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 (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents

 * Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci

Countries
This is a summary of country name etymologies.
 * Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata
 * Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
 * Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
 * Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo)
 * Cook Islands – Captain James Cook
 * Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
 * El Salvador – "The Saviour", referring to Jesus
 * Eswatini – Mswati II
 * Israel – Jacob (alternative name)
 * Kiribati – Thomas Gilbert
 * Liechtenstein – Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
 * Marshall Islands – John Marshall
 * Mauritius – Maurice of Nassau
 * Mozambique – Mussa Bin Bique
 * Philippines – Philip II of Spain
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Christopher
 * Saint Lucia – Lucy of Syracuse (?)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Saint Vincent
 * San Marino – Saint Marinus
 * São Tomé and Príncipe – Saint Thomas and Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal
 * 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 (Lorraine), now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – Lothair I
 * Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia – Cecil Rhodes
 * Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe – Cecil Rhodes
 * Terra Mariana ("Land of Mary"), now Estonia and Latvia – Mary, mother of Jesus

British Overseas Territories

 * Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez
 * Falkland Islands – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland
 * Gibraltar – Tariq ibn Ziyad (from جبل طارق)
 * Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Helena of Constantinople, and Tristão da Cunha
 * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – George III and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, respectively.

"Lands" of Antarctica

 * Adélie Land – Adèle Dumont d'Urville
 * Edward VII Land – King Edward VII
 * Queen Maud Land – Queen Maud of Norway
 * Ross Dependency – James Clark Ross
 * Victoria Land – Queen Victoria

Towns and cities

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

Afghanistan

 * Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Massoud
 * Ahmad Shah Baba Mina – Ahmad Shah Durrani
 * Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great
 * Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) – Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)
 * Ghaziabad, Kunar – Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed (died in 1980s)
 * Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town – Amanullah Khan
 * Jalalabad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
 * Jamal Mena, Kabul – Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
 * Kandahar – Alexander the Great
 * Khwaja Bahauddin District- Khwaja Bahauddin, Naqshband of Turkistan
 * Khushal Khan Mena – Khushal Khattak
 * Mohammad Agha District – Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a founder of the Qajar dynasty
 * Nadir Shah Kot District – Mohammed Nadir Shah
 * Sheberghan – Shapur II
 * Sher Khan Bandar – Sher Khan Nashir
 * Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul and Wazirabad, Kabul – Wazir Akbar Khan

Albania

 * Ali Demi (neighborhood) – Ali Demi
 * Asim Zeneli (Albania) – Asim Zeneli, Albanian hero
 * Bajram Curri (town) – Albanian activist of Independence Bajram Curri
 * Blloku Vasil Shanto – Vasil Shanto, Albanian hero
 * Don Bosco (Tirana) – John Bosco
 * Kastriot, Albania – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg
 * Mihal Grameno (neighborhood) – Mihal Grameno
 * Skënderbegas – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

Algeria
Former:
 * Abdelkader Azil – Abdelkader Azil (1927–1959), Algerian activist
 * Abou El Hassen – Abu al-Hassan (1934–1962), Algerian independence hero
 * Ahmed Rachedi, Mila – Ahmed Rachedi (1930–1957), Algerian revolutionary martyr
 * Assi Youcef – Bouiri Boualem (Youcef) (1927–1960), Algerian military
 * Bekkouche Lakhdar – Bekkouche Lakhdar (d.1958), Algerian martyr
 * Belouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist Mohamed Belouizdad
 * Benabdelmalek Ramdane – Abdelmalek Ramdane (d.1954), first martyr of the revolution
 * Bennasser Benchohra – Al-Nasser Bin Fameh (1804–1884)
 * Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Badji Mokhtar (1919–1954), Algerian revolutionary
 * Bordj Emir Khaled – Khalid ibn Hashim, grandson of the military leader Abd al Qadir
 * Bordj Omar Driss – Commander Omar Driss (1931–1959)
 * Bouraoui Belhadef – Bouraoui Ali Ben Cherif, a local hero of the national liberation war
 * Constantine (Algeria) – Constantine the Great
 * Didouche Mourad – Mourad Didouche, a veteran of the Algerian War of independence
 * El Emir Abdelkader, Aïn Témouchent and Emir Abdelkader, Jijel – Emir Abdelkader
 * Hassani Abdelkrim – Hassani Abdul Karim (d.1960)
 * Hussein Dey (commune) – Hussein Dey
 * Méchraâ Houari Boumédienne – Houari Boumédiène, President of Algeria
 * Messaoud Boudjeriou – Messaoud Boudjeriou (1930–1961), Algerian revolutionary
 * Mohammed Boudiaf (M'Sila) – Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria
 * Mostefa Ben Brahim, Sid Bel Abbés – Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800–1867), Algerian poet
 * Ramdane Djamel – Ramdane Ahcène (1934–1962), hero of the national liberation
 * Salah Bey (town) – Salah Bey ben Mostefa
 * Salah Bouchaour – Salah Bouchaour (1933–1962), Algerian revolutionary martyr
 * Sidi Bel Abbès – Sidi Bel Abbès El Bouzidi (d.1780), a Muslim marabout
 * Sidi M'Hamed – Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine
 * Zighoud Youcef (Town) – Youcef Zighoud, guerrilla leader
 * Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader – Emir Abdelkader


 * Berteaux was the name of Ouled Hamla – Henri Maurice Berteaux
 * Bordj Le Prieur was the name of Bordj Badji Mokhtar - Louis-Ambroise Le Prieur (1908-1997)
 * Burdeau was the name of Mahdia – Auguste Burdeau
 * Colomb-Béchar was the name of Béchar – Louis de Colomb, French major general
 * Duperré was the name of Aïn Defla – Guy-Victor Duperré, French naval officer
 * Fort-Duquesne was the name of Kaous – Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville
 * Georges Clemenceau was the name of Stidia – Georges Clemenceau
 * Haussonvillers was the name of Naciria – Joseph d'Haussonville
 * Mac-Mahon was the name of Aïn Touta – Patrice de MacMahon
 * Molière was the name of Bordj Bounaama – Molière
 * Negrier was the name of Chetouane – François de Négrier
 * Orléansville was the name of Chlef – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
 * Pascal was the name of Salah Bey – Blaise Pascal
 * Perrégaux was the name of Mohammadia – Alexandre Charles Perrégaux
 * Philippeville was the name of Skikda – Louis Philippe I
 * Port-Gueydon was the name of Azeffoun – Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria
 * Renault was the name of Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali – Pierre Hippolyte Publius Renault, French general
 * Saint-Arnaud was the name of El Eulma – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
 * Saint-Eugène was the name of Bologhine – Eugène Guyot
 * Tirman was the name of Teghalimet – Louis Tirman
 * Waldeck-Rousseau was the name of Sidi Hosni – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Angola

 * Comandante Valódia (Luanda) – Joaquim Domingos Augusto "Valódia" (died 1975), 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 (died 1805)
 * Nelito Soares (Luanda) – Nelito Soares (1943–1975), Angolan revolutionary
 * Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister
 * Porto Alexandre, Angola – James Edward Alexander
 * Rocha Pinto (Luanda) – João Teixeira Pinto
 * Sá da Bandeira (Huambo) – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
 * Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995)

Former:


 * Carmona was the name of Uíge – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president
 * Henrique de Carvalho was the name of Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho (1844–1909)
 * Sá da Bandeira was the name of Lubango – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
 * Serpa Pinto was the name of Menongue – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer
 * Silva Porto was the name of Cuito – António da Silva Porto
 * Vila 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 (1873–1953), Portuguese military
 * Vila Pereira d'Eça was the name of Ondjiva – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça
 * Vila Robert Williams was the name of Caála – Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park
 * Vila Roçadas was the name of Xangongo – José Augusto Alves Roçadas
 * Vila Salazar was the name of N'dalatando – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator
 * Vila Teixeira da Silva was the name of Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826–1894), Portuguese colonial administrator

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 (1914–2010), Governor of Chubut
 * (General) Belgrano – Many cities and towns after Manuel Belgrano
 * Castelli – Many places after Juan José Castelli
 * Ciudad Evita (means Evita City) – Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina
 * General Pueyrredón – second-level administrative subdivision named after Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
 * Las Heras – Many places after Juan Gregorio de las Heras
 * Presidencia de la Plaza – Victorino de la Plaza, President of Argentina
 * Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña – Roque Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina
 * Presidente Perón Partido – Juan Perón, President of Argentina
 * Pueblo Illia (Misiones) – Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina
 * Rafaela, Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza
 * Rawson – Guillermo Rawson
 * Rivadavia Department – Many cities and towns after Bernardino Rivadavia, First President of Argentina
 * Rosario Vera Peñaloza Department – Rosario Vera Peñaloza (1873–1950), Argentine teacher
 * (General) San Martín – Many cities and towns after José de San Martín
 * Sarmiento – Many municipalities and cities after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
 * Trelew – Lewis Jones
 * Uriburu, La Pampa – José Félix Uriburu, President of Argentina
 * Vicente López, Buenos Aires – Vicente López y Planes
 * Villa General Mitre – Bartolomé Mitre
 * formerly: Ciudad Eva Perón (means Eva Perón City) – Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina; now La Plata

Armenia

 * Abovyan and Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan, writer
 * Anushavan – Anushavan Galoyan (1901–1945), World War II hero
 * Artashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I, Armenian king
 * Baghramyan, Ararat, Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander
 * Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist Labor
 * Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian (1902–1942), 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 (1897–1918), revolutionary and poet
 * Fioletovo – Ivan Fioletov, socialist martyr and Baku Commissar
 * Gagarin, Armenia – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
 * Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian (1890–1920), Bolshevik martyr
 * Ghukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
 * Griboyedov, Armenia – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian diplomat and author
 * Gusanagyugh – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bard
 * Imeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader
 * Imeni Tairova – Alexander Tairov, Armenian theater director
 * Isahakyan – Avetik Isahakyan, poet
 * Kamo, Armenia – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
 * Khanjian, Armenia – Aghasi Khanjian, first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
 * Kuchak – Nahapet Kuchak, 16th-century bard
 * Kuybyshev, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Russian politician
 * Lermontovo – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer and poet
 * Lukashin and Lukashin, Yerevan – Sargis Lukashin, Armenian prime minister
 * Martiros, Vayots Dzor – Armenian Prince Martireni, who was martyred against Persian forces
 * Martuni, Armenia, Martuni (village) and Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
 * Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
 * Mergelyan (Yerevan) – Sergey Mergelyan, Armenian scientist
 * Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
 * Mkhchyan – after an Armenian commander
 * Musayelyan, Ashotsk – Capt. Sargis Musayelian (1882–1920), Bolshevik military leader
 * Nagapetavan – Nahapet Kurghinian (1900–1937), participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
 * Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian, writer
 * Narek, Ararat – Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet
 * Nizami, Armenia – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
 * Paruyr Sevak, Armenia – Paruyr Sevak, poet
 * Pushkino, Armenia – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet
 * Sarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882–1920), 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 (1896–1920), early Communist
 * Zhdanov, Lori – Andrei Zhdanov

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

Austria

 * Amaliendorf-Aalfang – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma
 * Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold
 * Elisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) – Empress Elisabeth of Austria
 * Felixdorf - Felix Mießl (1778-1861), Mayor of Wiener Neustadt
 * Hugo Breitner Hof (Vienna) – Hugo Breitner (1873–1946), Social Democrat politician
 * Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini (1726–1805)
 * Josefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
 * Josef-Rautmann-Hof (Vienna) – Josef Rautmann (1890–1970)
 * Kaisersdorf – Franz Joseph I of Austria
 * Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria
 * Leopoldskron-Moos (Salzburg) – Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Archbishop of Salzburg
 * Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor
 * Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung (Wien) – Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician
 * 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
 * Theresienfeld - Maria Theresa
 * Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria
 * Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848)

Azerbaijan
• Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer

• Babek – Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary

• Bakıxanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer

• Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh

• Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani prime minister

• Firuzabad, Azerbaijan – Firuz Məlikov (1902–1965), Azerbaijani scientist

• Fizuli Rayon, Füzuli, Füzuli, Samukh, and Füzuli, Shamkir – Fuzûlî, Turkic poet

• Hacı Zeynalabdin – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, industrialist and philanthropist

• Həzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov, Azerbaijani general

• Heydarabad, Azerbaijan, Heydərabad – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan

• Kuropatkino – Aleksey Kuropatkin, Russian general

• Mircəlal – Mir Jalal Pashayev, Azerbaijani writer

• Nərimanov raion, Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar, Nərimankənd, Gobustan, Nərimanabad, Lankaran and Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov, Prime Minister of Soviet Azerbaijan

• Nəsimi raion, Nəsimi, Bilasuvar, Nəsimi, Sabirabad and Nəsimikənd – Imadaddin Nasimi

• Nadirkənd – Nadir Karimov (d.1943)

• Nizami, Goranboy and Nizami raion – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet

• Qaçaq Kərəm – Qaçaq Kərəm (1860–1909), Azeri national hero

• Rəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan

• Sabirabad (city) and Sabirabad Rayon – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir

• Salatın – Salatyn Asgarova, Azerbaijani journalist

• Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and Vurğun – Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijani writer

• Səmədabad, Yevlakh – Samedaga Agamali oglu (1867–1930)

• Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar

• Şəhriyar, Goygol – Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azerbaijani poet

• Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

• Alternate:

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

• Former:

• Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik

• Azizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary

• Elizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)

• Frunze was the name of Hacırüstəmli – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader

• Il'ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich Lenin

• Imeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey Kirov

• Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey Kirov

• Kaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician

• Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader

• Kalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail Kalinin

• Kirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey Kirov

• Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey Kirov

• Kirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey Kirov

• Kirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey Kirov

• Kuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionary

• Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – Lenin

• Leninabad was the name of Sanqalan – Lenin

• Leninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – Lenin

• Leninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – Lenin

• Leninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – Lenin

• Molotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician

• Musabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician

• Myasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionary

• Narimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov, revolutionary

• Orconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze

• Pamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – Lenin

• Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I

• Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

• Pushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin

• Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman

• Shahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar

• Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan

• Stalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph Stalin

• Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph Stalin

• V.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – Lenin

• Voroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union

• Yelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)

• Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov

Bahamas

 * George Town, Bahamas – George III of Great Britain
 * Matthew Town – George Buckley-Mathew, Bahamian governor in 1844–1849
 * Nassau, Bahamas – William III of England
 * Nicholls Town – Edward Nicolls

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, follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer
 * 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
 * Mujibnagar – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh
 * Osmani Nagar Upazila – General M.A.G Osmani
 * Pirojpur District – Firoz Shah
 * Rajshahi District – the Puthia Raj family
 * Shariatpur District – Haji Shariatullah, eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian subcontinent in British India
 * Sher-e-Bangla Nagar – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman
 * Sherpur District – Sher Ali Gazi, the last jaghirdar of the Gazi dynasty

Barbados

 * Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)

Belarus

 * Barysaw – Boris-Rogvolod Vseslavich
 * Braslaw – Bryachislav of Polotsk
 * Budenovka (Minsk) – Semyon Budyonny
 * Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich
 * Dzyarzhynsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky
 * Gusarovka (Gomel) – Nikolai Gusarov
 * Kirawsk – Sergey Kirov
 * Leninski, Belarus – Vladimir Lenin
 * Molotovki (Mogilev) – Vyacheslav Molotov

Belgium

 * Charleroi – Charles II of Spain
 * Geraardsbergen – Geraard van Hunnegem, a manor local
 * Heikruis – Hado
 * Leopoldsburg – Leopold I of Belgium and Bourg, urban planner of the city
 * Mariakerke – Mary
 * Martelange – Martelius
 * Philippeville – Philip II of Spain
 * Sint-Anna-Pede – Saint Anne
 * Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse – Saint George
 * Saint-Gilles – Saint Giles
 * Saint-Hubert – Hubertus
 * Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – Judoc
 * 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
 * Wervik – Virovos
 * Woluwe-Saint-Lambert – Lambert of Maastricht
 * Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter

Belize

 * Albert (Belize House constituency) – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
 * Flowers Bank – William Flowers (d.1786)
 * Fort George (Belize House constituency) – George III of the United Kingdom
 * Hopkins – Frederick Charles Hopkins
 * Victoria Peak (Belize) – 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 (1869–1935), Bolivian politician
 * Alonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from Potosí
 * Andrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez (1844–1877), leader of the federal revolution in Santa Cruz
 * Ángel Sandoval Province – Angel Sandoval Peña (1871–1941)
 * Aniceto Arce Province – Aniceto Arce Ruiz, President of Bolivia
 * Antonio Quijarro Province – Antonio Quijarro Quevedo (1831–1903), Bolivian politician
 * Azurduy Province – Juana Azurduy de Padilla, revolutionary guerrilla
 * Bautista Saavedra Province – Bautista Saavedra Mallea, President of Bolivia
 * Belisario Boeto Province – Belisario Boeto (1841–1900), Bolivian diplomat during a War of the Pacific
 * Bernardino Bilbao Province – General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895–1983), Bolivian military figure and politician
 * Bolívar Province, Cochabamba – Simón Bolívar, 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 (Potosí) – Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu (1789–1841), Bolivian military
 * Carrasco Province – Jose Carrasco Torrico (1863–1921), Vice president of Bolivia
 * Cornelio Saavedra Province – Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Argentine First Junta
 * Daniel Campos Province – Daniel Campos Cortes (1829–1902), Bolivian poet
 * Eduardo Abaroa Province – Colonel Eduardo Abaroa, hero of the War of the Pacific
 * El Carmen Rivero Tórrez (Santa Cruz) – Juan Rivero Tórres (1897–1951), 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 (1765–1815), Bolivian independence hero
 * Eustaquio Méndez Province – Eustaquio Méndez Arenas (1784–1841), warrior leader of Tarija
 * Franz Tamayo Province – Franz Tamayo, Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician
 * Federico Román Province – General Federico Roman Calderon (1875–1943), 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 (1890–1932), a hero of the Chaco War
 * Gualberto Villarroel Province – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia, who was killed in 1946 under his presidency
 * Hernando Siles Province – Hernando Siles Reyes, President of Bolivia
 * José Ballivián Province – José Ballivián, President of Bolivia
 * José Manuel Pando Province – José Manuel Pando (1848–1917) president of Bolivia
 * José María Avilés Province – General José María Avilés (1784–1838), a hero who was fighting during the Peru–Bolivian Confederation campaign
 * José María Linares Province – José María Linares, President of Bolivia
 * Ladislao Cabrera Province – Ladislao Cabrera, Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific
 * Loayza Province – Jose Ramon Loayza (1751–1839), President of Bolivia
 * Luis Calvo – Luis Calvo Calvimontes (1879–1944), Bolivian lawyer and senator
 * Manco Kapac Province – Manco Cápac
 * Manuel María Caballero Province – Manuel María Caballero (1819–1865), one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861
 * Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (Cochabamba) – Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
 * Maximiliano Paredes (Cochabamba) – Maximiliano Paredes (1879–1900), Bolivian soldier
 * Modesto Omiste Province – Modesto Omiste Tinajeros, Bolivian writer and politician
 * Monseñor Salvatierra (Santa Cruz) – José Andrés de Salvatierra (1772–1862), Bolivian priest and independence hero
 * Monteagudo, Bolivia – Bernardo de Monteagudo
 * Muñecas Province – Idelfonso de las Muñecas (1776–1816), priest and leader of the War of Independence
 * Narciso Campero Province – Narciso Campero, President of Bolivia
 * Nicolás Suárez Province – Nicolás Suárez Callaú
 * Ñuflo de Chávez Province – conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves
 * Obispo Santistevan Province – Monseñor José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1843–1931)
 * Oropeza Province – Samuel Oropeza (d.1907), an illustrious Bolivian statesman
 * Padilla, Bolivia – Manuel Ascencio Padilla, an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chief
 * Paz Estenssoro Viejo (Santa Cruz) – Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia
 * Puerto Siles – Hernando Siles Reyes
 * Puerto Villarroel – Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia
 * Rafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo (1813–1873), Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary
 * Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (Itenez, Beni) – Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (1907–1987), minister of the interior
 * Rufino Carrasco (Potosí) – Rufino Carrasco (1817–1891), 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 (1733–1781), patriot of Upper Peru
 * Sucre – Antonio José de Sucre
 * Tarija – Tariq ibn Ziyad
 * Teniente Bullaín (Oruro) – José Bullaín (1907–1934), Hero of the Chaco war
 * Tomas Barrón Province – Colonel Tomas Barrón (d.1810), an Independence hero
 * Tomás Frías Province – Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia
 * Tupac Katari, Santa Cruz – Tupac Katari
 * Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784–1822)
 * Urriolagoitia, Chuquisaca – Mamerto Urriolagoitía
 * Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840–1897)
 * Villa Abecia – Valentin Abecia (1846–1910)
 * Villa Banzer, Beni – Hugo Banzer
 * Villa Barrientos (La Paz) – René Barrientos
 * Villa Vaca Guzmán – Santiago Vaca Guzmán (1847–1896)
 * Villamontes – Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia
 * Villazón – Eliodoro Villazón
 * Waldo Ballivián Municipality – Waldo Ballivián Soria-Galvarro (1917–1946)
 * Warnes, Bolivia – Ignacio Warnes, military leader in the South American war of independence
 * Zudáñez – Jaime de Zudáñez

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * Mrkonjić Grad – King Peter I of Serbia who had taken the nom de guerre "Mrkonjić" while fighting against the Ottoman Empire
 * Tomislavgrad – King Tomislav of Croatia or Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Botswana

 * Francistown – Daniel Francis (1840–1920), English prospector
 * Gaborone – Chief Gaborone

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


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

Brunei

 * Bandar Seri Begawan – Omar Ali Saifuddien III

Bulgaria

 * Anton, Sofia Province – partisan Stefan Minev "Anton" (1917–1944)
 * 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 (Veliko Tarnovo) – Valko Chervenkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
 * Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov
 * Dimovo – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev (1903–1943)
 * Dobrich – 14th-century Dobrujan ruler Dobrotitsa
 * Dospat – Despot Alexius Slav
 * Dulovo, Bulgaria – early medieval Bulgarian Dulo clan
 * Elena, Bulgaria – Bulgarian bride Elena
 * Elin Pelin – writer Elin Pelin
 * General Toshevo – General Stefan Toshev
 * Georgi Damyanovo – Georgi Damyanov, President of Bulgaria in 1950 until 1958
 * Georgi Dobrevo – Georgi Dobrev (1893–1966), Bulgarian political figure
 * Gotse Delchev – revolutionary Gotse Delchev
 * Gurkovo – Iosif Gurko, one of Russian commanders in Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
 * Hadzhidimovo – leftist Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov
 * Isperih – Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria
 * Ivaylovgrad – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria
 * Kableshkovo (disambiguation) – revolutionary Todor Kableshkov
 * Kapitan Andreevo – Bulgarian officer Nikola Kolev Andreev (1876–1912)
 * Kapitan Petko voyvoda – Petko Voyvoda
 * Krumovgrad – Khan Krum of Bulgaria
 * Kubrat – Khan Kubrat of Bulgaria
 * Kyustendil – 14th-century local feudal Constantine Dragaš
 * Levski (town) – revolutionary and National Hero Vasil Levski
 * Madzharovo – revolutionary Dimitar Madzharov (1882–1949)
 * Momchilgrad – medieval Bulgarian ruler Momchil
 * Nikola Kozlevo – Bulgarian National Revival revolutionary and writer Nikola Kozlev (1824–1902)
 * Omurtag – Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria
 * Pavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Polyanovo, Burgas Province and Polyanovo, Haskovo Province – Dimitar Polyanov (1878–1953), poet
 * Radomir (town) – Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
 * Rakovski – revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski
 * Roman, Bulgaria – Tsar Roman of Bulgaria
 * Samuil (village) – Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria
 * Sandanski – revolutionary Yane Sandanski
 * Shumen – Bulgarian emperor Simeon the Great
 * Simeonovgrad – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
 * 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 (1852–1932)
 * Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary Vela Peeva
 * Yambol – Roman Emperor Diocletian
 * Zhivkovo (Sofia) – Georgi Zhivkov (1844–1899), minister of education

Former:
 * Borisovgrad was the name of Parvomay – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
 * Grudovo was the name of Sredets – Todor Grudov (1895–1935)
 * 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

 * Phnom Penh – said to be named for Lady Penh
 * Sihanoukville (city) – King Norodom Sihanouk

Canada

 * Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (Canadian Pacific Railway superintendent)
 * Abbotsford, Quebec – Rev. Joseph Abbott
 * Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta
 * Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector
 * Barrie, Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie or Captain A. Barry
 * Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
 * Brantford, Ontario – Joseph Brant
 * Brockville, Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock
 * Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)
 * Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby
 * Charlemagne, Quebec – Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier
 * 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, Nova Scotia – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
 * Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton
 * Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)
 * Joliette, Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette
 * King George, Saskatoon – George VI of United Kingdom
 * Kirkland, Quebec – Charles-Aimé Kirkland, a Canadian politician
 * Kirkland Lake, Ontario – Ms. Winnifred Kirkland, secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines
 * Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener
 * Lethbridge, Alberta – William Lethbridge
 * Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly
 * Manning, Alberta - Ernest Manning, 8th Premier of Alberta
 * 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 – King George III
 * Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine
 * Sackville, New Brunswick – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
 * Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
 * Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria
 * 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 – John F. Thompson (1881–1968), Inco's chairman
 * Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins
 * Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)
 * Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria
 * Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria
 * Wolfville, Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf

Central African Republic

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

Chad

 * Faya-Largeau – French Colonel, Étienne Largeau (1867–1916)

Former:
 * Fort Archambault was the name of Sarh – Gustave Archambaud (1872–1899), French topographer
 * Fort-Lamy was the name of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer

Chile

 * Capitán Prat Province – Arturo Prat, naval hero
 * Candelario Mancilla – José Candelario Mancilla Uribe (1900–1967), Chilean inhabitant of Lake O'Higgins
 * Cardenal Caro Province – José María Caro Rodríguez, first Cardinal of Chile
 * Cochrane – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, captain
 * Diego de Almagro, Chile – Diego de Almagro
 * Galvarino – Galvarino, Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco
 * Gorbea – Andrés Antonio de Gorbea (1792–1852), 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 José Fernandez Perez (Puerto Montt) – José Fernandez Perez (1919–2000), Spanish priest
 * Padre Hurtado – Saint Alberto Hurtado
 * Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile – Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President
 * Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President
 * Puerto Montt – Manuel Montt, President
 * Puerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía
 * Puerto Varas – Antonio Varas, minister of the interior
 * Puerto Williams – Juan Williams Rebolledo, Chilean admiral
 * San Fernando – Saint Ferdinand
 * San Pedro de Atacama – Saint Peter
 * Santiago – James, son of Zebedee (Saint James)
 * Teodoro Schmidt – Teodoro Schmidt
 * Valdivia – Pedro de Valdivia, conqueror of Chile
 * Vicuña, Chile – Colonel Joaquín Vicuña Larraín, founder of a city
 * Villa Frei (Coyhaique) – Eduardo Frei Montalva, President
 * Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins, libertador of Chile

China

 * Gensi Township – Yang Gensi, PLA soldier
 * Huanghua – Huang Hua, communist revolutionary
 * Jingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu
 * Leifeng Subdistrict – Lei Feng, PLA soldier
 * Maoming – scholar and doctor Pan Maoming
 * Qinhuangdao – Qin Shi Huang, First emperor of China
 * Tong Linge Road, Zhao Dengyu Road, Zhang Zizhong Road – Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu, Zhang Zizhong, soldiers in the Second Sino-Japanese War
 * Yingjun – Liu Yingjun (1945–1966), PLA soldier
 * Zhidan County – Liu Zhidan, military commander and Communist leader
 * Zhongshan, Guangdong – Sun Yat-sen, President of the Republic of China
 * Zichang County – Xie Zichang (1897–1935), Communist martyr
 * Zuoquan County – Zuo Quan, a general in the Chinese Red Army

Colombia
• Ábrego – Mercedes Abrego, Colombian independence heroine

• Acevedo, Huila – José Acevedo y Gómez

• Agustín Codazzi, Cesar – Agustín Codazzi

• Albán, Cundinamarca – Carlos Albán

• Albania, La Guajira – Alba Londoño Sánchez (1923-2023), daughter of the commissar of La Guajira, Eduardo Londoño Villegas

• Alfonso Lopez (Chocó) – Alfonso López Pumarejo

• Almaguer, Cauca – Francisco Briceño, Corral de Almaguer

• Alvarado, Tolima – Pedro de Alvarado

• Antonio Nariño, Bogotá – Antonio Nariño

• Anzoátegui, Tolima – José Antonio Anzoátegui

• Aranzazu, Caldas – Juan de Dios Aranzazu

• Arbeláez – Vicente Arbeláez (1822–1884)

• Armero – José León Armero, national martyr

• Balboa, Cauca – Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Balboa, Risaralda – Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Barbosa, Antioquia – Diego Fernández Barbosa

• Beltrán, Cundinamarca – Francisco Felix Beltran

• Betéitiva – cacique Betacín

• Bolívar, Cauca – Simón Bolívar

• Bolívar, Santander – Simón Bolívar

• Bolívar, Valle del Cauca – Simón Bolívar

• Bosconia – John Bosco

• Briceño, Antioquia and Briceño, Boyacá – José Manuel Briceño

• Busbanzá – cacique Boazá

• Cabrera, Cundinamarca – General Cabrera, who was participated in Liberal war

• Caicedonia – Lisandro Caicedo (1806–1891)

• Cajicá – cacique Cajic

• Calarcá – cacique Calarcá

• Caldas, Boyacá – Francisco José de Caldas, a Colombian independence hero

• Camilo Torres (Norte de Santander) – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian socialist and priest

• Cerinza – cacique Cerinza

• Charalá – cacique Chalalá

• Chipatá – cacique Chipatá

• Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia – Simón Bolívar

• Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá – Simón Bolívar

• Ciudad Mutis – José Celestino Mutis

• Clemencia, Bolívar – Maria Clemencia Grau

• Colón, Nariño – Christopher Columbus

• Colón, Putumayo – Christopher Columbus

• Commune 5 Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (Yopal, Casanare) – Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (died in 2000), Yopal councilior

• Córdoba, Bolívar – Jose Maria Córdoba, an independence hero

• Córdoba, Nariño – Jose Maria Córdoba

• Don Matías – Don Matías Jaramillo

• Duitama, Tundama Province – cacique Tundama

• Durania – Justo Leonidas Durán

• Elias, Huila – Manuel Elías Carvajal

• Engativá – cacique Ingativá

• Firavitoba – cacique Firavía

• Fonseca, La Guajira – Catalan colonizer Agustín Fonseca

• Funes, Nariño – Aragonese missioner Lucas Funes

• Francisco Pizarro, Nariño – Francisco Pizarro

• Gaitanía – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, writer, lawyer and politician

• Girardota – Atanasio Girardot

• Giraldo, Antioquia – Rafael María Giraldo

• González, Cesar – Florentino Gonzalez (1805–1874)

• Gómez Plata – Bishop of Antioquia, Juan de la Cruz Gomez Plata

• Gualmatán – cacique Guatán

• Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca – Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara (founder)

• Gutiérrez Province – Santos Gutiérrez, President of Colombia

• Herrán – Pedro Alcántara Herrán, Colombian general and statesman

• Inírida, Guainía – Princess Inirida

• Juan de Acosta – Juan de Acosta

• Kennedy, Bogotá – John F. Kennedy, president of United States

• Leticia, Amazonas – Leticia Smith

• López de Micay – José Hilario López

• Madrid, Cundinamarca – Pedro Fernández Madrid (1817–1875)

• Magüí Payán – Eliseo Payán

• Maní, Casanare – Cacique Maní

• Mariano Ospina Pérez (Boyacá) – Mariano Ospina Pérez, president of Colombia

• Morales, Bolívar – Pedro Vicente de Morales (founder)

• Morales, Cauca – Luis Jerónimo Morales and Juan Manuel Morales

• Mosquera – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, former president of Colombia

• Mosquera, Nariño – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera

• Nariño, Antioquia – Antonio Nariño

• Nariño, Cundinamarca – Antonio Nariño

• Nariño, Nariño – Antonio Nariño

• Nemocón – zipa Nemequene

• Olaya, Antioquia – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia

• Olaya Herrera – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia

• Onzaga – cacique Hunzaá

• Ortega, Tolima – Juan de Ortega y Carrillo

• Ospina – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, president of Colombia

• Ospina Perez (Nariño) – Mariano Ospina Pérez

• Padilla, Cauca – José Prudencio Padilla

• Palmar de Varela – Catalino Varela

• Pereira, Colombia – Francisco Pereira Martínez

• Policarpa, Nariño – Policarpa Salavarrieta

• Puente Aranda – Juan Aranda

• Puerto Berrío – Pedro Justo Berrío

• Puerto Caicedo – Juan Maria Caicedo Martinez (1910-2006), a Colombian engineer

• Puerto Carreño – Pedro Maria Carreño (1874–1946), Colombian Minister of External Relations from 1912 to 1913

• Puerto Gaitán – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

• Puerto Guzmán – Jorge Julio Guzman Flor (died in 2020), founder

• Puerto Leguízamo – Candido Leguízamo (1911–1933), Colombia–Peru War hero

• Puerto Lleras – Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia

• Puerto Lleras (Arauca) – Alberto Lleras Camargo

• Puerto Lleras (Norte de Santander) – Alberto Lleras Camargo

• Puerto López, Meta – Alfonso López Pumarejo, President of Colombia

• Puerto Nariño – Antonio Nariño, an Independence hero

• Puerto Ospina (Guaviare) – Mariano Ospina Pérez

• Puerto Ospina (Putumayo) – Mariano Ospina Pérez

• Puerto Parra – Aquileo Parra

• Puerto Rondón – Juan José Rondón

• Puerto Santander, Amazonas – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian independence hero

• Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian independence hero

• Puerto Tejada, Cauca – General Manuel Tejada Sanchez

• Puerto Wilches – José Solón Wilches Calderón (1835–1893)

• Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá – Rafael Uribe Uribe, a Colombian politician

• Ragonvalia – Ramón González Valencia

• Restrepo – Emiliano Restrepo Echeverria (1832–1918)

• Restrepo, Valle del Cauca – Carlos Eugenio Restrepo

• Roberto Payán – Colonel Roberto Payán Hurtado (d.1934), a brother of President Eliseo Payán

• Rovira, Tolima – Custodio García Rovira

• Ricaurte, Nariño – Antonio Ricaurte

• Rivera, Huila – José Eustasio Rivera

• Rondón, Boyacá – Juan José Rondón

• Saboyá – cacique Saboyá

• Salazar de las Palmas – Alonso Perez de Salazar

• Salgar – Eustorgio Salgar

• San Eduardo, Boyacá – Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (1860–1932)

• San Fernando, Bolívar – Ferdinand III of Castile

• San José de Albán – Carlos Albán

• San José del Fragua – Giuseppe Fusaroli (1927–2015), Italian missionary who visited in Colombia

• San José de Kennedy (Magdalena) – John F. Kennedy

• San Vicente del Caguán – Vincent de Paul

• Santa Sofía, Boyacá – Sofia Angulo de Reyes (1843–1898)

• Santander de Quilichao – Francisco de Paula Santander

• Sativanorte – cacique Sátiva

• Sativasur – cacique Sátiva

• Silvania, Colombia – Ismael Silva (1895-1962), founder

• Sogamoso, Sugamuxi Province – iraca Sugamuxi

• Solano, Caquetá – Jose Dolores Solano (1891–1961), Colombia–Peru War hero

• Somondoco – cacique Somendoco or Sumindoco

• Suárez, Cauca – Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia

• Suárez, Tolima – Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia

• Sucre, Cauca – Antonio José de Sucre

• Sucre, Santander – Antonio José de Sucre

• Sucre, Sucre Department – Antonio José de Sucre

• Techo – cacique Techitina

• Tutazá – cacique Tutazúa

• La Uribe – Antonio Uribe

• Usaquén – cacique Usaque

• Ulloa, Valle de Cauca – General José Eleuterio Ulloa

• Uribia, La Guajira – Rafael Uribe Uribe

• Valdivia, Antioquia – Andrés de Valdivia

• Villa Caro – José Eusebio Caro

• Villa de Leyva – Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva

• Villa Germania (Cesar) – Manuel Germán Cuello Gutiérrez (1915–2006), Governor of Cesar Department

• Villagarzón – colonel Julio Garzón Moreno

• Villagómez – Monseñor Misael Gomez Torres (1880–1967)

• Villapinzón – Propsero Pinzon (1856–1901)

• Villavicencio – Antonio Villavicencio, an Independence Hero

• Zambrano, Bolívar – Álvaro de Zambrano

• Zapayán – cacique Zapayán

Democratic Republic of the Congo

 * Cité Maman Mobutu (Kinshasa) – Marie-Antoinette Mobutu (1941–1977), First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Cité Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila (Kinshasa) – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President
 * Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa – Joseph Kasa-Vubu
 * Lumumba (Lodja) – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister
 * Lumumbaville – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister

Former:


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

Republic of the Congo
Former:
 * Brazzaville – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
 * Dolisie – Albert Dolisie
 * Lumumba (Point Noire) – Patrice Lumumba


 * Fort-Rousset was the name of Owando – Alexis Rousset, French colonial administrator
 * Jacob was the name of Nkayi – Léon Jacob, French engineer

Costa Rica

 * Abangares (canton) – Cacique Avancari
 * Acosta (canton) – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza (1747–1821), Governor of province of Costa Rica
 * Alfaro (Alajuela) – Juan Alfaro Ruiz (1810–1856), Costa Rican military and hero of the Filibuster war
 * Alvarado (canton) – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz (d.1890)
 * Anselmo Llorente District and Llorente District – Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente (1800–1871), Costa Rican Bishop
 * Aserrí (canton) – Cacique Aczarri
 * Bagaces – Cacique Bagatzi
 * Barva – Cacique Barvak
 * Biolley (Puntarenas) – Paul Biolley (1862–1908), Swiss educator and naturalist
 * Bolívar District, Grecia – Simón Bolívar
 * Cañas (canton) – José María Cañas, Salvadoran military figure
 * Carmona District, Nandayure – José Daniel Carmona Briceño (1869–1929)
 * Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
 * Cervantes District – Juan de Cervantes
 * Ciudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro. President of Costa Rica
 * Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop (1912–2000), a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
 * Curridabat – Cacique Corriava
 * Daniel Flores District - José Daniel Flores Zavaleta (1876-1958), Costa Rican teacher
 * Daniel Oduber (Liberia) – Daniel Oduber Quirós
 * Dota (canton) – Cacique Ota
 * El Guarco (canton) – Cacique El Guarco
 * Flores (canton) – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña (1843–1903), a Costa Rican physician
 * Garcia Flamenco (Guanacaste) – Marcelino Garcia Flamenco (1888–1919), a Salvadoran teacher
 * Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
 * Gutiérrez Braun District – Hernán Gutiérrez Braun (1902–1979), Costa Rican engineer
 * Heredia, Costa Rica – Alonso Fernández de Heredia, a President of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala
 * Jiménez (canton) – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
 * León Cortés (canton) – León Cortés Castro
 * Llano Brenes (Alajuela) – Alberto Manuel Brenes (1870–1948)
 * Mayorga de Liberia – Francisco Mayorga Rivas (1864–1940)
 * Montes de Oca (canton) – Don Faustino Montes de Oca (1860–1902), a former congressional representative from the area
 * Montezuma, Costa Rica – Moctezuma II, an Aztec Emperor
 * Mora (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras and Juan Mora Fernández
 * Moravia (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica and National Hero
 * Morazan (Alajuela), Morazan (San Jose) and Morazan (Limon) – Francisco Morazán
 * Naranjito de Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo (1918–1948)
 * Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
 * Orlich (Alajuela) – Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
 * Orotina – Gurutina, indigenous king of the chorotega ethnic
 * Osa (canton) – Cacique Osa
 * Pérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Pérez Zeledón (1854–1930), Jurist and diplomat
 * Pittier District – Henri François Pittier
 * Pococí (canton) – Cacique Pococi
 * Puerto Jiménez and Jiménez, Pococí – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
 * Puerto Soley (Guanacaste) – Tomás Soley Güell (1875–1943), Costa Rican economist
 * Puerto Thiel (Guanacaste) – Monseñor Bernardo Augusto Thiel (1850–1901)
 * Puerto Vargas (Limon) – Balvanero Vargas Molina (1833–1905), Governor of Limon
 * Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada Salazar (1873–1937), Poet
 * Rincón Ulate (Sarchi) – Otilio Ulate Blanco
 * Rivas, Costa Rica – Domingo Rivas Salvatierra (1836–1900)
 * Rodríguez District – Herminio de Jesús Rodríguez Gonzalez (1892–1960)
 * Santa Bárbara de Heredia – Saint Barbara
 * Santa Ana (canton) – Saint Anne
 * San Carlos (canton) – Saint Charles Borromeo
 * Santo Domingo (canton), Costa Rica – Saint Dominic
 * San Isidro (canton) – Saint Isidro Labrador
 * San Isidro de El General – Saint Isidro Labrador and General Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of Costa Rica
 * San José, Costa Rica – Saint Joseph
 * San Mateo de Alajuela – Saint Matthew
 * San Pablo (canton) – Saint Paul of Tarsus
 * San Rafael (canton) – Saint Raphael
 * San Ramón, Costa Rica – Saint Raymond Nonnatus or Ramon Salas Sandoval (1838–1902) and Ramon Rodriguez Solorzano (1818–1893), two prominent figures in San Ramon
 * San Vito (Costa Rica) – Saint Vitus or Vito Sansonetti (1916–1999), Italian marine and founder of San Vito de Java
 * Valverde (San Ramon) – Carlos Luis Valverde (1903–1948), Costa Rican physician and revolutionary
 * Vázquez de Coronado (canton) – Conquistador Juan Vázquez de Coronado
 * Volio District – Julián Volio Llorente

Former:


 * Aguirre (now Quepos) – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
 * Alfaro Ruiz (now Zarcero) – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856
 * Valverde Vega (now Sarchí) – Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union).

Croatia

 * Dinko Šimunović (Zagreb) – Dinko Šimunović, Croatian writer
 * Ernestinovo – Mrs. Ernestina Klein
 * Eugen Kvaternik (Zagreb) – Eugen Kvaternik, Croatian nationalist politician
 * Ferdinandovac – Ferdinand I of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary
 * Generalski Stol – General Vuk Krsto Frankopan
 * Ivan Mažuranić (Zagreb) – Ivan Mažuranić, 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 Župančič (Zagreb) – Oton Župančič, Slovene poet
 * Tomislavovac – Tomislav of Yugoslavia

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

Cuba

 * Bartolomé Masó, Cuba – Bartolomé Masó, a Cuban patriot and President of Cuba
 * Briones Montoto (Cuba) – Antonio Briones Montoto (1940–1967), Cuban revolutionary
 * Calixto García, Cuba – Calixto García Iñiguez, an independence war hero
 * Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte) – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary
 * Cárdenas, Cuba – Mateo de Cárdenas y Vélez de Guevara
 * Central José Smith Comas (Cárdenas) – José Smith Comas (1932–1956)
 * 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 (Encrucijada) – Emilio Córdova Garcia (1938–1958)
 * Frank País, Cuba – revolutionary Frank País
 * Héctor Molina (San Nicolás) – Héctor Molina Riaño (1922–1958)
 * Hermanos Saíz (San Juan y Martínez) – The Saiz Brothers who died in action in 1957
 * Heriberto Orellanes (La Sierpe) – Heriberto Felipe Orellana (1926–1959)
 * Holguín – Captain García Holguín, Spanish military officer
 * Jesús Menéndez – Cuban trade unionist Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
 * Juan Gualberto Gómez (Matanzas) – Juan Gualberto Gómez
 * Loynaz Hechavarría (Holguin) – Loynaz Hechavarría Cordovés (1911–1956)
 * Manuel Sanguily (Ciego de Avila) – Manuel Sanguily (1848–1925)
 * Mariel, Cuba – Cacique Marien
 * Martí, Cuba – Cuban Independence Hero José Martí
 * Niceto Pérez – Cuban peasant Niceto Perez Garcia
 * Obdulio Morales (Sanctis Spiritus) – Obdulio Morales (1910–1981), Cuban compositor
 * Pablo de la Torriente Brau (Bahía Honda) – Pablo de la Torriente Brau (1901–1936)
 * Pedro Betancourt – Pedro Betancourt Dávalos
 * Piti Fajardo (Trinidad) – Manuel "Piti" Fajardo (1930–1960)
 * Ramon Balboa (Cienfuegos) – Ramon Balboa Monzon (1939–1958)
 * Raúl Hernández Vidal (San Antonio de los Baños) – Raúl Hernández Vidal (1948–1978), Cuban pilot
 * Reynold García (Calimete) – Reynold García García (1922–1956)
 * Sabino Hernández (Santo Domingo) – Sabino Hernandez Casal (died in 1959)
 * Sandino, Cuba – Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
 * Santiago de Cuba – James, son of Zebedee
 * Silvio Caro (Bahía Honda) – Silvio Nestor Caro (1943–1966)

Curaçao

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

Cyprus

 * Agios Athanasios, Cyprus – Athanasius of Alexandria
 * Ayios Dhometios – Saint Dometius of Persia
 * Ethnomártyras Kyprianós (Strovolos) – Kyprianos of Cyprus
 * Makarios (Kato Polemidia) – Makarios III
 * Paphos – Paphos, daughter of Pygmalion (mythology)

Czech Republic

 * Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, ironworks owner
 * Alojzov – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
 * Barrandov, Prague – Joachim Barrande
 * Františkovy Lázně – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
 * Golčův Jeníkov – Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg army
 * Havlíčkův Brod – Karel Havlíček Borovský
 * Jáchymov – St. Joachim
 * Jindřichův Hradec – Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town
 * Fortress Josefov and Josefov (Prague) – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
 * 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 (Bruntál) – Jan Šverma
 * Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
 * Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
 * Vítkov – Vítek z Kravař
 * Žižkov – Jan Žižka

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

Denmark

 * Albertslund – Albert de Rault de Ramsault de Tortonval (1778–1855), a French noble
 * Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
 * Carlsberg (district) – Carl Jacobsen, a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist
 * Charlottenlund – Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark
 * Christiania – Christian IV of Denmark
 * Christiansfeld – Christian VII of Denmark
 * Christianshavn – Christian IV of Denmark
 * Dronninglund – Queen Charlotte Amalie
 * Fredericia – King Frederick III of Denmark
 * Frederiks – King Frederick VI 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
 * Karlslunde – Kalf Skurfa
 * Liseleje – Elisabeth (Lise) Classen
 * Mariager – Blessed Virgin Mary
 * Marielyst – Marie Kørgensen

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

In Bornholm:
 * Gudhjem – God

Dominica

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

Dominican Republic

 * Cabral, Dominican Republic – José María Cabral
 * Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – General Jose Cabrera (d.1884), hero of the Dominican Restoration
 * Castillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration
 * Cayetano Germosén – a Dominican patriot and martyr
 * Ciudad Juan Bosch (Santo Domingo) – Juan Bosch (politician), Dominican President
 * Colonia Libertador (Dajabon) – Rafael Trujillo (libertator)
 * Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando
 * Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic
 * Duvergé – General Antonio Duvergé, Dominican independence hero
 * Espaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat, 19th-century author and President
 * Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) – Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquín Balaguer's sister
 * Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato mayor) – Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), a Dominican catholic religious
 * Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernandez, a famous Dominican priest in the war of independence from Haiti
 * Galván, Dominican Republic – Manuel de Jesús Galván (1834–1910), Dominican writer
 * Hermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters
 * Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos
 * Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert
 * Jimaní – Cacique Ximani
 * José Francisco Peña Gómez (Pedernales) – José Francisco Peña Gómez, Dominican lawyer and politician
 * Juan de Herrera, Dominican Republic – Juan de Herrera (Spanish farmer)
 * Juan Rodríguez (La Vega) – General Juan Rodriguez Garcia (1886–1960), Dominican military and politician
 * Loma de Cabrera and Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – José Cabrera Gómez (1810–1884), Dominican independence hero
 * Las Matas de Farfán – Bartolome Farfan de los Godos, Spanish merchant
 * Luperón – Gregorio Luperón, Dominican general and statesman
 * Mamá Tingó (Monte Plata) – Mamá Tingó, Dominican activist leader
 * María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez, a female soldier in the wars of independence
 * Mella, Independencia – Matías Ramón Mella
 * Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel, Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President
 * Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic – Bartolomé de las Casas
 * 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
 * Pimentel, Dominican Republic – Pedro Antonio Pimentel
 * Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (Duarte) – Antonio Guzmán Fernández, President of the Republic
 * Ramón Santana – twin brother of Pedro Santana
 * Salcedo, Dominican Republic – Francisco Antonio Salcedo
 * San Antonio de Guerra – Hernando Guerra (founder)
 * Sánchez, Dominican Republic – Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
 * Sánchez Ramírez Province – Juan Sánchez Ramírez, hero of the Battle of Palo Hincado (1808)
 * Santiago Rodríguez Province – Santiago Rodríguez, an officer of the Dominican army in the Dominican War of Independence
 * Santo Domingo – Saint Dominic
 * Valverde Province – José Desiderio Valverde
 * Vicente Noble – General Vicente Noble, Dominican military
 * Villa González – Manuel de Jesús González Estevez (1862–1912), founder
 * Villa Riva – Gregorio Riva (1833–1889), Dominican pioneer
 * Villa Tapia – Doroteo Antonio Tapia (1844–1901), Hero of the Dominican Restoration War
 * Villa Vásquez – Horacio Vásquez, President of the Dominican Republic

