian patricianIrazola District – Francisco Irazola (1869–1945), Spanish explorerJacobo Hunter District – Jacob Dixon Hunter (1837–1926), Scottish doctorJenaro Herrera District – Genaro Herrera (1861–1939), lawyer, narrator and politicianJorge Basadre Province – Jorge Basadre Grohmann , Peruvian historianJorge Chávez District – Jorge Chávez , Peruvian aviatorJosé Crespo y Castillo District – Juan José Crespo y Castillo, Peruvian independence heroJosé Domingo Choquehuanca District – José Domingo Choquehuanca (1794–1854), Peruvian lawyer and politicianJosé Luis Bustamante District – Jose Luis Bustamante , President of PeruJosé María Arguedas District – José María Arguedas , Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist
José María Quimper District – José María Químper (1828–1902), Minister of the InteriorJose Olaya (Nauta) – José Olaya , Peruvian independence hero
Juan Espinoza Medrano District – Juan Espinoza Medrano , Peruvian writerJuan Velasco Alvarado (Melgar) – Juan Velasco Alvarado , Peruvian general
Justo Apu Sahuaraura District – Justo Sahuaraura Inca , Peruvian independence heroLa Mar Province – José de La Mar , President of PeruLeoncio Prado Province , Leoncio Prado District, Huaura – Peruvian mariner Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro District – Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro , Peruvian explorerMaría Parado de Bellido District – María Parado de Bellido , Peruvian indigenous revolutionaryMariano Dámaso Beraun District – Mariano Dámaso Beraun (1813–1894), Peruvian physician and educadorMariano Nicolás Valcárcel District – Mariano Valcárcel Mariscal Benavides District – Oscar Benavides Mariscal Cáceres Province – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres Mariscal Castilla District, Chachapoyas , Mariscal Castilla District, Concepción – Ramón Castilla , President of PeruMariscal Gamarra District – Agustín Gamarra , President of PeruMariscal Luzuriaga Province – Peruvian marshal and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga Mariscal Nieto Province – Marshall Domingo Nieto , Peruvian politicianMelgar Province and Mariano Melgar District – Mariano Melgar , Peruvian patriot, poet, artist and warriorMicaela Bastidas District – Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua , a martyr for Peruvian independenceMiguel Checa District – Don Miguel Checa y Checa (1861–1935), Peruvian politician who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910Miguel Iglesias District – Miguel Iglesias , Peruvian soldier, general, and politician, 35th President of PeruNicolás de Piérola District – Nicolás de Piérola , President of PeruPachacuti District – Pachacuti
Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missionaryPadre Marquez District – Buenaventura MárquezPedro Vilca Apaza District – Pedro Vilca Apaza (1741–1782), Quechua indigenous rebel leaderPuerto Bermúdez District – Remigio Morales Bermúdez , President of PeruPuerto Maldonado – Faustino Maldonado, Peruvian explorerRamón Castilla – Marshall Ramón Castilla , President of PeruRequena Province – Francisco Requena y Herrera, Governor of MaynasRicardo Palma District – Ricardo Palma , Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politicianRodríguez de Mendoza Province – Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza , Peruvian academicRosa Panduro District – Carmen Rosa Panduro (1918–1989), Peruvian housewife who participated in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War Salas District, Ica – Juan José Salas, Peruvian independence heroSargento Elmer Pacaya (Nauta) – Sargent Elmer Pacaya del Águila (1966–1983)
San Martín Province – José de San Martín , Argentine general, Protector of PeruSan Román Province – Miguel de San Román President of PeruSánchez Carrión Province – José Faustino Sánchez Carrión , pro-independence politician from PeruSucre Province – Antonio José de Sucre , Grand Marshal of AyacuchoTeniente Cesar Lopez Rojas District – César Augusto López Rojas (1915–1941)Teniente Manuel Clavero District – José Manuel Sixto Clavero Muga (1879–1911), hero killed in a battle on the Colombian borderTúpac Amaru District – Túpac Amaru II Tupac Amaru Inca District – Túpac Amaru II Vargas Guerra District – Alfredo Vargas Guerra (1910–1933)Víctor Fajardo Province – Colonel Victor FajardoVíctor Larco Herrera District – Victor Larco Herrera , Peruvian philanthropistVíctor Raúl (Nauta) – Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
Villa María del Triunfo – María Delgado de Odría (1900–1990), First Lady of PeruZúñiga District – Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva
Philippines
Adams, Ilocos Norte – John Quincy Adams , President of the United States (1825–1829)Aguilar, Pangasinan – Rafael María de Aguilar , Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)Agoncillo, Batangas – Felipe Agoncillo , Secretary of Interior (1923–1925)Aguinaldo, Ifugao – Emilio Aguinaldo , 1st President of the Philippines Akbar, Basilan – Imam Akbar Marani, Islamic preacherAlfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya – Alfonso Castañeda, Governor of Nueva Vizcaya (1925–1928)Alicia, Bohol – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino Alicia, Isabela – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio QuirinoAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio QuirinoAllen, Northern Samar – Henry Tureman Allen , senior United States Army officer, Military Governor of Leyte Aurora – Aurora Quezon , First Lady of the Philippines Balagtas, Bulacan – Francisco Balagtas , Filipino poet and litterateurBasco, Batanes – José Basco y Vargas , Governor-General of the Philippines (1778–1787)Bautista, Pangasinan – John the Baptist Benito Soliven, Isabela – Benito Soliven, member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1928–1931) and the National Assembly of the Philippines (1935–1941)Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental – Andrés Bonifacio , Filipino revolutionary leaderBraulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte – Braulio Española DujaliBrooke's Point – James Brooke , British soldier and adventurerClarin, Bohol – Anecito Clarin, Governor of Bohol (1901–1904)Clarin, Misamis Occidental – José Clarín , Senator (1916–1935) and member of the House of Representatives (1907–1916)Corcuera, Romblon – Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera , Governor-General of the Philippines (1635–1644)Dagohoy, Bohol – Francisco Dagohoy , Filipino revolutionaryDasmariñas, Cavite – Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas , Governor-General of the Philippines (1590–1593)Delfin Albano, Isabela – Delfin Albano, member of the House of Representatives (1957–1965)Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan – Remedios Trinidad-Romualdez, mother of Imelda Marcos Enrile, Cagayan – Pasqual Enrile y Alcedo , Governor-General of the Philippines (1830–1835)Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental – Enrique B. Magalona , Senator (1946–1955) and member of the House of Representatives (1931–1946)Garchitorena, Camarines Sur – Don Andres Garchitorena , Governor of Ambos Camarines (1919)General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite – Emilio Aguinaldo , 1st President of the PhilippinesGeneral Luna, Quezon – Antonio Luna , Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army (1898–1899)General Mariano Álvarez – Mariano Álvarez , Filipino revolutionary and statesman
