1. Continents

2. Countries
    Former countries  Self-governing overseas territories 

3. Towns and cities
    Afghanistan  Albania  Algeria  Angola  Andorra  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Armenia  Australia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bahamas  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belarus  Belgium  Belize  Benin  Bermuda  Bhutan  Bolivia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brazil  Brunei  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Cambodia  Canada  Central African Republic  Chad  Chile  China   Colombia   Democratic Republic of the Congo  Republic of the Congo  Costa Rica  Croatia  Cuba  Curaçao  Czech Republic  Denmark  Dominica  Dominican Republic  East Timor  Ecuador  Egypt  El Salvador  Equatorial Guinea  Estonia  Eswatini (Swaziland)  Ethiopia  Falkland Islands  Finland  France  Gabon  Germany  Georgia  Ghana  Greece  Grenada  Guatemala  Guinea Bissau  Guyana  Haiti  Honduras  Hong Kong  Hungary  Iceland  India  Indonesia  Iran  Iraq  Ireland (Republic of)  Israel  Italy  Ivory Coast  Jamaica  Japan  Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kenya  Kosovo  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Laos  Latvia  Lebanon  Lesotho  Liberia  Libya  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macedonia  Malaysia  Malawi  Malta  Mauritius  Mexico  Moldova  Mongolia  Montenegro  Morocco  Mozambique  Myanmar  Namibia  Nepal  Netherlands  New Zealand  Nicaragua  Nigeria  North Korea  Norway  Oman  Pakistan  Panama  Papua New Guinea  Paraguay  Peru  Philippines  Poland  Portugal  Puerto Rico  Qatar  Romania  Russia  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  Sierra Leone  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  Somalia  South Africa  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands  South Korea  Spain  Sudan  Suriname  Sweden  Switzerland  Syria  Tajikistan  Tanzania  Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago  Tunisia  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Uganda  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom  Great Britain  Northern Ireland  United States  United States Virgin Islands  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  Vietnam  Zambia  Zimbabwe 

4. See also

5. References

There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents

• Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci
• Europe – Europa, woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage

Countries

This is a summary of country name etymologies.

• Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata^[1]
• Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
• Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name)
• Cook Islands – Captain James Cook
• Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
• El Salvador – "The Saviour", Jesus
• Eswatini (Swaziland) – Mswati II
• Israel – Jacob (alternative name)
• Kiribati – Thomas Gilbert
• Liechtenstein – Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
• Marshall Islands – John Marshall
• Mauritius – Maurice of Nassau
• Mozambique – Mussa Bin Bique
• Philippines – Philip II of Spain
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Christopher
• Saint Lucia – Lucy of Syracuse (?)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Saint Vincent
• San Marino – Saint Marinus
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Saint Thomas
• Saudi Arabia – Muhammad bin Saud
• Seychelles – Jean Moreau de Sechelles
• Solomon Islands – Solomon

Former countries

• Principality of Antioch, now part of Turkey – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
• Lotharingia (Lorraine), now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – Lothair I
• Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) – Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) – Cecil Rhodes
• Terra Mariana ("Land of Mary") (Now Estonia and Latvia) – Mary, mother of Jesus

Self-governing overseas territories

• Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez (British overseas territory)
• Falkland Islands – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland (British overseas territory)
• Gibraltar – Tariq ibn Ziyad (from the Arabic Jabal Tariq, meaning The Mountain of Tariq. British overseas territory)
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Helena of Constantinople, and Tristão da Cunha (British overseas territory)
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – George III of the United Kingdom, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich respectively (British overseas territory)

Towns and cities

• Caesarea (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman emperors

Afghanistan

• Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani
• Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great
• Asadabad, Afghanistan - Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, political activist
• Ghaziabad, Kunar – Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed (died in 1980s)
• Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town – Amanullah Khan
• Jalalabad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Kandahar – Alexander the Great
• Mohammad Agha District – Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a founder of the Qajar dynasty
• Sheberghan – Shapur II
• Sher Khan Bandar – Sher Khan Nashir

Albania

• Bajram Curri (town) – Albanian activist of Independence Bajram Curri
• Kastriot, Albania – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg
• Skënderbegas – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

Algeria

• Belouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist Mohamed Belouizdad
• Constantine (Algeria) – Constantine the Great
• Mohammed Boudiaf (M'Sila) – Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria
• Zighoud Youcef (Town) – Youcef Zighoud, guerrilla leader

Angola

• Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes
• Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister
• Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo

Andorra

• Meritxell – Our Lady of Meritxell

Antigua and Barbuda

• Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington

Argentina

• Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda
• (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 Argentina
• General 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 Argentina
• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña – Roque Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina
• Presidente Perón Partido – Juan Domingo Peron, President of Argentina
• Pueblo Illia (Misiones) – Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina
• Rafaela, Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza
• Rawson – Guillermo Rawson
• Rivadavia Department – Many cities and towns after Bernardino Rivadavia, First President of Argentina
• (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 – Jose Felix Uriburu, President of Argentina
• Vicente 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, writer
• Anushavan – Dr. Anushavan Galoyan, World War II hero
• Artashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I, Armenian king
• Baghramyan, Ararat, Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – General Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander
• Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist Labor
• Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian, World War II general
• Charentsavan – Yeghishe Charents, poet
• Chkalov, Armenia and Chkalovka – Valery Chkalov, Russian pilot
• David Bek, Armenia – Davit Bek, Armenian patriot
• Dimitrov, Armenia – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader
• Ferik – Ferik Polatbekov, revolutionary and poet
• Fioletovo – Ivan Fioletov, socialist martyr and Baku Commissar
• Gagarin, Armenia – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
• Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian, Bolshevik martyr
• Ghukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
• Griboyedov, Armenia – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian diplomat and author
• Gusanagyugh – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bard
• Imeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Tairova and Tairov – Alexander Tairov, Armenian theater director
• Isahakyan – Avetik Isahakyan, poet
• Kamo, Armenia – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Khanjian, Armenia – Aghasi Khanjian, first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
• Kuchak – Nahapet Kuchak, 16th-century bard
• Kuybyshev, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Russian politician
• Lermontovo – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer and poet
• Lukashin and Lukashin, Yerevan – Sargis Lukashin, Armenian prime minister
• Martiros, Vayots Dzor - Armenian Prince Martireni, who was martyred against Persian forces
• Martuni, Armenia, Martuni (village) and Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
• Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
• Mkhchyan – after an Armenian commander
• Musayelyan, Ashotsk and Musayelyan, Akhuryan – Capt. Sargis Musayelian, Bolshevik military leader
• Nagapetavan – Nagapet (or Nahapet) Kurghinian, participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
• Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian, writer
• Narek – Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet
• Nizami, Armenia – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Paruyr Sevak, Armenia – Paruyr Sevak, poet
• Poselok Imeni Kalinina – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Pushkino, Armenia – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet
• Sarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian, Communist revolutionary
• Sayat-Nova, Armenia – Harutyun Sayatyan, poet
• Shahumyan, Ararat, Shahumyan, Armavir, Shahumyan, Lori, Shahumyan, Yerevan and Stepanavan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Spandaryan, Shirak, Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
• Sverdlov, Armenia – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader
• Tumanyan, Armenia – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
• Yenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian, early Communist
• Zhdanov, Lori – Andrei Zhdanov

Former:

• Akhundov was the name of Punik – Mirza Fatali Akhundov, author
• Azizbekov was the name of Aregnadem – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
• Azizbekov was the name of Vayk – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Azizbekov was the name of Zarritap – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Batikian was the name of Gandzak, Armenia – Batik Batikian (1892–1920), Communist martyr
• Danushavan was the name of Aygehat – Danush Shahverdian, Armenian politician and diplomat
• Ghukasyan was the name of Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
• Imeni Beriya was the name of Shahumyan, Ararat – Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet politician and head of the secret police
• Imeni Beriya was the name of Zhdanov, Armavir – Lavrentiy Beria
• Imeni Stalina was the name of Sovkhoz Nomer Shest – Joseph Stalin
• Imeni Voroshilova was the name of Hatsik, Armavir – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Kalinin was the name of Noramarg – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Kalinino was the name of Tashir – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kamo was the name of Gavar – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Kirov was the name of Amrakits – Sergey Kirov, early Bolshevik leader
• Kirov was the name of Taperakan – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovakan was the name of Vanadzor – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka was the name of Mamai, Armenia – Sergey Kirov
• Kuybyshev was the name of Haghartsin, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader
• Maksim Gorkiy was the name of Bovadzor – Maxim Gorky, Soviet author
• Mikoyan was the name of Yeghegnadzor – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet leader
• Mravyan was the name of Yeghipatrush – Askanaz Mravyan, leader of Soviet Armenia
• Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vahan, Armenia – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet leader
• Samed Vurgun was the name of Hovk – Samad Vurgun, Soviet poet
• Shavarshavan was the name of Koti, Armenia – Shavarsh Amirkhanian, leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGB
• Spandaryan was the name of Silikyan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
• Tumanyan was the name of Dsegh – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
• Vagharshapat 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

• Adelaide – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
• Sturt – Captain Charles Sturt
• Alice Springs – Alice Todd, wife of Sir Charles Todd
• Augusta, Western Australia – Princess Augusta Sophia
• Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – Captain William Henry Bacchus, early resident
• Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson -boxer indirectly
• Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno
• Blackall, Queensland – Sir Samuel Blackall, governor of Queensland
• Blaxland, New South Wales - Gregory Blaxland
• Bourke, New South Wales – Sir Richard Bourke governor of New South Wales
• Bowen, Queensland – Sir George Bowen, governor of Queensland
• Brisbane – Sir Thomas Brisbane, governor of New South Wales
• Chermside – Sir Herbert Chermside, governor of Queensland
• Broome, Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome
• Bunbury, Western Australia – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury, who developed the Pinjarra-Bunbury inland route
• Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
• Busselton, Western Australia – John Garrett Bussell
• Cairns, Queensland – Sir William Wellington Cairns, governor of Queensland
• Collie, Western Australia – Dr Alexander Collie
• Cooktown, Queensland – Captain James Cook
• Darwin, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin
• Elizabeth Town, Tasmania – Queen Elizabeth II
• Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders
• Fremantle, Western Australia – Charles Fremantle
• Forbes, New South Wales – Sir Francis Forbes
• Gawler, South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler
• Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald
• Harvey, Western Australia – Sir John Harvey RN
• Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey
• Hobart – Lord Hobart
• Landsborough, Queensland – William Landsborough
• Laverton, Western Australia – doctor Charles Laver
• Lawson, New South Wales - William Lawson
• Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
• Mackay, Queensland – John Mackay
• Melbourne – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, British Prime Minister
  • Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent
  • Brunswick, Victoria – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick
  • Fawkner and Pascoe Vale, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
  • Fitzroy, Victoria – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
  • Lalor, Victoria – Peter Lalor (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)
  • Scoresby, Victoria – William Scoresby
  • Seddon, Victoria – Richard Seddon
  • Spotswood, Victoria – Louisa Jane Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon
  • Truganina, Victoria – Truganini
  • Tullamarine, Victoria – Tullamareena
  • Williamstown, Victoria – William IV
  • Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga
• Mount Gambier – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
• Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory - Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988), Governor of South Australia
  • Bruce, Australian Capital Territory - Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia
  • Cook, Australian Capital Territory - Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia
  • Evatt, Australian Capital Territory - H. V. Evatt, an Australian judge, lawyer, parliamentarian and writer
  • Flynn, Australian Capital Territory - John Flynn (minister)
  • Forde, Australian Capital Territory - Frank Forde, Prime Minister of Australia
  • Hawker, Australian Capital Territory - Charles Hawker
  • Higgins, Australian Capital Territory - H. B. Higgins
  • Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory - General Lachlan Macquarie
  • Watson, Australian Capital Territory - Chris Watson, Prime Minister of Australia
• Parkes, New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes
• Roebourne, Western Australia – John Septimus Roe
• Scottsdale, Tasmania – James Scott
• Shepparton, Victoria – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
• Sydney – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
• Tom Price, Western Australia – Thomas Moore Price
• Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns
• Wentworth, New South Wales &
• Wentworth Falls, New South Wales - William Wentworth

Austria

• Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold
• Elisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) - Empress Elisabeth of Austria
• Jakomini - Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini, speculator
• Josefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria
• Leopoldskron-Moos (Salzburg) - Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679 - 1744), Archibishop of Salzburg
• Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor
• 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

Azerbaijan

• Əli Bayramlı, Kalbajar, Əli Bayramlı, Qakh and Əli Bayramlı, Qazakh – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
• Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer
• Artyom, Azerbaijan – Fyodor Sergeyev, revolutionary known as "Artyom"
• Əzizbəyov, Goranboy – Meshadi Azizbekov, Azeri revolutionary
• Babek – Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary
• Bakıxanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer
• Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
• Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani prime minister
• Fioletovka, Fizuli – Ivan Fioletov, Bolshevik leader and one of the 26 Baku Commissars
• Fizuli Rayon, Füzuli, Füzuli, Samukh, and Füzuli, Shamkir – Fuzûlî, Turkic poet
• Hacı Zeynalabdin – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, industrialist and philanthropist
• Həzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov, Azerbaijani general
• Heydarabad, Azerbaijan – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
• Kamo, Azerbaijan – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Kirov, Samukh – Sergey Kirov
• Kuropatkino – Aleksey Kuropatkin, Russian general
• Kuybışev, Aghjabadi and Kuybyshev, Imishli – Valerian Kuybyshev, Russian politician
• Lüksemburq – Rosa Luxemburg, German socialist
• Nərimanov raion, Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar, Nərimankənd, Gobustan, Nərimanabad, Lankaran and Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov, Prime Minister of Soviet Azerbaijan
• Nəsimi raion, Nəsimi, Bilasuvar, Nəsimi, Sabirabad and Nəsimikənd – Imadaddin Nasimi
• Nizami, Goranboy and Nizami raion – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Promysel Narimanova – Nariman Narimanov
• Rəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
• Sabirabad (city) and Sabirabad Rayon – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir
• Salatın – Salatyn Asgarova, Azerbaijani journalist
• Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and Vurğun – Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijani writer
• Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Dr. Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905 – 1961), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Alternate:

• Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to Khojavend (city) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"

Former:

• Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
• Azizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
• Elizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
• Frunze was the name of Suvorovka – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader
• Il'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 Kirov
• Kaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician
• Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
• Kalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey Kirov
• Kuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionary
• Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – Vladimir Lenin
• Leninabad was the name of Sanqalan – Vladimir Lenin
• Leninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – Vladimir Lenin
• Leninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – Vladimir Lenin
• Leninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – Vladimir Lenin
• Molotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician
• Musabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician
• Myasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionary
• Narimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov, revolutionary
• Orconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Pamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – Vladimir Lenin
• Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I
• Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
• Pushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin
• Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman
• Shahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
• Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan
• Stalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph Stalin
• Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph Stalin
• V.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
• Voroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Yelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
• Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov

Bahamas

• George Town, Bahamas – George III of England
• Matthew Town - George Matthew, Bahamian governor in 1844–1849
• Nassau, Bahamas – William III of England

Bahrain

• Hamad Town – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
• Isa Town – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah

Bangladesh

• Cox's Bazar – Captain Hiram Cox
• Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, a follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer
• Jahangir Nagar – Emperor Jahangir
• Madaripur District – Sufi saint 'Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar
• Moulvibazar District – Syed Moulvi Qudratullah Munsef, the descendant of Syed Shah Mustafa 'Sher-E-Sowar' Chabukmar Baghdadi
• Osmani Nagar Upazila - General M.A.G Osmani
• Pirojpur District – Firoz Shah
• Rajshahi District – the Puthia Raj family
• Shariatpur District – Haji Shariatullah, an eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian subcontinent in British India
• Sher-e-Bangla Nagar – A. K. Fazlul Huq, a Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman
• Sherpur District – Sher Ali Gazi, the last jaghirdar of the Gazi dynasty

Barbados

• Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)

Belarus

• Barysaw – Boris-Rogvolod Vseslavich
• Braslaw - Bryachislav of Polotsk
• Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich
• Dzyarzhynsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky
• Gusarovka (Gomel) - Nikolai Gusarov, President of Belarus during the Soviet era
• Kirawsk – Sergey Kirov
• Leninski, Belarus - Vladimir Lenin

Belgium

• Albert Canal – Albert I of Belgium
• Charleroi – Charles II of Spain
• Geraardsbergen – Geraard van Hunnegem, a manor local
• Leopoldsburg – Leopold I of Belgium
• Martelange – Martelius
• Philippeville – Philip II of Spain
• Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse – Saint George
• Saint-Gilles – Saint Giles
• Saint-Hubert – Hubertus
• Saint-Nicolas – Saint Nicholas
• Sint-Agatha-Berchem – Agatha of Sicily
• Sint-Amands – Saint Amand
• Sint-Gillis-Waas – Saint Giles
• Sint-Laureins – Lawrence of Rome
• Sint-Martens-Latem – Martin of Tours
• Sint-Niklaas – Saint Nicholas
• Sint-Pieters-Leeuw – Saint Peter
• Sint-Truiden – Trudo
• Woluwe-Saint-Lambert – Lambert of Maastricht
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter

Belize

• Victoria Peak (Belize) – Queen Victoria

Benin

• Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

Bermuda

• Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

Bhutan

• Jigme Dorji – King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
• Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park – King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
• Wangdue Phodrang – Wangdi, boy playing in a river

Bolivia

• Abel Iturralde Province – Abel Iturralde Palacios (1869–1935), Bolivian politician
• Alonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from Potosi
• Andrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez (Equal), leader of the federal revolution in Santa Cruz
• Ángel Sandoval Province – Dr. Angel Sandoval Peña (1871–1941)
• Aniceto Arce Province – Aniceto Arce Ruiz, President of Bolivia
• Antonio Quijarro Province – Dr. Antonio Quijarro Quevedo (1831–1903), Bolivian politician
• Azurduy Province – Juana Azurduy de Padilla, revolutionary guerrilla
• Bautista Saavedra Province – Bautista Saavedra Mallea, President of Bolivia
• Belisario Boeto Province – Belisario Boeto (1841–1900), Bolivian diplomat during a War of the Pacific
• Bernardino Bilbao Province – General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895–1983), Bolivian military figure and politician
• Bolívar Province, Cochabamba – Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan military and political leader
• Burdett O'Connor Province – Francisco Burdett O'Connor, chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of Tarija
• Carrasco Province – Doctor Jose Carrasco Torrico (1863–1921), Vice president of Bolivia
• Cornelio Saavedra Province – Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Argentine First Junta
• Daniel Campos Province – Daniel Campos Cortes (1829–1902), Bolivian poet
• Eduardo Abaroa Province – Colonel Eduardo Abaroa, hero of the War of the Pacific
• Eliodoro Camacho Province – Eliodoro Camacho, Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidate
• Enrique Baldivieso Province – Enrique Baldivieso, Vice president of Bolivia under German Busch
• Esteban Arce Province - General Esteban Arce, Bolivian independence hero
• Eustaquio Méndez Province – Eustaquio Méndez Arenas, warrior leader of Tarija
• Franz Tamayo Province – Franz Tamayo, Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician
• Federico Román Province – General Federico Roman (1875–1943)
• Germán Busch Province – Germán Busch Becerra, former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War, and President of Bolivia
• Germán Jordán Province - Germán Jordán (1899–1932), a hero of the Chaco War
• Gualberto Villarroel Province – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia, who was killed in 1946 under his presidency
• Hernando Siles Province – Hernando Siles Reyes, President of Bolivia
• José Ballivián Province – José Ballivián, President of Bolivia
• José Manuel Pando Province - José Manuel Pando (1848–1917) president of Bolivia
• José María Avilés Province - General José María Avilés (1784–1838), a hero who was fighting during the Peru-Bolivian Confederation campaign
• José María Linares Province – José María Linares, President of Bolivia
• Ladislao Cabrera Province – Ladislao Cabrera, Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific
• Loayza Province – Jose Ramon Loayza (1751–1839), President of Bolivia
• Luis Calvo – Bolivian lawyer and patrician Luis Calvo who was assassinated in 1944
• Manco Kapac Province – Manco Capac
• Manuel María Caballero Province - Manuel María Caballero (1819–1865), one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861
• Modesto Omiste Province – Modesto Omiste Tinajeros, Bolivian writer and politician
• Muñecas Province - Idelfonso de las Muñecas, priest and leader of the War of Independence
• Narciso Campero Province – Narciso Campero, President of Bolivia
• Nicolás 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, a Bolivian statesman on 19th century
• Puerto Siles – Hernan Siles Zuazo
• Puerto Villarroel – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia
• Rafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo (1813–1873), Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary
• San Ignacio de Velasco – José Miguel de Velasco Franco, President of Bolivia
• Sebastián Pagador Province – Sebastián Pagador Miranda (1733–1781), patriot of Alto Peru
• Sucre – Antonio José de Sucre
• Tomas Barrón Province - Colonel Tomas Barrón, an Independence hero
• Tomás Frías Province – Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia
• Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784-1822)
• Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840–1897)
• Villamontes - Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia
• Villazón – Eliodoro Villazón
• Warnes, Bolivia – Ignacio Warnes, military leader in the South American war of independence

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Tomislavgrad – King Tomislav of Croatia or Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Botswana

• Francistown – Daniel Francis (English prospector)
• Gaborone – Chief Gaborone

Brazil

• Salvador, Brazil – Jesus (the Christian Savior)
• São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil – Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
• São Paulo – Saint Paul

