List of places named after people


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

Countries

Former countries

Lands of Antarctica

Towns and cities

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Former:Berteaux was the name of Ouled Hamla – Henri Maurice BerteauxBordj Le Prieur was the name of Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Louis-Ambroise Le Prieur Burdeau was the name of Mahdia – Auguste BurdeauColomb-Béchar was the name of Béchar – Louis de Colomb, French major generalDuperré was the name of Aïn Defla – Guy-Victor Duperré, French naval officerFort-Duquesne was the name of Kaous – Michel-Ange Duquesne de MennevilleGeorges Clemenceau was the name of Stidia – Georges ClemenceauHaussonvillers was the name of Naciria – Joseph d'HaussonvilleMac-Mahon was the name of Aïn Touta – Patrice de MacMahonMolière was the name of Bordj Bounaama – MolièreNegrier was the name of Chetouane – François de NégrierOrléansville was the name of Chlef – Louis Philippe II, Duke of OrléansPascal was the name of Salah Bey – Blaise PascalPerrégaux was the name of Mohammadia – Alexandre Charles PerrégauxPhilippeville was the name of Skikda – Louis Philippe IPort-Gueydon was the name of Azeffoun – Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of AlgeriaRenault was the name of Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali – Pierre Hippolyte Publius Renault, French generalSaint-Arnaud was the name of El Eulma – Jacques Leroy de Saint-ArnaudSaint-Eugène was the name of Bologhine – Eugène GuyotTirman was the name of Teghalimet – Louis TirmanWaldeck-Rousseau was the name of Sidi Hosni – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Angola

Former:Carmona was the name of Uíge – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese presidentHenrique de Carvalho was the name of Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho Sá da Bandeira was the name of Lubango – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da BandeiraSerpa Pinto was the name of Menongue – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorerSilva Porto was the name of Cuito – António da Silva PortoVila Arriaga was the name of Bibala – Portuguese president Manuel de Arriaga Vila Gago Coutinho was the name of Lumbala N'guimbo – Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho Villa João de Almeida was the name of Chibia – João de Almeida, Portuguese militaryVila Pereira d'Eça was the name of Ondjiva – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de EçaVila Robert Williams was the name of Caála – Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of ParkVila Roçadas was the name of Xangongo – José Augusto Alves RoçadasVila Salazar was the name of N'dalatando – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictatorVila Teixeira da Silva was the name of Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Portuguese colonial administrator

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Catamarca

Chaco

Chubut

Córdoba

Corrientes

Entre Ríos

Formosa

Jujuy

La Pampa

La Rioja

Mendoza

Misiones

Neuquen

Rio Negro

Salta

San Juan

San Luis

Santa Cruz

Santa Fe

Santiago del Estero

Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur

Tucuman

''Former''

Armenia

Former:Akhundov was the name of Punik – Mirza Fatali Akhundov, authorAzizbekov was the name of Aregnadem – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionaryAzizbekov was the name of Vayk – Meshadi AzizbekovAzizbekov was the name of Zarritap – Meshadi AzizbekovBatikian was the name of Gandzak, Armenia – Batik Batikian, Communist martyrDanushavan was the name of Aygehat – Danush Shahverdyan, Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesmanGhukasyan was the name of Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth MovementImeni Beriya was the name of Shahumyan, Ararat – Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet politician and head of the secret policeImeni Beriya was the name of Zhdanov, Armavir – Lavrentiy BeriaImeni Stalina was the name of Sovkhoz Nomer Shest – Joseph StalinImeni Voroshilova was the name of Hatsik, Armavir – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet UnionKalinin was the name of Noramarg – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leaderKalinino was the name of Tashir – Mikhail KalininKamo was the name of Gavar – Kamo (Bolshevik), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-PetrossianKirov was the name of Amrakits – Sergey Kirov, early Bolshevik leaderKirov was the name of Taperakan – Sergey KirovKirovakan was the name of Vanadzor – Sergey KirovKirovka was the name of Mamai, Armenia – Sergey KirovKuybyshev was the name of Haghartsin, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leaderMaksim Gorkiy was the name of Bovadzor – Maxim Gorky, Soviet authorMikoyan was the name of Yeghegnadzor – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet leaderMravyan was the name of Yeghipatrush – Askanaz Mravyan, leader of Soviet ArmeniaOrdzhonikidze was the name of Vahan, Armenia – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet leaderSamed Vurgun was the name of Hovk – Samad Vurgun, Soviet poetShavarshavan was the name of Koti, Armenia – Shavarsh Amirkhanian, leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGBSpandaryan was the name of Silikyan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionaryTumanyan was the name of Dsegh – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writerVagharshapat was the name of Echmiadzin – King Vologases I (Vagharsh I)Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, viceroy of the Caucasus