General Nakar – Major General Guilllermo Peñamente Nakar, Filipino military officer executed by the Japanese in 1943General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao – Salipada K. Pendatun , member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1985), House of Representatives (1957–1972), Senator (1946–1949), and Governor of Cotabato (1945)General Santos – General Paulino Santos , Commanding General of the Philippine Army (1936–1938) and Governor of Lanao (1936–1939)General Tinio, Nueva Ecija – Manuel Tinio , Governor of Nueva Ecija (1907–1909)General Trias – Mariano Trías , Filipino revolutionary considered to be the first de facto Vice President of the Philippines Gloria, Oriental Mindoro – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , President of the Philippines (2001–2010)Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur – Gregorio del Pilar , one of the youngest generals of the Philippine Revolutionary Army Isabela, Basilan – Queen Isabella II of Spain Isabela Province – Queen Isabella II of Spain Jones, Isabela – William Atkinson Jones , member of the United States House of Representatives (1891–1918), namesake of the Jones Act José Abad Santos, Davao Occidental – José Abad Santos , Chief Justice of the Philippines (1941–1942) and acting President of the Philippines (1942) executed by the Japanese forces
Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte – José María Panganiban Lavezares, Northern Samar – Guido de Lavezaris Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu Laurel – Miguel and José P. Laurel Legazpi, Albay – Miguel López de Legazpi Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega López Jaéna, Misamis Occidental – Graciano López Jaena
Mabini, Batangas – Apolinario Mabini Mabini, Bohol – Apolinario MabiniMabini, Davao de Oro – Apolinario MabiniMabini, Pangasinan – Apolinario MabiniMacArthur, Leyte – General Douglas MacArthur Magdalena, Laguna – Mary Magdalene Magsaysay, Davao del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay Malvar – Miguel Malvar Manolo Fortich – Mayor Manolo FortichMarcos, Ilocos Norte – Mariano Marcos Mendez, Cavite – Commodore Castro Méndez NúñezMuñoz, Nueva Ecija – Francisco MuñozNew Washington, Aklan – George Washington Norzagaray – Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero Ozamiz – José Ozámiz Quezon, Bukidnon – Manuel L. Quezon , President of the PhilippinesQuezon City – Manuel L. Quezon , President of the PhilippinesQuirino – Elpidio Quirino Padre Burgos, Quezon – José Burgos Padre Garcia, Batangas – Vicente García , a Filipino priest, hero and a defender of Jose P. RizalPio Duran, Albay – Filipino Pan-Asianist, Lawyer and Legislator, Pio Saceda Duran (1900–1961)Pio V. Corpuz, Masbate – Congressman and Governor, Pio Vicente Corpuz (1883–1944)President Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol – Carlos P. Garcia , President of the PhilippinesPresident Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas , President of the PhilippinesRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay , President of the PhilippinesRemedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of then First Lady and Congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos Rizal – José Rizal , National heroRodriguez, Rizal – Eulogio Rodriguez Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay – Roseller T. Lim Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas , President of the PhilippinesSalcedo, Eastern Samar – Juan de Salcedo Salcedo, Ilocos Sur – Juan de SalcedoSan Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte – Lorenzo Ruiz San Pablo, Laguna – St. Paul the First Hermit San Pedro, Laguna – St. Peter the Apostle Santa Rosa, Laguna – St. Rose of Lima Santiago – Saint James the Apostle Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat – Benigno Aquino Jr. Sikatuna, Bohol – Datu Sikatuna Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat Taft, Eastern Samar – William Howard Taft Tobias Fornier, Antique – Congressman from Antique, Tobias A FornierTrece Martires – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite Trinidad, Bohol – Trinidad de Leon-Roxas , first lady of the PhilippinesValderrama, Antique – Manuel Blanco Valderrama, acting Governor-General of the Philippines Valenzuela – Pío Valenzuela Victoria, Oriental Mindoro – Victoria Quirino , daughter of President Elpidio Quirino
Poland
Aleksandrów Kujawski – Emperor Alexander II Romanov , benefactor of the townAleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov Annopol – Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founderAugustów – King Sigismund II Augustus , founderBaborów – Bavor ze Strakonic , founderBarczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858–1928), Polish Catholic priestBemowo – Józef Bem , national heroBodzentyn – Jan Bodzanta , founderBolesławiec – Duke Bolesław the Pious , founderCzukty – Mikołaj Czukta, founderDuły – Jan Duła, founderDybowo – Jan Dybowski, founderDzierżoniów – Father Jan Dzierżon , Polish apiarist, discovered the parthenogenesis of beesFrampol – Franciszka Butler, wife of founderGiżycko – Gustaw Gizewiusz , political figureJanów Lubelski – Jan Zamoyski , son of founderJordanów – Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, founderJózefów – Tomasz Józef Zamoyski , founderKazimierz Dolny – Duke Casimir II the Just , donor of the town to the Order of NorbertinesKętrzyn – Wojciech Kętrzyński , historianKolonowskie – Philipp Colonna, founderKonstancin – Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founderKonstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov Korfantów – Wojciech Korfanty , Deputy Prime Minister of PolandŁaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz , founderMieszkowice – Duke Mieszko I Mrągowo – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz , Protestant pastorPieniężno – Seweryn Pieniężny (1890–1940), Polish journalistPlaterówka – Emilia Plater , national heroinePrzemków – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa , founderRejowiec – Mikołaj Rey , founderRymanów – Nicolao Reymann, founderSokołowsko – Alfred Sokołowski , resident and benefactor of the townSrokowo – Stanisław Srokowski , geographer and diplomatSzczuczyn – Stanisław Antoni Szczuka , founderSzlichtyngowa – Jan Schlichting, founderTarnobrzeg – Stanisław Tarnowski, founderTarnogród – Stanisław Tarnowski, founderTerespol – Teresa Słuszka, wife of founderTomaszów Lubelski – Tomasz Zamoyski , owner and benefactor of the townTomaszów Mazowiecki – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski , founderTyczyn – Bartold Tyczner, founderUrsynów – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz Wejherowo – Jakub Weyher , founderWładysławowo – King Wladislaus IV Vasa , founder of the town's portZawadzkie – Franciszek von Zawadzky, founderŻyrardów – Philippe de Girard , founderFormer:
