List of places named after people

Continents

• Americas – Amerigo Vespucci
• Europe – Europa, woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage

  Countries

• Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata
• Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
• Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia – Christopher Columbus
• Cook Islands – Captain James Cook
• Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
• El Salvador – "The Saviour", Jesus
• Eswatini – Mswati II
• Israel – Jacob
• 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
• Uzbekistan- Öz Beg Khan of Golden Horde

  Former countries

• Principality of Antioch, now part of Turkey – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
• Lotharingia, now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – Lothair I
• Northern Rhodesia ' – Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia ' – Cecil Rhodes
• Terra Mariana – Mary, mother of Jesus

  Self-governing overseas territories

• Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez
• Falkland Islands – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland
• Gibraltar – Tariq ibn Ziyad
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Helena of Constantinople, and Tristão da Cunha
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – George III of the United Kingdom, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich respectively

  Towns and cities

• Caesarea – 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
• Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town – Amanullah Khan
• Jalalabad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Khwaja Bahauddin District- Khwaja Bahauddin, Naqshband of Turkistan
• 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

• Ali Demi – Ali Demi
• Asim Zeneli – Asim Zeneli, Albanian hero
• Bajram Curri – Albanian activist of Independence Bajram Curri
• Blloku Vasil Shanto – Vasil Shanto, Albanian hero
• Don Bosco – John Bosco
• Kastriot, Albania – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg
• Mihal Grameno – Mihal Grameno
• Skënderbegas – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

  Algeria

• Belouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist Mohamed Belouizdad
• Constantine – Constantine the Great
• Mohammed Boudiaf – Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria
• Zighoud Youcef – Youcef Zighoud, guerrilla leader

  Angola

• Comandante Valódia – Joaquim Domingos Augusto “Valódia", one of the prominent generals during the Angolan War of Independence
• Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes
• Nelito Soares – Nelito Soares, Angolan revolutionary
• Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister
• Rocha Pinto – João Teixeira Pinto
• 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
• Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione – Atilio Oscar Viglione, Governor of Chubut
• Belgrano – Many cities and towns after Manuel Belgrano
• Castelli – Many places after Juan José Castelli
• Ciudad Evita – 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 – 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
• Rosario Vera Peñaloza Department – Rosario Vera Peñaloza, argentine teacher
• 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 – 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 – Artaxias I, Armenian king
• Baghramyan, Ararat, Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – General Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander
• Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian, 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", bard
• Imeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Tairova and Tairov – Alexander Tairov, Armenian theater director
• Isahakyan – Avetik Isahakyan, poet
• Kamo, Armenia – Kamo , 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 and Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
• Mergelyan – Sergey Mergelyan, Armenian scientist
• 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 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

• 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, 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 , 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
• Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, viceroy of the Caucasus

  Australia

Austria

• Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold
• Elisabeth-Vorstadt – Empress Elisabeth of Austria
• Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini, speculator
• Josefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Kaisersdorf - Charles I of Austria
• Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria
• Leopoldskron-Moos – Leopold Anton von Firmian, Archbishop of Salzburg
• Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor
• Rennersdorf, Austria - Karl Renner
• Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus – Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
• St. Pölten – The name Sankt Pölten is derived from Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to Sankt Hippolyt, then Sankt Polyt and finally Sankt Pölten.
• Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg – Wolfgang of Regensburg
• Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria

  Azerbaijan

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
• Mostafapur Union – Sufi saint Shah Mustafa
• Moulvibazar, Moulvibazar Sadar, Moulvibazar District – Syed Moulvi Qudratullah Munsef, Muslim cleric and judge
• 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

  Belarus

• Barysaw – Boris-Rogvolod Vseslavich
• Braslaw – Bryachislav of Polotsk
• Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich
• Dzyarzhynsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky
• Gusarovka – Nikolai Gusarov
• Kirawsk – Sergey Kirov
• Leninski, Belarus – Vladimir Lenin
• Molotovki – Vyacheslav Molotov

  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
• Quartier Marais-Jacqmain – Émile Jacqmain, Belgian engineer
• Quartier Midi-Lemonnier – Charles Lemonnier, Belgian liberal politician
• 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

• Albert – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
• Flowers Bank – William Flowers
• Fort George – George III of the United Kingdom
• Victoria Peak – Queen Victoria

  Benin

• Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

  Bermuda

• Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

  Bhutan

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

  Bolivia

• Abel Iturralde Province – Abel Iturralde Palacios, Bolivian politician
• Alonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from Potosi
• Andrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez, leader of the federal revolution in Santa Cruz
• Ángel Sandoval Province – Dr. Angel Sandoval Peña
• Aniceto Arce Province – Aniceto Arce Ruiz, President of Bolivia
• Antonio Quijarro Province – Dr. Antonio Quijarro Quevedo, Bolivian politician
• Azurduy Province – Juana Azurduy de Padilla, revolutionary guerrilla
• Bautista Saavedra Province – Bautista Saavedra Mallea, President of Bolivia
• Belisario Boeto Province – Belisario Boeto, Bolivian diplomat during a War of the Pacific
• Bernardino Bilbao Province – General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, 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
• Carlos Medinaceli – Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu, Bolivian military
• Carrasco Province – Dr. Jose Carrasco Torrico, Vice president of Bolivia
• Cornelio Saavedra Province – Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Argentine First Junta
• Daniel Campos Province – Daniel Campos Cortes, Bolivian poet
• Eduardo Abaroa Province – Colonel Eduardo Abaroa, hero of the War of the Pacific
• El Carmen Rivero Tórrez – Juan Rivero Tórres, a Bolivian engineer
• 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 Calderon, Hero of the Chaco War
• Germán Busch Province – Germán Busch Becerra, former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War, and President of Bolivia
• Germán Jordán Province – Germán Jordán, 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 president of Bolivia
• José María Avilés Province – General José María Avilés, 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, President of Bolivia
• Luis Calvo – Luis Calvo, Bolivian lawyer and senator
• Manco Kapac Province – Manco Capac
• Manuel María Caballero Province – Manuel María Caballero, one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861
• Modesto Omiste Province – Modesto Omiste Tinajeros, Bolivian writer and politician
• Monseñor Salvatierra – José Andrés de Salvatierra, Bolivian priest and independence hero
• 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
• Oropeza Province – Samuel Oropeza, a illustrious Bolivian statesman
• Padilla, Bolivia – Manuel Ascencio Padilla, an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chief
• Paz Estenssoro Viejo – Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia
• Puerto Siles – Hernando Siles Reyes
• Puerto Villarroel – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia
• Rafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo, Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary
• Ramón Darío Gutiérrez – Ramón Darío Gutiérrez, minister of the interior
• Rufino Carrasco – Rufino Carrasco, Bolivian military during the war of the pacific
• San Ignacio de Velasco – José Miguel de Velasco Franco, President of Bolivia
• Sebastián Pagador Province – Sebastián Pagador Miranda, patriot of Upper 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
• Urriolagoitia, Chuquisaca - Mamerto Urriolagoitía
• Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez
• Villa Abecia – Dr. Valentin Abecia
• 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
• Gaborone – Chief Gaborone