Brunei

• Bandar Seri Begawan – Omar Ali Saifuddien III

Bulgaria

• Anton, Sofia Province – partisan Stefan Minev (Anton)
• Antonovo – Anton Krastev, who died in a battle of 1944
• Asenovgrad – 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 Nikola
• Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov
• Dimovo – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev
• Dobrich – 14th-century Dobrujan ruler Dobrotitsa
• Dospat – Despot Alexius Slav
• Dulovo, Bulgaria – early medieval Bulgarian Dulo clan
• Elena, Bulgaria – Bulgarian bride Elena
• Elin Pelin – writer Elin Pelin
• General Toshevo – General Stefan Toshev
• Georgi Damyanovo – Georgi Damyanov, President of Bulgaria in 1950 until 1958
• Georgi Dobrevo - Georgi Dobrev (1893–1966), Bulgarian political figure
• Gotse 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 Bulgaria
• Ivaylovgrad – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria
• Kableshkovo (disambiguation) – revolutionary Todor Kableshkov
• Kapitan Andreevo – Bulgarian officer Nikola Kolev Andreev
• Krumovgrad – Khan Krum of Bulgaria
• Kubrat – Khan Kubrat of Bulgaria
• Kyustendil – 14th-century local feudal Constantine Dragaš
• Levski (town) – revolutionary and National Hero Vasil Levski
• Madzharovo – revolutionary Dimitar Madzharov
• Momchilgrad – medieval Bulgarian ruler Momchil
• Nikola Kozlevo – Bulgarian National Revival revolutionary and writer Nikola Kozlev
• Omurtag – Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria
• Pavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and Russian Tsar-Liberator's brother Prince Pavel
• Radomir (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
• 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 commanders
• Tervel – Khan Tervel of Bulgaria
• Thompson – British officer William Frank Thompson
• Tsar Kaloyan – Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria
• Tsarevo – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
• Tsenovo, Ruse Province – Influential Svishtov merchant Dimitar Apostolov Tsenov
• Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary Vela Peeva
• Yambol – Roman Emperor Diocletian
• Zhivko (village) - Todor Zhivkov, President of Bulgaria

Former:

• Borisovgrad was the name of Parvomay – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
• Kolarovgrad was the name of Shumen – Vasil Kolarov
• Stalin was the name of Varna – Joseph Stalin
• Stanke Dimitrov was the name of Dupnitsa – revolutionary Stanke Dimitrov
• Tolbukhin was the name of Dobrich – Soviet marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin

Burkina Faso

• Sankara, Burkina Faso – Thomas Sankara, Military, Revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso

Cambodia

• Sihanoukville (city) – King Norodom Sihanouk

Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (railway superintendent)
• Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta
• Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector
• Barrie, Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie
• Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
• Brantford, Ontario – Joseph Brant
• Brockville, Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock
• Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)
• Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby
• Charlemagne, Quebec – Charlemagne
• Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom
• Churchill, Manitoba – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
• Churchill Falls – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Dawson City - George Mercer Dawson
• Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
• Drummondville, Quebec – Gordon Drummond
• Edmundston, New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head
• Fredericton, New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York
• Halifax – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
• Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton
• Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)
• Joliette, Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette
• King George, Saskatoon - George VI of United Kingdom
• Kirkland, Quebec - Charles-Aimé Kirkland, a Canadian politician
• Kirkland Lake, Ontario – Ms. Winnifred Kirkland, secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines
• Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener
• Lethbridge, Alberta – William Lethbridge
• Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly
• Markham, Ontario – William Markham
• Mont-Laurier, Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada
• Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris
• Patricia, Alberta - Princess Patricia
• Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson
• Port Alberni, British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní
• Port Hope Simpson – John Hope Simpson, British liberal politician
• Port Moody, British Columbia – Richard Moody, first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
• Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Prince Albert
• Prince George, British Columbia – George III of England or Prince George, Duke of Kent
• Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine
• Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon - Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
• Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria
• Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality - Robert Cliche, a Quebec politician, writer, lawyer and judge
• Selkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
• Sherbrooke, Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke
• Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
• Thompson, Manitoba – Dr. John F. Thompson (1881–1968), Inco's chairman
• Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins
• Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)
• Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria
• Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria
• Wolfville, Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf

Central African Republic

• Barthélemy Boganda Stadium – Barthélemy Boganda, First Prime Minister
• Carnot, Central African Republic – Sadi Carnot, French President
• Possel – Marshal Possel-Deydier, who was killed in combat against Rabih az-Zubayr at Kouno the year before
• Sibut – Adolphe Pierre Sibut

Chad

• Faya-Largeau – French Colonel, Étienne Largeau

Formerly "Fort-Lamy" was taken named of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer

Chile

• Capitán Prat Province – Arturo Prat, naval hero
• Candelario Mancilla – José Candelario Mancilla Uribe (1900–1967), Chilean inhabitant of Lake O'Higgins
• Cardenal Caro Province – José María Caro Rodríguez, first Cardinal of Chile
• Cochrane – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, captain
• Diego de Almagro, Chile – Diego de Almagro
• Galvarino – Galvarino, Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco
• Gorbea – Andrés Antonio de Gorbea, 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 Arica
• Lautaro – Lautaro, Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco
• Molina, Chile – Juan Ignacio Molina, Jesuit
• Osorno, Chile – Ambrosio O'Higgins, founder and Marquis of Osorno
• Padre Hurtado – Saint Alberto Hurtado
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile – Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President
• Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President
• Puerto Montt – Manuel Montt, President
• Puerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía
• Puerto Varas – Antonio Varas, minister of the interior
• Puerto Williams – Juan Williams Rebolledo, Chilean admiral
• San 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 Chile
• Vicuña, Chile – Colonel Joaquín Vicuña Larraín, founder of a city
• Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins, libertador of Chile

China

• Gensi (City) - Yang Gensi, Chinese military hero
• Huangshan City - Yellow Emperor
• Jingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu
• Leifeng Subdistrict - Lei Feng, Chinese hero
• Maoming - Chinese scholar and doctor Pan Maoming
• Qinhuangdao - Qin Shi Huang, First emperor of China
• Yan Shizhen (City) - Ren Bishi, General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party
• Zhidan County – Liu Zhidan, military strategist and high-ranking leader of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
• Zhongshan, Guangdong – Dr. Sun Yat-sen, President of the Republic of China
• Zichang County - Xie Zichang (1897–1935), Communist martyr
• Zuoquan County – Zuo Quan, a general in the Red Army during the Chinese revolution

Colombia

• Acevedo, Huila – José Acevedo y Gómez
• Agustín Codazzi, Cesar – Agustín Codazzi
• Almaguer, Cauca – Francisco Briceño, Corral de Almaguer
• Alvarado, Tolima – Pedro de Alvarado
• Antonio Nariño, Bogotá – Antonio Nariño
• Anzoátegui, Tolima – José Antonio Anzoátegui
• Armero – José León Armero, national martyr
• Balboa, Cauca – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
• Balboa, Risaralda – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
• Barbosa, Antioquia – Diego Fernández Barbosa
• Betéitiva – cacique Betacín
• Bolívar, Cauca – Simon Bolivar
• Bolívar, Santander – Simon Bolivar
• Bolívar, Valle del Cauca – Simon Bolivar
• Bosconia – John Bosco
• Briceño, Antioquia and Briceño, Boyacá – José Manuel Briceño
• Busbanzá – cacique Boazá
• Caicedonia – Dr. Lisandro Caicedo
• Cajicá – cacique Cajic
• Calarca – cacique Calarca
• Caldas, Boyacá – Francisco José de Caldas, a Colombian Independence hero
• Cerinza – cacique Cerinza
• Charalá – cacique Chalalá
• Chipatá – cacique Chipatá
• Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia – Simon Bolivar
• Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá – Simon Bolivar
• Ciudad Mutis – José Celestino Mutis
• Colón, Nariño – Christopher Columbus
• Colón, Putumayo – Christopher Columbus
• Córdoba, Bolívar – Jose Maria Cordoba, an Independence hero
• Córdoba, Nariño – Jose Maria Cordoba
• Don Matías – Don Matías Jaramillo
• Duitama, Tundama Province – cacique Tundama
• Elias, Huila – Manuel Elías Carvajal
• Engativá – cacique Ingativá
• Firavitoba – cacique Firavía
• Fonseca, La Guajira – Catalan colonizer Agustín Fonseca
• Funes, Nariño – Aragonese missioner Lucas Funes
• Francisco Pizarro, Nariño – Francisco Pizarro
• Gaitanía – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, writer, lawyer and politician
• Girardota – Atanasio Girardot
• Giraldo, Antioquia – Rafael María Giraldo
• Gómez Plata – Bishop of Antioquia, Juan de la Cruz Gomez Plata
• Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca – Santos Gutiérrez, President of Colombia
• Juan de Acosta – Juan de Acosta
• Kennedy, Bogotá – John F.Kennedy, President of United States
• Leticia, Amazonas – Leticia Smith
• López de Micay – José Hilario López
• Madrid, Cundinamarca – Pedro Fernández Madrid
• Morales, Cauca – Luis Jerónimo Morales and Juan Manuel Morales
• Mosquera – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, former president of Colombia
• Mosquera, Nariño – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
• Nariño, Antioquia – Antonio Nariño
• Nariño, Cundinamarca – idem
• Nariño, Nariño – idem
• Nemocón – zipa Nemequene
• Olaya, Antioquia – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
• Olaya Herrera – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
• Onzaga – cacique Hunzaá
• Ortega, Tolima – Juan de Ortega y Carrillo
• Ospina – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, President of Colombia
• Padilla, Cauca – José Prudencio Padilla
• Palmar de Varela – Catalino Varela
• Pereira, Colombia – Francisco Pereira Martínez
• Policarpa, Nariño – Policarpa Salavarrieta
• Puente Aranda – Juan Aranda
• Puerto Berrío – Pedro Justo Berrío
• Puerto Caicedo – Juan Maria Caicedo Martinez
• Puerto Carreño – Pedro Maria Carreño, Colombian Minister of External Relations from 1912 to 1913
• Puerto Gaitán – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
• Puerto Guzmán – Jorge Julio Guzmán Flor and Sinay Rocha de Guzmán
• Puerto Leguízamo – Candido Leguízamo
• Puerto Lleras – Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia
• Puerto López, Meta – Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo, President of Colombia
• Puerto Nariño – Antonio Nariño, an Independence hero
• Puerto Rondón – Juan José Rondón
• Puerto Santander, Amazonas – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian Independence hero
• Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian Independence hero
• Puerto Tejada, Cauca – General Manuel Tejada Sanchez
• Puerto Wilches – José Solón Wilches Calderón
• Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá – Rafael Uribe Uribe, a Colombian politician
• Restrepo – Emiliano Restrepo Echeverria
• Restrepo, Valle del Cauca – Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
• Ricaurte, Nariño – Antonio Ricaurte
• Rivera, Huila – José Eustasio Rivera
• Rondón, Boyacá – Juan José Rondón
• Saboyá – cacique Saboyá
• Salazar de las Palmas – Alonso Perez de Salazar
• Salgar – Eustorgio Salgar
• San Eduardo, Boyacá – Eduardo Maldonado Calvo
• San Fernando, Bolívar – Ferdinand III of Castile
• San José del Fragua – Padre José Fusarrolly
• San Vicente del Caguán – Juan Vicente Quesada
• Santa Sofía, Boyacá – Sofia Angulo de Reyes
• Santander de Quilichao – Francisco de Paula Santander
• Sativanorte – cacique Sátiva
• Sativasur – cacique Sátiva
• Sogamoso, Sugamuxi Province – iraca Sugamuxi
• Solano, Caquetá – Jose Domingo Solano
• Somondoco – cacique Somendoco or Sumindoco
• Suárez, Cauca – Marco Fidel Suarez, President of Colombia
• Suárez, Tolima – Marco Fidel Suarez, President of Colombia
• Sucre, Cauca – Antonio Jose de Sucre
• Sucre, Santander – Antonio Jose de Sucre
• Sucre, Sucre Department – Antonio Jose de Sucre
• Techo – cacique Techitina
• Tutazá – cacique Tutazúa
• La Uribe – Antonio Uribe
• Usaquén – cacique Usaque
• Ulloa, Valle de Cauca – General José Eleuterio Ulloa
• Valdivia, Antioquia – Andrés de Valdivia
• Villa de Leyva – Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva
• Villagarzón – colonel Julio Garzón Moreno
• Villavicencio – Antonio Villavicencio, an Independence Hero
• Zambrano, Bolívar – Álvaro de Zambrano

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Lumumba (Lodja) - Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo

Former:

• Albertville was the name of Kalemie – Albert I of Belgium
• Coquilhatville was the name of Mbandaka – Camille-Aimé Coquilhat
• Élisabethville was the name of Lubumbashi – Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
• Jadotville was the name of Likasi – Jean Jadot
• Léopoldville was the name of Kinshasa – Leopold II of Belgium
• Ponthierville was the name of Ubundu – Pierre Ponthier
• Stanleyville was the name of Kisangani – Henry Morton Stanley

Republic of the Congo

• Brazzaville – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
• Lumumba (Point Noire) - Patrice Lumumba

Costa Rica

• Acosta (canton) – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza, Governor of Province of Costa Rica
• Alvarado (canton) – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz
• Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
• Ciudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro President of Costa Rica
• Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop (1912-2000), a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
• Flores (canton) – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña, a Costa Rican Medic
• Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
• Heredia, Costa Rica –Alonso Fernández de Heredia, a President of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala
• Jiménez (canton) – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• Jiménez, Pococí – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• Montes de Oca (canton) – Don Faustino Montes de Oca, a former congressional representative from the area
• Montezuma, Costa Rica – Moctezuma II, an Aztec Emperor
• Mora (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras and Juan Mora Fernández
• Moravia (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica and National Hero
• Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
• Osa (canton) – Cacique Osa
• Pérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Perez Zeledon, Jurist and diplomat
• Puerto Jiménez – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
• Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada, Poet
• Rio Jiménez, Limon – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• 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 José, Costa Rica – Saint Joseph
• San Mateo de Alajuela – Saint Matthew
• San Pablo (canton) – Saint Paul of Tarsus
• San Rafael (canton) – Saint Raphael
• San Ramón, Costa Rica – Saint Raymond Nonnatus or Ramon Solis and Ramon Rodriguez, two prominent figures in San Ramon
• Valverde Vega (canton) – Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a medic and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union)
• Vásquez de Coronado (canton) – Conquistador Juan Vasquez de Coronado
  • Former:
• Aguirre was changed name of Quepos (canton) – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
• Alfaro Ruiz was changed name of Zarcero (canton) – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856

Croatia

• Dinko Simunovic (Zagreb) - Dinko Simunovic, Croatian writer
• Ernestinovo – Mrs. Ernestina Klein
• Eugen Kvaternik (Zagreb) - Eugen Kvaternik, Croatian nationalist politician
• Ferdinandovac – Ferdinand I of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary
• Generalski Stol – General Vuk Krsto Frankopan
• Ivan Mazuranic (Zagreb) - Ivan Mazuranic, Croatian poet, lawyer and politician
• Karlovac – King Charles II of Austria
• Maksimir - Maksimilijan Vrhovac, bishop of Zagreb
• Oton Zupancic (Zagreb) - Oton Zupancic, Slovene poet
• Tomislavovac - Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Former:

• Kardeljevo was the name of Ploče from 1950 through 1954 and from 1980 through 1990 – Edvard Kardelj
• Titova Korenica was the name of Korenica from 1945 through 1997 – Josip Broz Tito

Cuba

• Bartolomé Masó, Cuba – Bartolomé Masó Márquez, a Cuban patriot and President of Cuba
• Calixto García, Cuba – Calixto García Iñiguez, an independence war hero
• Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte) – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary
• Cárdenas, Cuba – Mateo de Cárdenas y Vélez de Guevara
• Cespedes, Cuba – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Father of the Cuban Fatherland and first President of Cuba
• Cienfuegos – José Cienfuegos Jovellanos, Captain General of Cuba
• Ciro Redondo – Ciro Redondo, a Cuban revolutionary
• Colón, Cuba – Christopher Columbus
• Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País
• Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officer
• Jesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
• Mariel, Cuba – Cacique Marien
• Martí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí
• Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez Garcia
• Pedro Betancourt – Pedro Betancourt Dávalos
• Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
• Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee

Curaçao

• Willemstad – William II, Prince of Orange or his son William III of England

Czech Republic

• Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, ironworks owner
• Alojzov – 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 army
• Havlíčkův Brod – Karel Havlíček Borovský
• Jáchymov – St. Joachim
• Jindřichův Hradec – Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town
• Fortress Josefov and Josefov (Prague) – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 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 miller
• Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
• Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
• Vítkov – Vítek z Kravař
• Žižkov – Jan Žižka

Former:

• Gottwaldov was the name of Zlín from 1948 through 1990 – Klement Gottwald

Denmark

• Albertslund – Albert de Rault de Ramsault de Tortonval (1778–1855), a French noble
• Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
• Carlsberg (district) – Carl Jacobsen, a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist
• Charlottenlund – Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark
• Christianshavn – Christian IV of Denmark
• Fredericia – King Frederick III of Denmark
• Frederiksberg – King Frederick IV of Denmark
• Frederikshavn – King Frederick VI of Denmark
• Frederikssund – Frederick III of Denmark
• Frederiksværk – King Frederick V of Denmark
• Liseleje – Elisabeth (Lise) Classen
• Marielyst – Marie Kørgensen

In Greenland:

• Christianshåb (Inuit: Qasigiannguit) – King Christian VI of Denmark
• Frederikshåb (Inuit: Paamiut) – King Frederick V of Denmark
• Jakobshavn (Inuit: Ilulissat) – Jakob Severin, a fur trader

In Bornholm:

• Gudhjem – God

Dominica

• Salisbury, Dominica – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
• Scotts Head, Dominica – Colonel George Scott (British Army officer)

Dominican Republic

• Castillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration
• Cayetano Germosén – a Dominican patriot and martyr
• Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres
• Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic
• Duvergé – General of the independence Antonio Duvergé
• Espaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat, the 19th-century author who was briefly President of the Republic in 1876
• Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) - Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquin Balaguer's wife
• Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato Mayor) - Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), a Dominican catholic religious
• Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernandez, a famous Dominican Priest, associate of Juan Pablo Duarte in the war of independence from Haiti
• Hermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters
• Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos
• Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert
• Jimaní – Cacique Ximani
• Jose Francisco Pena Gomez (Municipality district of Pedernales) - Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, a presidential candidate
• María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez, a female soldier in the wars of independence
• Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Dr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla, Archbishop of Santo Domingo and briefly President of the Republic
• Pedro Brand – Peter Dorse Brand, a Californian miner
• Pedro Santana, Dominican Republic – Pedro Santana, first President of Dominican Republic
• Pepillo Salcedo, Dominican Republic – General José Antonio Salcedo
• Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (Duarte) - Antonio Guzman Fernandez, President of the Republic
• Ramón Santana – twin brother of Pedro Santana
• Salcedo, Dominican Republic – Francisco Antonio Salcedo
• 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 Independence
• Santo Domingo – Saint Dominic
• Villa Vásquez – Horacio Vásquez, President of the Dominican Republic

Former:

• Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo

East Timor

• Dom Aleixo Administrative Post – Aleixo Corte-Real

Ecuador

• Alejandro Labaka (Orellana) - Alejandro Labaka (1920–1987), Spanish bishop
• Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
• Antonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante, Ecuadorian Independence Hero
• Atahualpa Canton – Atahualpa, King of Quito
• Bolívar Canton, Carchi – Simon Bolivar
• Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simon Bolivar
• General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar, Ecuadorian Military and politician
• Camilo Ponce Enríquez (parish) – Dr. Camilo Ponce Enriquez, President of Ecuador
• Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Ecuador – Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President of Ecuador
• Cevallos – Pedro Fermín Cevallos, Ecuadorian Politician and Historian
• Coronel Marcelino Maridueña – Marcelino Maridueña Quesada
• Durán, Ecuador – Sr. José Durán Maristany
• El Empalme de Velasco Ibarra – Dr. José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador
• Eloy Alfaro Canton – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador
• Echeandía – Manuel José de Echeandía
• Espejo Canton - Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist
• Flavio Alfaro Canton – General Flavio Evaristo Alfaro (1865–1912)
• General Leonidas Plaza Gutierrez – Leónidas Plaza, President of Ecuador
• Girón Canton – Spanish captain Francisco Hernández Girón
• Gonzalo Pizarro Canton – Gonzalo Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro
• Ines Arango (Orellana) - Ines Arango (1937–1987), a Colombian missioner
• Isidro Ayora, Ecuador – Isidro Ayora
• Ibarra, Ecuador – Don Miguel de Ibarra
• Mejía Canton – Ecuadorian political figure José Mejía Lequerica
• Montalvo Canton – Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author and essayist
• Montúfar Canton - Coronel Carlos de Montufar, Ecuadorian military
• Nuevo Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, President of Ecuador
• Quevedo, Ecuador –Timoteo Quevedo, surveying
• Olmedo Canton, Loja – José Joaquín de Olmedo, President of Ecuador
• Olmedo Canton, Manabí – José Joaquín de Olmedo
• Pablo Sexto – Pope Paul VI
• Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, a 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil
• General Villamil – José de Villamil, Ecuadorian Independence hero
• Puerto López – Daniel Lopez
• Puerto Villamil – José de Villamil
• Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo, journalist and politician
• Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton – Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 18th-century Ecuadoran scientist
• Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
• Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, President of Ecuador
• Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana
• San Juan Bosco Canton – John Bosco
• San Miguel de Salcedo – Manuel Antonio Salcedo y Legorburú, priest
• Simón Bolívar Canton – Simon Bolivar
• Sucre Canton – Antonio Jose de Sucre
• Tobar Donoso (Tulcan) - Julio Tobar Donoso (1894–1981), Minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador
• Urdaneta Canton – Luis Urdaneta Farias, a Venezuelan-Ecuadorian military figure
• Valencia, Ecuador – Gregorio Valencia, founder

Egypt

• Alexandria – Alexander the Great
• Faiyum:
  • formerly named Arsinoe – Arsinoe II of Egypt
  • formerly named Ptolemais Euergetis – Ptolemy III Euergetes
• Ismailia – Isma'il Pasha
• Port Fouad – Fuad I of Egypt
• Port Said^[2] – Sa'id of Egypt
• Nasser, Egypt – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Sheikh Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• Port Tawfik – Tewfik Pasha
• Victoria (neighborhood) - Queen Victoria