Portugal
Costa Cabral (Porto) – António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar
Doutor Augusto de Castro (Lisboa) – Augusto de Castro (1883–1971), lawyer, diplomat and politician
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count Rodrigo González Girón Gomes da Costa (Porto) – Manuel Gomes da Costa
Guerra Junqueiro (Porto) – Guerra Junqueiro
Guimarães – Vímara Peres Lisbon (Latin , Olisipo , Olisipo Felicitas Iulia , Felicitas Julia Olissipo , Ulyssipolis , Ulisseia ) – Ulysses Marechal Carmona (Lisboa) – Óscar Carmona , President
Marques de Pombal (Lisboa) – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal Norton de Matos (Coimbra) – José Norton de Matos , a Portuguese general and politician
Porto Moniz – Francisco MonizPadre Cruz (Lisbon) – Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859–1948), Portuguese priest
Rainha D. Leonor (Albufeira) – Eleanor of Viseu
Santa Joana (parish) – Joanna, Princess of Portugal São Vicente, Madeira – Vincent of Saragossa Vale de Afonsinho – Afonso I of Portugal
Vila Boa do Bispo – D. Sisnando, bishop of PortoVila do Bispo – Bishop Fernando CoutinhoVila do Conde – Mumadona Dias Vila Real – King Denis of Portugal Vila Real de Santo António – Joseph I of Portugal
Puerto Rico
Amalia Marin (Ponce) – Amalia Marín Castilla (1876–1957)
Baldorioty De Castro (Ponce) – Román Baldorioty de Castro
Betances (Cabo Rojo) – Ramón Emeterio Betances , Puerto Rican lawyer
Bolívar (Santurce) – Simón Bolívar Caguas, Puerto Rico – chief Caguax Carolina, Puerto Rico – King Charles II of Spain Cataño, Puerto Rico – Hernando de CatañoEleanor Roosevelt (Hato Rey) – Eleanor Roosevelt , American PoliticianFajardo, Puerto Rico – Juan Antonio Fajardo (founder)Fernando L.Garcia (Utuado) – Fernando Luis García
Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico – Jesús T. Piñero , Governor of Puerto RicoIsabela, Puerto Rico – Queen Isabella I of Castile Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico – Isabella II of Spain Jaime L. Drew (Ponce) – Jaime L. Drew , Puerto Rican educator
John F. Kennedy (Mayagüez) – John F. Kennedy
Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico – Doña Juana DíazLares, Puerto Rico – Don Amador de Lariz, Spanish noblemanLevittown, Puerto Rico – William Levitt López Sicardó (Oriente) – Rafael Lopez Sicardo (1875–1937)Luis Llorens Torres (Santurce) – Luis Lloréns Torres
Manuel A. Pérez (San Juan) – Manuel Pérez (teacher)
Marín (Patillas) and Luis Muñoz Marín (San Lorenzo) – Luis Muñoz Marín , 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Morel Campos (Ponce) – Juan Morel Campos
Muñoz Rivera (Patillas) – Luis Muñoz Rivera , Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician
Nemesio Canales (San Juan) – Nemesio Canales
Ponce, Puerto Rico – Juan Ponce de León or Juan Ponce de León y Loayza , great-grandson of SpanishRafael Hernández (Aguadilla) – Rafael Hernández Marín
Roosevelt Roads (Ceiba) – Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Germán, Puerto Rico – Germaine of Foix , the new queen of King Fernando or Saint Germanus of Auxerre Villa Georgetti (Barceloneta) – Eduardo Georgetti
Qatar
Romania
Ady Endre – Endre Ady , Hungarian poetAlexandria – Alexandru II Ghica , Prince of WallachiaAlexandru Odobescu, Călărași – Alexandru Odobescu , writer and politicianAvram Iancu, Alba and Avram Iancu, Bihor – Avram Iancu Bucharest – Bucur , legendary shepherdC. A. Rosetti, Buzău , C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti , liberal Wallachian politicianCiprian Porumbescu, Suceava – Ciprian Porumbescu Constanța – Flavia Julia Constantia , sister of Constantine the Great Constantin Daicoviciu, Caraș-Severin – Constantin Daicoviciu , Romanian historian (died 1973)Costache Negri, Galați – Costache Negri , revolutionaryCostinești – Emil Costinescu , Minister of Finance and landownerCuza Vodă, Călărași , Cuza Vodă, Constanța , Cuza Vodă, Galați – Alexandru Ioan Cuza , Prince of MoldaviaDragalina, Călărași – General Ion Dragalina General Berthelot – Henri Mathias Berthelot , French generalGeorge Enescu, Botoșani – George Enescu , Romanian composerGheorghe Doja, Ialomița – György Dózsa , a Székely from TransylvaniaGheorghe Lazăr, Ialomița – Gheorghe Lazăr , Romanian scholarGiurgiu – Saint George Horia, Constanța , Horia, Neamț , Horia, Tulcea – Vasile Ursu Nicola (known as Horea)I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea – Ion C. Brătianu , Prime Minister of RomaniaIon Corvin, Constanța – John Hunyadi Ion Creangă, Neamț – Ion Creangă Ion Roată, Ialomița – Ion Roată , a Romanian peasant and political figureMedgidia – Abdülmecid I Mihai Eminescu, Botoșani – Mihai Eminescu Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța , Mihail Kogălniceanu, Ialomiţa , Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea – Mihail Kogălniceanu , Prime Minister of RomaniaMihai Viteazu, Cluj , Mihai Viteazu, Constanța – Michael the Brave Mircea Vodă, Brăila , Mircea Vodă, Constanța – Mircea I of Wallachia Moldovenești – Ioan Micu Moldovan, a Romanian professorNicolae Bălcescu, Bacău , Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași , Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanța , Nicolae Bălcescu, Vâlcea – Nicolae Bălcescu Nicolae Titulescu, Olt – Nicolae Titulescu , a Romanian diplomat and politicianNegru Vodă – probably Radu Negru Oneşti – Stephen the Great 's daughter, OanaOvidiu – Ovid Petru Rareș, Bistrița-Năsăud – Petru Rareș Roman – Roman I of Moldavia Saligny, Constanța – Anghel Saligny Sfântu Gheorghe , Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea – Saint George Ștefan cel Mare, Argeș , Ștefan cel Mare, Călărași , Ștefan cel Mare, Neamț , Ștefan cel Mare, Olt , Ștefan cel Mare, Vaslui , Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău – Stephen III of Moldavia Traian, Bacău , Traian, Brăila , Traian, Ialomița , Traian, Olt , Traian, Teleorman – Trajan Traian Vuia, Timiș – Traian Vuia , Romanian inventor and aviatorTudor Vladimirescu, Brăila , Tudor Vladimirescu, Galați – Tudor Vladimirescu Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș – Victor Vlad Delamarina , Romanian poetVlad Țepeș, Călărași , Vlad Țepeș, Giurgiu – Vlad the Impaler Former:
Russia
Akhmat-Yurt – Akhmad Kadyrov , President of the Chechen RepublicAlexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky – Emperor Alexander II of Russia Aslanbek-Sheripovo (Chechenia) – Aslanbek Sheripov (1897–1919), revolutionary leader