  Brazil

• Salvador, Brazil – Jesus
• São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil – Louis IX of France
• 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
• Chervenkovtsi – Valko Chervenkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov
• Dimovo – partisan Zhivko 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, Bulgarian political figure
• Gotse Delchev – revolutionary Gotse Delchev
• Gurkovo – Iosif Gurko, one of Russian commanders in Russo-Turkish War
• Hadzhidimovo – leftist Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov
• Isperih – Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria
• Ivaylovgrad – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria
• Kableshkovo – 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 – 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 and Russian Tsar-Liberator's brother Prince Pavel
• Radomir – Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
• Rakovski – revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski
• Roman, Bulgaria – Tsar Roman of Bulgaria
• Samuil – Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria
• Sandanski – revolutionary Yane Sandanski
• Shumen – Bulgarian emperor Simeon the Great
• Simeonovgrad – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
• St. Anastasia Island – Anastasia of Sirmium
• St. Ivan Island – St. John the Baptist
• Stamboliyski – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Aleksandar Stamboliyski
• Stambolovo, Haskovo Province – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Stefan Stambolov
• Stefan Karadzhovo – Bulgarian Revolutionary Stefan Karadzha
• Suvorovo – Alexander Suvorov, one of the famous Russian military 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
• Zhivkovo – Georgi Zhivkov, minister of education

• 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 – King Norodom Sihanouk

  Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott
• 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
• 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
• Collingwood, Ontario – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
• 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
• 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, Inco's chairman
• Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins
• Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent
• 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

Chile

• Capitán Prat Province – Arturo Prat, naval hero
• Candelario Mancilla – José Candelario Mancilla Uribe, 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
• Teodoro Schmidt – Teodoro Schmidt
• Valdivia – Pedro de Valdivia, conqueror of Chile
• Vicuña, Chile – Colonel Joaquín Vicuña Larraín, founder of a city
• Villa Frei – Eduardo Frei Montalva, President
• Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins, libertador of Chile

  China

• Gensi – 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
• Puyi Township, Yunnan – Puyi, last emperor of China
• Qinhuangdao – Qin Shi Huang, First emperor of China
• Wentian – Zhang Wentian, a high-ranking leader of the Communist Party of China
• Xiaoping – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese communist leader
• Yan Shizhen – Ren Bishi, General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party
• Yingjun Township – Liu Yingjun, a Chinese military hero
• 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, Communist martyr
• Zuoquan County – Zuo Quan, a general in the Red Army during the Chinese revolution

  Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Cité Maman Mobutu – Marie-Antoinette Mobutu, First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Cité Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President
• Lumumba – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister

• 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 – Patrice Lumumba

  Costa Rica

• Abangares – Cacique Avancari
• Acosta – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza, Governor of Province of Costa Rica
• Alfaro – Juan Alfaro Ruiz, Costa Rican military and hero of the Filibuster war
• Alvarado – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz
• Anselmo Llorente District and Llorente District – Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente, Costa Rican Bishop
• Aserrí – Cacique Aczarri
• Bagaces – Cacique Bagatzi
• Barva – Cacique Barvak
• Biolley – Paul Biolley, Swiss educator and naturalist
• Blanco – Maximo Blanco, Costa Rican military hero
• Carrillo – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
• Cervantes District – Juan de los Santos Madriz y Cervantes
• Ciudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro President of Costa Rica
• Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop, a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
• Curridabat – Cacique Corriava
• Daniel Oduber – Daniel Oduber Quirós
• Dota – Cacique Ota
• El Guarco – Cacique El Guarco
• Flores – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña, a Costa Rican Medic
• Flores – Alfredo González Flores
• Garcia Flamenco – Marcelino Garcia Flamenco, a Salvadoran teacher
• Goicoechea – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
• Gutiérrez Braun District – the Gutiérrez Braun Family, as María Cristina Teodora Gutiérrez Braun, Ing. Jaime Gutiérrez Braun, Costa Rican revolutionary, Hernán Gutiérrez Braun, María Josefina Mercedes Gutiérrez Braun, and Ing. Federico Gutiérrez Braun, Director of the Geographic Institute of Costa Rica
• Heredia, Costa Rica –Alonso Fernández de Heredia, a President of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala
• Jiménez – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• Jiménez, Pococí – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• León Cortés – León Cortés Castro
• Montes de Oca – Don Faustino Montes de Oca, a former congressional representative from the area
• Montezuma, Costa Rica – Moctezuma II, an Aztec Emperor
• Mora – Juan Rafael Mora Porras and Juan Mora Fernández
• Moravia – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica and National Hero
• Morazan – Francisco Morazan
• Naranjito de Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo
• Oreamuno – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
• Osa – Cacique Osa
• Pérez Zeledón – Pedro Perez Zeledon, Jurist and diplomat
• Pittier District – Henri François Pittier
• Pococí – Cacique Pococi
• Puerto Jiménez – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
• Puerto Vargas – Francisco Vargas Vargas, constituent deputy
• Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada Salazar, Poet
• Rincón Ulate – Otilio Ulate Blanco
• Rio Jiménez, Limon – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
• Rivas, Costa Rica – Domingo Rivas Salvatierra
• Santa Bárbara de Heredia – Saint Barbara
• Santa Ana – Saint Anne
• San Carlos – Saint Charles Borromeo
• Santo Domingo, Costa Rica – Saint Dominic
• San Isidro – Saint Isidro Labrador
• San José, Costa Rica – Saint Joseph
• San Mateo de Alajuela – Saint Matthew
• San Pablo – Saint Paul of Tarsus
• San Rafael – Saint Raphael
• San Ramón, Costa Rica – Saint Raymond Nonnatus or Ramon Solis and Ramon Rodriguez, two prominent figures in San Ramon
• Valverde – Carlos Luis Valverde, Costa Rican physician and revolutionary
• Vásquez de Coronado – Conquistador Juan Vasquez de Coronado
• * Former:
• Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
• Alfaro Ruiz – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856
• Valverde Vega – Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional.

