|
List of places named after people
There are a number of places named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
Continents
Countries
Former countries
Administrative divisions
- Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
- Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts
- Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
- Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
- Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
- Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
- Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar
- Fife - Fib of the Picts , one of the seven sons of Cruithe
- Gibraltar - Tariq ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
- Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
- Gwynedd - Cunedda
- Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
- Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- Lothian - Leudonus
- Merionethshire - Meirion , son of Cunedda
- Montgomery - Roger de Montgomery
- Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
- Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
- Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
Towns and cities
Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundred years. Often, there isn't much known about them today.
* See also Alexandria (disambiguation)
- Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
- Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
- Augsburg - Augustus
- Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
- Avellaneda, Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda
- Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
- Benjamin Constant, Brazil , Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
- Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck
- Buchanan,_Liberia - James Buchanan
- Bucharest (Bucureşti)- Bucur , legendary shepherd
- Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
- Campos Sales , Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais , Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
- Charleroi, Belgium - Charles II. of Spain
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom
- Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
- Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos
- Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl
- Colombo – Christopher Columbus
- Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia
- Durban, South Africa - Sir Benjamin D'Urban
- Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
- Epitaciolândia , Acre, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun)
- Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
- Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possible named after a Roman general Flavius.
- Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York
- General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín
- General Sarmiento , Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão , Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
- Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
- Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh
- Houston - Samuel Houston
- Istanbul - Constantine the Great
- Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
- Johannesburg, South Africa - Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer
- Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
- Kaiseraugst - Augustus
- Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener
- Knoxville - Henry Knox
- Las Heras , Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras
- Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas
- Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
- Leverkusen, Germany - Carl Leverkus
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
- Lisbon - Ulysses
- Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
- Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
- Marechal Deodoro , Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
- Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Martelange - Martelius
- Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
- Monrovia - James Monroe
- Nilo Peçanha, Brazil , Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
- Peçanha , Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
- Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder
- Presidencia de la Plaza , Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza
- Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña , Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña
- Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Dutra , Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Epitácio, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Figueiredo , Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Getúlio , Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Jânio Quadros , Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Juscelino , Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Kennedy , Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)
- Presidente Médici , Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Prudente and Prudente de Morais , Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Sarney, Maranhão , Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)
- Pueyrredón , Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
- Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)
- Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
- Rome - Romulus
- Rondonópolis and Rondolândia , Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
- Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
- Sadr City - Moqtada al-Sadr
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis
- St Petersburg, Russia & St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter
- San Francisco - Saint Francis
- Santiago, San Diego - Saint James
- Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
- São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
- São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent
- São Sebastião, São Paulo , Brazil - Saint Sebastian
- Seattle - Chief Seattle
- Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great
- Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
- Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti
- Tubmanburg, Liberia - William Tubman
- Vancouver - George Vancouver
- Vicente López , Argentina - Vicente López
- Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
- Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre
- Washington, D.C. - George Washington
- Willemstad - William the Silent
Airports
List of places categorized by name of person
See also
|
|