Andropovsky District – Yuri Andropov , PresidentBabushkin – Ivan Babushkin , revolutionary leaderBorisoglebsk – Saints Boris and Gleb Budyonnovsk – Marshall Semyon Budyonny Chaykovsky – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , composerChekhov – Anton Chekhov , playwrightChernokozovo – Khrisanf Pavlovich Chernokozov (1885–1966)Chernyakhovsk – General Ivan Chernyakhovsky Chersky – Polish paleontologist and explorer Jan Czerski Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast – General Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (1829–1905)Demidov – Bolshevik leader Yakov DemidovDikson – Scottish-Swedish explorer Oscar Dickson Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov , Bulgarian communist leader and also as a Prime Minister of BulgariaDmitrov – Saint Demetrius Dzerzhinsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky , politicianEngels – Friedrich Engels , philosopherFurmanov – Dmitry Furmanov , authorGagarin – Yury Gagarin , cosmonautGeorgiyevsk – Saint George Gorodovikovsk – General Oka Gorodovikov Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – Major General Stepan Guryev Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast – Dimitri Alexandrovich Guryev, Minister of FinanceImeni Poliny Osipenko (rural locality) – Polina Osipenko , military pilotIvangorod – Tsar Ivan III of Russia Kaliningrad – Mikhail Kalinin , PresidentKhabarovsk – explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov Kingisepp – Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp , Estonian communist revolutionaryKirov – Sergey Kirov , bolshevik leaderKirovgrad – Sergey Kirov Kirovsk – Sergey Kirov Korolyov – rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov Kotovsk – Grigore Kotovski , politicianKropotkin – Peter Kropotkin , anarcho-communist philosopherKuznetsovo, Chukhlomsky District, Kostroma Oblast – Vasili Kuznetsov (politician) Kuybyshevo, Rostov Oblast – Commander Nikolay Kuibyshev Leninsk-Kuznetsky – Vladimir Lenin , Russian politicianLeninogorsk – Vladimir Lenin Lermontov – Mikhail Lermontov , writer and poetLev Tolstoy (rural locality) – Leo Tolstoy , writerLomonosov – writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov Makarov – Stepan Makarov , Imperial Russian naval officer and oceanographerMakhachkala – Daghestani revolutionary, Magomed-Ali 'Makhach' Dakhadaev (1882–1918)Mariinsk – Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) Mariinsky Posad – Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) Marks – Karl Marx , philosopherMayakovskoye – Vladimir Mayakovsky , poetMichurinsk – selectionist Ivan Michurin Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast – army officer Ivan Abramovich MüllerMuravlenko – Viktor Muravlenko (1912–1977), engineerNagurskoye – Polish pioneer of aviation Jan Nagórski Novoalexandrovsk – Emperor Alexander I of Russia Novokuybyshevsk – Valerian Kuybyshev , revolutionaryNesterov – World War II hero Stepan Kuzmich Nesterov (1906–1944)Nevelsk – Gennady Nevelskoy , navigatorNoginsk – Bolshevik leader Viktor Nogin Pavlovsk – Emperor Paul I Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast – Peter the Great , Father of the Russian fatherlandPetrozavodsk – Tsar Peter the Great Prokopyevsk – Prokopiy of UstugPushkin – Aleksandr Pushkin , writerRostov-na-Donu – Dimitry of Rostov Saint Petersburg – St. Peter , as the patron saint of Peter the Great (St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)Salavat – Salawat Yulayev Sergiyev Posad – St. Sergii Radonezhsky Shelekhov – Grigory Shelikhov , marineSholokhovsky District – Mikhail Sholokhov , novelistStakhanovets and Stakhanovo (Tula) – Alexey Stakhanov , minerTolyatti (or Togliatti) – Palmiro Togliatti , Italian politicianUlyanovsk – Vladimir Lenin , whose birth name was UlyanovVoroshilovka (Smolensk) and Voroshilovo – Kliment Voroshilov
Yaroslavl – Prince Yaroslav I the Wise Yekaterinburg , Russia – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Empress Catherine I of Russia Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast – Georgy Zhukov , Military leaderZhukovsky – Nikolay Zhukovsky , scientist, a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.Former:
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
Aleksa Šantić – Aleksa Šantić , poetAleksandrovac – King Alexander I of Serbia Andrićev Venac – Ivo Andrić Bajina Bašta – Baja OsmanBlok Sava Kovačević – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević Braće Jerković – Nebojša and Dušan JerkovićBosilegrad – King BusilČelarevo – Commander Zdravko Čelar , Serbian national heroDespotovac – Despot Stefan Lazarević Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov , Prime Minister of BulgariaDonji Milanovac – Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia Dr Ivan Ribar – Doctor Ivan Ribar , President of YugoslaviaGornji Milanovac – Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia Jaša Tomić – Jaša Tomić , journalistKačarevo – Svetozar Kačar, Serbian national heroKarađorđevo – Karađorđe , Father of the Serbian FatherlandKljajićevo – Miloš Kljajić, Serbian national heroKraljevo – Milan I of Serbia Kruščić – Vukman Kruŝĉić, Serbian national heroLazarevac – Prince Lazar HrebeljanovicLekino Brdo – Aleksandar Ranković Lukićevo – Veljko Lukić, Serbian farmer and national heroMiletićevo – Svetozar Miletić , advocate, journalist, author, politicianMinićevo – Milun Minić, Serbian national heroMladenovo – Mladen Stojanović Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja) – Nikola Tesla , Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futuristObilić – Miloš Obilić , a Serbian knightObrenovac – Miloš Obrenović , Prince of SerbiaPetrovac, Serbia – Milutin Petrović , Serbian revolutionaryRadoševo – Radoš Bojović, Serbian national heroRatkovo – Ratko Pavlović, Serbian fighterSava Kovačević, Zemun – Partisan World War II hero Sava Kovačević Svetozar Miletić (village) – Svetozar Miletić Tomislavci – Tomislav of Yugoslavia Tošin Bunar – Teodor Toša Apostolović (1745–1810), Serbian merchant and philanthropistZrenjanin – Žarko Zrenjanin , National Hero of YugoslaviaFormer:
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Bureh Town – Bai Bureh , a Sierra Leonean pro independent leaderCharlotte, Sierra Leone – Princess Charlotte of Wales Granville Town, Province of Freedom – Granville Sharp Newton, Sierra Leone – British abolitionist John Newton Ricketts, Sierra Leone – Henry Ricketts Samuel Town, Sierra Leone – Pa Samai, great Mende warrior from the south of Sierra LeoneWellington, Freetown – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Singapore
Slovakia
Bernolákovo – Anton Bernolák , Slovak linguist and Catholic priestBratislava – Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia Gabčíkovo – Jozef Gabčík , a Slovak soldier involved in Operation AnthropoidGolianovo – Ján Golian , Slovak Brigade GeneralHamuliakovo – Martin Hamuljak, Slovak WriterHurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban , Slovak writerKalinkovo – Joachim Kalinka (1601–1678), Slovak poet and priestLeopoldov – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Malinovo, Slovakia – Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky Martin, Slovakia – Saint Martin of Tours Michalovce – Saint Michael Mojzesovo – Štefan Moyses Nálepkovo – Ján Nálepka , anti-fascist Slovak captainPalárikovo – Ján Palárik (1822–1876), Slovak playwrightSládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič , Slovak poetŠtefanovičová – Miloš Štefanovič (1854–1904), Slovak lawyerŠtúrovo – Ľudovít Štúr , 19th-century Slovak national leaderSvätoplukovo – Svätopluk II, Prince of MoraviaTešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík, Slovak Lutheran priestTomášikovo – Samo Tomášik , Slovak poet