El Salvador

• Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria
• Aguilares – Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante and his brothers Nicolas and Vicente Aguilar
• Bolívar, La Unión – Simon Bolivar
• Cabañas Department – José Trinidad Cabañas
• Carolina, San Miguel - Charles IV of Spain
• Ciudad Arce – Manuel José Arce, Salvadorian Independence hero
• Ciudad Barrios – General Gerardo Barrios, President of El Salvador
• Colón, La Libertad – Christopher Columbus
• Delgado, San Salvador – José Matías Delgado, Salvadorian Independence hero
• La Reina, Chalatenango – Guatemalan resident, Maria Reina
• Morazán Department – Francisco Morazán
• Santa Ana, El Salvador – Saint Anne
• Santiago de María – Santiago González (politician), President of El Salvador with his wife Maria
• San Antonio Pajonal – Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa
• San Cayetano Istepeque - Dr. Cayetano Molina, President Of El Salvador
• San Fernando, Chalatenango – King Ferdinand VII of Spain
• San Fernando, Morazán – King Ferdinand III of Castile
• San Francisco Menéndez – Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador
• San Francisco Morazán – Francisco Morazán
• San Gerardo – Gerardo Barrios, President of El Salvador
• San Ildefonso, San Vicente – Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo
• San Jorge, San Miguel – Jorge Meléndez, President of El Salvador
• San Rafael, San Miguel – Doctor Rafael Zaldivar, President of El Salvador
• San Rafael Cedros – Dr. Rafael Zaldivar, President of El Salvador
• San Rafael Obrajuelo – Dr. Rafael Zaldivar
• San Ramón, Cuscatlán – Presbyter Ramon Garcia
• San 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 Mexico
• Zaragoza, La Libertad – Emperor Caesar Augustus

Equatorial Guinea

• Bioko - Cristino Seriche Bioko, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
• Malabo – Malabo Lopelo Melaka

Estonia

• Anna – Saint Anne
• Järva-Jaani – John the Baptist
• Juhkentali – Lorenz Jauch, local landowner
• Kadriorg – Catherine I of Russia
• Karlova – Carl Gustav von Krüdener, local landowner
• Katleri – the Kattler family, local landowners
• Klooga and Kloogaranna – the Klugen noble family, local landowners
• Kolga-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 farmer
• Pildiküla – Feliks Pilt, founder of a local housing estate
• Pirita – Bridget of Sweden
• Suure-Jaani – John the Evangelist
• Tondi and Tondiraba – Jobst Dunte, Tallinn Burgermeister
• Tartu – possibly after Tharapita, God of Estonian mythology
• Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landowners

Former:

• Harju-Jaani was the name of Raasiku – John the Baptist
• Kingissepa was the name of Kuressaare – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian revolutionary and communist

Eswatini (Swaziland)

• Mbabane – Chief Mbabane Kunene
• Piggs Peak – William Pigg (Early resident)

Ethiopia

• Debre Marqos – Saint Mark the Evangelist
• Dessie – refers to Yohannes IV of Ethiopia to express how he had made him feel, Dessie that means my joy.
• Lalibela - Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Emperor of Ethiopia
• Shire Inda Selassie – Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia or Imru Haile Selassie, Acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia
• Waliso – son of Liban, Waliso, an Oromo clan

Falkland Islands

• Darwin – Charles Darwin
• Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Finland

• Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe) – Peter Brahe, Governor-General of Finland
• Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina) – King Frederick I of Sweden
• Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari) – Jacob De la Gardie (The city was founded by his widow – Ebba Brahe)
• Kaarina (Swedish: Sankt Karins) – Catherine of Alexandria
• Kristinestad (Finnish: Kristiinankaupunki) – Queen Christina of Sweden
• Loviisa (Swedish: Lovisa) – Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
• Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) – Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
• Mikkeli (Swedish: Sankt Michel) – Archangel Michael
• Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) – King Gustav I of Sweden

France

• Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia
• Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer
• Charleville-sous-Bois – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
• Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny
• Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
• Decazeville – Élie, duc Decazes, Prime Minister
• Descartes – René Descartes
• Ferney-Voltaire – Voltaire
• Flavigny-sur-Ozerain – possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
• Frédéric-Fontaine – named after Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
• Grenoble ({{lang-la|Gratianopolis}}) – Roman Emperor Gratian
• La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard
• Mont-Louis – Louis XIV of France
• Papaïchton Pompidouville (Guyane) – Georges Pompidou, President of France
• Régina (Guyane) – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina
• Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister
• Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (Guyane) – Auguste-Laurent Baudin, Governor of French Guiana
• Saint-Léger-Vauban – Vauban
• Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin – Louis XIV of France
• Vendays-Montalivet – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet

Gabon

• Bongoville – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
• Lastoursville – François Rigail de Lastours
• Port-Gentil – Émile Gentil

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; {{lang-de|link=no|Köln}}, {{lang-la|Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium}}, CCAA) – Roman Emperor Claudius and Agrippina the Younger, empress consort (lit. Claudian colony and sacrificial altar of the Agrippinensians)
• Constance (state of Baden-Württemberg; {{lang-de|link=no|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; {{lang-la|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:

• Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx
• Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin

Georgia

• Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Andrew
• Budyonovka (Marneuli) – Marshall Semyon Budyonny
• Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of Georgia
• Eliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Elijah
• Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) – Saint George
• Japaridze (Dedoplistkaro) - Prokofy Dzhaparidze, Georgian communist activist
• Kalinino (Gardabani) – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kazbegi Municipality – Alexander Kazbegi, a Georgian writer
• Kirov (Zugdidi), Kirovka (Marneuli) – Sergey Kirov
• Leninisi (Gardabani), Ulyanovka (Marneuli) – Vladimir Lenin
• Leselidze (town) – General Konstantin Leselidze, a Georgian Colonel-General and National hero
• Makharadze (village) – Filipp Makaradze, Prime Minister of Georgia during the soviet era
• Mikeltsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Michael
• Myasnikiani (Akhalkalaki) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist President of Armenia
• Nikortsminda – Saint Nicholas
• Ninoshvili (Guria) and Ninoshvili (Samtredia) – Egnate Ninoshvili, a Georgian writer
• Ninotsminda – Saint Nino, a Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia
• Ordzhonikidze (Zugdidi) – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian politician
• Saakadze (Gardabani) – Giorgi Saakadze, a Georgian politician and military commander
• Stepantsminda – Saint Stephen or a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan
• Shaumiani – Stepan Shahumyan, a Georgian revolutionary
• Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) - King Vakhtang I of Iberia
• Zhdanovakani (Ninotsminda) – Andrey Zhdanov

Former:

• Gegechkori was the name of Martvili – Sasha Gegechkori
• Kazbegi was the name of Stepantsminda – Alexander Kazbegi
• Leningori was the name of Akhalgori – Vladimir Lenin
• Luxemburg was the name of Bolnisi – Rosa Luxemburg
• Macharadze was the name of Ozurgeti – Filipp Makaradze
• Mayakovsky was the name of Baghdati – Vladimir Mayakovsky
• Orjonikidze was the name of Kharagauli – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Stalinsi was the name of Khashuri – Joseph Stalin
• Tsulukidze was the name of Khoni – Alexander Tsulukidze

Ghana

• Christiansborg – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Gwolu – Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann
• Kofi Pare^[3] – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer
• Queen Anne's Point^[4] – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Techiman – Nana Takyi Firi^[5]

Greece

• Alexandreia, Greece – Alexander the Great
• Alexandroupoli – King Alexander of Greece
• Aristotelis (municipality) – Aristotle, ancient philosopher
• Athens – Athena
• Dimitrios Ypsilantis (municipality) – Demetrius Ypsilanti, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
• Dionysos, Greece – Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility
• Emmanouil Pappas (municipality) – Emmanouil Pappas, leader in the Greek War of Independence
• Filippoi - Philip II of Macedon
• Georgios Karaiskakis (municipality) – Georgios Karaiskakis, a leader of the Greek War of Independence
• Heraklion – Heracles
• Ion Dragoumis (municipality) – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian Struggle
• 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 movement
• Nikos Kazantzakis (municipality) – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer
• Orestiada – Orestes
• Pavlos Melas (municipality) - Pavlos Melas, a Greek hero of Macedonian struggle
• Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter
• Pythagoreio – Pythagoras
• Santorini – Saint Irene
• Theodoros Ziakas (municipality) – Theodoros Ziakas, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
• Thessaloniki – Thessalonike, sister of Alexander the Great
• Traianoupoli – Roman emperor Trajan
• Vironas – Lord Byron, English poet and writer, National hero of Greece

Grenada

• Grenville, Grenada – George Grenville, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Victoria, Grenada – Queen Victoria

Guatemala

• Barberena - Lic. Jose Barberena, Guatemalan secretarian under President Justo Rufino Barrios
• Cabañas, Zacapa – José Trinidad Cabañas, a Honduran Politician
• Ciudad Tecun Uman, San Marcos – Cacique Tecun Uman
• Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (1874-1975), daughter of Manuel Barillas
• Fraijanes – Two Misssioners Juan Milán y Juan Álvarez
• Fray Bartolomé de las Casas – 15th-century Spanish priest, bishop, and writer Bartolomé de Las Casas
• Flores, El Petén – Dr. Cirlio Flores Estrada, a Guatemalan Medic
• Flores Costa Cuca - Jose Felipe Flores, Physician
• Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados
• Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader
• La Gomera, Escuintla – Antonio Peraza de Ayala y Rojas, conde de la Gomera
• La Reforma, San Marcos – Justo Rufino Barrios the reformer
• Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician Edward Livingston
• Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Varón
• Morazán, El Progreso – Francisco Morazán, a Central American leader
• Morales, Guatemala – Guatemalan Lawyer and colonel Próspero Morales
• Nuevo San Carlos – King Charles III of Spain
• Palencia, Guatemala – Don Matias de Palencia, Founder
• Puente Rodolfo Robles – Rodolfo Robles, the Guatemalan physician
• Puerto Barrios – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala
• San Carlos Sija – King Charles III of Spain
• San Francisco La Union - Jose Francisco Colombo Gonzalez, businessmen
• San Jacinto, Chiquimula - Hyacinth of Poland, Bishop of Cracovia
• San Luis Jilotepeque - King Louis IX of France
• San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder
• San Miguel Uspantan - Miguel Garcia Granados, leader of the liberal revolution
• Santa Catarina Barahona – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, Founder
• Santa Cruz Barillas – General Manuel Barillas, president of Guatemala
• Santa Lucía La Reforma – Saint Lucy and Justo Rufino Barrios the liberal reformer
• Santa Rosa Cuilapa – Rose of Lima
• Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez – Dominic of Guzman
• San Joaquin Villa Canales - Joaquina Cabrera, a former president's mother
• Zaragoza, Chimaltenango - Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus

Guinea Bissau

• São Domingos (Guinea-Bissau) – Saint Dominic of Guzman
• São Vicente, Guinea-Bissau – Vincent of Saragossa

Guyana

• Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Georgetown – King George III of the United Kingdom
• Jonestown – Jim Jones, American religious and cult leader
• Lethem – Sir Gordon James Lethem
• Linden, Guyana – Linden Forbes Burnham Sampson, a Prime Minister and President of Guyana
• Stabroek, Guyana – Nicholaas Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India Company
• Victoria, Guyana – Queen Victoria

Haiti

• Bombardopolis - German benefactor, Monsieur de Bombarde
• Dessalines – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti
• Ennery, Artibonite - Victor-Therese Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
• Gressier - Edmond Vallery Gressier
• Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
• Port-au-Prince - Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti

Honduras

• Alfonso XIII (Santa Barbara) - Alfonso XIII of Spain
• Cabañas, Copán –José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduras
• Cabañas (Danli) - José Trinidad Cabañas
• Cabañas, La Paz – General José Trinidad Cabañas
• Froylan Turcios (Olancho) - Froylan Turcios, Honduran Poet
• Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes (1808 - 1878), Garifuna soldier
• Jesús de Otoro – Fray Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda y Zepeda (1808 - 1885), bishop of Comayagua
• José Santos Guardiola –José Santos Guardiola, President of Honduras
• Kennedy (Tegucigalpa) - John F. Kennedy, an American President
• Marcovia – Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras
• Marcelino 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), a Honduran priest
• Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician
• Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador
• Puerto Lempira – cacique Lempira
• Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) – Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
• Rodas Alvarado (Danli) - Modesto Rodas Alvarado, a Honduran lawyer
• San Esteban, Olancho – Fray Esteban Verdelete
• San 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), a Honduran poet and journalist
• San 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

• Aberdeen Harbour – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Belcher Bay – Edward Belcher
• Cape D'Aguilar – George Charles D'Aguilar
• Kennedy Town – Arthur Edward Kennedy
• Mount Davis, Hong Kong – John Francis Davis
• Stanley, Hong Kong – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
• Victoria City – Queen Victoria

Hungary

• Abasár – King Sámuel Aba of Hungary
• Ambrózfalva – Baron Lajos Ambrózy, a real treasure trustee
• Árpádhalom – Árpád, father of the Hungarian fatherland
• Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr, Painter
• Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat
• Erzsébetváros - Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria
• Ferencszállás – Baron Ferenc Gerliczy
• Ferencváros - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Harkakötöny – Kötöny
• Hunyadfalva – Hunyady family
• Izsófalva – Miklós Izsó, sculptor
• Jánoshalma – John Hunyadi, commander
• Józsefváros - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Krisztinaváros (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina
• Lipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
• Nyírtass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
• Petőfibánya – Sándor Petőfi, poet
• Petőfiszállás – Sándor Petőfi
• Rákóczibánya – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian National hero
• Rákóczifalva – Francis II Rákóczi
• Rákócziújfalu – Francis II Rákóczi
• Rudolftelep – Rudolf Cohacht, Hungarian miner
• Sándorfalva – Viscount Sándor Pallavicini
• Solt – Solt
• Taksony – Taksony of Hungary
• Tass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
• Terézváros - Queen Maria Theresa
• Tiborszállás – Tibor Károlyi, Hungarian politician
• Törökbálint – Bálint Török
• Újlipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
• Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád
• Zalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo

Former:

• Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of Nyárlőrinc – Koháry family
• Leninváros was the name of Tiszaújváros – Vladimir Lenin
• Prónayfalva was the name of Tázlár – Prónay family
• Sztálinváros was the name of Dunaújváros – Joseph Stalin

Iceland

• Bessastaðir – Sigurður Jónasson Bessastaðir, who bought the city in 1940 and donated it in 1941
• Grímsey – Vestfjarða-Grímur
• Ólafsfjörður – Ólafur Bekkur

India

• Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar
• Ambedkar Nagar district – B. R. Ambedkar, Father of the Indian Constitution
• Ahmedabad – Sultan Ahmed Shah
• Ahmednagar – Ahmad Nizam Shah, Nizam Shahi dynasty
• Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) – Jyotiba Phule
• Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
• Bardhaman – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir
• Bodh Gaya – Buddha
• Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji
• Chandigarh – Goddess Chandi
• Chennai – Chennappa Naicker
• Dalhousie, India – James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
• Dr. Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar, who was born in a town
• Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist
• Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor
• Gautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha
• Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor)
• Hyderabad – Named after Hyder Mahal, wife of Quli Qutub Shah.
• Indira Point - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
• Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata
• Jaipur – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji
• Jodhpur – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji
• Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district – Komaram Bheem, a Gond martyr
• Lucknow – Lakshmana, a hero of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana
• Mangalore – Mangala Devi, Mangaladevi Temple
• Moradabad – prince Murad
• Mumbai – Mumbadevi
• Nizamabad City, Nizamabad district - Named after Nizam of Hyderabad
• Nampally, Hyderabad- Named after a Persian Diwan of Hyderabad State, Raza Ali Khan whose title was Nekh-Nam-Khan.
• Osmanabad – Mir Osman Ali Khan
• Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri
• Patel Nagar – Vallabhbhai Patel, 1st deputy Prime minister of India
• Port Blair – Archibald Blair
• R. T. Nagar - Rabindranath Tagore
• Rajendranagar mandal – Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of India
• Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju
• Rishabhdeo – First Tirthankar - Rishabha (Adinath)
• Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district – Ajit Singh (Sikhism)
• Sant Kabir Nagar district – Sant Kabir, poet
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district – Bhagat Singh, Indian National Hero
• Shimla – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity Kali
• Secunderabad- After Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty
• Sri Ganganagar – General Sri Ganga Singh, a Mahajaya ruler from 1888 to 1943
• Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore – Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary
• 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 Varma
• Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)
• Vallathol Nagar – Vallathol Narayana Menon, great Malayalam poet
• Williamnagar – Williamson A. Sangma, the founder Chief Minister of Meghalaya

Indonesia

• Jl. Fatmawati - Fatmawati, Sukarno's wife
• Yos Sudarso Bay - Yos Sudarso, naval officer

Former:

• Sukarnapura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno, President of Indonesia

Iran

• Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Arefabad, Chabahar – Aref Qazvini, an Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician
• Bandar-Abbas – Shah Abbas I
• Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni – Ruhollah Khomeini a Supreme leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician
• Hamidaniyeh – Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, 14th century Poet and Scholar
• Hasanabad, Tehran - Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Prime Minister of Iran
• Irajabad, Razavi Khorasan – Prince Iraj Mirza
• Jammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
• Kabak Mohammad Reza – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last king
• Kermanshah – King Bahram IV
• Khomeyni Shahr – Ruhollah Khomeini
• Mohammad Zaman-e Kamul – Mohammad Zaman
• Nahavand:
  • formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
• Naser Khosrow, Iran – Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poet
• Piranshahr – Piran, son of Viseh
• Rezaiyeh, Bafq – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rezaiyeh, Mehriz – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rezaiyeh, Razavi Khorasan – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rudaki, Iran - Rudaki, Persian poet
• Seleucia (Susiana) – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Susa, formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

Former:

• Bandar-e Pahlavi was the name of Bandar-e Anzali – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rezā'īyeh was the name of Urmia – Reza Shah Pahlavi

Iraq

• Al-Sadiyah – Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, commander who led the Arabs to conquer Mesopotamia from the Sasanian Empire
• Antiochia in Sittacene – Antiochus I Soter
• Apamea (Babylonia) – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Apamea (Sittacene) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Charax Spasinu:
  • formerly named Alexandria – Alexander the Great
  • formerly named Antiochia in Susiana – Antiochus IV
  • formerly named Charax of Hyspaosines – Hyspaosines
• Hamza – Bahraini Shia cleric "Ahmad Ibn Hashim Al-Ghurifi" (a.k.a. Hamza)
• Al Hashimiyah – Named after the Hashemites
• Al-Hindiya – "Yahya Asif Al-Dawla Bahadur Al-Hindi", who was a vizier of Bahadur Shah Zafar
• Iskandariya – Alexander the Great
• Kadhimiya – Musa al-Kadhim
• Laodicea (Mesopotamia) – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Al Midhatiya – Midhat Pasha
• Nasiriyah – "Nasir al-Saadun Pasha", the sheikh ("chief") of the Muntafiq tribal confederation
• Al Numaniyah – al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir
• Al-Qasim – "Al-Qasim" son of Musa al-Kadhim
• Sadr City – Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
• Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Sittacene) – Seleucus I Nicator
• Sulaymaniyah – Sulaiman Baba, the first Baban prince to gain control of the province of Shahrizor and its capital, Kirkuk
• Yusufiyah – Yūsuf (Joseph)
• Az Zubayr – Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Ireland (Republic of)

• Binghamstown - Richard Bingham
• Edgeworthstown – Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, local rector
• Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
• Charleville, Count Cork - Charles II of England
• Dún Laoghaire – Lóegaire mac Néill
• Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort
• Connacht – Conn Cétchathach
• County Kerry – Ciar
• Cork – Corc
• Jamestown, County Leitrim - James VI and I
• Louisburgh, County Mayo - Louis XIV of France

Former:

• Maryborough was the name of Port Laoise – Mary I of England
• Philipstown was the name of Daingean – Philip II of Spain
• Kingwilliamstown was the name of Ballydesmond – William IV of the United Kingdom
• Queenstown was the name of Cobh – Queen Victoria

Israel

• Acre, formerly named Antiochia Ptolemais – Alexander the Great's generals Antiochus and Ptolemy Soter
• Balfourya – Arthur James Balfour, British Prime Minister
• Herzliya – Theodor Herzl, a leader of Zionist movement
• Hippos, formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Kiryat Wolfson – Isaac Wolfson
• Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem – Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878-1909.
• Netanya – Nathan Strauss
• Neve Granot – Avraham Granot, a Zionist activist and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
• Neve Yaakov – Yitzchak Yaacov Reines
• Qiryat Bialik – writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik
• Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Ramat Aharon – Rabbi Aharon Kotler
• Ramat Eshkol – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel
• Ramat Sharett – Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel in 1953-1955
• Ramat Shlomo – Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
• Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus

Former:

• Wilhelma (colloquially; formally: Hamîdije Wilhelma) was the name of Bnei Atarot – Sultan Abdul Hamid II, King William II of Württemberg and William II, German Emperor

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 poet
• Caprese Michelangelo – Michelangelo, painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
• Castagneto Carducci – Giosuè Carducci, poet
• Castelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco
• Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Father of the Italian fatherland
• Cava Manara – Luciano Manara, patriot
• Corridonia – Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist, IWW hero
• Corteno Golgi – Camillo Golgi, pathologist
• Ercolano – Heracles
• Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
• Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
• Guidonia Montecelio – Alessandro Guidoni, air force general
• Incisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino, soldier
• Jolanda di Savoia – Yolanda of Savoy
• Ladispoli – Ladislao Odescalchi
• 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
• Sagliano Micca – Pietro Micca, Piedmontese hero
• San Gimignano – Saint Geminianus
• San Mauro Pascoli – Giovanni Pascoli, poet
• Sanremo – Saint Romulus of Genoa
• Sasso Marconi – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer
• Serra San Bruno – Saint Bruno of Cologne
• Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII – Pope John XXIII
• Umbertide – Umberto I of Italy
• Terranuova Bracciolini – Poggio Bracciolini, Renaissance humanist
• Virgilio – Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet
• Vittorio Veneto – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Ivory Coast

• Bingerville – Louis-Gustave Binger, former French colonial governor
• Port-Bouët – Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, French admiral
• San-Pédro, Ivory Coast – Saint Peter
• Treichville – Marcel Treich-Laplène, French resident in Ivory Coast
• Yamoussoukro – Queen Yamoussou

Jamaica

• Aberdeen, Jamaica – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Alexandria, Jamaica – Alexander Bustamante, First Prime Minister of Jamaica
• Granville, Jamaica – Granville Sharpe
• Kingston, Jamaica – King William III of England
• Petersfield, Jamaica – Peter Beckford, Governor of Jamaica
• Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica – Lady Anne Hyde

Japan

• Asaka, Saitama – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
• Date, Hokkaidō – Date Kunishige, a Japanese samurai
• Hiroshima – Ōe no Hiromoto + Fukushima Motonaga (disputed)
• Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō + Kanamori Tōjirō
• Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu, a civil officer
• Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858 - 1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan
• Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (died 1877), a prominent military commander
• Niki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi (1834 - 1915), Japanese pioneer
• Noda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke
• Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura, Japanese poet
• Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon
• Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira Tadayuki
• Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru
• Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute
• Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi (1847 - 1895), Japanese Samurai
• Tsuruga, Fukui – Tsunuga Arashito, Japanese Samurai
• Wake, Okayama – Wake no Kiyomaro, a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period

Jordan

• Abila, formerly named Seleucia – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Al-Abdali –King Abdullah I of Jordan
• Amman – Ammon
• Umm Qais:
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great
  • formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus

Kazakhstan

• Nursultan – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan^[6]
• Altynsarin District – Ybyrai Altynsarin,a Kazakh educator
• Amangeldi – Amangeldi Imanov (1873–1919), Kazakh national leader
• Auezov district (Almaty) – Dr. Mukhtar Auezov, a Kazakh writer
• Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy
• Ayteke Bi – Ayteke Biy
• Balpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly
• Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
• Bayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860–1945), Kazakh folk singer
• Bayzak District - Bayzak Mambetuly, who was assassinated on 1864
• Bokey Orda District - Bokei Khan, chairman of the Khan's Council during the Aishuak Khan
• Bukhar-Zhyrau District - Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov, a Kazakh poet
• Chapaev, Kazakhstan – Red army hero of the Russian Civil War Vasily Chapayev
• Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
• Gabit Musirepov District – Gabit Musirepov, Kazakh writer, playwright
• Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player Dina Nurpeisova
• Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (South Kazakhstan) – Shamshi Kaldayakov, a Kazakhstani composer
• Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev
• Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) – Kasym Kaysenov (1918 - 2006), Kazakh writer and military officer
• Kurchatov, Kazakhstan – Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov
• Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly
• Magzhan Zhumabaev District – Kazakh writer Magzhan Zhumabayev
• Makhambet – Makhambet Otemisuly, Kazakh Poet
• Mamlyutka – Mavlyut Valguzin, a Tatar peasant
• 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 poet
• Tole Bi District – Töle Biy
• Turar Ryskulov, South Kazakhstan – Kazakh politician Turar Ryskulov
• Turar Ryskulov District – Turar Ryskulov, President of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
• Ualikhanov District – Shoqan Walikhanov, ethnographer
• Zhambyl District, Almaty Region – Jambyl Jabayev. Kazakh traditional folksinger
• Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region – Jambyl Jabayev
• Zhangeldi District – Alibi Zhangeldi (1894- 1953), Kazakh revolutionary
• Zhansugirov – Ilyas Zhansugurov, Kazakh literature
• Zhanybek District - Janibek Khan, a co-founder and the second Khan of Kazakh Khanate from 1473-1480

Former:

• Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
• Guryev was the name of Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev
• Leninsk was the name of Baikonur – Vladimir Lenin
• Panfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan Panfilov
• Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko
• Yermak was the name of Aksu – Russian national hero and explorer of Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich

Kenya

• Karen, Kenya - Karen Blixen, a Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa
• Machakos - Masaku wa Munyati, an Akamba chief who arrived in the area in 1816 from the area around Sultan Hamud
• Port Victoria (Kenya) - Queen Victoria
• Thomson's Falls (town) - Joseph Thomson (explorer)

Kosovo

• Obilić – Miloš Obilić

Kuwait

• Abdullah as-Salim suburb – Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
• Al Ahmadi, Kuwait – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Fahd al-Ahmad Suburb – Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Jabir al-Ahmad City – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
• Sabah al-Ahmad City – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Sabah as-Salim suburb – Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Kyrgyzstan

• Amanbayevo – Akhmat Amanbayev (1920 - 1964), Kirghiz compositor
• Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912 - 1941)
• Baetov – Kirghiz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902 - 1949)
• Bokonbayevo – Kirghiz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910 - 1944)
• Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
• Imeni Suymenkula Chokmorova – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
• Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Kochubaev (Osh) - Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922 - 1981), Kirghiz Socialist workers' hero
• Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
• Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
• Orozbekovo (Batken) - Abdykadyr Orozbekov (1889-1938), Kirghiz statesman
• Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov
• 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:

• Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926 through 1991 – Mikhail Frunze
• Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888 through 1921 and 1939 through 1991 – Nikolai Przhevalsky

Laos

• Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet Province – Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos

Latvia

• Jēkabpils – Jacob Kettler, Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
• Pāvilosta – after Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of Kurzeme
• Valdemārpils – Krišjānis Valdemārs, writer and politician
• Valka (Estonian: Valga) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family

Former:

• Stučka was the name of Aizkraukle – Pēteris Stučka, Latvian revolutionary and communist

Lebanon

Former:

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

Lesotho

• Mohale's Hoek – Mohale, a King Moshoeshoe I's brother

Liberia

• Arthington, Liberia – Robert Arthington, an attorney and philanthropist from Leeds, England
• Barclayville – Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia
• Buchanan – Thomas Buchanan
• Careysburg – Lott Carey, a Baptist minister
• Clay-Ashland – Henry Clay, an American lawyer, planter, and statesman
• Greenville, Liberia – Judge James Green
• Harper, Liberia – Robert Goodloe Harper, American politician
• Monrovia – James Monroe, President of the United States
• Robertsport – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, First President of Liberia
• Tubmanburg – William Tubman, President of Liberia

Libya

• Benghazi – Sidi Ghazi, Benefactor of the city
• Ptolemais – a king of the Ptolemies, probably Ptolemy III Euergetes
• Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar – Omar Mukhtar, Libyan resistance leader

Lithuania

• Grigiškės – Grzegorz Kurec a Polish industrialist
• Janapolė – Jan Długosz
• Jonava – Jono Eustachijaus
• Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar
• Kudirkos Naumiestis – Vincas Kudirka
• Marijampolė – Blessed Virgin Mary

Luxembourg

• Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)

Macedonia

• Čučer-Sandevo – Aleksandar Urdarevski-Sande, participant in the National Liberation War
• Delčevo – Goce Delčev, revolutionary hero
• Gazi Baba Municipality – Ottoman poet Aşık Çelebi
• Gjorče Petrov Municipality – revolutionary Gjorče Petrov
• Sveti Nikole – Saint Nicholas
• Titov Vrv – Josip Broz, President of Yugoslavia

Former:

• Titov Veles (meaning: "Tito's Veles") was the name of Veles – Josip Broz

Malaysia

• Beaufort, Malaysia – L.P. Beaufort
• Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar
• Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara
• Bandar Muadzam Shah – Abu Bakar of Pahang
• Bandar Seri Putra – Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Bandar Tun Abdul Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Bandar Tun Hussein Onn – Hussein Onn
• Bandar Tun Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Butterworth, Penang – William John Butterworth
• Cameron Highlands – William Cameron
• Carey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey
• FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson
• FELDA Soeharto – Soeharto
• Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser
• George Town, Penang – George III of the United Kingdom
• Gohtong Jaya – Lim Goh Tong
• Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah
• Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
• Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney
• Port Dickson – John Frederik Dickson
• Putrajaya – Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Seri Iskandar – Iskandar of Perak
• Shah Alam – Hisamuddin of Selangor
• Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman
• Taman Tun Sardon – Sardon Jubir
• Taman Tun Teja – Tun Teja
• Taman U-Thant – U Thant
• Templer's Park – Gerald Templer
• Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
• Weston – A.J. West

Malawi

• Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet Aaron
• Cape Maclear – Thomas Maclear
• Livingstonia, Malawi – David Livingstone

Malta

• Cottonera – Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner
• Floriana – architect Pietro Paolo Floriani
• Manoel Island – Grandmaster António Manoel de Vilhena
• Paola – Grandmaster Antoine de Paule
• Paceville – Dr. Giuseppe Pace (1890–1971)
• Qormi (Città Pinto) – Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
• San Ġiljan – St. Julian
• San Ġwann – St. John
• San Lawrenz – St. Lawrence
• San Pawl il-Baħar – Paul the Apostle
• Santa Luċija – St. Lucy
• Santa Venera – St. Venera
• Senglea – Grandmaster Claude de la Sengle
• Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
• Valletta – Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette
• Victoria – Queen Victoria
• Żabbar (Città Hompesch) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
• Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) – Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
• Żejtun (Città Beland) – Ferdinand von Hompesch's mother

Mauritius

• Mahébourg – Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
• Port Louis – Louis XV of France
• Souillac – François de Souillac

Mexico

• Adolfo López Mateos (Aguascalientes) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos
• Calvillo - Jose Calvillo (founder)
• Cosio - Felipe Cosio, Governor
• Pabellon de Arteaga - General Jose Maria Artega, 19th century national hero
• Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) - Miguel Hidalgo
• Villa Juarez (Aguascalientes) - Benito Juarez
• Villa Lic Jesús Terán (Aguascalientes) - Jesus Teran Peredo (governor)

• Alberto Oviedo Mota (Baja California) - Dr. Alberto Oviedo Mota (1882 - 1953)
• Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California - Guadalupe Victoria
• Venustiano Carranza, Baja California - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico
• Vicente Guerrero, Baja California - Vicente Guerrero
• Villa de Juárez (Ensenada) - Benito Juarez, President of Mexico

• Melitón Albáñez Domínguez, Baja California Sur - General Melitón Albañez (1880 - 1917)
• Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos (Baja California Sur) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos

• Alfredo V. Bonfil (Campeche) - Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil, a Peasant leader
• Bolonchen de Rejón - Manuel Crescencio García Rejón (1799 - 1849), jurist
• Emiliano Zapata (Campeche) - Emiliano Zapata
• Escarcega - Francisco Escarcega Marquez (1896 - 1938), a native from Tlaxcala who fought in a revolution
• Ingeniero Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (Calakmul, Campeche) - Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (1918 - 1999), governor of Campeche
• Iturbide (Campeche) - King Agustin de Iturbide
• Juarez (Campeche) - Benito Juarez
• Villa Madero (Campeche) - Francisco I. Madero

• Altamirano, Chiapas - Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, poet
• Angel Albino Corzo - 19th century politician Angel Albino Corzo
• Arriaga Municipality - Ponciano Arriaga, lawyer
• Bejucal de Ocampo - Melchor Ocampo, politician
• Belisario Dominguez Municipality, Chiapas - Dr. Belisario Dominguez, senator
• Benemérito de las Américas - Benito Juarez
• Berriozabal - Felipe Berriozabal, military and politician
• Chiapa de Corzo - Angel Albino Corzo
• Dr. Manuel Velasco Suarez (Chiapas) - Manuel Velasco Suarez, neurologist and former governor of Chiapas on 1970 to 1976
• Dr. Rodulfo Figueroa (Chiapas) - Mexican poet and physician Dr. Rodulfo Figueroa Esquinca (1866 - 1899)
• Efrain A. Gutierrez (Chiapas) - Efrain Antonio Gutierrez (1894 - 1985), Governor
• Emiliano Zapata (Chiapas) - Emiliano Zapata
• Francisco León, Chiapas - Francisco Leon, Governor of Chiapas
• Frontera Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo, Father of the fatherland
• Joaquin Amaro (Chiapas) - Gral. Joaquin Amaro
• Juarez, Chiapas - Benito Juarez, president of Mexico
• Larrainzar - Manuel Larrainzar, politician
• Marques de Comillas - Antonio Lopez y Lopez, Marquis of Colmillas
• Mazapa de Madero - Francisco I. Madero, president of Mexico
• Miguel Aleman (Chiapas) - Miguel Aleman Valdes
• Montecristo de Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Nicolás Ruiz - 19th-century Governor of Chiapas, Nicolás Ruiz
• Rayon, Chiapas - Ignacio Lopez Rayon
• San Andrés Larráinzar - Saint Andrew and Manuel Larráinzar
• San Cristobal de las Casas - Bartolome de las Casas, 15th century Spanish writer
• Tuxtla Gutierrez - Joaquin Miguel Gutierrez, Conservative politician
• Unión Juárez, Chiapas - Benito Juarez
• Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico
• Villa Corzo - Angel Albino Corzo

• Ahumada Municipality - Miguel Ahumada (Governor)
• Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua - Juan Aldama
• Allende Municipality, Chihuahua - Ignacio Allende
• Aquiles Serdan Municipality - Aquiles Serdan
• Batopilas de Manuel Gomez Morin - Manuel Gomez Morin, National Action Party's founder
• Cardenas (Chihuahua) - Lazaro Cardenas, President
• Chinipas de Almada - Francisco R. Almada (Governor)
• Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua - Cuauhtemoc
• Ciudad Juarez - Benito Juarez, President
• Colonia LeBaron - Alma Dayer LeBaron Sr., Joel LeBaron and Ervil LeBaron, one of a Mormon fundamentalists leaders
• Gomez Farias Municipality, Chihuahua - Valentin Gomez Farias, President
• Gran Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
• Guerrero, Chihuahua - Vicente Guerrero, President
• Galeana, Chihuahua - Hermenegildo Galeana
• Hidalgo del Parral - Miguel Hidalgo
• Manuel Benavides - Manuel Benavides Armendariz, a revolutionary who died in 1913
• Mariano Matamoros - Mariano Matamoros
• Ojinaga - Manuel Ojinaga (Governor)
• Praxedis G. Guerrero (Chihuahua) - Praxedis G. Guerrero, revolutionary who was killed in action on 1910
• Valle de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza

• Abasolo, Coahuila - Mariano Abasolo
• Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Coahuila - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President
• Allende, Coahuila - Ignacio Allende
• Ciudad Acuna - Manuel Acuna, poet
• Cuatrocienegas de Carranza - President Venustiano Carranza, who was born in Cuatrocieneagas on 1859
• Escobedo, Coahuila - General Mariano Escobedo
• Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila - Francisco I. Madero, President
• Flores Magon, Coahuila - Ricardo Flores Magón, Jesus Flores Magon and Enrique Flores Magon
• General Cepeda - Victoriano Cepeda Camacho
• Guerrero, Coahuila - Vicente Guerrero, President
• Hidalgo, Coahuila - Miguel Hidalgo
• Jimenez, Coahuila - Jose Mariano Jimenez
• Juarez Municipality, Coahuila - Benito Juarez, President
• Lamadrid Municipality, Coahuila - Francisco Lamadrid
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Coahuila - Lazaro Cardenas, President
• Lucio Blanco, Coahuila - Lucio Blanco, revolutionary
• Monclova - Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova
• Nava, Coahuila - Pedro de Nava, Commander general of New Spain
• Ocampo, Coahuila - Melchor Ocampo
• Ramos Arizpe - Miguel Ramos Arizpe, priest and politician
• Santa Rosa de Muzquiz - Saint Rose of Lima and Melchor Muzquiz, President
• Viesca, Coahuila - Jose Maria y Viesca, Governor of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon
• Zaragoza, Coahuila - Ignacio Zaragoza

• Cuauhtemoc, Colima - Cuauhtemoc
• Madrid, Colima - Miguel de la Madrid, President
• Venustiano Carranza (Colima) - Venustiano Carranza, President
• Villa de Alvarez - General Manuel Alvarez, first governor

• Adolfo López Mateos (Aguinaldo) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos
• Arturo Martinez Adame, Durango - Arturo Martinez Adame (1896 - 1970), lawyer and politician
• Canelas, Durango - Captain Mateo Canelas
• Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria and Victoria de Durango - Guadalupe Victoria, First President
• Ciudad Lerdo - Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
• Coneto de Comonfort - Ignacio Comonfort
• Domingo Arrieta (Durango) - General Domingo Arrieta León, Mexican general and statesman
• Dr. Francisco Castillo Najera (Durango) - Francisco Castillo Najera, diplomat and politician
• Francisco I. Madero, Durango - Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico
• General Simon Bolivar - Simon Bolivar, South American liberator
• Gomez Palacio, Durango - Francisco Gomez Palacio, writer
• José Ramón Valdés (Durango) - Prof. José Ramón Valdés (1888 - 1975), politician
• Pastor Rouaix (Durango) - Pastor Rouaix (1874 - 1950), politician
• Raul Madero (Durango) - General Raul Madero (1888 - 1982), a former President's brother
• San Juan de Guadalupe - Saint John the Baptist and Our Lady of Guadalupe
• San Juan del Rio del Centauro del Norte, Durango - Pancho Villa
• San Luis del Cordero - Don Luis del Cordero (Founder)
• Tlahualilo de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza
• Vicente Guerrero, Durango - Vicente Guerrero
• Villa Hidalgo, Durango - Miguel Hidalgo
• Villa Ocampo, Durango - Melchor Ocampo

• Abasolo, Guanajuato - Mariano Abasolo
• Alvaro Obregon (Guanajuato) - Alvaro Obregon
• Ciudad Manuel Doblado - Manuel Doblado, politician
• Colonia Juan Jose Torres Landa (Guanajuato) - Juan Jose Torres Landa (1911 -1980), Governor of Guanajuato
• Comonfort - Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico
• Cortazar, Guanajuato - Luis Cortazar y Rabago
• Doctor Mora - Jose Maria Luis Mora Lamadrid, father of the Mexican liberalism
• Dolores Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Ocampo, Guanajuato - Melchor Ocampo
• Purisima del Bustos - Hermenegildo Bustos, painter
• San Felipe, Guanajuato - King Philip II of Spain
• San Jose Iturbide - Agustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico
• San Miguel de Allende - Ignacio Allende
• Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas - Juventino Rosas, musician
• Villagran, Guanajuato - Julian Villagran

• Acapulco de Juarez - Benito Juarez
• Alcozauca de Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Atoyac de Alvarez - Juan Alvarez
• Buenavista de Cuellar - General Rafael A. Cuellar, Governor
• Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero - Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
• Coyuca de Benitez - Maria Faustina Benitez, wife
• Coyuca de Catalan - Nicolas Catalan
• Eduardo Neri - Eduardo Neri Reynoso (1887 - 1973)
• General Heliodoro Castillo - a Zapatist general, Heliodoro Castillo Castro
• Huitzuco de los Figueroa - named after the Figueroa family, such as Rubén Figueroa Figueroa, (1908 - 1991), governor of Guerrero, Ignacio Figueroa (1834 - 1873), liberal military, and Prof. Francisco Figueroa Mata (1870 - 1936), teacher and governor of Guerrero
• Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc - Cuauhtemoc
• José Joaquín de Herrera (municipality) - Jose Joaquin de Herrera, President
• Juan R. Escudero (municipality) - Juan Ranulfo Escudero (1890 - 1923), a syndicalist leader, worker and statesman
• Leonardo Bravo (municipality) - General Leonardo Bravo, an Independence hero
• Taxco de Alarcon - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, writer
• Tecpán de Galeana (municipality) - Hermenegildo Galeana
• Tepecoacuilco de Trujano - Valerio Trujano
• Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality) - Vicente Guerrero
• Tlapa de Comonfort - Ignacio Comonfort
• Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado - Caritino Maldonado Pérez, Governor
• Zirandaro de los Chavez - Rodolfo Chavez Sanchez (1895 - 1995) and Dr. Ignacio Chavez Sanchez

• Cuautepec de Hinojosa - Pedro de Hinojosa
• Emiliano Zapata, Hidalgo - Emiliano Zapata
• Francisco I. Madero Municipality, Hidalgo - Francisco I. Madero, President
• Huasca de Ocampo, Tepeji del Rio de Ocampo - Melchor Ocampo
• Huejutla de Reyes - Antonio Reyes Cabrera (1831 - 1866)
• Javier Rojo Gomez (Hidalgo) - Lic. Javier Rojo Gomez, Governor of Hidalgo
• Manuel Avila Camacho (Hidalgo) - Manuel Avila Camacho, President
• Nicolas Flores, Hidalgo - General Nicolas Flores Rubio (1873 - 1934)
• Omitlan de Juarez, Juarez, Hidalgo, Zapotlan de Juarez - Benito Juarez, President
• Pachuca de Soto - Manuel Fernando Soto, lawyer
• Progreso de Obregon - Alvaro Obregon, President
• Tenango de Doria - Juan Cristodomo Doria, first governor
• Tezontepec de Aldama - Juan Aldama
• Tula de Allende - Ignacio Allende
• Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero - Jose Lugo Guerrero (1897 - 1980), Governor
• Zacualtipan de Angeles - General Felipe Angeles

• Acatlan de Juarez, Valle de Juarez - Benito Juarez
• Ahualulco de Mercado - Jose Maria Mercado
• Atemajac de Brizuela - Coronel Miguel Brizuela
• Autlan de Navarro - revolutionary Paulino Navarro
• Bolanos, Jalisco - Toribio de Bolanos, conquistator
• Casimiro Castillo - peasant leader Casimiro Castillo Vigil (1883 - 1925)
• Canadas de Obregon - Alvaro Obregon
• Cuautitlan de Garcia Barragan - General Marcelino Garcia Barragan (1895 - 1979), Governor of Jalisco
• Degollado - Santos Degollado
• Emiliano Zapata, Jalisco - Emiliano Zapata
• Encarnacion de Diaz - Porfirio Diaz, Mexican dictator
• Gómez Farías Municipality, Jalisco - Valentin Gomez Farias
• Juan Gil Preciado (Jalisco) - Prof. Juan Gil Preciado (1909 - 1999), governor of Jalisco
• Lazaro Cardenas, Jalisco - Lazaro Cardenas
• Puerto Vallarta - Ignacio Luis Vallarta (Governor)
• San Martin de Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Talpa de Allende - Ignacio Allende
• Teocuitatlan de Corona, Villa Corona - Ramon Corona
• Tlajomulco de Zuniga - General Eugenio Zuniga
• Villa Guerrero, Jalisco - Vicente Guerrero
• Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco - Miguel Hidalgo
• Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo - José González Gallo (Governor)
• Zapotitlán de Vadillo - Basilio Vadillo (1895 - 1935)
• Zapotlan del Rey - King Philip II of Spain

