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 . Azerbaijan – Atropates Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata [ 1 ] 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 United States of America - Amerigo Vespucci , or potentially Richard Amerike 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 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 Caesarea (disambiguation) (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman emperors 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) Mir Bacha Kot District – Mir Bacha Khan (1825–1905) 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 Shah Wali Kot District – Sardar Shah Wali Khan Sheberghan – Shapur II Sher Khan Bandar – Sher Khan Nashir Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul and Wazirabad, Kabul – Wazir Akbar Khan 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 Zogu I Zi (Tirana) – Zog I of Albania 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 Abbès – Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800–1867), Algerian poet Ouled Brahem - Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi 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 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 Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995) 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 Antigua and Barbuda Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington Coolidge, Antigua and Barbuda – Hamilton Coolidge Piggotts – Richard Albert Louden Piggott (1844–1926) Tomlinson, Antigua and Barbuda – Major John Tomlinson Abbott, Argentina - Samuel Abbott (engineer) , General Manager of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires - Adolfo Gonzales Chaves (1828-1887) Adrogué - Esteban Adrogué , founder Aldo Bonzi - Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), Italian businessman Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires - Dr. Alejandro Korn Alejandro Petión - Alexandre Pétion , Haitian President Ángel Etcheverry - Ángel Etcheverry, Minister of Public Works Arturo Vatteone - Dr. Arturo Dalmacio Vatteone Atilio Pessagno, Buenos Aires - Atilio Pessagno (1886-1965), judge Avellaneda – Nicolás Avellaneda , President of Argentina Banfield, Argentina - Edward Banfield (railroad engineer) , General Manager of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company Barrio Kennedy (General Madariaga) - John F. Kennedy Béccar - Dr. Cosme Béccar, legislator Benito Juárez, Buenos Aires - Benito Juárez Berazategui - José Clemente Berazategui Bernal, Argentina - Don Pedro Bernal Berisso - Juan Berisso (founder) Billinghurst, Argentina - Mariano Billinghurst Canning, Argentina - George Canning , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Capitán Sarmiento, Buenos Aires - Captain Domingo Fidel Sarmiento Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires - Carlos Casares (governor) Carlos Spegazzini, Buenos Aires - Carlo Luigi Spegazzini Carlos Tejedor, Buenos Aires - Carlos Tejedor (politician) Castelli, Buenos Aires - Juan José Castelli Ciudad Evita (means Evita City ) – Eva Perón , First Lady of Argentina Ciudad Madero, Argentina - Francisco Bernabé Madero Coronel Dorrego - Manuel Dorrego Coronel Martínez de Hoz - Miguel Federico Martínez de Hoz Coronel Pringles - Juan Pascual Pringles Coronel Suárez - Manuel Isidoro Suárez Coronel Vidal - Celestino Vidal, a hero of the Argentine War of Independence Don Torcuato - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Daireaux - Émile Honoré Daireaux (1843-1916) Diego Gaynor - Diego James Gaynor (1807-1892), Irish pioneer Domselaar - Dr. Antonie van Domselaar (1789-1861), Dutch medical doctor Don Bosco, Buenos Aires - John Bosco Dudignac - Exequiel Dudignac Esteban Echeverría Partido - Esteban Echeverría , novelist Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires - Florencio Varela (writer) Florentino Ameghino, Buenos Aires - Florentino Ameghino Galo Llorente - Galo Llorente (1850-1946), Spanish immigrant General Alvear, Buenos Aires - Carlos María de Alvear General Arenales, Buenos Aires - Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales (General) Belgrano – Manuel Belgrano General Conesa, Buenos Aires - Emilio Conesa General Daniel Cerri - Daniel Cerri (1841-1914) General Guido - Tomás Guido General Juan Madariaga - Juan Madariaga General La Madrid - Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid General Las Heras, Buenos Aires - Juan Gregorio de las Heras General Lavalle - Juan Lavalle General Pacheco - Ángel Pacheco General Pinto - Manuel Guillermo Pinto General Pirán - General José María Pirán (1804-1871) General Pueyrredón – Juan Martín de Pueyrredón General Rivas - Ignacio Rivas General Rodríguez - Martín Rodríguez (politician) General Rojo - General Anselmo Rojo (1799-1869) General Villegas - Conrado Villegas Gobernador Castro - Emilio Castro (1820-1899), Governor of Buenos Aires Gobernador Ugarte - Marcelino Ugarte , Governor of Buenos Aires Henderson, Argentina - Frank Henderson (1858-1935), Director of the Buenos Aires Midland Railway Company Hilario Ascasubi, Buenos Aires - Hilario Ascasubi , poet Hipólito Yrigoyen Partido - President Hipólito Yrigoyen Hudson, Argentina - William Henry Hudson Ingeniero Adolfo Sourdeaux - Adolfo Sourdeaux (1819-1883), French engineer Ingeniero Maschwitz - Carlos Maschwitz (1862-1910), Minister of Public Works Ingeniero Moneta - Pompeyo Moneta (1830-1898), Italian engineer and architect Ingeniero Pablo Nogués - Pablo Nogués (1878-1943), Administrator of Argentine State Railway company Ingeniero White - Guillermo White (1844-1926), President of the Argentine Centre of Engineers Irineo Portela - Dr. Irineo Portela (1806-1861), physician Isidro Casanova - Isidro Casanova, pioneering owner of a textile factory José León Suárez (General San Martín) - Dr. José León Suárez (1872-1929) José María Jáuregui, Buenos Aires - José María Jáuregui, spanish businessman Jeppener - Willem Jeppener (1830-1915), German landowner Joaquín Gorina - Joaquín Gorina, former landowner José C. Paz, Buenos Aires - José C. Paz José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires - Dr. José Ingenieros José Juan Almeyra - Dr. José Juan Almeyra (1828-1885) José Mármol, Buenos Aires - José Mármol Juan. A Pradere - Juan Adan Prader, land donor Juan F. Ibarra - Juan Felipe Ibarra Leandro N. Alem, Buenos Aires - Leandro N. Alem Lincoln, Buenos Aires - Abraham Lincoln Manuel B. Gonnet - Manuel Bernardo Gonnet, first provincial minister of Public Works Maquinista Francisco Savio - Francisco Savio (1882-1963), machinist of the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway Company Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires - Marcos Paz Mariano Acosta, Buenos Aires - Mariano Acosta (politician) Mariano H. Alfonzo - Mariano H. Alfonzo (1848-1913), landowner Mariano Unzué - Mariano Cecilio Unzué (1873-1936), owner of the San Carlos ranch Martín Coronado, Buenos Aires - Martín Coronado (1849-1919), poet Martínez, Buenos Aires - Ladislao Martínez, landowner Matheu, Buenos Aires - Domingo Matheu Máximo Fernández - Maximo Fernandez, land donor Mayor Buratovich - Jakov Buratović (1846-1909), Croatian military engineer Munro, Buenos Aires - Duncan Mackay Munro (1844–1929), General Manager of Central Córdoba Railway Company Muñiz, Buenos Aires - Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz Navarro, Buenos Aires - Captain Miguel Navarro Nicolás Descalzi - Nicolás Descalzi, surveyor Norberto de La Riestra - Norberto de la Riestra (1820-1879), Minister of Finance of the Argentine Confederation O'Brien, Argentina - Edward O'Brien (1836–1912), Irish founder Olavarría, Argentina - Colonel José Valentín de Olavarría (1801–1845) Pablo Podestá, Buenos Aires - Pablo Podestá , stage actor Pellegrini, Buenos Aires - Carlos Pellegrini , President of Argentina Pérez Millán - Narcisa Pérez Millán, founder Piñeiro, Buenos Aires - Trinidad and Felipe Piñeiro, founders Pirovano - Dr. Ignacio Pirovano (1844-1895) Plomer, Buenos Aires - Pedro Plomer Huguet, grandfather of a town´s founder Presidente Perón Partido – Juan Perón , President of Argentina Pueblo Doyle - Dr. Eduardo Doyle (1873-1948) Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires – Rafael Calzada Fernández (1854-1929), Spanish Argentine attorney and legal theorist Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires – Rafael Castillo (1862-1918), lawyer and politician Rafael Obligado, Buenos Aires – Rafael Obligado , poet Ramallo, Buenos Aires – Bartolomé Ramallo, early settler Ramos Mejía – Matías Ramos Mejía (1810-1885) Ranelagh, Buenos Aires - Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh Rauch, Buenos Aires - Colonel Federico Rauch Remedios de Escalada - María de los Remedios de Escalada Rincón de Milberg - Juan Milberg (1826–1883), Justice of the Peace Ringuelet, Buenos Aires - Engineer Augusto Ringuelet (d.1915), Manager of Buenos Aires Western Railway Company Rivadavia Department – Bernardino Rivadavia , First President of Argentina Roosevelt (Buenos Aires) - Theodore Roosevelt Roque Pérez - José Roque Pérez (1815-1871) Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires - Luis Sáenz Peña , President of Argentina San Andrés de Giles - Saint Andrew San Antonio de Areco - Anthony of Padua San Antonio de Padua - Anthony of Padua San Bernardo del Tuyú - Bernard of Clairvaux San Carlos de Bolívar - Charles Borromeo and Simon Bolivar San Carlos, La Plata - Charles Borromeo San Cayetano, Buenos Aires - Saint Cajetan San Clemente del Tuyú - Pope Clement I San Fernando, Buenos Aires - Ferdinand VII of Spain San Francisco Solano - Francis Solanus San Isidro, Buenos Aires - Isidore the Laborer San José, Buenos Aires - Saint Joseph San Justo, Buenos Aires - Justo Villegas, a prominent landowner (General) San Martín – José de San Martín San Miguel del Monte - Saint Michael San Miguel, Buenos Aires - Saint Michael San Nicolás de los Arroyos - Saint Nicholas San Pedro, Buenos Aires - Saint Peter San Vicente, Buenos Aires - Vincent Ferrer Santa Clara del Mar - Clara de Anchorena, original owner of the area Santa Coloma, Buenos Aires - Carlos Santa Coloma, landowner Santa Lucía, Buenos Aires - Vicenta Lucia Culligan (1835-1898), wife of an Irish founder Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires - Thérèse of Lisieux Temperley, Argentina - George Temperley , British landowner Timote - Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Timote Tornquist, Buenos Aires - Ernesto Tornquist Tristán Suárez - Valentin Tristán Suárez (1856-1907) railway pioneer donor of land to the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway company Urdampilleta - Nicanor Urdampilleta (founder) Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires – Valentín Alsina Valeria del Mar - Valeria Guerrero Cárdenas de Russo (1900-1992), founder Verónica, Buenos Aires - Veronica Bernal (1885-1956), wife of a land donor Vicente Casares - Vicente Lorenzo del Rosario Casares (1844-1910), rancher and politician Vicente López, Buenos Aires – Vicente López y Planes Victoria, Buenos Aires - Queen Victoria Villa Adelina - Adelina Munro Drysdale , Scottish socialité Villa Alsina – Valentín Alsina Villa Ballester - Dr. Pedro Ballester (1849–1928), First municipal mayor of the General San Martín Partido Villa Bonich (General San Martín) - Luis Bonich, landowner Villa Bosch - the Bosch Family Villa Celina - Celina Madero Villa Coronel José María Zapiola - José Matías Zapiola Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires - Elisa Uriburu (1865-1910) Villa Elvira - Elvira Sotes de Ponsati Villa General Mitre – Bartolomé Mitre Villa General Savio - Manuel Savio Villa Gesell - Carlos Idaho Gesell (1891–1979) and his father Silvio Gesell Villa Godoy Cruz (General San Martín) - Tomás Godoy Cruz Villa Gregoria Matorras - Gregoria Matorras, mother of José de San Martín Villa Lynch - General Francisco Lynch (1795-1840) Villa María Irene de los Remedios de Escalada - María de los Remedios de Escalada , wife of José de San Martín Villa Marqués Alejandro María de Aguado - Alejandro María Aguado, 1st Marquess of Marismas del Guadalquivir Villa Martelli – César Martelli, landowner Villa Parque Presidente Figueroa Alcorta - José Figueroa Alcorta , President of Argentina Villa Raffo – Ezequiel and Pedro Raffo, landowners Villa Sarmiento – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , President of Argentina Villa Tesei – Santos Tesei (1893-1961), pioneer Villa Udaondo – Guillermo Udaondo (1859–1922), Governor of Buenos Aires Wilde, Buenos Aires – Dr. José Antonio Wilde (1813–1887) William C. Morris, Buenos Aires - William Case Morris (1864–1932), founder of the first Methodist Chapel in Argentina Zenón Videla Dorna - Zenón Videla Dorna, landowner Adolfo E. Carranza - Adolfo Esteban Carranza (1824-1896) Fray Mamerto Esquiú Department - Mamerto Esquiú , Bishop of Córdoba who was born in Catamarca Santa María, Catamarca - Mary, mother of Jesus Santa Rosa Department, Catamarca - Rose of Lima Almirante Brown Department – William Brown (admiral) , commander in chief of the Argentine Navy Capitán Solari - Captain Facundo Solari (d.1912) Colonia Elisa – Elisa de Capozzolo, wife of the founder Comandante Fernández Department – Carlos Domingo Fernández (1873-1915), military and founder Enrique Urién - Enrique Urién, former official of the Santa Fe railway company Fray Justo Santa María de Oro Department – Fray Justo de Santa María de Oro General Belgrano Department, Chaco – Manuel Belgrano General Capdevila – General Alberto Capdevila (1856-1905) General Donovan Department – Antonio Dónovan (1849-1897), Territorial governor of Chaco General Güemes Department, Chaco – Martín Miguel de Güemes General Pinedo, Chaco - Agustín Pinedo (1789-1852) Juan José Castelli, Chaco – Juan José Castelli Libertador General San Martín Department, Chaco – José de San Martín Margarita Belén - Margarita and Belén Benítez (1875-1958), daughters of a founder Mayor Luis Jorge Fontana Department – Luis Jorge Fontana O'Higgins Department – Bernardo O'Higgins , Chilean independence hero Presidencia de la Plaza – Victorino de la Plaza , President of Argentina Presidencia Roca - Julio Argentino Roca , President of Argentina Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña – Roque Sáenz Peña , President of Argentina Pueblo Clodomiro Díaz - Clodomiro Díaz, early settler Puerto Eva Perón – Eva Perón Puerto Lavalle - Juan Lavalle Puerto Vicentini - Ángel Vicentini, founder Santa Sylvina - Silvana Estrada Lynch, wife of a Chairman of the Board of Directors of the "Tres Mojones Society" Sargento Cabral Department – Juan Bautista Cabral Villa Ángela – Ángela Joostens, wife of Julio Ulises Martin Villa Berthet - Juana Berthet, wife of a general director of Limited Forestry Company Aldea Beleiro – Rafael Beleiro (1890-1986), former settler and merchant of the place Biedma Department - Francisco de Viedma y Narváez Bruno Joaquín Thomae - Bruno Joaquín Thomae (1897-1952), railway engineer Comodoro Rivadavia – Martín Rivadavia (1852-1901), shipping minister Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione – Atilio Oscar Viglione (1914–2010), Governor of Chubut Doctor Ricardo Rojas – Ricardo Rojas (writer) Escalante Department – Dr. Wenceslao Escalante, Minister of Agriculture Facundo, Chubut - Juan Facundo Quiroga General Mosconi, Chubut – Enrique Mosconi Gobernador Costa, Chubut – Manuel Costa (d.1925), Territorial governor of Chubut José de San Martín, Chubut – José de San Martín Puerto Madryn - Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet of Madryn Puerto Visser - Conrado Visser, rancher Rada Tilly - Marquess Francisco Everardo Tilly y Paredes Rawson – Guillermo Rawson Río Mayo, Chubut - Gregorio Mayo (1853-1928), first mayor of Rawson Río Pico, Chubut - engineer Octavio Pico Burgess (1837–1892) Sarmiento – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , President of Argentina Trelew – Lewis Jones Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino Adelia María - Adelia María Harilaos de Olmos (1865-1949), philanthropist Alejandro Roca (Córdoba) - Major Alejandro Roca, Julio Argentino Roca's brother Alejo Ledesma - Alejo Ledesma (founder) Almafuerte (Córdoba) - Pedro Bonifacio Palacios Ana Zumarán - Ana Sáenz de Zumarán (d.1910), wife of a governor Benjamín Gould (Córdoba) - Benjamin Apthorp Gould , American astronomer Berrotarán (Córdoba) - Nicolás Berrotarán, land donor Bialet Massé - Juan Bialet Massé, Spanish businessman Brinkmann, Córdoba - Julius Brinkmann, German entrepreneur Camilo Aldao - Camilo Aldao, former military of the unitarian forces Colonia Bismarck - Otto von Bismarck Colonia Videla - the Videla family Coronel Baigorria - Manuel Baigorria Coronel Moldes (Córdoba) - José Moldes Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, Argentina - Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield Deán Funes, Argentina - Gregorio Funes, a writer and deacon of the Archdiocese of Córdoba General Baldissera - Antonio Baldissera , Italian general General Cabrera - Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera , founder of Córdoba General Deheza - Román Deheza (1791-1872) General Fotheringham - Ignacio Hamilton Fotheringham (1842-1925), British general Gutemberg (Córdoba) - Johannes Gutenberg James Craik (Córdoba) - James Craik (1848-1902), Manager of Central Argentine Railway Company José de la Quintana (Córdoba) - José de la Quintana (1810-1881) Justiniano Posse - Justiniano Posse (1820-1865), Governor of Córdoba La Carlota, Argentina - Charles III of Spain Lucio V. Mansilla (Córdoba) - Lucio Victorio Mansilla Maquinista Gallini - Carlos Gallini (1880-1921), railway driver for the Central Argentine Railway company Marcos Juárez - Marcos Juárez (1843-1900), Governor of Cordoba Monte Cristo - Jesus Morrison (Córdoba) - Walter Morrison (1836-1921), President of Central Argentine Railway Company Nicolás Bruzone - Nicolás Bruzone (founder) Noetinger - Fernando Noetinger (founder) Obispo Trejo - Fernando Trexo y Senabria Ordóñez (Córdoba) - Victorino Ordóñez, rancher Pacheco de Melo (Córdoba) - José Andrés Pacheco de Melo Santiago Temple - Santiago Temple, founder and pioneer Saturnino María Laspiur (Córdoba) - Saturnino María Laspiur Sebastián Elcano (Córdoba) - Juan Sebastián Elcano Silvio Pellico (Córdoba) - Silvio Pellico Vicuña Mackenna, Argentina - Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna Villa Allende - the Allende Brothers Villa Carlos Paz - Carlos Nicandro Paz, founder Villa Cura Brochero - Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero Villa Fontana (Córdoba) - Angelo Serafino Fontana Villa General Belgrano - Manuel Belgrano Villa Giardino - Juan Giardino, owner of Altos de San Pedro Villa Huidobro - José Ruiz Huidobro, governor of San Luis Province Villa María, Córdoba - María Luisa Dominga Ocampo (1863-1935), daughter of a founder Villa Sarmiento (General Roca) - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Villa Valeria - Valeria Crotto, daughter of José Crotto, a founder Washington (Córdoba) - George Washington Wenceslao Escalante (Córdoba) - Wenceslao Escalante (1852-1912) Alvear, Corrientes - Carlos María de Alvear Berón de Astrada Department - Genaro Berón de Astrada (1801-1839), Governor of Corrientes Cecilio Echevarría, Corrientes - Colonel Cecilio Echevarría Colonia Carlos Pellegrini - Carlos Pellegrini , President of Argentina Concepción, Corrientes - Immaculate Conception of Mary Estación Torrent (Corrientes) - Juan Eusebio Torrent (1834-1901), provincial senator Felipe Yofre - Felipe Yofre (1848-1939), Minister of the Interior and briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs Garaví (Corrientes) - Cacique Garaví General Paz Department - General José María Paz Gobernador Juan E. Martínez - Juan Esteban Martínez (1846-1909), Governor of Corrientes Gobernador Virasoro - Valentín Virasoro (1842-1925), a field engineer and former governor Goya, Argentina - Gregoria Morales, also known as Doña Goya Juan Pujol, Argentina - Governor Juan Gregorio Pujol Lavalle, Corrientes - Galo Lavalle Mariano I. Loza - Mariano Indalecio Loza (1850-1920), Governor of Corrientes Mercedes, Corrientes - Virgin of Mercy San Carlos (Corrientes) - Charles Borromeo San Cosme, Corrientes - Saint Cosmas San Lorenzo (Corrientes) - Saint Lawrence San Luis del Palmar - Louis IX of France San Miguel, Corrientes - Saint Michael San Roque, Corrientes - Saint Roch Santa Lucía, Corrientes - Saint Lucy Santo Tomé, Corrientes - Thomas the Apostle Basavilbaso - General Manuel Basavilbaso Clodomiro Ledesma - Clodomiro Ledesma, landowner Colonia Hocker - Enrique Hoker Crespo, Entre Ríos - Manuel Crespo (1820-1887), Governor of Entre Rios Enrique Carbó, Argentina - Enrique Carbó Ortiz (1861-1920), Governor of Entre Rios General Almada - General Apolinario Almada General Campos - Luis María Campos General Galarza - Justo José de Urquiza General Ramírez - Francisco Ramírez (governor) Gilbert, Entre Ríos - Torcuato Gilbert (1848-1906) Gobernador Etchevehere - Luis Etchevehere (1875-1935), Governor of Entre Rios Gobernador Mansilla - Lucio Norberto Mansilla Ingeniero Miguel Sajaroff - Mikhail Sakharov (1873-1958), Russian founder of the Agrarian Fraternity Cooperative San Salvador, Entre Ríos - Aurora Saint-Sauveur (d.1917), mother of the founder Clorinda, Formosa - Clorinda Pietranera de Bossi (1848-1918) Comandante Fontana - Luis Jorge Fontana Estanislao del Campo, Formosa - Estanislao del Campo , poet General Lucio V. Mansilla (town) - Lucio Norberto Mansilla General Manuel Belgrano - Manuel Belgrano Ibarreta - Pedro Enrique de Ibarreta y Uhagon (1859-1899) Ingeniero Juárez - Engineer Guillermo Nicasio Juárez Mayor Vicente Villafañe - Major Vicente Villafañe, desert explorer Patiño Department - Father Gabriel Patiño (1662-1729), jesuit missioner and explorer Ramón Lista Department - Ramón Lista San Francisco de Laishi - Francis of Assisi Villa General Güemes - Martín Miguel de Güemes Abdón Castro Tolay - Abdón Castro Tolay (1899-1989), rural teacher Iturbe, Jujuy - Engineer Octavio Iturbe (1871-1927) Libertador General San Martín, Jujuy - José de San Martín San Antonio, Jujuy - Anthony of Padua San Salvador de Jujuy - Jesus (the Savior) Santa Bárbara Department, Jujuy - Saint Barbara Santa Catalina, Jujuy - Catherine of Alexandria Adolfo Van Praet - Belgian engineer Adolfo Van Praet Ataliva Roca - Antonio Ataliva Roca (1839-1912), Julio Argentino Roca´s brother Bernardo Larroudé - Bernardo Larroudé, founder of the first railway of Argentina Bernasconi, Argentina - Alfonso Bernasconi Colonia Barón - Wilfrid Barón Vera (1863-1925), French rancher Coronel Hilario Lagos - Colonel Hilario Lagos (1840-1895) Eduardo Castex - Engineer Eduardo Castex (1854-1912), national deputy Embajador Martini - Ferdinando Martini General Acha - Mariano Acha General Manuel Campos - Manuel Jorge Campos (1847-1908) General Pico - Eduardo Pico (1834-1904), Terriorial governor of La Pampa General San Martín, La Pampa - José de San Martín Gobernador Duval - Miguel Duval (1877-1960), Terriorial governor of La Pampa Ingeniero Foster - Henry Foster (1808-1865), British engineer Ingeniero Luiggi - Luigi Luiggi Intendente Alvear - Carlos Torcuato de Alvear (1860-1931) Jacinto Arauz - Jacinto Arauz, landowner Mauricio Mayer - Mauricio Mayer (1842-1917), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Western Railway Miguel Cané, La Pampa - Miguel Cané Miguel Riglos - Miguel Riglos (1790-1863), federal deputy Ricardo Lavalle (La Pampa) - Ricardo Cipriano Lavalle (1830-1911), rancher Speluzzi - Bernardino Speluzzi (1835-1898), Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Exact Sciences at the National University of Buenos Aires Teniente General Emilio Mitre (La Pampa) - Emilio Mitre Tomás Manuel de Anchorena, La Pampa - Tomás de Anchorena Uriburu, La Pampa – General Napoleón Uriburu (1836-1895) Vértiz - Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo Victorica - Benjamín Victorica (1831-1913) Winifreda - Winifred Maud Drysdale Gibson (1899–1983), daughter of Joseph Drysdale, Scottish investor Castelli – Juan José Castelli Castro Barros, La Rioja - Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros Colonia Ortiz de Ocampo - General Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo (1771-1840) Coronel Felipe Varela Department - Colonel Felipe Varela (1821-1870) Desiderio Tello - Desiderio Tello, landowner General Ángel Vicente Peñaloza Department - General Ángel Vicente Peñaloza General Belgrano Department, La Rioja - Manuel Belgrano General Juan Facundo Quiroga Department - General Facundo Quiroga General Lamadrid Department - General Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid General San Martín Department, La Rioja - José de San Martín Miranda, La Rioja - Captain Juan de Miranda, first landowner Rosario Vera Peñaloza Department – Rosario Vera Peñaloza (1873–1950), Argentine educator and pedagogue San Blas de los Sauces - Saint Blaise San Miguel, La Rioja - Saint Michael Termas de Santa Teresita - Therese of Liseux Bowen (Mendoza) - Sir Albert Bowen, 1st Baronet , General Manager of the Buenos Aires Western Railway Company General Alvear, Mendoza - Carlos María de Alvear Godoy Cruz, Mendoza - Dr. Tomás Godoy Cruz , statesman and businessman Goudge - James Alfred Goudge (1862-1955), General Manager of Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Company Ingeniero Giagnoni - Cristobal Giagnoni (1837-1890), Italian civil engineer Ingeniero Gustavo André - Gustave Joseph André de Glymes (1850-1924), Belgian agricultural engineer Jaime Prats (Mendoza) - Jaime Prats, Spanish landowner Las Heras – Juan Gregorio de las Heras Luján de Cuyo - Our Lady of Luján Medrano (Mendoza) - Pedro Medrano Mendoza, Argentina - García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete Philipps (Mendoza) - John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids , President of Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Company Rivadavia, Mendoza - Bernardino Rivadavia Rodríguez Peña (Mendoza) - Nicolás Rodríguez Peña Russell (Mendoza) - Cecil Henry Stuart Russell (1889-1916), Australian engineer of the Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Company San Carlos, Mendoza - Charles III of Spain San Rafael, Mendoza - Rafael de Sobremonte, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte Ugarteche (Mendoza) - José Francisco Ugarteche , Paraguayan jurist and politician Alba Posse - Engineer Rodolfo Alba Posse (1880-1937), founder Almafuerte, Misiones - Pedro Bonifacio Palacios (Almafuerte) Aristóbulo del Valle, Misiones - Aristóbulo del Valle Azara, Misiones - Félix de Azara Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones - Bernardo de Irigoyen Bonpland (Misiones) - Aimé Bonpland Colonia Alberdi - Juan Bautista Alberdi Colonia Aurora - Aurora Palia Quesini, mother of the founder Colonia Victoria - Queen Victoria Comandante Andresito - Andrés Guazurary Florentino Ameghino, Misiones - Florentino Ameghino General Alvear, Misiones - Carlos María de Alvear General Urquiza - Justo José de Urquiza Gobernador López - Gregorio López (1857-1927), Governor of Misiones Gobernador Roca - Rudecindo Roca (1850-1903), Territorial Governor of Misiones Hipólito Yrigoyen, Misiones - Hipólito Yrigoyen Leandro N. Alem, Misiones - Leandro N. Alem , one of the founders of the Radical Civic Union Montecarlo, Misiones - Carlos Culmey (1879-1939), German civil engineer Nemesio Parma (Misiones) - Nemesio Celestino Parma, Posadeño Hero who died during The Villa Franca Tragedy in 1922 Oberá - Cacique Oberá Olegario Víctor Andrade, Misiones - Olegario Víctor Andrade Pueblo Illia (Misiones) – Arturo Umberto Illia , President of Argentina Puerto Leoni - Virginio Faustino Leoni (1897-1971), founder Posadas, Misiones - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas Ruiz de Montoya - Antonio Ruiz de Montoya San Antonio, Misiones - Anthony of Padua San Ignacio, Argentina - Ignatius of Loyola San Javier, Misiones - Francis Xavier San José, Misiones - Saint Joseph San Martín, Misiones - José de San Martín San Pedro, Misiones - Saint Peter San Vicente, Misiones - Vincent de Paul Santa Ana, Misiones - Saint Anne Santa María, Misiones - Mary, mother of Jesus Santiago de Liniers, Misiones - Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires Villa Roulet (Misiones) - Marc Étienne Roulet (1895-1969), Swiss pioneer Wanda, Argentina - Dr. Wanda Piłsudska , daughter of Józef Piłsudski Octavio Pico - Octavio Sergio Pico (1867-1943) Plottier - Dr. Alberto Plottier (1871-1941), Uruguayan physician who was a founder of the town Ramón M. Castro - engineer Ramón Castro San Martín de los Andes - José de San Martín Allen, Río Negro - Henry Charles Allen (1856-1935), member of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway company Barrio Presidente Perón (Río Negro) - Juan Domingo Perón Cipolletti - César Cipolletti (1843-1908), Italian water engineer Clemente Onelli, Río Negro - Clemente Onelli (1864-1924), Italian naturalist Contralmirante Cordero - Bartolomé Leónidas Cordero (1830-1892) Darwin, Río Negro - Charles Darwin Ferri (Río Negro) - Enrico Ferri (criminologist) General Conesa, Río Negro - Emilio Conesa General Enrique Godoy - Enrique Godoy (1850-1912), expeditioner of the Desert conquest General Fernández Oro - General Manuel Fernández Oro General Roca, Río Negro - Julio Argentino Roca Ingeniero Jacobacci - Guido Jacobacci (1863-1922), General Director of Patagonian Railways Ingeniero Luis A. Huergo - Luis Huergo Ingeniero Otto Krause - Otto Krause Lamarque, Argentina - Dr. Facundo Lamarque Luis Beltrán, Río Negro - Fray Luis Beltrán Ministro Ramos Mexía - Ezequiel Ramos Mexía (1852-1935) San Carlos de Bariloche - Carlos Wiederhold Sargento Vidal - Major sergeant Miguel Vidal Viedma, Río Negro - Francisco de Viedma y Narváez, founder Villa Mascardi - 17th century Jesuit Nicolás Mascardi Villa Regina - Regina Pacini , first lady of Argentina Apolinario Saravia, Salta - Apolinario Saravia (1791-1844) Capitán Juan Pagé - Captain John Pagé (1842-1890) Coronel Cornejo - José Antonio Fernández Cornejo (1768-1850), Governor of Salta Coronel Juan Solá - Juan Nepomuceno Solá, two time governor of Salta Coronel Moldes - Colonel José de Moldes Coronel Mollinedo - Eusebio Martínez de Mollinedo (1794-1841), a local independence hero Coronel Olleros - Tomás Olleros Mansilla (1838-1890) General Ballivián - José Ballivián General Güemes, Salta - Martín Miguel de Güemes General Mosconi, Salta - Enrique Mosconi General Pizarro - Ramón García de León y Pizarro Hipólito Yrigoyen, Salta - Hipólito Yrigoyen Joaquín V. González, Argentina - Joaquín V. González Salvador Mazza, Salta - Dr. Salvador Mazza San Ramón de la Nueva Orán - Ramón García de León y Pizarro General San Martín, San Juan - José de San Martín Iglesia Department - the Iglesia family Rivadavia, San Juan - Bernardino Rivadavia San Juan, Argentina - John the Baptist or Juan Jufré , founder Villa Aberastain - Antonino Aberastain (1810-1861), Governor of San Juan Villa Basilio Nievas - Basilio Nievas, farmer Villa Don Bosco - John Bosco Villa Ibáñez - José Ibáñez, developer Villa Krause - engineer Domingo Krause (1861-1941) Villa Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento - Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento (1774-1861), mother of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Villa del Salvador - Jesus and Salvador María del Carril , Vice President of Argentina Anchorena, San Luis - the Anchorena Family Beazley - Francisco Julián Beazley (1864-1924), Federal interventor of San Luis Carolina, San Luis - Charles III of Spain General Pedernera Department - Juan Esteban Pedernera Gobernador Dupuy Department, San Luis - Vicente Dupuy (1774-1843), Lieutenant Governor of San Luis Juan Llerena, San Luis - Juan Llerena (1825-1900), province senator Justo Daract, San Luis - Justo Daract , first governor of San Luis Leandro N. Alem, San Luis - Leandro N. Alem Martín de Loyola - Martín García Óñez de Loyola San Luis, Argentina - Louis IX of France Villa Elena, San Luis - Maria Elena de la Mota, daughter of an early settler Villa General Roca - Julio Argentino Roca Villa Larca - Cacique Larca Villa Mercedes - Virgin of Mercy Villa Reynolds - Francisco Reynolds Comandante Luis Piedrabuena - Luis Piedrabuena Fitz Roy, Santa Cruz - Robert FitzRoy , British officer of the Royal Navy Gobernador Gregores - Juan Manuel Gregores (1893-1947) Gobernador Mayer - Edelmiro Mayer Gobernador Moyano - Carlos María Moyano (1854-1910) Jaramillo (Santa Cruz) - Gregorio Jaramillo, sergeant in General Belgrano's army Julia Dufour - Julia M. Dufour (1836-1878), Argentine pioneer in Patagonia Mazaredo - Jose de Mazarredo y Salazar Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz - Francisco Moreno Puerto Coig (Santa Cruz) - Second Lieutenant Claudio Coig Sansón (1761-1830) Ramón Lista (Santa Cruz) - Ramón Lista Tellier - Charles Tellier , french engineer Aarón Castellanos, Santa Fe - Aarón Castellanos , founder Acebal, Argentina - Amador Acebal, founder Álvarez, Argentina - the Álvarez Family Alvear, Santa Fe - Carlos María de Alvear Armstrong, Argentina - Thomas Armstrong (1797–1875), Irish pioneer in the development of the Central Argentine Railway company Bernardo de Irigoyen, Santa Fe - Bernardo de Irigoyen Bouquet, Argentina - ex-federal senator Carlos María Bouquet Cafferatta, Santa Fe - Juan Manuel Cafferata , 25th Governor of Santa Fe Province Capitán Bermúdez - Captain Justo Bermúdez Carlos Pellegrini, Santa Fe - Carlos Pellegrini Christophersen . Peter Christophersen Colonia Montefiore - Moses Montefiore Coronel Arnold, Santa Fe - Manuel Brown Arnold, founder Felicia, Argentina - Felicia Ramón, wife of a founder Fortín Olmos - General Olmos, who was an assistant of Manuel Obligado Franck, Argentina - Mauricio Franck, founder Fray Luis Beltrán, Santa Fe - Luis Beltrán, franciscan friar Fuentes, Santa Fe - Juan Fuentes, founder Funes, Santa Fe - Pedro Lino Funes Arias (1853–1910) Gálvez, Santa Fe and Villa Gobernador Gálvez - José Gálvez, Governor of Santa Fe Gobernador Candioti - Francisco Candioti (1743-1815), first governor of Santa Fe Granadero Baigorria - Juan Bautista Baigorria Humberto Primo - Umberto I of Italy Humboldt, Argentina - Alexander von Humboldt Jacinto L. Arauz - Jacinto L. Arauz, landowner Josefina, Santa Fe - Josefina Rodríguez del Fresno (1795-1849), wife of a founder Llambi Campbell - Paulino Llambi Campbell, founder Marcelino Escalada (Santa Fe) - Marcelino Escalada, founder Moussy (Santa Fe) - Martin de Moussy (1810-1869), French naturalist Murphy, Santa Fe - John James Murphy (1822-1909) Nicanor Molinas (Santa Fe) - Nicanor Molinas Pedro Gómez Cello (Santa Fe) - Pedro Gómez Cello (1887-1947), Governor of Santa Fe Presidente Roca (Santa Fe) - Julio Argentino Roca Pueblo Muñoz - Camila Pedemonte de Muñoz, founder Rafaela , Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza Roldán, Santa Fe - Felipe M. de Roldán, provincial deputy Romang, Santa Fe - Dr. Theophilus Romang Rivadavia, Santa Fe - Bernardino Rivadavia Sa Pereira - Domingo de Sa Pereira Saladero Mariano Cabal - Mariano Cabal Sanford - Henry Dunant Sanford, British engineer Sargento Cabral (Santa Fe) - Juan Bautista Cabral Serodino - Pedro Alejo Serodino, founder Theobald, Argentina - Wilson Theobald, shareholder of the English railway board Vera, Santa Fe - Mariano Vera Vera y Pintado - Bernardo de Vera y Pintado Vicente Echeverría - Vicente Anastasio Echevarría Villa Cañás - Juan Cañás, founder Villa Minetti - Domingo Minetti (1901-1975) Villa Saralegui - Antonio de Saralegui y Zarandona (1847-1907) Wildermuth - Federico Wildermuth (1848-1895) Zenón Pereyra - Zenón Pereyra (1842-1902), founder Santiago del Estero Aguirre Department - Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador) Alberdi Department - Juan Bautista Alberdi Avellaneda Department, Santiago del Estero - Nicolás Avellaneda Belgrano Department, Santiago del Estero - Manuel Belgrano Campo Gallo - Juan Camilo Gallo, early settler Fernández, Santiago del Estero - Jesús María Fernández, founder Frías, Santiago del Estero - Felix Frias (1814-1883) General Taboada Department - General Antonino Taboada (1810-1883) Hasse (Santiago del Estero) - Julius Hasse, railway sleeper dealer Ingeniero Forres - Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres , director of the Central Argentine Railway Company Jiménez Department - Manuel Jiménez, military mayor Juan Felipe Ibarra Department - Juan Felipe Ibarra Mitre Department - Bartolomé Mitre Moreno Department - Mariano Moreno Pellegrini Department - Carlos Pellegrini Tomás Young (Santiago del Estero) - Tomás Young, railway engineer Villa Figueroa - Juan de Paz y Figueroa Weisburd - Israel Weisburd (1864-1952), businessman Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur Puerto Cook - James Cook , British Royal Navy officer San Sebastián, Tierra del Fuego - Saint Sebastian Capitán Cáceres - Captain Héctor Cáceres (1947-1975), first officer of the Argentine Army to fall in combat during Operation Independence in Tucumán Delfín Gallo, Tucumán - Delfín Gallo Gobernador Garmendia - Pedro de Garmendia Juan Bautista Alberdi, Tucumán - Juan Bautista Alberdi Manuel García Fernández - Manuel García Fernández (d.1923), founder of Bella Vista Sugar Mill San Isidro de Lules - Isidore the Laborer San Miguel de Tucumán - Saint Michael San Pedro de Colalao - Saint Peter Santa Ana, Tucumán - Saint Anne Santa Lucía, Tucumán - Saint Lucy Santa Rosa de Leales - Rose of Lima Sargento Moya - Sargent Moya, fallen soldier Soldado Maldonado - Ismael Maldonado (d.1975), fallen soldier during Operation Independence in Tucumán Teniente Berdina - Second Lieutenant Rodolfo Hernán Berdina (1952-1975), fallen soldier Villa Nougués - Luis Nougués (1871-1915), Governor of Tucuman Villa Quinteros - Lidoro Quinteros (1848-1907), Governor of Tucuman Cabo Mayor Fariña Department - Miguel Ángel Fariña (1925-1951), Peronist non-commissioned officer who died during an uprising; now Mayor Luis Jorge Fontana Department Ciudad Eva Perón (means Eva Perón City ) – Eva Perón , First Lady of Argentina; now La Plata Eva Perón Department (Catamarca) – Eva Perón ; now El Alto Department Eva Perón Department (Chaco) – Eva Perón ; now Quitilipi Department Eva Perón Department (Córdoba) – Eva Perón ; now Pocho Department Eva Perón Department (Corrientes) – Eva Perón ; now Monte Caseros Department Eva Perón Department (La Rioja) – Eva Perón ; now Chilecito Department Eva Perón Department (Salta) – Eva Perón ; now La Viña Department Eva Perón Department (San Juan) – Eva Perón ; now Caucete Department Eva Perón Department (San Luis) – Eva Perón ; now Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Department Eva Perón Department (Santa Fe) – Eva Perón ; now San Justo Department, Santa Fe Gobernador Gordillo Department (La Rioja) - Pedro Antonio Gordillo (1821-1915); now Chamical Department Pelagio B. Luna Department (La Rioja) – Pelagio Luna , Vice President; now San Blas de los Sauces Department Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (Corrientes) - Juan Domingo Perón ; now General Alvear Department, Corrientes Presidente Perón (San Juan) - Juan Domingo Perón ; now Pocito Department Presidente Perón (San Luis) - Juan Domingo Perón ; now Gobernador Dupuy Department Presidente Tte. General Perón Department (Mendoza) - Juan Domingo Perón ; now Malargüe Department Sarmiento Department (La Rioja) – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento ; now Vinchina Department Abovyan and Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan , writer Anushavan – Dr. 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 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 – Liparit Mkchyan, an Armenian commander killed in 1921 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 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 Shahverdyan , Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman Ghukasyan was the name of Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), 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 (1984-1959), 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 Amaliendorf-Aalfang – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold Bartholomäberg - Bartholomew the Apostle Elisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) – Empress Elisabeth of Austria Felixdorf – Felix Mießl (1778–1861), Mayor of Wiener Neustadt Hermagor-Pressegger See - Hermagoras of Aquileia 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 Paternion - Paternian Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung (Wien) – Per Albin Hansson , Swedish politician Rennersdorf, Austria – Karl Renner Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus – Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria St Anton am Arlberg - Anthony of Padua 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 Gerold - Saint Gerold of Saxony (c. 900–978) Sankt Jakob in Defereggen - James the Great Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal - Leonard of Noblac Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland - Margaret of Hungary (saint) Sankt Martin an der Raab - Martin of Tours Sankt Michael im Burgenland - Saint Michael Sankt Oswald bei Haslach - Oswald of Northumbria Sankt Sigmund im Sellrain - Sigismund of Burgundy Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee - Ulrich of Augsburg Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg – Wolfgang of Regensburg Theresienfeld – Maria Theresa Ulrichsberg - Ulrich I, a long-time chairman of Schlägl Abbey Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848) 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 Xətai, Nakhchivan – Ismail I of Persia Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan 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" 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 Abraham's Bay - Abraham Alexander Charlton, founder Alice Town - Princess Alice of the United Kingdom Arthur's Town - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Clarence Town - named for Maj. Archibald William George Taylor´s brother Cockburn Town, Bahamas - Francis Cockburn Colonel Hill - Colonel Andrew Deveaux Dunmore Town - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore 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 Hamad Town – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah Isa Town – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah Cox's Bazar – Captain Hiram Cox Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer Kamalnagar Upazila – Ziaur Rahman ´s nickname "Kamal" 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 Nesarabad Upazila – Nesaruddin Ahmad 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 Hastings, Barbados – Warren Hastings Speightstown – William Speight (legislator) Barysaw – Boris- Rogvolod Vseslavich Braslaw – Bryachislav of Polotsk Budenovka (Minsk) – Semyon Budyonny Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich Dzyarzhynsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky Gusarovka (Gomel) – Nikolai Gusarov Izabelin – Izabela Czartoryska , daughter of founder [ 2 ] Kirawsk – Sergey Kirov Leninski – Vladimir Lenin Albert (Belize House constituency) – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale Douglas, Belize – Douglas Wilson (bishop) Flowers Bank – William Flowers (d.1786) Fort George (Belize House constituency) – George III of the United Kingdom Georgeville, Belize – George Cadle Price Hopkins – Frederick Charles Hopkins Victoria Peak (Belize) – Queen Victoria Malanville – Henri Malan (1869–1912), French Governor of Dahomey Hamilton – Henry Hamilton Jigme Dorji – King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Wangdue Phodrang – Wangdi, boy playing in a river 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 Andrićgrad - Ivo Andrić 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 Francistown – Daniel Francis (1840–1920), English prospector Gaborone – Chief Gaborone 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 Bandar Seri Begawan – Omar Ali Saifuddien III 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 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 Sankara, Burkina Faso – Thomas Sankara , Military, Revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso Phnom Penh – said to be named for Lady Penh Sihanoukville (city) – King Norodom Sihanouk Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta [ 3 ] : 23 Beazer, Alberta - Mark Beazer (1854–1937), first postmaster and locality's first bishop for congregants of the LDS Church Beiseker – Thomas Lincoln Beiseker (1866–1941), vice president of the Calgary Colonization Company Benton, Alberta - Thomas Hart Benton Bindloss - Harold Edward Bindloss Boyle, Alberta – John Robert Boyle Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (1865–1926), Canadian Pacific Railway Divisional railway engineer [ 3 ] : 26 Brownfield, Alberta – Charles D. Brownfield, the first postmaster from Missouri Brownvale – John Brown, homesteader Bruce, Alberta – Alexander Bruce Smith, manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Telegraph Company Burdett, Alberta – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts Cardston – Charles Ora Card , American mormon pioneer who was a founder of a town Caroline, Alberta – Caroline Rebecca Langley (1899-1981), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Langley from Minnesota Cayley, Alberta - Hugh Cayley Cheadle, Alberta – Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle Cherhill, Alberta - A. P. Stetcher, postmaster Claresholm – Clare Niblock (1856–1942), a pioneer citizen Cochrane Lake, Alberta – Matthew Henry Cochrane Clyde, Alberta – George D. Clyde, a local entrepreneur and the community's first postmaster Daysland – Edgerton W. Day , mayor of Daysland De Winton, Alberta – Francis de Winton , British army officer DeBolt – Henry DeBolt , an early postmaster from Idaho and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Dimsdale, Alberta - Henry George Wadsworth Dimsdale, a construction engineer from Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway company Donatville – Donat Gingras, a pioneer citizen Duffield, Alberta - George Duffield Hall, resident from Boston, Massachusetts Duhamel, Alberta – Joseph-Thomas Duhamel Edberg, Alberta – Johan Edstrom (1867-1949), an early postmaster from Sweden Edson, Alberta – Edson Joseph Chamberlin , American chief executive Ellscott – L.G. Scott, a purchasing agent for the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Erskine, Alberta - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine Esther, Alberta - Anna Esther Landreth (1899-1992), daughter of a postmaster Evansburg, Alberta – Harry Marshall Erskine Evans , former mayor of Edmonton Fabyan, Alberta - Robert Fabyan Faust, Alberta – E. T. Faust, a railroad officer Fort Fitzgerald - Francis Joseph Fitzgerald Fort McKay – Dr. Williams Morrison MacKay (1836-1917), the first president of the Northern Alberta Medical Association Fort McMurray – William McMurray (1820-1877), Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company Garfield, Alberta – James A. Garfield , 20th president of the United States Gunn, Alberta - Peter Gunn (politician) Gwynne, Alberta - Julia Maude Schreiber (née Gwynne) (1862-1937), president of the Ottawa Ladies' golf club Hardisty, Alberta – Richard Hardisty Heinsburg - John Heins, an early postmaster Herronton - John Herron (Alberta politician) , member of the North-West Mounted Police Hoadley, Alberta - George Hoadley (Alberta politician) Holden, Alberta – James Bismark Holden Huxley, Alberta - Thomas Henry Huxley Iddesleigh, Alberta - Walter Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh Irvine, Alberta - Colonel A. Irvine, a commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Joffre, Alberta - Joseph Joffre Johnson's Addition - Aaron Johnson, assistant postmaster from Utah Kavanagh, Alberta - Charles Edmund Kavanagh (1880–1953), Canadian National Railway Company superintendent Kelsey, Alberta - Moses Kelsey (1847-1927), Mary Martha Fanset (1862-1944) and Earl Kelsey (1883-1979), founders from South Dakota Kimball, Alberta - Heber C. Kimball Kipp, Alberta - Joe Kipp (1849-1913), American whiskey trader Lacombe, Alberta – Albert Lacombe Lamont, Alberta – John Henderson Lamont Landry Heights - John "Dale" Armont Landry (1937-2008), purchaser Langdon, Alberta - Robert Bruce Langdon , Member of the Minnesota Senate and a contractor who helped build the Canadian Pacific Railway company Leavitt, Alberta - Thomas Rowell Leavitt Leduc, Alberta - Father Hippolyte Leduc (1842-1918) Lethbridge , Alberta – William Lethbridge [ 3 ] : 33 Lindbergh, Alberta - Charles Lindbergh , American aviator Lloydminster – George Exton Lloyd Madden, Alberta - Bernard Madden, an early pioneer and a prominent rancher Magrath, Alberta – Charles Alexander Magrath Manning, Alberta – Ernest Manning , 8th Premier of Alberta Mayerthorpe – R. I. Mayer, the first postmaster McLennan, Alberta – John K. McLennan (1872–1953), vice president of the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Nobleford – Charles Sherwood Noble , American inventor Raymond, Alberta – Ray Knight (rodeo organizer) Patricia, Alberta – Princess Patricia [ 4 ] Poe, Alberta - Edgar Allan Poe , American poet and writer Pollockville, Alberta - Robert Pollock, an early settler Reno, Alberta - Jesse L. Reno Robb, Alberta - Peter (Baldy) Addison Robb (1887–1954), Scottish freighter and prospector Schuler, Alberta - Norman Banks Schuler (1879-1950), first postmaster from Iowa Stettler, Alberta – Carl Stettler , Swiss postmaster Telfordville - Robert Telford , mayor of Leduc and postmaster Wainwright, Alberta – General William Wainwright, the second vice-president of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company Walsh, Alberta - James Walsh, North-West Mounted Police officer Wardlow, Alberta - Catherine Wardlow Sutherland (1890-1955), daughter of rancher James R. Sutherland Warner, Alberta - A.L. Warner, land agent for the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company Worsley, Alberta - Erick Worsley, a British Cavalry Officer and fur trader British Columbia Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (1829–1915) ( Canadian Pacific Railway superintendent) [ 3 ] : 44 Agassiz, British Columbia - Lewis Nunn Agassiz (founder) Alexandria, British Columbia - Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector [ 3 ] : 45 Bradner, Abbotsford – Thomas Bradner (1854-1919), settler Burnaby , British Columbia – Robert Burnaby [ 3 ] : 45–46 Cawston, British Columbia – Richard Lowe Cawston (1849-1923), a pioneer rancher and magistrate Dallas, Kamloops – Dallas Johnston (1887–1964) Dewdney, British Columbia – Edgar Dewdney Donald, British Columbia – Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Durieu, British Columbia – Pierre-Paul Durieu Ellison, British Columbia – Price Ellison (1852–1932), a stock raiser and wheat grower Erickson, British Columbia – Eric Gustavous Erickson (1857-1927), a superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway Fauquier, British Columbia – Frederick George Fauquier (1854-1917) Fort Fraser, British Columbia – Simon Fraser (explorer) Fort Ware, British Columbia – William Ware (1872–1957) Hagensborg – Hagen B. Christensen, first storekeeper and postmaster Haig, British Columbia – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Hedley, British Columbia – Robert R. Hedley (1863-1940), manager of the Hall Mines Hosmer, British Columbia – Charles Hosmer , railway official Houston, British Columbia – John Houston (newspaperman) Huntingdon, Abbotsford – Collis Potter Huntington , American industrialist and railway magnate Kimberley, British Columbia – John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley Lister, British Columbia – Fred W. Lister Lytton, British Columbia – Edward Bulwer-Lytton McBride, British Columbia – Richard McBride McGregor, British Columbia – Captain James Herrick McGregor (1869–1915) Nelson, British Columbia – Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician) New Denver – James W. Denver Nicola, British Columbia – Nicola (Okanagan leader) Parksville, British Columbia - Nelson Parks, early postmaster Paterson, British Columbia – Archibald (Archie) Neil Paterson (1865-1935), postmaster or Thomas Wilson Paterson Port Alberni , British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní [ 5 ] Port Clements – Herbert Sylvester Clements Port Douglas, British Columbia – James Douglas (governor) Port McNeill – William Henry McNeill , American marine captain and explorer Port Moody , British Columbia – Richard Moody , first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia . [ 3 ] : 57 Prince George, British Columbia – King George III , [ 3 ] : 58 King George V or Prince George, Duke of Kent Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine [ 3 ] : 58 Robson, British Columbia – John Robson (politician) Rosebery, British Columbia – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Stewart, British Columbia – Robert Musket Stewart (1868-1954), first postmaster Taylor, British Columbia – Donald Herbert Taylor (1868–1955), a fur-trader Topley, British Columbia – William James Topley Vancouver , British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver , English explorer of Dutch descent ( van Coevorden ) [ 3 ] : 63 Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria [ 3 ] : 63 Wilmer, British Columbia – Wilmer Cleveland Wells Alexander, Manitoba – John A. Macdonald Argyle, Manitoba – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll Austin, Manitoba – Sidney Austin (1846-1881), British journalist of the London Graphic Barrows, Manitoba – Fredrick G. Barrows (1859–1940), founder of the Red Deer Lumber Company Camperville, Manitoba – Father C. J. Camper, an early Roman Catholic missionary Cartwright, Manitoba – Richard John Cartwright Churchill, Manitoba – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough [ 3 ] : 67–68 Dugald, Manitoba – Dr. Dugald Campbell Elphinstone, Manitoba – William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone Emerson, Manitoba – Ralph Waldo Emerson , American poet Erickson, Manitoba – E. Albert Erickson (1865-1913), postmaster Gladstone, Manitoba – William Ewart Gladstone , Prime Minister of United Kingdom Hartney – James Hartney , an early postmaster Laurier, Manitoba – Wilfrid Laurier McAuley, Manitoba – George W. McAuley (1860-1945), townsite owner McCreary, Manitoba – William McCreary , mayor of Winnipeg Morris, Manitoba – Alexander Morris (politician) Municipality of Brenda-Waskada – Major Adoniram Cates's daughter, Brenda Cates (1888–1964) Municipality of Harrison Park – David Howard Harrison Richer, Manitoba – Henri Isaïe Richer (1846-1911), first postmaster in the region Roblin, Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Rural Municipality of Armstrong – James William Armstrong Rural Municipality of Cartier – George-Étienne Cartier Rural Municipality of Coldwell – George R. Coldwell Rural Municipality of De Salaberry – Charles de Salaberry Rural Municipality of Thompson – first postmaster, William Thompson Russell, Manitoba – Lord Alexander Russell Selkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk [ 3 ] : 75 Starbuck, Manitoba – William H. Starbuck (1835-1896), a railroad financier from New York Thompson, Manitoba – Dr. John Fairfield Thompson , American metallurgist who became Inco's chairman [ 3 ] : 77 Warren, Manitoba – Albert Edward Warren (d.1939), Western Vice President and general manager of the Canadian National Railway Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst [ 3 ] : 83 Campbellton, New Brunswick – Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet Edmundston , New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head [ 3 ] : 87 Fredericton , New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York [ 3 ] : 88 Gordonsville, New Brunswick – Charles Gordon Glass McAdam, New Brunswick – John McAdam (politician) Minto, New Brunswick – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Sackville, New Brunswick – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville Newfoundland and Labrador Campbellton, Newfoundland and Labrador – sawmill manager John Campbell Carmanville – Albert Carman Churchill Falls – Winston Churchill , Prime Minister of United Kingdom [ 3 ] : 10, 111 Cook's Harbour – James Cook Hawke's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Massey Drive – Vincent Massey Port Hope Simpson – John Hope Simpson , British liberal politician [ 6 ] Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador - Walter Raleigh Northwest Territories Fort Liard - Simon-Xavier Liard, a French-Canadian fur trader who explored the area Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories – Murdoch McPherson, a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company Fort Simpson – George Simpson (HBC administrator) Fort Smith, Northwest Territories – Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Halifax, Nova Scotia – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax [ 3 ] : 138 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney [ 3 ] : 149 Wolfville , Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf [ 3 ] : 152 Armstrong, Ontario – Samuel Armstrong (Canadian politician) Barrie , Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie or Captain A. Barry [ 3 ] : 160 Billings, Ontario – Elkanah Billings Brantford , Ontario – Joseph Brant [ 3 ] : 163 Brockville , Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock [ 3 ] : 163 Casselman, Ontario – Martin Major Casselman (1805–1881), founder and postmaster Casey, Ontario – George Elliott Casey Collingwood, Ontario – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood [ 3 ] : 168 Dryden, Ontario - John Dryden (Ontario politician) Dubreuilville - Napoléon Dubreuil (1913–1993), Joachim Dubreuil (1917–2001), Augustin Dubreuil (1924–2011) and Marcel Dubreuil (1927–2017), founders of a company logging town Englehart – Jacob Lewis Englehart , American business magnate Goderich, Ontario – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich , British prime minister Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton [ 3 ] : 178 Harley, Ontario - Archibald Harley Harriston, Ontario – Archibald Harrison (1818-1878), first postmaster Haysville, Ontario – Robert Hays (1794-1874), early settler and first postmaster from Ireland Hearst, Ontario – William Howard Hearst , Premier of Ontario Huntsville, Ontario – George Hunt (British Army officer) , first postmaster [ 3 ] : 179 Kearney, Ontario – William Kearney, an early postmaster Kirkland Lake , Ontario – Ms. Winnifred Kirkland (1879-1960), secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines [ 3 ] : 182 Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener [ 3 ] : 182 Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly Machin, Ontario - Harold Machin Markham, Ontario – William Markham [ 3 ] : 187 McDougall, Ontario – William McDougall (Ontario politician) McKellar, Ontario – Archibald McKellar Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris [ 3 ] : 189 O'Connor, Ontario – James Joseph O'Connor (1857–1930) Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson [ 3 ] : 196 Point Edward, Ontario – Edward VII Port Sydney, Ontario - Albert Sydney-Smith (1846-1925), postmaster Schreiber, Ontario – Collingwood Schreiber Spence, Ontario – Robert Spence (Canadian politician) , postmaster general Timmins , Ontario – Noah Timmins [ 3 ] : 208 Prince Edward Island Abram-Village - Abraham Arsenault, first settler Alexandra, Prince Edward Island - Alexandra of Denmark Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , consort of King George III the United Kingdom [ 3 ] : 217–218 Georgetown, Prince Edward Island - George III Linkletter, Prince Edward Island - George Linkletter, American settler Morell, Prince Edward Island - Jean Francois Morel Murray Harbour - James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721) Victoria, Prince Edward Island - Queen Victoria Abbotsford, Quebec – Rev. Joseph Abbott [ 3 ] : 226 Albertville, Quebec - André-Albert Blais Arvida, Quebec - Arthur Vining Davis , American industrialist and philanthropist Audet, Quebec - Michel Audet (1832-1901), first postmaster Austin, Quebec – Nicholas Austin Authier, Quebec – Hector Authier Baie-Comeau - Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau Baie-Johan-Beetz – Johan Beetz , Belgian postmaster Beaconsfield, Quebec – Benjamin Disraeli , 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Blainville, Quebec – Jean-Baptiste Céloron de Blainville Boileau, Quebec - Perpetus Poissant dit Boileau, early postmaster Bowman, Quebec – Baxter Bowman Chandler, Quebec - Percy Milton Chandler (1873–1944), Philadelphian manufacturer and president of St. Lawrence. Pulp and Lumber Corporation Charlemagne, Quebec – Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier [ 3 ] : 236 Chartierville – Jean-Baptiste Chartier, (1832–1917) Clarenceville, Quebec – William IV , Duke of Clarence Cleveland, Quebec – George Nelson Cleveland, the first mayor Cowansville - Peter Cowan, early postmaster of the area Dixville, Quebec - Richard "Dix" Baldwin (1808–1877), postmaster Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux [ 3 ] : 240 Drummondville , Quebec – Gordon Drummond [ 3 ] : 241 Duhamel, Quebec – Joseph-Thomas Duhamel Elgin, Quebec – James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Fassett, Quebec – Jacob Sloat Fassett , president of the Haskell Lumber Company Franklin, Quebec – John Franklin Frontenac, Quebec - Louis de Buade de Frontenac Girardville, Quebec – Joseph Girard (Canadian politician) Havelock, Quebec - Henry Havelock Joliette , Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette [ 3 ] : 249 Kirkland, Quebec – Charles-Aimé Kirkland , a Canadian politician Labelle, Quebec - Antoine Labelle Louiseville – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Manseau, Quebec - Father Martial Manseau (1870-1951) McMasterville – William McMaster (businessman) Montcerf-Lytton - Edward Bulwer-Lytton Mont-Laurier , Quebec and Laurierville, Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier , Prime Minister of Canada [ 3 ] : 260 Murdochville – James Y. Murdoch (1890–1962), president of Noranda mines Piopolis, Quebec – Pope Pius IX Routhierville - Alphonse Routhier (1875–1958), station master Saint-Adalbert, Quebec - Adalbert Blanchet (1848-1924) Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs - Father Aimé Néron (1915-1986) Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska - Alexandre-Antonin Taché Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia - Alexis Mailloux (1801-1877) Saint-Alexis-des-Monts - Alexis Lefebvre Boulanger (1812-1885), pioneer and farmer Saint-Alfred, Quebec - Joseph-Alfred Langlois (1876-1966), Bishop of Valleyfield Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby - Alphonsus Liguori Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez - Alphonsus Rodriguez Saint-Ambroise, Quebec - Father Ambroise-Martial Fafard (1840-1899) Saint-André-Avellin - André Trudeau (1792-1842) Saint-André-d'Argenteuil - Saint Andrew Saint-André-de-Restigouche - André-Albert Blais Saint-Anicet - Pope Anicetus Saint-Antonin, Quebec - Antoine Proulx (1810-1896) Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly - Anthony of Padua Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu - Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur Saint-Athanase - Athanase David Saint-Augustin, Côte-Nord, Quebec - Augustin le Gardeur de Courtemanche Saint-Benjamin, Quebec - Benjamin Demers (1848-1919) Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle - Bernard-Claude Panet Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville - Alexis-Xyste Bernard Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues - Joseph-Bruno Guigues Saint-Camille-de-Lellis - Father Camille-Stanislas Brochu (1844-1905), founder and Saint Camillus de Lellis Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec - Charles Garnier (missionary) Saint-Cléophas - Father Joseph-Cléophas Saindon (1866-1941), Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon - Cléophas Beausoleil Saint-Cyprien, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Father Joseph-Eustache-Cyprien Gagné (1835-1906) Saint-Damase, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Father Damase Morisset, the parish's founding priest Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet - Damase Ouellet (1826–1908), pioneer Saint-David-de-Falardeau - Father David Roussel (1835-1898) and Antoine-Sébastien Falardeau (1822-1889), painter Saint-Denis-de-Brompton - Father Joseph-Denis Bellemare (1857-1936) Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Father Gabriel Nadeau (1808-1869) Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines - Father Joseph-Edmond Tremblay (1873-1943) Saint-Elzéar, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec - Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay - Father Joseph-Eugène Bédard (1863-1918) Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière - Eugène-Elzéar Pelletier (1878–1937) and Father Augustin Ladrière (1826-1884) Saint-Félix-d'Otis - Lucien Otis (1824-1868) Saint-Flavien - Pierre-Flavien Turgeon Saint-François-d'Assise, Quebec - François Cinq-Mars (1847-1902) Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski - Father Gabriel Nadeau (1808-1869) Saint-Godefroi - Charles-Godefroi Fournier (1829-1902), priest and founder Saint-Guillaume-Nord - Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes Saint-Honoré, Quebec - Honoré Petit Saint-Janvier-de-Joly - Reverend Janvier Lachance (1884-1952) and Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière , Premier of Quebec Saint-Juste-du-Lac - Joseph-Juste-Ernest Gagnon (1874-1957) Saint-Léandre - Léandre Bernier, early settler Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec - Louis-Nazaire Bégin or Louis-Philippe Pelletier Saint-Louis, Quebec - Louis-Zéphirin Moreau Saint-Ludger - Father Ludger Têtu (1821-1879) Saint-Magloire, Quebec - reverend Joseph-Magloire Rioux (1831-1908) Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis - Maxime Tardif (1821–1850), secretary to Bishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon Saint-Médard, Quebec - Joseph-Médard Belzile (1863-1953) Saint-Modeste - Modeste Demers Saint-Moïse - Father Moïse Duguay (1820-1870) Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski - Father Joseph-Narcisse Rioux Saint-Nazaire, Quebec - Louis-Nazaire Bégin Saint-Noël, Quebec - Noël Chabanel , Canadian martyr Saint-Octave-de-Métis - Monsignor Joseph-Octave Plessis Saint-Omer, Quebec - Monsignor Joseph-Omer Plante (1867-1948) Saint-Pamphile - Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault Saint-Pascal - Étienne-Paschal Taché Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix - Paul Bruchési Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy - Étienne Lamy Saint-Philibert, Quebec - reverend François-Philibert Lamontagne (1874-1949) Saint-René-de-Matane - René Goupil , Canadian martyr Saint-Théophile - Father Théophile Montminy (1842-1899) Saint-Thomas-Didyme - Michel-Thomas Labrecque Saint-Ubalde - Ubald Gingras (1824-1874) Saint-Ulric - Ulric-Joseph Tessier Saint-Vallier, Quebec - Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier Saint-Zacharie, Quebec - Zacharie Lacasse (1845-1921), Oblate missionary Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui - Father Zénon-Octave Gendron (1877-1932) Sainte-Aurélie - Catherine Aurelia Caouette , Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne - Sister Sainte-Christine Sainte-Irène - Irène Sénécal (1887-1927), wife of Hector Laferté, Minister of Colonization, Hunting and Fisherie Sainte-Justine, Quebec - Marie-Justine Têtu (1833-1882) Sainte-Luce, Quebec - Luce-Gertrude Drapeau (1794–1880), wife of the local notary, Thomas Casault Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel - Queen Victoria Salaberry-de-Valleyfield - Charles de Salaberry Schefferville – Bishop Lionel Scheffer (1903–1966) Shawville, Quebec - James Shaw (1818–1877) Sherbrooke , Quebec – John Coape Sherbrooke [ 3 ] : 148, 287 Victoriaville , Quebec – Queen Victoria [ 3 ] : 291 Bracken, Saskatchewan - John Bracken Coleville, Saskatchewan – Malcolm Cole, early postmaster Colfax, Saskatchewan – Schuyler Colfax , US Vice President Cullen, Saskatchewan – William Cullen Bryant Davidson, Saskatchewan – Colonel Andrew Duncan Davidson Davis, Saskatchewan – Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician) Dorintosh – Dorise Nielsen and Cameron Ross McIntosh Earl Grey, Saskatchewan – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey Estevan – George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen Herbert, Saskatchewan – Michael Henry Herbert Jansen, Saskatchewan – Nebraska rancher John Jansen King George, Saskatoon – George VI of United Kingdom Kuroki, Saskatchewan – Kuroki Tamemoto , Japanese general Lampman – Archibald Lampman Lebret, Saskatchewan – Father Louis Lebret, early postmaster of the community MacNutt – Thomas MacNutt Marcelin, Saskatchewan – Antoine Marcelin, first postmaster Martensville – Isaac Martens (1887–1987) and Dave Martens (1908–1984) Mervin, Saskatchewan – Mervin Archibald Gemmell (1895–1967), son of a first postmaster McLean, Saskatchewan – Donald McLean, a Scottish fur trader and explorer Melville, Saskatchewan – Charles Melville Hays , American railroad executive who was a president of the Grand Trunk Railway Mozart, Saskatchewan – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Plunkett, Saskatchewan – Viscount Horace Plunkett, a Canadian Pacific Railway investor Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Prince Albert [ 3 ] : 304 Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria [ 3 ] : 305 Rocanville – Rocan de Bastien, town´s first postmaster Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 – Jesse L. Reno Simpson, Saskatchewan – George Simpson (HBC administrator) Togo, Saskatchewan – Togo Heihachiro , Japanese admiral Warman, Saskatchewan – Cy Warman , American journalist Carmacks, Yukon – George Carmack , American prospector in the Yukon Dawson City – George Mercer Dawson [ 3 ] : 315 Haines Junction – Francina E. Haines Watson Lake, Yukon – Frank Watson, an American-born trapper and prospector 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 Faya-Largeau – French Colonel, Étienne Largeau (1867–1916) 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 Almirante Latorre (Coquimbo) - Juan José Latorre Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo , President Caleta Andrade (Aysén) - Francisco Andrade, early settler Caleta Errázuriz (Antofagasta) - Federico Errázuriz Echaurren , President Camerón - Alexander Allan Cameron (1868-1950), New Zealander ranch manager and cattle rancher Capitán Pastene - Juan Bautista Pastene 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 Catalina (Antofagasta) - Catherine of Alexandria Cochrane – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , captain Colón (O'Higgins) - Christopher Columbus Coronel Alcérreca (Arica y Parinacota) - José Miguel Alcérreca Curiñanco - cacique Curiñancu, father of the Mapuche leader Lautaro Diego de Almagro, Chile – Diego de Almagro Domeyko (Atacama) - Ignacy Domeyko , polish geologist 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 Lambert (Coquimbo) - Charles Saint Lambert , Franco-Chilean mining engineer and businessman Lautaro – Lautaro , Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco María Pinto - María Pinto, landowner 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 Bertrand - Alejandro Bertrand (1854-1942), geographer Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez – Cornelio Ibáñez, topographer Puerto Montt – Manuel Montt , President Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda - Raúl Marín Balmaceda , lawyer Puerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez , military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía Puerto Sánchez (Aysen) - Eulogio Sánchez Errázuriz (1903–1956), pioneer in civil aviation Puerto Varas – Antonio Varas, minister of the interior Puerto Williams – Juan Williams Rebolledo , Chilean admiral Punta Abarca - Arturo Abarca Arredondo, Second Class Pilot of the Chilean Navy San Fernando – Saint Ferdinand San Pedro de Atacama – Saint Peter Santiago – James, son of Zebedee (Saint James) Sewell, Chile - Barton Sewell , president of the Braden Copper Company 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 Villa Ortega (Aysén) - Gumersindo Ortega Monroy, landowner Magellano was the name of Punta Arenas – Ferdinand Magellan Bainang County - Baza Nimazhaba and Nalang Duojidunjiong, two Buddhist masters who practiced and taught in the region during the 13th century Chuxiong City – Zhuang Qiao & Zhao Yong (general) (also known as Nanxiong), two great militaries of the Ming Dynasty Cunrui - Dong Cunrui , PLA Soldier Dongpo, Meishan - Su Shi , Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty Gensi Township – Yang Gensi , PLA soldier Gongzhuling - Princess Hejing (born 1731) Haiming Subdistrict (Jilin) - Liu Haiming, revolutionary martyr Huanghua – Huang Hua , communist revolutionary Huangxing, Changsha - Huang Xing , hero of the Xinhai Revolution Jingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu Kaihui - Yang Kaihui , second wife of Mao Zedong Leifeng Subdistrict – Lei Feng , PLA soldier Maixin (Inner Mongolia) - Mai Xin (1914-1947), Communist musician Maoming – scholar and doctor Pan Maoming Mingchuan Township (Anhui) - Liu Mingchuan Qinhuangdao ( lit. ' Emperor Qin Island ' ) – Qin Shi Huang , first emperor of China Qinngis Han (Inner Mongolia) - Genghis Khan Sayram Town (Xinjiang) - Musa Sayrami , historian Shangzhi - Zhao Shangzhi Shichang Subdistrict (Guizhou) - Long Shichang (1928–1952), local soldier of the Miao ethnic Tiaoyuan (Sichuan) - Li Diaoyuan (1734-1803), Qing dynasty scholar, writer, and opera theorist. Tong Linge Road , Zhao Dengyu Road , Zhang Zizhong Road – Tong Linge , Zhao Dengyu , Zhang Zizhong , soldiers in the Second Sino-Japanese War Wentong Town (Sichuan) - Meng Wentong (1894–1968), Chinese historian, classical scholar, and educator Xiangqian Town (Fujian) - Lin Xiangqian (1892-1923), leader of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Workers' Great Strike Xiumei Town (Henan) - Lin Xiumei (1880-1921), Chinese military figure Yin Lingzhi (Shaanxi) - Yin Lingzhi (1931-1948), PLA female soldier Yemin (Liaoning) - An Ye Min (1937-1958), Communist martyr Yingjun – Liu Yingjun (1945–1966), PLA soldier Yuanshi County - Shaohao Yunhuan Subdistrict (Jiamusi) - Shao Yunhuan (1951–1999), local journalist who tragically died during U.S. bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County - Zhang Qian Zhangjiajie - Zhang Liang (Western Han) Zhidan County – Liu Zhidan , military commander and Communist leader Zhongshan , Guangdong – Birthplace of Sun Yat-sen , also known as Sun Zhongshan, Chinese political theorist and revolutionary politician, Father of the Nation and former President of the Republic of China. City formerly known as Xiangshan. Zicai Subdistrict (Guangxi) - Feng Zicai , general of the imperial army during the Qing Dynasty Zichang County – Xie Zichang (1897–1935), Communist martyr Zizhou County - Li Zizhou (1892-1929) Zonghan Subdistrict (Zhejiang) - Ma Zonghan (1884-1907), Chinese revolutionary Zuoquan County – Zuo Quan , a general in the Chinese Red Army Aberdeen – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Belcher Bay – Edward Belcher Bowrington [ yue ] – 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 (known in Cantonese as Wu Lai-tak ) Lee Chung Yin Road Morrison Hill – Robert Morrison Mount Davis – John Francis Davis St. Paul's Village – St. Paul Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Victoria City – Queen Victoria Wesley Village [ zh-tw ] – John Wesley 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) and Emilia Caicedo de Gutiérrez (1872-1950), benefactors of the town 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 (1902–1982), founder 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 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 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 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 – Federico Gutiérrez Braun (1883–1966), Costa Rican engineer and cartographer 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 President of Costa Rica 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 (1892–1965) 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 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). 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 Josipdol - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Kneževi Vinogradi - Prince Eugene of Savoy 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 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 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) Willemstad – William II, Prince of Orange or his son William III of England 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) Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein , ironworks owner Alojzov – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein Barrandov , Prague – Joachim Barrande Chlum Svaté Maří – Mary, mother of Jesus 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 Masarykova čtvrť (Brno) – Tomáš Masaryk Mladá Boleslav – Boleslaus II of Bohemia Špindlerův Mlýn – Spindler, a miller Štefánikova čtvrť (Brno) – Milan Rastislav Štefánik Švermova (Bruntál) – Jan Šverma Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Vítkov – Vítek z Kravař Žižkov – Jan Žižka Gottwaldov was the name of Zlín from 1948 through 1990 – Klement Gottwald 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 (1760–1805) Mariager – Blessed Virgin Mary Marielyst – Marie Kørgensen (1837–1907) Christianshåb (Inuit: Qasigiannguit ) – King Christian VI of Denmark Frederikshåb (Inuit: Paamiut ) – King Frederick V of Denmark Jakobshavn (Inuit: Ilulissat ) – Jakob Severin , a fur trader Salisbury, Dominica – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Scotts Head, Dominica – Colonel George Scott (British Army officer) Dominican Republic Ángel Feliz (Independencia) - General Ángel Feliz (d.1870), Hero of the Dominican Restoration War Aniceto Martínez (Elias Piña) - General Aniceto Martínez, Hero of the Dominican Restoration War Apolinar Perdomo (Bahoruco) - Apolinar Perdomo Sosa (1882-1918), poet Bisonó - José Elías Bisonó (1877-1924) Cabral, Dominican Republic – José María Cabral Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – General Jose Cabrera (1810-1884), hero of the Dominican Restoration War Castillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo (1834-1921), hero of the Dominican Restoration War Cayetano Germosén – Cayetano Germosén (d.1861), Dominican patriot and martyr of the Dominican Restoration War Ciudad Juan Bosch (Santo Domingo) – Juan Bosch (politician) , Dominican President Colonia Libertador (Dajabon) – Rafael Trujillo (libertator) Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando (Comendador of Lares) Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte , founder of the Dominican Republic Duvergé – General Antonio Duvergé , Dominican independence hero Eugenio Perdomo (Santiago) - Eugenio Perdomo (1836-1863), writer Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato mayor) – Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), Dominican catholic religious Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) – Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquín Balaguer's sister Espaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat , 19th-century author and President Fantino - Giovanni Fantino (1867-1939), Italian priest Franco Bidó (Santiago) - Juan Luis Franco Bidó (1807-1871), military Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernández (priest) , Peruvian priest Galván, Dominican Republic – Manuel de Jesús Galván (1834–1910), Dominican writer Hato Mayor del Rey - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Hermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters , women activists who opposed the dictatorship of Trujillo Hipólito Billini (Dajabon) - Dr. Hipólito Billini (1903-1965), Dominican lawyer Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican educator and philosopher Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert , French-Dominican independence hero Isidro Martinez (Elias Piña) - Isidro Enrique Martinez (1912-1977), local citizen 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), Anti-Trujillo military and politician Loma de Cabrera – 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 Manuel Bueno, Dajabon - Manuel Bueno Perez (1945-2003), Anti-Trujillo student and pamphleteer María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez , a female soldier in the wars of independence Mariano Cestero (Dajabon) - Mariano Antonio Cestero (1837-1909), writer Mella, Independencia – Matías Ramón Mella , independence hero Miches - General Eugenio Miches (1822-1885) Monción - General Benito Monción , Hero of the Dominican Restoration War Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel , Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic - Jesus Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic – Bartolomé de las Casas Pedro Brand – Peter Dorse Brand, 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 , Hero of the Dominican Restoration War Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (Duarte) – Antonio Guzmán Fernández , President of the Republic Ramón Santana – Ramón Santana (1801-1844), twin brother of Pedro Santana Salcedo, Dominican Republic – Francisco Antonio Salcedo (d.1881), Dominican independence hero San Antonio de Guerra – Anthony of Padua and Hernando Guerra (founder) San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic - Christopher Columbus San Francisco de Macorís - Saint Francis San Gregorio de Nigua - Pope Gregory I San José de Ocoa - Saint Joseph San Juan de la Maguana - John the Baptist San Pedro de Macorís - Saint Peter San Rafael del Yuma - Raphael (archangel) San Víctor - Pope Victor I 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 Tenares - Olegario Tenares (1822-1907), Hero of the Dominican Restoration War Valverde Province – José Desiderio Valverde , President Verón- Punta Cana - Monsieur Bertrand Verón y Gramouth, French citizen Vicente Noble – General Vicente Noble (b.1791), Dominican independence hero Villa Altagracia - Our Lady of Altagracia Villa Elisa (Montecristi) - María Elisa Meyreles, founder Villa Garcia (Montecristi) - Federico de Jesús García de la Cruz (1835-1873), President Villa González – Manuel de Jesús González Estevez (1862–1912), founder Villa Isabela - Isabella I of Castile 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 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 (1865–1964), 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 Alejandro Labaka (Orellana) – Alejandro Labaka (1920–1987), Spanish bishop Alejo Lascano (Manabí) - Alejo Lascano (1840–1904), Ecuadorian physician and surgeon Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno , President of Ecuador Ángel Pedro Giler (Manabí) - Ángel Pedro Giler (1875–1946), farmer and benefactor Antonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante (1771–1836), Ecuadorian Independence Hero Antonio Sotomayor (Los Ríos) - Colonel Antonio Sotomayor y Luna, military Atahualpa Canton – Atahualpa , King of Quito Bolívar Canton, Carchi – Simón Bolívar Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simón Bolívar General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar (1795-1862), 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 Canton – Pope Paul VI Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil General Villamil – José de Villamil , Ecuadorian independence hero Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo , journalist and politician Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton and Maldonado (Carchi) – Pedro Vicente Maldonado , 18th-century Ecuadorian scientist Puerto Ayora - Isidro Ayora Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno , president of Ecuador Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana 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 Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte , president of Ecuador Rumiñahui Canton – Rumiñawi (Inca warrior) 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 Sixto Durán Ballén (Manabí) - Sixto Durán Ballén , President of Ecuador 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 Wilfrido Loor Moreira (Manabí) - Wilfrido Loor Moreira (1892-1984), Ecuatorian historian 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 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 [ 7 ] – 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 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 – Bioko Löpèlo Mëlaka, 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 (1798-1899) 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 – Maria Egorovna Tolstaya (1841-1895), wife 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 (1569-1615), Tallinn Burgermeister Tartu – possibly after Tharapita , God of Estonian mythology Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landowners Harju-Jaani was the name of Raasiku – John the Baptist Kingissepa was the name of Kuressaare – Viktor Kingissepp , Estonian revolutionary and communist Eswatini (Swaziland) Mbabane – Chief Mbabane Kunene Piggs Peak – William Pigg (Early resident) 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 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 Albertville – Charles Albert of Sardinia Althen-des-Paluds – Jean Althen Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda – Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Apatou – Apatou (captain) Beaumont-le-Roger - Roger de Beaumont 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 ( Latin : Gratianopolis ) – Roman Emperor Gratian Guisanbourg – Jean Samuel Guisan Hastingues – John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings Henrichemont – Henry IV of France Javouhey - Anne-Marie Javouhey Jullouville - Armand Jullou (1833-1913), real estate developer and local councillor Labastide-Murat - Joachim Murat 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 Port-Louis, Morbihan - Louis XIII 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 Tilleul-Dame-Agnès - Agnès Sorel 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 Bongoville – Omar Bongo , President of Gabon Lastoursville – François Rigail de Lastours Port-Gentil – Émile Gentil 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; German: Köln , Latin : 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; German: 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; Latin : 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 ) Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin 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 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 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 Staliniri was the name of Tskhinvali – Joseph Stalin Stalinisi 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 Christiansborg – King Christian IV of Denmark Gwolu – Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann Kofi Pare [ 8 ] – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer Queen Anne's Point [ 9 ] – Anne, Queen of Great Britain Techiman – Nana Takyi Firi [ 10 ] 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 Eleftherios Venizelos, Crete – Eleftherios Venizelos Filippoi – Philip II of Macedon Georgioupoli – Prince George of Greece and Denmark 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 Papagou – Marshal Alexandros Papagos Pavlos Melas (municipality) – Pavlos Melas , a Greek hero of Macedonian struggle Petroupoli – Petros A. Giannaros (1878–1828), founder of the newspaper Esperini 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 Zografou – Ioannis Zografos (1844–1927) Grenville, Grenada – George Grenville , Prime Minister of United Kingdom Victoria, Grenada – Queen Victoria Madame Pierre town — Named after the Wife of a planter called Pierre Philip Fedon’s camp — Named after Julien Fedon 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 minister 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 (1875–1945), 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 Parcelamiento Monseñor Romero (Suchitepéquez) - Saint Óscar Romero 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 Kraków San Joaquin (Alta Verapaz) – Saint Joachim San Jorge (Zacapa) – Jorge Ubico , president San Luis Jilotepeque – King Louis IX of France San Manuel Chaparrón - Manuel Estrada Cabrera , President San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder San Rafael La Independencia - Rafael Carrera , President 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 Willy Woods (Suchitepéquez) - William Hervey Woods (1931-1976), American catholic priest Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus São Domingos (Guinea-Bissau) – Saint Dominic of Guzman São Vicente, Guinea-Bissau – Vincent of Saragossa Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain Buxton, Guyana – Fowell Buxton Esau and Jacob - Jacob and Esau , twins in the Bible 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) Port Mourant - Stephen Mourant, who founded the cotton plantation Queenstown, Guyana – Queen Victoria 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 André, Ouest – André Rigaud Bombardopolis – Pierre-Paul Bombarda (1698–1783), benefactor Cabral (Thomonde) - José María Cabral 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 Ferrier, Haiti - named for a former landowner Ganthier - named for a prominent mulatto rancher, farmer, and landowner Gressier – Edmond Valléry Gressier Jacmel - Jacques de Mélo, a French settler 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 Cite Simone was the name of Cité Soleil – Simone Duvalier Duvalierville was the name of Cabaret, Ouest – François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier 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 Abasár – King Sámuel Aba of Hungary Adyváros – Endre Ady Albertfalva - Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen Ambrózfalva – Baron Lajos Ambrózy (1803–1890) Antalhegy – Antal Grassalkovich Árpádhalom – Árpád , father of the Hungarian fatherland Balatonmáriafürdő - Maria Alexandra von Sztáray-Szirmay (1843–1914), wife of Count Imre Széchenyi Baross Gábor-telep - Gábor Baross Beloiannisz - Nikos Beloyannis Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr , Painter Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay , aristocrat Cholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950) Császártöltés - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Egry József uctai Iakotelep (Veszprém) - József Egry Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen (1853–1932) Erzsébetváros – Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria Felsőszentiván - John the Baptist Ferencszállás – Baron Ferenc Gerliczy (1748–1833) Ferencváros – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Harkakötöny – Kötöny Hunyadfalva – Hunyady family Izsófalva – Miklós Izsó , sculptor Jakabszállás - James the Great Jánoshalma – John Hunyadi , commander Józsefváros – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor József Attila lakótelep (Budapest) – Attila József Kálmánháza - Kálmán Tisza Károlyháza - Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902) Kecskés István-telep - István Kecskés (1880-1944), municipal officer Klárafalva - Clare of Assisi Klebelsberg-telep - Kuno von Klebelsberg Kossuthfalva (Budapest) – Lajos Kossuth , Governor-President of Hungary Krepuska Géza-telep – Géza Krepuska Krisztinaváros (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina Kossuth Ferenc-telep - Ferenc Kossuth Kübekháza - Karl Friedrich von Kübeck (1780-1855), Austrian statesman Lajoskomárom - Lajos Batthyány Lipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II Máriahalom - Mary, mother of Jesus Mihályfa - Saint Michael Mihályháza - Mihály Keszeg (landowner) 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 (1853–1933), founder Soltszentimre - Saint Emeric of Hungary Szalkszentmárton - Martin of Tours Szentantalfa - Anthony of Padua Szentbékkálla - Benedict of Nursia Szentdénes - Denis of Paris Szentdomonkos - Saint Dominic of Guzmán, Spanish Catholic priest Szentendre - Saint Andrew Szentgotthárd - Gotthard of Hildesheim , German bishop of Hildesheim Szentkatalin - Catherine of Alexandria Szentliszló - Ladislaus I of Hungary Szentlőrinc - Saint Lawrence Szentpéterfa - Saint Peter Szentistván - Stephen I of Hungary Széchenyiváros (Kecskemét) - István Széchenyi 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 Újlőrincfalva - Cardinal Lőrinc Schlauch (1824-1902) Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád Vasszentmihály - Saint Michael Veres Péter-kert (Debrecen) - Péter Veres (politician) Zalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of Nyárlőrinc – Koháry family Leninváros was the name of Tiszaújváros – Vladimir Lenin Prónayfalva was the name of Tázlár – Prónay family Sztálinváros was the name of Dunaújváros – Joseph Stalin Grímsey – Grími Ingjaldsson, who have a winter residence in their island Ólafsfjörður – Ólafur Bekkur Karlsson Abhimanyupur - Abhimanyu Adityapur – a city and a part of Jamshedpur was named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo (1887–1969). Ahmedabad – Sultan Ahmed Shah Ahmednagar – Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I , Nizam Shahi dynasty Alluri Sitharama Raju district – Alluri Sitarama Raju Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar Ambedkar Nagar district – B. R. Ambedkar , Father of the Indian Constitution Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) – Jyotiba Phule Annamalai Nagar – S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar Annamayya district – Annamacharya Ashoknagar Kalyangarh – Ashoke Kumar Sen Atal Nagar Nava Raipur – Atal Bihari Vajpayee Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor) Bardhaman – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir Bodh Gaya – Buddha Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji Bhadani Nagar – Lala Gurusharan Lal Bhadani Chamoli district – Shiva , one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Chandigarh – Goddess Chandi Chennai – Chennappa Naicker Churachandpur – Maharaja Sir Churachand Singh 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 Gajapati district – Krushna Chandra Gajapati Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi 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 Jogindernagar – Joginder Sen Kabisuryanagar – Kabisurjya Baladeba Ratha 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 Meherabad – Meher Baba 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-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I NTR district – N. T. Rama Rao , Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Osmanabad – Mir Osman Ali Khan Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar – Deendayal Upadhyaya Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri Parashurampuri, Shahjahanpur - Parashurama 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 Rajgurunagar – Shivaram Rajguru Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju Ranga Reddy district – K. V. Ranga Reddy 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 Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal - Sant Hirdaram Saheb (1906–2006) 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 , 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 Airlangga, Gubeng, Surabaya – Airlangga , king of Kediri Kingdom Dr. Soetomo, Tegalsari, Surabaya – Soetomo , founder of Budi Utomo Halim Perdana Kusumah, Makasar, Jakarta – Halim Perdanakusuma – Indonesian airman and national hero Hatta, Bakauheni , Lampung – Mohammad Hatta , 1st Vice President of Indonesia Kartini, Sawah Besar , Jakarta – Kartini , Javanese women's rights figure Port of Soekarno-Hatta – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta , proclaimers of Indonesian independence Setiabudi , Jakarta – Ernest Douwes Dekker , known as Danoedirdja Setiaboedi, national hero of Indonesia Sudirman, Tanralili, Maros , South Sulawesi – Sudirman , Indonesian military officer Sukarnopura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno , 1st President of Indonesia 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 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 Rezaiyeh, 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 Yusef Abad – Mirza Yusef Ashtiani (1813–1887) Bandar-e Pahlavi was the name of Bandar-e Anzali – Reza Shah Pahlavi Rezā'īyeh was the name of Urmia – Reza Shah Pahlavi Adhamiyah – Abu Hanifa (al-Imām al-Aʿẓam), founder of the prominent Sunni Hanafī school of Islamic religious jurisprudence 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 Camp Ashraf – Ashraf Rabiei , Iranian guerrilla and wife of Massoud Rajavi Charax Spasinu : formerly named Alexandria – Alexander the Great formerly named Antiochia in Susiana – Antiochus IV formerly named Charax of Hyspaosines – Hyspaosines 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 – " Asaf-ud-Daula 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" (1810–1885), 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 Saddam City was the name of Sadr City - Saddam Hussein Ireland (Republic of) Bagenalstown – Lord Walter Bagenal Bellewstown – Darren Bellew Binghamstown – Major Denis Bingham (1765–1842) Canningstown – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh Charlestown – Charles Strickland (1818–1892), 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 [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Jamestown, County Leitrim – James VI and I Knightstown, County Kerry – Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry Louisburgh, County Mayo – Louis XIV of France Rochfortbridge , County Westmeath – Robert Rochfort Virginia, County Cavan – Queen Elizabeth I of England 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 Acre , formerly named Antiochia Ptolemais – Alexander the Great 's generals Antiochus and Ptolemy Soter Alonei Abba - Abba Berdichev (1920-1945) Alonei Yitzhak - Yitzhak Gruenbaum Ashdot Ya'akov - James de Rothschild (politician) Balfourya – Arthur James Balfour , British Prime Minister Bat Shlomo and Mazkeret Batya - Betty von Rothschild Beit Berl - Berl Katznelson Beit Elazari - Yitzhak Elazari Volcani Beit HaLevi - Judah Halevi Beit Hanania - Dr. Robert Gottlieb Hananya, a leader of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association Beit Hazon - Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz Beit Yanai - Alexander Jannaeus Beit Yehoshua - Ozjasz Thon Binyamina-Giv'at Ada - Edmond James de Rothschild Even Shmuel – Samuel Bronfman Gan Shmuel - Samuel Mohilever Ganei Yohanan - Yohanan Kreminitsky, Zionist leader Givat Brenner – Yosef Haim Brenner Givat Shapira – Hermann Schapira Givat Washington - George Washington Givat Yeshayahu - Yeshayahu Press Herzliya – Theodor Herzl , a leader of Zionist movement Hippos , formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty Karmei Yosef - Yosef Sapir Kerem Maharal - Maharal Judah Loew ben Bezalel Kfar Baruch - Baruch Kahane (1835–1927), Jewish philanthropist Kfar Blum - Léon Blum Kfar Daniel - Daniel Frish (1897–1950), president of the Zionist Organization of America Kfar Giladi - Israel Giladi (1886-1918), one of the founders of the Hashomer movement Kfar Glikson - Moshe Glickson (1878–1939), editor of Haaretz newspaper Kfar Haim – Haim Arlosoroff Kfar HaNassi - Chaim Weizmann , first President of Israel Kfar Hess – Moses Hess Kfar HaRif – Isaac Alfasi Kfar Haroeh - Abraham Isaac Kook Kfar Kisch - Frederick Kisch Kfar Maimon – Yehuda Leib Maimon Kfar Malal - Moshe Leib Lilienblum Kfar Masaryk – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Kfar Mordechai - Mordechai Eliash Kfar Menahem – Menachem Ussishkin Kfar Monash - John Monash Kfar Netter – Charles Netter Kfar Pines - Yechiel Michel Pines Kfar Ruppin – Arthur Ruppin Kfar Shmuel – Stephen Samuel Wise Kfar Silver – Abba Hillel Silver Kfar Sirkin – Nachman Syrkin Kfar Truman – Harry S. Truman Kfar Tzvi Sitrin - Howard Sitrin (1924-1949), a leader of Hapoel HaMizrachi in the United States Kfar Vitkin – Yosef Vitkin Kfar Warburg – Felix M. Warburg Kfar Yavetz – Ze'ev Yavetz Kfar Yedidia - Philo Kfar Yehoshua - Yehoshua Hankin Kfar Zoharim - Zohar Argov Kiryat Wolfson – Isaac Wolfson Kiryat Shmona - Eight Jewish militiamen who died in a Battle of Tel Hai of 1920 Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem – Shmuel Salant , the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Kokhav Michael – Michael Sobell Kokhav Ya'ir–Tsur Yig'al - Avraham Stern and Yigal Cohen Ma'agan Michael - Michael Pollack, founder of the Nesher cement plant Margaliot - Haim Margaliot-Kalvarisky (1868-1947) Masu'ot Yitzhak - Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Meir Shfeya - Amschel Mayer Rothschild Merkaz Shapira - Haim-Moshe Shapira Midreshet Ben-Gurion – David Ben-Gurion Mishmar David – Mickey Marcus Netanya – Nathan Strauss Neve Granot – Avraham Granot , Signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence Neve Harif - Moshe Harif Neve Michael - Michael M. Weiss, American philanthropist Neve Monosson - Fred (Efraim) Monosson (1905-1984) Neve Yaakov – Yitzchak Yaacov Reines Nir Akiva - Akiva Ettinger Nir David - David Wolffsohn Nir Moshe - Moshe Smilansky Nir Yisrael - Yisrael Tiber (1894-1950), prominent industrialist Or Yehuda - Judah Alkalai Pardes Hanna-Karkur - Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery Qiryat Bialik – writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik Ramat Aharon – Rabbi Aharon Kotler Ramat David - David Lloyd George Ramat Eshkol – Levi Eshkol , Prime Minister of Israel Ramat Raziel - David Raziel Ramat Sharett – Moshe Sharett , Prime Minister of Israel Ramat Shlomo – Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Ramat Yohanan - Jan Smuts Sde David – Zalman David Levontin (1856–1940) Sde Eliezer – Robert Rothschild Sde Eliyahu – 19th-century Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher Sde Moshe - Maurice de Hirsch Sde Nehemia – Nehemia de Lieme Sde Nitzan - Louis Bloomfield and Bernard Bloomfield (1904-1984) Sde Uziyahu - Uzziah Sde Ya'akov - Yitzchak Yaacov Reines Sde Yitzhak - Yitzhak Sadeh Sdei Avraham – Avraham Herzfeld Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty Shadmot Dvora - Dorothy de Rothschild Talmei Elazar - Elazar Warmassar, one of the heads of the PJCA Talmei Eliyahu – Eliyahu Krauze (1878–1962) Talmei Yaffe – Leib Yaffe Talmei Yehiel - Yechiel Chelnov (1863-1918), a Russian Zionist leader Talmei Yosef - Yosef Weitz Tel Yosef - Joseph Trumpeldor Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus Tzur Yitzhak – Yitzhak Rabin Yad Binyamin - Binyamin Mintz Yad Hana - Hannah Szenes Yad Mordechai - Mordechai Anielewicz Yad Natan - Ottó Komoly (Nathan Zeev Kohn) Zikhron Ya'akov - James Mayer de Rothschild 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 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; [ 14 ] see also: Rome#Etymology ) 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 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) 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 Lionel Town, Jamaica - Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet 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 Port Esquivel, Jamaica - Juan de Esquivel Queensborough, Kingston – Queen Victoria Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica – Lady Anne Hyde Trenchtown – Daniel Power Trench (1813–1884) Asaka, Saitama – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko , a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family Asano (Kitakyushu) – Asano Sōichirō Aoyama, Tokyo – Aoyama Tadanari , a Tokugawa general and chief retainer Date, Hokkaidō – Date Kunishige , a Japanese samurai Dōtonbori – Nariyasu Dōton Hayakawa (Yaita) – Tokuji Hayakawa Hiroshima – Ōe no Hiro moto + Fuku shima Motonaga (disputed) Iidabashi – Iida Kihee, an Edo-period farmer Ikeda, Hokkaido – Nakahiro Ikeda (1877–1948) Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō (1870–1952) + Kanamori Tōjirō (1865–1909) Ina, Saitama – Ina Tadatsugu , a civil officer Isezakichō – Isaburō Aihara (1827–1901) and Akira Sasaki (1806–1876) Kamashi (Kanto) – Fujiwara no Kamatari Kano (Kobe) – Soshichi Kano (1827–1887) Karashima (Kumamoto) – Karashima Itaru (1854–1913), former mayor of Kumamoto Kita, Hokkaido – Yuji Kitamura (1871–1903) Kikusui (Sapporo) – Shuki Kikutei (1857–1905) Kogane Kiyoshigaoka (Chiba) – Kiyoshi Matsumoto (1909–1973), former mayor of Matsudo Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858–1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan Meiji (Nagoya) – Emperor Meiji Moriya (Yokohama) – Kosuke Moriya (1861–1931), Japanese lawyer 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 Nogizaka, Tokyo – Nogi Maresuke Numata, Hokkaido – Kisaburo Numata (1834–1923) Ojin (Tokushima) – Emperor Ōjin Okawa (Kawasaki) – Heizaburō Ōkawa (1860–1936), Japanese businessman Ono, Fukushima – Ono no Takamura , Japanese poet Sakuragaoka (Nagoya) – Sakura Okamoto (1878–1935), Japanese businessman and president of Toho Gas Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo period Senda (Hiroshima) – Sadaaki Senda Shiroishi (Kawasaki) – Motojiro Shiraishi (1867–1945), Japanese businessman Shōwa, Fukushima – Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) Susukino – Tatsuyuki Usui (1829–1916) Suzuki (Kawasaki) – Saburosuke Suzuki (1858–1931), Ajinomoto Company´s founder 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 Wake, Okayama – Wake no Kiyomaro , a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period Abila , formerly named Seleucia – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty Abu Nseir area - Musa ibn Nusayr Al-Abdali – King Abdullah I of Jordan Tariq area - Tariq ibn Ziyad Umm Qais : formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus 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 , 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 Zhumabayev 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 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 [ 15 ] 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 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) Ferizaj – Feriz Shasivari [ 16 ] Obilić – Miloš Obilić Skenderaj – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg [ 17 ] Đeneral Janković was the name of Elez Han – Božidar Janković [ 18 ] 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 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 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 Kaysone Phomvihane District , Savannakhet province – Kaysone Phomvihane , President of Laos 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 Stučka was the name of Aizkraukle – Pēteris Stučka , Latvian revolutionary and communist Foch-Allenby district (Beirut) – Ferdinand Foch and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty Mohale's Hoek – Mohale, a King Moshoeshoe I 's brother 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 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 ʽUmar al Mukhtar – Omar Mukhtar , Libyan resistance leader Garliava – Józef Godlewski, founder Grigiškės – Grzegorz Kurec , Polish architect Janapolė – Jan Dominik Łopaciński, benefactor [ 19 ] Jonava – Jan Mikołaj Kossowski Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar Kudirkos Naumiestis – Vincas Kudirka , Lithuanian poet Marijampolė – Blessed Virgin Mary Kapsukas was the name of Marijampolė – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas , Lithuanian communist politician Sniečkus was the name of Visaginas – Antanas Sniečkus , Lithuanian communist politician Ettelbruck – Etzel ( Attila the Hun ) 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 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 Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort , colonial governor of North Borneo Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar , Malayan politician Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara (1853-1941) Bandar Muadzam Shah – Abu Bakar of Pahang , fourth Sultan 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 (1865–1914), English planter in Malaya FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson , American president FELDA Soeharto – Suharto , Indonesian president Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser, Scottish pioneer George Town, Penang – George III 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 , King of Malaysia Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman , Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia 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 – Arthur Joseph West , British North Borneo railway engineer Jesselton was the name of Kota Kinabalu – Sir Charles Jessel , British colonial administrator Ouezzindougou – Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly , Burkinabé politician Timbuktu – Buktu, a malian old woman who lived in that region 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 Arafat, Mauritania – Yasser Arafat Boubacar Ben Amer – Abu Bakr Ibn Omar (d.1087) "Fort Gouraud" was the name of Fderîck – Henri Gouraud "Fort-Trinquet" was the name of Bir Moghrein – Maurice-Numa-Émile Trinquet (1879–1941) "Port-Étienne" was the name of Nouadhibou – Eugène Étienne Mahébourg – Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais Port Louis – Louis XV of France Souillac – François de Souillac 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 Alexanderfeld, Cahul and Alexandrovca, Floresti - Alexander III of Russia Alexandru cel Bun, Soroca - Alexander the Good Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza , Prince of Moldavia Cantemir, Moldova – Dimitrie Cantemir Ciorescu, Chişinău – Ion Gheorghe Ciorescu (founder) Constantinovca, Edinet - Constantin Stamati-Ciurea Frunză, Ocnița – Mikhail Frunze Grigoriopol - Gregory the Illuminator Ion Vodă, Florești – John III the Terrible Lazo, Ștefan Vodă – Sergey Lazo , Moldavian revolutionary Lebedenco, Cahul – Nikita Lebedenko , Soviet military leader Malinovscoe, Riscani - Rodion Malinovsky Miciurin – Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin Mihailovca, Floresti - Michael the Brave Nicolaevca - Nicholas II Regina Maria, Soroca – Marie of Romania Rumeantsev, Cahul - Pyotr Rumyantsev Ștefan Vodă – Stephen III of Moldavia Stefanesti, Floresti - Ștefan Casso, landowner Vadul lui Vodă - Stephen III of Moldavia Vișniovca - Sevastian Wiśniowski (founder) "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 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 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 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 El Mansouria, Morocco - Ahmad al-Mansur Errachidia - Al-Rashid of Morocco Hay Hassani - Hassan II of Morocco Hay Mohammadi - Mohammed V of Morocco Mohammedia – King Mohammed V of Morocco Moulay Rachid (district) – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco Moulay Yacoub - Yaqub al-Mansur Youssoufia, Morocco - Yusef of Morocco 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) 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 Maha Bandula Park – General Maha Bandula Mindon, Myanmar – Mindon Min , King of Burma Thibaw, Shan State – Thibaw Min , King of Burma 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 Caprivi Region was the name of Zambezi Region , named after Leo von Caprivi Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann (since 2013 called Luhonono) Amargadhi - Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa 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 Chandrapur Municipality - Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana Chhimkeshwari - Hindu goddess Chhimkeshwari Mai Dasharathchand – Dashrath Chand , a martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement Gaurishankar, Dolakha - Hindu deities Gauri (a manifestation of the goddess Parvati) and Shankar (a name for Lord Shiva) Gitanagar - Geeta Rani Rana, wife of Thakuri Prachanda Singh of Royal House of Tulsipur Indrasarowar Rural Municipality - Indra, Crown Princess of Nepal 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 Lakshminagar, Doti - Princess Lakshmi of Nepal Mahendrakot and Mahendranagar, Dhanusha – Mahendra of Nepal Phalgunanda Rural Municipality – Phalgunanda Pratappur Rural Municipality - Pratap Malla Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai , a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951 Ratnanagar - Queen Ratna of Nepal Shivanagar - Mr. Shiv Prasad Rajouria, community worker, and philanthropist Shivanagar, Chitwan - Shiva Siddharthanagar – from Buddha 's given name Siddhartha Siddhicharan Municipality – Siddhicharan Shrestha Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal Tripurasundari Rural Municipality, Dhading - Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva ( Vyas ) 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 Addisons Flat, West Coast – unknown African American gold prospector [ 20 ] 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 Ashers – William Asher 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 Buckleton Beach - John Graham Buckleton (1910-1996), property developer Carterton – Charles Carter Charleston – Captain Charles Bonner Christchurch – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church , a college of the University of Oxford in England) Claris, New Zealand - William Holman (Bill) Claris, Public Works engineer who died in a plane crash of 1939 Clarkville – Joseph Clark Clendon Park - James Reddy Clendon 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 (1878-1969) Foxton – William Fox , Premier Frankton – Frances Rees, wife of William Gilbert Rees 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 Herbert - Sydney Herbert Herbertville - Joseph and Sarah Herbert 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 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 – Tomás Ruiz Romero [ es ] (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 Cité Fayçal (Niamey) – Faisal of Saudi Arabia Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt Victoria Island, Lagos – Queen Victoria 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 Mundok County - Ŭlchi Mundŏk North Macedonia 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 Barentsburg - Willem Barentsz Edgeøya – Thomas Edge Emma Hjorth, Norway - Emma Hjorth , Norwegian educator Eydehavn – Sam Eyde , an industrial pioneer Filipstad, Norway – pharmacist Philip Moth Fredrikstad – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway Hiorthhamn - Fredrik Hiorth 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 Olonkinbyen - Gennady Olonkin 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 Al-Mazyunah - Mazoon bint Ahmad Al Mashani , Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said's mother Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Qaboos bin Said Sultan Haitham City - Haitham bin Tariq , current Sultan of Oman 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) Bulri Shah Karim Tehsil - Shah Abdul Karim Bulri 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 Chutta - Chutta Khan Gurmani Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri , one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement Latifabad - Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Liaquatabad Town and Liaquatpur – Liaquat Ali Khan , Pakistani statesman Minchinabad – Colonel Charles Cherry Minchin (1829–1899), British political Agent Miranshah – Miran Shah Mir Ali, Pakistan - Mirza Ali Khan Wazir ( Faqir of Ipi ) 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 Pindi Bhattian - Dulla Bhatti 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 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 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 Rodrigo Cuadrado, Spanish entourage pilot Arnulfo Arias, Panama – Arnulfo Arias , president of Panama Arosemena, Panama – Pablo Arosemena Belisario Frías - Belisario Frías (1915-1985), pioneer and creator of San Miguelito district Belisario Porras, Panama – Belisario Porras Barahona , president of Panama Candelario Ovalle (Cocle) - Candelario Ovalle, rural teacher Carlos Santana Ávila – Carlos Santana Ávila, former legislator of Panameñista Party and founder of Expreso Veragüense 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 – Ernesto Córdoba Campos (1935-1999), former deputy and Governor of Panama Province Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet Tomás Martín Feuillet General Victoriano Lorenzo (Cocle) - Victoriano Lorenzo Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo Vásquez Herrera (corregimiento) – Tomás de Herrera Hurtado, Panama - 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 , hero of the Coto War who died of a train accident Puerto Obaldía – José Domingo de Obaldía , President of Panama Puerto Vidal – father superior Francisco Xavier Vidal Purio – Cacique Puri Río de Jesús - Jesus Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado – Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado (1939–1963), trade unionist leader Rodrigo Luque (Veraguas) - Rodrigo Luque (1957-2005), former baseball player and mayor of Santiago de Veraguas Rubén Cantú, Panama – American pilot Rubén Cantú (1922–1967) Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Rufina Alfaro San Carlos, Panamá Oeste - Charles Borromeo San Félix, Chiriquí - Saint Felix of Nola San Juan de Dios (Coclé, Panama) - John of God San Lorenzo, Chiriquí - Saint Lawrence San Miguel, Panamá Province - Saint Michael Santa Clara, Chiriquí - Claire of Assisi Santo Domingo, Chiriquí - Saint Dominic Santiago de Veraguas - James the Great Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Victoriano Lorenzo Villa Carmen, Panama – Carmen Madrid de Arias (d.1943), mother of Arnulfo Arias Villa Rosario - Rosario Guardia Vieto de Arias (1891–1987), wife of Harmodio Arias Madrid 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 Alberdi, Paraguay – Juan Bautista Alberdi , Argentine writer Ayolas - Juan de Ayolas Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay – 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 José Bozzano (Presidente Hayes) - José Bozzano Capitán Mauricio José Troche – Mauricio José Troche (liberator) Capitán Meza – Pedro Ignacio Meza (1813–1865) Capitán Miranda - Emeterio Miranda (1910-1935), Chaco War Hero Carlos Antonio López, Paraguay - Carlos Antonio López , First President Col.Juan Sinforiano Bogarin (Caaguazu) – Juan Sinforiano Bogarín , Archbishop of Paraguay Coronel Arturo Bray (Presidente Hayes) - Arturo Bray (1898-1964), Paraguayan military 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 Martínez de Irala, Paraguay - Domingo Martínez de Irala Edelira – Edelira Barthe Cueto (1884–1921) Eusebio Ayala – Eusebio Ayala , President of Paraguay Escobar, Paraguay – Patricio Escobar , President of Paraguay Félix Pérez Cardozo, Paraguay - Félix Pérez Cardozo , musician Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay – Fernando de la Mora (politician) , a father of Paraguayan independence from Spain Fortín Pratts Gill (Boquerón) - Salvador Pratts Gill (1909-1934) Fortín Sargento Primero Ladislao Bustamante Rodríguez (Boquerón) - Ladislao B. Rodríguez (1915-2002), Chaco War hero 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 , Hero of Paraguayan war 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 conquistador 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 Luque - Miguel Antón de Luque 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 Mayor Otaño - Major Julio Dionisio Otaño (1907-1936), Chaco War Hero Natalio - Natalio, indigenous landowner Obligado - Pastor S. Obligado (1841-1924), Argentine lawyer and politician Pedro Juan Caballero – Pedro Juan Caballero Presidente Franco District – Manuel Franco , President of Paraguay Puerto Casado – Carlos Casado del Alisal , founder of the Santa Fe Western Railway company Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay - Santiago Pinasco (1868-1937), Argentine businessman and politician and former Mayor of Rosario Raúl Arsenio Oviedo – Raúl Arsenio Oviedo (d.1960), Paraguayan politician who was killed by the guerrillas who faced the Stroessner's regime Regina Marecos (Cordillera) - Regina Marecos (d.1989), Paraguayan peasant leader San Alberto, Paraguay – Capt. Alberto Fernandez Valenzuela (1906–2005), a captain of the Paraguayan navy San Alfredo – Alfredo Stroessner , President of Paraguay San Carlos, Paraguay - Charles III of Spain 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 Florida - José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca Villa Hayes – Rutherford Hayes , US president Yegros – Fulgencio Yegros , Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay 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 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 (1820-1866), 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 Abelardo Quiñones (Tumbes) - José Abelardo Quiñones 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 educator 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 Olof Palme (Lima) - Olof Palme , Swedish prime minister Pachacútec District – Pachacuti Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missionary Padre Marquez District – Father 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 Aurora – Aurora Quezon , First Lady of the Philippines Dasmariñas, Cavite – Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas , Governor-General of the Philippines (1590–1593) General Santos – General Paulino Santos , Commanding General of the Philippine Army (1936–1938) and Governor of Lanao (1936–1939) General Trias – Mariano Trías , Filipino revolutionary considered to be the first de facto Vice President of the Philippines Isabela, Basilan – Queen Isabella II of Spain Isabela Province – Queen Isabella II of Spain Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu Legazpi, Albay – Miguel López de Legazpi Quezon – Manuel L. Quezon , President of the Philippines Quezon City – Manuel L. Quezon , President of the Philippines Quirino – Elpidio Quirino Rizal – José Rizal , National hero Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas , President of the Philippines 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 Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat Trece Martires – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite Valenzuela – Pío Valenzuela Aleksandrów Kujawski – Emperor Alexander II Romanov , benefactor of the town Aleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov Augustów – King Sigismund II Augustus , founder Baborów – Bavor ze Strakonic , founder Barczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858–1928), Polish Catholic priest Bemowo – Józef Bem , national hero Bemowo-Lotnisko – Józef Bem , national hero Bodzentyn – Jan Bodzanta , founder Boernerowo - Ignacy Boerner (1875-1933), Minister of Post and Telegraphs Bolesławiec – Duke Bolesław the Pious , founder [ 21 ] Chomiczówka – Bolesław Chomicz (1878-1959) and Józef Chomicz (1887-1943), founders, businesspeople Dzierżoniów – Jan Dzierżon , Polish apiarist, discovered the parthenogenesis of bees Fort Bema – Józef Bem , national hero Fosowskie - Arnold Heinrich Voss (1753-1838) Giżycko – Gustaw Gizewiusz , political figure Janów – Jan Aleksander Koniecpolski, founder [ 22 ] Janów Lubelski – Jan Zamoyski , son of founder Jordanów – Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan (1518-1568), 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 Graf Colonna (1755-1807), founder Konstancin – Konstancja Skórzewska (1839-1910), mother of a founder Konstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov Korfantów – Wojciech Korfanty , Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Łaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz , founder Łaszczów – Aleksander Łaszcz, founder Lubecki Colony – Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki , politician and diplomat Mariensztat – Maria Potocka, co-founder and landowner Mieszkowice – Duke Mieszko I Mirów – Wilhelm Mier , military officer and statesman Mrągowo – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz , Protestant pastor Pieniężno – Seweryn Pieniężny (1890–1940), journalist Platerówka – Emilia Plater , national heroine Przemków – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa , founder Rejowiec – Mikołaj Rej , founder Rembertów – Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg Sobków – Stanisław Sobek (d.1568), founder Sokołowsko – Alfred Sokołowski , resident and benefactor of the town Srokowo – Stanisław Srokowski , geographer and diplomat Szczuczyn – Stanisław Antoni Szczuka , founder Szlichtyngowa – Jan Jerzy Szlichtyng (1591-1658), founder Tarnobrzeg – Stanisław Tarnowski (starost of Krzeszów), founder Tarnogród – Stanisław Tarnowski (starost of Krzeszów), founder Terespol – Teresa Korwin Gosiewska , wife of a founder Tomaszów Lubelski – Tomasz Zamoyski , owner and benefactor of the town, son of founder Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski , founder Ursynów – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz Wejherowo – Jakub Weyher , founder Władysławowo – King Wladislaus IV Vasa , founder of the town's port Załuski – Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski , founder, statesman, and bishop Zaklików – Stanisław Zaklika Czyżowski (d.1574), founder Zawadzkie – Franciszek von Zawadzky (1791-1849), founder Żyrardów – Philippe de Girard , co-founder 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 Löwenstadt was the name of Brzeziny 1943–1945 – 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 Schröttersburg was the name of Płock 1941–1945 – Friedrich von Schrötter Stalinogród was the name of Katowice 1953–1956 – Joseph Stalin Aldeia de João Pires (Castelo Branco) – João Pires, landowner and agricultural owner Aldeia de Paio Pires – Paio Peres Correia Almargem do Bispo – Bishop Miguel de Castro (1536–1625) Caldas da Rainha – Queen Eleanor of Viseu Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis - Francis of Assisi Casal de Álvaro (Aveiro) – Álvaro da Cunha, Lord of Pombeiro 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 Doutor Mário Madeira (Lisboa) – Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira (1901–1985), former governor of Lisboa Fernão Ferro – Fernão Ferro Peres Fernão Joanes (Guarda) – Fernão Joanes, local figure of the village Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count Rodrigo González Girón Gomes Aires (Beja) – Gomes Aires, first lord of the area Gomes da Costa (Porto) – Manuel Gomes da Costa Granja do Marquês (Sintra) – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal 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 Nossa Senhora da Expectação (Portalegre) – Mary, mother of Jesus (Our Lady of Expectation) Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz Padre Cruz (Lisbon) – Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz , Portuguese priest Paio Mendes (Ferreira do Zêzere) – Paio Mendes Penha Garcia (Castelo Branco) – D. Garcia Mendes, former landowner of the town Rainha D. Leonor (Albufeira) – Eleanor of Viseu Samora Correia (Santarém) – Paio Peres Correia Santa Joana (parish) – Joanna, Princess of Portugal Santo Aleixo da Restauração – Alexius of Rome Santo Condestável, Lisbon – Nuno Álvares Pereira Santo Isidoro, Marco de Canaveses – Isidore of Seville São João de Brito, Lisbon – John de Britto São Pedro de Solis (Beja) – Saint Peter 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 Fernando (Elvas) - D. João Fernandes de Lima, landowner Vila Fernando (Guarda) – Ferdinand I of Portugal Vila Nova da Rainha (Tondela) – Queen Amelia of Orleans Vila Real – King Denis of Portugal Vila Real de Santo António – Joseph I of Portugal Umm Salal Ali – Ali bin Jassim Al Thani (1893-1972), a son of Qatar's former ruler Umm Salal Mohammed – Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani 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, Ialomița , 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 Onești – Stephen the Great 's daughter, Oana 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 Stalin was the name of Brașov – Joseph Stalin Vasile Roaită was the name of Eforie Sud – Vasile Roaită , a communist shot during the Grivița strike of 1933 Ferdinand I was the name of Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța – Ferdinand I of Romania Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Onești – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , communist leader Dr. Petru Groza was the name of Ștei – Petru Groza , Prime Minister of Romania 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 Bagrationovsk – Pyotr Bagration 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) Mamonovo – Nikolay Vasilyevich Mamonov 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 – 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. 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 Chernenko was the name of Sharypovo – Konstantin Chernenko , 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 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 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 Al Aziziah (Riyadh) - Ibn Saud Al Faisaliyyah (Riyadh) - Faisal of Saudi Arabia Al-Khalidiah (Riyadh) - Khalid of Saudi Arabia Hotat Khalid - Khalid of Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz Port – Ibn Saud King Abdullah District - Abdullah of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Economic City – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia King Khalid Military City – Khalid of Saudi Arabia Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mousaed Economic City - Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Al Jiluwi Salah al-Din (Riyadh) - Saladin Djily Mbaye (Dakar) – El Hadj Djily Mbaye (1927–1991) Mermoz-Sacré-Cœur - Jean Mermoz Richard Toll – Jean Michel Claude Richard , French botanist Saint-Louis – Louis XIV of France 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 Knićanin – Stevan Knićanin , Serbian military commander 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 Putinovo – Vladimir Putin , President of Russia 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 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 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 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 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 Bernolákovo – Anton Bernolák , Slovak linguist and Catholic priest Bohúňovo – Peter Michal Bohúň , Slovak painter Bottovo – Ján Botto , Slovak poet 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 (1789-1859), Slovak writer Hurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban , Slovak writer and national leader Hviezdoslavov – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav , Slovak poet Jánošíková (Dunajská Lužná) - Anton Jánošík (1904-1971), Slovak linguist Jesenské – Janko Jesenský , Slovak writer Kalinkovo – Joachim Kalinka (1601–1678), Slovak poet and priest Kalinčiakovo - Ján Kalinčiak (1822-1871), Slovak author Kolárovo - Ján Kollár , Slovak writer Kmeťovo – Andrej Kmeť , Slovak scientist Koceľovce – Koceľ , Prince of Lower Pannonia Kraskovo, Slovakia - Ivan Krasko , Slovak poet Kubáňovo – Ľudovít Kubáni (1830-1869), Slovak writer Kukučínov – Martin Kukučín , Slovak writer Leopoldov – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Malinovo, Slovakia – Rodion Malinovsky , Soviet Marshal Martin – Saint Martin of Tours Matúškovo – Janko Matúška , Slovak poet Michalovce – Saint Michael Mojmírovce – Mojmír I , Moravian prince Mojzesovo – Štefan Moyses , Slovak priest and national leader Mudroňovo – Ján Mudroň (1866-1926), Slovak politician Nálepkovo – Ján Nálepka , anti-fascist Slovak captain Palárikovo – Ján Palárik (1822–1876), Slovak playwright Rastislavice – Rastislav of Moravia , ruler of Great Moravia Sasinkovo – František Víťazoslav Sasinek (1830-1914), Slovak historian Sládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič , Slovak poet Šrobárová – Vavro Šrobár , Slovak politician Štefanovičová – Samuel Dobroslav Štefanovič (1822-1910), Slovak national leader Štúrovo – Ľudovít Štúr , 19th-century Slovak national leader Svätoplukovo – Svätopluk , Prince of Moravia Tešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík (1742–1820), Slovak Lutheran priest Tomášikovo – Samo Tomášik , Slovak poet Veľké Blahovo – Matúš Blaho (1777-1837), Slovak national leader Záborské – Jonáš Záborský , Slovak writer Gessayov was the name of Zálesie – Ignác Gessay (1874-1928), Slovak-American journalist Hodžovo was the name of Lipové – Milan Hodža , Slovak politician Palkovičovo was the name of Sap – Juraj Palkovič (1769–1850), Slovak writer and teacher Sklenárovo was the name of Mierovo – Juraj Sklenár , Slovak historian and teacher Slávikovo was the name of Orávka – Juraj Slávik (1890-1969), Slovak politician Šafárikovo was the name of Tornaľa – Pavol Jozef Šafárik , Slovak writer Štefánikovce was the name of Rovinka – Milan Rastislav Štefánik , Slovak general and politician Švermovo was the name of Telgárt – Jan Šverma , Czech communist politician Josipdol, Ribnica na Pohorju - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Kidričevo – Boris Kidrič , Prime Minister of Slovenia Primoži – Primož Trubar , Father of the Slovenian nation Sveti Andrej, Moravče - Andrew the Apostle Sveti Jernej, Slovenske Konjice - Bartholomew the Apostle Sveti Jurij, Rogašovci - Saint George Sveti Lenart, Cerklje na Gorenjskem - Leonard of Noblac Sveti Štefan, Šmarje pri Jelšah - Saint Stephen Sveti Vid, Cerknica - Saint Vitus Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah - Saint Giles 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 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. 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 Stellenbosch – Simon van der Stel Danwon-gu – Gim Hongdo Sejong City – Sejong the Great Chungmu-ro – Admiral Yi Sun-sin Euljiro – General Ŭlchi Mundŏk Alar del Rey – Charles 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 Aldea Moret (Cáceres) - Segismundo Moret , Prime Minister of Spain Alfonso XIII (Seville) – King Alfonso XIII of Spain Alonso de Ojeda (Miajadas) – Alonso de Ojeda Alvarado (Badajoz) – Pedro de Alvarado 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 – Count García Rodríguez de Valcárcel, Galician knight and noble 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 ( Arabic : قلعة رباح , romanized : Qalʿat Rabāḥ ) – 'Fortress of Rabah,' named after an Arab nobleman who held the area Casares, Málaga – Julius Caesar Casas de Benítez – Gines Benitez, founder Casas de Don Pedro – Peter of Castile Casas de Fernando Alonso – Fernando Alonso, clergyman and founder Casillas de Flores - Pedro Alfonso de Flores y Montenegro (1587-1664), 1st Viscount of Peñaparda de Flores Castrillo de Don Juan – Juan Delgadillo de Avellaneda, Lord of Castrillo de Don Juan Chillarón del Rey – Alfonso VIII of Castile Ciudad Rodrigo – Count Rodrigo González Girón Col. Carlos Haya (Badajoz) - Carlos de Haya González (1902-1938), aviator Don Álvaro – Álvaro de Luna , Grand Master of the Order of Santiago 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 Puente del Arzobispo – Pedro Tenorio (bishop) 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 Estella del Marqués (Cádiz) - Fernando Primo de Rivera , Marquis of Estella Fernán Caballero, Ciudad Real – Ferrant Cavallero, knight in the Reconquista Fernán Núñez – Fernán Núñez de Témez, IV Master of the Order of Alcántara Fuente la Reina – Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon Fuentes de Valdepero - Pedro Ansúrez , Lord of Valladolid 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 Hinojosa del Duque – Francisco Sotomayor, duke of Belalcázar Infanta Isabel (Cáceres) - Infanta Isabel, Countess of Girgenti Isla Cristina – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Jaume Roig (Valencia) – Jaume Roig Joaquina Eguaras (Granada) - Joaquina Eguaras Ibáñez (1897-1981), first female professor at the University of Granada Juan de la Cierva (Getafe) - Juan de la Cierva Lanzarote – Lancelotto Malocello ( Latin : Lanzarotus Marocelus ) La Carolina – Charles III of Spain La Isabela (Jaén) - Queen Isabella II of Spain La Luisiana – Infante Luis of Spain Las Navas del Marqués – Marquis Don Pedro de Dávila 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 Los Gallardos – Captain Francisco Pedro Gallardo Losa del Obispo – Bishop Juan de Rocabertí Medellín ( Latin : 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 – Philip II of Spain Núcleo General Franco (Málaga) - Francisco Franco Olías del Rey – Philip V of Spain Oliver (Zaragoza) - Manuel Oliver Altavás (d.1938), priest Olmeda del Rey – Ferdinand VII of Spain Pamplona ( Latin : Pompaelo ) – Pompey the Great (founder) Pedro Lamata (Albacete) – Pedro Lamata (1912–1974), trade unionist, 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 Poblado de Doña Blanca (Cádiz) - Blanche of Bourbon Poblado de Gabriel y Galán (Extremadura) – José María Gabriel y Galán Prado del Rey – Charles III of Spain Puebla de Don Fadrique – Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba Puebla del Príncipe – Philip II of Spain Puebla de Guzmán - Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fonseca, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia Puerto Banús – Jose Banus (1906–1984), businessman and builder Puerto Seguro – Luis Carvajal y Melgarejo, marquis of Puerto Seguro (1871–1937) Puerto Serrano – Ginés Serrano de Molina Quintanilla de Onésimo – Onésimo Redondo , Castillian lawyer and politician Rincón del Obispo (Cáceres) – Manuel Llopis Ivorra (1902–1981), bishop of Diocese of Coria-Cáceres from 1950–1977 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 Francisco de Olivenza (Badajoz) – Francisco Franco 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 Martín del Tesorillo – Martín Larios y Larios (1839–1889) San Pablo de Buceite – Pablo Antonio Larios y Tassara (1819–1879) San Rafael de Olivenza (Badajoz) – Rafael Cavestany , Minister of Agriculture San Sebastián – Saint Sebastian San Sebastián de los Reyes – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile , the Catholic Kings San Silvestre de Guzmán - Pope Sylvester I and Francisco de Guzmán, Marquis of Ayamonte San Vicente de Alcántara – IV Master of the Order of Alcántara, Vicente García Sánchez Sant Carles de la Ràpita – Charles III of Spain Sant Lluís – Louis XV of France Santiago de Alcántara – Saint James the Great Santiago de Compostela – Saint James the Great Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Dominic de la Calzada (founder) Santa Amalia - Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony Santa Bárbara de Casa - Saint Barbara 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 – Count Rodrigo González Girón Valencia de Don Juan – John, Duke of Valencia de Campos Valladolid ( Arabic : 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 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 Villanueva del Rey – Philip IV of Spain Villanueva de Teba - Eugenia María Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 20th Countess of Teba (1880-1962) and Carlos Alfonso de Mitjans, 21st Count of Teba 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 ( Latin : Caesaraugusta ) – Emperor Augustus 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) Villafranco del Guadalhorce – Francisco Franco (now given a new name, Villa del Guadalhorce) Abu Hamad – Sheikh Abu Hamed Suakin , formerly named Ptolemais Theron – Ptolemy II Philadelphus 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) Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (1797–1856) (wife of the founder of the industry) [ 24 ] 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 Augst (near the ancient city of Augusta Raurica ) – Roman Emperor Augustus Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus Saint-Aubin, Fribourg – Albinus of Angers Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland – Bartholomew the Apostle Saint-Brais – Brice of Tours Saint-Cergue – Cyriacus Saint-George – Saint George Saint-Gingolph – Gangulphus Saint-Imier – Imerius of Immertal Saint-Léonard, Switzerland – Leonard of Noblac Saint-Livres – Pope Liberius Saint-Martin, Fribourg and Saint-Martin, Valais – Martin of Tours Saint-Maurice, Switzerland – Saint Maurice Saint-Oyens – Eugendus Saint-Prex – Saint Protatius, bishop of Lausanne Saint-Saphorin – Saint Symphorian Saint-Sulpice, Vaud – Sulpicius the Pious San Vittore, Switzerland - Victor Maurus Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona - Anthony the Great Santa Maria in Calanca - Mary, Mother of Jesus St. Gallen – Saint Gall St. Martin, Graubünden - Martin of Tours St. Margrethen – Margaret the Virgin St. Moritz – Saint Maurice St. Niklaus – Nicholas of Myra St. Silvester – Pope Sylvester I St. Stephan – Saint Stephen St. Ursen – Ursus of Aosta Abu Kamal – the Kamal Family Al-Bitariyah – Salah al-Din al-Bitar Al-Hamidiyah – Sultan Abdul Hamid II 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 Latakia , formerly Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia , mother of Seleucus I Nicator Marj al-Sultan – Sultan Abdul Hamid I 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 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 Dahiyat al-Assad was the name of Dahiyat Harasta during Baathist Syria – Hafez al-Assad , President of Syria Qura al-Assad was the name of Qura al-Sham during Baathist Syria – Hafez al-Assad Trump Heights – Israeli settlement in the occupied Golan Heights 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 Nyerere (Ward of Zanzibar City) – Julius Nyerere , President of Tanzania 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 ( RTGS : Wachiralongkon , now King Vajiralongkorn ) [ 25 ] Watthana district , Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration Dom Aleixo Administrative Post – Aleixo Corte-Real Vila Salazar (Baucau) – António de Oliveira Salazar , a Portuguese statesman 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 – 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 Trinidad and Tobago Charlotteville – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Diego Martin – Don Diego Martin (explorer) Duncan Village (Penal–Debe) – Phillip Duncan de Montroe II Princes Town – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and King George V Williamsville – Eric Williams El-Mansuriya – al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah Mahdia , formerly Aphrodisium – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah Menzel Bourguiba – Habib Bourguiba , first President of Tunisia Menzel Bouzaiane - Hocine Bouzaiane (1925-1956), constitutionalist leader Menzel Farsi - 15th-century Persian saint and scholar Abu al-Qasim al-Isfahani Mohamedia, Tunisia - Ahmad I ibn Mustafa Ferryville was the name of Menzel Bourguiba – Jules Ferry 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 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 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 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 Aziziye - Abdulaziz 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 formerly Alexandria – Alexander the Great formerly Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter Dursunbey - Emir Dursun, Commander during Orhan Gazi´s sultanate Edirne , formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian Emirgazi - Emir Gazi 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 formerly Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas – Augustus and Alexander the Great formerly Alexandria Troas – Alexander the Great formerly Antigonia Troas – Antigonus I Monophthalmus Eyüpsultan - Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Fahri Korutürk (Mamak) – Fahri Korutürk , President of Turkey Fethiye - Captain Fethi Bey (1891-1914), pilot of the Ottoman Air Force who died during an airplane crash 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 Iğdır - İğdir Bey, the eldest son of Deniz Han 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 Kemaliye - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 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 Mahmudiye - Mahmud II Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Ankara) – Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet Melikgazi - Gazi Gümüshtigin Merkezefendi – Merkez Efendi , an Ottoman sufi Mihalgazi - Köse Mihal Mopsuestia : formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator formerly named Hadria – Hadrian formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius 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 Muradiye - Murad IV 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 Orhangazi - Orhan Osmancık , Osmaneli , Osmangazi and Osmaniye - Osman I Peyami Safa (Mamak) – Peyami Safa , Turkish journalist Saimbeyli – Saim Bey (1893-1921), 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 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 Şehitkamil - Mehmet Kamil (1906-1920), first martyr of the Antep Defense 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 named for Seleucus I Nicator later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius Zeugma , formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator¨ Seyitgazi - Seyyid Battal Gazi Silifke , formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator Sinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks 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 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 named for Stratonice of Syria later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian Sultanhisar - Nilüfer Sultan, daughter of Aydın Bey Süleymanpaşa – Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan) Tarsus , formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV Yavuz Sultan Selim (Kahramankazan) and Yavuzeli – Selim I Yusufeli - Prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Zübeyde Hanım (Ankara) – Zübeyde Hanım Antioch was the name of an antique city near today's Antakya – Antiochus Aba Annaýew – Aba Annaýew , great-uncle of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow , the second president of 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 Deňizhan – Deniz han , (also spelled Dengiz khan) Deňiz han in Turkmen, mythical khan of the Oghuz Turks . 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 (1795–1850), Turkmen poet Zynhary (village) – Abdirahim Zynhary (1791–1880), Tukrmen poet 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 Fort Portal – Sir Gerald Portal (British commissioner) Murchison Falls – Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet Port Bell – Sir Hesketh Bell (British commissioner) Alchevsk – Oleksiy Alchevsky , Ukrainian entrepreneur, banker, and industrialist Apostolove – Danylo Apostol , Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host Barvinkove – ataman Ivan Barvinok [ ru ; uk ] Berdychiv – after a servant of Kyiv boyar Kalenyk Myshkovych (progenitor of Tyszkiewicz family ) Berdych Boryspil – Boris Budaniv – Jakub Bodzanowski, founder Chystiakove – a merchant from Taganrog Chistiakov Dokuchaievsk – Vasily Dokuchaev , geologist and geographer Hoholeve – Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol), writer Horlivka – Pyotr Gorlov , mining engineer and geologist Ivano-Frankivsk – writer Ivan Franko Izmail – Ottoman Grand Vizier ( Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha ?) Kakhovka – Vasiliy Kakhovsky (1738–1794), Governor of the province of Tauris (Taurida Oblast) Kharkiv – Cossack Kharyton (Chariton) Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky , Leader of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Khutir-Mykhailivskyi – Mikhail Tereshchenko , businessman Klavdiievo-Tarasove – Southwestern Railways Director Klavdiy Nemishaiev [ ru ; uk ] and Taras Shevchenko , poet Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi – Taras Shevchenko , poet Kostiantynivka – Kostiantyn Nomikossov (1812–1907), son of former landowner Kotsiubynske – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky , author Krolevets – King ( Polish: król ) Sigismund III of Poland Kropyvnytskyi – Marko Kropyvnytskyi , Ukrainian writer, dramaturge, composer, theatre actor and director 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 – Klavdiy Nemishaiev [ ru ; uk ] (1847-1927), Southwestern Railways director Novovorontsovka – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov , field marshal 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 Sadhora – Piotr Mikołaj Gartenberg Sadogórski, founder [ 26 ] Sheptytskyi – Father Andrey Sheptytsky , Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Lemberg (Lviv) Shevchenkove – Taras Shevchenko Siedove – Georgy Sedov , artic explorer Skadovsk – hydrobiologist and biochemist Sergey B. Skadovsky [ ru ; uk ] (1863-1918) Smila – unnamed local heroine Smoline – Mykola Smolin (1928–1974), Ukrainian geologist Starokostiantyniv – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski Susval – Petro Ostapovych Susval (1990–2014), soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Synelnykove – Ivan Sinelnikov ( uk , ru ) Tairove – Armenian and Soviet scientist Vasily Tairov [ ru ; uk ; hy ] (1859–1938) Teofipol – Teofilia Strzyżsława Jabłonowska [ pl ] Terezyne – Teresa Radziwiłł (1889-1975) Ternopil – Jan Tarnowski (and Tarnowski family ) Tomashpil – Tomasz Zamoyski Tytarenkove – Serhiy Tytarenko (1992–2014), a fallen soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Vakulenchuk – Grigory Vakulenchuk , one of the leaders of the uprising on the battleship “Potemkin” Vasylivka – Vasili Stepanovich Popov , general, statesman, and administrator Vasylkiv – Basil of Caesarea Verkhivtseve – Alexander Verkhovtsev [ ru ; uk ] (1837-1900), railway engineer, head of the Kateryninska Railway company Volodymyr – Vladimir the Great Yakymivka – Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic Yavornytske – Dmytro Yavornytsky , ethnographer, historian and lexicographer Yenakiieve – Fyodor Yenakiyev [ ru ; uk ] (1852-1915), engineer and director of the Baltic Railway Company Zalizniak (Sumy) – Maksym Zalizniak , legendary Zaporozhian Cossack and leader of the Koliivshchyna rebellion Zhovkva – Stanisław Żółkiewski , Polish nobleman 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 Katerynopil was the name of Kalynopil – Catherine the Great Kirovohrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Sergey Kirov Kryndachivka was the name of Khrustalnyi – local landowner Kryndacha Krystynopol was the name of Sheptytskyi – 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 , French communist leader Usivka was the name of Oleksandriia – Cossack Usyk Vatutine was the name of Bahacheve – Nikolai Vatutin Voroshilovgrad , Voroshylovhrad was the name of Luhansk – Kliment Voroshilov Yekaterinin Shanets was the name of Olviopol within 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 Madinat Zayed and Zayed City – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Port Rashid – Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum , ruler of Dubai Albert Village – Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Bognor Regis – George V of United Kingdom Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr , King of East Anglia Camden Town – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden , Lord Chancellor of King George III Campbell Park – Lord Campbell of Eskan , British businessman and social reformer Canning Town – Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning , Postmaster General Carterton, Oxfordshire - William Carter (1852–1921), founder and director of Homesteads Ltd. Charlestown, Cornwall - Charles Rashleigh (died 1823), entrepreneur Charlestown, Derbyshire - Charles Croft, an 18th-century farmer and landowner Cubitt Town – William Cubitt (politician) , Lord Mayor of London Denmark Hill – Prince George of Denmark Eden Park, London – William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland , President of the Board of Trade Edwinstowe - Edwin of Northumbria Ellistown - Colonel Joseph Joel Ellis (1834-1885), businessman and landowner Emerson Park – Emerson Balston Carter (1878–1963), British landowner and property developer Fitzrovia – Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton , British Army officer Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire - the Fitzwilliam family (such as: William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam , William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam and Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam ) Fletchertown - William Fletcher (1831-1900), director of the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway company Gerrards Cross – Gerard of Chalfont, early landowner Guy's Cliffe - Guy of Warwick Halsetown – James Halse , English lawyer and wealthy businessman Harold Wood – Harold Godwinson , King of the English Jealott's Hill - Roger Jolyl, 14th-century landowner King's Cross, London – George IV of United Kingdom 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 Knutsford – King Canute Lowtherville - Captain Francis Lowther (1841-1908), landowner Maryland, London – Henrietta Maria of France Nicholstown – Jonas Nichols (1836–1891), English furniture maker, house builder Pennsylvania, Exeter - William Penn (Royal Navy officer) Pentonville – Henry Penton Perkinsville, County Durham – Edward Mosely Perkins (1821–1871), British industrial partner and his son Charles Perkins (1851–1905), colliery owner Peterborough – St Peter Peterlee – Peter Lee , British trade unionist, and President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain Pope's Hill - Mary Pope, an 18th-century resident of Flaxley Abbey Port Clarence – William IV , Duke of Clarence Princes Risborough – Edward the Black Prince Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Queen Camel – Eleanor of Provence Queen Charlton – Catherine Parr Queen's Park, London – Queen Victoria Queenborough – Philippa of Hainault Russell Hill, Croydon – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell , Prime Minister Saltaire – Sir Titus Salt , British industrialist, politician, and philanthropist Silvertown – Stephen William Silver , English merchant, outfitter, and avid book collector Somers Town, London – Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers St Albans – St Alban 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 North, Manchester - Queen Victoria Wolverhampton – Wulfrun Northern Ireland Cookstown – Dr. Alan Cooke (politician) 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 Irvinestown - the Irvine family Jonesborough, County Armagh - Roth Jones, a Dublin barrister Maguiresbridge - Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) Randalstown – Randal MacDonnell Stewartstown, County Tyrone - Andrew Steuart (or Stewart), Lord Ochiltree Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone – Queen Victoria Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Alexander Smollett of Bonhill (died in 1799) Charlestown, Fife - Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin Colinsburgh - Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres Dolphinton - Dolfin of Carlisle Douglastown - Mr. Douglas, a local landowner 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 renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Gardynebourg - the Gardyne family Helensburgh – Lady Helen Sutherland (1717–1791) Jamestown, Fife - James Reid Kingsford, East Ayrshire - James V Kirkcudbright – St Cuthbert Port Logan - Colonel Andrew MacDowall (Douall), the laird of Logan Port William, Dumfries and Galloway - Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet (1779–1838) St Andrews – St Andrew Stanley, Perthshire - Amelia Stanley (1633–1703), daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby Upper Victoria - Queen Victoria Barnardtown - Edward Barnard, a religious investor Bute Town - John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute Earlswood, Monmouthshire - Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford Elliotstown, Caerphilly - Sir. George Elliot (1815-1893), co-founder of the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company Georgetown, Blaenau Gwent - George III of United Kingdom Hopkinstown - Evan Hopkin, owner of the 51-acre Tŷ Mawr Estate Johnstown, Wrexham - John Bury, member of Wrexham's first Town Council Lewistown, Bridgend - William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr Montgomery, Powys – Roger de Montgomerie , Main Counsellor Nelson, Caerphilly - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Reynoldston - Reginald de Braose, 12th-century Norman lord St Davids – St David Stanleytown, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Henry Morton Stanley Thomastown, Rhondda Cynon Taf - William Meyler Thomas (1850-1917) Trealaw - David Williams (coal owner) "Alaw," Trethomas - Sir William James Thomas, 1st Baronet , co-owner of the Bedwas Navigation Colliery Company Tylorstown - Alfred Tylor Victoria, Newport – Queen Victoria Wattsville - Edmund Hannay Watts (1830-1902), founder of the London and South Wales Coal Company Williamstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Caroline Elizabeth Williams, Arthur John Williams and Morgan Bransby Williams (1825-1914), director of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company British Overseas Territories Bermuda – Juan de Bermúdez Ducie Island – Baron Ducie Falkland Islands – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland Gibraltar – Tariq ibn Ziyad (from Arabic : جبل طارق , romanized : Jabal Tariq , lit. ' Mountain of Tariq ' ) Pitcairn Islands – Robert Pitcairn 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. 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) 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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands King Edward Point – Edward VII Prince Olav Harbour – Crown Prince Olav of Norway 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 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 Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico – Pablo Ubarri y Capetillo, 1st Count of San José de Santurce (1824–1894) San Germán, Puerto Rico – Germaine of Foix , the new queen of King Fernando or Saint Germanus of Auxerre Ubarri (Pueblo) – Angel Manuel García Ubarri (1886–1972) Villa Georgetti (Barceloneta) – Eduardo Georgetti Alejandro Gallinal - Dr. Alejandro Gallinal (1872-1943) Andresito – Andrés Guazurary Ansina - Joaquín Lenzina Artigas – José Artigas Baltasar Brum ( Artigas Department ) – Baltasar Brum , President of Uruguay Bernabé Rivera ( Artigas Department ) – General Bernabe Rivera (1795-1832) Bolívar, Uruguay - Simon Bolivar Brigadier General Diego Lamas ( Artigas Department ) - Diego Eugenio Lamas (1810–1868) Florencio Sánchez ( Colonia Department ) – Florencio Sánchez Flores Department – Venancio Flores Carlos Reyles, Uruguay - Carlos Reyles , ensayist Colonia Rossell y Rius - Alejo Rossell Rius (1848-1919) Gallinal - Alberto Gallinal Heber (1909-1994), former intendent of Florida General Líber Seregni – Líber Seregni , Uruguayan military and politician Getulio Vargas (Uruguay) - Getulio Vargas Gregorio Aznárez - Gregorio Aznárez (1860-1951) 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 Jackson - Juan D. Jackson Juan Lacaze ( Colonia Department ) – Juan Luis Lacaze, businessman Lavalleja Department – Juan Antonio Lavalleja Mones Quintela - Alfredo Mones Quintela (1910-1969), an agricultural engineer Ombúes de Lavalle ( Colonia Department ) – Juan Lavalle Piriápolis - Francisco Piria Rivera – Fructuoso Rivera San Antonio ( Canelones Department ) – Saint Anthony of Padua San Bautista ( Canelones Department ) – Saint John the Baptist San Gregorio de Polanco - José Gregorio Suárez 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 (1787-1847) Soca ( Canelones Department ) – Francisco Soca (1856-1922) Solís - Juan Díaz de Solís Tomás Gomensoro ( Artigas Department ) – Tomás Gomensoro Albín , President of Uruguay Treinta y Tres – Thirty-Three Orientals , Uruguayan revolutionary group Zagarzazú - Isidro Zagarzazú (1921-1974), founder 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 "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 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 , formerly called 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), Archbishop of Merida 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) Fernando Girón Tovar (Amazonas) - Fernando Girón Tovar (1936-1993), National deputy of Amazonas 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, founder Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen (1903–2003), Bishop of Coro Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (Táchira) – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (1915–2003), Bishop of Táchira 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 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 heroine 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 Le Thanh Nghi (Hai Phong) – Le Thanh Nghi (1911-1989), Vice President of Vietnam 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 Lý Văn Lâm District – Lý Văn Lâm (1941–1969), a local communist Thành Thái Phien – the name of Da Nang in 1945 [ timeframe? ] – revolutionary Thái Phiên Bayt al-Faqih - Ahmad ibn Ujayl, jurist Saddam (Al-Mesaimeer) - Saddam Hussein 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 Abercorn was the name of Mbala – Lord Abercorn , British nobleman and diplomat Bancroft was the name of Chililabombwe – Joseph Austen Bancroft (1882–1957), Canadian 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 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. 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 Lists of places named after people List of countries named after people List of country subdivisions named after people List of islands named after people List of countries named after people List of country subdivisions named after people List of islands named after people Buildings and structures named after people List of eponyms of airports List of convention centers named after people List of railway stations named after people List of eponyms of airports List of convention centers named after people List of railway stations named after people List of colleges and universities named after people List of etymologies of administrative divisions List of country-name etymologies Lists of places by eponym List of eponyms (A–K) List of eponyms (L–Z) Lists of etymologies ↑ Roshen Dalal (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths . Penguin Books India. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-14-341517-6 . ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III (in Polish). Warsaw. 1882. p. 328. {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Hamilton, William B. (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names . Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 077051524X . ↑ Place-Names of Alberta: Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior . Ottawa: F.C. Acland. 1928. p. 99. ↑ "Port Alberni" . BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 18 June 2021 . ↑ Hamilton, William B. (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780802075703 . ↑ "Port Said | Suez Canal, Egypt, & Location" . Encyclopædia Britannica . ↑ "Ghana Place Names: Kofi Pare" . ↑ "Ghana Place Names: Queen Anne's Point" . ↑ "Ghana Place Names: Techiman" . ↑ O'Mahony, J. (1908). "A history of the O'Mahony septs of Kinelmeky and Ivagha" (PDF) . Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society . 2. 14 (79): 134. The genealogy of the O'Mahonys is traced up from Conn [..] to two other well-known place names :- "From this Kean (Cian, father of Mahon) was called Enniskean" ↑ O'Mahony, Jeremiah (1961). West Cork and Its Story . Kerryman. p. 80. One of Cian's residences was at Deargrath (red fort), which gave its name to the townland on which was built the village of Enniskean, called after Cian himself ↑ "The Twin Villages of Ballineen and Enniskean" . ballineenandenniskean.weebly.com . Retrieved 12 August 2020 . 'Enniskean' [..] means 'the island of Cian'. It takes its name after Cian Maol Muadh (later O'Mahony), a local Chieftan ↑ Cf. Jaan Puhvel: Comparative mythology. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London 1989, p. 287. ↑ "Нур-Султан – новое название столицы Казахстана" [ Nur-Sultan is the new name of the capital of Kazakhstan ] . tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 20 March 2019. ↑ "Të gjithë e dini ku është Ferizaj, por nuk e besoni se si e mori emrin ky qytet" [ You all know where Ferizaj is, but you do not believe how this city got its name ] . Fakti Ditor (in Albanian). 5 October 2019. Emri Ferizaj, rrjedh nga pronari i një hoteli (hani) të njohur, që quhej Feriz Shasivari ↑ "Kjo është historia e emrit Skenderaj e domëthënia e tij, mësoje historinë si u bë komunë Skenderaj" [ This is the story of the name Skenderaj and its meaning, learn the story of how Skenderaj became a municipality ] . Drenica Press (in Albanian). 28 November 2016. ↑ "Dy emra kontradiktorë: Hani i Elezit dhe gjeneral Jankoviq" [ Two contradictory names: Hani i Elezit and General Jankoviq ] (in Albanian). Kosova Press . 25 April 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III (in Polish). Warszawa. 1882. p. 413. {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) ↑ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Miners at Addisons Flat, West Coast" . teara.govt.nz . Retrieved 13 May 2022 . ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 299. {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III (in Polish). Warszawa. 1882. p. 420. {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) ↑ Kerekes, Daniel (11 August 2021). "Štúrovo, Kolárovo či Nálepkovo: Ako jedna vyhláška cynicky zmenila ráz južného Slovenska (+ mapa)" . Denník N (in Slovak) . Retrieved 26 October 2024 . ↑ "Sidan ej hittad" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011 . Retrieved 10 June 2011 . ↑ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอวชิรบารมี จังหวัดพิจิตร พ.ศ. 2541" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom X (in Polish). Warszawa. 1889. p. 195. {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) Lists of eponyms Lists of places named after people Lists of place name etymologies Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from October 2024 CS1 maint: location missing publisher CS1 Polish-language sources (pl) Articles containing Latin-language text Articles containing German-language text CS1 Russian-language sources (ru) CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq) CS1 Slovak-language sources (sk) Articles containing Arabic-language text Articles containing Polish-language text All articles with vague or ambiguous time Vague or ambiguous time from September 2012