Austria

Azerbaijan

Alternate:Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to Khojavend (city) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
Former:Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early BolshevikAzizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionaryElizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)Frunze was the name of Hacırüstəmli – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leaderIl'ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich LeninImeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey KirovImeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey KirovKaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politicianKalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leaderKalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail KalininKirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey KirovKirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey KirovKirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey KirovKirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey KirovKuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionaryLenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – LeninLeninabad was the name of Sanqalan – LeninLeninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – LeninLeninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – LeninLeninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – LeninMolotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politicianMusabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politicianMyasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionaryNarimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov, revolutionaryOrconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo OrdzhonikidzePamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – LeninPerozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz IPort-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich LeninPushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander PushkinRəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesmanShahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissarShaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan ShahumyanStalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph StalinStalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph StalinV.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – LeninVoroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet UnionYelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belize

Benin

  • Malanville – Henri Malan, French Governor of Dahomey

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people.

Brunei

Bulgaria

Former:Borisovgrad was the name of Parvomay – Tsar Boris III of BulgariaGrudovo was the name of Sredets – Todor Grudov Kolarovgrad was the name of Shumen – Vasil KolarovStalin was the name of Varna – Joseph StalinStanke Dimitrov was the name of Dupnitsa – revolutionary Stanke DimitrovTolbukhin was the name of Dobrich – Soviet marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Central African Republic

Chad

Former:Fort Archambault was the name of Sarh – Gustave Archambaud, French topographerFort-Lamy was the name of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer

Chile

Former:Magellano was the name of Punta Arenas – Ferdinand Magellan

China

Hong Kong

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Former:Albertville was the name of Kalemie – Albert I of BelgiumCoquilhatville was the name of Mbandaka – Camille-Aimé CoquilhatÉlisabethville was the name of Lubumbashi – Queen Elizabeth of BelgiumJadotville was the name of Likasi – Jean JadotLéopoldville was the name of Kinshasa – Leopold II of BelgiumPonthierville was the name of Ubundu – Pierre PonthierStanleyville was the name of Kisangani – Henry Morton StanleyThysville was the name of Mbanza-Ngungu – Albert Thys

Republic of the Congo

Former:Fort-Rousset was the name of Owando – Alexis Rousset, French colonial administratorJacob was the name of Nkayi – Léon Jacob, French engineer

Costa Rica

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 – Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional.

Croatia

Former:Kardeljevo was the name of Ploče from 1950 through 1954 and from 1980 through 1990 – Edvard KardeljTitova Korenica was the name of Korenica from 1945 through 1997 – Josip Broz Tito

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

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

Denmark

Greenland

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Former:Benefactor Province was the name of San Juan Province (Dominican Republic) – Rafael TrujilloCiudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael TrujilloJosé Trujillo Valdez Province was the name of Peravia Province – José Trujillo Valdez, Rafael Trujillo's fatherJulia Molina Province was the name of María Trinidad Sánchez Province – Altagracia Julia Molina, Rafael Trujillo's motherPacificador Province was the name of Duarte Province – Ulises Heureaux San Rafael Province was the name of Elías Piña Province – Rafael TrujilloVilla José Trujillo Valdez was the name of Villa Jaragua – José Trujillo ValdezVilla Julia Molina was the name of Nagua – Altagracia Julia Molina

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Former:Harju-Jaani was the name of Raasiku – John the BaptistKingissepa was the name of Kuressaare – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian revolutionary and communist

Eswatini (Swaziland)

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Gabon

Germany

Former:Karl-Marx-Stadt was the name of Chemnitz – Karl MarxStalinstadt was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin

Georgia

Former:Gegechkori was the name of Martvili – Sasha GegechkoriKazbegi was the name of Stepantsminda – Alexander KazbegiLeningori was the name of Akhalgori – Vladimir LeninLuxemburg was the name of Bolnisi – Rosa LuxemburgMacharadze was the name of Ozurgeti – Filipp MakaradzeMayakovsky was the name of Baghdati – Vladimir MayakovskyOrjonikidze was the name of Kharagauli – Sergo OrdzhonikidzeStaliniri was the name of Tskhinvali – Joseph StalinStalinisi was the name of Khashuri – Joseph StalinTskhakaya was the name of Senaki – Mikhail Tskhakaya Tsulukidze was the name of Khoni – Alexander Tsulukidze

