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List of places named after people
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There are a number of places named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
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Continents
Countries
- Bermuda - Juan de Bermudez (crown colony)
- Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
- Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
- Colombia - Christopher Columbus
- El Salvador - Jesus Christ, "The Saviour"
- Israel - Jacob (alternative name)
- Kiribati - Thomas Gilbert
- Liechtenstein - Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
- Marshall Islands - John Marshall
- Mauritius - Maurice of Nassau
- Philippines - Philip II of Spain
- Romania - Romulus
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Christopher
- Saint Lucia - Lucy of Syracuse (?)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent
- San Marino - Saint Marinus
- São Tomé and Príncipe - Thomas
- Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud
- Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles
- Solomon Islands - Solomon
Former countries
- Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
- Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
- Rome - Romulus
Administrative divisions
Australia
Canada
- Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
- British Columbia - Christopher Columbus (-> Columbia, an American sailing ship -> Columbia River -> Columbia Territory of Hudsons Bay Company -> British Columbia)
- Prince Edward Island - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (brother of George III of the United Kingdom), commander of British forces in Halifax
France
- Lorraine - Lothar
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
- Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis, 18th century navigator
Mexico
- Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
- Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
- Morelos - José María Morelos
- Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo
- Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave
New Zealand/Aotearoa
- Cook Islands - Captain James Cook
Romania
- Bessarabia - from Basarab I
United Kingdom
- Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
- Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts
- Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
- Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
- Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
- Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
- Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar
- Fife - Fib of the Picts , one of the seven sons of Cruithe
- Gibraltar - Tariq ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
- Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
- Gwynedd - Cunedda
- Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
- Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- Lothian - Leudonus
- Merionethshire - Meirion , son of Cunedda
- Montgomery - Roger de Montgomery
- Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
- Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
- Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
United States
- Delaware - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
- District of Columbia - Christopher Columbus
- Georgia - King George I of Great Britain
- Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France
- Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I
- North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England
- Pennsylvania - William Penn
- Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
- Washington - George Washington
Towns and cities
- Alexandria, Egypt - Alexander the Great
- Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
- Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
- Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
- Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
- Buchanan,_Liberia - James Buchanan
- Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II. of Spain
- Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
- Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
- Colombo – Christopher Columbus
- Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
- Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh
- Houston - Samuel Houston
- Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
- Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
- Knoxville - Henry Knox
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
- Lisbon - Ulysses
- Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
- Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
- Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
- Monrovia - James Monroe
- Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
- Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
- Rome - Romulus
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis
- St Petersburg, Russia & St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
- San Francisco - Saint Francis
- Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
- Seattle - Chief Seattle
- Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
- Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
- Vancouver - George Vancouver
- Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
- Washington, D.C. - George Washington
Airports
- Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris - Charles de Gaulle
- John F. Kennedy Airport - John F. Kennedy
- Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome - Leonardo da Vinci
- Toronto Pearson International Airport - Lester Bowles Pearson
- Ronald Reagan International Airport - Ronald Reagan
- Gdansk Walesa Lech Airport - Lech Walesa
List of places categorized by name of person
- Lenin
- Stalin
- Tito
- John C. Calhoun
- Lewis Cass
- DeWitt Clinton
- Marquis de la Fayette
- Benjamin Franklin
- Nathanael Greene
- Andrew Jackson
- Queen Victoria
- Simón Bolívar
- Christopher Columbus
- Thomas Jefferson
- Tadeusz Kosciusko
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- Richard Montgomery
- James K. Polk
- George Washington
See also
Last updated: 01-22-2005 17:40:54