Former:
 * Benefactor Province was the name of San Juan Province (Dominican Republic) – Rafael Trujillo
 * Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo
 * José Trujillo Valdez Province was the name of Peravia Province – José Trujillo Valdez (1864–1935), Rafael Trujillo's father
 * Julia Molina Province was the name of María Trinidad Sánchez Province – Altagracia Julia Molina (1863–1964), Rafael Trujillo's mother
 * Pacificador Province was the name of Duarte Province – Ulises Heureaux (Peacemaker)
 * San Rafael Province was the name of Elías Piña Province – Rafael Trujillo
 * Villa José Trujillo Valdez was the name of Villa Jaragua – José Trujillo Valdez
 * Villa Julia Molina was the name of Nagua – Altagracia Julia Molina

East Timor

 * Dom Aleixo Administrative Post – Aleixo Corte-Real
 * Vila Salazar (Baucau) – António de Oliveira Salazar, a Portuguese statesman

Former:


 * Vila Armindo Monteiro was the name of Bobonaro – Armindo Monteiro (1896–1955), Portuguese university professor, businessman, diplomat, and politician
 * Vila Eduardo Marques was the name of Bazartete – Eduardo Marques (1867–1944), Portuguese military and officer
 * Vila Filomeno da Câmara was the name of Same, East Timor – Filomeno da Câmara de Melo Cabral (1873–1934), Governor of Portuguese Timor
 * Vila General Carmona was the name of Aileu – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president
 * Vila Salazar was the name of Baucau – António de Oliveira Salazar

Ecuador
• Alejandro Labaka (Orellana) – Alejandro Labaka (1920–1987), Spanish bishop

• Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador

• Antonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante (1771–1836), Ecuadorian Independence Hero

• Atahualpa Canton – Atahualpa, King of Quito

• Bolívar Canton, Carchi – Simón Bolívar

• Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simón Bolívar

• General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar, Ecuadorian military and politician

• Camilo Ponce Enríquez (parish) – Camilo Ponce Enriquez, president of Ecuador

• Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (Manabí) – Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy

• Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Ecuador – Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, president of Ecuador

• Cevallos – Pedro Fermín Cevallos (1812–1893), Ecuadorian Politician and Historian

• Coronel Marcelino Maridueña – Marcelino Maridueña Quesada (1798–1883)

• Durán, Ecuador – Sr. José Durán Maristany (1878–1956)

•  El Empalme de Velasco Ibarra – José María Velasco Ibarra, president of Ecuador

• Eloy Alfaro Canton – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador

• Echeandía – Manuel José de Echeandía (1783–1850), Ecuadorian independence hero

• Espejo Canton – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist

• Flavio Alfaro Canton – General Flavio Evaristo Alfaro (1865–1912)

• General Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez – Leónidas Plaza, President of Ecuador

• Girón Canton – Spanish captain Francisco Hernández Girón

• Gonzalo Pizarro Canton – Gonzalo Pizarro, Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro

• Ines Arango (Orellana) – Ines Arango (1937–1987), Colombian missionary

• Isidro Ayora, Ecuador – Isidro Ayora

• Ibarra, Ecuador – Miguel de Ibarra y Mallea (1550–1608)

• Jaime Roldos, Pastaza and Jaime Roldos (Guayas) – Jaime Roldós Aguilera

• Julio Andrade (Carchi) – General Julio Andrade (1866–1912)

• Lauro Guerrero (Loja) – Lauro Guerrero Becerra (1873–1904), Ecuadorian military

• Leonidas Proaño (Yantzaza) – Leonidas Proaño (1910–1988), Bishop of Riobamba

• Mejía Canton – José Mejía Lequerica (1774–1813), Ecuadorian political figure

• Mera, Pastaza – Juan León Mera, writer

• Milton Reyes (El Oro) – Milton Alfredo Reyes (1939–1970), student leader

• Montalvo Canton – Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author and essayist

• Montúfar Canton – Coronel Carlos de Montufar (1780–1816), Ecuadorian military

• Nuevo Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, president of Ecuador

• Quevedo, Ecuador –Timoteo Quevedo Pozo (1813–1876), surveying

• Olmedo Canton, Loja – José Joaquín de Olmedo, president of Ecuador

• Olmedo Canton, Manabí – José Joaquín de Olmedo

• Pablo Sexto – Pope Paul VI

• Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil

• General Villamil – José de Villamil, Ecuadorian independence hero

• Puerto López – Daniel Lopez (1848–1893), philanthropist

• Puerto Rodriguez (Sucumbios) – Coronel Luis Arsenio Rodríguez (1898–1977), Ecuadorian–Peruvian War hero

• Puerto Villamil – José de Villamil

• Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo, journalist and politician

• Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton and Maldonado (Carchi) – Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 18th-century Ecuadorian scientist

• Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, president of Ecuador

• Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, president of Ecuador

• Rumiñahui Canton – Rumiñawi (Inca warrior)

• Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana

• San Juan Bosco Canton – John Bosco

• San Miguel de Salcedo – Manuel Antonio Salcedo y Legorburú (1829–1870), priest

• Simón Bolívar Canton and Puerto Bolivar (El Oro) – Simón Bolívar

• Sucre Canton – Antonio José de Sucre

• Teniente Maximiliano Rodriguez (Loja) – Maximiliano Rodriguez Loaiza (1909–1941)

• Tobar Donoso (Tulcan) – Julio Tobar Donoso (1894–1981), minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador

• Tufiño (Carchi) – Luis Gabriel Tufiño (1880–1962), cartographer

• Urbina (Tulcan) – José María Urvina

• Urdaneta Canton – Luis Urdaneta Farias, a Venezuelan-Ecuadorian military figure

• Valencia – Gregorio Valencia, founder

Egypt

 * Alexandria – Alexander the Great
 * El Mahmoudiyah – Muhammad Ali of Egypt
 * Faiyum:
 * formerly named Arsinoe – Arsinoe II of Egypt
 * formerly named Ptolemais Euergetis – Ptolemy III Euergetes
 * Ismailia – Isma'il Pasha
 * Kafr El Sheikh – Sheikh Talha al-Tilmisani
 * Port Fouad – Fuad I of Egypt
 * Port Said – Sa'id of Egypt
 * Port Tawfik – Tewfik Pasha
 * Nasser, Egypt – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
 * Sadat City – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
 * Saint Catherine, Egypt – Catherine of Alexandria
 * Sheikh Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
 * Sheikh Zuweid – Sheikh Zuweid commander of the Rashidun Islamic army who fought during the Muslim conquest of Egypt
 * Victoria (neighborhood) – Queen Victoria

El Salvador

 * Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria (d.1859)
 * Aguilares – Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante and his brothers Nicolas and Vicente Aguilar
 * Bolívar, La Unión – Simón Bolívar
 * 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 (Ahuachapán) – Alfonso Borja Moran (1897–1986), Salvadorian deputy
 * Col Francisco Gavidia (San Miguel) – Francisco Gavidia, Salvadorian writer
 * Col. Isidro Menendez (San Salvador) – Isidro Menendez (1795–1858)
 * Colón, La Libertad – Christopher Columbus
 * Comunidad Farabundo Martí (Santa Ana) – 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 (politician), President of El Salvador with his daughter Maria Concepción Gonzalez Fortis (1872–1943)
 * San Antonio Pajonal – Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa
 * San Cayetano Istepeque – Cayetano Molina, President of El Salvador
 * San Fernando, Chalatenango – King Ferdinand VII of Spain
 * San Fernando, Morazán – 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 Luis La Herradura – Luis Chávez y González
 * San Rafael, San Miguel – Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador
 * San Rafael Cedros – Rafael Zaldívar
 * San Rafael Obrajuelo – Rafael Zaldívar
 * San Ramón, Cuscatlán – Presbyter Ramon Garcia
 * San Salvador, El Salvador – Jesus (the Christian Savior)
 * San Vicente, El Salvador – Saint Vincent of Saragossa
 * Segundo Montes, Morazán – Segundo Montes, a Jesuit priest and scholar at the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"
 * Victoria, Cabañas – Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico
 * Zaragoza, La Libertad – Emperor Caesar Augustus

Equatorial Guinea

 * Bioko – Adolfo Bioko, son of the King Möókáta
 * Luba, Equatorial Guinea – Botuku Luba, who led a revolt against the Spanish in 1910
 * Malabo – Malabo Lopelo Melaka
 * Moka, Equatorial Guinea – King Möókáta (d.1898)

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 (1906–1979), founder of a local housing estate
 * Pirita – Bridget of Sweden
 * Suure-Jaani – John the Evangelist
 * Tondi and Tondiraba – Jobst Dunte, Tallinn Burgermeister
 * Tartu – possibly after Tharapita, God of Estonian mythology
 * Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landowners

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

Eswatini (Swaziland)

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

Ethiopia

 * Debre Marqos – Saint Mark the Evangelist
 * Habete Giorgis (Addis Adeba) – Habte Giyorgis Dinagde, Ethiopian military commander
 * Lalibela – Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Emperor of Ethiopia
 * Ras Makonnen (Addis Adeba) – Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari Makonnen), Emperor of Ethiopia
 * Sheikh Hussein – Sheikh Hussein (saint), a 13th-century Somali Muslim proselytizer
 * 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 (Royal Navy officer)

Finland

 * Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe) – Per Brahe the Younger, Governor-General of Finland
 * Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina) – King Frederick I of Sweden
 * Hermanni (Helsinki) (Swedish: Hermanstad) – Herman Standertskjöld-Nordenstam (1854–1934)
 * Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari) – Jacob De la Gardie (The city was founded by his widow – Ebba Brahe)
 * Kaarina (Swedish: Sankt Karins) – Catherine of Alexandria
 * Kristinestad (Finnish: Kristiinankaupunki) – Queen Christina of Sweden
 * Loviisa (Swedish: Lovisa) – Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
 * Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) – Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
 * Mikkeli (Swedish: Sankt Michel) – Archangel Michael
 * Ullanlinna (Swedish: Ulrikasborg) – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden
 * Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) – King Gustav I of Sweden

France

 * Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia
 * Althen-des-Paluds - Jean Althen
 * Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda - Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
 * Apatou – Apatou (captain)
 * Bonrepos-Riquet - Pierre-Paul Riquet
 * Brie-Comte-Robert - Robert I, Count of Dreux
 * Broglie, Eure - François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie
 * Bourg-Madame - Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême
 * Carla-Bayle – Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer
 * Champagne-Vigny - Alfred de Vigny
 * Charleville-sous-Bois – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
 * Châtillon-Coligny – Gaspard de Coligny
 * Chavaniac-Lafayette - Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
 * Chilly-Mazarin - Cardinal Mazarin
 * Colleville-Montgomery - Bernard Montgomery
 * Crillon-le-Brave (the brave) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
 * Decazeville – Élie, duc Decazes, Prime Minister
 * Descartes – René Descartes
 * Diane-Capelle - Diane de Dommartin
 * Domrémy-la-Pucelle - Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans
 * Elisabethville (Yvelines) – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
 * Eugénie-les-Bains - Eugénie de Montijo
 * Ferney-Voltaire – Voltaire
 * Fitz-James - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
 * Flavigny-sur-Ozerain – possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
 * Frédéric-Fontaine – named after Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
 * Grenoble (Gratianopolis) – Roman Emperor Gratian
 * Guisanbourg – Jean Samuel Guisan
 * Hastingues - John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
 * Henrichemont - Henry IV of France
 * Le Bignon-Mirabeau - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
 * La Louptière-Thénard – Louis Jacques Thénard
 * Le Plessis-Trévise - Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso
 * Les Pennes-Mirabeau - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
 * Levallois-Perret - Nicolas Levallois (1816-1879) and Jean-Jacques Perret
 * Maisons-Laffitte - Jacques Laffitte
 * Milly-Lamartine - Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and writer
 * Mont-Louis – Louis XIV of France
 * Papaïchton-Pompidouville – Georges Pompidou, President of France
 * Philippsbourg - Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
 * Place Léon-Blum (Paris) – Léon Blum, a French socialist politician
 * Quartier De Gaulle (Cayenne) – Charles de Gaulle
 * Régina – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina (1868–1922)
 * Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire - Cardinal Richelieu
 * Saint-Amans-Soult – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister
 * Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni – Auguste Baudin, Governor of French Guiana
 * Saint-Léger-Vauban – Vauban
 * Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin – Louis XIV of France
 * Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne - Michel de Montaigne
 * Saint-Paterne-Racan - Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan
 * Schœlcher - Victor Schœlcher
 * Thorey-Lyautey - Hubert Lyautey
 * Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom - Henri d'Harcourt, 1st Duke of Harcourt
 * Vendays-Montalivet – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet
 * Vitry-le-François - Francis I of France

Gabon

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

Germany

 * Augsburg (state of Bavaria) – Roman Caesar Augustus
 * Brunswick (state of Lower Saxony) – Bruno, Duke of Saxony
 * Charlottenburg (state of Berlin) – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 13th century, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
 * Cologne (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; Köln, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, CCAA) – Roman Emperor Claudius and Agrippina the Younger, empress consort (lit. Claudian colony and sacrificial altar of the Agrippinensians)
 * Constance (state of Baden-Württemberg; Konstanz) – Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus
 * Friedrichstadt (state of Berlin) – King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 1688, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710)
 * Hildesheim (state of Lower Saxony) – farmer Hildwin (landowner in the 10th century)
 * Karlsruhe (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
 * Leverkusen (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – pharmacist Carl Leverkus
 * Ludwigsburg (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg
 * Ludwigshafen upon Rhine (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – King Louis I of Bavaria
 * Saarlouis (state of Saarland) – King Louis XIV of France
 * Sankt Pauli (state of Hamburg) – (Saul) Paul of Tarsos
 * Trier (state of Rhineland-Palatinate; Augusta Treverorum) – Augustus (lit. City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people)
 * Wilhelmshaven (state of Lower Saxony) – King William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor (lit. William's harbour)

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

Georgia

 * Agmashenebeli (Batumi) – David IV of Georgia
 * Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Andrew
 * Asatiani Settlement (Kutaisi) – Lado Asatiani, Georgian poet
 * Atarbekovka (Abkhazia) – Georgi Atarbekov
 * Bagrationi (Batumi) – Pyotr Bagration
 * Chavchavadze Settlement (Kutaisi) – Ilia Chavchavadze
 * Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi – Queen Tamar of Georgia
 * Eliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Elijah
 * Filippovka (Akhalkalaki) – Filipp Makaradze, President of Georgia during the soviet era
 * Gabashvili Hill (Kutaisi) – Revaz Gabashvili, Georgian writer and politician
 * Georgiashvili (Tetritskaro) – Arsen Georgiashvili (1881–1906)
 * Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) – Saint George
 * Iliatsminda (Signagi) – Ilia Chavchavadze
 * Javakhishvili (Batumi) – Ivane Javakhishvili, one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University
 * Kalinino (Gardabani) – Mikhail Kalinin
 * Kazbegi Municipality – Alexander Kazbegi, a Georgian writer
 * Khimshiashvili (Batumi) – Sherip Khimshiashvili
 * Kirov (Zugdidi), Kirovka (Marneuli) – Sergey Kirov
 * Leselidze (town) – General Konstantin Leselidze, a Georgian Colonel-General and National hero
 * Mikeltsminda (Akhaltsikhe) – Saint Michael
 * Mtskheta – Mtskhetos, epic hero of Georgian mythology
 * Myasnikiani (Akhalkalaki) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist President of Armenia
 * Nikoloz Baratashvili district (Rustavi) – Nikoloz Baratashvili
 * Nikortsminda – Saint Nicholas
 * Ninoshvili (Guria) and Ninoshvili (Samtredia) – Egnate Ninoshvili, a Georgian writer
 * Ninotsminda – Saint Nino, an Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia
 * Nutsubidze Plato (Tbilisi) – Shalva Nutsubidze
 * Pirosmani (Dedoplistskaro) – Niko Pirosmani
 * Rustaveli (Batumi) – Shota Rustaveli
 * Saakadze (Gardabani) – Giorgi Saakadze, a Georgian politician and military commander
 * Stalinisubani (Kobuleti) – Joseph Stalin
 * Stepantsminda – Saint Stephen or a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan
 * Shaumiani – Stepan Shahumyan, a Georgian revolutionary
 * Shaumyanovka (Abkhazia) – Stepan Shahumyan
 * Tamar (Batumi) – Queen Tamar of Georgia
 * Tsereteli (Marneuli) – Akaki Tsereteli, Georgian poet
 * Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) – King Vakhtang I of Iberia
 * Vazha-Pshavela (Tbilisi) – Vazha-Pshavela, Georgian writer
 * Vorontsovi (Tbilisi) – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
 * Zhdanovakani (Ninotsminda) – Andrey Zhdanov
 * Zhiuli Shartava district (Rustavi) – Zhiuli Shartava

Former:
 * Gegechkori was the name of Martvili – Sasha Gegechkori
 * Kazbegi was the name of Stepantsminda – Alexander Kazbegi
 * Leningori was the name of Akhalgori – Vladimir Lenin
 * Luxemburg was the name of Bolnisi – Rosa Luxemburg
 * Macharadze was the name of Ozurgeti – Filipp Makaradze
 * Mayakovsky was the name of Baghdati – Vladimir Mayakovsky
 * Orjonikidze was the name of Kharagauli – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
 * Stalinsi was the name of Khashuri – Joseph Stalin
 * Tskhakaya was the name of Senaki – Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865–1950)
 * Tsulukidze was the name of Khoni – Alexander Tsulukidze

Ghana

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

Greece

 * Agios Nikolaos – Saint Nicholas
 * Alexandreia, Greece – Alexander the Great
 * Alexandroupoli – King Alexander of Greece
 * Aristotelis (municipality) – Aristotle, ancient philosopher
 * Athens – Athena
 * Dimitrios Ypsilantis (municipality) – Demetrius Ypsilanti, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
 * Dionysos, Greece – Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility
 * Emmanouil Pappas (municipality) – Emmanouil Pappas, leader in the Greek War of Independence
 * Filippoi – Philip II of Macedon
 * Georgios Karaiskakis (municipality) – Georgios Karaiskakis, a leader of the Greek War of Independence
 * Glaraki – George Glarakis (1789–1855)
 * Gypareika (Athens) – Pavlos Gyparis, Greek army officer
 * Gyzi – Nikolaos Gyzis
 * Heraklion – Heracles
 * Ion Dragoumis (municipality) – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian Struggle
 * Kountouriotika – President of Greece Pavlos Kountouriotis
 * Kypriadou – Epameinondas Kypriadis (1888–1958)
 * Ladopoulou, Patras – Evangelos G. Ladopoulos (1883–1966)
 * Makrygianni, Athens – Yannis Makriyannis
 * Megas Alexandros, Pella – Alexander the Great
 * Nafplion – Nauplius
 * Nikiforos Fokas – 10th century Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas
 * Nikolaos Skoufas (municipality) – Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of the Greek independence movement
 * Nikos Kazantzakis (municipality) – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer
 * Orestiada – Orestes
 * Pavlos Melas (municipality) – Pavlos Melas, a Greek hero of Macedonian struggle
 * Probonas – Dimitrios Probonas (1874–1949)
 * Ptolemaida – Ptolemy I Soter
 * Pythagoreio – Pythagoras
 * Santorini – Saint Irene
 * Skagiopouleio – Panagiotis Skagiopoulos
 * Theodoros Ziakas (municipality) – Theodoros Ziakas, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
 * Thessaloniki – Thessalonike, sister of Alexander the Great
 * Traianoupoli – Roman emperor Trajan
 * Vironas – Lord Byron, English poet and writer, National hero of Greece

Grenada

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

Guatemala

 * Aguilar Batres (Zacapa) – Raúl Aguilar Batres, Guatemalan civil engineer
 * Aparicio (Suchitepéquez) – Francisca Aparicio de Barrios, First lady of Guatemala
 * Asentamiento Mario Alioto (Guatemala) – Mario Alioto Lopez Sanchez (1973–1994), Guatemalan student who was killed during a protest
 * Barberena – Lic. Jose Barberena, Guatemalan secretarian under President Justo Rufino Barrios
 * Barrancas de Gálvez (San Marcos) – Mariano Gálvez
 * Cabañas, Zacapa – José Trinidad Cabañas, a Honduran politician
 * Ciudad Tecun Uman, San Marcos – Cacique Tecun Uman
 * Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado (Jutiapa) – Pedro de Alvarado
 * Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (1874–1975), daughter of Manuel Barillas
 * Col. Martinez de Lejarza (Guatemala) – Juan José Martínez de Lejarza (1785–1824)
 * Col. Miguel Ángel Asturias (Quetzaltenango) – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan diplomatic and writer
 * Col. Monseñor Gerardi (Guatemala) – Monseñor Juan José Gerardi Conedera
 * Col. Perez Guisasola (Guatemala) – Enrique Perez Guisasola (1924–1951)
 * Col. Ulises Rojas (Guatemala) – Ulises Rojas (1881–1959), botanist
 * Comunidad Hermogenes Lopez (Chimaltenango) – Hermógenes López Coarchita
 * Cooperativa Mario Mendez (Peten) – Mario Mendez Montenegro (1910–1965), political leader
 * Chicacao – Francisco Chicajau, indigenous villager
 * Fraijanes – Two Missioners Juan Milán y Juan Álvarez
 * Francisco Vela (Retahuleu) – Ing. Francisco Vela (1859–1909), Guatemalan cartographer
 * Fray Bartolomé de las Casas – 15th-century Spanish priest, bishop, and writer Bartolomé de las Casas
 * Flores, El Petén – Cirlio Flores Estrada, a Guatemalan physician
 * Flores Costa Cuca – José Felipe Flores, Physician and Maria Josefa Barrios y Aparicio "Maruca or Cuca" (1878–1959), daughter of Justo Rufino Barrios
 * Galvez (Quetzaltenango) – Mariano Gálvez, Guatemalan Independence hero
 * Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president Miguel García Granados
 * Godinez (Sololá) – Juan Godínez, Spanish conquistador
 * Jerez, Jutiapa – Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader
 * Juarez (Quetzaltenango) – Benito Juárez, Mexican president
 * Kaibil Balám (Quiche) – Kaybʼil Bʼalam, a 16th-century leader of the Mam people
 * 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 (Baja Verapaz) – Justo Rufino Barrios
 * Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician Edward Livingston
 * Los Ochoa (San Marcos) – Bonifacio Ochoa Barrios (1888–1964) and Victor Maria Ochoa Barrios (1872–1951)
 * Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Barón de Berrieza (1715–1787)
 * Modesto Méndez (Izabal) – Modesto Méndez (1801–1863), 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
 * Puerto Barrios – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala
 * Quirio Cataño (Chiquimula) – Quirio Cataño, Spanish sculptor
 * Recuerdo a Barrios (Quetzaltenango) – Justo Rufino Barrios
 * San Carlos Sija – King Charles III of Spain
 * San Jacinto, Chiquimula – Hyacinth of Poland, Bishop of Cracovia
 * San Joaquin (Alta Verapaz) – Joaquina Cabrera, a former president's mother
 * San Jorge (Zacapa) – Jorge Ubico, president
 * San Luis Jilotepeque – King Louis IX of France
 * San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder
 * Santa Catarina Barahona – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, Founder
 * Santa Cruz Barillas, Santa Elena Barillas (Guatemala) – General Manuel Barillas, president of Guatemala
 * Santa Lucía La Reforma – Saint Lucy and Justo Rufino Barrios the liberal reformer
 * Santa Rosa Cuilapa – Rose of Lima
 * Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez – Dominic of Guzman
 * Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus

Guinea Bissau

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

Guyana

 * Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
 * Buxton, Guyana – Fowell Buxton
 * Campbelltown, Guyana – Stephen Campbell, first Amerindian member of Parliament in Guyana
 * Fort Wellington, Guyana – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
 * 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
 * Matthews Ridge, Guyana – Matthew Young (1905–1996)
 * Stabroek, Guyana – Nicholaas Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India Company
 * Stewartville, Guyana – John Stewart (1789–1860)
 * Victoria, Guyana – Queen Victoria

Haiti

 * André, Ouest – André Rigaud
 * Bombardopolis – German benefactor, Monsieur de Bombarde
 * Dessalines – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti
 * Dr. François Duvalier (Hinche) – François Duvalier
 * Cite Simone (Port-au-Prince) – Simone Duvalier, First lady of Haiti
 * Ennery, Artibonite – Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue
 * Gressier – Edmond Valléry Gressier
 * Justin, Ouest – Justin Lhérisson, Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher
 * Killick Stenio Vincent (Port-au-Prince) – Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti
 * Leclerk Bidonville (Port-au-Prince) – Charles Leclerc (general), a French Army general
 * Louverture, (Pétion-ville) – Toussaint Louverture
 * Morne Boyer (Haiti) – Jean-Pierre Boyer, leader of the Haitian Revolution
 * Nan Lavaud (Ouest) – Franck Lavaud
 * Ouanaminthe – Juana Mendez (1788–1873), mother of Buenaventura Báez, a Dominican president
 * Pétion-Ville – Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti
 * Simon (Sud) – Tirésias Simon Sam
 * Simone (Dessalines) – Simone Duvalier
 * Thomas, Ouest – Thomas Madiou
 * Village Lamothe (Port-au-Prince) - Dr. Louis G. Lamothe (1926-1999), philanthropist
 * Village Lumane Casimir (Haiti) – Lumane Casimir (1920–1955), Haitian singer

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

Honduras

 * Alfonso XIII (Santa Barbara) – Alfonso XIII of Spain
 * Asentamiento Juan Benito Montoya (Copan) – Juan Benito Montoya, peasant leader who was killed in Los Horcones in 1975
 * Barrio Paz Barahona (Cortes) – Miguel Paz Barahona
 * Cabañas, Copán –José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduras
 * Cabañas (Danli) – José Trinidad Cabañas
 * Cabañas, La Paz – General José Trinidad Cabañas
 * Col. Alfonso Guillen (Yoro) – Alfonso Guillen Zelaya (1887–1947), Honduran Poet
 * Col. Alfonso Lacayo (Cortes) – Alfonso Lacayo (1923–1985), Garifuna physician
 * Col. Amaya Amador (Yoro) – Ramón Amaya Amador, Honduran author
 * Col. Francisco J. Mejía (Yoro) – Francisco J. Mejía, Honduran teacher
 * Col. Francisco Murillo Soto (Yoro) – Prof. Francisco Murillo Soto (1893–1982)
 * Col. Jacobo V. Carcamo (Yoro) – Jacobo Carcamo (1916–1959), Honduran Poet
 * Col. Jesús Aguilar Paz (Tegucigalpa) – Jesús Aguilar Paz, Honduran Chemist
 * Col. Medardo Mejia (Olancho) – Medardo Mejia (1907–1981), Honduran poet
 * Col. Rodas Alvarado (Ocotepeque) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado, President of the National Congress
 * Col. Terencio Sierra (Cortes) – Terencio Sierra
 * Col. Víctor F. Ardón (Tegucigalpa) – Víctor F. Ardón (1896–1976), Honduran educator
 * Froylán Turcios (Olancho) – Froylán Turcios, Honduran Poet
 * Guadalupe Carney (Colon) – James Carney (American priest), also known as Father Guadalupe Carney
 * Grupo Villeda Morales (Atlantida) – Ramón Villeda Morales
 * Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes (1808–1878), Garifuna soldier
 * Jesús de Otoro – Fray Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda y Zepeda (1808–1885), bishop of Comayagua
 * José Santos Guardiola –José Santos Guardiola, President of Honduras
 * Kennedy (Tegucigalpa) – John F. Kennedy, American President
 * Marcovia – Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras
 * Marcelino Champagnat (Choluteca) – Saint Marcellin Champagnat
 * Melgar Castro (Marcala, La Paz) – Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, former Head of State of Honduras
 * Monseñor Fiallos (Tegucigalpa) – Monseñor Ernesto Fiallos (1857–1946), Honduran priest
 * Morazán, Yoro – Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician
 * Policarpo Paz García (Yoro) – Policarpo Paz García
 * Puerto Cortés – Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador
 * Puerto Lempira – cacique Lempira
 * Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) – Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
 * Rodas Alvarado (Danli) – Modesto Rodas Alvarado, Honduran lawyer
 * San Esteban, Olancho – Fray Esteban Verdelete
 * San Francisco, Atlántida – Francisco Matute, Benefactor of the town.
 * San Francisco del Valle – Saint Francis and José Cecilio del Valle
 * San Jerónimo, Copán – Lic. Jerónimo J.Reina (1876–1918), Honduran poet and journalist
 * San Jorge, Ocotepeque – Saint George
 * San Luis, Comayagua – King Louis IX of France
 * San Pedro Sula – Saint Peter
 * Santa Rosa de Aguán – Saint Rose of Lima
 * Villeda Morales (Danli) – Ramón Villeda Morales

Hong Kong

 * Aberdeen – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
 * Belcher Bay – Edward Belcher
 * Bowrington – Sir John Bowring
 * Cape D'Aguilar – George Charles D'Aguilar
 * Cho Yiu Chuen – Sir Cho Yiu Kwan
 * Jat Min Chuen – Tan Jat Min
 * Kellet Island – Henry Kellett
 * Kennedy Town – Arthur Edward Kennedy
 * Lai Tak Tsuen – Michael Wright
 * Lee Chung Yin Road
 * Morrison Hill – Robert Morrison
 * Mount Davis, Hong Kong – John Francis Davis
 * St. Paul's Village – St. Paul
 * Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
 * Victoria City – Queen Victoria
 * Wesley Village – John Wesley

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 (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr, Painter
 * Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat
 * Cholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950)
 * Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen (1853–1932)
 * 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 (Budapest) – Attila József
 * Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902)
 * Kossuthfalva (Budapest) – Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Hungary
 * Krepuska Géza-telep – Géza Krepuska
 * Krisztinaváros (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina
 * Lipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
 * Nyírtass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
 * Petőfibánya – Sándor Petőfi, poet
 * Petőfiszállás – Sándor Petőfi
 * Rákóczibánya – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian National hero
 * Rákóczifalva – Francis II Rákóczi
 * Rákócziújfalu – Francis II Rákóczi
 * Rudolftelep – Rudolf Cohacht, Hungarian miner
 * Sándorfalva – Viscount Sándor Pallavicini
 * Solt – Solt
 * Taksony – Taksony of Hungary
 * Tass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
 * Terézváros – Queen Maria Theresa
 * Tiborszállás – Tibor Károlyi, Hungarian politician
 * Törökbálint – Bálint Török
 * Újlipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
 * Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád
 * Zalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo

Former:


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

Iceland

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

India
• Adityapur. a city and a part of Jamshedpur was named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo (1887-1969).

• Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar

• Ambedkar Nagar district – B. R. Ambedkar, Father of the Indian Constitution

• Ahmedabad – Sultan Ahmed Shah

• Ahmednagar – Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I, Nizam Shahi dynasty

• Alluri Sitharama Raju district – Alluri Sitarama Raju

• Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) – Jyotiba Phule

• Annamayya district – Annamacharya

• Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)

• Bardhaman – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir

• Bodh Gaya – Buddha

• Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji

• Chamoli district – Shiva, one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

• Chandigarh – Goddess Chandi

• Chennai – Chennappa Naicker

• CV Raman Nagar – a neighbourhood in Bangalore named after C. V. Raman

• Dalhousie – James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie

• Dr. Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar

• Faridabad – Shaikh Farid Bukhari

• Faridkot, Punjab – Fariduddin Ganjshakar

• Firozpur – Firuz Shah Tughlaq

• Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist

• Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor

• Gautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha

• Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor)

• Haridwar – Vishnu (Hari)

• Hyderabad – Hyder Mahal, wife of Quli Qutub Shah.

• Indira Point – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India

• Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata

• Jaipur – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji

• Jodhpur – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji

• Komaram Bheem district – Komaram Bheem, a Gond martyr

• Krishnarajapuram – a suburb and neighbourhood in Bangalore named after Krishnaraja Wadiyar III

• Lucknow – Lakshmana, a hero of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana

• Mahendragarh – Mahendra Singh of Patiala

• Mangalore – Mangala Devi, Mangaladevi Temple

• Margherita, Assam – Margherita of Savoy

• Modinagar – Gujarmal Modi

• Moradabad – prince Murad

• Mumbai – Mumbadevi

• Nampally, Hyderabad- A Persian Diwan of Hyderabad State, Raza Ali Khan whose title was Nekh-Nam-Khan.

• Nizamabad City, Nizamabad district – Nizam of Hyderabad

• NTR district – N. T. Rama Rao, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

• Osmanabad – Mir Osman Ali Khan

• Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri

• Patel Nagar – Vallabhbhai Patel, 1st deputy Prime minister of India

• Pithoragarh – Prithviraj Chauhan

• Port Blair – Archibald Blair

• R. T. Nagar – Rabindranath Tagore

• Rajendranagar mandal – Rajendra Prasad, President of India

• Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju

• Rishabhdeo – First Tirthankar – Rishabha (Adinath)

• Robertsganj – Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

• Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district – Ajit Singh (Sikhism)

• Sant Kabir Nagar district – Sant Kabir, poet

• Santhome – locality in Mylapore, named after the Apostle, Saint Thomas

• Secunderabad - Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty

• Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district – Bhagat Singh, Indian National Hero

• Shimla – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity Kali

• Sri Ganganagar – General Sir Ganga Singh, the Maharajah of Bikaner State from 1888 to 1943

• Sri Sathya Sai district – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru

• Surendranagar Dudhrej – Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (1922–1983), Ruler of Wadhwan state

• Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore – Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary

• Tuljapur – Goddess Tulja Bhavani Temple

• Udaipur – Maharana Udai Singh II

• Udham Singh Nagar district – freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh

• Vasco da Gama – Vasco da Gama

• Visakhapatnam – ruled by King Visakha Varma

• Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)

• Vallathol Nagar – Vallathol Narayana Menon, Malayalam poet

• Williamnagar – Williamson A. Sangma, the founding Chief Minister of Meghalaya

• Willingdon Island – large artificial island in Kochi, named after Lord Willingdon

• Wellington – town in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, named after the Iron Duke
 * YSR district – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Indonesia
Former:
 * Hatta, Bakauheni, Lampung – Mohammad Hatta, 1st Vice President of Indonesia
 * Kartini, Sawah Besar, Jakarta – Kartini, Javanese women's rights figure
 * Sudirman, Tanralili, Maros, South Sulawesi – Sudirman, Indonesian military officer
 * Sukarnopura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia

Iran

 * Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq – Mohammad Mosaddegh
 * Amadegah Shahid Mohammad Montazeri – Mohammad Montazeri
 * Apamea (Media) – 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
 * Nahavand:
 * formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
 * formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
 * Naser Khosrow, Iran – Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poet
 * Parsabad - Engineer Ibrahim Parsa (1905-1996), founder of Parsabad
 * Piranshahr – Piran, son of Viseh
 * Rezaïyeh, Razavi Khorasan – Reza Shah Pahlavi
 * Rudaki, Iran – Rudaki, Persian poet
 * Seleucia (Susiana) – Seleucus I Nicator
 * Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
 * Shahrak-e Ayatollah Madani – Mir Asadollah Madani, Iranian politician
 * 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 (1813–1887)

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

Iraq

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

Ireland (Republic of)

 * Bellewstown – Darren Bellew
 * Binghamstown – Major Denis Bingham (1765–1842)
 * Canningstown – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
 * Charlestown – Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
 * Charleville, County Cork – Charles II of England
 * Connacht – Conn Cétchathach
 * County Kerry – Ciar
 * 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
 * Enniskean – "island of Cian", Cian Maol Muadh (O'Mahony) of Cork
 * Jamestown, County Leitrim – James VI and I
 * Louisburgh, County Mayo – Louis XIV of France
 * Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort

Former:
 * Maryborough was the name of Portlaoise – 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
 * Midreshet Ben-Gurion – David Ben-Gurion
 * 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 (1856–1940)
 * Sde Eliezer – Robert Rothschild
 * Sdei Avraham – Avraham Herzfeld
 * Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
 * Talmei Eliyahu – Eliyahu Krauze (1878–1962)
 * Talmei Yaffe – Leib Yaffe
 * Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus
 * Tzur Yitzhak – Yitzhak Rabin

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

Italy
• Alessandria – Pope Alexander III

• Andorno Micca – Pietro Micca

• Aosta – Augustus

• Arquà Petrarca – Petrarch

• Augusta – "Augusto" di Federico II di Svevia

• Bosisio Parini – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet

• Caprese Michelangelo – Michelangelo, painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer

• Castagneto Carducci – Giosuè Carducci, poet

• Castelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco

• Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Father of the Italian fatherland

• Cava Manara – Luciano Manara, patriot

• Corridonia – Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist, IWW hero

• Corteno Golgi – Camillo Golgi, pathologist

• Ercolano – Heracles

• Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Italy

• Grizzana Morandi – Giorgio Morandi

• Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli, politician, Prime Minister of Italy

• Guidonia Montecelio – Alessandro Guidoni, air force general

• Incisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino (1802–1834), soldier

• Jolanda di Savoia – Yolanda of Savoy

• Ladispoli – Prince Ladislao Odescalchi (1846–1920)

• Livorno Ferraris – Galileo Ferraris

• Mafalda – Mafalda of Savoy

• Manfredonia – Manfred of Sicily

• Marconia – Guglielmo Marconi

• Margherita di Savoia – Queen Margherita of Savoy

• Milena – Queen Milena of Montenegro

• Morra De Sanctis – Francesco de Sanctis

• Paderno Ponchielli – Amilcare Ponchielli

• Pienza – Pope Pius II

• Riese Pio X – Pope Pius X

• Rome – Romulus (disputed; see also: Rome)

• Sagliano Micca – Pietro Micca, Piedmontese hero

• San Gimignano – Saint Geminianus

• San Mauro Pascoli – Giovanni Pascoli, poet

• Sanremo – Saint Romulus of Genoa

• Sasso Marconi – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer

• Serra San Bruno – Saint Bruno of Cologne

• Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII – Pope John XXIII

• Umbertide – Umberto I of Italy

• Terranuova Bracciolini – Poggio Bracciolini, Renaissance humanist

• Virgilio – Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet

• Vittorio Veneto – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Ivory Coast

 * Bingerville – Louis-Gustave Binger, former French colonial governor
 * Jean-Baptiste Mockey (Abidjan) – Jean-Baptiste Mockey
 * Marie Koré (Abidjan) – Marie Koré (1912–1953), Ivorian independence activist
 * 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 (died in 1909)

Jamaica

 * Aberdeen, Jamaica – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
 * Albert Town, Jamaica – Albert, Prince Consort
 * Alexandria, Jamaica – Alexander Bustamante, First Prime Minister of Jamaica
 * Berry Hill (Manchester) – Curtis Philip Berry
 * Brown's Town – Hamilton Brown, Scots-Irish planter
 * Darlingford, Jamaica – Charles Henry Darling, Governor of Jamaica
 * Denham Town – Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica
 * Gordon Town, Jamaica – George William Gordon
 * Granville, Jamaica – Granville Sharp
 * Kingston, Jamaica – King William III of England
 * Mandeville, Jamaica – George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, viscount Mandeville
 * Moore Town, Jamaica – Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet
 * Nanny Town – Nanny of the Maroons
 * Norman Gardens (Kingston) – Norman Manley
 * Petersfield, Jamaica – Peter Beckford, Governor of Jamaica
 * Queensborough, Kingston – Queen Victoria
 * Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica – Lady Anne Hyde
 * Trenchtown – Daniel Power Trench (1813–1884)

Japan

 * Asaka, Saitama – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
 * Date, Hokkaidō – Date Kunishige, a Japanese samurai
 * Hiroshima – Ōe no Hiromoto + Fukushima Motonaga (disputed)
 * Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō (1870–1952) + Kanamori Tōjirō (1865–1909)
 * Imamura, Saga – Hitoshi Imamura, a Japanese general
 * Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu, a civil officer
 * Kita, Hokkaido – Yuji Kitamura (1871–1903)
 * Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858–1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan
 * Maeda, Aichi – Tadashi Maeda (admiral)
 * Masaki, Ehime – Jinzaburō Masaki, Japanese general
 * Meiji (Nagoya) – Emperor Meiji
 * Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (1837–1877), a prominent military commander
 * Niki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi (1834–1915), a Japanese pioneer
 * Noda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke, Japanese military commander during the Muromachi period
 * Numata, Hokkaido – Kisaburo Numata (1834–1923)
 * Okubo (Yokohama) _ Ōkubo Toshimichi
 * Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura, Japanese poet
 * Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo period
 * Saigō, Shimane – Saigō Takamori
 * Shōwa, Fukushima – Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
 * Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira no Tadayuki, son of a Japanese warrior
 * Takashimadaira – Takashima Shūhan
 * Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru, owner of Tendō castle during the Muromachi period
 * Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute
 * Toyota, Aichi – Sakichi Toyoda and Kiichiro Toyoda
 * Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi (1847–1895), 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
• Abay (town). Abay, Aktobe, Abay, Almaty and Abay District, East Kazakhstan – Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher

• Altynsarin District – Ybyrai Altynsarin, a Kazakh educator

• Amangeldi – Amankeldı İmanov (1873–1919), Kazakh national leader

• Auezov district (Almaty) – Mukhtar Auezov, a Kazakh writer

• Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy (1644–1700), Kazakh biy and tribesman

• Ayteke Bi – Ayteke Biy

• Balpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly

• Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer Bauyrzhan Momyshuly

• Baydibek District – Baidibek Karashauly (1356–1419), legendary hero

• Bayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860–1945), Kazakh folk singer

• Bayzak District – Bayzak Mambetuly (1789–1864), Kazakh military leader and politician

• Beimbet Mailin District – Beimbet Mailin (1894–1938), Kazakh writer

• Bokey Orda District – Bokei Khan, chairman of the Khan's Council during the Aishuak Khan

• Budennovka (Akmola) – Semyon Budyonny

• Bukhar-Zhyrau District – Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov, a Kazakh poet

• Chapaev, Kazakhstan – Red Army hero of the Russian Civil War Vasily Chapayev

• Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

• Gabit Musirepov District – Gabit Musirepov, Kazakh writer

• Hamit Ergaliev (Atyrau) – Hamit Ergaliev (1916–1997), writer

• Imeni Baymaganbeta Iztolin (North Kazakhstan) – Baymaganbet Iztolin (1899–1921), poet

• Imeni Dinmukhamed Kunaev (Zhambyl) and Qonaev – Dinmukhamed Kunaev

• Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player Dina Nurpeisova

• Imeni Imangali Biltabanov (Aktobe) – Imangali Biltabanov (1925–1945), Kazakh hero

• Imeni Kudaibergen Zhubanov (Aktobe) – Kudaibergen Zhubanov (1899–1938), philologist

• Imeni Rakhim Sabdenov (Zhambyl) – Rakhim Sabdenov (1929–2000), Socialist workers' hero

• Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) – Qasim Qaysenov (1918–2006), Kazakh writer and military officer

• Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Turkistan) – Shamshi Kaldayakov, a Kazakhstani composer

• Imeni Tattibay Duisebayev (Zhambyl) – Tattibay Duisebayev (1923–1996), Kazakh police general

• Imeni Temirbek Zhurgenov (Aktobe) – Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898–1938), writer

• Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev

• Karim Mynbayev (Karaganda) - Karim Mynbayev (1906-1948), Kazakh scientist and teacher

• Kurchatov – Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov

• Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly

• Magzhan Zhumabaev District – Kazakh writer Magzhan Zhumabayev

• Makhambet – Makhambet Otemisuly, Kazakh Poet

• Mamlyut – Mavlyut Valguzin, a Tatar peasant

• Mantai Zharymbetov (Turkistan) – Mantai Zharymbetov (1912–1967), Socialist worker's hero

• Nurmukhamed Esentaev (Turkistan) – Nurmukhamed Esentaev (1909–1975), Socialist worker's hero

• Panfilov District, Kazakhstan – Ivan Panfilov

• Pavlodar – Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia

• Petropavl – Saint Peter and Saint Paul

• Raiymbek District – Raiymbek Batyr

• Ridder – Philip Ridder; between 1941 and 2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin

• Satpayev – Kazakh geologist and first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences Kanysh Satpayev

• Shal akyn District – Tileuke Kulekeuly (Shal Akyn), a Kazakh poet

• Tole Bi District – Töle Biy

• Turar Ryskulov, Turkistan – Kazakh politician Turar Ryskulov

• Turar Ryskulov District – Turar Ryskulov, President of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

• Ualikhanov District – Shoqan Walikhanov, ethnographer

• Zhambyl District, Almaty Region – Jambyl Jabayev. Kazakh traditional folk singer

• Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region – Jambyl Jabayev

• Zhangeldi District – Alibi Zhangeldi (1884– 1953), Kazakh revolutionary

• Zhansugirov – Ilyas Zhansugurov, Kazakh writer

• Zhanybek District – Janibek Khan, a co-founder and the second Khan of the Kazakh Khanate from 1473–1480

• Former:

• Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev

• Guryev was the name of Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev

• Leninsk was the name of Baikonur – Vladimir Lenin

• Nur-Sultan was the name of Astana – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan

• Panfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan Panfilov

• Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko

• Yermak was the name of Aksu – Russian national hero and explorer of Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich

Kenya

 * Karen, Kenya – Karen Blixen, a Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa
 * 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 (Kenya) – Queen Victoria
 * Thomson's Falls – Joseph Thomson (explorer)

Kosovo

 * Ferizaj – Feriz Shasivari
 * Obilić – Miloš Obilić
 * Skenderaj – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

Former:
 * Đeneral Janković was the name of Elez Han – Božidar Janković

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

 * Аbdrakhmanov (Issyk-Kul) – Yusup Abdrakhmanov (1901–1938), Kyrgyz politician
 * Abdy-Suerkulov (Toktogul) – Abdy Suerkulov (1912–1992), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
 * Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) – Absamat Masaliyev
 * Aitmatov District - Chinghiz Aitmatov, author
 * Aldashev (Jeti-Ögüz) – Abdulkhai Aldashev (1918–2003), Kyrgyz pharmacologist, toxicologist and translator
 * Alla-Anarov (Aravan) – Alla Anarov (1907–1979), cotton producer
 * Aydaraliev (Talas) – Rysbek Aidaraliev (1922–1998), Kyrgyz public figure
 * Amanbayevo – Aldabergen Amanbaev (1927–1975), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
 * Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941)
 * Atai Ogonbaev (Talas) - Atai Ogonbaev (1900-1949), Kyrgyz musician and compositor
 * Baetov – Kyrgyz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902–1949)
 * Baytik – Baytik Batyr (1823–1886), one of the leaders of the Solto tribe who fought the Kokand Khanate
 * Berdike Baatyr (Talas) - Berdike Baatyr (1740-1790)
 * Bishkek – Bishkek Batyr (1700–1757), Commander of the Kyrgyz army in the war against the invaders of Dzungar in the 18th century.
 * Bokonbayevo – Kyrgyz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910–1944)
 * Cholponbay - Cholponbai Tuleberdiyev (1922-1944), World War II hero
 * Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (Ysyk-Ata) – Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (1948–2004)
 * Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
 * Imeni Aliaskara Toktonalieva (Ysyk-Ata) – Aliaskar Toktonaliev (1929–1990), Finance Minister
 * Isanov (Osh) – Nasirdin Isanov, Kyrgyz Prime Minister
 * Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
 * Jayyl District – Jayyl Batyr (1692–1780), one of the heroes of the Solto tribe
 * Karasaev (Tüp) – Kusein Karasaev (1901–1998), Kyrgyz linguist
 * Kaynazarova (Chuy) - Zuurakan Kaynazarova
 * Kazybek (Naryn) - Kazybek Mambetimin uulu (1901-1936), poet
 * Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
 * Kochkorbaev (Chuy) - Isak Kochkorbaev (1890-1965), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
 * Kulatov (Nookat) – Turabay Kulatov (1908–1984), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
 * Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
 * Kurmanjan Datka (Batken) and Kurmanjan Datka (Osh) - Kurmanjan Datka
 * Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
 * Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
 * Mavlyanov (Aksy) – Junai Mavlyanov (1923–2003), writer and poet
 * Mombekovo (Nooken) – Yusup Mombekov (1926–1983), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
 * Nurzhanov (Talas) – Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922–1987), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
 * Ormon-Khan aliyl (Naryn) - Ormon Khan
 * Ömüraliev (Talas) - Baky Ömüraliev (1932-2003), Kyrgyz actor and film director
 * Osmonkulov (Talas) – Iskender Osmonkulov (1907–1992), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
 * Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov
 * Pristan'-Przheval'sk – Nikolay Przhevalsky
 * Shabdan - Shabdan Baatyr (1839-1912)
 * Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (1915–1941)
 * Süymönkul Chokmorov – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
 * Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov
 * Razzakov - Iskhak Razzakov
 * Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
 * Togolok-Moldo Rural District (Naryn) - Togolok Moldo, Kyrgyz poet
 * Toktomat Zulpuev (Nookat) – Toktomat Zulpuev (1925–1995)
 * Urazbekov (Batken) – Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1889–1938), Kyrgyz statesman
 * Yusupov aliyl (Osh) - Sultan Yusupov (1918-2004), Kyrgyz music teacher
 * Zharkynbayevo – Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969), Kyrgyz hero

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

Laos

 * Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet province – Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos

Latvia

 * Jēkabpils – Jacob Kettler, Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
 * Lucavsala – Klauss Lucavs
 * Pāvilosta – after Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of Kurzeme
 * Pētersala-Andrejsala – Peter the Great
 * Valdemārpils – Krišjānis Valdemārs, writer and politician
 * Valka (Estonian: Valga) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family

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

Lebanon

 * Foch-Allenby district (Beirut) – Ferdinand Foch and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

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

Lesotho

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

Liberia

 * A.B. Tolbert Community – Adolphus Benedict Tolbert (died in 1980), 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, American diplomat
 * Careysburg – Lott Carey, a Baptist minister
 * Clay-Ashland – Henry Clay, an American lawyer, planter, and statesman
 * Greenville, Liberia – Judge James Green
 * Harbel – Harvey S. Firestone and his wife Idabelle
 * Harper, Liberia – Robert Goodloe Harper, American politician
 * Monrovia – James Monroe, President of the United States
 * Robertsport – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, First President of Liberia
 * Samuel K. Doe Community (Monrovia) – Samuel Doe
 * Schieffelin, Margibi County – Henry M. Schieffelin, American philanthropist and Consul-General in Liberia
 * Tubmanburg – William Tubman, President of Liberia