Slovenia
Somalia
Former:
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Korea
Spain
Alar del Rey – Philip IV of Spain Alberche del Caudillo – Francisco Franco
Alcázar del Rey – Alfonso VIII of Castile Alcázar de San Juan – John the Baptist (indirectly)Alcocero de Mola – General Emilio Mola Alfonso XIII (Seville) – King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alonso de Ojeda (Miajadas) – Alonso de Ojeda
Arenas del Rey – Alfonso XII of Spain Arganda del Rey – Philip II of Spain Argüelles (Madrid) – Agustín Argüelles , a Spanish liberal politicianAs Pontes de García Rodríguez – Conde García Rodríguez de ValcarceBarcelona (Carthaginian : Barcino ) – Hamilcar Barca (etymology disputed)Belmonte de Gracián – Baltasar Gracián y Morales Betancuria – Jean de Béthencourt Cáceres, Spain – Julius Caesar Casares, Málaga – Julius Caesar Chillarón del Rey – Philip II of Spain Ciudad Rodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez GironDon Benito – D. Benito, son of Conde of MedellínDoña Mencía – Mécia Lopes de Haro , Wife of captain Alvaro Perez de CastroDos Hermanas – Two sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, Elvira and Estefania NazarenoEl Cubo de Don Sancho – Sancho IV of Castile El Puerto de Santa María – Saint Mary El Valle de Altomira (formerly known as Puebla de Don Francisco) – Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo (1901–1990), Minister of JusticeEspinoso del Rey – Philip II of Spain Fuente la Reina – Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon Girón (Valladolid) – José Antonio Girón , Minister of labor
Guadalema de los Quintero (Seville) – Quintero brothers , Spanish dramatists
Hermisende – Ermesinda , Queen consort of the Kingdom of AsturiasHernán Cortés (Badajoz) – Hernán Cortés
Isla Cristina – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Jaume Roig (Valencia) – Jaume Roig
Lanzarote – Lancelotto Malocello (Latin : Lanzarotus Marocelus )Llanos del Caudillo – Francisco Franco Los Cinco de la Riuela (Sevilla) – Manuel Lama Suárez (1886–1936), Francisco Ponce Martín (1898–1936), José Vargas Garrido (1905–1936), José Blanco Osuna (1907–1936) and Antonio González de la Rosa (1905–1936), Five journalists who are assassinated in 1936
Medellín (Latin : Metellinum ) – Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (founder)Miguel Ángel Blanco (Albacete) – Miguel Ángel Blanco (1968–1997), councilor of the People's Party of Ermua
Molins de Rei – Alfonso II of Aragon Monterrei – Ferdinand IV of Castile Morales de Rey – Alfonso VII of León and Castile Moscardó (Madrid) – José Moscardó Ituarte , 1st Count of the Alcázar of Toledo, Grandee of SpainMulhacén – Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada Nava del Rey – Alfonso XII of Spain Olías del Rey – Philip V of Spain Olmeda del Rey – Charles II of Spain Pamplona (Latin : Pompaelo ) – Pompey the Great (founder)Pedro Lamata (Albacete) – Pedro Lamata (1912–1974), trade unionst, writer and journalist
Pedro Martínez, Granada – Pedro Martínez, Captain General of Duke of GorPedro Muñoz – Pedro Muñoz, archdeacon of AlcarazPío XII (Jerez de la Frontera) – Pope Pius XII
Pizarro (Cáceres) – Francisco Pizarro
Puebla de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba Puerto Banús – Jose Banus (1906–1984), businessman and builderPuerto Seguro – Luis Carvajal y Melgarejo, marquis of Puerto Seguro (1871–1937)Quintanilla de Onésimo – Onésimo Redondo , a Spanish PoliticianSan Enrique de Guadiaro (Cádiz) – Enrique Crooke y Larios (1857–1938)
San Fernando de Henares – Ferdinand VI of Spain San Fernando – Ferdinand VII of Spain San Fulgencio – Fulgentius of Cartagena , Bishop of Ecija (Astigi)San Leonardo de Yagüe – Juan Yagüe , a Spanish army officerSan Martín del Rey Aurelio – King Aurelius of Asturias San Sebastián – Saint Sebastian San Sebastián de los Reyes – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile , the Catholics KingsSant Carles de la Ràpita – Charles III of Spain Sant Lluís – Louis XV of France Santiago de Compostela – Saint James the Great Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Dominic de la Calzada (founder)Santa Marina del Rey – Ferdinand II of León Sos del Rey Católico – lit. "You are a Catholic King", Ferdinand II of Aragon Talavera de la Reina – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile Torrejón del Rey – Alfonso VI of León and Castile Torrelavega – Garci Lasso de la Vega I (the elder)Valderrodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez GironValencia de Don Juan – John, Duke of Valencia de Campos Valladolid (Arabic : بلد الوليد ) – Al-Walid I Villa de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Alfonso of Castile Villacarlos – Charles III of Spain Villacarrillo – Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña Villafranco del Guadalhorce – Francisco Franco
Villafranco del Guadiana – Francisco Franco
Villamanrique – Rodrigo Manrique de Lara Villamanrique de la Condesa – Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans Villanueva de la Reina – Queen Isabella II of Spain Villanueva del Arzobispo – Pedro Tenorio , archbishop of ToledoVillares de la Reina – Berengaria of Castile Villarreal – James I of Aragon Villarreal de San Carlos – Charles III of Spain
Villareal de Urrechu – John I of Castile Villarrodrigo – Maestre de Santiago Don Rodrigo Manrique (1474–1476)Viso del Marqués – Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz Vivar del Cid – Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , El CidZaragoza (Latin : Caesaraugusta ) – Emperor Augustus Former:
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermenCharlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (1797–1856) (wife of the founder of the industry)[19] Dorotea – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden , Swedish queenEskilstuna – Saint Eskil Filipstad – Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden Flemingsberg – Henrik Klasson Fleming, Lord Marshal, owner, 16th centuryFredrika – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden , Swedish queenGustavsberg – Gustaf Oxenstierna, father of the owner , 17th centuryJakobsberg – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th centuryKarlsborg (Västra Götaland) – King Charles XIV John of Sweden Karlsborg, Kalix Municipality – King Charles XV of Sweden Karlshamn – King Charles X Gustav of Sweden Karlskoga – King Charles IX of Sweden Karlskrona – King Charles XI of Sweden Karlstad – King Charles IX of Sweden Katrineholm – Catharina von der Linde, daughter of the estate owner, 17th centuryKramfors – Christoffer Kramm (1690–1752)Kristianopel – King Christian IV of Denmark Kristianstad – King Christian IV of Denmark Kristinehamn – Queen Christina of Sweden Kungens Kurva – King Gustav V of Sweden Kungsängen – King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden Mariefred – Mary, mother of Jesus Mariestad – Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden Örnsköldsvik – Per Abraham Örnsköld , county governor of Västernorrland County , 1762–1769Oskarshamn – King Oscar I of Sweden Ulricehamn – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden Vilhelmina – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden , Swedish queen