  Croatia

• Dinko Simunovic – Dinko Simunovic, Croatian writer
• Ernestinovo – Mrs. Ernestina Klein
• Eugen Kvaternik – 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 – Ivan Mazuranic, Croatian poet, lawyer and politician
• Karlovac – King Charles II of Austria
• Maksimir – Maksimilijan Vrhovac, bishop of Zagreb
• Ošljak – Known in Italian and historical documents as Calugerà or Calogerà, after the Calogerà family who owned it
• Oton Zupancic – Oton Zupancic, Slovene poet
• Tomislavovac – Tomislav of Yugoslavia

• 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
• Briones Montoto – Antonio Briones Montoto, Cuban revolutionary
• Calixto García, Cuba – Calixto García Iñiguez, an independence war hero
• Camilo Cienfuegos – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary
• Cárdenas, Cuba – Mateo de Cárdenas y Vélez de Guevara
• Central José Smith Comas – José Smith Comas
• 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
• Emilio Córdova – Emilio Córdova Garcia
• Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País
• Héctor Molina – Héctor Molina Riaño
• Hermanos Saíz – The Saiz Brothers who died in action on 1957
• Heriberto Orellanes – Heriberto Felipe Orellana
• Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officer
• Jesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
• Juan Gualberto Gómez – Juan Gualberto Gómez
• Loynaz Hechavarría – Loynaz Hechavarría Cordovés
• Manuel Sanguily – Manuel Sanguily
• Mariel, Cuba – Cacique Marien
• Martí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí
• Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez Garcia
• Pablo de la Torriente Brau – Pablo de la Torriente Brau
• Pedro Betancourt – Pedro Betancourt Dávalos
• Piti Fajardo – Manuel "Piti" Fajardo
• Ramon Balboa – Ramon Balboa Monzon
• Raúl Hernández Vidal – Raúl Hernández Vidal, Cuban pilot
• Reynold García – Reynold García García
• Sabino Hernández – Sabino Hernandez Casal
• Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
• Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee
• Silvio Caro – Silvio Nestor Caro

  Curaçao

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

  Czech Republic

• Adamov – 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 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Halasovo Kunštátsko – František Halas
• Karlín – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
• Karlovy Vary – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Karlštejn Castle and village – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Mladá Boleslav – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
• Špindlerův Mlýn – Spindler, a miller
• Švermova – Jan Šverma
• Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
• Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
• Vítkov – Vítek z Kravař
• Žižkov – Jan Žižka

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

  Denmark

• Albertslund – Albert de Rault de Ramsault de Tortonval, a French noble
• Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
• Carlsberg – 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 Classen
• Marielyst – Marie Kørgensen

• Christianshåb – King Christian VI of Denmark
• Frederikshåb – King Frederick V of Denmark
• Jakobshavn – Jakob Severin, a fur trader

• Gudhjem – God

  Dominica

• Salisbury, Dominica – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
• Scotts Head, Dominica – Colonel George Scott

  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 – Emma Balaguer Vallejo, Joaquin Balaguer's sister
• Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas – Elupina Cordero, 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 – Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, a presidential candidate
• Luperón – Gregorio Luperón, Dominican general and statesman
• 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 – 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
• 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

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

  East Timor

• Dom Aleixo Administrative Post – Aleixo Corte-Real

  Ecuador

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 – Sa'id of Egypt
• Nasser, Egypt – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Sheikh Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• Port Tawfik – Tewfik Pasha
• Victoria – 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
• Col. Borja Moran - Dr. Alfonso Borja Moran, Salvaorian deputy
• Col Francisco Gavidia - Francisco Gavidia, Salvadorian writer
• Col. Isidro Menendez - Isidro Menendez
• Colón, La Libertad – Christopher Columbus
• Comunidad Farabundo Martí - Farabundo Martí, Salvadorian revolutionary
• 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, President of El Salvador with his daughter Maria Concepcion Gonzalez Fortis
• 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
• 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 – possibly after the de Walko family, local landowners

• 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

  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
• Sheikh Hussein – Sheikh Hussein, a 13th-century Somali Muslim proselytizer
• 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
• Weddell Island – James Weddell
• Keppel Island – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
• Saunders Island – Charles Saunders

  Finland

• Brahestad – Peter Brahe, Governor-General of Finland
• Fredrikshamn – King Frederick I of Sweden
• Hermanni – Herman Standertskjöld-Nordenstam
• Jakobstad – Jacob De la Gardie
• Kaarina – Catherine of Alexandria
• Kristinestad – Queen Christina of Sweden
• Loviisa – Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
• Mariehamn – Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
• Mikkeli – Archangel Michael
• Ullanlinna – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden
• Vaasa – King Gustav I of Sweden

  France

• Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia
• Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer
• Charleville-sous-Bois – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
• Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny
• Crillon-le-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 – Roman Emperor Gratian
• La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard
• Mont-Louis – Louis XIV of France
• Papaïchton-Pompidouville – Georges Pompidou, President of France
• Place Léon-Blum – Léon Blum, a French socialist politician
• Régina – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina
• Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister
• Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni – 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 – Roman Caesar Augustus
• Brunswick – Bruno, Duke of Saxony
• Charlottenburg – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia
• Cologne – Roman Emperor Claudius and Agrippina the Younger, empress consort
• Constance – Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus
• Friedrichstadt – King Frederick I of Prussia
• Hildesheim – farmer Hildwin
• Karlsruhe – Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
• Leverkusen – pharmacist Carl Leverkus
• Ludwigsburg – Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg
• Ludwigshafen upon Rhine – King Louis I of Bavaria
• Saarlouis – King Louis XIV of France
• Sankt Pauli – Paul of Tarsos
• Trier – Augustus
• Wilhelmshaven – King William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor

• Karl-Marx-Stadt was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx
• Stalinstadt was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin

  Georgia

• Andriatsminda – Saint Andrew
• Budyonovka – Marshall Semyon Budyonny
• Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of Georgia
• Eliatsminda – Saint Elijah
• Giorgitsminda – Saint George
• Japaridze – Prokofy Dzhaparidze, Georgian communist activist
• Kalinino – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kazbegi Municipality – Alexander Kazbegi, a Georgian writer
• Kirov, Kirovka – Sergey Kirov
• Leninisi, Ulyanovka – Vladimir Lenin
• Leselidze – General Konstantin Leselidze, a Georgian Colonel-General and National hero
• Makharadze – Filipp Makaradze, Prime Minister of Georgia during the soviet era
• Mikeltsminda – Saint Michael
• Myasnikiani – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist President of Armenia
• Nikortsminda – Saint Nicholas
• Ninoshvili and Ninoshvili – Egnate Ninoshvili, a Georgian writer
• Ninotsminda – Saint Nino, an Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia
• Nutsubidze Plato – Shalva Nutsubidze
• Ordzhonikidze – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian politician
• Saakadze – 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 – King Vakhtang I of Iberia
• Zhdanovakani – Andrey Zhdanov