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Former:Cite Simone was the name of Cité Soleil – Simone DuvalierDuvalierville was the name of Cabaret, Ouest – François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier

Honduras

Hungary

Former:Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of Nyárlőrinc – Koháry familyLeninváros was the name of Tiszaújváros – Vladimir LeninPrónayfalva was the name of Tázlár – Prónay familySztálinváros 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

Former:Sukarnopura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia

Iran

Former:Bandar-e Pahlavi was the name of Bandar-e Anzali – Reza Shah PahlaviRezā'īyeh was the name of Urmia – Reza Shah Pahlavi

Iraq

Former:Saddam City was the name of Sadr City - Saddam Hussein

Ireland (Republic of)

Former:Maryborough was the name of Portlaoise – Mary I of EnglandPhilipstown was the name of Daingean – Philip II of SpainKingwilliamstown was the name of Ballydesmond – William IV of the United KingdomQueenstown was the name of Cobh – Queen Victoria

Israel

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

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Former:Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl ZhabayevGuryev was the name of Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry GuryevLeninsk was the name of Baikonur – Vladimir LeninNur-Sultan was the name of Astana – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of KazakhstanPanfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan PanfilovShevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras ShevchenkoYermak was the name of Aksu – Russian national hero and explorer of Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich

Kenya

Kosovo

Former:

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Former:Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926 through 1991 – Mikhail FrunzePrzhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888 through 1921 and 1939 through 1991 – Nikolai Przhevalsky

Laos

Latvia

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

Lebanon

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

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Former:Kapsukas was the name of Marijampolė – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Lithuanian communist politicianSniečkus was the name of Visaginas – Antanas Sniečkus, Lithuanian communist politician

Luxembourg

Malawi

Former:Fort Anderson was the name of Mulanje – Sir Henry Percy Anderson, Harry Johnston's father-in-lawFort Hill was the name of Chitipa – Clement Lloyd Hill, British diplomatFort Johnston was the name of Mangochi – Harry Johnston, British botanist and colonial administratorFort Lister was the name of Phalombe – Thomas Villiers Lister, British diplomatFort Manning was the name of Mchinji – William Manning (colonial administrator), Governor of Nyasaland

Malaysia

Former:Jesselton was the name of Kota Kinabalu – Sir Charles Jessel, British colonial administrator

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Former:

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Former:

Mongolia

Montenegro

Former:Titograd was the name of Podgorica from 1946 to 1992 – Josip Broz TitoIvangrad was the name of Berane from 1946 to 1992 – Ivan Milutinović

Morocco

Mozambique

Former:António Enes was the name of Angoche – António José Enes, Portuguese journalist and colonial administratorAugusto Cardoso was the name of Metangula – Augusto Cardoso, Portuguese explorerCaldas Xavier was the name of Cambulatsitse – Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier, Portuguese colonial administratorCidade Salazar was the name of Matola – António de Oliveira SalazarJoão Belo was the name of Xai-Xai – João Belo, Portuguese militaryLourenço Marques was the name of Maputo – Lourenço Marques (explorer)Malvernia was the name of Chicualacuala – Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount MalvernPorto Amélia was the name of Pemba, Mozambique – Queen Amélie of OrléansVila Coutinho was the name of Ulongué – João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira Vila Fontes was the name of Caia, Mozambique – Fontes Pereira de MeloVila Gomes da Costa was the name of Alto Changane – Manuel Gomes da Costa, Portuguese presidentVila Gouveia was the name of Catandica – Manuel António de Sousa, Portuguese military captainVila Junqueiro was the name of Gurúè – Manuel Saraiva Junqueiro Vila Machado was the name of Nhamatanda – Joaquim José MachadoVila Paiva de Andrada was the name of Gorongosa – Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada Vila Pery was the name of Chimoio – João Pery de Lind, Governor of Mozambique Company Territories of Manica and SofalaVila Pinto Teixeira was the name of Mabalane – Francisco dos Santos Pinto Teixeira, Portuguese military engineerVila Trigo de Morais was the name of Chokwe, Mozambique – António Trigo de Morais, Portuguese engineerVila Vasco da Gama was the name of Chiputo – Vasco da Gama

Myanmar

Namibia

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

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua