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. == Countries == Azerbaijan – Atropates Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata Bolivia – Simón Bolívar Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo) Cook Islands – Captain James Cook Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic El Salvador – "The Saviour", referring to Jesus Eswatini – Mswati II Israel – Jacob (alternative name) Italy – Italus 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 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 == Settlements == Caesarea (disambiguation) (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman emperors === Afghanistan === Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Massoud Ahmad Shah Baba Mina – Ahmad Shah Durrani Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) – Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) 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 === Albania === Ali Demi (neighborhood) – Ali Demi Asim Zeneli (Albania) – Asim Zeneli, Albanian hero Bajram Curri (town) – Albanian activist of Independence Bajram Curri Blloku Vasil Shanto – Vasil Shanto, Albanian hero Don Bosco (Tirana) – John Bosco Kastriot, Albania – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg Mihal Grameno (neighborhood) – Mihal Grameno Skënderbegas – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg Zogu I Zi (Tirana) – Zog I of Albania === Algeria === 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 Former: Berteaux was the name of Ouled Hamla – Henri Maurice Berteaux Bordj Le Prieur was the name of Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Louis-Ambroise Le Prieur (1908–1997) Burdeau was the name of Mahdia – Auguste Burdeau Colomb-Béchar was the name of Béchar – Louis de Colomb, French major general Duperré was the name of Aïn Defla – Guy-Victor Duperré, French naval officer Fort-Duquesne was the name of Kaous – Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville Georges Clemenceau was the name of Stidia – Georges Clemenceau Haussonvillers was the name of Naciria – Joseph d'Haussonville Mac-Mahon was the name of Aïn Touta – Patrice de MacMahon Molière was the name of Bordj Bounaama – Molière Negrier was the name of Chetouane – François de Négrier Orléansville was the name of Chlef – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans Pascal was the name of Salah Bey – Blaise Pascal Perrégaux was the name of Mohammadia – Alexandre Charles Perrégaux Philippeville was the name of Skikda – Louis Philippe I Port-Gueydon was the name of Azeffoun – Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria Renault was the name of Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali – Pierre Hippolyte Publius Renault, French general Saint-Arnaud was the name of El Eulma – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud Saint-Eugène was the name of Bologhine – Eugène Guyot Tirman was the name of Teghalimet – Louis Tirman Waldeck-Rousseau was the name of Sidi Hosni – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau === Angola === Comandante Valódia (Luanda) – Joaquim Domingos Augusto "Valódia" (died 1975), one of the prominent generals during the Angolan War of Independence Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes (died 1805) Nelito Soares (Luanda) – Nelito Soares (1943–1975), Angolan revolutionary Patrice Lumumba, Luanda – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister Porto Alexandre, Angola – James Edward Alexander Rocha Pinto (Luanda) – João Teixeira Pinto Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995) Former: Carmona was the name of Uíge – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president Henrique de Carvalho was the name of Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho (1844–1909) Sá da Bandeira was the name of Lubango – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira Serpa Pinto was the name of Menongue – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer Silva Porto was the name of Cuito – António da Silva Porto Vila Arriaga was the name of Bibala – Portuguese president Manuel de Arriaga Vila Gago Coutinho was the name of Lumbala N'guimbo – Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho Villa João de Almeida was the name of Chibia – João de Almeida (1873–1953), Portuguese military Vila Pereira d'Eça was the name of Ondjiva – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça Vila Robert Williams was the name of Caála – Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park Vila Roçadas was the name of Xangongo – José Augusto Alves Roçadas Vila Salazar was the name of N'dalatando – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator Vila Teixeira da Silva was the name of Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826–1894), Portuguese colonial administrator === 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 === Argentina === ==== Buenos Aires ==== 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 - Ca