Libya

 * ʽAziziya – Abdulaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
 * 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 – Hryhoriy Kurec, Belarusian architect
 * Janapolė – Jan Długosz
 * Jonava – Jono Eustachijaus
 * Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar
 * Kudirkos Naumiestis – Vincas Kudirka, Lithuanian poet
 * Marijampolė – Blessed Virgin Mary

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

Luxembourg

 * Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)

Malawi

 * Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet Aaron
 * Banda (Central) – Hastings Banda
 * Cape Maclear – Thomas Maclear
 * Fort Maguire (Southern) – Captain Cecil Montgomery Maguire (died in 1891)
 * Livingstonia, Malawi – David Livingstone
 * Liwonde – Chief Liwonde (died in 1921)

Former:
 * Fort Anderson was the name of Mulanje – Sir Henry Percy Anderson (1831–1896), Harry Johnston's father-in-law
 * Fort Hill was the name of Chitipa – Clement Lloyd Hill, British diplomat
 * Fort Johnston was the name of Mangochi – Harry Johnston, British botanist and colonial administrator
 * Fort Lister was the name of Phalombe – Thomas Villiers Lister, British diplomat
 * Fort Manning was the name of Mchinji – William Manning (colonial administrator), Governor of Nyasaland

Malaysia

 * Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort, colonial governor of North Borneo
 * Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar, Malayan politician
 * Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara (d.1941)
 * 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 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, English planter in Malaya
 * FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson, 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, Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneur
 * Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah, legendary hero
 * Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
 * Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney, 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, UN Secretary-General from 1961 until 1971,
 * Templer's Park – Gerald Templer, senior British Army officer
 * Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
 * Weston – A.J. West, British North Borneo railway engineer

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

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 – Giuseppe Pace (1890–1971)
 * Qormi (Città Pinto) – Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
 * San Ġiljan – St. Julian
 * San Ġwann – St. John
 * San Lawrenz – St. Lawrence
 * San Pawl il-Baħar – Paul the Apostle
 * Santa Luċija – St. Lucy
 * Santa Venera – St. Venera
 * Senglea – Grandmaster Claude de la Sengle
 * Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
 * Valletta – Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette
 * Victoria – Queen Victoria
 * Żabbar (Città Hompesch) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
 * Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) – Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
 * Żejtun (Città Beland) – Ferdinand von Hompesch's mother

Mauritania

 * Boubacar Ben Amer – Abu Bakr Ibn Omar (d.1087)

Mauritius

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

Mexico

 * Apodaca, Nuevo León – Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto, bishop
 * Ciudad Juárez – Benito Juárez, president
 * Ciudad López Mateos – Adolfo López Mateos, president
 * Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl – Nezahualcoyotl, poet
 * Ciudad Obregón – Álvaro Obregón, president
 * Ciudad Victoria – Guadalupe Victoria, first president
 * General Escobedo – Mariano Escobedo
 * Hermosillo – José María González Hermosillo
 * Guadalupe, Zacatecas and other communities named Guadalupe – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mary)
 * Guerrero state and several other localities – Vicente Guerrero, independence leader and president
 * Hidalgo, state and several other localities – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, independence leader and Father of the Nation
 * Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán – Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, president
 * Morelia – José María Morelos, independence leader
 * Morelos state and several other localities – José María Morelos, independence leader
 * San Luis Potosí City and state – King Louis IX of France
 * San Nicolás de los Garza – Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the town
 * Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez, independence leader
 * Quintana Roo – Andrés Quintana Roo, politician

Moldova

 * Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
 * Cantemir, Moldova – Dimitrie Cantemir
 * Ciorescu, Chişinău – Ion Gheorghe Ciorescu (founder)
 * Frunză, Ocnița – Mikhail Frunze
 * Ion Vodă, Florești – John III the Terrible
 * Lazo, Ștefan Vodă – Sergey Lazo, Moldavian revolutionary
 * Lebedenco, Cahul – Nikita Lebedenko, Soviet military leader
 * Miciurin – Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
 * Regina Maria, Soroca – Marie of Romania
 * Ștefan Vodă – Stephen III of Moldavia

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

Mongolia

 * Choibalsan city, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
 * Choibalsan sum, Dornod – Khorloogiin Choibalsan
 * Khatanbulag – Börte, Great Khatun of the Mongol Empire
 * Magsarjav (Khovd) – Khatanbaatar Magsarjav
 * Öndörkhaan (now Chinggis Khot) – Genghis Khan
 * Sükhbaatar city – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian independence hero
 * Sükhbaatar district – Damdin Sükhbaatar
 * Sükhbaatar Province – Damdin Sükhbaatar
 * Ulaanbaatar – Damdin Sükhbaatar

Montenegro

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

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

Morocco

 * Mohammedia – King Mohammed V of Morocco
 * Moulay Rachid (district) – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

Mozambique

 * Beira, Mozambique – Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (titled Prince of Beira)
 * Chissano (Gaza) - Alberto Chissano, Mozambican sculptor
 * Maputo – Chief Maputsu I of the Tembe clan
 * Mozambique Island – Mussa Bin Bique, an Arab Muslim chief of the early 16th century
 * Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça) – Josina Machel, a former President's wife
 * Manhiça District – Manacusse, a Tchaka chief, who moved here after some conflict in his native area
 * Ressano Garcia – Frederico Ressano Garcia (1847–1911), Portuguese politician and engineer
 * Vila Eduardo Mondlane – Eduardo Mondlane, President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO)

Former:
 * António Enes was the name of Angoche – António José Enes (1848–1901), Portuguese journalist and colonial administrator
 * Augusto Cardoso was the name of Metangula – Augusto Cardoso (1859–1930), Portuguese explorer
 * Caldas Xavier  was the name of Cambulatsitse – Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier (1852–1896), Portuguese colonial administrator
 * Cidade Salazar was the name of Matola – António de Oliveira Salazar
 * João Belo was the name of Xai-Xai – João Belo (1878–1928), Portuguese military
 * Lourenço Marques was the name of Maputo – Lourenço Marques (explorer)
 * Malvernia was the name of Chicualacuala (Vila Eduardo Mondlane) – Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern
 * Porto Amélia was the name of Pemba, Mozambique – Queen Amélie of Orléans
 * Vila Coutinho was the name of Ulongué – João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira (1865–1944)
 * Vila Fontes was the name of Caia, Mozambique – Fontes Pereira de Melo
 * Vila Gomes da Costa was the name of Alto Changane – Manuel Gomes da Costa, Portuguese president
 * Vila Gouveia was the name of Catandica – Manuel António de Sousa, Portuguese military captain
 * Vila Junqueiro was the name of Gurúè – Manuel Saraiva Junqueiro (d.1959)
 * Vila Machado was the name of Nhamatanda – Joaquim José Machado
 * Vila Paiva de Andrada was the name of Gorongosa – Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada (1846–1928)
 * Vila Pery was the name of Chimoio – João Pery de Lind (1861–1930), Governor of Mozambique Company Territories of Manica and Sofala
 * Vila Pinto Teixeira was the name of Mabalane – Francisco dos Santos Pinto Teixeira (1887–1983), Portuguese military engineer
 * Vila Trigo de Morais was the name of Chokwe, Mozambique – António Trigo de Morais (1895–1966), Portuguese engineer
 * Vila Vasco da Gama was the name of Chiputo – Vasco da Gama

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 (1871–1954)
 * John Pandeni Constituency – John Pandeni, a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
 * Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma (died in 1968), a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrilla
 * Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman, German trader
 * Lüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz
 * Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann Brandt
 * Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency – Moses ǁGaroëb, a Namibian Politician
 * Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency – Nehale Mpingana, Namibian National hero
 * Samora Machel Constituency – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique
 * Tobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero

Former:
 * Caprivi Region was the name of Zambezi Region, named after Leo von Caprivi
 * Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann (since 2013 called Luhonono)

Nepal

 * Bhimdatta – Bhimdatta Panta, a revolutionary farmer leader
 * Birendranagar – King Birendra of Nepal
 * Birendranagar, Chitwan – King Birendra of Nepal
 * Birgunj – Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali statesman
 * 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
 * K.I. Singh Rural Municipality – Kunwar Inderjit Singh, 20th Prime Minister of Nepal
 * Krishnapur, Nepal – Krishna
 * Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality - Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
 * Mahendrakot and Mahendranagar, Dhanusha – Mahendra of Nepal
 * Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah
 * Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai, a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951
 * Siddharthanagar – from Buddha's given name Siddhartha
 * Siddhicharan Municipality – Siddhicharan Shrestha
 * Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal
 * Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva (Vyas)

Netherlands

 * Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
 * Emmaberg – Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 * Frederiksoord - Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
 * Geertruidenberg – Gertrude of Nivelles
 * 's-Gravenzande (lit. The Count's Sand) – William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)
 * Heerhugowaard – lord ('heer') Hugo of Assendelft
 * 's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) – Henry I, Duke of Brabant
 * Julianadorp – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
 * Koningsbosch (lit. King's Forest) – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
 * Koningsoord (Het Hogeland) – William III of the Netherlands
 * Mariaparochie – Mary, mother of Jesus
 * Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely
 * Odiliapeel – Odilia of Cologne
 * Oud-Beijerland, Nieuw-Beijerland and Zuid-Beijerland – Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria (Dutch: Sabina van Beieren)
 * Philippine, Netherlands – Philip I of Castile
 * 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 (1786–1858), Dutch Politician
 * Wilhelminadorp, Best – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
 * Wilhelminadorp, Goes – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands
 * Wilhelminaoord – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
 * 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

 * Addisons Flat, West Coast – unknown African American gold prospector
 * Aidanfield – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858–1958)
 * Albert Town – Prince Albert
 * Alexandra – Alexandra of Denmark
 * Allanton – James Allan
 * Alfredton – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * Andersons Bay – James Anderson and family
 * Arthurs Point – Thomas Arthur
 * Ashburton – Francis Baring, Baron Ashburton
 * Auckland – George Eden, Earl of Auckland
 * Ballance – John Ballance
 * Bell Block – Dillon Bell
 * Benneydale – Matt Benney and Tom Dale
 * Blaketown – Isaac Blake
 * Brockville – Frederick Brock-Hollinshead
 * Bronte – Admiral Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronté
 * Brunner – Thomas Brunner
 * Brydone – Thomas Brydone
 * Carterton – Charles Carter
 * Charleston – Captain Charles Bonner
 * Christchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England)
 * Clarkville – Joseph Clark
 * Clive – Robert Clive ("Clive of India")
 * Clinton – Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle
 * Clyde – Lord Clyde
 * Coatesville – Gordon Coates, Prime Minister
 * Cobden – Richard Cobden
 * Collingwood – Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
 * Colville – Alexander Colville, 7th Lord Colville of Culross
 * Cromwell – possibly Oliver Cromwell
 * Dargaville – Joseph Dargaville
 * Days Bay – George Day
 * Dennison – R.B. Denniston
 * Dobson – George Dobson
 * Duders Beach – Thomas Duder
 * Evansdale – William Evans
 * Eyreton – Edward John Eyre
 * Featherston – Isaac Featherston
 * Feilding – William Feilding
 * Fendalton – Walpole Chesshyre Fendall (1830–1913)
 * Fordlands – Harry Ford
 * Foxton – William Fox, Premier
 * Franz Josef / Waiau – Franz Joseph I of Austria
 * Frasertown – Major James Fraser
 * Gabriel's Gully – Gabriel Read
 * Gisborne – William Gisborne
 * Gladstone – William Ewart Gladstone
 * Godley Head – John Robert Godley
 * Gore – Thomas Gore Browne
 * Greerton – Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Harpur Greer
 * Grey River / Māwheranui, Greymouth, Greytown – George Grey, Governor
 * Haast – Julius von Haast
 * Halswell – Edmund Storr Halswell QC (1790–1874)
 * Hamilton – John Fane Charles Hamilton
 * Hampden – John Hampden
 * Hanmer Springs – Thomas Hanmer
 * Harrisville – Benjamin Harris
 * Hastings – Warren Hastings
 * Havelock – Henry Havelock
 * Havelock North – Henry Havelock
 * Helensville – Helen McLeod, wife of John McLeod
 * Hinds – Samuel Hinds
 * Hope – Jane Hope
 * Hunterville – George Hunter
 * Hyde – John Hyde Harris
 * Invercargill – William Cargill
 * Jack's Point – "Maori Jack" Tewa
 * Jacksons – Michael Jackson
 * Kennedys Bush – Thomas Kennedy
 * Kimbell – Frederick J. Kimbell
 * Levin – William Hort Levin
 * Lincoln – Earl of Lincoln
 * Linton – James Linton
 * Lower Hutt – Sir William Hutt
 * Lyell – Charles Lyell
 * Lyttelton – the Lyttelton family
 * Macraes – John MacRae
 * Mackenzie Basin – James Mckenzie
 * Mackenzie District – James Mckenzie
 * Macetown – brothers Charles, Harry, and John Mace
 * Mairtown – Gilbert Mair and family
 * Martinborough – John Martin
 * Massey – William Massey, Prime Minister
 * Masterton – Joseph Masters
 * Mauriceville – Maurice O'Rourke
 * Maxwell (now Pākaraka) – Sergeant George Maxwell
 * McLaren Park, New Zealand – Bruce McLaren
 * Melville – James Dougal Melville (1841–1909)
 * Mercer – Captain Henry Mercer
 * Moncks Bay – John Stanley Monck
 * Millers Flat – Walter Miller
 * Murchison – Roderick Murchison
 * Napier – Charles James Napier
 * Nelson – Admiral Horatio Nelson
 * Ormondville – John Davies Ormond
 * Palmerston – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
 * Palmerston North – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
 * Picton – Thomas Picton
 * Plimmerton – John Plimmer
 * Port Albert – Prince Albert
 * Port Chalmers – Thomas Chalmers
 * Port Levy – Solomon Levey
 * Port Underwood – Joseph Underwood
 * Prestons – Thomas Herbert Preston
 * Pyes Pa – Charles Pye, VC
 * Queenstown – Queen Victoria
 * Raglan – Lord Raglan
 * Rātana Pā – T. W. Ratana
 * Renwick – Thomas Renwick
 * Ross – George Ross
 * Saint Arnaud – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
 * Seddon – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
 * Seddonville – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister
 * Sumner – John Bird Sumner
 * Tasman – Abel Tasman
 * Upper Hutt – Sir William Hutt
 * Victoria – Queen Victoria
 * Vogeltown – Julius Vogel, Premier
 * Wakefield – Arthur Wakefield
 * Waldronville – Bill Waldron (1909–1976)
 * Ward – Joseph Ward
 * Wellington – Duke of Wellington
 * Wellsford – an acronym derived from the surnames of the first European families who settled in the region
 * West Eyreton – Edward John Eyre
 * Whitford – Richard Whitford
 * Winton – Thomas Winton
 * Wyndham – Charles Ash Windham

Nicaragua

 * Ahmed Campos Correa (Chontales) – Ahmed Campos Correa (1956–1982), a Nicaraguan Poet
 * Arlen Siu (Granada) – Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
 * Bernardino Diaz Ochoa (Granada) – Bernadino Diaz Ochoa (1941–1971), 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 Darío, Nicaraguan poet
 * Ciudad Sandino – Revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
 * El Viejo – Cacique Agateyte
 * Filiberto Morales (Chinandega) – Filiberto Morales Darce (d.1979)
 * German Pomares (Jinotega), German Pomares (Nueva Segovia) – German Pomares Ordonez (1936–1979), a Nicaraguan national hero
 * Greytown, Nicaragua – Charles Edward Grey, a British judge and colonial governor
 * Gaspar García (Rivas) – Gaspar García Laviana
 * Hilario Sanchez (Managua) – Hilario Sánchez Vásquez (1953–1983), a Nicaraguan military
 * Jesus Rivera (Jinotega) – Manuel de Jesus Rivera "La Mascota" (1965–1978), a Nicaraguan revolutionary kid
 * Jose Benito Escobar (Matagalpa) and Jose Benito Escobar (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Jose Benito Escobar (1936–1978), revolutionary
 * La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of Mary
 * Larreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher
 * Leon Diaz (Jinotega) – General José León Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution
 * Leonel Rugama (Estelí) – José Leónel Rugama (1949–1970), Nicaraguan poet
 * Macario Brenes (Masaya) – Macario Brenes Alvarez (died in 1979)
 * Madriz Department – José Madriz, President of Nicaragua
 * Marlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) – Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962–1983), a student martyr
 * Monseñor Madrigal (Nueva Segovia) – Monseñor Nicolás Antonio Madrigal y García (1898–1977)
 * Pablo Ubeda (Boaco) – Rigoberto Cruz (died in 1967), also known as Pablo Ubeda, one of the founders of the FSLN
 * Padre Ramos (Chinandega) – Father Francisco Ramos, Nicaraguan priest
 * Puerto Benjamín Zeledón – Benjamín Zeledón, 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 (Managua) – Salvador Allende
 * Ricardo Morales Avilés (Granada) – Ricardo Morales Avilés (1939–1973)
 * Rigoberto López Pérez (Managua) – Rigoberto López Pérez, Nicaraguan poet
 * Rivas Department – Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
 * Rivas, Nicaragua – Francisco Rodriguez de Rivas (1674–1743), Captain General of Guatemala
 * Roman Esteban Toledo (Carazo) – Roman del Carmen Esteban Toledo (1950–1979), revolutionary
 * Rubén Darío (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Rubén Darío
 * San Dionisio, Matagalpa – Dionisio de Herrera, president of Nicaragua
 * San Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King Ferdinand III of Spain
 * San Francisco Chontales (Villa Sandino) – Rev. Frank Setzer (1911–2000)
 * San Francisco del Norte – Saint Francis
 * San José de Cusmapa – José Dolores Estrada
 * San José de los Remates – José María Guerrero de Arcos, 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 (1777–1819), Priest and independence hero
 * Socrates Sandino (Masaya) – Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875–1935), a Sandino's paternal brother
 * Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
 * Villa Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino

Niger

 * Cité Fayçal (Niamey) – 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 (KPA) general, Kim Chaek
 * Kimhyonggwon County – Korean revolutionary Kim Hyong-gwon
 * Kimhyongjik County – Korean independence activist Kim Hyong-jik
 * Kimjongsuk County – Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla and Kim Il-sung's first wife Kim Jong-suk

North Macedonia
Former:
 * Čučer-Sandevo – Aleksandar Urdarevski-Sande (1920–1943), participant in the National Liberation War
 * Dame Gruev (Skopje) – Dame Gruev
 * Delčevo – Goce Delčev, revolutionary hero
 * Gazi Baba Municipality – Ottoman poet Aşık Çelebi
 * Gjorče Petrov Municipality – revolutionary Gjorče Petrov
 * Jane Sandanski (Skopje) – Yane Sandanski
 * Josifovo – Josif Josifovski (1915–1943)
 * Sveti Nikole – Saint Nicholas
 * Titov Vrv – Josip Broz, President of Yugoslavia
 * Titov Veles (meaning: "Tito's Veles") was the name of Veles – Josip Broz

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 Munro Longyear

Former:
 * Christiania (from 1624 through 1877) and then Kristiania (from 1877 through 1925) 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 – Qaboos bin Said

Pakistan

 * Abbottabad – James Abbott
 * Aliabad, Hunza – Ali, cousin of Muhammad
 * Aziz Bhatti Town – Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani military officer
 * Bahawalnagar – Bahawal Khan V
 * Bahawalpur – Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi (1715–1749)
 * Chowk Sarwar Shaheed Tehsil – Raja Muhammad Sarwar, Pakistani army officer
 * Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa (d.1985)
 * Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
 * Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leader
 * Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
 * Fatehpur Thakiala – Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi (d.1988)
 * Fort Abbas – Abbas Abbasi, Amir of the Bahawalpur State and former governor of Punjab
 * Haripur, Pakistan – Hari Singh Nalwa
 * Haroonabad, Bahawalnagar – Sahibzada Muhammad Haroon-ur-Rashid Ahmad Abbasi (1924–1972), son of Nawab of Bahawalpur sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V
 * Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
 * Iqbal Town, Lahore – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani national poet
 * Jacobabad – John Jacob
 * Jafarabad District – Jafar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan
 * Jamalabad Gojal - Jamal of Hunza
 * Jamshed Town – Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, first elected Mayor of Karachi
 * Jauharabad – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement
 * Jinnahabad (Abbottabad) – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Father of the nation
 * Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah (d.1983)
 * Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement
 * Liaquatabad Town and Liaquatpur – Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman
 * Minchinabad – Colonel Charles Minchin (1829–1898), British political Agent
 * Miranshah – Miran Shah
 * Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
 * Muzaffargarh – Nawab Muzaffar Khan (d.1818), Afghan Popalzai governor of Multan
 * Nankana Sahib – Guru Nanak
 * Nasirabad District – Muhammad Nasir Khan I (1710–1794), ruler of Kalat
 * Nazimabad – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan
 * Nishtar Town – Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Pakistan movement leader
 * Phool Nagar – Phool Muhammad Khan, former Minister of the area
 * Port Qasim – Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab Commander
 * Qilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of Kalat
 * Quaidabad – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 * Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan (1877–1881), who died by burns in a fire
 * Rajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah
 * Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
 * Safdarabad – Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar (d.1989)
 * Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, a two-time prime minister of Pakistan
 * Shaheed Fazil Rahu – Fazil Rahu
 * 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

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

Panama
• Alcalde Díaz – Mauricio Díaz Garcés (1901–1972), former mayor of Panama

• Almirante, Bocas del Toro – Altamirante Christopher Columbus

• Amador, Panama – Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President

• Amelia Denis de Icaza (corregimiento) – Panamanian romantic poet Amelia Denis de Icaza

• Antón – Antón Martín, Spanish explorer

• Arnulfo Arias, Panama – Arnulfo Arias, president of Panama

• Arosemena, Panama – Pablo Arosemena

• Belisario Porras, Panama – Belisario Porras Barahona, president of Panama

• Carlos Santana Ávila – Carlos Santana Ávila, former legislator of Panameñista Party

• Colón – Christopher Columbus

• Chepigana – Cacique Chepi

• Chepo – Cacique Chepori

• David, Chiriquí – King David

• Edwin Fábrega – Panamanian politician Edwin Fábrega Velarde (1929–1983)

• Ernesto Córdoba Campos – former deputy Ernesto Córdoba Campos (d.1999)

• Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet Tomás Martín Feuillet

• Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo Vásquez

• Herrera (corregimiento) – Tomás de Herrera

• Hurtado, Panama – Don Manuel José Hurtado, father of Panamanian education

• José Domingo Espinar – Panamanian patriot José Domingo Espinar (1791–1865)

• Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama – Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, president of Panama

• Juan Díaz, Panama City – Juan Díaz, spanish soldier

• Justo Fidel Palacios – Justo Fidel Palacios (1956–1987), panamanian journalist

• Los Díaz – General Domingo Díaz

• Manuel E. Amador Terrero (Veraguas) – Manuel Encarnación Amador (1869–1952), designer who created the flag of Panama

• Manuel Ortega, Emberá – Professor Manuel Ortega (d.1983)

• Mateo Iturralde – General Mateo Iturralde

• Mendoza, Panama – Carlos A. Mendoza, former president

• Obaldía, Panama – José Domingo de Obaldía

• Omar Torrijos, Panama – Commander Omar Torrijos

• Omar Torrijos Herrera District (Colón) – Omar Torrijos, Leader of the Panamanian Revolution

• Parque Lefevre – Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre

• Pedasí, Los Santos – Cacique Peazi

• Penonomé, Coclé – Cacique Nomé

• Pinogana – Cacique Pino

• Puerto Armuelles – Colonel Tomás Armuelles

• Puerto Obaldía – José Domingo de Obaldía, president of Panama

• Puerto Vidal – Father Superior Francisco Xavier Vidal

• Purio – Cacique Puri

• Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado – trade unionist leader, Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado (1939–1963)

• Rubén Cantú, Panama – Panamanian pilot Rubén Cantú (d.1967)

• Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Rufina Alfaro

• Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Victoriano Lorenzo

• Villa Carmen, Panama – Carmen Madrid de Arias (d.1943), mother of Arnulfo Arias

Papua New Guinea

 * Alexishafen – Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Duke of York Rural LLG – Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
 * Finschhafen – Otto Finsch
 * Gloucester Rural LLG – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
 * Goodenough Island Rural LLG – James Graham Goodenough
 * Gurney (Alotau) – Charles Raymond Gurney
 * Hatzfeldhafen – Paul von Hatzfeldt
 * Heldsbach – German missioner Friedrich Held, who died of malaria in 1901
 * Lake Murray Rural LLG – Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua
 * Louisiade Rural LLG – Louis XV of France
 * Marienberg Rural LLG – Marie von Bismarck (1848–1926)
 * Markham District – Clements Markham
 * Milne Bay Province - Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet
 * Morehead Rural LLG – Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Premier of Queensland
 * Mount Hagen – Curt von Hagen (1859–1897)
 * 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
• Alberdi, Paraguay – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine writer

• Benjamín Aceval – Tomas Benjamin Aceval (1845–1900), a paraguayan diplomat

• Capitán Bado – José Matías Bado, an army officer

• Capitán Carmelo Peralta – Carmelo Peralta (1910–1940), paraguayan aviator

• Capitán Mauricio José Troche – Mauricio José Troche (liberator)