• 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 Koro Limann
• Kofi Pare – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer
• Queen Anne's Point – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Techiman – Nana Takyi Firi

  Greece

• Alexandreia, Greece – Alexander the Great
• Alexandroupoli – King Alexander of Greece
• Aristotelis – Aristotle, ancient philosopher
• Athens – Athena
• Dimitrios Ypsilantis – 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 – Emmanouil Pappas, leader in the Greek War of Independence
• Filippoi – Philip II of Macedon
• Georgios Karaiskakis – Georgios Karaiskakis, a leader of the Greek War of Independence
• Glaraki – George Glarakis
• Gypareika – Pavlos Gyparis, Greek army officer
• Gyzi – Nikolaos Gyzis
• Heraklion – Heracles
• Ion Dragoumis – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian Struggle
• Kountouriotika – President of Greece Pavlos Kountouriotis
• Kypriadou – Epameinondas Kypriadis
• Ladopoulou, Patras – Evangelos G. Ladopoulos
• Makrygianni, Athens – Yannis Makriyannis
• Megas Alexandros, Pella – Alexander the Great
• Nafplion – Nauplius
• Nikiforos Fokas – 10th century Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas
• Nikolaos Skoufas – Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of the Greek independence movement
• Nikos Kazantzakis – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer
• Orestiada – Orestes
• Pavlos Melas – Pavlos Melas, a Greek hero of Macedonian struggle
• Probonas – Dimitrios Probonas
• Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter
• Pythagoreio – Pythagoras
• Santorini – Saint Irene
• Skagiopouleio – Panagiotis Skagiopoulos
• Theodoros Ziakas – 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

• Aguilar Batres – Raúl Aguilar Batres, Guatemalan civil engineer
• Aparicio – Francisca Aparicio de Barrios, First lady of Guatemala
• Asentamiento Mario Alioto – Mario Alioto Lopez Sanchez, Guatemalan student who was killed during a protest
• 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
• Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado – Pedro de Alvarado
• Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles, daughter of Manuel Barillas
• Col. Miguel Angel Asturias – Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan diplomatic and writer
• Comunidad Hermogenes Lopez – Hermógenes López Coarchita
• Chicacao – Francisco Chicajau, indigenous villager
• Fraijanes – Two Missioners Juan Milán y Juan Álvarez
• Francisco Vela – Ing. Francisco Vela, Guatemalan cartographer
• 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
• Galvez – Dr. Mariano Galvez, Guatemalan Independence hero
• Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados
• Godinez – Juan Godinez, spanish conquistador
• Horno de Vides – Jose Maria Ignacio Ortiz Vides, a guatemalan guerrilla
• Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader
• Juarez – Benito Juarez, Mexican President
• La Gomera, Escuintla – Antonio Peraza de Ayala y Rojas, conde de la Gomera
• La Reforma, San Marcos – Justo Rufino Barrios the reformer
• La Union Barrios – Justo Rufino Barrios
• Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician Edward Livingston
• Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Varón
• Modesto Méndez – Modesto Méndez, Guatemalan military
• 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, Santa Elena Barillas – General Manuel Barillas, president of Guatemala
• San Jorge – Jorge Ubico
• 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 – 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
• Cite Simone – Simone Duvalier, First lady of Haiti
• Duvalierville – Dr. Francois Duvalier, President of Haiti
• Ennery, Artibonite – Victor-Therese Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
• Gressier – Edmond Vallery Gressier
• Killick Stenio Vincent – Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti
• Leclerk Bidonville – Charles Leclerc, a French Army general
• Louverture, – Toussaint Louverture
• Morne Boyer – Jean-Pierre Boyer, leader of the Haitian Revolution
• Ouanaminthe – Juana Mendez, mother of Buenaventura Baez, a Dominican president
• Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
• Village Lumane Casimir – Lumane Casimir, Hatian singer

  Honduras

• Alfonso XIII – Alfonso XIII of Spain
• Asentamiento Juan Benito Montoya – Juan Benito Montoya, a peasant leader who was killed in Los Horcones on 1975
• Barrio Paz Barahona – Miguel Paz Barahona
• Cabañas, Copán –José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduras
• Cabañas – José Trinidad Cabañas
• Cabañas, La Paz – General José Trinidad Cabañas
• Col. Alfonso Guillen – Alfonso Guillen Zelaya, Honduran Poet
• Col. Alfonso Lacayo – Dr. Alfonso Lacayo, Garifuna physician
• Col. Amaya Amador – Ramon Amaya Amador, Honduran author
• Col. Francisco J. Mejía – Francisco J. Mejía, Honduran teacher
• Col. Francisco Murillo Soto – Prof. Francisco Murillo Soto
• Col. Jacobo V. Carcamo – Jacobo Carcamo, Honduran Poet
• Col. Jesús Aguilar Paz – Jesús Aguilar Paz, Honduran Chemist
• Col. Medardo Mejia – Medardo Mejia, Honduran poet
• Col. Rodas Alvarado – Modesto Rodas Alvarado, President of the National Congress
• Col. Terencio Sierra – Terencio Sierra
• Col. Víctor F. Ardón – Víctor F. Ardón, Honduran educator
• Froylan Turcios – Froylan Turcios, Honduran Poet
• Guadalupe Carney – James Carney, also known as Father Guadalupe Carney
• Grupo Villeda Morales – Ramon Villeda Morales
• Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes, Garifuna soldier
• Jesús de Otoro – Fray Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda y Zepeda, bishop of Comayagua
• José Santos Guardiola –José Santos Guardiola, President of Honduras
• Kennedy – John F. Kennedy, an American President
• Marcovia – Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras
• Marcelino Champagnat – Saint Marcellin Champagnat
• Melgar Castro – Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, former Head of State of Honduras
• Monseñor Fiallos – Monseñor Ernesto Fiallos, a Honduran priest
• Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician
• Policarpo Paz Garcia – Policarpo Paz Garcia
• Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador
• Puerto Lempira – cacique Lempira
• Ramón Villeda Morales – Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
• Rodas Alvarado – 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, 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 – 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
• Adyváros – Endre Ady
• Ambrózfalva – Lajos Ambrózy
• Antalhegy – István Antal, Hungarian politician
• Árpádhalom – Árpád, father of the Hungarian fatherland
• Benczúrfalva – Gyula Benczúr, Painter
• Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat
• Cholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky
• Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen
• 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
• József Attila lakótelep – Attila József
• Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona
• Kossuthfalva – Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Hungary
• Krepuska Géza-telep – Géza Krepuska
• Krisztinaváros – Archduchess Maria Christina
• Lipótváros – 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 – Leopold II
• Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád
• Zalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo

• 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

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

  India

Indonesia

• Jayawijaya Regency – Jaya-Vijaya, two gatekeepers of the abode of Vishnu,
• Jl. Abdullah Syafi – Abdullah Syafi'i
• Jl. Dewi Sartika – Dewi Sartika
• Jl. Fatmawati – Fatmawati, Sukarno's wife
• Jl. Halim Perdanakusuma – Halim Perdanakusuma
• Jl. K.H Hasyim Asy'ari – Hasyim Asy'ari
• Jl. Otto Iskandardinata – Oto Iskandar di Nata
• Jl. Pangeran Tubagus Angke – Prince Tubagus Angke
• Jl. R.E. Martadinata – Eddy Martadinata
• Jl. Jend.R.S.Soekanto – Said Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo
• Jl. Sukarno – Sukarno, President of Indonesia
• Jl. Sultan Agung – Sultan Agung of Mataram
• Yos Sudarso Island – Yos Sudarso, naval officer

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

  Iran

• Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq – Mohammad Mosaddegh
• Apamea – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Bandar-Abbas – Shah Abbas I
• Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni – Ruhollah Khomeini a Supreme leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician
• Hamidaniyeh – Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, 14th century Poet and Scholar
• Hasanabad, Tehran – Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Prime Minister of Iran
• Jammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
• Kabak Mohammad Reza – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last king
• Kermanshah – King Bahram IV
• Khomeyni Shahr – Ruhollah Khomeini
• Masjed Soleyman – Solomon, a major prophet of Islam
• 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, Mehriz – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rezaiyeh, Razavi Khorasan – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Rudaki, Iran – Rudaki, Persian poet
• Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Shahrak-e Ayatollah Madani – Mir Asadollah Madani, Iranian politician
• Shahreza – Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Susa, formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Yazd – Yazdegerd I, a Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 399 to 420
• Yusef Abad – Mirza Yusef Ashtiani

• 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-Aziziyah – Abdülaziz, Ottoman Sultan
• 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 – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Apamea – 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"
• 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 – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Al Midhatiya – Midhat Pasha
• Nasiriyah – "Nasir al-Saadun Pasha", the sheikh 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 – Seleucus I Nicator
• Sulaymaniyah – Sulaiman Baba, the first Baban prince to gain control of the province of Shahrizor and its capital, Kirkuk
• Yusufiyah – Yūsuf
• Az Zubayr – Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

  Ireland (Republic of)

• Bellewstown – Darren Bellew
• Binghamstown – Richard Bingham
• Enniskeane – “island of Cian”, Cian Murphy of Cork
• Canningstown – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
• Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
• Charleville, Count Cork – Charles II of England
• Connacht – Conn Cétchathach
• County Kerry – Ciar
• Cork – Corc
• Dún Laoghaire – Lóegaire mac Néill
• Edgeworthstown – the Anglo-Irish Edgeworth family, such as Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, local rector, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, economist, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, botanist, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, politician, and Maria Edgeworth, writer
• Jamestown, County Leitrim – James VI and I
• Louisburgh, County Mayo – Louis XIV of France
• Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort

• 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
• Even Shmuel – Samuel Bronfman
• Givat Brenner – Yosef Haim Brenner
• Givat Shapira – Hermann Schapira
• Herzliya – Theodor Herzl, a leader of Zionist movement
• Hippos, formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Kfar Haim – Haim Arlosoroff
• Kfar Hess – Moses Hess
• Kfar HaRif – Isaac Alfasi
• Kfar Maimon – Yehuda Leib Maimon
• Kfar Masaryk – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
• Kfar Menahem – Menachem Ussishkin
• Kfar Netter – Charles Netter
• Kfar Ruppin – Arthur Ruppin
• Kfar Shmuel – Stephen Samuel Wise
• Kfar Silver – Abba Hillel Silver
• Kfar Sirkin – Nachman Syrkin
• Kfar Truman – Harry S. Truman
• Kfar Vitkin – Yosef Vitkin
• Kfar Warburg – Felix M. Warburg
• Kfar Yavetz – Ze'ev Yavetz
• Kiryat Wolfson – Isaac Wolfson
• Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem – Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878–1909
• Kokhav Michael – Michael Sobell
• Mishmar David – Mickey Marcus
• 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
• 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
• Sde David – Zalman David Levontin
• Sde Eliezer – Robert Rothschild
• Sdei Avraham – Avraham Herzfeld
• Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Talmei Eliyahu – Eliyahu Krauze
• Talmei Yaffe – Leib Yaffe
• Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus
• Tzur Yitzhak – Yitzhak Rabin

• Wilhelma was the name of Bnei Atarot – Sultan Abdul Hamid II, King William II of Württemberg and William II, German Emperor

  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 Sharp
• 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
• Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō + Kanamori Tōjirō
• Imamura, Saga – Hitoshi Imamura, a Japanese general
• Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu, a civil officer
• Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori, a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan
• Maeda, Aichi – Tadashi Maeda
• Masaki, Ehime – Jinzaburō Masaki, Japanese general
• Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto, a prominent military commander
• Niki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi, a Japanese pioneer
• Noda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke, Japanese military commander during the Muromachi period
• Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura, Japanese poet
• Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo period
• Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira no Tadayuki, son of a Japanese warrior
• Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru, owner of Tendō castle during the Muromachi period
• Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute
• Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi, Japanese Samurai
• Tsuruga, Fukui – Tsunuga Arashito, Japanese Samurai
• Uchiyama, Aichi – Eitaro Uchiyama, a lieutenant general
• Wake, Okayama – Wake no Kiyomaro, a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period
• Yamamoto, Kagawa – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Marshal Admiral

  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

Kenya

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

  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

• Alla-Anarov – Alla Anarov, cotton producer
• Aydaraliev – Dr. Akmatbek Aydaraliev,
• Amanbayevo – Akhmat Amanbayev, Kirghiz compositor
• Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev
• Baetov – Kirghiz singer and composer Musa Baetov
• Bokonbayevo – Kirghiz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev
• Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
• Imeni Suymenkula Chokmorova – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
• Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
• Kochubaev – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev, Kirghiz Socialist workers' hero
• Kurmanbek – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
• Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
• Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
• Mombekovo – Yusup Mombekov, Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
• Nazaraliev – Orozaaly Nazaraliev, Kirghiz educator
• Nurzhanov – Akmatbek Nurzhanov, Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
• Orozbekovo – Abdykadyr Orozbekov, Kirghiz statesman
• Osmonkulov – Iskender Osmonkulov, Kirghiz socialist workers' hero
• Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov
• Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov
• Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov
• Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
• Zharkynbayevo – Kyrgyz hero Kazak Zharkynbaev

• 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
• Lucavsala – Klauss Lucavs
• Pāvilosta – after Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of Kurzeme
• Pētersala-Andrejsala – Peter the Great
• Valdemārpils – Krišjānis Valdemārs, writer and politician
• Valka – possibly after the de Walko family

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

  Lebanon

• Foch-Allenby district – Ferdinand Foch and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

• 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

• A.B. Tolbert Community – Adolphus Benedict Tolbert, a former President's son
• 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

  Macedonia

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

• Titov Veles was the name of Veles – Josip Broz

  Malaysia

• Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort, a colonial governor of North Borneo
• Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar, Malayan politician
• 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, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Bandar Tun Hussein Onn – Hussein Onn, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Bandar Tun Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka – Abdul Razak Hussein
• Butterworth, Penang – William John Butterworth, governor of the Straits Settlements
• Cameron Highlands – William Cameron, British geologist
• Carey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey, an Englishman planter in Malaya has acquired an island
• FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson, an American president
• FELDA Soeharto – Soeharto, Indonesian president
• Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser, scottish pioneer
• George Town, Penang – George III of the United Kingdom
• Gohtong Jaya – Lim Goh Tong, a Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneur
• Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah, a legendary hero
• Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
• Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney, a British colonial administrator
• Port Dickson – John Frederick Dickson, British colonial administrator
• Putrajaya – Tunku Abdul Rahman, father of Malayan independence
• Seri Iskandar – Iskandar of Perak, 30th Sultan of Perak
• Shah Alam – Hisamuddin of Selangor
• Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman
• Taman Tun Sardon – Sardon Jubir, governor of Penang
• Taman Tun Teja – Princess Tun Teja
• Taman U-Thant – U Thant, a UN General Secretary from 1961 until 1971,
• Templer's Park – Gerald Templer, a senior British Army officer
• Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
• Weston – A.J. West, a British North Borneo railway engineer

  Malawi

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

  Mali

• Ouezzindougou – Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Burkinabé politician
• Timbuktu – Buktu, a malian old woman who lived in that region

  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
• Qormi – 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 – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
• Valletta – Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette
• Victoria – Queen Victoria
• Żabbar – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
• Żebbuġ – Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
• Żejtun – Ferdinand von Hompesch's mother

  Mauritius

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

  Mexico

Moldova

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

• "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

• Choibalsan city, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Communist leader, Prime Minister and President of Mongolia
• Choibalsan sum, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
• Khutag-Öndör – Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar
• Öndörkhaan – Genghis Khan
• Renchinlkhümbe – Jambyn Lkhümbe
• Sükhbaatar city – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian revolutionary
• Sükhbaatar district – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Sükhbaatar Province – Damdin Sükhbaatar
• Ulaanbaatar – Damdin Sükhbaatar

  Montenegro

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

• 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

• Mozambique Island – Mussa Bin Bique, a Muslim chief of the early 16th century
• Ilha Josina Machel – 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

  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
• Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma, a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia 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
• Tobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero

• Caprivi Region was the name of Zambezi Region, named after Leo von Caprivi
• Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann

  Nepal

• Bhimdatta – Bhimdatta Panta, a revolutionary farmer leader killed in 1953
• Birendranagar – King Birendra of Nepal
• Birgunj – Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, 11th Prime Minister of Nepal
• Byans – Vyas, legendary author of hinduism
• Dasharathchand – Dashrath Chand, a martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement
• Janakpur – King Janak, an ancient Indian king of Videha,
• Jaya Prithvi – Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, a humanist, peace advocate, writer and social activist
• KI Singh – Kunwar Inderjit Singh, 20th Prime Minister of Nepal
• Krishnapur, Nepal – Krishna
• Mahendrakot, Mahendranagar, Dhanusha – Mahendra of Nepal
• Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai, a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951
• Siddharthanagar – from Buddha's given name Siddhartha
• Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal
• Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva

  Netherlands

• Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
• Emmaberg – Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Geertruidenberg – Gertrude of Nivelles
• 's-Gravenzande – William, King of the Romans
• Heerhugowaard – lord Hugo of Assendelft
• 's-Hertogenbosch – Henry I, Duke of Brabant
• Julianadorp – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Koningsbosch – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely
• Prins Alexander – Alexander, Prince of Orange
• Sint Annaparochie – Saint Anne
• Sint Jacobiparochie – James, son of Zebedee
• Sint Maarten – Martin of Tours
• Sint Nicolaasga – Saint Nicholas
• Sint-Oedenrode – Saint Oda
• Sint Pancras – Saint Pancras
• Sint Willebrord – Saint Willibrord
• Van Ewijcksluis – Daniël Jacob van Ewijck van Oostbroek van de Built, 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

• Aidanfield – Mother Aidan Phelan
• Albert Town – Prince Albert
• Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark
• Auckland – George Eden, Earl of Auckland
• Christchurch – Jesus Christ
• Coatesville – Gordon Coates, Prime Minister
• Fendalton – Walpole Chesshyre Fendall
• Foxton – William Fox, Premier
• Gisborne – William Gisborne
• Grey River, Greymouth, Greytown – George Grey, Governor
• Halswell – Edmund Storr Halswell QC
• Hastings – Warren Hastings
• Hunterville – George Hunter, merchant
• Invercargill – William Cargill
• Massey – William Massey, Prime Minister
• McLaren Park, New Zealand – Bruce McLaren
• Melville, New Zealand – James Dougal Melville
• Napier – Charles James Napier
• Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Queenstown, New Zealand – Queen Victoria
• Rātana Pā – T. W. Ratana
• Seddon and Seddonville – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
• Sumner, New Zealand – John Bird Sumner
• Victoria, New Zealand – Queen Victoria
• Vogeltown – Julius Vogel, Premier
• Waldronville – Bill Waldron
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington

  Nicaragua

• Ahmed Campos Correa – Ahmed Campos Correa, a Nicaraguan Poet
• Arlen Siu – Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
• Bernardino Diaz Ochoa – Bernadino Diaz Ochoa, a Nicaraguan peasant and revolutionary
• 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
• Filiberto Morales – Filiberto Morales Darce
• German Pomares, German Pomares – German Pomares Ordonez, a Nicaraguan national hero
• Greytown, Nicaragua – Charles Edward Grey, a British judge and colonial governor
• Gaspar García – Gaspar García Laviana
• Hilario Sanchez – Hilario Sánchez Vásquez, a Nicaraguan military
• Jesus Rivera – Manuel de Jesus Rivera "La Mascota", a Nicaraguan revolutionary kid
• Jose Benito Escobar and Jose Benito Escobar – Jose Benito Escobar, revolutionary
• La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of Mary
• Larreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher
• Leon Diaz – General Jose Leon Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution
• Leonel Rugama – Jose Leonel Rugama, Nicaraguan poet
• Macario Brenes – Macario Brenes Alvarez
• Madriz Department – Jose Madriz, President of Nicaragua
• Marlon Zelaya – Marlon Zelaya Cruz, a student martyr
• Monseñor Madrigal – Monseñor Nicolás Antonio Madrigal y García
• Pablo Ubeda – Rigoberto Cruz, also known as Pablo Ubeda, one of the founders of the FSLN
• Padre Ramos – Father Francisco Ramos, Nicaraguan priest
• Patricio Arguello Ryan – Patrick Argüello
• 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
• Puerto Morazán – Francisco Morazán, a Honduran Politician
• Puerto Salvador Allende – Salvador Allende
• Ricardo Morales Avilés – Ricardo Morales Avilés
• Rigoberto Lopez Perez – Rigoberto Lopez Perez, Nicaraguan poet
• Rivas Department – Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
• Rivas, Nicaragua – Francisco Rodriguez de Rivas, Captain General of Guatemala
• Roman Esteban Toledo – Roman del Carmen Esteban Toledo, revolutionary
• Ruben Dario – Ruben Dario
• 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 Jose de Cusmapa – José Dolores Estrada
• 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 – Tomas Ruiz Romero, Priest and independence hero
• Socrates Sandino – Socrates Sandino Tiffer, a Sandino's paternal brother
• Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca Amador, founder of Frente Sandinista Liberacion Nacional
• Villa Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino

  Niger

• Cité Fayçal – Faisal of Saudi Arabia

  Nigeria

• Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
• Victoria Island, Lagos – Queen Victoria

  North Korea

• Kimchaek – Korean People's Army 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
• Filipstad, Norway – pharmacist Philip Moth
• Fredrikstad – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway
• Jan Mayen – Captain Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
• Kongsberg – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
• Kongsvinger – King Christian V of Denmark and Norway
• Kristiansand – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
• Kristiansund – King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway
• Longyearbyen – world's northernmost town – John Munroe Longyear

• Christiania and then Kristiania were the names of Oslo – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
• Fredrikshald was the name of Halden from 1665 through 1928 – King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway
• Fredriksvern was the name of Stavern from 1799 through 1930 – King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway
• Victoriahavn was the name of Narvik from 1887 through 1902 – Crown princess of Norway, Victoria of Baden

  Oman

• Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Sultan Qaboos

  Pakistan

• Abbottabad – James Abbott
• Aziz Bhatti Town – Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani military officer
• Bahawalnagar – Bahawal Khan V
• Bahawalpur – Mohamad Bahawal Khan II
• Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa
• Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
• Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leader
• Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
• Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
• Jacobabad – John Jacob
• Jafarabad District – Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan
• Jamshed Town – Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, first elected Mayor of Karachi
• Jauharabad – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement
• Jinnahabad – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 1st. President of Pakistan and Father of the nation
• Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah
• Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement
• Liaquatabad Town – Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman
• Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
• Muzaffargarh – Nawab Muzaffar Khan, Afghan Popalzai governor of Multan
• Nankana Sahib – Guru Nanak
• Nazimabad – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan
• Nishtar Town – Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Pakistan movement leader
• Port Qasim – Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab Commander
• Qilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of Kalat
• Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan
• Rajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah
• Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
• Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, a two-time prime minister of Pakistan
• Sheikhupura – Jahangir's nickname Shekhu
• Shujabad – Nawab Shuja Khan
• Tando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani
• Toba Tek Singh – Tek Singh, Sikh religious figure

• 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

Papua New Guinea

• Alexishafen – Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
• Finschhafen – Otto Finsch
• Hatzfeldhafen – Paul von Hatzfeldt
• Heldsbach – German missioner Friedrich Held, who died of malaria on 1901
• Lake Murray Rural LLG – Hubert Leonard Murray
• Marienberg Rural LLG – Marie von Bismarck
• Markham District – Albert Hastings Markham
• Mount Hagen – Curt von Hagen
• Mount Wilhelm Rural LLG – Wilhelm von Bismarck
• Port Moresby – Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby
• Queen Carola Harbour – Carola of Vasa
• West Ferguson Rural LLG – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet

  Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

• Costa Cabral – António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar
• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count Rodrigo González Girón
• Gomes da Costa – Manuel Gomes da Costa
• Guimarães – Vímara Peres
• Lisbon – Ulysses
• Mal. Carmona – Óscar Carmona, President
• Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal
• Norton de Matos – Jose Norton de Matos, a Portuguese general and politician
• Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz
• Padre Cruz – Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, Portuguese priest
• Rainha D. Leonor – Eleanor of Viseu
• Santa Joana – Joanna, Princess of Portugal
• São Vicente, Madeira – Vincent of Saragossa
• Vale de Afonsinho – Afonso I of Portugal
• Vila Boa do Bispo – D.Sisnando, bishop of Porto
• Vila do Bispo – Bishop Fernando Coutinho
• Vila do Conde – Mumadona Dias
• Vila Real – King Denis of Portugal
• Vila Real de Santo António – Joseph I of Portugal

  Puerto Rico

• Bolívar – Simon Bolivar
• Carolina, Puerto Rico – King Charles II of Spain
• Cataño, Puerto Rico – Hernando de Cataño
• Eleanor Roosevelt – 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 – Dr. Rafael Lopez Sicardo
• Marín – Luis Muñoz Marín, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• Muñoz Rivera – 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

Russia

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 – 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

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

  Serbia

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 – Cecil Clementi
• MacPherson, Singapore – Lieutenant Colonel Ronald MacPherson
• 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

• Bernolákovo - Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and Catholic priest
• Bratislava – Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia
• Gabčíkovo – Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier involved in Operation Anthropoid
• Golianovo - Ján Golian, Slovak Brigade General
• Hamuliakovo – Martin Hamuljak, Slovak Writer
• Hurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Slovak writer
• Kalinkovo - Joachim Kalinka, Slovak poet and priest
• Leopoldov – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Malinovo, Slovakia - Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
• Martin, Slovakia – Saint Martin of Tours
• Michalovce – Saint Michael
• Mojzesovo - Štefan Moyses
• Nálepkovo – Ján Nálepka, anti-fascist Slovak captain
• Palárikovo – Ján Palárik, Slovak playwright
• Sládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet
• Štefanovičová – Dr. Miloš Štefanovič, 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, Prime Minister of Slovenia
• Primoži – Primož Trubar, Father of the Slovenian nation
• Semič – Stanko Semič, Slovenian national hero

  Somalia

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

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

  South Africa

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• King Edward Point – Edward VII

• Prince Olav Harbour – Crown Prince Olav of Norway

  South Korea

• Danwon-gu – Gim Hongdo
• Myeongseongsan – Empress Myeongseong
• Sejong City – Sejong the Great
• Chumgmu-ro – Admiral Yi Sun-sin
• Euljiro – General Eulji Mundeok

  Spain

• Guadiana del Caudillo – Francisco Franco

  Sudan

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

  Suriname

• Brownsweg – John Brown
• Corneliskondre – Cornelis Lely
• Julianatop – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Lelydorp – Cornelis Lely
• Marienburg, Suriname – Maria de la Jaille
• Marshallkreek – Captain Marshall, who explored in Marshall's Creek, Suriname

  Sweden

• Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
• Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson
• 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 – King Charles XIV John of Sweden
• Karlsborg – 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
• Kungsängen – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
• Mariefred – Mary, mother of Jesus
• Mariestad – Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden
• Örnsköldsvik – Per Abraham Örnsköld, county governor of Västernorrland County, 1762–1769
• Oskarshamn – King Oscar I of Sweden
• Ulricehamn – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
• Vilhelmina – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen

  Switzerland

• Augst – Roman Emperor Augustus
• Kaiseraugst – Augustus
• St. Gallen – Saint Gall

  Syria

• Abu Kamal – the Kamal Family
• Al-Bitariyah – Salah al-Din al-Bitar
• Al-Malikiyah – Adnan al-Malki, a Syrian Army officer
• Al-Qadmus – Cadmus, Phoenician prince
• Apamea – 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
• Mount Simeon District – Simeon Stylites
• Muadamiyat al-Sham – Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Kurdish Sultan from Ayyubid dynasty
• Palmyra – named after a daughter of one of Noah's distant descendants, who was buried in a city
• Qura al-Assad – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria
• Salaheddine District – Saladin
• Sayyidah Zaynab – Zaynab bint Ali

• 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 – Avicenna, Persian Polymath
• Ayni District – Tajik national poet Sadriddin Ayni
• Dzhami District – 15th century Tajik-Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
• Ferdowsi district – 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
• Mirsaid Mirshakar – Mirsaid Mirshakar, a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet
• Nazarsho Dodhudoev – Nazarsho Dodhudoev, 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
• Sardorov Karakhan – Karakhon Sardorov, one of the prominent figures in the struggle for the Soviet rule against the Basmachi.
• Shah Mansur district – 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

• 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 – Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania

  Thailand

• Galyani Vadhana District, Chiang Mai Province – Princess Galyani Vadhana
• Phaya Mengrai District, Chiang Rai Province – King Mangrai
• 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
• 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

Turkmenistan

• Ashgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia
• Balyş Öwezow – 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 – Magtymguly Garly, Turkmen musician
• Nurmuhammet Andalyp – Nurmuhammet Andalyp, Turkmen philosopher
• Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer Mollanepes
• Saparmyrat Nyýazow District – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
• Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy – Saparmurat Niyazov
• Serdar – Saparmurat Niyazov
• Seýdi – Seitnazar Seidi, Turkmen patriot and poet
• Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov

• 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 World War II
• Leninsk was giving named of Turkmenabat – Vladimir Lenin

  Uganda

• Fort Portal – Sir Gerald Portal
• Port Bell – Sir Hesketh Bell

  Ukraine

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

Northern Ireland

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

  United States

United States Virgin Islands

• Charlotte Amalie – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
• Christiansted – Christian VI of Denmark
• Frederiksted – Frederick V of Denmark

  Uruguay

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

  Uzbekistan

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

• "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 Adriani Municipality – Alberto Adriani Mazzei, economist and writer
• 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 or Raúl Leoni Municipality – Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni
• Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality – Antonio Pinto Salinas, Venezuelan poet
• Aristides Bastidas Municipality – Aristides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer
• Arzobispo Chacón Municipality – Acacio Chacon Guerra
• Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality – Caracciolo Parra Olmedo, Venezuelan lawyer and politician
• Cardenal Quintero Municipality – José Humberto Quintero Parra
• Carlos Arvelo Municipality – Carlos Arvelo, Venezuelan doctor and politician.
• Ciudad Bolívar – Simón Bolívar
• Ciudad Losada – Jesus Enrique Lossada, Venezuelan writer
• 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 Aniceto Lugo Parish – Dr. Francisco Aniceto Lugo, Venezuelan writer
• Francisco Javier Pulgar Municipality – Francisco Javier Pulgar, Venezuelan educator
• Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero
• Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President
• Jauregui Municipality – Jesus Manuel Jauregui
• Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez
• José Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas
• Manuel Monge Municipality – Manuel Monge, President of the Village Association of Poblado 32
• Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality – Mario Briceño Iragorry
• Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique Maruwa
• Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen
• Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas
• Padre Noguera Municipality – Father Adonay Noguera
• 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
• Rafael Rangel Municipality – Rafael Rangel, Venezuelan scientific
• Raul Leoni Parish – Raul Leoni
• Rómulo Costa Municipality, Tachira – Dr. Antonio Romulo Costa Duque
• 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
• Valmore Rodríguez Municipality – Valmore Rodríguez, Venezuelan journalist

  Vietnam

• Bế Văn Đàn – Bế Văn Đàn, Hero of the People's Armed Forces
• Đề Thám – Hoàng Hoa Thám "Đề Thám", leader of Yên Thế Insurrection
• Đình Phong – Đình Phong, a communist soldier
• Đình Phùng, Bảo Lạc – Phan Đình Phùng, vietnamese poet
• Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu, a communist lawyer
• Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
• Hồ Thị Kỷ – Hồ Thị Kỷ, martyr hero
• Hoàng Văn Thụ, Văn Lãng – Hoàng Văn Thụ, vietnamese revolutionary
• Hồng Dân – Trần Hồng Dân, nationalist revolutionary
• Kim Đồng, Thạch An – Kim Đồng, captain of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization
• Ngọc Hiển – Phan Ngọc Hiển, a local teacher, writer and artist
• Nguyễn Huân – Nguyễn Văn Huân, communist martyr
• Nông trường Trần Phú – Trần Phú, vietnamese revolutionary
• Phạm Văn Cội – Phạm Văn Cội, Hero of the People's Armed Forces
• Quang Trung, An Lão – Quang Trung, second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty
• Trần Hưng Đạo – Trần Hưng Đạo, an imperial prince, statesman and military commander
• Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời, a local communist

• Thành Thái Phien – the name of Da Nang in 1945 – revolutionary Thái Phiên

  Zambia

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

• Abercorn was the name of Mbala – Lord Abercorn

  Zimbabwe

• Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow, the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer Column
• Beitbridge – Alfred Beit
• Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield
• Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888
• Montgomery – Bernard Montgomery
• 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.

• 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