• Almoloya de Alquisiras - Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, an Independence hero
• Almoloya de Juarez, Amecameca de Juárez, Chicoloapan de Juárez and Chiconcuac de Juárez - Benito Juarez, President
• Atizapán de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza
• Atlacomulco de Fabela, Tlazala de Fabela - Isidro Fabela, writer, politician and academician
• Chapa de Mota - conquistator Jeronimo Ruiz de la Mota
• Ciudad Lopez Mateos - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President
• Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl - Nezahualcoyotl, poet
• Coacalco de Berriozábal - Felipe Berriozabal, Governor of State of Mexico
• Donato Guerra, State of Mexico - Donato Guerra, Soldier
• Ecatepec de Morelos and Morelos, State of Mexico - Jose Maria Morelos
• Jilotepec de Molina Enriquez - Andres Molina Enriquez
• Luvianos - Cristobal Luvianos (founder)
• Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico - Melchor Ocampo, politician and philosopher
• Otumba de Gómez Farías - Valentin Gomez Farias
• Rayón, State of Mexico - Ignacio Lopez Rayon, an Independence hero
• San José Villa de Allende - Ignacio Allende, an Independence hero
• Temascalcingo de Jose Maria Velasco - Jose Maria Velasco Gomez, painter
• Tlalnepantla de Baz - Dr. Gustavo Baz Prada, Revolutionary and governor
• Toluca de Lerdo - Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, President
• Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo - General Mariano Escobedo
• Valle de Bravo - Nicolas Bravo, President
• Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico - Vicente Guerrero, President
• Villa Victoria - Guadalupe Victoria, President

• Alvaro Obregon, D.F. - Alvaro Obregon, who was assassinated in that area in 1928
• Benito Juarez, D.F. - Benito Juarez, President of Mexico
• Cuajimalpa de Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
• Cuauhtemoc, D.F. - Cuauhtemoc
• Gustavo A. Madero, D.F. - Gustavo A. Madero, Francisco I. Madero's Brother
• Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. - Miguel Hidalgo
• Venustiano Carranza, D.F. - Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico

• Alvaro Obregon, Michoacan - President Alvaro Obregon
• Arteaga, Michoacan - Jose Maria Arteaga, 19th century national hero
• Benito Juarez, Michoacan - President Benito Juarez
• Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares - Natalio Vazquez Pallares (1913 - 1981), lawyer
• Cojumatlán de Régules - Nicolás de Régules, a general who fought against the French intervention in Mexico
• Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacan - Miguel Hidalgo
• Epitacio Huerta (Michoacan) - General Epitacio Huerta (1827 - 1904)
• Gabriel Zamora - Gabriel Zamora, Farm work and civil rights activist
• Juárez Municipality, Michoacán - President Benito Juarez
• Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan - President Lazaro Cardenas
• Marcos Castellanos - Father Marcos Castellanos, an Independence Hero
• Morelia - Jose Maria Morelos
• Múgica Municipality - Francisco J. Múgica (1884 - 1954)
• Paracho de Verduzco - Jose Sixto Verduzco, an Independence hero
• Pastor Ortiz - Pastor Ortiz Avila (1902 - 1930)
• Quiroga, Michoacán - Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Michoacan
• Venustiano Carranza, Michoacan - President Venustiano Carranza
• Villa Madero - President Francisco I. Madero
• Villa Victoria - President Guadalupe Victoria
• Villamar Municipality - Eligio Villamar, hero of the Mexican–American War.

• Ciudad Ayala - Francisco Ayala
• Diego Ruiz (Morelos) - General Diego Ruiz, who was killed in a battle on 1915
• Dr. Jose G. Parres (Morelos) - José G. Parres (1888 - 1949), politician
• Emiliano Zapata, Morelos - Emiliano Zapata
• Jojutla de Juarez - Benito Juarez
• Lopez Mateos (Morelos) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos

• El Nayar - Tribal chief, Nayar
• Ruiz, Nayarit - Mariano Ruiz Montanez (1846 - 1932), soldier
• Salvador Allende (Nayarit) - Dr. Salvador Allende, Chilean president who visited in Mexico on 1972
• Villa Hidalgo (Nayarit) - Miguel Hidalgo
• Villa Juarez, Nayarit - Benito Juarez

• Abasolo, Nuevo Leon - Mariano Abasolo
• Alfredo V. Bonfil (Paras) - Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil (1936 - 1973), a peasant leader
• Allende, Nuevo Leon - Ignacio Allende
• Aquiles Serdan (Vallecillo) - Aquiles Serdan, revolutionary
• Aramberri, Nuevo Leon - Jose Silvestre Aramberri
• Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon - Jose Mariano Jimenez
• Bustamante, Nuevo Leon - Anastasio Bustamante
• Cerralvo Municipality - Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marques de Cerralvo
• Cienega de Flores - Don Pedro Flores
• Congregación Calles (Nuevo Leon) - Plutarco Elias Calles
• Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo Leon - Dr. Jose Francisco Arroyo y Anda
• Doctor Coss - Jose Maria Cos, politician
• Doctor Gonzalez, Nuevo Leon - Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Governor and founder of the UANL
• Garcia, Nuevo Leon - Joaquin Garcia (Governor)
• General Escobedo - Mariano Escobedo
• General Trevino - Jeronimo Trevino (1835 - 1914)
• Iturbide, Nuevo Leon - Agustin de Iturbide
• Juarez, Nuevo Leon - Benito Juarez
• Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon - Francisco Naranjo
• Monterrey - Gaspar de Zuniga, 5th Count of Monterrey
• Morones Prieto (Nuevo Leon) - Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto (1899 - 1974), medic and governor
• San Pedro Garza Garcia - Genaro Garza Garcia (1837 - 1904), governor
• San Nicolas de los Garza - Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the town

• Acatlan de Perez Figueroa - Luis Perez Figueroa
• Animas Trujano, Oaxaca - Valerio Trujano
• Ayoquezco de Aldama - Juan Aldama
• Capulalpam de Méndez - Miguel Méndez Hernández, initiator of Mexican Liberal Party
• Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez - Benito Juarez
• Eloxochitlan de Flores Magon - Ricardo Flores Magon
• Guevea de Humboldt - Alexander von Humboldt
• Gustavo Diaz Ordaz (Oaxaca) - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
• Juchitan de Zaragoza - Ignacio Zaragoza
• María Lombardo de Caso (Oaxaca) - María Lombardo de Caso (1905 - 1964) and Alfonso Caso, governor of Oaxaca
• Matias Romero, Oaxaca - Matias Romero, politician and diplomat
• Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, Santa María Chilapa de Diaz - Porfirio Diaz
• Nejapa de Madero - Francisco I. Madero
• Oaxaca de Juarez - Benito Juarez
• Ocotlán de Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
• Rojas de Cuauhtémoc - Cuauhtemoc
• Teotitlan de Flores Magon - Ricardo Flores Magon and Enrique Flores Magon
• Villa Díaz Ordaz - Jose Maria Diaz Ordaz, politician

• Ciudad Serdan - Aquiles Serdan
• Cuapiaxtla de Madero - President Francisco I. Madero
• Domingo Arenas Municipality - Revolutionary Domingo Arenas
• Francisco Z. Mena - Francisco Zacarias Mena
• General Felipe Angeles - Felipe Angeles
• Guadalupe Victoria, Puebla - President Guadalupe Victoria
• Juan C. Bonilla (municipality) - Juan Crisostomo Bonilla
• Morelos Cañada - Jose Maria Morelos
• Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla - Rafael Lara Grajales
• Tepango de Rodriguez Municipality - Abelardo L. Rodriguez, former president
• Tepeyahualco de Cuauhtemoc - Cuauhtemoc
• Teteles de Avila Castillo - Manuel Avila Castillo, father of the future president Manuel Avila Camacho
• Tlacotepec de Benito Juarez, Los Reyes de Juarez - President Benito Juarez
• Venustiano Carranza Municipality, Puebla - Venustiano Carranza, who was assassinated in Tlaxcalatongo, Puebla in 1920
• Villa Avila Camacho (Puebla) - Rafael Ávila Camacho (1904 - 1975), Governor of Puebla
• Xochitlan de Vicente Suarez - Vicente Suarez, a hero of Battle of Chapultepec

• Amealco de Bonfil - Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil (1936 - 1973), a Peasant leader
• Cadereyta de Montes - Lope Diez de Armendariz, marques de Cadereyta and Ezequiel Montes, lawyer and politician
• Colon, Queretaro - Christopher Columbus
• Corregidora Municipality - Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez
• Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro - Ezequiel Montes, politician
• Jalpan de Serra - Fray Junipero Serra
• Landa de Matamoros - Mariano Matamoros
• Pedro Escobedo - Dr. Pedro Escobedo

• Benito Juarez, Quintana Roo - Benito Juarez
• Carlos A. Madrazo (Quintana Roo) - Carlos A. Madrazo
• Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo - Felipe Carrillo Puerto, socialist leader
• Javier Rojo Gomez (Quintana Roo) - Lic. Javier Rojo Gomez (1896 - 1970), lawyer and politician
• Jose Maria Morelos, Quintana Roo, Puerto Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo - Lazaro Cardenas
• Othon P. Blanco, Quintana Roo - Othon P. Blanco Nunez de Caceres

• Adolfo Lopez Mateos (San Luis Potosi) - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President of Mexico
• Ahualulco de Sonido 13 - Julian Carrillo
• Axtla de Terrazas - Alfredo M. Terrazas, revolutionary
• Cardenas, San Luis Potosi - Luis de Cardenas (founder)
• Ciudad Fernandez - General Zenon Fernandez
• Ildefonso Turrubiartes (San Luis Potosi) - General Ildefonso Turrubiartes (1890 - 1963)
• Mexquitic de Carmona - General Damian Carmona
• Moctezuma, San Luis Potosi - General Jose Esteban Moctezuma
• Rayon, San Luis Potosi - Ignacio Lopez Rayon
• Salinas de Hidalgo, Villa de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi - Miguel Hidalgo
• San Ciro de Acosta - revolutionary Miguel Acosta (1891 - 1947)
• San Luis Potosi City - King Louis IX of France
• Soledad de Graciano Sanchez - Graciano Sanchez Romo (1890 - 1957), a Mexican teacher
• Tanquian de Escobedo - Mariano Escobedo, governor
• Villa de Arista - Mariano Arista
• Villa de Arriaga - Ponciano Arriaga
• Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi - Benito Juarez
• Zaragoza, San Luis Potosi - Ignacio Zaragoza

• Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (Sinaloa) - President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
• Alfonso G. Calderón (Sinaloa) - Alfonso Calderón Velarde (1913 - 1990), Governor of Sinaloa
• Escuinapa de Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Gabriel Leyva Solano, (Sinaloa) - Gabriel Leyva Solano (1871 - 1910), promartyr
• Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa - General Juan José Ríos (1882 - 1954), revolutionary
• Miguel Aleman (Sinaloa) - Miguel Aleman Valdes
• Salvador Alvarado - Salvador Alvarado, revolutionary
• Sinaloa de Leyva - Gabriel Leyva Solano

• Adolfo Oribe de Alva (Sonora) - Ing. Adolfo Orive Alba (1907 - 2000), Mexican engineer
• Alejandro Carrillo Marcor (Sonora) - Alejandro Carrillo Marcor (1908 - 1998), Governor of Sonora
• Benjamin Hill, Sonora - Benjamin G. Hill, military leader
• Campodonico (Sonora) - Rodolfo Campodonico, compositor
• Carbó - Jose Guillermo Carbó, military commander
• Ciudad Obregon - Alvaro Obregon
• Emiliano Zapata (Sonora) - Emiliano Zapata
• Hermosillo - Jose Maria Gonzalez Hermosillo
• Miguel Aleman (Sonora) - Miguel Aleman Valdes
• Moctezuma, Sonora - Moctezuma II
• Nacozari de Garcia - Jesus Garcia
• Plutarco Elias Calles, Sonora - President Plutarco Elias Calles
• Rayón, Sonora - Ignacio Lopez Rayon
• Villa Hidalgo, Sonora - Miguel Hidalgo
• Villa Juarez, Sonora - Benito Juarez
• Villa Pesqueira - Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia

• Benito Juárez (Macuspana) - Benito Juarez
• Cardenas, Tabasco - Jose Eduardo de Cardenas
• Carlos A. Madrazo (Tabasco) - Carlos A. Madrazo
• Carlos Rovirosa (Tulipán) - Carlos Rovirosa (1901 - 1930), an aviator pilot
• Ejido Gustavo Diaz Ordaz (Tabasco) - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
• Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tabasco - Emiliano Zapata
• Francisco J. Santamaria (Jalapa) - Francisco Javier Santamaria (1886 - 1963), Governor of Tabasco
• Jalpa de Mendez - Coronel Gregorio Mendez Magana
• Luis Gil Perez (Tabasco) - Professor Luis Gil Perez (1871 - 1911)
• Sánchez Magallanes - Coronel Andrés Sánchez Magallanes, a leader in the French Intervention in Mexico
• Tenosique de Pino Suarez - Jose Maria Pino Suarez, Vice President of Mexico under Francisco I. Madero
• Venustiano Carranza (Tabasco) - Venustiano Carranza

• Abasolo, Tamaulipas - Mariano Abasolo
• Aldama, Tamaulipas - Juan Aldama
• Antiguo Morelos Municipality - Jose Maria Morelos
• Bustamante Municipality - Anastasio Bustamante
• Ciudad Madero - Francisco I. Madero
• Ciudad Mier - Servando Teresa de Mier
• Ciudad Miguel Aleman - President Miguel Aleman Valdes
• Ciudad Victoria - Guadalupe Victoria
• Gomez Farias Municipality, Tamaulipas - President Valentin Gomez Farias
• Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas - President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
• Mainero, Tamaulipas - General Guadalupe Mainero Juarez (1856 - 1901), Governor of Tamaulipas
• Matamoros, Tamaulipas - Mariano Matamoros
• Nueva Ciudad Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Nuevo Morelos, Tamaulipas - Jose Maria Morelos
• Xicotencatl, Tamaulipas - Xicotencatl I

• Amaxac de Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Benito Juarez Municipality, Tlaxcala - Benito Juarez
• Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Tlaxcala - Emiliano Zapata
• Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros - Mariano Matamoros
• Lazaro Cardenas Municipality, Tlaxcala, Sanctorum de Lazaro Cardenas - Lazaro Cardenas
• Mazatecochco de Jose Maria Morelos - Jose Maria Morelos
• Munoz de Domingo Arenas - Domingo Arenas
• Nanacamilpa de Mariano Arista - Mariano Arista
• Papalotla de Xicohtencatl - Xicotencatl I
• Tepetitla de Lardizabal - Miguel de Lardizabal, statesman
• Zitlaltepec de Trinidad Sanchez Santos - Trinidad Sanchez Santos, politician

• Alto Lucero de Gutierrez Barrios - Fernando Gutierrez Barrios (governor)
• Alvarado, Veracruz - Pedro de Alvarado
• Angel R. Cabada - Angel Rosario Cabada, agrarian leader
• Benito Juarez, Veracruz - Benito Juarez
• Camaron de Tejeda, Chicontepec de Tejeda - Adalberto Tejeda Olivares, Politician
• Carrillo Puerto (municipality) - Felipe Carrillo Puerto
• Cazones de Herrera - Jose Joaquin de Herrera
• Cosautlan de Carvajal - Angel Carvajal Bernal (Governor)
• Chinampa de Gorostiza - Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza
• Emiliano Zapata Municipality, Veracruz - Emiliano Zapata
• Gutierrez Zamora - Manuel Gutierrez Zamora
• Ignacio de la Llave (Municipality) - Ignacio de la Llave (governor)
• Ixhuatlan de Madero - Francisco I. Madero
• Juan de la Luz Enriquez, Veracruz - 19th century governor Juan de la Luz Enriquez
• Jesús Carranza, Veracruz - Jesus Carranza, father of Venustiano Carranza
• Landero y Coss - Francisco Landero y Coss (1828 - 1900), governor of Veracruz
• Lerdo de Tejada - Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada
• Mariano Escobedo, Veracruz - Mariano Escobedo
• Minatitlán, Veracruz - Martín Javier Mina y Larrea
• Mixtla de Altamirano - Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
• Platón Sánchez - Rafael Platón Sánchez (1831–1867), a native of the area who fought in the Battle of Puebla
• Rafael Delgado - Rafael Delgado (author)
• Sayula de Aleman - Miguel Aleman Valdes
• Soledad de Doblado - Manuel Doblado
• Ursulo Galvan - a communist leader Ursulo Galvan Reyes
• Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes - Gregorio López y Fuentes

• Motul de Carrillo Puerto - Felipe Carrillo Puerto
• Quintana Roo Municipality - Andres Quintana Roo
• Suma de Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Tekax de Alvaro Obregon - Alvaro Obregon

• Anacleto Lopez (Zacatecas) - General Anacleto Lopez (1894 - 1970), chief of military operations in Tepetongo
• Cuauhtemoc Municipality, Zacatecas - Cuauhtemoc
• El Plateado de Joaquin Amaro - Joaquin Amaro, revolutionary
• Florencia de Benito Juarez - Benito Juarez, President
• General Enrique Estrada - Enrique Estrada
• General Francisco R. Murgia (Zacatecas) - Francisco R. Murgia (1873 - 1922), governor of Zacatecas
• General Panfilo Natera (Zacatecas) - Panfilo Natera (1881 - 1951), revolutionary
• Juan Aldama, Zacatecas - Juan Aldama
• Luis Moya, Zacatecas - Luis Moya, revolutionary
• Miguel Alemán, Zacatecas - Miguel Aleman Valdes
• Moyahua de Estrada - Enrique Estrada, revolutionary
• Presa Leobardo Reynoso (Zacatecas) - Leobardo Reynoso Gutierrez (1902 - 1993), Governor of Zacatecas
• Teúl de González Ortega Municipality - Jesus Gonzalez Ortega
• Villa de Cos - Doctor Jose Maria Cos
• Villa Garcia - Antonio Garcia Salinas (Governor)
• Villa Gonzalez Ortega - Jesus Gonzalez Ortega
• Villa Hidalgo, Zacatecas - Miguel Hidalgo

Moldova

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
• Ștefan Vodă – Stephen III of Moldavia

Former:

• "Kotovsk" was the name of Hîncești – Grigory Kotovsky
• "Kutuzov" was the name of Ialoveni – Mikhail Kutuzov
• "Lazovsk" was the name of Sîngerei – Sergey Lazo
• " Suvorovo" was the name of Ștefan Vodă – Alexander Suvorov

Mongolia

• Bayantsogt – Tsogt Khun Taij
• Choibalsan city, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Communist leader, Prime Minister and President of Mongolia
• Choibalsan sum, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
• Delgertsogt, Dundgovi – Tsogt Khun Taij
• Erdenetsogt – Tsogt Khun Taij
• Khutag-Öndör – Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar
• Öndörkhaan (now Chinggis Khot) – Sholoi Khan
• Renchinlkhümbe – Jambyn Lkhümbe
• Sükhbaatar city – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian revolutionary
• Sükhbaatar district – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Sükhbaatar Province – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Tsogt, Govi-Altai – Tsogt Khun Taij
• Tsogt-Ovoo, Ömnögovi – Tsogt Khun Taij
• Ulaanbaatar – Damdin Sükhbaatar

Montenegro

• Danilovgrad – Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
• Herceg Novi – Duke (Herceg) Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
• Petrovac – King Peter I of Serbia
• Tomaševo - Tomaš Žižić, Montenegrin national hero

Former:

• Titograd was the name of Podgorica from 1946–1992 – Josip Broz Tito
• Ivangrad was the name of Berane from 1946–1992 – Ivan Milutinovic

Morocco

• Mohammedia – King Mohammed V of Morocco, the restorer of Moroccan independence

Mozambique

• Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça) - Josina Machel, a former President's wife
• Manhiça District - Manacusse, a Tchaka chief, who moved here after some conflict in his native area,
• Ressano Garcia – Frederico Ressano Garcia, Portuguese politician and engineer
• Vila Eduardo Mondlane – Eduardo Mondlane, President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO)

Myanmar

• Maha Bandula Park – General Maha Bandula
• Mindon, Myanmar – Mindon Min, King of Burma
• Thibaw, Shan State – Thibaw Min, King of Burma

Namibia

• Caprivi Strip – Leo von Caprivi, German general and statesman
• Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe
• John Pandeni Constituency – John Pandeni, a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
• Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma, a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrilla
• Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman, German trader
• Lüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz
• Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann Brandt
• Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency – Moses ǁGaroëb, a Namibian Politician
• Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency – Nehale Mpingana, Namibian National hero
• Samora Machel Constituency – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique
• Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann
• Tobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero

Former:

• Caprivi Region was the name of Zambezi Region, named after Leo von Caprivi

Nepal

• Birendranagar – King Birendra
• Mahendranagar, Janakpur – Mahendra of Nepal
• Mahendranagar, Kosi – Mahendra of Nepal
• Pratappur, Nepal – Pratap Singh Shah
• Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah
• Tribhuwannagar, Sarlahi – Tribhuvan of Nepal

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 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely
• 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, a Dutch Politician
• Wilhelminadorp, 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

• Albert Town – Prince Albert
• Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark
• Auckland – George Eden, Earl of Auckland
• Christchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)
• Coatesville – Gordon Coates, Prime Minister
• Foxton – William Fox, Premier
• Gisborne – William Gisborne
• Grey River, Greymouth, Greytown – George Grey, Governor
• Hastings – Warren Hastings
• Hunterville – George Hunter, merchant
• Invercargill – William Cargill
• Massey – William Massey, Prime Minister
• Napier – Charles James Napier
• Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Seddon and Seddonville – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
• Vogeltown – Julius Vogel, Premier
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington

Nicaragua

• Arlen Siu (Granada) - Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
• Bluefields – Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s
• Carazo Department - Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua
• Cárdenas – Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua
• Ciudad Darío – Rubén Dario, Nicaraguan poet
• Ciudad Sandino – Revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
• El Viejo - Cacique Agateyte
• German Pomares (Jinotega) - German Pomares Ordonez (1936 - 1979), a Nicaraguan national hero
• Greytown, Nicaragua - Charles Edward Grey, a British judge and colonial governor
• La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of Mary
• Larreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher
• Madriz Department - Jose Madriz, President of Nicaragua
• Marlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) - Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962 - 1983), a student martyr
• Puerto Morazán – Francisco Morazán, a Honduran Politician
• Puerto Benjamin Zeledon – Benjamin Zeledon, national hero of Nicaragua
• Puerto Cabezas – Rigoberto Cabezas, journalist, military figure and politician
• Puerto Diaz, Chontales –Adolfo Díaz, President of Nicaragua
• Rigoberto Lopez Perez (Managua) - Rigoberto Lopez Perez, Nicaraguan poet
• Rivas, Nicaragua – Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
• San Dionisio, Matagalpa – Dionisio de Herrera, president of Nicaragua
• San Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King Ferdinand III of Spain
• San Francisco del Norte – Saint Francis
• San Juan del Sur – Saint John
• San José de los Remates – José Guerrero, director of the State of Nicaragua
• San Lorenzo de los Tellez – Saint Lawrence and Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the area
• Santa 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 – Saint Thomas
• Socrates Sandino (Masaya) - Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875 - 1935), a Sandino's paternal brother
• Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca Amador, founder of Frente Sandinista Liberacion Nacional
• Villa Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino

Nigeria

• Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

North Korea

• Kimchaek – Korean People's Army (KPA) general, Kim Chaek
• Kimhyonggwon County – Korean revolutionary Kim Hyong-gwon
• Kimhyongjik County – Korean independence activist Kim Hyong-jik
• Kimjongsuk County – Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla, Communist activist, North Korean leader Kim Il-sung's first wife Kim Jong-suk

Norway

• Edgeøya – Thomas Edge
• Eydehavn – Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer
• Fredrikstad – King Frederick II of Denmark
• Jan Mayen – Captain Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
• Kongsberg – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Kongsvinger – King Christian V of Denmark
• Kristiansand – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Kristiansund – King Christian VI of Denmark
• Longyearbyen – world's northernmost town – John Munroe Longyear

Former:

• Christiania (from 1624 through 1877) and then Kristiania (from 1877 through 1925) were the names of Oslo – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Fredrikshald was the name of Halden from 1665 through 1928 – King Frederick III of Denmark
• Fredriksvern was the name of Stavern from 1799 through 1930 – King Frederick III of Denmark
• Victoriahavn was the name of Narvik from 1887 through 1902 – Queen Victoria

Oman

• Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Sultan Qaboos

Pakistan

• Abbottabad – James Abbott
• Bagh-e-Jinnah, Karachi – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa
• Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
• Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali
• Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
• Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
• Jacobabad – John Jacob
• Karimabad – Prince Karim Aga Khan
• Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
• Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
• Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Shujabad – Nawab Shuja Khan
• Tando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani

Former:

• Edwardesabad was the name of Bannu – Sir Herbert B. Edwardes
• Fort Sandeman was the name of Zhob – Sir Robert Sandeman
• Lyallpur was the name of Faisalabad – Alfred Comyn Lyall
• Montgomery was the name of Sahiwal – Sir Robert Montgomery

Panama

• Alcalde Díaz – Mayor Mauricio Diaz
• Almirante, Bocas del Toro – Altamirante Christopher Columbus
• Amelia Denis de Icaza (corregimiento) – Panamanian Romantic poet Amelia Denis de Icaza
• Antón – Antón Martín, Spanish explorer
• Arnulfo Arias, Panama – Dr. Arnulfo Arias, President of Panama
• Belisario Porras, Panama – Belisario Porras Barahona, President of Panama
• Carlos Santana Ávila – ex-legislator of Panameñista Party
• Colón – Christopher Columbus
• Chepigana – Cacique Chepi
• Chepo – Cacique Chepori
• David, Chiriquí – King David
• Edwin Fabrega – Panamanian politician Edwin Fabrega
• Ernesto Córdoba Campos – ex-deputy Ernesto Cordoba Campos
• Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet Tomas Martin Feuillet
• Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo Vasquez
• Herrera (corregimiento) – Tomas Herrera
• Hurtado, Panama – Don Manuel José Hurtado, father of Panamanian education
• Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama – Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, President of Panama
• Juan Díaz, Panama City – first soldier to Service of the King of Spain, Juan Diaz
• José Domingo Espinar – Panamanian patriot Jose D.Espinar
• Los Díaz – General Domingo Diaz
• Manuel E. Amador Terrero (Veraguas) – Manuel Encarnación Amador, designer who created the flag of Panama
• Manuel Ortega, Emberá – Professor Manuel Ortega
• Mateo Iturralde – General Mateo Iturralde
• Mendoza, Panama – Dr. Carlos A.Mendoza
• Omar Torrijos, Panama – Commander Omar Torrijos
• Omar Torrijos Herrera District (Colon) – Omar Torrijos, Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution
• Pedasí, Los Santos – Cacique Peazi
• Penonomé, Coclé – Nomé (Chief of a local Native American)
• Pinogana – Cacique Pino
• Puerto Armuelles – Colonel Tomás Armuelles
• Puerto Obaldía – José Domingo de Obaldía, President of Panama
• Puerto Vidal – Father superior Francisco Xavier Vidal
• Purio – Cacique Puri
• Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado – syndicate leader in a banana farm, Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado
• Rubén Cantú, Panama – Panamanian pilot Ruben Cantu
• Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Rufina Alfaro
• Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Victoriano Lorenzo

Papua New Guinea

• Finschhafen – Otto Finsch
• Port Moresby – Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby

Paraguay

• Alberdi, Paraguay – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine writer
• Capitán Bado – José Matías Bado, an army officer
• Capitán Mauricio José Troche – Mauricio José Troche (liberator)
• Coronel Bogado – Jose Felix Bogado, a Paraguayan Hero
• Coronel Oviedo – Florentin Oviedo, a Hero of Paraguayan war
• Doctor Cecilio Báez – Cecilio Báez, President of Paraguay
• Doctor Eulogio Estigarribia – Dr. Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, lawyer and politician
• Doctor Juan León Mallorquín District – Juan León Mallorquín, a Paraguayan frontiersman
• Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos – Juan Manuel Frutos, President of Paraguay
• Doctor Moisés Bertoni – Moisés Santiago Bertoni, a great Swiss investigator
• Doctor Pedro P. Peña – Pedro Peña, President of Paraguay
• Doctor Raúl Peña, Paraguay - Carlos Raúl Peña del Molino Torres (1904 - 1984), a former president's son
• Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay – Eusebio Ayala, President of Paraguay
• Escobar, Paraguay – Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay
• Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay – Fernando de la Mora (politician), a father of Paraguayan independence from Spain
• General Artigas – Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas
• General Delgado – Jose Maria Delgado, a military in Paraguayan war
• General Elizardo Aquino – Elizardo Aquino, a Hero of Paraguayan war
• General Eugenio A. Garay – Eugenio Alejandrino Garay, a Paraguayan military and journalist
• General Higinio Morínigo – Higinio Morínigo, President of Paraguay
• General Isidoro Resquín – Francisco Isidoro Resquín
• General José Eduvigis Díaz – José Eduvigis Díaz, a Hero of Paraguayan war
• Hernandarias District - Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the first native governor of the province Giant Indies during the colonial era
• Juan Emilio O'Leary – Juan Emiliano O'Leary (1879 - 1969), a Paraguayan journalist, poet, historian and politician
• José Ocampos – a founder on his birthplace Jose Domingo Ocampos
• Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay – Mariano Roque Alonso, a consul of the republic
• Mariscal Estigarribia – Marshall Jose Felix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay
• Mariscal Francisco Solano López – Francisco Solano López, Second President of Paraguay
• Mayor José Dejesús Martínez – Jose Dejesus Martinez, a Hero of Paraguayan war
• Pedro Juan Caballero – Pedro Juan Caballero
• Presidente Franco District – Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay
• San Alfredo (Concepcion) - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay
• Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguay – Tomás Romero Pereira, President of Paraguay
• Valenzuela, Paraguay – father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela
• Villa Hayes – Rutherford Hayes, an American President
• Yegros – Fulgencio Yegros, Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay

Peru

• Alonso de Alvarado District - Alonso de Alvarado, spanish conquistador
• Antonio Raymondi Province – Antonio Raimondi, native Italian geographer
• Bolívar, Peru – Simon Bolivar
• Bolognesi Province – Francisco Bolognesi, hero of the Battle of Arica
• Cáceres del Perú District – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres
• Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
• Castilla District – Ramon Castilla
• Castrovirreyna – Doña Teresa de Castro
• Contralmirante Villar Province – Contralmirante Manuel Villar Olivera, Peruvian mariner
• Coronel Castañeda District - Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda, President of Peru
• Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa District - Gregorio Albarracín (1817 - 1882)
• Coronel Portillo Province – Pedro Portillo, Prefect of Loreto
• Daniel Alcides Carrión Province – medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión
• Daniel Alomías Robles District - Daniel Alomía Robles, compositor
• Daniel Hernández District - Daniel Hernández Morillo
• Deán Valdivia District - Juan Gualberto Valdivia Cornejo (1796 - 1884), a Peruvian priest
• Eleazar Guzman Barron District - Dr. Eleazar Guzmán Barrón (1899 - 1957), medic
• Elías Soplín Vargas District - Elías Soplín Vargas (1909 - 1933), a Peruvian national hero
• Emilio San Martín District - Emilio San Martín (1861 - 1880)
• Espinar Province – Ladislao Espinar Carrera, hero of Cuzco
• Fernando Lores District - Fernando Lores Tenazoa (1906 - 1933), hero of a Colombia–Peru War
• Fidel Olivas Escudero District - Fidel Olivas Escudero (1850 - 1935), bishop
• Fitzcarrald District - Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
• General Sánchez Cerro Province – former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
• Grocio Prado District - José Santos Grocio Prado Linares (1857 - 1880), a hero of the Battle of the Peak of the Alliance
• Hermilio Valdizán District - Hermilio Valdizán, peruvian physcian
• Heroínas Toledo District - María e Higinia Toledo and their mother Cleofé Ramos, who are heroines during the peruvian independence
• Ignacio Escudero District – Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso, a Peruvian patrician
• Jacobo Hunter District - Jacob Dixon Hunter (1837 - 1926), a scottish doctor
• Jenaro Herrera District - Genaro Herrera (1861 - 1939), lawyer, narrator and politician
• Jorge Basadre Province – Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Peruvian historian
• Jorge Chávez District – Jorge Chávez, a Peruvian aviator
• José Crespo Y Castillo District - Juan José Crespo y Castillo, an Independence hero
• José Luis Bustamante District - Jose Luis Bustamante, President of Peru
• José María Arguedas District – José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist
• José María Quimper District - José María Químper (1828 - 1902), Minister of the interior
• Juan Espinoza Medrano District – Juan Espinoza Medrano, Peruvian Writer
• Justo Apu Sahuaraura District - Justo Apu Sahuaraura, an independence hero
• La Mar Province - José de la Mar, President of Peru
• Leoncio Prado Province, Leoncio Prado District, Huaura – Peruvian mariner Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez
• Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro District – Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro, Peruvian explorer
• María Parado de Bellido District - María Parado de Bellido, an indigenous Peruvian revolutionary
• Mariano Dámaso Beraun District - Mariano Dámaso Beraun (1813 - 1894), a Peruvian physician and educador
• Mariano 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 – Ramon Castilla
• Mariscal Gamarra District - Agustín Gamarra, President of Peru
• Mariscal Luzuriaga Province – Peruvian marshal and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga
• Mariscal Nieto Province – Marshall Domingo Nieto
• Melgar Province and Mariano Melgar District – Mariano Melgar a Peruvian patriot, poet, artist and warrior
• Micaela Bastidas District - Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, a martyr for Peruvian independence
• Miguel Checa District – Don Miguel Checa, who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910
• Miguel Iglesias District – Miguel Iglesias, a Peruvian soldier, general, and politician who served as the 35th President of Peru
• Nicolás de Piérola District - Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru
• Pachacutec District - Pachacuti
• Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missioner
• Pedro Vilca Apaza District - Pedro Vilca Apaza (1741 - 1782) an Indigenous rebellious leader
• Puerto Bermúdez District - Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru
• Puerto Maldonado – Faustino Maldonado, Peruvian explorer
• Ramón Castilla – Marshall Ramón Castilla, President of Peru
• Requena Province – Francisco Requena y Herrera, Governor of Maynas
• Ricardo Palma District – Ricardo Palma, a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician
• Rodríguez de Mendoza Province – Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Peruvian academic
• Rosa Panduro District - Carmen Rosa Panduro (1918 - 1989), a heroine of Colombia-Peru war
• Salas District, Ica - Juan José Salas, an independence hero
• San Martín Province – Jose de San Martin, a protector of Peru
• San Román Province – Miguel de San Román President of Peru
• Sánchez Carrión Province – José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, pro-independence politician from Peru
• Sucre Province – Antonio Jose de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho
• Teniente Manuel Clavero District - José Manuel Sixto Clavero Muga (1879 - 1911), a hero who was killed in a batlle on a border of Colombia
• Túpac Amaru District – Túpac Amaru II
• Tupac Amaru Inca District – Túpac Amaru
• Víctor Fajardo Province – Colonel Victor Fajardo
• Víctor Larco Herrera District - Victor Larco Herrera, an Peruvian philanthropreneur

Philippines

• Adams, Ilocos Norte – John Quincy Adams
• Aguilar, Pangasinan – Rafael María de Aguilar
• Aguinaldo, Ifugao – Emilio Aguinaldo, First President
• Allen, Northern Samar – Henry Tureman Allen
• Aurora – Aurora Quezon, first lady of the Philippines
• Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental – Andres Bonifacio, National hero
• Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte – Braulio Española Dujali
• Brooke's Point – James Brooke
• Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez
• Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental – Enrique B. Magalona, former Senator of the Philippines
• Garchitorena, Camarines Sur – Don Andres Garchitorena
• General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite – Emilio Aguinaldo, First President
• General Luna, Quezon – Antonio Luna
• General Mariano Alvarez – Mariano Alvarez
• General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao – Salipada K. Pendatun
• General Santos – General Paulino Santos
• General Tinio, Nueva Ecija – Manuel Tinio
• General Trias, Cavite – Mariano Trias
• Gloria, Oriental Mindoro – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines
• Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur – Gregorio del Pilar
• Isabela, Basilan – Queen Isabella II of Spain
• Isabela Province – Queen Isabella II of Spain
• Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental – Jose Abad Santos
• Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte – José María Panganiban
• Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu
• Legazpi, Albay – Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
• Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega
• Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental – Graciano López Jaena
• MacArthur, Leyte – General Douglas MacArthur
• Mendez, Cavite – Commodore Castro Méndez Núñez
• Muñoz, Nueva Ecija – Francisco Muñoz
• New Washington, Aklan – George Washington
• Ozamiz – José Ozámiz
• Quezon, Bukidnon – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines
• Quezon City – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines
• Quirino – Elpidio Quirino
• Padre Burgos, Quezon – José Burgos
• Padre Garcia, Batangas – Vicente García, a Filipino priest, hero and a defender of Dr. Jose P. Rizal
• Pio 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 Philippines
• President Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
• Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
• Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of then First Lady and Congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos
• Rizal – Dr.José Rizal, National hero
• Rodriguez, Rizal – Eulogio Rodriguez
• Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay – Roseller T. Lim
• Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
• Santiago – Saint James the Apostle
• Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat
• Tobias Fornier, Antique – Congressman from Antique, Tobias A Fornier
• Trece Martires – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
• Valenzuela – Pío Valenzuela
• Victoria, Oriental Mindoro – Victoria Quirino, daughter of President Elpidio Quirino

Poland

• Aleksandrów Kujawski – Emperor Alexander II Romanov, benefactor of the town
• Aleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
• Annopol – Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founder
• Augustów – King Sigismund II Augustus, founder
• Baborów – Bavor ze Strakonic, founder
• Barczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858-1929), Polish catholic priest
• Bemowo – Józef Bem, national hero
• Bodzentyn – Jan Bodzanta, founder
• Dzierżoniów – Father Dr. Jan Dzierżon, polish apiarist who was discovered the phenomenon of Parthenogenesis of bees
• Frampol – Franciszka Butler, wife of founder
• Giżycko – Gustaw Gizewiusz, political figure
• Janów Lubelski – Jan Zamoyski, son of founder
• Jordanów – Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, founder
• Józefów – Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, founder
• Kazimierz Dolny – Duke Casimir II the Just, donor of the town to the order of Norbertines
• Kętrzyn – Wojciech Kętrzyński, historian
• Kolonowskie – Philipp Colonna, founder
• Konstancin – Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founder
• Konstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov
• Korfantów – Wojciech Korfanty, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
• Łaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz, founder
• Mieszkowice – Duke Mieszko I
• Mrągowo – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz, Protestant pastor
• Pieniężno – Seweryn Pieniężny (1890 - 1940), Polish journalist
• Platerówka – Emilia Plater, national heroine
• Przemków – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa, founder
• Rymanów – Nicolao Reymann, founder
• Sokołowsko – Alfred Sokołowski, resident and benefactor of the town
• Szczuczyn – Stanisław Antoni Szczuka, founder
• Szlichtyngowa – Jan Schlichting, founder
• Tarnobrzeg – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
• Tarnogród – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
• Terespol – Teresa Słuszka, wife of founder
• Tomaszów Lubelski – Tomasz Zamoyski, owner and benefactor of the town
• Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski, founder
• Tyczyn – Bartold Tyczner, founder
• Wejherowo – Jakub Weyher, founder
• Władysławowo – King Wladislaus IV Vasa, founder of the town's port
• Zawadzkie – Franciszek von Zawadzky, founder
• Żyrardów – Philippe de Girard, founder

Former:

• Bierutowice was the name of Karpacz Górny (now part of Karpacz) in the years 1949–1991 – Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland
• Hermannsbad was the name of Ciechocinek in the years 1939–1945 – Hermann Göring
• Hindenburg was the name of Zabrze in the years 1915–1945 – Paul von Hindenburg
• Iwanogród was the name of Dęblin in the years 1842–1915 – Ivan Paskevich
• Litzmannstadt was the name of Łódź in the years 1940–1945 – Karl Litzmann
• Nowa Aleksandria was the name of Puławy in the years 1846–1918 – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
• Stalinogród was the name of Katowice in the years 1953–1956 – Joseph Stalin

Portugal

• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – conde Rodrigo González Girón
• Guimarães – Vímara Peres
• Lisbon (Latin, Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, Ulyssipolis, Ulisseia) – Ulysses
• Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal
• Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz
• Padre Cruz(Lisbon) - Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859-1948), Portuguese priest
• Santa Joana (parish) – Joanna, Princess of Portugal
• São Vicente, Madeira – Vincent of Saragossa
• Vale de Afonsinho – Afonso I of Portugal
• Villa Boa do Bispo - D.Sisnando, bishop of Porto
• Vila do Bispo – Bishop Fernando Coutinho
• Vila do Conde – Mumadona Dias
• Vila Real - King Denis of Portugal
• Vila Real do Santo Antonio - Joseph I of Portugal

Puerto Rico

• Bolívar (Santurce) – Simon Bolivar
• Carolina, Puerto Rico – King Charles II of Spain
• Cataño, Puerto Rico – Hernando de Cataño
• Eleanor Roosevelt (Hato Rey) – Eleanor Roosevelt, American Politician
• Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico – Jesús T. Piñero, Governor of Puerto Rico
• Isabela, Puerto Rico – Queen Isabella I of Castile
• Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico - Isabella II of Spain
• Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico – Doña Juana Díaz
• Lares, Puerto Rico – Don Amador de Lariz, Spanish nobleman
• Levittown, Puerto Rico - William Levitt
• López Sicardó (Oriente) – Dr. Rafael Lopez Sicardo (1875 - 1937)
• Marín (Patillas) – Luis Muñoz Marín, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• Muñoz Rivera (Patillas) – Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician
• Ponce, Puerto Rico – Juan Ponce de León or Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, great-grandson of Spanish conquistador
• San Germán, Puerto Rico – Germaine of Foix, the new queen of King Fernando or Saint Germanus of Auxerre

Qatar

• Umm Salal Ali – Ali bin Jassim Al Thani, a son of Qatar's former ruler
• Umm Salal Mohammed – Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani

Romania

• Ady Endre – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet
• Alexandria – Prince Grigore Alexandru Ghica
• Alexandru Odobescu, Călărași – Alexandru Odobescu, writer and politician
• Avram Iancu, Alba and Avram Iancu, Bihor – Avram Iancu
• Bucharest – Bucur, legendary shepherd
• C. A. Rosetti, Buzău, C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, liberal Wallachian politician
• Ciprian Porumbescu, Suceava – Ciprian Porumbescu
• Constanţa – Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of Constantine the Great
• Constantin Daicoviciu, Caraș-Severin – Constantin Daicoviciu, Romanian historian who died in 1973
• Costache Negri, Galați – Costache Negri, revolutionary
• Costinești – {{Interlanguage link multi|Emil Costinescu|ro}}, Minister of Finance and land owner
• Cuza Vodă, Călărași, Cuza Vodă, Constanța, Cuza Vodă, Galați – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
• Dragalina, Călărași – General Ion Dragalina
• Dr. Petru Groza, Ştei - Petru Groza, President of Romania
• General Berthelot – Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general
• George Enescu, Botoșani – George Enescu, Romanian compositor
• Gheorghe Doja, Ialomița – György Dózsa, a Székely from Transylvania
• Gheorghe Lazăr, Ialomița – Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
• Giurgiu – Saint George
• Horia, Constanța, Horia, Neamț, Horia, Tulcea – Vasile Ursu Nicola (known as Horea)
• I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea – Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania
• Ion Corvin, Constanţa – John Hunyadi
• Ion Creangă, Neamț – Ion Creangă
• Ion Roată, Ialomița – Ion Roată, a Romanian peasant and political figure
• Medgidia – Abdülmecid I
• Mihai Eminescu, Botoșani – Mihai Eminescu
• Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Ialomiţa, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea – Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
• Mihai Viteazu, Cluj, Mihai Viteazu, Constanţa – Michael the Brave
• Mircea Vodă, Brăila, Mircea Vodă, Constanţa – Mircea I of Wallachia
• Moldovenești – Ioan Micu Moldovan, a Romanian professor
• Nicolae Bălcescu, Bacău, Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași, Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanţa, Nicolae Bălcescu, Vâlcea – Nicolae Bălcescu
• Nicolae Titulescu, Olt – Nicolae Titulescu, a Romanian diplomat and politician
• Negru Vodă – probably Radu Negru
• Oneşti – Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana
• Ovidiu – Ovid
• Petru Rareș, Bistrița-Năsăud – Petru Rareș
• Roman – Roman I of Moldavia
• Saligny, Constanţa – 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 aviator
• Tudor Vladimirescu, Brăila, Tudor Vladimirescu, Galați – Tudor Vladimirescu
• Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș - Victor Vlad Delamarina, Romanian poet
• Vlad Țepeș, Călărași, Vlad Țepeș, Giurgiu – Vlad the Impaler

Former:

• Stalin was the name of Brașov – Joseph Stalin
• Vasile Roaită was the name of Eforie Sud – after Vasile Roaită, a communist shot during the Griviţa Strike of 1933
• Ferdinand I was the name of Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa – Ferdinand I of Romania
• Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Oneşti – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, communist leader
• Dr. Petru Groza was the name of Ştei – Doctor Petru Groza, Prime Minister and President of Romania

Russia

• Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky – Emperor Alexander II of Russia
• Andropovsky District - Yuri Andropov, President
• Babushkin – Ivan Babushkin, revolutionary
• Borisoglebsk – Boris and Gleb
• Budyonnovsk – Marshal Semyon Budyonny
• Chaykovsky – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
• Chekhov - Dr. Anton Chekhov, medic
• Chernyakhovsk – general Ivan Chernyakhovsky
• Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast – General Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (1829-1905)
• Demidov – Bolshevik Yakov Demidov
• Dikson – Scottish Swedish explorer Oscar Dickson
• Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian communist leader and also as a Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Dmitrov – Saint Demetrius
• Dzerzhinsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky, politician
• Engels – Friedrich Engels, philosopher
• Furmanov – Dmitry Furmanov, author
• Gagarin – Yury Gagarin, cosmonaut
• Georgiyevsk – Saint George
• Gorodovikovsk – General Oka Gorodovikov
• Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – Major General Stepan Guryev
• Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast – Dimitri Alexandrovich Guryev, Minister of finance
• Imeni Poliny Osipenko (rural locality) – Polina Osipenko, military pilot
• Ivangorod – King Ivan III of Russia
• Kaliningrad – Mikhail Kalinin, President
• Khabarovsk – explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov
• Kingisepp – Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian communist revolutionary
• Kirov – Sergey Kirov, bolshevik leader
• Kirovgrad – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovsk – Sergey Kirov
• Korolyov – rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov
• Kotovsk – Grigore Kotovski, politician
• Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin, anarcho-communist philosopher
• Kuybyshevo, Rostov Oblast – Commander Nikolay Kuibyshev
• Leninsk-Kuznetsky – Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician
• Leninogorsk – Vladimir Lenin
• Lermontov – Mikhail Lermontov, writer and poet
• Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) - Leo Tolstoy, writer
• Lomonosov – writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov
• Makarov – Stepan Makarov, oceanographer
• Makhachkala – Daghestani revolutionary Makhach
• Mariinsk – Queen Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
• Mariinsky Posad – Queen Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
• Marks – Karl Marx, philosopher
• Michurinsk – selectionist Ivan Michurin
• Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast – the army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller
• Novoalexandrovsk – King Alexander I of Russia
• Novokuybyshevsk – Valerian Kuybyshev, revolutionary
• Nesterov – World War II hero Stepan Kuzmich Nesterov
• Nevelsk – Gennady Nevelskoy, navigator
• Noginsk – Bolshevik Viktor Nogin
• Pavlovsk – Paul I
• Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul
• Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast – Peter the Great, Father of the Russian fatherland
• Petrozavodsk – Tsar Peter the Great
• Podgorny, Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai - Nikolai Podgorny, President
• Prokopyevsk - Prokopiy of Ustug
• Pushkin – Aleksandr Pushkin, writer
• Rostov-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, marine
• Sholokhovsky District – Mikhail Sholokhov, novelist
• Tolyatti (or Togliatti) – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician
• Ulyanovsk – Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov
• Yaroslavl – prince Yaroslav I the Wise
• Yekaterinburg, Russia – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Queen Catherine I of Russia
• Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast - Georgy Zhukov, Military

Former:

• Andropov was the name of Rybinsk – Yuri Andropov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
• Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Gorky was the name of Nizhny Novgorod – Maxim Gorky
• Chkalov was the name of Orenburg – aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov
• Georgiu Dezh was the name of Liski – Romanian communist Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
• Kalinin was the name of Tver – Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
• Königsberg was the name of Kaliningrad – King Ottokar II, "the Iron", of Bohemia
• Kuybyshev was the name of Samara – Valerian Kuybyshev
• Leningrad was the name of Saint Petersburg – Vladimir Lenin
• Molotov was the name of Perm – Vyacheslav Molotov
• Novonikolaevsk was the name of Novosibirsk – Emperor Nicholas II
• Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vladikavkaz – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Petrovsk-Port was the name of Makhachkala – Peter the Great
• Stalingrad was the name of Volgograd – Joseph Stalin
• Stalinogorsk was the name of Novomoskovsk – Joseph Stalin
• Stalinsk was the name of Novokuznetsk – Joseph Stalin
• Sverdlovsk was the name of Yekaterinburg – Yakov Sverdlov
• Ustinov was the name of Izhevsk – Marshal Dmitry Ustinov
• Voroshilov was the name of Ussuriysk – Kliment Voroshilov
• Yekaterinodar was the name of Krasnodar – Catherine the Great

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Charlestown, Nevis – Charles II of England

Saint Lucia

• Castries - Charles Eugene Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries, French Marshal
• Rodney Bay – British naval officer George Brydges Rodney

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Charlestown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Charles II of England
• Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – George III of the United Kingdom
• Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Queen Elizabeth II

São Tomé e Príncipe

• Agostinho Neto (São Tomé) – Agostinho Neto, Angolan President

Saudi Arabia

• King Abdul Aziz Port – Ibn Saud
• King Abdullah Economic City – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
• King Khalid Military City – Khalid of Saudi Arabia

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• Edinburgh of the Seven Seas – The Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
• Jamestown – James, Duke of York
• Georgetown – George III

Senegal

• Richard Toll – Jean Michel Claude Richard, French botanist
• Saint-Louis – Louis XIV of France

Serbia

• Aleksa Šantić – Aleksa Šantić, Poet
• Aleksandrovac – King Alexander I of Serbia
• Bajina Bašta – Baja Osman
• Blok Sava Kovačević – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević
• Braće Jerković – Nebojša and Dušan Jerković
• Bosilegrad - King Busil
• Čelarevo - Commander Zdravko Ĉelar, Serbian National Hero
• Despotovac - Despot Stefan Lazarevic
• Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Donji Milanovac - Milan I of Serbia
• Dr Ivan Ribar – Doctor Ivan Ribar, President of Yugoslavia
• Gornji Milanovac - Milan I of Serbia
• Jaša Tomić – Jaša Tomić, journalist
• Kačarevo - Svetozar Kačar, Serbian National Hero
• Karađorđevo – Karađorđe, Father of the Serbian Fatherland
• Kljajićevo - Miloš Kljajić, Serbian National Hero
• Kraljevo - Milan I of Serbia
• Kruščić - Vukman Kruŝĉić, Serbian National Hero
• Lazarevac – Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic
• Lukićevo - Veljko Lukić, Serbian farmer and national hero
• Miletićevo – Svetozar Miletić, advocate, journalist, author, politician
• Minicevo - Milun Minić, Serbian national hero
• Mladenovo - Dr. Mladen Stojanović
• Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja) – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist
• Obilić – Miloš Obilić, a Serbian knight
• Obrenovac – Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia
• Petrovac, Serbia - Milutin Petrović, Serbian revolutionary
• Radoševo - Radoš Bojović, Serbian national hero
• Ratkovo - Ratko Pavlović, Serbian fighter
• Sava Kovačević, Zemun – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević
• Svetozar Miletić – Svetozar Miletić
• Tomislavci - Tomislav of Yugoslavia
• Tošin Bunar – Teodor Toša Apostolović (1745–1810), Serbian merchant and philanthropist
• Zrenjanin – Žarko Zrenjanin, National Hero of Serbia

Former:

• Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina – Svetozar Marković
• Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo – Aleksandar Rankovic
• Titova Mitrovica was the name of Kosovska Mitrovica – Josip Broz Tito
• Titovo Užice was the name of Užice – Josip Broz Tito

Sierra Leone

• Aberdeen, Sierra Leone – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
• Bureh Town – Bai Bureh a Sierra Leonean pro independent leader
• Charlotte, 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 Leone
• Wellington, Freetown – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Singapore

• Alexandra, Singapore – Alexandra of Denmark
• Balestier – Joseph Balestier
• Clementi, Singapore – Sir Cecil Clementi Smith
• MacPherson, Singapore – Lieutenant Colonel Ronald MacPherson (1837–1869)
• Mount Faber – Captain Charles Edward Faber
• Mount Vernon, Singapore – British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Edward Vernon
• Newton, Singapore – Alfred Howard Vincent Newton
• Queenstown, Singapore – Queen Elizabeth II
• Thomson, Singapore – John Turnbull Thomson

Slovakia

• Bratislava – Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia
• Gabčíkovo – Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier involved in Operation Anthropoid
• Hamuliakovo – Martin Hamuljak, Slovak Writer
• Hurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Slovak writer
• Leopoldov – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Martin, Slovakia – Saint Martin of Tours
• Michalovce – Saint Michael
• Nálepkovo – Ján Nálepka, anti-fascist Slovak captain
• Palárikovo – Ján Palárik (1822 - 1876), Slovak playwright
• Sládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet
• Štefanovičová – Dr. Miloš Štefanovič (1854 - 1904), Slovak lawyer
• Štúrovo – Ľudovít Štúr, 19th-century Slovak national leader
• Svätoplukovo – Svätopluk II, Prince of Moravia
• Tešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík, Slovak Lutheran priest
• Tomášikovo – Samo Tomášik, Slovak poet

Slovenia

• Kidričevo – Boris Kidrič, President of the Government of Slovenia
• Primoži – Primož Trubar, Father of the Slovenian nation

Somalia

• Adan Yabal District - Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, First President of Somalia

Former:

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

South Africa

• Albertinia – Johannes Rudolph Albertyn^[7]
• Athlone – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
• Beaufort West – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
• Bellville – Charles Davidson Bell
• Bredasdorp – Michiel van Breda, later first Mayor of Cape Town^[7]
• Caledon – 2nd Earl of Caledon
• Calitzdorp – Calitz family^[7]
• Camps Bay (Cape Town) – Friedrich von Kamptz
• Clanwilliam – 1st Earl of Clanwilliam^[7]
• Darling – Charles Henry Darling, lieutenant-governor of Cape Colony
• Durbanville – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
• George – King George III of the United Kingdom
• Gordon's Bay – Robert Jacob Gordon
• Hermanus – Hermanus Pieters^[7]
• Hopefield – Col William Hope and William Field^[7]
• Ladismith – Lady Smith, wife of Sir Harry Smith
• Laingsburg – John Laing
• Lamberts Bay – Admiral Sir Robert Lambert
• Maitland (Cape Town) – Sir Peregrine Maitland, governor of Cape Colony
• Malmesbury – 1st Earl of Malmesbury^[7]
• McGregor – Rev Andrew McGregor^[7]
• Milnerton – Sir Alfred Milner
• Montagu – John Montagu
• Moorreesburg – Rev Johannes Moorrees
• Murraysburg – Reverend Andrew Murray Snr
• Napier – Sir George Napier, governor of Cape Colony
• Oudtshoorn – Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, governor of Cape Colony
• Parow – Johann Heinrich Parow^[7]
• Plettenberg Bay – Baron Joachim Ammema van Plettenberg, governor of Cape Colony
• Porterville – William Porter, attorney-general of Cape Colony
• Prince Albert – Prince Albert
• Prince Alfred Hamlet – The Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria
• Riebeeck Kasteel – Jan van Riebeeck
• Riebeeck West – Jan van Riebeeck
• Riversdale – Harry Rivers
• Robertson – Rev Dr William Robertson
• Saldanha – Antonio de Saldanha
• Simon's Town – Simon van der Stel
• Somerset West – Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of Cape Colony
• Stellenbosch – Simon van der Stel, governor of Cape Colony
• Swellendam – Hendrik Swellengrebel and his wife Helena Ten Damme
• Tulbagh – Ryk Tulbagh, governor of Cape Colony
• Vanrhynsdorp – Petrus Benjamin van Rhyn^[7]
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington
• Wolseley – Viscount Wolseley
• Worcester – Marquess of Worcester^[7]

• Adelaide – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
• Alexandria, Eastern Cape – Rev Alexander Smit^[7]
• Alice – Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria
• Aliwal North – Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet of Aliwal
• Balfour, Eastern Cape – Robert Balfour, secretary of the Glasgow Missionary Society
• Barkly East – Sir Henry Barkly
• Bedford – Duke of Bedford
• Butterworth – Joseph Butterworth
• Cradock – John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden
• Dias Division – Bartolommeo Dias
• Elliot – Henry George Elliot
• Fort Beaufort – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
• Graaff-Reinet – Cornelis van der Graaff and his wife Hester Reynet
• Grahamstown – John Graham
• Humansdorp – Johannes Jurie Human and Matthys Gerhardus Human
• Jansenville – Jan Willem Janssens
• Joubertina – Rev W.A. Joubert^[7]
• King William's Town – King William IV of the United Kingdom
• Kirkwood – James Somers Kirkwood^[7]
• Lady Grey – Lady Eliza Lucy Grey
• Maclear – Thomas Maclear
• Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality – Nelson Mandela
• Philipstown – Sir Philip Wodehouse, governor of Cape Colony^[7]
• Port Alfred – The Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria
• Port Elizabeth – Elizabeth Donkin (wife of acting governor Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin)
• Queenstown – Queen Victoria
• Richmond, Eastern Cape – Duke of Richmond^[7]
• Seymour – Colonel Seymour^[7]
• Somerset East – Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of Cape Colony
• Steynsburg – Andries Steyn^[7]
• Steytlerville – Abraham Isaac Steytler
• Stutterheim – Baron von Stutterheim^[7]
• Uitenhage – Jacob Uitenhage de Mist

• Barkly West – Sir Henry Barkly
• Calvinia – John Calvin, from its church dedicated to him
• Carnarvon – Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
• Cathcart – Sir George Cathcart
• Colesberg – Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole^[7]
• Douglas – Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Douglas
• Jankempdorp – Gen Jan Kemp
• Kimberley – John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
• Loxton – A.E. Loxton^[7]
• Molteno – John Charles Molteno, first prime minister of Cape Colony
• Port Nolloth – Captain M. S. Nolloth
• Reivilo – Rev A.J. Olivier^[7]
• Sutherland – Henry Sutherland, pastor who established the church around which the settlement grew
• Upington – Thomas Upington
• Victoria West – Queen Victoria
• Warrenton – Sir Charles Warren
• Williston – Colonel Willis

• Allanridge – Allan Roberts^[7]
• Brandfort – Johannes Brand, state president of the Orange Free State^[7]
• Cornelia – Cornelia Mulder, wife of Francis William Reitz, president of the Orange Free State^[7]
• Dealesville – John Henry Deale^[7]
• Deneysville – Deneys Reitz
• Dewetsdorp – Jacobus de Wet, father of General Christiaan de Wet
• Fauresmith – Reverend Phillip Faure and Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
• Harrismith – Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
• Hennenman – P.F. Hennenman^[7]
• Hertzogville – James Barry Munnik Hertzog^[7]
• Hobhouse – Emily Hobhouse^[7]
• Kestell – Rev Dr J.D. Kestell^[7]
• Lindley – Rev Daniel Lindley^[7]
• Paul Roux – Dr Paul Roux
• Philippolis – Rev Dr John Philip^[7]
• Rouxville – Rev Pieter Roux^[7]
• Viljoenskroon – Hans Viljoen and his horse 'Kroon'^[7]
• Villiers – Lourens de Villiers
• Warden – Charles Warden, administrator of the Orange River Sovereignty^[7]
• Zastron – Johanns sibella Zastron, wife of president Johannes Brand^[7]

• Alexandra – Alexandra Papenfus (wife of farmer)
• Benoni – the original name of the Biblical Benjamin
• Boksburg – W.E. Bok, state secretary of the South African Republic
• Carletonville – Guy Carleton Jones
• Johannesburg – Johannes Rissik; Johannes Meyer
• Krugersdorp – Paul Kruger
• Pretoria – Andries Pretorius
• Sharpeville – John Sharpe
• Vanderbijlpark – Hendrik van der Bijl

• Colenso – Bishop John Colenso
• Durban – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
• Estcourt – Thomas Estcourt
• Greytown – George Edward Grey
• La Lucia – Lucia Michel
• Ladysmith – Lady Smith, wife of Sir Harry Smith
• Melmoth – Sir Melmoth Osborne, governor of Zululand
• Newcastle – Duke of Newcastle
• Pietermaritzburg – Two theories exist.
  • In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of Voortrekker leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz.
  • In another theory, the city was originally named after Retief alone, initially "Pieter Mouriets Burg" (after his given names) and transformed to its current form.
• Pinetown – Sir Benjamin Pine, governor of Natal
• Port Edward – Edward VIII
• Port Shepstone – Theophilus Shepstone
• Richard's Bay – Frederick Richards
• Scottburgh – John Scott, lieutenant-governor of Natal

• Louis Trichardt – Louis Trichardt

• Balfour – Arthur James Balfour
• Barberton – Harry and Fred Barber, pioneer gold prospectors^[7]
• Breyten – Nicolaas Breytenbach^[7]
• Carolina – Carolina Coetzee, wife of the owner of the land on which the town was developed^[7]
• Evander – Evelyn Anderson^[7]
• Groblersdal – W.J. Grobler^[7]
• Machadodorp – General Jose Machado^[7]
• Nelspruit – Andries, Gert and Louis Nel^[7]
• Paulpietersburg – Paul Kruger and Petrus Jacobus Joubert
• Piet Retief – Piet Retief
• Standerton – A.J. Stander, owner of the farm on which the town was developed^[7]
• Trichardt – Carolus Johannes Trichardt, son of Louis Trichardt

• Brits – Gert Brits, owner of the farm on which the town was developed^[7]
• Christiana – Christiana Pretorius, daughter of president Marthinus Wessel Pretorius^[7]
• Coligny – Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny^[7]
• Delareyville – General Jacobus de la Rey^[7]
• Klerksdorp – Jacob de Clerq
• Potchefstroom – the first syllable comes from the surname of the town's founder Andries Hendrik Potgieter
• Schweizer Reneke – Captain Schweizer and Field Cornet Reneke^[7]
• Ventersdorp – Johannes Venter, owner of the farm on which the town was developed^[7]
• Wolmaransstad – J.M.A. Wolmarans
• Zeerust – Diederick Coetzee (the town was originally named 'Coetzee-Rust')^[7]

Former:

• Ellisras (Limpopo) was the name of Lephalale – Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus (farm owners)
• Pietersburg (Limpopo) was the name of Polokwane – Petrus Jacobus Joubert
• Potgietersrus (Limpopo) was the name of Mokopane – Piet Potgieter
• Stanger (KwaZulu-Natal) was the name of KwaDukuza – William Stanger (Surveyor-General of Natal)
• Verwoerdburg (Gauteng) was the name of Centurion – Hendrik Verwoerd

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• King Edward Point – Edward VII

Former:

• Prince Olav Harbour – Crown Prince Olav of Norway

South Korea

• Myeongseongsan – Empress Myeongseong

Spain

• Alar del Rey – Philip IV of Spain
• Alcázar del Rey – Alfonso VIII of Castille
• 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 politician
• As Pontes de García Rodríguez – Conde García Rodríguez de Valcarce
• Barcelona (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
• Cervantes, Lugo - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist
• Chillarón del Rey – Philip II of Spain
• Ciudad Rodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron
• Don Benito – D.Benito, son of Conde of Medellin
• Doña Mencía – Mécia Lopes de Haro, Wife of captain Alvaro Perez de Castro
• Dos Hermanas – Two sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, Elvira and Estefania Nazareno
• El Cubo de Don Sancho – Sancho IV of Castile
• El Puerto de Santa Maria – Saint Mary
• El Valle de Altomira (also known as Puebla de Don Francisco) - Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo (1901-1990), Minister of Justice
• Espinoso del Rey – Philip II of Spain
• Fuente la Reina – Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon
• Guadalema de los Quintero (Seville) – Quintero brothers, Spanish dramatists
• Guadiana del Caudillo – General Francisco Franco (Caudillo)
• Hernán Cortés (Badajoz) – Hernán Cortés
• Isla Cristina – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
• Lanzarote – Lancelotto Malocello ({{lang-la|Lanzarotus Marocelus}})
• Llanos del Caudillo – Francisco Franco, Spanish Prime Minister
• Medellín ({{lang-la|Metellinum}}) – Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (founder)
• Molins de Rei – Alfonso II of Aragon
• Monterrei – Ferdinand IV of Castile
• Morales de Rey – Alfonso VII of Leon
• Nava del Rey - Alfonso XII of Spain
• Olías del Rey – Philip V of Spain
• Olmeda del Rey – Charles II of Spain
• Pamplona ({{lang-la|Pompaelo}}) – Pompey the Great (founder)
• Pedro Martínez, Granada – Pedro Martinez, Captain General of Duke of Gor
• Pedro Muñoz – Pedro Muñoz, archdeacon of Alcaraz
• Pío 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 Banus - Jose Banus (1906–1984), businessman and builder
• Queipo de Llano (Seville) – Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Spanish military
• Quintanilla de Onésimo – Onésimo Redondo, a Spanish Politician
• 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 officer
• San 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 Kings
• Sant 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 Leon
• Sos del Rey Catolico – 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 Giron
• Valencia de Don Juan – John, Duke of Valencia de Campos
• Valladolid ({{lang-ar|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, Spanish Military dictator, and Prime Minister
• Villafranco del Guadiana – Francisco Franco, Spanish military dictator and Prime Minister
• Villamanrique – Rodrigo Manrique de Lara
• Villamanrique de la Condesa – Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
• Villanueva de la Reina – Queen Maria Luisa of Parma
• Villanueva del Arzobispo – Pedro Tenorio, archbishop of Toledo
• Villares 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)
• Vivar del Cid – Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid
• Zaragoza ({{lang-la|Caesaraugusta}}) – Emperor Augustus

Former:

• El Ferrol del Caudillo – Francisco Franco birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)
• Barbate de Franco – one of the many towns where Francisco Franco spent his holidays

Sudan

• Abu Hamad – Sheikh Abu Hamed
• Suakin, formerly named Ptolemais Theron – Ptolemy II Philadelphus

Suriname

• Brownsweg - John Brown (abolitionist)
• Corneliskondre – Cornelis Lely
• Groningen, Suriname – refers to Governor Jan Gerhard Wichers, after his birthplace in Groningen
• Johanna Maria – Johanna Maria Suermondt (1870–1945)
• Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge – Jules Wijdenbosch, President of Suriname
• Lelydorp – Cornelis Lely (the Dutch governor of Suriname in 1905)
• Marienburg, Suriname - Maria de la Jaille (founder)
• Marshallkreek – Captain Marshall, who explored in Marshall's Creek, Suriname

Sweden

• Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
• Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (wife of the founder of the industry)^[8]
• Dorotea – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
• Eskilstuna – Saint Eskil
• Filipstad – Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden
• Flemingsberg – Henrik Klasson Fleming, Lord Marshal, owner, 16th century
• Fredrika – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
• Gustavsberg – Gustaf Oxenstierna, father of the owner, 17th century
• Gustavsfors - Gustav V of Sweden
• Jakobsberg – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century
• Karlsborg (Västra Götaland) – King Charles XIV John of Sweden
• Karlsborg (Norrbotten) – 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 century
• Kristianstad – King Christian IV of Denmark
• Kristinehamn – Queen Christina 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, 1762–1769
• Oskarshamn – King Oscar I of Sweden
• Ulricehamn – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
• Vilhelmina – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen

Switzerland

• Augst (near the ancient city of Augusta Raurica) – Roman Emperor Augustus
• Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus
• St. Gallen – Saint Gall

Syria

• Al-Qadmus – Cadmus, Phoenician prince
• Apamea (Syria) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
• Arwad, formerly Antiochia in Pieria – Antiochus I Soter
• Latakia, formerly Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
• Muadamiyat al-Sham – Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Kurdish Sultan from Ayyubid dynasty

Former:

• Laodicea ad Libanum was the name of a Hellenistic settlement – a woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Seleucia ad Belum was the name of a Hellenistic settlement – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty

Tajikistan

• Avicenna District (Dushanbe) - Avicenna, Persian Polymath
• Ayni District – Tajik national poet Sadriddin Ayni
• Dzhami 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
• 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
• Sardorov Karakhan - Karakhon Sardorov (1905–1952), one of the prominent figures in the struggle for the Soviet rule against the Basmachi.
• Mirsaid Mirshakar (town or jamoat) – Mirsaid Mirshakar, a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet
• Nazarsho Dodhudoev (Rushan) - Nazarsho Dodhudoev (1915–2000), Tajik statesman
• Nosiri Khusrav District – 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav
• Rudaki, Tajikistan - Rudaki, a Persian Poet
• Rumi District – Tajik-Persian poet and philosopher Jaloliddin Rumi
• Shah Mansur district (Dushanbe) - King Mansur I
• Shamsiddin Shohin District - Tajik Poet Shamsiddin Shohin
• Spitamen District - Spitamenes, a Sogdian warlord leader of the uprising
• Temurmalik District - Tajik Medieval hero Timur Malik
• Tursunzoda – Tajik national poet Mirzo Tursunzoda

Former:

• Alexandria Eschate was the name of Khujand in antiquity – Alexander the Great
• Leninabad was the name of Khujand from 1936 through 1991 – Vladimir Lenin
• Stalinabad was the name of Dushanbe from 1929 through 1961 – Joseph Stalin

Tanzania

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

Thailand

• Galyani Vadhana District, Chiang Mai Province – Princess Galyani Vadhana
• Phaya Mengrai District, Chiang Rai Province – King Mangrai (Mengrai)
• 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
• Watthana District, Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration

Trinidad and Tobago

• Charlotteville – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Diego Martin – Don Diego Martin (explorer)
• Princes Town – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and King George V

Tunisia

• El-Mansuriya – Al-Mansur Billah
• Mahdia, formerly Aphrodisium – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah

Turkey

• Adana, formerly Antiochia in Cilicia and Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Alabanda, formerly Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – Antiochus III
• Antakya, formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
• Antioch, Pisidia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
• Antioch on the Maeander – Antiochus I Soter
• Antiochia, Lydia – Antiochus IV
• Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IV
• Antiochia ad Pyramum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia ad Taurum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia Paraliou – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia 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 Nicator
• Apamea (Phrygia) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
• Apamea Myrlea:
  • named for Apama, wife of King Prusias I of Bithynia
  • later site of Roman colony, Colonia Iulia Concordia – Julius Caesar
• 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
• Bayrampaşa – Bayram Pasha, a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizier
• Cebrene:
  • formerly Alexandria – Alexander the Great
  • formerly Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter
• Edirne, formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian
• Ereğli, formerly Heracleia – Heracles
• Eski Stambul:
  • formerly Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas – Augustus and Alexander the Great
  • formerly Alexandria Troas – Alexander the Great
  • formerly Antigonia Troas – Antigonus I Monophthalmus
• Fevzipaşa – Fevzi Çakmak
• Gaziosmanpaşa – Gazi Osman Pasha, a prominent Ottoman general who was active in the Balkans
• İsmetpaşa – İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey
• Istanbul, formerly Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople – Constantine I
• Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu – Güzelce Kasım Paşa
• Kayseri – after the title Caesar – Emperor, specifically Emperor Augustus
• Kemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey
• Ladik, formerly Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named Laodice
• Lalapaşa – Lala Şahin Pasha
• Laodicea on the Lycus – Laodice I, wife of Antiochus II
• Laodicea Combusta – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
• Lysimachia – Lysimachus
• Mopsuestia:
  • formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator
  • formerly named Hadria – Hadrian
  • formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius
• Mustafakemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey
• Nusaybin, formerly Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I Soter
• Samosata, formerly Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Şanlıurfa:
  • formerly Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV
  • formerly Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor Justinian
• Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia Sidera:
  • named for Seleucus I Nicator
  • later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius
• Silifke, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Sinop – Sinope – contested
• Stratonicea (Lydia):
  • named for a royal wife named Stratonice, possibly the wife of Eumenes II
  • later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
• Stratonicea (Caria):
  • named for Stratonice of Syria
  • later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
• Tarsus, formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV
• Zeugma, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Sinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks
• Süleymanpaşa – Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)

Former:

• Antioch was the name of an antique city near today's Antakya – Antiochus

Turkmenistan

• Ashgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia
• Balyş Öwezow (Görogly) - Balysh Ovezov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR
• Gurbansoltan Eje District – Gurbansoltan Eje, former president Saparmurat Niyazov's mother
• Kerbabayeva – Berdy Kerbabayev, Turkmen writer
• Magtymguly District – Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen poet
• Magtymguly Garlyýew (Gurbansoltan Eje) - Magtymguly Garly (1889 - 1957), Turkmen musician
• Nurmuhammet Andalyp (Gurbansoltan Eje) - Nurmuhammet Andalyp (1660-1740), Turkmen philosopher
• Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer Mollanepes (1810 - 1862)
• Saparmyrat Nyýazow District - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
• Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy - Saparmurat Niyazov
• Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov

Former:

• Alexandria was giving named of Merv – Alexander the Great
• Antiochia in Margiana was giving named of Merv – Antiochus I Soter
• Atamyrat was giving named of Kerki – Atamyrat Niyazov, Father of Saparmurat Niyazov who died during the World War II
• Leninsk was giving named of Turkmenabat – Vladimir Lenin

Uganda

• Fort Portal – Sir Gerald Portal (British commissioner)
• Port Bell – Sir Hesketh Bell (British commissioner)

Ukraine

• Alchevsk – Oleksiy Alchevsky
• Apostolove – Danylo Apostol
• Barvinkove – ataman {{ill|Ivan Barvinok|ru|Барвинок, Иван|uk|Іван Барвінок}}
• Boryspil – Boris
• Dokuchaievsk – Vasily Dokuchaev
• {{ill|Gogoleve|ru|Гоголево (Великобагачанский район)|uk|Гоголеве (смт)|de|Hoholewe|crh|Gogoleve|ro|Hoholewe|hy|Գոգոլևո (քաղաքատիպ ավան, Ուկրաինա)|sah|Гоголэвэ|zh|戈戈列韋}} - Nikolai Gogol
• Gusarovka (Zhytomyr) - Nikolay Mikhailovich Gusarov
• Ivano-Frankivsk – writer Ivan Franko
• Katerynopil – Catherine the Great
• Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
• Kiev – Kyi
• Klavdiievo-Tarasove – Southwestern Railways Director {{ill|Klavdiy Nemishaiev|ru|Немешаев, Клавдий Семёнович|uk|Немішаєв Клавдій Семенович}} and Taras Shevchenko
• Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi – Taras Shevchenko
• Kostiantynivka – Kostiantyn Nomikossov (son of former land owner)
• Kotsiubynske – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
• Kropyvnytskyi – Mark Kropyvnytsky
• Liubar – Liubartas
• Lviv – Leo I of Halych
• Malyn – Mal (prince of the Drevlyans) or Malusha
• Mariupol – St.Mary or Empress consort of Russia Maria Fyodorovna
• Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske – writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
• Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Ieremia Movilă
• Mykolaiv – Saint Nicholas
• Myronivka – Myron Zelenyi, cossack or free settler
• Nemishaieve – Southwestern Railways Director {{ill|Klavdiy Nemishaiev|ru|Немешаев, Клавдий Семёнович|uk|Немішаєв Клавдій Семенович}}
• Novovorontsovka – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
• Olevsk – Oleg of Drelinia
• Ovidiopol – Ovid
• Pavlohrad – Paul I of Russia
• Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
• Radyvyliv – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł
• Romaniv – Roman the Great
• Shevchenkove – Taras Shevchenko
• Siedove – Georgy Sedov
• Skadovsk – hydrobiologist and biochemist {{ill|Sergey B. Skadovsky|ru|Скадовский, Сергей Балтазарович|uk|Скадовський Сергій Балтазарович}}
• Stakhanov – famous miner Aleksei Stakhanov
• Starokostiantyniv – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
• Synelnykove – Ivan Sinelnikov (uk, ru)
• Tairove – аrmenian and soviet scientist {{ill|Vasily Tairov|ru|Таиров, Василий Егорович|uk|Таїров Василь Єгорович|hy|Վասիլ Թայիրով}}
• Teofipol – {{ill|Teofilia Strzyżsława Jabłonowska|pl|Teofila Strzeżysława z Jabłonowskich Sapieżyna}}
• Terezyne – Teresa Radziwiłł (1889–1975)
• Ternopil – Jan Tarnowski
• Tomashpil – Tomasz Zamoyski
• Torez – Maurice Thorez
• Vakulenchuk – Grigory Vakulenchuk
• Vasylivka – Vasili Stepanovich Popov
• Vasylkiv – Basil of Caesarea
• Vatutine – Nikolai Vatutin
• Verkhivtseve – {{ill|Alexander Verkhovtsev|ru|Верховцев,_Александр_Аполлонович|uk|Верховцев Олександр Апполонович}}
• Volodymyr-Volynskyi – Vladimir the Great
• Yakymivka – Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic
• Yenakiieve – {{ill|Fyodor Yenakiyev|ru|Енакиев, Фёдор Егорович|uk|Єнакієв Федір Єгорович}}

Former:

• Aleksandrovsk was the name of Zaporizhia – Emperor Alexander I
• Artemivsk was the name of Bakhmut – revolutionary Artem
• Dniprodzerzhynsk was the name of Kamianske – Felix Dzerzhinsky
• Dnipropetrovsk was the name of Dnipro – bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in 1920s–30s
• Illichivsk was the name of Chornomorsk – Vladimir Illich Lenin
• Kirovohrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Sergey Kirov
• Stalino was the name of Donetsk – Joseph Stalin
• Stanisławów,Stanyslaviv was the name of Ivano-Frankivsk – Polish magnate Stanisław Potocki
• Voroshilovgrad was the name of Luhansk – Kliment Voroshilov
• Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipro – Catherine the Great
• Yelizavetgrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Saint Elizabeth and Empress regnant Elizabeth of Russia
• Yuzovka was the name of Donetsk – British businessman John Hughes
• Zhdanov was the name of Mariupol – Andrey Zhdanov
• Zinovievsk was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Grigory Zinoviev

United Arab Emirates

• Khalifa City – Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates
• Port Rashid – Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the United Arab Emirates
• Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

United Kingdom

Great Britain

• Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Queen Alexandra of Denmark
• Bognor Regis – George V of United Kingdom
• Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
• Camden 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 Counsellor
• Pentonville – 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 – Neot
• St Neots, Cambridgeshire – Neot
• Telford – Thomas Telford, civil engineer
• Victoria, Cornwall – Queen Victoria
• Victoria, London – Queen Victoria
• Victoria, Newport – Queen Victoria
• Wellington, Somerset – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister
• Wolverhampton – Wulfrun

Northern Ireland

• County Tyrone – after Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages
• Craigavon – after Lord Craigavon, former Prime Minister
• Helen's Bay – after Lady Helen Dufferin
• Randalstown – after Randal MacDonnell
• Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone – after Queen Victoria

United States

• Alanreed, Texas – Messrs. Alan and Reed
• Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
• Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin
• Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore
• Berkeley, California – George Berkeley, philosopher
• Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck
• Cesar Chavez, Texas - Cesar Chavez, activist
• Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Dallas, Texas – George M. Dallas
• Doral, Florida - Alfred Kaskel and his wife Doris Bernstein (1906 - 1988)
• 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
• Harding County, New Mexico - Warren G. Harding
• Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton Hershey, famous chocolatier
• Hoover Town, West Virginia - Herbert Hoover
• Houston, Texas – Sam Houston
• Jacksonville, Florida – Andrew Jackson
• King County, Washington - Originally after William R. King, changed to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• King Field, Minneapolis - William S. King or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Lincoln, Nebraska – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
• Los Angeles, California – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
• Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison
• Nashville, Tennessee – American Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash
• New York City, New York – James of York and Albany
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – William Pitt the Elder
• Roosevelt County, Montana - Theodore Roosevelt
• Roosevelt, New Jersey - Franklin D. Roosevelt
• San Antonio, Texas – Saint Anthony of Padua
• San Diego, California – Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego
• San Francisco, California – Saint Francis
• San Jose, California – Saint Joseph
• Saint Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul
• Seattle – Chief Seattle
• Washington, D.C. – George Washington

United States Virgin Islands

• Charlotte Amalie – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
• Christiansted – Christian VI of Denmark
• Frederiksted – Frederick V of Denmark

Uruguay

• Andresito – Andrés Guazurary
• Artigas – José Artigas
• Baltasar Brum (Artigas Department) – Baltasar Brum, President of Uruguay
• Bernabé Rivera (Artigas Department) - General Bernabe Rivera
• Brigadier General Diego Lamas (Artigas Department)
• Florencio Sánchez (Colonia Department) – Florencio Sánchez
• Flores Department – Venancio Flores
• General Liber Seregni - Liber Seregni, Uruguayan military and politician
• Ismael Cortinas (Flores Department) – Ismael Cortinas
• Javier de Viana (Artigas Department) – Javier de Viana
• Joaquín Suárez (Canelones Department) – Joaquín Suárez
• José Batlle y Ordóñez (Lavalleja Department) – José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay
• Juan Lacaze (Colonia Department) – Juan Luis Lacaze
• Lavalleja Department – Juan Antonio Lavalleja
• Ombúes de Lavalle (Colonia Department) – Juan Lavalle
• Rivera – Fructuoso Rivera
• San Antonio (Canelones Department) – Saint Anthony of Padua
• San Bautista (Canelones Department) – Saint John the Baptist
• San Jacinto (Canelones Department) – Saint Hyacinth of Cracow (in honor of bishop Jacinto Vera)
• San José Department – Saint Joseph
• San Luis (Canelones Department) – Saint Louis IX
• San Ramón (Canelones Department) – Saint Raymond Nonnatus
• Santa Lucía (Canelones Department) – Saint Lucy
• Santa Rosa (Canelones Department) – Saint Rose of Lima
• Santiago Vázquez (Montevideo Department) – Santiago Vázquez
• Soca (Canelones Department) – Francisco Soca
• Tomas Gomensoro (Artigas Department) – Tomás Gomensoro Albín, President of Uruguay

Uzbekistan

• Antiochia in Scythia – Antiochus I Soter
• Gagarin, Uzbekistan – Yuri Gagarin
• Iskandar (town) – Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
• Mirzo Ulugbek - Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician and sultan
• Navoiy – Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi
• Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh), Sharof Rashidov District - Sharof Rashidov, former President of Uzbekistan on 1950-1959

Former:

• "Akhunbabaev" was the name of Jalaquduq – Soviet Uzbek state figure luldash Akhunbabaev
• "Kuybishevo" was the name of Rishtan – Valerian Kuybyshev
• "Leninsk" was the name of Asaka, Uzbekistan – Vladimir Lenin
• "Skobelev" was the name of Fergana – Mikhail Skobelev

Venezuela

• Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality – Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet
• Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas – Andres Eloy Blanco, Venezuelan poet
• Angostura Municipality, Venezuela – formerly called Raúl Leoni Municipality, after Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni
• Aristides Bastidas Municipality – Aristides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer
• 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 Tachira, Monseñor Alejandro Fernandez-Feo Tinoco
• Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero
• Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President
• Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez
• José Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas
• Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality – Mario Briceño Iragorry
• Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique Maruwa
• Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen
• Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien, a Mongol missioner
• Páez, Apure – José Antonio Páez, an Independence hero
• Paz Castillo Municipality – Venezuelan poet and diplomat Fernando Paz Castillo
• Pedro Gual Municipality – 19th century Venezuelan President Pedro Gual Escandón
• Raul Leoni Parish (Maracaibo) - Raul Leoni
• Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure – Romulo Gallegos, Venezuelan writer and president
• Sifontes Municipality – General Antonio Domingo Sifontes
• Sucre, Miranda – Antonio José de Sucre
• Urdaneta, Miranda – Rafael Urdaneta

Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
• Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời (1902 – 1942), a local communist
• Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu (1912-1947), a communist lawyer

Former:

• Thành Thái Phien – the name of Da Nang in 1945{{Clarify timeframe|date=September 2012|reason=Exactly when? Un-mentioned in Da Nang article}} – revolutionary Thái Phiên

Zambia

• Livingstone – doctor David Livingstone
• Lusaka - Chief Lusaka
• Victoria falls – Queen Victoria

Former:

• Abercorn was the name of Mbala – Lord Abercorn

Zimbabwe

• Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow (1868 - 1946), the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer Column
• Beitbridge – Alfred Beit
• Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield (1869 - 1950)
• Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888
• Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe – Charles Darwin
• Mount Hampden – John Hampden
• Norton, Zimbabwe – the Norton family
• Selous, Zimbabwe - Frederick Selous
• Victoria falls – Queen Victoria
• West Nicholson – Andy Nicholson, an early prospector
• Zhombe Joel - Joel Tessa, one of the pioneer businessmen at the centre during the 1960s.

Former:

• Fort Victoria was the name of Masvingo – Queen Victoria
• Hartley was the name of Chegutu – Henry Hartley, an early explorer
• Salisbury was the name of Harare – Lord Salisbury

See also

• Lists of places named after people
  • List of countries named after people
  • List of country subdivisions named after people
  • List of lakes named after people
  • List of islands named after people
• Buildings and structures named after people
  • List of eponyms of airports
  • List of convention centers named after people
  • List of railway stations named after people
• List of colleges and universities named after people
• Lists of places by eponym
• List of eponyms
• Lists of etymologies

References

• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1949
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1953
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1958
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1963
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1967
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1971
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1975
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1980
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1985
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1990
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1994
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 2002
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 2014
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 2018
• Hungarian parliamentary election, 2022
• Hungarian Parliament building
• Hungarian Party of the Unemployed
• Hungarian Pictures
• Hungarian presidential election, 1990
• Hungarian presidential election, 2000
• Hungarian presidential election, 2005
• Hungarian presidential election, 2010