• Capitán Meza – Pedro Ignacio Meza (1813–1865)

• Col.Juan Sinforiano Bogarin (Caaguazu) – Juan Sinforiano Bogarín, Archbishop of Paraguay

• Col.Padre Guido Coronel (Alto Paraná) – Guido Coronel (1911–1990)

• Coronel Bogado – Jose Felix Bogado, a Paraguayan Hero

• Coronel Oviedo – Florentin Oviedo, a hero of Paraguayan war

• Doctor Cecilio Báez – Cecilio Báez, president of Paraguay

• Doctor Eulogio Estigarribia – Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, lawyer and politician

• Doctor Juan León Mallorquín District – Juan León Mallorquín (1880–1947), President of Supreme court of Justice

• Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos – Juan Manuel Frutos, President of Paraguay

• Doctor Moisés Bertoni – Moisés Santiago Bertoni, a Swiss naturalist

• Doctor Pedro P. Peña – Pedro Peña, President of Paraguay

• Doctor Raúl Peña, Paraguay – Carlos Raúl Peña del Molino Torres (1904–1984), a former president Pedro Peña's son

• Domingo Robledo (Mayor Otaño) – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), former municipal intendant of Encarnacion

• Edelira - Edelira Barthe Cueto (1884-1921)

• Eusebio Ayala – Eusebio Ayala, President of Paraguay

• Escobar, Paraguay – Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay

• Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay – Fernando de la Mora (politician), a father of Paraguayan independence from Spain

• General Artigas – Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas

• General Delgado – Jose Maria Delgado, a military of Paraguayan war

• General Elizardo Aquino – Elizardo Aquino, a hero of Paraguayan war

• General Eugenio A. Garay – Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1874–1937), a Paraguayan military and journalist

• General Francisco Álvarez – Francisco Caballero Alvarez (1896–1958), Paraguayan military

• General Higinio Morínigo – Higinio Morínigo, President of Paraguay

• General Isidoro Resquín – Francisco Isidoro Resquín

• General José Eduvigis Díaz – José Eduvigis Díaz, a Hero of Paraguayan war

• General Patricio Colmán (Alto Paraná) – Patricio Colmán Martinez (1911–1972)

• Hernandarias District – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, a spanish Conquistator

• José Fassardi – Giusseppe Fassardi (1866–1940), Italian businessman

• José Ocampos –  Jose Domingo Ocampos (1885–1993), founder

• Juan Emilio O'Leary – Juan Emiliano O'Leary (1879–1969), Paraguayan journalist, poet, historian, and politician

• Juan R. Chavez (Caaguazu) – Juan Ramon Chavez (1901–1995)

• Julián Augusto Saldívar – Julian Augusto Saldivar Viera (1896–1987), Paraguayan diplomat

• Mariano Roque Alonso – Mariano Roque Alonso, a consul of the republic

• Mariscal Estigarribia – Marshall José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay

• Mariscal Francisco Solano López – Francisco Solano López, Second President of Paraguay

• Mayor José Dejesús Martínez – Jose Dejesus Martinez, a hero of Paraguayan war

• Pedro Juan Caballero – Pedro Juan Caballero

• Presidente Franco District – Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay

• Puerto Casado – Carlos Casado del Alisal

• Raúl Arsenio Oviedo – Raúl Arsenio Oviedo (d.1960), Paraguayan politician who was killed by the guerrillas who faced the Stroessner's regime

• San Alberto, Paraguay – Capt. Alberto Fernandez Valenzuela (1906–2005), a captain of the Paraguayan navy

• San Alfredo (Concepción) – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay

• San Lázaro – Capt. Lazaro Aranda (1873–1945), founder

• Sargento José Félix López – José Félix López Pesoa (1860–1870), Paraguayan child martyr who died at Battle of Cerro Corá

• Teniente Esteban Martínez – Teniente Esteban Martínez (d.1932), Hero of the Chaco war

• Teniente Primero Manuel Irala Fernández – Manuel Irala Fernández (1893–1979), Hero of the Chaco war

• Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguay – Tomás Romero Pereira, President of Paraguay

• Valenzuela, Paraguay – father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela

• Villa Elisa, Paraguay – Elisa von Poleski (1866–1946)

• Villa Hayes – Rutherford Hayes, US president

• Yegros – Fulgencio Yegros, Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay

Former:
 * Doña Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias was the name of Alto Verá – Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias, Alfredo Stroessner's sister
 * Domingo Robledo was the name of Natalio – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), Intendent of Encarnacion
 * Fortin Lopez de Filippis was the name of Mariscal Estigarribia – Captain Cesar Lopez de Filippis, Paraguayan military who died during the Chaco War in 1933
 * Puerto Presidente Stroessner was the name of Ciudad del Este – Alfredo Stroessner

Peru
• Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (Peru) – Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (1937–1951), a Child Hero of the School Police of Peru

• Alonso de Alvarado District – Alonso de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador

• Antonio Raymondi Province – Antonio Raimondi, native Italian geographer

• Bolívar, Peru – Simón Bolívar

• Bolognesi Province – Francisco Bolognesi, hero of the Battle of Arica

• Cáceres del Perú District – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres

• Cañete Province – Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete

• Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald

• Castilla District – Ramón Castilla

• Castrovirreyna – Doña Teresa de Castro

• Condorcanqui Province – Túpac Amaru II (also known as Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui), a leader of a large Andean uprising

• Contralmirante Villar Province – Contralmirante Manuel Villar Olivera, Peruvian mariner

• Coronel Castañeda District – Colonel Jose Maria Castañeda, Peruvian military

• Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa District – Gregorio Albarracín (1817–1882)

• Coronel Portillo Province – Pedro Portillo, Prefect of Loreto

• Daniel Alcides Carrión Province – medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión

• Daniel Alomías Robles District – Daniel Alomía Robles, Peruvian compositor

• Daniel Hernández District – Daniel Hernández Morillo

• Deán Valdivia District – Juan Gualberto Valdivia Cornejo (1796–1884), Peruvian priest

• Eleazar Guzman Barron District – Eleazar Guzmán Barrón (1899–1957), physician

• Elías Soplín Vargas District – Elías Soplín Vargas (1909–1933), Peruvian national hero

• Emilio San Martín District – Emilio San Martín (1861–1880), Peruvian national hero

• Espinar Province – Ladislao Espinar Carrera (1842–1879), hero of Cusco

• Fernando Belaunde (Piura) – Fernando Belaunde Terry, President of Peru

• Fernando Lores District – Fernando Lores Tenazoa (1906–1933), hero of the Colombia–Peru War

• Fidel Olivas Escudero District – Fidel Olivas Escudero (1850–1935), Peruvian bishop

• Fitzcarrald District – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald

• General Sánchez Cerro Province – former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

• Grau Province – Rafael Grau (1876–1917), Peruvian lawyer and politician who was assassinated in 1917

• Grau (Nauta) – Miguel Grau, Peruvian naval officer and national hero

• Grocio Prado District – José Santos Grocio Prado Linares (1857–1880), hero of the Battle of the Peak of the Alliance

• Gustavo Mohme Llona (Piura) – Gustavo Mohme Llona, businessman and politician

• Hermilio Valdizán District – Hermilio Valdizán, Peruvian physician

• Heroínas Toledo District – María e Higinia Toledo and their mother Cleofé Ramos, heroines of Peruvian independence

• Ignacio Escudero District – Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso, Peruvian patrician

• Irazola District – Francisco Irazola (1869–1945), Spanish explorer

• Jacobo Hunter District – Jacob Dixon Hunter (1837–1926), Scottish doctor

• Jenaro Herrera District – Genaro Herrera (1861–1939), lawyer, narrator and politician

• Jorge Basadre Province – Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Peruvian historian

• Jorge Chávez District – Jorge Chávez, Peruvian aviator

• José Crespo y Castillo District – Juan José Crespo y Castillo, Peruvian independence hero

• José Domingo Choquehuanca District – José Domingo Choquehuanca (1794–1854), Peruvian lawyer and politician

• José Luis Bustamante District – Jose Luis Bustamante, President of Peru

• José María Arguedas District – José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist

• José María Quimper District – José María Químper (1828–1902), Minister of the Interior

• Jose Olaya (Nauta) – José Olaya, Peruvian independence hero

• Juan Espinoza Medrano District – Juan Espinoza Medrano, Peruvian writer

• Juan Velasco Alvarado (Melgar) – Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general

• Justo Apu Sahuaraura District – Justo Sahuaraura Inca, Peruvian independence hero

• La Mar Province – José de La Mar, President of Peru

• Leoncio Prado Province, Leoncio Prado District, Huaura – Peruvian mariner Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez

• Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro District – Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro, Peruvian explorer

• María Parado de Bellido District – María Parado de Bellido, Peruvian indigenous revolutionary

• Mariano Dámaso Beraun District – Mariano Dámaso Beraun (1813–1894), Peruvian physician and educador

• Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel District – Mariano Valcárcel

• Mariscal Benavides District – Oscar Benavides

• Mariscal Cáceres Province – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres

• Mariscal Castilla District, Chachapoyas, Mariscal Castilla District, Concepción – Ramón Castilla, President of Peru

• Mariscal Gamarra District – Agustín Gamarra, President of Peru

• Mariscal Luzuriaga Province – Peruvian marshal and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga

• Mariscal Nieto Province – Marshall Domingo Nieto, Peruvian politician

• Melgar Province and Mariano Melgar District – Mariano Melgar, Peruvian patriot, poet, artist and warrior

• Micaela Bastidas District – Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, a martyr for Peruvian independence

• Miguel Checa District – Don Miguel Checa y Checa (1861–1935), Peruvian politician who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910

• Miguel Iglesias District – Miguel Iglesias, Peruvian soldier, general, and politician, 35th President of Peru

• Nicolás de Piérola District – Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru

• Pachacuti District – Pachacuti

• Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missionary

• Padre Marquez District – Buenaventura Márquez

• Pedro Vilca Apaza District – Pedro Vilca Apaza (1741–1782), Quechua indigenous rebel leader

• Puerto Bermúdez District – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru

• Puerto Maldonado – Faustino Maldonado, Peruvian explorer

• Ramón Castilla – Marshall Ramón Castilla, President of Peru

• Requena Province – Francisco Requena y Herrera, Governor of Maynas

• Ricardo Palma District – Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician

• Rodríguez de Mendoza Province – Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Peruvian academic

• Rosa Panduro District – Carmen Rosa Panduro (1918–1989), Peruvian housewife who participated in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War

• Salas District, Ica – Juan José Salas, Peruvian independence hero

• Sargento Elmer Pacaya (Nauta) – Sargent Elmer Pacaya del Águila (1966–1983)

• San Martín Province – José de San Martín, Argentine general, Protector of Peru

• San Román Province – Miguel de San Román President of Peru

• Sánchez Carrión Province – José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, pro-independence politician from Peru

• Sucre Province – Antonio José de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho

• Teniente Cesar Lopez Rojas District – César Augusto López Rojas (1915–1941)

• Teniente Manuel Clavero District – José Manuel Sixto Clavero Muga (1879–1911), hero killed in a battle on the Colombian border

• Túpac Amaru District – Túpac Amaru II

• Tupac Amaru Inca District – Túpac Amaru II

• Vargas Guerra District – Alfredo Vargas Guerra (1910–1933)

• Víctor Fajardo Province – Colonel Victor Fajardo

• Víctor Larco Herrera District – Victor Larco Herrera, Peruvian philanthropist

• Víctor Raúl (Nauta) – Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre

• Villa María del Triunfo – María Delgado de Odría (1900–1990), First Lady of Peru

• Zúñiga District – Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva

Philippines
• Adams, Ilocos Norte – John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (1825–1829)

• Aglipay, Quirino – Gregorio Aglipay

• Agoncillo, Batangas – Felipe Agoncillo, Secretary of Interior (1923–1925)

• Aguilar, Pangasinan – Rafael María de Aguilar, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)

• Aguinaldo, Ifugao – Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines

• Akbar, Basilan – Imam Akbar Marani, Islamic preacher

• Alamada, Cotabato – Datu Amaybulok Alamada, local chieftain

• Alaminos, Laguna – Juan Alaminos y Vivar, Governor-General of the Philippines (1873–1874)

• Alaminos, Pangasinan – Juan Alaminos y Vivar, Governor-General of the Philippines (1873–1874)

• Alcala, Cagayan –  Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre, Governor-General of the Philippines (1843–1844)

• Alcantara, Romblon – Don Ciriaco Alcantara, a cabeza de barangay

• Alfonso, Cavite – King Alfonso XII of Spain

• Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya – Alfonso Castañeda, Governor of Nueva Vizcaya (1925–1928)

• Alfonso Lista – Alfonso Lista, town's first mayor

• Alicia, Bohol – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino

• Alicia, Isabela – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino

• Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino

• Allen, Northern Samar – Henry Tureman Allen, senior United States Army officer, Military Governor of Leyte

• Altavas – Jose Altavas

• Aurora – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines

• Balagtas, Bulacan – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and litterateur

• Basco, Batanes – José Basco y Vargas, Governor-General of the Philippines (1778–1787)

• Bautista, Pangasinan – John the Baptist

• Benito Soliven, Isabela – Benito Soliven, member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1928–1931) and the National Assembly of the Philippines (1935–1941)

• Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader

• Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte – Braulio Española Dujali

• Brooke's Point – James Brooke, British soldier and adventurer

• Clarin, Bohol – Anecito Clarin, Governor of Bohol (1901–1904)

• Clarin, Misamis Occidental – José Clarín, Senator (1916–1935) and member of the House of Representatives (1907–1916)

• Corcuera, Romblon – Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera, Governor-General of the Philippines (1635–1644)

• Dagohoy, Bohol – Francisco Dagohoy, Filipino revolutionary

• Dasmariñas, Cavite – Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, Governor-General of the Philippines (1590–1593)

• Delfin Albano, Isabela – Delfin Albano, member of the House of Representatives (1957–1965)

• Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan – Remedios Trinidad-Romualdez, mother of Imelda Marcos

• Enrile, Cagayan – Pasqual Enrile y Alcedo, Governor-General of the Philippines (1830–1835)

• Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental – Enrique B. Magalona, Senator (1946–1955) and member of the House of Representatives (1931–1946)

• Garchitorena, Camarines Sur – Don Andres Garchitorena, Governor of Ambos Camarines (1919)

• General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite – Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines

• General Luna, Quezon – Antonio Luna, Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army (1898–1899)

• General Mariano Alvarez – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino revolutionary and statesman

• General Nakar – Major General Guilllermo Peñamente Nakar, Filipino military officer executed by the Japanese in 1943

• General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao – Salipada K. Pendatun, member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1985), House of Representatives (1957–1972), Senator (1946–1949), and Governor of Cotabato (1945)

• General Santos – General Paulino Santos, Commanding General of the Philippine Army (1936–1938) and Governor of Lanao (1936–1939)

• General Tinio, Nueva Ecija – Manuel Tinio, Governor of Nueva Ecija (1907–1909)

• General Trias – Mariano Trías, Filipino revolutionary considered to be the first de facto Vice President of the Philippines

• Gloria, Oriental Mindoro – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines (2001–2010)

• Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur – Gregorio del Pilar, one of the youngest generals of the Philippine Revolutionary Army

• Isabela, Basilan – Queen Isabella II of Spain

• Isabela Province – Queen Isabella II of Spain

• Jones, Isabela – William Atkinson Jones, member of the United States House of Representatives (1891–1918), namesake of the Jones Act

• Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental – José Abad Santos, Chief Justice of the Philippines (1941–1942) and acting President of the Philippines (1942) executed by the Japanese forces

• Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte – José María Panganiban

• Lavezares, Northern Samar – Guido de Lavezaris

• Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu

• Laurel – Miguel and José P. Laurel

• Legazpi, Albay – Miguel López de Legazpi

• Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega

• Lopez Jaena – Graciano López Jaena

• Mabini, Batangas – Apolinario Mabini

• Mabini, Bohol – Apolinario Mabini

• Mabini, Davao de Oro – Apolinario Mabini

• Mabini, Pangasinan – Apolinario Mabini

• MacArthur, Leyte – General Douglas MacArthur

• Magdalena, Laguna – Mary Magdalene

• Magsaysay, Davao del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay

• Malvar – Miguel Malvar

• Manolo Fortich – Mayor Manolo Fortich

• Marcos, Ilocos Norte – Mariano Marcos

• Mendez, Cavite – Commodore Castro Méndez Núñez

• Muñoz, Nueva Ecija – Francisco Muñoz

• New Washington, Aklan – George Washington

• Norzagaray – Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero

• Ozamiz – José Ozámiz

• Quezon, Bukidnon – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines

• Quezon City – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines

• Quirino – Elpidio Quirino

• Padre Burgos, Quezon – José Burgos

• Padre Garcia, Batangas – Vicente García, a Filipino priest, hero and a defender of Jose P. Rizal

• Pio Duran, Albay –  Filipino Pan-Asianist, Lawyer and Legislator, Pio Saceda Duran (1900–1961)

• Pio V. Corpuz, Masbate – Congressman and Governor, Pio Vicente Corpuz (1883–1944)

• President Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol – Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines

• President Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines

• Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines

• Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of then First Lady and Congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos

• Rizal – José Rizal, National hero

• Rodriguez, Rizal – Eulogio Rodriguez

• Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay – Roseller T. Lim

• Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines

• Salcedo, Eastern Samar – Juan de Salcedo

• Salcedo, Ilocos Sur – Juan de Salcedo

• San Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte – Lorenzo Ruiz

• San Pablo, Laguna – St. Paul the First Hermit

• San Pedro, Laguna  – St. Peter the Apostle

• Santa Rosa, Laguna – St. Rose of Lima

• Santiago – Saint James the Apostle

• Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat – Benigno Aquino Jr.

• Sikatuna, Bohol – Datu Sikatuna

• Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat

• Taft, Eastern Samar – William Howard Taft

• Tobias Fornier, Antique – Congressman from Antique, Tobias A Fornier

• Trece Martires – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite

• Trinidad, Bohol – Trinidad de Leon-Roxas, first lady of the Philippines

• Valderrama, Antique – Manuel Blanco Valderrama, acting Governor-General of the Philippines

• Valenzuela – Pío Valenzuela

• Victoria, Oriental Mindoro – Victoria Quirino, daughter of President Elpidio Quirino

Poland
• Aleksandrów Kujawski – Emperor Alexander II Romanov, benefactor of the town

• Aleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov

• Annopol – Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founder

• Augustów – King Sigismund II Augustus, founder

• Baborów – Bavor ze Strakonic, founder

• Barczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858–1928), Polish Catholic priest

• Bemowo – Józef Bem, national hero

• Bodzentyn – Jan Bodzanta, founder

• Bolesławiec – Duke Bolesław the Pious, founder

• Czukty – Mikołaj Czukta, founder

• Duły – Jan Duła, founder

• Dybowo – Jan Dybowski, founder

• Dzierżoniów – Father Jan Dzierżon, Polish apiarist, discovered the parthenogenesis of bees

• Frampol – Franciszka Butler, wife of founder

• Giżycko – Gustaw Gizewiusz, political figure

• Janów Lubelski – Jan Zamoyski, son of founder

• Jordanów – Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, founder

• Józefów – Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, founder

• Kazimierz Dolny – Duke Casimir II the Just, donor of the town to the Order of Norbertines

• Kętrzyn – Wojciech Kętrzyński, historian

• Kolonowskie – Philipp Colonna, founder

• Konstancin – Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founder

• Konstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov

• Korfantów – Wojciech Korfanty, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland

• Łaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz, founder

• Mieszkowice – Duke Mieszko I

• Mrągowo – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz, Protestant pastor

• Pieniężno – Seweryn Pieniężny (1890–1940), Polish journalist

• Platerówka – Emilia Plater, national heroine

• Przemków – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa, founder

• Rejowiec – Mikołaj Rey, founder

• Rymanów – Nicolao Reymann, founder

• Sokołowsko – Alfred Sokołowski, resident and benefactor of the town

• Srokowo – Stanisław Srokowski, geographer and diplomat

• Szczuczyn – Stanisław Antoni Szczuka, founder

• Szlichtyngowa – Jan Schlichting, founder

• Tarnobrzeg – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder

• Tarnogród – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder

• Terespol – Teresa Słuszka, wife of founder

• Tomaszów Lubelski – Tomasz Zamoyski, owner and benefactor of the town

• Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski, founder

• Tyczyn – Bartold Tyczner, founder

• Ursynów – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

• Wejherowo – Jakub Weyher, founder

• Władysławowo – King Wladislaus IV Vasa, founder of the town's port

• Zawadzkie – Franciszek von Zawadzky, founder

• Żyrardów – Philippe de Girard, founder

• Former:

• Aleksandrowo was the initial name of Gościnowo – Aleksander Zborowski, founder

• Bierutowice was the name of Karpacz Górny (now part of Karpacz) 1949–1991 – Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland

• Hermannsbad was the name of Ciechocinek 1939–1945 – Hermann Göring

• Hindenburg was the name of Zabrze 1915–1945 – Paul von Hindenburg

• Iwanogród was the name of Dęblin 1842–1915 – Ivan Paskevich

• Litzmannstadt was the name of Łódź 1940–1945 – Karl Litzmann

• Nowa Aleksandria was the name of Puławy 1846–1916 – Emperor Alexander I Romanov

• Nowogeorgiewsk was the name of Modlin Fortress 1834–1915 – Saint George

• Stalinogród was the name of Katowice 1953–1956 – Joseph Stalin

Portugal

 * Costa Cabral (Porto) – António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar
 * Doutor Augusto de Castro (Lisboa) – Augusto de Castro (1883–1971), lawyer, diplomat and politician
 * Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count Rodrigo González Girón
 * Gomes da Costa (Porto) – Manuel Gomes da Costa
 * Guerra Junqueiro (Porto) – Guerra Junqueiro
 * Guimarães – Vímara Peres
 * Lisbon (Latin, Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, Ulyssipolis, Ulisseia) – Ulysses
 * Marechal Carmona (Lisboa) – Óscar Carmona, President
 * Marques de Pombal (Lisboa) – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
 * Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal
 * Norton de Matos (Coimbra) – José Norton de Matos, a Portuguese general and politician
 * Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz
 * Padre Cruz (Lisbon) – Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859–1948), Portuguese priest
 * Rainha D. Leonor (Albufeira) – Eleanor of Viseu
 * Santa Joana (parish) – 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

 * Amalia Marin (Ponce) – Amalia Marín Castilla (1876–1957)
 * Baldorioty De Castro (Ponce) – Román Baldorioty de Castro
 * Betances (Cabo Rojo) – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican lawyer
 * Bolívar (Santurce) – Simón Bolívar
 * Caguas, Puerto Rico – chief Caguax
 * Carolina, Puerto Rico – King Charles II of Spain
 * Cataño, Puerto Rico – Hernando de Cataño
 * Eleanor Roosevelt (Hato Rey) – Eleanor Roosevelt, American Politician
 * Fajardo, Puerto Rico – Juan Antonio Fajardo (founder)
 * Fernando L.Garcia (Utuado) – Fernando Luis García
 * 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
 * Jaime L. Drew (Ponce) – Jaime L. Drew, Puerto Rican educator
 * John F. Kennedy (Mayagüez) – John F. Kennedy
 * Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico – Doña Juana Díaz
 * Lares, Puerto Rico – Don Amador de Lariz, Spanish nobleman
 * Levittown, Puerto Rico – William Levitt
 * López Sicardó (Oriente) – Rafael Lopez Sicardo (1875–1937)
 * Luis Llorens Torres (Santurce) – Luis Lloréns Torres
 * Manuel A. Pérez (San Juan) – Manuel Pérez (teacher)
 * Marín (Patillas) and Luis Muñoz Marín (San Lorenzo) – Luis Muñoz Marín, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
 * Morel Campos (Ponce) – Juan Morel Campos
 * Muñoz Rivera (Patillas) – Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician
 * Nemesio Canales (San Juan) – Nemesio Canales
 * Ponce, Puerto Rico – Juan Ponce de León or Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, great-grandson of Spanish
 * Rafael Hernández (Aguadilla) – Rafael Hernández Marín
 * Roosevelt Roads (Ceiba) – Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * San Germán, Puerto Rico – Germaine of Foix, the new queen of King Fernando or Saint Germanus of Auxerre
 * Villa Georgetti (Barceloneta) – Eduardo Georgetti

Qatar

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

Romania
• Ady Endre – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet

• Alexandria – Alexandru II Ghica, Prince of Wallachia

• Alexandru Odobescu, Călărași – Alexandru Odobescu, writer and politician

• Avram Iancu, Alba and Avram Iancu, Bihor – Avram Iancu

• Bucharest – Bucur, legendary shepherd

• C. A. Rosetti, Buzău, C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, liberal Wallachian politician

• Ciprian Porumbescu, Suceava – Ciprian Porumbescu

• Constanța – Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of Constantine the Great

• Constantin Daicoviciu, Caraș-Severin – Constantin Daicoviciu, Romanian historian (died 1973)

• Costache Negri, Galați – Costache Negri, revolutionary

• Costinești – Emil Costinescu, Minister of Finance and landowner

• Cuza Vodă, Călărași, Cuza Vodă, Constanța, Cuza Vodă, Galați – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia

• Dragalina, Călărași – General Ion Dragalina

• General Berthelot – Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general

• George Enescu, Botoșani – George Enescu, Romanian composer

• Gheorghe Doja, Ialomița – György Dózsa, a Székely from Transylvania

• Gheorghe Lazăr, Ialomița – Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar

• Giurgiu – Saint George

• Horia, Constanța, Horia, Neamț, Horia, Tulcea – Vasile Ursu Nicola (known as Horea)

• I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea – Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania

• Ion Corvin, Constanța – John Hunyadi

• Ion Creangă, Neamț – Ion Creangă

• Ion Roată, Ialomița – Ion Roată, a Romanian peasant and political figure

• Medgidia – Abdülmecid I

• Mihai Eminescu, Botoșani – Mihai Eminescu

• Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Ialomiţa, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea – Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prime Minister of Romania

• Mihai Viteazu, Cluj, Mihai Viteazu, Constanța – Michael the Brave

• Mircea Vodă, Brăila, Mircea Vodă, Constanța – Mircea I of Wallachia

• Moldovenești – Ioan Micu Moldovan, a Romanian professor

• Nicolae Bălcescu, Bacău, Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași, Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanța, Nicolae Bălcescu, Vâlcea – Nicolae Bălcescu

• Nicolae Titulescu, Olt – Nicolae Titulescu, a Romanian diplomat and politician

• Negru Vodă – probably Radu Negru

• Oneşti – Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana

• Ovidiu – Ovid

• Petru Rareș, Bistrița-Năsăud – Petru Rareș

• Roman – Roman I of Moldavia

• Saligny, Constanța – Anghel Saligny

• Sfântu Gheorghe, Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea – Saint George

• Ștefan cel Mare, Argeș, Ștefan cel Mare, Călărași, Ștefan cel Mare, Neamț, Ștefan cel Mare, Olt, Ștefan cel Mare, Vaslui, Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău – Stephen III of Moldavia

• Traian, Bacău, Traian, Brăila, Traian, Ialomița, Traian, Olt, Traian, Teleorman – Trajan

• Traian Vuia, Timiș – Traian Vuia, Romanian inventor and aviator

• Tudor Vladimirescu, Brăila, Tudor Vladimirescu, Galați – Tudor Vladimirescu

• Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș – Victor Vlad Delamarina, Romanian poet

• Vlad Țepeș, Călărași, Vlad Țepeș, Giurgiu – Vlad the Impaler

• Former:

• Stalin was the name of Brașov – Joseph Stalin

• Vasile Roaită was the name of Eforie Sud – Vasile Roaită, a communist shot during the Griviţa Strike of 1933

• Ferdinand I was the name of Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța – Ferdinand I of Romania

• Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Oneşti – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, communist leader

• Dr. Petru Groza was the name of Ştei – Petru Groza, Prime Minister of Romania

Russia
• Akhmat-Yurt – Akhmad Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic

• Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky – Emperor Alexander II of Russia

• Aslanbek-Sheripovo (Chechenia) – Aslanbek Sheripov (1897–1919), revolutionary leader

• Andropovsky District – Yuri Andropov, President

• Babushkin – Ivan Babushkin, revolutionary leader

• Borisoglebsk – Saints Boris and Gleb

• Budyonnovsk – Marshall Semyon Budyonny

• Chaykovsky – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer

• Chekhov – Anton Chekhov, playwright

• Chernokozovo – Khrisanf Pavlovich Chernokozov (1885–1966)

• Chernyakhovsk – General Ivan Chernyakhovsky

• Chersky – Polish paleontologist and explorer Jan Czerski

• Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast – General Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (1829–1905)

• Demidov – Bolshevik leader Yakov Demidov

• Dikson – Scottish-Swedish explorer Oscar Dickson

• Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian communist leader and also as a Prime Minister of Bulgaria

• Dmitrov – Saint Demetrius

• Dzerzhinsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky, politician

• Engels – Friedrich Engels, philosopher

• Furmanov – Dmitry Furmanov, author

• Gagarin – Yury Gagarin, cosmonaut

• Georgiyevsk – Saint George

• Gorodovikovsk – General Oka Gorodovikov

• Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – Major General Stepan Guryev

• Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast – Dimitri Alexandrovich Guryev, Minister of Finance

• Imeni Poliny Osipenko (rural locality) – Polina Osipenko, military pilot

• Ivangorod – Tsar Ivan III of Russia

• Kaliningrad – Mikhail Kalinin, President

• Khabarovsk – explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov

• Kingisepp – Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian communist revolutionary

• Kirov – Sergey Kirov, bolshevik leader

• Kirovgrad – Sergey Kirov

• Kirovsk – Sergey Kirov

• Korolyov – rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov

• Kotovsk – Grigore Kotovski, politician

• Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin, anarcho-communist philosopher

• Kuznetsovo, Chukhlomsky District, Kostroma Oblast – Vasili Kuznetsov (politician)

• Kuybyshevo, Rostov Oblast – Commander Nikolay Kuibyshev

• Leninsk-Kuznetsky – Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician

• Leninogorsk – Vladimir Lenin

• Lermontov – Mikhail Lermontov, writer and poet

• Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) – Leo Tolstoy, writer

• Lomonosov – writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov

• Makarov – Stepan Makarov, Imperial Russian naval officer and oceanographer

• Makhachkala – Daghestani revolutionary, Magomed-Ali 'Makhach' Dakhadaev (1882–1918)

• Mariinsk – Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)

• Mariinsky Posad – Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)

• Marks – Karl Marx, philosopher

• Mayakovskoye – Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet

• Michurinsk – selectionist Ivan Michurin

• Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast – army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller

• Muravlenko – Viktor Muravlenko (1912–1977), engineer

• Nagurskoye – Polish pioneer of aviation Jan Nagórski

• Novoalexandrovsk – Emperor Alexander I of Russia

• Novokuybyshevsk – Valerian Kuybyshev, revolutionary

• Nesterov – World War II hero Stepan Kuzmich Nesterov (1906–1944)

• Nevelsk – Gennady Nevelskoy, navigator

• Noginsk – Bolshevik leader Viktor Nogin

• Pavlovsk – Emperor Paul I

• Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul

• Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast – Peter the Great, Father of the Russian fatherland

• Petrozavodsk – Tsar Peter the Great

• Prokopyevsk – Prokopiy of Ustug

• Pushkin – Aleksandr Pushkin, writer

• Rostov-na-Donu – Dimitry of Rostov

• Saint Petersburg – St. Peter, as the patron saint of Peter the Great (St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)

• Salavat – Salawat Yulayev

• Sergiyev Posad – St. Sergii Radonezhsky

• Shelekhov – Grigory Shelikhov, marine

• Sholokhovsky District – Mikhail Sholokhov, novelist

• Stakhanovets and Stakhanovo (Tula) – Alexey Stakhanov, miner

• Tolyatti (or Togliatti) – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician

• Ulyanovsk – Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov

• Voroshilovka (Smolensk) and Voroshilovo – Kliment Voroshilov

• Yaroslavl – Prince Yaroslav I the Wise

• Yekaterinburg, Russia – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Empress Catherine I of Russia

• Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast – Georgy Zhukov, Military leader

• Zhukovsky – Nikolay Zhukovsky, scientist, a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.

• Former:

• Andropov was the name of Rybinsk – Yuri Andropov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

• Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

• Gorky was the name of Nizhny Novgorod – Maxim Gorky

• Chkalov was the name of Orenburg – aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov

• Georgiu Dezh was the name of Liski – Romanian communist Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

• Kalinin was the name of Tver – Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

• Königsberg was the name of Kaliningrad – King Ottokar II, "the Iron", of Bohemia

• Kuybyshev was the name of Samara – Valerian Kuybyshev

• Leningrad was the name of Saint Petersburg – Vladimir Lenin

• Molotov was the name of Perm – Vyacheslav Molotov

• Novonikolaevsk was the name of Novosibirsk – Emperor Nicholas II

• Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vladikavkaz – Sergo Ordzhonikidze

• Petrovsk-Port was the name of Makhachkala – Peter the Great

• Stalingrad was the name of Volgograd – Joseph Stalin

• Stalinogorsk was the name of Novomoskovsk – Joseph Stalin

• Stalinsk was the name of Novokuznetsk – Joseph Stalin

• Sverdlovsk was the name of Yekaterinburg – Yakov Sverdlov

• Ustinov was the name of Izhevsk – Marshal Dmitry Ustinov

• Voroshilov was the name of Ussuriysk – Kliment Voroshilov

• Yekaterinodar was the name of Krasnodar – Catherine the Great

Saint Kitts and Nevis

 * Charlestown, Nevis – Charles II of England

Saint Lucia

 * Castries – Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries, French Marshal
 * Rodney Bay – British naval officer George Brydges Rodney

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

São Tomé e Príncipe

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

Saudi Arabia

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

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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

Senegal

 * Djily Mbaye (Dakar) – El Hadj Djily Mbaye (1927–1991)
 * Richard Toll – Jean Michel Claude Richard, French botanist
 * Saint-Louis – Louis XIV of France

Serbia
• Aleksa Šantić – Aleksa Šantić, poet

• Aleksandrovac – King Alexander I of Serbia

• Andrićev Venac – Ivo Andrić

• Bajina Bašta – Baja Osman

• Blok Sava Kovačević – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević

• Braće Jerković – Nebojša and Dušan Jerković

• Bosilegrad – King Busil

• Čelarevo – Commander Zdravko Čelar, Serbian national hero

• Despotovac – Despot Stefan Lazarević

• Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria

• Donji Milanovac – Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia

• Dr Ivan Ribar – Doctor Ivan Ribar, President of Yugoslavia

• Gornji Milanovac – Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia

• Jaša Tomić – Jaša Tomić, journalist

• Kačarevo – Svetozar Kačar, Serbian national hero

• Karađorđevo – Karađorđe, Father of the Serbian Fatherland

• Kljajićevo – Miloš Kljajić, Serbian national hero

• Kraljevo – Milan I of Serbia

• Kruščić – Vukman Kruŝĉić, Serbian national hero

• Lazarevac – Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic

• Lekino Brdo – Aleksandar Ranković

• Lukićevo – Veljko Lukić, Serbian farmer and national hero

• Miletićevo – Svetozar Miletić, advocate, journalist, author, politician

• Minićevo – Milun Minić, Serbian national hero

• Mladenovo – Mladen Stojanović

• Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja) – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, electrical and mechanical engineer

• Obilić – Miloš Obilić, a Serbian knight

• Obrenovac – Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia

• Petrovac, Serbia – Milutin Petrović, Serbian revolutionary

• Radoševo – Radoš Bojović, Serbian national hero

• Ratkovo – Ratko Pavlović, Serbian fighter

• Sava Kovačević, Zemun – Partisan World War II hero Sava Kovačević

• Svetozar Miletić (village) – Svetozar Miletić

• Tomislavci – Tomislav of Yugoslavia

• Tošin Bunar – Teodor Toša Apostolović (1745–1810), Serbian merchant and philanthropist

• Zrenjanin – Žarko Zrenjanin, National Hero of Yugoslavia

• Former:

• Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina – Svetozar Marković

• Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo – Aleksandar Ranković

• Titova Mitrovica was the name of Kosovska Mitrovica – Josip Broz Tito

• Titovo Užice was the name of Užice – Josip Broz Tito

Seychelles

 * Mahé – largest island in the country, named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, the French naval officer
 * Victoria – capital of Seychelles, named after Queen Victoria

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 (1837–1869)
 * Mountbatten, Singapore – Lord Louis Mountbatten
 * 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 (1601–1678), 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 (1822–1876), Slovak playwright
 * Sládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet
 * Štefanovičová – Miloš Štefanovič (1854–1904), Slovak lawyer
 * Štúrovo – Ľudovít Štúr, 19th-century Slovak national leader
 * Svätoplukovo – Svätopluk II, Prince of Moravia
 * Tešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík, Slovak Lutheran priest
 * Tomášikovo – Samo Tomášik, Slovak poet

Slovenia

 * Kidričevo – Boris Kidrič, Prime Minister of Slovenia
 * Primoži – Primož Trubar, Father of the Slovenian nation

Somalia
Former:
 * Bandar Qassim was the name of Bosaso – named after city's founder Qassim
 * Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi was the former name of Jowhar – named after HRH Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi of Savoy

South Africa

 * Benoni – the original name of the Biblical Benjamin
 * Durban – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
 * Johannesburg – Johannes Rissik; Johannes Meyer
 * Pietermaritzburg – Two theories exist.
 * In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of Voortrekker leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz.
 * In another theory, the city was originally named after Retief alone, initially "Pieter Mouriets Burg" (after his given names) and transformed to its current form.
 * Port Elizabeth – Elizabeth Donkin (wife of acting governor Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin)
 * Pretoria – Andries Pretorius

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
 * Sejong City – Sejong the Great
 * Chungmu-ro – Admiral Yi Sun-sin
 * Euljiro – General Eulji Mundeok

Spain
• Alar del Rey – Philip IV of Spain

• Alberche del Caudillo – Francisco Franco

• Alcázar del Rey – Alfonso VIII of Castile

• Alcázar de San Juan – John the Baptist (indirectly)

• Alcocero de Mola – General Emilio Mola

• Alfonso XIII (Seville) – King Alfonso XIII of Spain

• Alonso de Ojeda (Miajadas) – Alonso de Ojeda

• Arenas del Rey – Alfonso XII of Spain

• Arganda del Rey – Philip II of Spain

• Argüelles (Madrid) – Agustín Argüelles, a Spanish liberal politician

• As Pontes de García Rodríguez – Conde García Rodríguez de Valcarce

• Barcelona (Carthaginian: Barcino) – Hamilcar Barca (etymology disputed)

• Belmonte de Gracián – Baltasar Gracián y Morales

• Betancuria – Jean de Béthencourt

• Cáceres, Spain – Julius Caesar

• Calatrava la Vieja (قلعة رباح) – ‘Fortress of Rabah,’ named after an Arab nobleman who held the area

• Casares, Málaga – Julius Caesar

• Chillarón del Rey – Philip II of Spain

• Ciudad Rodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron

• Don Benito – D. Benito, son of Conde of Medellín

• Doña Mencía – Mécia Lopes de Haro, Wife of captain Alvaro Perez de Castro

• Dos Hermanas – Two sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, Elvira and Estefania Nazareno

• El Cubo de Don Sancho – Sancho IV of Castile

• El Puerto de Santa María – Saint Mary

• El Valle de Altomira (formerly known as Puebla de Don Francisco) – Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo (1901–1990), Minister of Justice

• Espinoso del Rey – Philip II of Spain

• Fuente la Reina – Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon

• Girón (Valladolid) – José Antonio Girón, Minister of labor

• Guadalema de los Quintero (Seville) – Quintero brothers, Spanish dramatists

• Hermisende – Ermesinda, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Asturias

• Hernán Cortés (Badajoz) – Hernán Cortés

• Isla Cristina – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies

• Jaume Roig (Valencia) – Jaume Roig

• Lanzarote – Lancelotto Malocello (Lanzarotus Marocelus)

• Llanos del Caudillo – Francisco Franco

• Los Cinco de la Riuela (Sevilla) – Manuel Lama Suárez (1886–1936), Francisco Ponce Martín (1898–1936), José Vargas Garrido (1905–1936), José Blanco Osuna (1907–1936) and Antonio González de la Rosa (1905–1936), Five journalists who are assassinated in 1936

• Medellín (Metellinum) – Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (founder)

• Miguel Ángel Blanco (Albacete) – Miguel Ángel Blanco (1968–1997), councilor of the People's Party of Ermua

• Molins de Rei – Alfonso II of Aragon

• Monterrei – Ferdinand IV of Castile

• Morales de Rey – Alfonso VII of León and Castile

• Moscardó (Madrid) – José Moscardó Ituarte, 1st Count of the Alcázar of Toledo, Grandee of Spain

• Mulhacén – Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada

• Nava del Rey – Alfonso XII of Spain

• Olías del Rey – Philip V of Spain

• Olmeda del Rey – Charles II of Spain

• Pamplona (Pompaelo) – Pompey the Great (founder)

• Pedro Lamata (Albacete) – Pedro Lamata (1912–1974), trade unionst, writer and journalist

• Pedro Martínez, Granada – Pedro Martínez, Captain General of Duke of Gor

• Pedro Muñoz – Pedro Muñoz, archdeacon of Alcaraz

• Pío XII (Jerez de la Frontera) – Pope Pius XII

• Pizarro (Cáceres) – Francisco Pizarro

• Puebla de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba

• Puerto Banús – Jose Banus (1906–1984), businessman and builder

• Puerto Seguro – Luis Carvajal y Melgarejo, marquis of Puerto Seguro (1871–1937)

• Quintanilla de Onésimo – Onésimo Redondo, a Spanish Politician

• San Enrique de Guadiaro (Cádiz) – Enrique Crooke y Larios (1857–1938)

• San Fernando de Henares – Ferdinand VI of Spain

• San Fernando – Ferdinand VII of Spain

• San Fulgencio – Fulgentius of Cartagena, Bishop of Ecija (Astigi)

• San Leonardo de Yagüe – Juan Yagüe, a Spanish army officer

• San Martín del Rey Aurelio – King Aurelius of Asturias

• San Sebastián – Saint Sebastian

• San Sebastián de los Reyes – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, the Catholics Kings

• Sant Carles de la Ràpita – Charles III of Spain

• Sant Lluís – Louis XV of France

• Santiago de Compostela – Saint James the Great

• Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Dominic de la Calzada (founder)

• Santa Marina del Rey – Ferdinand II of León

• Sos del Rey Católico – lit. "You are a Catholic King", Ferdinand II of Aragon

• Talavera de la Reina – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile

• Torrejón del Rey – Alfonso VI of León and Castile

• Torrelavega – Garci Lasso de la Vega I (the elder)

• Valderrodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron

• Valencia de Don Juan – John, Duke of Valencia de Campos

• Valladolid (بلد الوليد) – Al-Walid I

• Villa de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Alfonso of Castile

• Villacarlos – Charles III of Spain

• Villacarrillo – Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña

• Villafranco del Guadalhorce – Francisco Franco

• Villafranco del Guadiana – Francisco Franco

• Villamanrique – Rodrigo Manrique de Lara

• Villamanrique de la Condesa – Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

• Villanueva de la Reina – Queen Isabella II of Spain

• Villanueva del Arzobispo – Pedro Tenorio, archbishop of Toledo

• Villares de la Reina – Berengaria of Castile

• Villarreal – James I of Aragon

• Villarreal de San Carlos – Charles III of Spain

• Villareal de Urrechu – John I of Castile

• Villarrodrigo – Maestre de Santiago Don Rodrigo Manrique (1474–1476)

• Viso del Marqués – Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz

• Vivar del Cid – Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid

• Zaragoza (Caesaraugusta) – Emperor Augustus

• Former:

• El Ferrol del Caudillo – Francisco Franco's birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)

• Barbate de Franco – one of the many towns where Francisco Franco spent his holidays

• Guadiana del Caudillo – Francisco Franco (now given a new name, Guadiana)

Sudan

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

Suriname

 * Albina, Suriname – Albina Josefine Liezenmaier (1815–1904)
 * Bakhuys – Louis August Bakhuis (1855–1931)
 * Benzdorp – Henry Albert Wilhelm Benz (1889–1962), Dutch consul and bullion dealer
 * Bernharddorp – Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
 * Brownsweg – John Brown, 19th century gold miner
 * Cabendadorp – Chief Joseph Cabenda (1925–2012)
 * Corneliskondre – Chief Cornelis Tapopi
 * Donderskamp – Peter Donders
 * Julianatop – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
 * Lelydorp – Cornelis Lely (the Dutch governor of Suriname in 1905)
 * Marshallkreek – Captain Marshall, who explored in Marshall's Creek, Suriname
 * Stoelmanseiland – Philip Samuel Stoelman (1744–1800)

Sweden

 * Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
 * Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (1797–1856) (wife of the founder of the industry)
 * 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
 * Jakobsberg – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century
 * Karlsborg (Västra Götaland) – King Charles XIV John of Sweden
 * Karlsborg, Kalix Municipality – 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
 * Kramfors – Christoffer Kramm (1690–1752)
 * Kristianopel – King Christian IV of Denmark
 * Kristianstad – King Christian IV of Denmark
 * Kristinehamn – Queen Christina of Sweden
 * Kungens Kurva – King Gustav V of Sweden
 * Kungsängen – King 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 (near the ancient city of Augusta Raurica) – Roman Emperor Augustus
 * Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus
 * St. Gallen – Saint Gall

Syria
Former:
 * 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 (Syria) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
 * Arwad, formerly Antiochia in Pieria – Antiochus I Soter
 * Dahiyat al-Assad – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria
 * 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 (modern) (Tadumr) – named after a daughter of one of Noah's distant descendants, who was buried in a city
 * Qura al-Assad – Hafez al-Assad
 * 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
Former:
 * Avicenna District (Dushanbe) – Avicenna, Persian polymath
 * Ayni District – Tajik national poet Sadriddin Ayni
 * Devashtich District – Divashtich, a medieval Sogdian ruler in Transoxiana
 * Dustmurod Aliev (jamoat) – Dustmurod Aliev (1950–1989), Tajik musician and singer
 * Dzhami District – 15th century Tajik-Persian poet Abdurahman Jami
 * Ferdowsi district (Dushanbe) – Ferdowsi, Persian poet
 * Ghafurov – Tajik historian and President of Tajikistan during the Soviet era, Bobojon Ghafurov
 * Gojo Berdiboev (Murghob) – Gojo Berdiboev (1940–2001), President of the Murgab region
 * 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 (town or jamoat) – Mirsaid Mirshakar, a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet
 * Muminsho Abdulvosiev (Rushon) – Muminsho Abdulvosiev (1933–1992), Tajik statesman
 * Nazarsho Dodhudoev (Rushan) – Nazarsho Dodhudoev (1915–2000), Tajik statesman
 * Nosiri Khusrav District – 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav
 * Rahimzoda – Boki Rahimzoda (1910–1980), Tajik Poet
 * Rudaki, Tajikistan – Rudaki, a Persian Poet
 * Rumi District – Tajik-Persian poet and philosopher Jaloliddin Rumi
 * Safar Amirshoev – Safar Amirshoev (1912–1944), World War II hero
 * Shah Mansur district (Dushanbe) – King Mansur I
 * Shamsiddin Shohin District – Tajik Poet Shamsiddin Shohin
 * Spitamen District – Spitamenes, a Sogdian warlord leader of the uprising
 * Temurmalik District – Tajik Medieval hero Timur Malik
 * Tursunzoda – Tajik national poet Mirzo Tursunzoda
 * Tursun Uljaboev – Tursun Uljabayev, Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the soviet era
 * Alexandria Eschate was the name of Khujand in antiquity – Alexander the Great
 * Leninabad was the name of Khujand from 1936 through 1991 – Vladimir Lenin
 * Stalinabad was the name of Dushanbe from 1929 through 1961 – Joseph Stalin

Tanzania

 * Nyerere (Ward of Zanzibar City) – Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania

Thailand

 * Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Buriram - Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
 * Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Ratchasima - Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
 * Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Si Thammarat - Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
 * Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nan - Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
 * Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Saraburi - Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
 * Chaophraya Surasak – Chaophraya Surasakmontri
 * Chulabhorn district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province – Princess Chulabhorn
 * Galyani Vadhana district, Chiang Mai Province – Princess Galyani Vadhana
 * Mae Fa Luang district – Princess Mother Srinagarindra (Mae Fa Luang)
 * Phaya Mengrai district, Chiang Rai Province – King Mangrai (Mengrai)
 * Prachaksinlapakhom district – Prince Prachaksinlapakhom (1856–1924)
 * 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
 * Wachirabarami district, Phichit Province – Prince Vajiralongkorn (, now King Vajiralongkorn)
 * Watthana district, Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration

Trinidad and Tobago

 * Charlotteville – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Diego Martin – Don Diego Martin (explorer)
 * Duncan Village (Penal–Debe) – Duncan Sandys
 * Princes Town – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and King George V
 * Williamsville – Eric Williams

Tunisia
Former:
 * El-Mansuriya – al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah
 * Mahdia, formerly Aphrodisium – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
 * Menzel Bourguiba – Habib Bourguiba, first President of Tunisia


 * Ferryville was the name of Menzel Bourguiba – Jules Ferry

Turkey
• Adampol – Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

• Adana, formerly Antiochia in Cilicia and Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• Adnan Menderes, Keçiören – Adnan Menderes, Prime minister of Turkey

• Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (Ankara) – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish intellectual

• Alabanda, formerly Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – Antiochus III

• Antakya, formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator

• Antioch, Pisidia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus

• Antioch on the Maeander – Antiochus I Soter

• Antiochia, Lydia – Antiochus IV

• Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• Antiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IV

• Antiochia ad Pyramum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• Antiochia ad Taurum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• Antiochia Paraliou – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• Antiochia in Mesopotamia also known as Antiochia in Arabia:

• * named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• * later named Antoninopolis – one of the Antonines, probably Antoninus Pius

• * yet later named Constantia and Constantina – Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus

• * yet later named Maximianopolis – Roman emperor Maximian

• Apamea (Euphrates) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator

• Apamea (Phrygia) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator

• Apamea Myrlea:

• * named for Apama, wife of King Prusias I of Bithynia

• * later site of Roman colony, Colonia Iulia Concordia – Julius Caesar

• Aydın:

• * named for Mehmed Bey, the founder of the Anatolian beylik of Aydinids in 1307

• * formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus

• * also formerly Seleucia ad Maeandrum – Seleucus I Nicator

• * also formerly Caesarea and Kaisareia – Julius Caesar

• Balışeyh – Sheikh Edebali

• Battalgazi – Battal Gazi, a Muslim, saintly figure and warrior based in Anatolia

• Bayrampaşa – Bayram Pasha, a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizier

• Beypazarı, Ankara – Osman I

• Cebrene:

• * formerly Alexandria – Alexander the Great

• * formerly Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter

• Edirne, formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian

• Ereğli, formerly Heracleia – Heracles

• Eski Stambul:

• * formerly Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas – Augustus and Alexander the Great

• * formerly Alexandria Troas – Alexander the Great

• * formerly Antigonia Troas – Antigonus I Monophthalmus

• Fahri Korutürk (Mamak) – Fahri Korutürk, President of Turkey

• Fevzipaşa – Fevzi Çakmak

• Gaziosmanpaşa – Gazi Osman Pasha, a prominent Ottoman general who was active in the Balkans

• Gn.Zeki Doğan (Mamak) – Zeki Doğan (1895–1961), Turkish soldier

• İsmetpaşa – İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey

• Istanbul, formerly Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople – Constantine I

• Kazım Orbay (Mamak) – Kazım Orbay, a Turkish general and senator

• Kazımkarabekir – Kâzım Karabekir, commander

• Karacabey – Turkish soldier during the Ottoman era, Karaca Bey

• Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu – Güzelce Kasım Paşa

• Kayseri – after the title Caesar – Emperor, specifically Emperor Augustus

• Kemalpaşa and Kemalpaşa, Artvin – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey

• Kocasinan – Mimar Sinan

• Ladik, formerly Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named Laodice

• Lalapaşa – Lala Şahin Pasha

• Laodicea on the Lycus – Laodice I, wife of Antiochus II

• Laodicea Combusta – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator

• Lysimachia – Lysimachus

• Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Ankara) – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet

• Merkezefendi – Merkez Efendi, an Ottoman sufi.

• Mopsuestia:

• * formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator

• * formerly named Hadria – Hadrian

• * formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius

• Muhsin Ertuğrul, Cankaya – Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish theatre director

• Muratpaşa – Murat Pasha of Karaman

• Mustafakemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey

• Namık Kemal (Ankara) – Namık Kemal, an Ottoman writer and political activist

• Nusaybin, formerly Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I Soter

• Peyami Safa (Mamak) – Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist

• Saimbeyli - Saim Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander

• Samosata, formerly Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus

• Şanlıurfa:

• * formerly Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV

• * formerly Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor Justinian

• Şahinbey – Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander

• Şehit Cengiz Topel (Mamak) – Cengiz Topel, a fighter pilot of the Turkish Air Force

• Şehit Kubilay (Keçiören) – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay

• Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I Nicator

• Seleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I Nicator

• Seleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I Nicator

• Seleucia Sidera:

• * named for Seleucus I Nicator

• * later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius

• Silifke, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

• Sinop – Sinope – disputed

• Sokullu Mehmet Paşa (Ankara) – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha

• Stratonicea (Lydia):

• * named for a royal wife named Stratonice, possibly the wife of Eumenes II

• * later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian

• Stratonicea (Caria):

• * named for Stratonice of Syria

• * later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian

• Tarsus, formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV

• Zeugma, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

• Sinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks

• Süleymanpaşa – Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)

• Yavuz Sultan Selim (Kahramankazan) – Selim I

• Zübeyde Hanım (Ankara) – Zübeyde Hanım

• Former:

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

Turkmenistan

 * Agaýusup adyndaky (Mary) - Aga Yusup Alyýew (1882-1970), Hero of Socialist Labor
 * Akmyrat Hümmedow adyndaky (Mary) - Akmyrat Hümmedow (1931-2000), Turkmen actor
 * Alty Garlyev (Ahal) – Alty Karliev, Turkmen stage and film actor, director and dramatist
 * Andalyp (city) – Nurmuhammet Andalyp (1660–1740), Turkmen philosopher
 * Annagylyç Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) - Annagylyç Ataýew (1912-1943), Hero of Turkmenistan
 * Arkadag – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Arkadag), former president
 * Ashgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia
 * Aşyr Kakabaýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Aşyr Kakabaýew (1909–1968), Turkmen cotton grower
 * Babadaýhan – Bābā-Dihqān, Iranian mythological figure
 * Balta Myradow adyndaky (Lebap) - Balta Myradow (1908-1984), Turkmen businessman and politician
 * Balyş Öwezow (Görogly) – Balysh Ovezov, Prime Minister of Turkmenistan during the soviet era
 * Berdy Kerbabaýew adyndaky and Kerbabayeva – Berdy Kerbabayev, Turkmen writer
 * Döwletmämmet Azady adyndaky (Lebap) - Döwletmämmet Azady, Turkmen poet
 * Gurban Durdy (Ahal) - Gurban Durdy (1917-1976), Hero of Turkmenistan
 * Görogly (city) – Koroghlu, a semi-mystical hero
 * Hüdük Myradow adyndak (Dashoguz) - Hüdük Myradow (1921-1987), Hero of Socialist Labor
 * J.Atajanov (Mary) - Jumadurdy Atajanow (1913-1969), Hero of Turkmenistan
 * Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow (1912–1943), World War II hero
 * Kulyýewa adyndaky (Lebap) – Gylyç Kulyýew (1913–1990), Turkmen writer and diplomat
 * Magtymguly District – Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen poet
 * Magtymguly Garlyýew (Akdepe) – Magtymguly Garly (1889–1957), Turkmen musician
 * Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer, Mollanepes (1810–1862)
 * Nyýazow adyndaky (Mary) - Saparmurat Niyazov
 * Nobat Gutlyýew adyndaky (Lebap) - Nobat Gutlyýew (1910-1967), Hero of Socialist Labor
 * Oguzhan (town) – Oghuz Khagan, the mythical progenitor of the Turkic nations
 * Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew (1900–1978), Turkmen hero
 * Rejepguly Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Rejepguly Ataýew (1920–1972), Hero of Socialist Labor
 * Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy – Saparmurat Niyazov
 * Sadylla Rozmetow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Sadylla Rozmetow (1920–2011), Hero of Turkmenistan
 * Seýdi – Seitnazar Seidi (1775–1836), Turkmen patriot and poet
 * Shabat, Turkmenistan – Anusha, Khan of Khiva
 * Şabende adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Abdylla Şabende (1720–1800), Turkmen writer
 * Şükür bagşy adyndaky (Ahal) – Şükür bagşy (1831–1928), Turkmen folk bard
 * Tagan Baýramdurdyýew adyndaky (Ahal) – Tagan Baýramdurdyýew (1909–1977), Turkmen hero
 * Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
 * Zelili adyndaky (Lebap) – Zelili (1779–1836), Turkmen poet

Former:
 * Alexandria was given the name of Merv – Alexander the Great
 * Antiochia in Margiana was given the name of Merv – Antiochus I Soter
 * Atamyrat was given the name of Kerki – Atamyrat Niyazov, Father of Saparmurat Niyazov who died during World War II
 * Gurbansoltan Eje  was given the name of Andalyp (city) – Gurbansoltan Eje, former president Saparmurat Niyazov's mother
 * Kalinin was given the name of Boldumsaz – Mikhail Kalinin
 * Kirovsk was given the name of Babadaýhan – Sergei Kirov
 * Leninsk was given the name of Turkmenabat – Vladimir Lenin
 * Nyýazow was given the name of Shabat, Turkmenistan – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
 * Stalin was given the name of Murgap, Turkmenistan – Joseph Stalin
 * Telmansk was given the name of Gubadag – Ernst Thälmann
 * Voro'silovabad was given the name of Boldumsaz – Kliment Voroshilov

Uganda

 * Fort Portal – Sir Gerald Portal (British commissioner)
 * Murchison Falls – Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet
 * Port Bell – Sir Hesketh Bell (British commissioner)

Ukraine
• Alchevsk – Oleksiy Alchevsky

• Apostolove – Danylo Apostol

• Barvinkove – ataman Ivan Barvinok

• Berdychiv – after a servant of Kyiv boyar Kalenyk Myshkovych (progenitor of Tyszkiewicz family) Berdych

• Boryspil – Boris

• Budaniv – Jakub Bodzanowski, founder

• Chystiakove – a merchant out of Taganrog Chistiakov

• Dokuchaievsk – Vasily Dokuchaev

• Hoholeve – Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol)

• Horlivka – Pyotr Gorlov

• Ivano-Frankivsk – writer Ivan Franko

• Izmail – Ottoman Grand Vizier (Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha?)

• Kakhovka – Vasiliy Kakhovsky

• Kharkiv – Cossack Kharyton (Chariton)

• Katerynopil – Catherine the Great

• Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky

• Koroliovskyi District (Zhytomyr) – Sergei Korolev

• Klavdiievo-Tarasove – Southwestern Railways Director Klavdiy Nemishaiev and Taras Shevchenko

• Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi – Taras Shevchenko

• Kostiantynivka – Kostiantyn Nomikossov (son of former landowner)

• Kotsiubynske – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

• Krolevets – King (król) Sigismund III of Poland

• Kropyvnytskyi – Marko Kropyvnytskyi

• Kyiv – Kyi

• Liubar – Liubartas

• Lviv – Leo I of Halych

• Makiivka – Cossack Makei

• Malyn – Mal (prince of the Drevlyans) or Malusha

• Mariupol – St.Mary or Empress consort of Russia Maria Fyodorovna

• Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske – writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

• Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Ieremia Movilă

• Mykolaiv – Saint Nicholas

• Myronivka – Myron Zelenyi, cossack or free settler

• Nemishaieve – Southwestern Railways Director Klavdiy Nemishaiev

• Novovorontsovka – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov

• Olevsk – Oleg of Drelinia

• Ovidiopol – Ovid

• Pavlohrad – Paul I of Russia

• Pyrohove – a neighborhood of Vinnytsia, former village named after Nikolay Pirogov

• Radyvyliv – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł

• Romaniv – Roman the Great

• Shevchenkove – Taras Shevchenko

• Siedove – Georgy Sedov

• Skadovsk – hydrobiologist and biochemist Sergey B. Skadovsky

• Smila – unnamed local heroine

• Starokostiantyniv – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski

• Synelnykove – Ivan Sinelnikov (uk, ru)

• Tairove – Armenian and Soviet scientist Vasily Tairov

• Teofipol – Teofilia Strzyżsława Jabłonowska

• Terezyne – Teresa Radziwiłł (1889–1975)

• Ternopil – Jan Tarnowski (and Tarnowski family)

• Tomashpil – Tomasz Zamoyski

• Vakulenchuk – Grigory Vakulenchuk

• Vasylivka – Vasili Stepanovich Popov

• Vasylkiv – Basil of Caesarea

• Vatutine – Nikolai Vatutin

• Verkhivtseve – Alexander Verkhovtsev

• Volodymyr – Vladimir the Great

• Yakymivka – Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic

• Yenakiieve – Fyodor Yenakiyev

• Zhovkva – Stanisław Żółkiewski

• Former:

• Aleksandrovsk, Oleksandrivsk was the name of Zaporizhzhia – Emperor Alexander I

• Artemivsk was the name of Bakhmut – revolutionary Artem

• Dniprodzerzhynsk was the name of Kamianske – Felix Dzerzhinsky

• Dnipropetrovsk was the name of Dnipro – Bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in the 1920s–30s

• Illichivsk was the name of Chornomorsk – Vladimir Illich Lenin

• Kirovohrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Sergey Kirov

• Kryndachivka was the name of Khrustalnyi – local landowner Kryndacha

• Krystynopol was the name of Chervonohrad – Krystyna Lubomirska, wife of Feliks Kazimierz Potocki

• Mykytyn Rih was the name of Nikopol – Cossack Mykyta Tsyhan (as Cygan)

• Nogaisk, Nohaisk was the name of Berdiansk – Nogai Khan

• Novooleksandrivka was the name of Melitopol – after Alexander I of Russia

• Oleksiivka was the name of Chystiakove – after a son of Russian general Leonov

• Osypenko was the name of Berdiansk – Polina Osipenko (originally Osypenko)

• Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi was the name of Pereiaslav – Bohdan Khmelnytsky

• Sergo, Serho was the name of Kadiivka – Sergo Ordzhonikidze

• Stakhanov was the name of Kadiivka – famous miner Aleksei Stakhanov

• Stalino was the name of Donetsk – Joseph Stalin

• Stanisławów, Stanyslaviv was the name of Ivano-Frankivsk – Polish magnate Stanisław Potocki

• Sverdlovsk was the name of Dovzhansk – Yakov Sverdlov

• Torez was the name of Chystiakove – Maurice Thorez

• Usivka was the name of Oleksandriia – Cossack Usyk

• Voroshilovgrad, Voroshylovhrad was the name of Luhansk – Kliment Voroshilov

• Yekaterinin Shanets was the name of Pervomaisk – Catherine the Great

• Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipro – Catherine the Great

• Yelizavetgrad, Yelyzavethrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Saint Elizabeth and Empress regnant Elizabeth of Russia

• Yuzivka was the name of Donetsk – British businessman John Hughes

• Zhdanov was the name of Mariupol – Andrey Zhdanov

• Zinovievsk was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Grigory Zinoviev

United Arab Emirates

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

Great Britain
• Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Queen Alexandra of Denmark

• Bognor Regis – George V of United Kingdom

• Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia

• Camden Town – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

• Campbell Park – Lord Campbell of Eskan

• Cubitt Town – William Cubitt (politician)

• Fitzrovia – Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton

• Fort Augustus – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

• Fort William, Scotland – William of Orange

• * renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

• Helensburgh – Lady Helen Sutherland (1717–1791)

• King's Lynn – Henry VIII of England

• Kingstanding – Charles I of England

• Kingston upon Hull – Edward I of England

• Kingston upon Thames – King Æthelstan

• Kington, Herefordshire – Henry I of England

• Kirkcudbright – St Cuthbert

• Knutsford – King Canute

• Maryland, London – Henrietta Maria of France

• Montgomery, Powys – Roger de Montgomerie, Main Counsellor

• Pentonville – Henry Penton

• Peterborough – St Peter

• Peterlee – Peter Lee, a miners' leader and President of the MFGB

• Princes Risborough – Edward the Black Prince

• Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

• Queen Camel – Eleanor of Provence

• Queen Charlton – Queen Catherine Parr

• Queen's Park, London – Queen Victoria

• Queenborough – Philippa of Hainault

• Saltaire – Sir Titus Salt

• Somers Town, London – Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers

• St Albans – St Alban

• St Andrews – St Andrew

• St Davids – St David

• St Ives, Cambridgeshire – Saint Ivo

• St Neot, Cornwall – St Neot

• St Neots, Cambridgeshire – St Neot

• Telford – Thomas Telford, civil engineer

• Victoria, Cornwall – Queen Victoria

• Victoria, London – Queen Victoria

• Victoria, Newport – Queen Victoria

• Wolverhampton – Wulfrun

Northern Ireland

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

United States
• Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque

• Annapolis, Maryland – Anne, Queen of Great Britain

• Ann Arbor, Michigan – Ann Allen and Mary Ann Rumsey, founders

• Augusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

• Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin

• Baltimore – Lord Baltimore

• Berkeley, California – George Berkeley, philosopher

• Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck

• Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

• Cincinnati – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

• Dallas – George M. Dallas

• Denver – James W. Denver

• Edison, New Jersey – Thomas A. Edison

• Fayetteville, Tennessee – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

• Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers

• Hamilton, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton

• Henderson, Nevada – Charles Henderson (Nevada politician)

• Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton Hershey, famous chocolatier

• Houston – Sam Houston

• Jacksonville, Florida – Andrew Jackson

• Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania – Jim Thorpe

• Keokuk, Iowa – Keokuk (Sauk leader)

• King County, Washington – Originally after William R. King, changed to Martin Luther King Jr.

• Lincoln, Nebraska – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

• Los Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels

• Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison

• Nashville, Tennessee – American Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash

• New York City – James of York and Albany

• Pittsburgh – William Pitt the Elder

• Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh

• San Antonio – Saint Anthony of Padua

• San Diego – Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego

• San Francisco – Saint Francis

• San Jose, California – Saint Joseph

• Saint Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul

• St. Augustine, Florida – Augustine of Hippo

• St. Louis, Missouri – Louis IX of France

• Santa Ana, California – Saint Anne

• Santa Barbara, California – Saint Barbara

• Seattle – Chief Seattle

• Ventura, California – Saint Bonaventure

• Washington, D.C. – George Washington

• Ypsilanti, Michigan – Demetrios Ypsilantis

Uruguay

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

Uzbekistan

 * Abdurahmonov nomidag (Tashkent) – Abdujabbor Abdurahmonov (1907–1975), President of Uzbekistan from 1938 to 1950
 * Ahmad Yassaviy (Tashkent) – Ahmad Yasawi
 * Ahmad Yugnakiy (Tashkent) – Edib Ahmed bin Mahmud Yüknekî (poet)
 * Ajiniyaz (Karakalpakstan) - Ájiniyaz, Karakalpak poet
 * Antiochia in Scythia – Antiochus I Soter
 * Berdaq (Karakalpakstan) - Berdakh, Karakalpak poet
 * Beruniy - al-Biruni
 * Dosnazarov (Karakalpakstan) - Allayar Dosnazarov (1896-1937), Karakalpak politician
 * F. Yuldashev (Bulungur) – Faizulla Yuldashev (1912–1991), veteran of the Great Patriotic War
 * Gagarin, Uzbekistan – Yuri Gagarin
 * Gani Azamov, Qoraqamish – Gani Azamov (1909–2001), Uzbek actor
 * H.Tursunqulov (Tashkent) – Hamrakul Tursunkulov (1892–1965), chairman of the collective farm
 * Iskandar (town) – Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
 * Islom Shoir (Samarkand) - Islom Shoir (1874-1953), Uzbek poet
 * Khamzy (Tashkent) and Khamzy (Uchqorgon) – Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, poet
 * Mirzo Ulugbek, Ulugbek (town) – Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician and sultan
 * Muborak - Islamic scholar Abdullah bin al-Mubarak al-Marwazi
 * Navoiy – Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi
 * Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh) – Sharof Rashidov, President of Uzbekistan from 1950 to 1959
 * Oxunboboyev (Shurchi) – Yuldash Akhunbabaev
 * S. Umarov (Navoiy) - Salih Khusanovich Umarov (1922-1995), World War II hero
 * Shaykhontohur – Sheikh Khovendi at-Takhu, a famous thinker and educator
 * Sobir Kamolov (Karakalpakstan) - Sobir Kamolov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 1955 to 1957
 * Sobir Rahimov nomli (Bostanlyk) – Sobir Rakhimov
 * T.Ahmedov nomidag (Sirdaryo) – Turgun Ahmedov (1925–1944), World War II hero
 * U.Musaev (Yangiyul) – Ubaydulla Musaev (1914–1972), Uzbek political figure
 * Zakirov (Tashkent) – Qodir Zokirov, Uzbek scientist, botanist and educator

Former:
 * "Akhunbabaev" was the name of Jalaquduq – Soviet Uzbek state figure Yuldash Akhunbabaev (1885–1943)
 * "Akmal-Ikramov" was the name of Uchtepa – Akmal Ikramov
 * "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
 * "Sobir Rakhimov" was the name of Olmazar – Sobir Rakhimov
 * "Hamza" was the name of Yashnobod – Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi

Venezuela

 * Alberto Adriani Municipality – Alberto Adriani Mazzei (1898–1936), economist and writer
 * Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality – Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet
 * Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas – Andrés Eloy Blanco, Venezuelan poet
 * Angostura Municipality, Venezuela or Raúl Leoni Municipality – Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni
 * Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality – Antonio Pinto Salinas (1915–1953), Venezuelan poet
 * Arístides Bastidas Municipality – Arístides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer
 * Arzobispo Chacón Municipality – Acacio Chacon Guerra (1884–1978)
 * Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality – Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (1819–1908), 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 Ojeda – Alonso de Ojeda
 * Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality – Diego Bautista Urbaneja
 * Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, Monagas – General Ezequiel Zamora
 * Fernandez Feo Municipality – Bishop of Táchira, Monseñor Alejandro Fernández-Feo Tinoco (1908–1987)
 * Francisco Aniceto Lugo Parish (Delta Amacuaro) – Francisco Aniceto Lugo (1894–1982), Venezuelan writer
 * Francisco Javier Pulgar Municipality (Zuila) – Francisco Javier Pulgar (1877–1959), Venezuelan educator
 * Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero
 * Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President
 * Jauregui Municipality (Táchira) – Jesus Manuel Jauregui (1848–1905)
 * Jesús Enrique Lossada Municipality – Jesus Enrique Lossada (1892–1948), Venezuelan writer
 * Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez
 * José Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas
 * Manuel Monge Municipality – Manuel Monge (1950–1993), 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 (1903–2003)
 * Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (Táchira) – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (1915–2003)
 * Padre Noguera Municipality – Father Adonay Noguera (1884–1954)
 * Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien (1925–1995), 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 (1877–1909), Venezuelan scientific
 * Raúl Leoni Parish (Maracaibo) – Raúl Leoni
 * Rómulo Costa Municipality, Táchira – Antonio Romulo Costa Duque (1872–1956)
 * Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan writer and president
 * Sifontes Municipality – General Antonio Domingo Sifontes
 * Sucre, Miranda – Antonio José de Sucre
 * Urdaneta, Miranda – Rafael Urdaneta
 * Valmore Rodríguez Municipality (Zuila) – Valmore Rodríguez (1900–1955), Venezuelan journalist

Vietnam

 * Bế Văn Đàn (Quảng Hòa) – Bế Văn Đàn (1931–1953), Hero of the People's Armed Forces
 * Đề Thám (Lạng Sơn) – Hoàng Hoa Thám "Đề Thám" (1858–1913), leader of Yên Thế Insurrection
 * Đình Phong (Cao Bằng) – Đình Phong, a communist soldier
 * Đình Phùng, Bảo Lạc – Phan Đình Phùng (1847–1895), Vietnamese poet
 * Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu (1912–1947), a communist lawyer
 * Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
 * Hồ Thị Kỷ (Cà Mau) – Hồ Thị Kỷ (1949–1970), martyr hero
 * Hoàng Văn Thụ, Văn Lãng – Hoàng Văn Thụ (1909–1944), Vietnamese revolutionary
 * Hồng Dân (Bạc Liêu) – Trần Hồng Dân (1916–1946), nationalist revolutionary
 * Kim Đồng, Thạch An – Kim Đồng (1929–1943), captain of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization
 * Ngọc Hiển (Cà Mau) – Phan Ngọc Hiển (1910–1941), a local teacher, writer and artist
 * Nguyễn Huân (Cà Mau) – Nguyễn Văn Huân (d.1946), communist martyr
 * Nông trường Trần Phú – Trần Phú, Vietnamese revolutionary
 * Phạm Văn Cội (Củ Chi) – Phạm Văn Cội (1940–1967), Hero of the People's Armed Forces
 * Quang Trung, An Lão (Hải Phòng) – Quang Trung, second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty
 * Trần Hưng Đạo (Lý Nhân) – Trần Hưng Đạo, an imperial prince, statesman and military commander
 * Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời (1902–1942), a local communist

Former:
 * Thành Thái Phien – the name of Da Nang in 1945 – revolutionary Thái Phiên

Zambia

 * Dag Hammerskjoeld (Ndola) – Dag Hammarskjöld
 * Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (Lusaka) – Harry Nkumbula, Zambian nationalist leader
 * Helen Kaunda (Copperbelt) – Ms. Helen Kaunda (d.1973), mother of President Kenneth Kaunda
 * John Laing (Lusaka) – John Laing (businessman)
 * Julia Chikamoneka (Kasama) – Julia Chikamoneka (1910–1986), Zambian freedom fighter
 * Livingstone – doctor David Livingstone
 * Lusaka – Chief Lusaka
 * Mansa, Zambia – Chief Mansa
 * Victoria Falls – Queen Victoria

Former:
 * Abercorn was the name of Mbala – Lord Abercorn, British nobleman and diplomat
 * Bancroft was the name of Chililabombwe – Joseph Austen Bancroft (1882–1957), British geologist and scientist
 * Fort Jameson was the name of Chipata – Leander Starr Jameson, British statesman
 * Fort Rosebery was the name of Mansa, Zambia – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Zimbabwe

 * Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow (1868–1946), the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer Column
 * Beitbridge – Alfred Beit
 * Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield (1869–1950)
 * Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888
 * Montgomery (Bulawayo) – 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.

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