Switzerland
Syria
Former:
Tajikistan
Avicenna District (Dushanbe) – Avicenna , Persian polymath
Ayni District – Tajik national poet Sadriddin Ayni Devashtich District – Divashtich , a medieval Sogdian ruler in TransoxianaDustmurod Aliev (jamoat) – Dustmurod Aliev (1950–1989), Tajik musician and singerDzhami District – 15th century Tajik-Persian poet Abdurahman Jami Ferdowsi district (Dushanbe) – Ferdowsi , Persian poet
Ghafurov – Tajik historian and President of Tajikistan during the Soviet era, Bobojon Ghafurov Gojo Berdiboev (Murghob) – Gojo Berdiboev (1940–2001), President of the Murgab region
Hamadoni District – 14th-century Persian poet Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani Ismoili Somoni – Isma'il ibn Ahmad Jabbor Rasulov District – Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the Soviet era, Jabbor Rasulov Mirsaid Mirshakar (town or jamoat) – Mirsaid Mirshakar , a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet
Muminsho Abdulvosiev (Rushon) – Muminsho Abdulvosiev (1933–1992), Tajik statesman
Nazarsho Dodhudoev (Rushan) – Nazarsho Dodhudoev (1915–2000), Tajik statesman
Nosiri Khusrav District – 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav Rahimzoda – Boki Rahimzoda (1910–1980), Tajik PoetRudaki, Tajikistan – Rudaki , a Persian PoetRumi District – Tajik-Persian poet and philosopher Jaloliddin Rumi Safar Amirshoev – Safar Amirshoev (1912–1944), World War II heroShah Mansur district (Dushanbe) – King Mansur I
Shamsiddin Shohin District – Tajik Poet Shamsiddin Shohin Spitamen District – Spitamenes , a Sogdian warlord leader of the uprisingTemurmalik District – Tajik Medieval hero Timur Malik Tursunzoda – Tajik national poet Mirzo Tursunzoda Tursun Uljaboev – Tursun Uljabayev , Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the soviet eraFormer:
Tanzania
Nyerere (Ward of Zanzibar City) – Julius Nyerere , President of Tanzania
Thailand
Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Buriram - Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Ratchasima - Named after golden jubilee of King BhumibolChaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Si Thammarat - Named after golden jubilee of King BhumibolChaloem Phra Kiat district, Nan - Named after golden jubilee of King BhumibolChaloem Phra Kiat district, Saraburi - Named after golden jubilee of King BhumibolChaophraya Surasak – Chaophraya Surasakmontri Chulabhorn district , Nakhon Si Thammarat Province – Princess Chulabhorn Galyani Vadhana district , Chiang Mai Province – Princess Galyani Vadhana Mae Fa Luang district – Princess Mother Srinagarindra (Mae Fa Luang)Phaya Mengrai district , Chiang Rai Province – King Mangrai (Mengrai)Prachaksinlapakhom district – Prince Prachaksinlapakhom (1856–1924)Sirindhorn district , Ubon Ratchathani Province – HRH Princess Sirindhorn Srinagarindra district , Phatthalung Province – HRH Princess Srinagarindra Ubolratana district , Khon Kaen Province – Princess Ubol Ratana Vibhavadi district , Surat Thani Province – Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit Wachirabarami district , Phichit Province – Prince Vajiralongkorn (RTGS : Wachiralongkon King Vajiralongkorn )[20] Watthana district , Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Adampol – Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adana , formerly Antiochia in Cilicia and Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus Adnan Menderes, Keçiören – Adnan Menderes , Prime minister of Turkey
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (Ankara) – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı , Turkish intellectual
Alabanda , formerly Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – Antiochus III Antakya , formerly Antiochia – Antiochus , father of Seleucus I Nicator Antioch, Pisidia – Antiochus, father of SeleucusAntioch on the Maeander – Antiochus I Soter Antiochia, Lydia – Antiochus IV Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named AntiochusAntiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IVAntiochia ad Pyramum – one of the Seleucids named AntiochusAntiochia ad Taurum – one of the Seleucids named AntiochusAntiochia Paraliou – one of the Seleucids named AntiochusAntiochia in Mesopotamia also known as Antiochia in Arabia :
named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
later named Antoninopolis – one of the Antonines , probably Antoninus Pius
yet later named Constantia and Constantina – Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus
yet later named Maximianopolis – Roman emperor Maximian Apamea (Euphrates) – Apama , wife of Seleucus I NicatorApamea (Phrygia) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I NicatorApamea Myrlea :
Aydın :
named for Mehmed Bey, the founder of the Anatolian beylik of Aydinids in 1307
formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
also formerly Seleucia ad Maeandrum – Seleucus I Nicator
also formerly Caesarea and Kaisareia – Julius Caesar Balışeyh – Sheikh Edebali Battalgazi – Battal Gazi , a Muslim, saintly figure and warrior based in AnatoliaBayrampaşa – Bayram Pasha , a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizierBeypazarı, Ankara – Osman I Cebrene :
Edirne , formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian Ereğli, formerly Heracleia – Heracles
Eski Stambul:
Fahri Korutürk (Mamak) – Fahri Korutürk , President of Turkey
Fevzipaşa – Fevzi Çakmak Gaziosmanpaşa – Gazi Osman Pasha , a prominent Ottoman general who was active in the BalkansGn.Zeki Doğan (Mamak) – Zeki Doğan (1895–1961), Turkish soldier
İsmetpaşa – İsmet İnönü , President of TurkeyIstanbul , formerly Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople – Constantine I Kazım Orbay (Mamak) – Kazım Orbay , a Turkish general and senator
Kazımkarabekir – Kâzım Karabekir , commanderKaracabey – Turkish soldier during the Ottoman era, Karaca BeyKasımpaşa, Beyoğlu – Güzelce Kasım PaşaKayseri – after the title Caesar – Emperor, specifically Emperor Augustus Kemalpaşa and Kemalpaşa, Artvin – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , President of TurkeyKocasinan – Mimar Sinan Ladik , formerly Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named LaodiceLalapaşa – Lala Şahin Pasha Laodicea on the Lycus – Laodice I , wife of Antiochus II Laodicea Combusta – Laodice of Macedonia , mother of Seleucus I NicatorLysimachia – Lysimachus Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Ankara) – Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet
Merkezefendi – Merkez Efendi , an Ottoman sufi.Mopsuestia :
formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator
formerly named Hadria – Hadrian
formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius Muhsin Ertuğrul, Cankaya – Muhsin Ertuğrul , turkish theatre director
Muratpaşa – Murat Pasha of KaramanMustafakemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , First President of TurkeyNamık Kemal (Ankara) – Namık Kemal , an Ottoman writer and political activist
Nusaybin , formerly Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I SoterPeyami Safa (Mamak) – Peyami Safa , Turkish journalist
Samosata , formerly Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named AntiochusŞanlıurfa :
formerly Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV
formerly Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor Justinian Şahinbey – Şahin Bey , a Turkish National Movement commanderŞehit Cengiz Topel (Mamak) – Cengiz Topel , a fighter pilot of the Turkish Air Force
Şehit Kubilay (Keçiören) – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay
Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I NicatorSeleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I NicatorSeleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I NicatorSeleucia Sidera :
named for Seleucus I Nicator
later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius Silifke , formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I NicatorSinop – Sinope – disputedSokullu Mehmet Paşa (Ankara) – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Stratonicea (Lydia) :
named for a royal wife named Stratonice , possibly the wife of Eumenes II
later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian Stratonicea (Caria) :
Tarsus , formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IVZeugma , formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I NicatorSinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu TurksSüleymanpaşa – Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)Yavuz Sultan Selim (Kahramankazan) – Selim I
Zübeyde Hanım (Ankara) – Zübeyde Hanım Former:
Turkmenistan
Alty Garlyev (Ahal) – Alty Garlyev (1903–1953), Turkmen writer and poet
Andalyp (city) – Nurmuhammet Andalyp (1660–1740), Turkmen philosopherArkadag – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Arkadag), former presidentAshgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia Aşyr Kakabaýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Aşyr Kakabaýew (1909–1968), Turkmen cotton grower
Babadaýhan – Bābā-Dihqān, Iranian mythological figureBalyş Öwezow (Görogly) – Balysh Ovezov , Prime Minister of Turkmenistan during the soviet era
Durdyýew adyndaky (Mary) – Ýylgaý Durdyýew (1934–1997), Turkmen writer and poet
Görogly (city) – Koroghlu, a semi-mystical heroJumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow (1912–1943), World War II hero
Kerbabayeva – Berdy Kerbabayev , Turkmen writer
Kulyýewa adyndaky (Lebap) – Gylyç Kulyýew (1913–1990), Turkmen writer and diplomat
Kurbanow Daýhan Birleşigi (Ahal) – Abdylla Kurbanow (1913–1985), Turkmen scientist
Magtymguly District – Magtymguly Pyragy , Turkmen poetMagtymguly Garlyýew (Gurbansoltan Eje) – Magtymguly Garly (1889–1957), Turkmen musician
Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer, Mollanepes (1810–1862)Oguzhan (town) – Oghuz Khagan , the mythical progenitor of the Turkic nationsOrazgeldi Ärsaryýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew (1900–1978), Turkmen hero
Rejepguly Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Rejepguly Ataýew (1920–1972), Hero of Socialist Labor
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy – Saparmurat Niyazov Sadylla Rozmetow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Sadylla Rozmetow (1920–2011), Hero of Turkmenistan
Seýdi – Seitnazar Seidi (1775–1836), Turkmen patriot and poetShabat, Turkmenistan – Anusha, Khan of KhivaŞabende adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Abdylla Şabende (1720–1800), Turkmen writer
Şükür bagşy adyndaky (Ahal) – Şükür bagşy (1831–1928), Turkmen folk bard
Tagan Baýramdurdyýew adyndaky (Ahal) – Tagan Baýramdurdyýew (1909–1977), Turkmen hero
Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov Zelili adyndaky (Lebap) – Zelili (1779–1836), Turkmen poet Former:
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Queen Alexandra of Denmark Bognor Regis – George V of United KingdomBury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr , King of East AngliaCamden Town – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden Campbell Park – Lord Campbell of Eskan Cubitt Town – William Cubitt (politician) Fitzrovia – Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton Fort Augustus – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Fort William, Scotland – William of Orange
renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Helensburgh – Lady Helen Sutherland (1717–1791)King's Lynn – Henry VIII of England Kingstanding – Charles I of England Kingston upon Hull – Edward I of England Kingston upon Thames – King Æthelstan Kington, Herefordshire – Henry I of England Kirkcudbright – St Cuthbert Knutsford – King Canute Maryland, London – Henrietta Maria of France Montgomery, Powys – Roger de Montgomerie , Main CounsellorPentonville – Henry Penton Peterborough – St Peter Peterlee – Peter Lee , a miners' leader and President of the MFGB Princes Risborough – Edward the Black Prince Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Queen Camel – Eleanor of Provence Queen Charlton – Queen Catherine Parr Queen's Park, London – Queen Victoria Queenborough – Philippa of Hainault Saltaire – Sir Titus Salt Somers Town, London – Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers St Albans – St Alban St Andrews – St Andrew St Davids – St David St Ives, Cambridgeshire – Saint Ivo St Neot, Cornwall – St Neot St Neots, Cambridgeshire – St Neot Telford – Thomas Telford , civil engineerVictoria, Cornwall – Queen Victoria Victoria, London – Queen Victoria Victoria, Newport – Queen Victoria Wolverhampton – Wulfrun
Northern Ireland
United States
Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque Annapolis, Maryland – Anne, Queen of Great Britain Ann Arbor, Michigan – Ann Allen and Mary Ann Rumsey, foundersAugusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin Baltimore – Lord Baltimore Berkeley, California – George Berkeley , philosopherBismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Cincinnati – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Dallas – George M. Dallas Denver – James W. Denver Edison, New Jersey – Thomas A. Edison Fayetteville, Tennessee – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers Hamilton, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton Henderson, Nevada – Charles Henderson (Nevada politician) Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton Hershey , famous chocolatier Houston – Sam Houston Jacksonville, Florida – Andrew Jackson Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania – Jim Thorpe Keokuk, Iowa – Keokuk (Sauk leader) King County, Washington – Originally after William R. King , changed to Martin Luther King Jr. Lincoln, Nebraska – Abraham Lincoln , President of the United StatesLos Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison Nashville, Tennessee – American Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash New York City – James of York and Albany
Pittsburgh – William Pitt the Elder Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh San Antonio – Saint Anthony of Padua San Diego – Didacus of Alcalá , better known as San DiegoSan Francisco – Saint Francis San Jose, California – Saint Joseph Saint Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul St. Augustine, Florida – Augustine of Hippo St. Louis, Missouri – Louis IX of France Santa Ana, California – Saint Anne Santa Barbara, California – Saint Barbara Seattle – Chief Seattle Ventura, California – Saint Bonaventure Washington, D.C. – George Washington
Ypsilanti, Michigan – Demetrios Ypsilantis
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Abdurahmonov nomidag (Tashkent) – Abdujabbor Abdurahmonov (1907–1975), President of Uzbekistan from 1938 to 1950
Ahmad Yassaviy (Tashkent) – Ahmad Yasawi
Ahmad Yugnakiy (Tashkent) – Edib Ahmed bin Mahmud Yüknekî (poet)
Antiochia in Scythia – Antiochus I Soter F. Yuldashev (Bulungur) – Faizulla Yuldashev (1912–1991), veteran of the Great Patriotic War
Gagarin, Uzbekistan – Yuri Gagarin Gani Azamov, Qoraqamish – Gani Azamov (1909–2001), Uzbek actor
H.Tursunqulov (Tashkent) – Hamrakul Tursunkulov (1892–1965), chairman of the collective farm
Iskandar (town) – Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia Khamzy (Tashkent) and Khamzy (Uchqorgon) – Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi , poet
Mirzo Ulugbek , Ulugbek (town) – Ulugh Beg , astronomer, mathematician and sultanNavoiy – Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh) – Sharof Rashidov , President of Uzbekistan from 1950 to 1959Oxunboboyev (Shurchi) – Yuldash Akhunbabaev
Shaykhontohur – Sheikh Khovendi at-Takhu, a famous thinker and educatorSobir Rahimov nomli (Bostanlyk) – Sobir Rakhimov
T.Ahmedov nomidag (Sirdaryo) – Turgun Ahmedov (1925–1944), World War II hero
U.Musaev (Yangiyul) – Ubaydulla Musaev (1914–1972), Uzbek political figure
Zakirov (Tashkent) – Qodir Zokirov , Uzbek scientist, botanist and educator Former:
Venezuela
Alberto Adriani Municipality – Alberto Adriani Mazzei (1898–1936), economist and writerAlberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality – Alberto Arvelo Torrealba , Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poetAndrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas – Andrés Eloy Blanco , Venezuelan poetAngostura Municipality, Venezuela or Raúl Leoni Municipality – Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality – Antonio Pinto Salinas (1915–1953), Venezuelan poetArístides Bastidas Municipality – Arístides Bastidas , Venezuelan writerArzobispo Chacón Municipality – Acacio Chacon Guerra (1884–1978)Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality – Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (1819–1908), Venezuelan lawyer and politicianCardenal Quintero Municipality – José Humberto Quintero Parra Carlos Arvelo Municipality – Carlos Arvelo , Venezuelan doctor and politician.Ciudad Bolívar – Simón Bolívar Ciudad Ojeda – Alonso de Ojeda Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality – Diego Bautista Urbaneja Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, Monagas – General Ezequiel Zamora Fernandez Feo Municipality – Bishop of Táchira, Monseñor Alejandro Fernández-Feo Tinoco (1908–1987)
Francisco Aniceto Lugo Parish (Delta Amacuaro) – Francisco Aniceto Lugo (1894–1982), Venezuelan writer
Francisco Javier Pulgar Municipality (Zuila) – Francisco Javier Pulgar (1877–1959), Venezuelan educator
Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda , Venezuelan Independence heroFrancisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara , Venezuelan PresidentJauregui Municipality (Táchira) – Jesus Manuel Jauregui (1848–1905)
Jesús Enrique Lossada Municipality – Jesus Enrique Lossada (1892–1948), Venezuelan writerJiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio JiménezJosé Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas Manuel Monge Municipality – Manuel Monge (1950–1993), President of the Village Association of Poblado 32Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality – Mario Briceño Iragorry Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique MaruwaMonseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen (1903–2003)
Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (Táchira) – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (1915–2003)
Padre Noguera Municipality – Father Adonay Noguera (1884–1954)Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien (1925–1995), a Mongol missionerPáez, Apure – José Antonio Páez , an Independence heroPaz Castillo Municipality – Venezuelan poet and diplomat Fernando Paz Castillo Pedro Gual Municipality – 19th century Venezuelan President Pedro Gual Escandón Rafael Rangel Municipality – Rafael Rangel (1877–1909), Venezuelan scientific
Raúl Leoni Parish (Maracaibo) – Raúl Leoni
Rómulo Costa Municipality, Táchira – Antonio Romulo Costa Duque (1872–1956)
Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure – Rómulo Gallegos , Venezuelan writer and presidentSifontes Municipality – General Antonio Domingo SifontesSucre, Miranda – Antonio José de Sucre Urdaneta, Miranda – Rafael Urdaneta Valmore Rodríguez Municipality (Zuila) – Valmore Rodríguez (1900–1955), Venezuelan journalist
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 lawyerHo Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh , President of VietnamHồ 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 Phú – Trần Phú , Vietnamese revolutionaryPhạm 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 communistFormer:
Zambia
Former:
Zimbabwe
Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow (1868–1946), the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer ColumnBeitbridge – Alfred Beit Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield (1869–1950)Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888Montgomery (Bulawayo) – Bernard Montgomery
Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe – Charles Darwin Mount Hampden – John Hampden Norton, Zimbabwe – the Norton familySelous, Zimbabwe – Frederick Selous Victoria Falls – Queen Victoria West Nicholson – Andy Nicholson, an early prospectorZhombe Joel – Joel Tessa, one of the pioneer businessmen at the centre during the 1960s.Former: