# List of places named after people

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

## Continents

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

## Countries

This is a summary of country name etymologies.
* Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata
* Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
* Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
* Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo)
* Cook Islands – Captain James Cook
* Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
* El Salvador – "The Saviour", referring to Jesus
* Eswatini – Mswati II
* Israel – Jacob (alternative name)
* Kiribati – Thomas Gilbert
* Liechtenstein – Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
* Marshall Islands – John Marshall
* Mauritius – Maurice of Nassau
* Mozambique – Mussa Bin Bique
* Philippines – Philip II of Spain
* Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Christopher
* Saint Lucia – Lucy of Syracuse (?)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Saint Vincent
* San Marino – Saint Marinus
* São Tomé and Príncipe – Saint Thomas and Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal
* Saudi Arabia – Muhammad bin Saud
* Seychelles – Jean Moreau de Sechelles
* Solomon Islands – Solomon
* Uzbekistan – Öz Beg Khan of Golden Horde

### Former countries

* Principality of Antioch, now part of Turkey – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
* Lotharingia (Lorraine), now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – Lothair I
* Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia – Cecil Rhodes
* Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe – Cecil Rhodes
* Terra Mariana ("Land of Mary"), now Estonia and Latvia – Mary, mother of Jesus

### British Overseas Territories

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

### "Lands" of Antarctica

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

## Towns and cities

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

### Afghanistan

* Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Massoud
* Ahmad Shah Baba Mina – Ahmad Shah Durrani
* Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great
* Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) – Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)
* Mir Bacha Kot District – Mir Bacha Khan (1825–1912)
* 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
* 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
* Sá da Bandeira (Huambo) – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
* Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995)
Former:
* Carmona was the name of Uíge – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president
* Henrique de Carvalho was the name of Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho (1844–1909)
* Sá da Bandeira was the name of Lubango – Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
* Serpa Pinto was the name of Menongue – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer
* Silva Porto was the name of Cuito – António da Silva Porto
* Vila Arriaga was the name of Bibala – Portuguese president Manuel de Arriaga
* Vila Gago Coutinho was the name of Lumbala N'guimbo – Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
* Villa João de Almeida was the name of Chibia – João de Almeida (1873–1953), Portuguese military
* Vila Pereira d'Eça was the name of Ondjiva – António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça
* Vila Robert Williams was the name of Caála – Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park
* Vila Roçadas was the name of Xangongo – José Augusto Alves Roçadas
* Vila Salazar was the name of N'dalatando – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator
* Vila Teixeira da Silva was the name of Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826–1894), Portuguese colonial administrator

### Andorra

* Meritxell – Our Lady of Meritxell

### Antigua and Barbuda

* Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda – Christopher Codrington
* Coolidge, Antigua and Barbuda - Hamilton Coolidge
* Piggotts - Richard Albert Louden Piggott (1844-1926)
* Tomlinson, Antigua and Barbuda - Major John Tomlinson

### Argentina

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

### Armenia

* Abovyan and Abovyan, Ararat – Khachatur Abovyan, writer
* Anushavan – Anushavan Galoyan (1901–1945), World War II hero
* Artashat (Artaxata) – Artaxias I, Armenian king
* Baghramyan, Ararat, Baghramyan, Armavir and Baghramyan, Echmiadzin – Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander
* Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist Labor
* Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian (1902–1942), World War II general
* Charentsavan – Yeghishe Charents, poet
* Chkalov, Armenia and Chkalovka – Valery Chkalov, Russian pilot
* David Bek, Armenia – Davit Bek, Armenian patriot
* Dimitrov, Armenia – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader
* Ferik – Ferik Polatbekov (1897–1918), revolutionary and poet
* Fioletovo – Ivan Fioletov, socialist martyr and Baku Commissar
* Gagarin, Armenia – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
* Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian (1890–1920), Bolshevik martyr
* Ghukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
* Griboyedov, Armenia – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian diplomat and author
* Gusanagyugh – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bard
* Imeni Kirova, Armenia – Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader
* Imeni Tairova – Alexander Tairov, Armenian theater director
* Isahakyan – Avetik Isahakyan, poet
* Kamo, Armenia – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
* Khanjian, Armenia – Aghasi Khanjian, first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
* Kuchak – Nahapet Kuchak, 16th-century bard
* Lermontovo – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer and poet
* Lukashin and Lukashin, Yerevan – Sargis Lukashin, Armenian prime minister
* Martiros, Vayots Dzor – Armenian Prince Martireni, who was martyred against Persian forces
* Martuni, Armenia, Martuni (village) and Myasnikyan – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
* Mayakovski, Armenia – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
* Mergelyan (Yerevan) – Sergey Mergelyan, Armenian scientist
* Mikhaylovka, Armenia – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
* Mkhchyan – after an Armenian commander
* Musayelyan, Ashotsk – Capt. Sargis Musayelian (1882–1920), Bolshevik military leader
* Nagapetavan – Nahapet Kurghinian (1900–1937), participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
* Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian, writer
* Narek, Ararat – Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet
* Nizami, Armenia – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
* Paruyr Sevak, Armenia – Paruyr Sevak, poet
* Pushkino, Armenia – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet
* Sarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882–1920), Communist revolutionary
* Sayat-Nova, Armenia – Harutyun Sayatyan, poet
* Shahumyan, Ararat, Shahumyan, Armavir, Shahumyan, Lori, Shahumyan, Yerevan and Stepanavan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
* Spandaryan, Shirak, Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
* Sverdlov, Armenia – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader
* Tumanyan, Armenia – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
* Yenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian (1896–1920), early Communist
* Zhdanov, Lori – Andrei Zhdanov
Former:
* Akhundov was the name of Punik – Mirza Fatali Akhundov, author
* Azizbekov was the name of Aregnadem – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
* Azizbekov was the name of Vayk – Meshadi Azizbekov
* Azizbekov was the name of Zarritap – Meshadi Azizbekov
* Batikian was the name of Gandzak, Armenia – Batik Batikian (1892–1920), Communist martyr
* Danushavan was the name of Aygehat – Danush Shahverdian, Armenian politician and diplomat
* Ghukasyan was the name of Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
* Imeni Beriya was the name of Shahumyan, Ararat – Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet politician and head of the secret police
* Imeni Beriya was the name of Zhdanov, Armavir – Lavrentiy Beria
* Imeni Stalina was the name of Sovkhoz Nomer Shest – Joseph Stalin
* Imeni Voroshilova was the name of Hatsik, Armavir – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
* Kalinin was the name of Noramarg – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
* Kalinino was the name of Tashir – Mikhail Kalinin
* Kamo was the name of Gavar – Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
* Kirov was the name of Amrakits – Sergey Kirov, early Bolshevik leader
* Kirov was the name of Taperakan – Sergey Kirov
* Kirovakan was the name of Vanadzor – Sergey Kirov
* Kirovka was the name of Mamai, Armenia – Sergey Kirov
* Kuybyshev was the name of Haghartsin, Armenia – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader
* Maksim Gorkiy was the name of Bovadzor – Maxim Gorky, Soviet author
* Mikoyan was the name of Yeghegnadzor – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet leader
* Mravyan was the name of Yeghipatrush – Askanaz Mravyan, leader of Soviet Armenia
* Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vahan, Armenia – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet leader
* Samed Vurgun was the name of Hovk – Samad Vurgun, Soviet poet
* Shavarshavan was the name of Koti, Armenia – Shavarsh Amirkhanian, leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGB
* Spandaryan was the name of Silikyan – Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary
* Tumanyan was the name of Dsegh – Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer
* Vagharshapat was the name of Echmiadzin – King Vologases I (Vagharsh I)
* Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, viceroy of the Caucasus

### Austria

* Amaliendorf-Aalfang – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma
* Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold
* Elisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) – Empress Elisabeth of Austria
* Felixdorf – Felix Mießl (1778–1861), Mayor of Wiener Neustadt
* Hugo Breitner Hof (Vienna) – Hugo Breitner (1873–1946), Social Democrat politician
* Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini (1726–1805)
* Josefstadt – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
* Josef-Rautmann-Hof (Vienna) – Josef Rautmann (1890–1970)
* Kaisersdorf – Franz Joseph I of Austria
* Leopoldsdorf – Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria
* Leopoldskron-Moos (Salzburg) – Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Archbishop of Salzburg
* Leopoldstadt – Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor
* Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung (Wien) – Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician
* Rennersdorf, Austria – Karl Renner
* Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus – Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
* St. Pölten – The name Sankt Pölten is derived from Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to Sankt Hippolyt, then Sankt Polyt and finally Sankt Pölten.
* Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg – Wolfgang of Regensburg
* Theresienfeld – Maria Theresa
* Wilhelmsburg, Austria – William, Duke of Austria
* Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848)

### Azerbaijan

* Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer
* Babek – Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary
* Bakıxanov – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer
* Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
* Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani prime minister
* Firuzabad, Azerbaijan – Firuz Məlikov (1902–1965), Azerbaijani scientist
* Fizuli Rayon, Füzuli, Füzuli, Samukh, and Füzuli, Shamkir – Fuzûlî, Turkic poet
* Hacı Zeynalabdin – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, industrialist and philanthropist
* Həzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov, Azerbaijani general
* Heydarabad, Azerbaijan, Heydərabad – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
* Kuropatkino – Aleksey Kuropatkin, Russian general
* Mircəlal – Mir Jalal Pashayev, Azerbaijani writer
* Nərimanov raion, Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar, Nərimankənd, Gobustan, Nərimanabad, Lankaran and Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov, Prime Minister of Soviet Azerbaijan
* Nəsimi raion, Nəsimi, Bilasuvar, Nəsimi, Sabirabad and Nəsimikənd – Imadaddin Nasimi
* Nadirkənd – Nadir Karimov (d.1943)
* Nizami, Goranboy and Nizami raion – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
* Qaçaq Kərəm – Qaçaq Kərəm (1860–1909), Azeri national hero
* Rəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
* Sabirabad (city) and Sabirabad Rayon – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir
* Salatın – Salatyn Asgarova, Azerbaijani journalist
* Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and Vurğun – Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijani writer
* Səmədabad, Yevlakh – Samedaga Agamali oglu (1867–1930)
* Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
* Şəhriyar, Goygol – Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azerbaijani poet
* Xətai, Nakhchivan – Ismail I of Persia
* Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Alternate:
* Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to Khojavend (city) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
Former:
* Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
* Azizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
* Elizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
* Frunze was the name of Hacırüstəmli – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader
* Il'ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich Lenin
* Imeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey Kirov
* Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey Kirov
* Kaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician
* Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader
* Kalininkend was the name of Vurğun – Mikhail Kalinin
* Kirovabad was the name of Ganja – Sergey Kirov
* Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – Sergey Kirov
* Kirovka was the name of Nağaraxana – Sergey Kirov
* Kirovkənd was the name of Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey Kirov
* Kuybyshev was the name of Ölcələr – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionary
* Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld were names of Çinarlı, Shamkir – Lenin
* Leninabad was the name of Sanqalan – Lenin
* Leninabad was the name of Təklə, Gobustan – Lenin
* Leninavan was the name of Həsənqaya, Tartar – Lenin
* Leninkend was the name of Mustafabəyli – Lenin
* Molotov was the name of Oktyabrkənd – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician
* Musabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician
* Myasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionary
* Narimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov, revolutionary
* Orconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
* Pamyat' Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar – Lenin
* Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan – Peroz I
* Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
* Pushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin
* Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı – Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman
* Shahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar
* Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan
* Stalin was the name of Sabail raion – Joseph Stalin
* Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph Stalin
* V.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – Lenin
* Voroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı – Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
* Yelizavetpol was the name of Ganja – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
* Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov

### Bahamas

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

### Bahrain

* Hamad Town – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
* Isa Town – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah

### Bangladesh

* Cox's Bazar – Captain Hiram Cox
* Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer
* 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

### Barbados

* Hastings, Barbados - Warren Hastings
* Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)

### Belarus

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

### Belgium

* Berchem-Sainte-Agathe – Agatha of Sicily
* Charleroi – Charles II of Spain
* Geraardsbergen – Geraard van Hunnegem, a manor local
* Heikruis – Hado
* Leopoldsburg – Leopold I of Belgium and Bourg, urban planner of the city
* Mariakerke – Mary
* Martelange – Martelius
* Molenbeek-Saint-Jean – John the Baptist
* Philippeville – Philip II of Spain
* Sint-Anna-Pede – Saint Anne
* Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse – Saint George
* Saint-Gilles – Saint Giles
* Saint-Hubert – Hubertus
* Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – Judoc
* Saint-Nicolas – Saint Nicholas
* Sint-Amands – Saint Amand
* Sint-Gillis-Waas – Saint Giles
* Sint-Laureins – Lawrence of Rome
* Sint-Martens-Latem – Martin of Tours
* Sint-Niklaas – Saint Nicholas
* Sint-Pieters-Leeuw – Saint Peter
* Sint-Truiden – Trudo
* Wervik – Virovos
* Woluwe-Saint-Lambert – Lambert of Maastricht
* Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter

### Belize

* Albert (Belize House constituency) – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
* 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

### Benin

* Malanville – Henri Malan (1869-1912), French Governor of Dahomey

### Bermuda

* Hamilton – Henry Hamilton

### Bhutan

* Jigme Dorji – King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
* Wangdue Phodrang – Wangdi, boy playing in a river

### Bolivia

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

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

### Botswana

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

### Brazil

For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people.
* Salvador, Brazil – Jesus (the Christian Savior)
* São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil – Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
* São Paulo – Saint Paul

### Brunei

* Bandar Seri Begawan – Omar Ali Saifuddien III

### Bulgaria

* Anton, Sofia Province – partisan Stefan Minev "Anton" (1917–1944)
* Antonovo – Anton Krastev, who died in a battle of 1944
* Asenovgrad – Tsar Ivan Asen II
* Aksakovo – Russian littérateur Ivan Aksakov
* Benkovski, Kardzhali Province – revolutionary Georgi Benkovski
* Blagoevgrad – Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party founder Dimitar Blagoev
* Botevgrad – Revolutionary and National Hero Hristo Botev
* Bratya Daskalovi – The Daskalovi brothers Dimitar, Ivan and Nikola
* Chervenkovtsi (Veliko Tarnovo) – Valko Chervenkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
* Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov
* Dimovo – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev (1903–1943)
* Dobrich – 14th-century Dobrujan ruler Dobrotitsa
* Dospat – Despot Alexius Slav
* Dulovo, Bulgaria – early medieval Bulgarian Dulo clan
* Elena, Bulgaria – Bulgarian bride Elena
* Elin Pelin – writer Elin Pelin
* General Toshevo – General Stefan Toshev
* Georgi Damyanovo – Georgi Damyanov, President of Bulgaria in 1950 until 1958
* Georgi Dobrevo – Georgi Dobrev (1893–1966), Bulgarian political figure
* Gotse Delchev – revolutionary Gotse Delchev
* Gurkovo – Iosif Gurko, one of Russian commanders in Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
* Hadzhidimovo – leftist Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov
* Isperih – Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria
* Ivaylovgrad – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria
* Kableshkovo (disambiguation) – revolutionary Todor Kableshkov
* Kapitan Andreevo – Bulgarian officer Nikola Kolev Andreev (1876–1912)
* Kapitan Petko voyvoda – Petko Voyvoda
* Krumovgrad – Khan Krum of Bulgaria
* Kubrat – Khan Kubrat of Bulgaria
* Kyustendil – 14th-century local feudal Constantine Dragaš
* Levski (town) – revolutionary and National Hero Vasil Levski
* Madzharovo – revolutionary Dimitar Madzharov (1882–1949)
* Momchilgrad – medieval Bulgarian ruler Momchil
* Nikola Kozlevo – Bulgarian National Revival revolutionary and writer Nikola Kozlev (1824–1902)
* Omurtag – Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria
* Pavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
* Polyanovo, Burgas Province and Polyanovo, Haskovo Province – Dimitar Polyanov (1878–1953), poet
* Radomir (town) – Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
* Rakovski – revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski
* Roman, Bulgaria – Tsar Roman of Bulgaria
* Samuil (village) – Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria
* Sandanski – revolutionary Yane Sandanski
* Shumen – Bulgarian emperor Simeon the Great
* Simeonovgrad – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
* St. Anastasia Island – Anastasia of Sirmium
* St. Ivan Island – St. John the Baptist
* Stamboliyski – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Aleksandar Stamboliyski
* Stambolovo, Haskovo Province – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Stefan Stambolov
* Stefan Karadzhovo – Bulgarian Revolutionary Stefan Karadzha
* Suvorovo – Alexander Suvorov, one of the famous Russian military commanders
* Tervel – Khan Tervel of Bulgaria
* Thompson – British officer William Frank Thompson
* Tsar Kaloyan – Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria
* Tsarevo – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
* Tsenovo, Ruse Province – Influential Svishtov merchant Dimitar Apostolov Tsenov (1852–1932)
* Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary Vela Peeva
* Yambol – Roman Emperor Diocletian
* Zhivkovo (Sofia) – Georgi Zhivkov (1844–1899), minister of education
Former:
* Borisovgrad was the name of Parvomay – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
* Grudovo was the name of Sredets – Todor Grudov (1895–1935)
* Kolarovgrad was the name of Shumen – Vasil Kolarov
* Stalin was the name of Varna – Joseph Stalin
* Stanke Dimitrov was the name of Dupnitsa – revolutionary Stanke Dimitrov
* Tolbukhin was the name of Dobrich – Soviet marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin

### Burkina Faso

* Sankara, Burkina Faso – Thomas Sankara, Military, Revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso

### Cambodia

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

### Canada

* Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (Canadian Pacific Railway superintendent)$^{:44}$
* Abbotsford, Quebec – Rev. Joseph Abbott$^{:226}$
* Alberta – Princess Louise Caroline Alberta$^{:23}$
* Barkerville, British Columbia – Billy Barker English prospector$^{:45}$
* Barrie, Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie or Captain A. Barry$^{:160}$
* Bathurst, New Brunswick – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst$^{:83}$
* Brantford, Ontario – Joseph Brant$^{:163}$
* Brockville, Ontario and Brock, Ontario – Isaac Brock$^{:163}$
* Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)$^{:26}$
* Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby$^{:45–46}$
* Charlemagne, Quebec – Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier$^{:236}$
* Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III the United Kingdom$^{:217–218}$
* Churchill, Manitoba – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough$^{:67–68}$
* Churchill Falls – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom$^{:10,111}$
* Collingwood, Ontario – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood$^{:168}$
* Dawson City – George Mercer Dawson$^{:315}$
* Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux$^{:240}$
* Drummondville, Quebec – Gordon Drummond$^{:241}$
* Edmundston, New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head$^{:87}$
* Fredericton, New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York$^{:88}$
* Halifax, Nova Scotia – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax$^{:138}$
* Hamilton, Ontario – George Hamilton$^{:178}$
* Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)$^{:179}$
* Joliette, Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette$^{:249}$
* King George, Saskatoon – George VI of United Kingdom
* Kirkland, Quebec – Charles-Aimé Kirkland, a Canadian politician
* Kirkland Lake, Ontario – Ms. Winnifred Kirkland, secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines$^{:182}$
* Kitchener, Ontario – Horatio Kitchener$^{:182}$
* Lethbridge, Alberta – William Lethbridge$^{:33}$
* Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly
* Manning, Alberta – Ernest Manning, 8th Premier of Alberta
* Markham, Ontario – William Markham$^{:187}$
* Mont-Laurier, Quebec – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada$^{:260}$
* Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris$^{:189}$
* Patricia, Alberta – Princess Patricia
* Peterborough, Ontario – Peter Robinson$^{:196}$
* Port Alberni, British Columbia – Captain Pere d'Alberní
* Port Hope Simpson – John Hope Simpson, British liberal politician
* Port Moody, British Columbia – Richard Moody, first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.$^{:57}$
* Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Prince Albert$^{:304}$
* Prince George, British Columbia – King George III$^{:58}$
* Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Prince Rupert of the Rhine$^{:58}$
* Sackville, New Brunswick – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
* Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
* Regina, Saskatchewan – Queen Victoria$^{:305}$
* Selkirk, Manitoba – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk$^{:75}$
* Sherbrooke, Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia – John Coape Sherbrooke$^{:148,287}$
* Sydney, Nova Scotia – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney$^{:149}$
* Thompson, Manitoba – John F. Thompson (1881–1968), Inco's chairman$^{:77}$
* Timmins, Ontario – Noah Timmins$^{:208}$
* Togo, Saskatchewan - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral
* Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)$^{:63}$
* Victoria, British Columbia – Queen Victoria$^{:63}$
* Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria$^{:291}$
* Wolfville, Nova Scotia – Elisha DeWolf$^{:152}$

### Central African Republic

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

### Chad

* Faya-Largeau – French Colonel, Étienne Largeau (1867–1916)
Former:
* Fort Archambault was the name of Sarh – Gustave Archambaud (1872–1899), French topographer
* Fort-Lamy was the name of N'Djamena – Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer

### Chile

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

### China

* Chuxiong City - Cuan Wei Chu & General Zhao Yong (also known as Nanxiong), two great militaries of the region
* Gensi Township – Yang Gensi, PLA soldier
* Huanghua – Huang Hua, communist revolutionary
* Jingyu, Jilin – General Yang Jingyu
* Leifeng Subdistrict – Lei Feng, PLA soldier
* Maoming – scholar and doctor Pan Maoming
* Qinhuangdao – Qin Shi Huang, First emperor of China
* Tong Linge Road, Zhao Dengyu Road, Zhang Zizhong Road – Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu, Zhang Zizhong, soldiers in the Second Sino-Japanese War
* Yingjun – Liu Yingjun (1945–1966), PLA soldier
* Zhidan County – Liu Zhidan, military commander and Communist leader
* Zhongshan, Guangdong – 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.
* Zichang County – Xie Zichang (1897–1935), Communist martyr
* Zuoquan County – Zuo Quan, a general in the Chinese Red Army

### Colombia

* Ábrego – Mercedes Abrego, Colombian independence heroine
* Acevedo, Huila – José Acevedo y Gómez
* Agustín Codazzi, Cesar – Agustín Codazzi
* Albán, Cundinamarca – Carlos Albán
* Albania, La Guajira – Alba Londoño Sánchez (1923–2023), daughter of the commissar of La Guajira, Eduardo Londoño Villegas
* Alfonso Lopez (Chocó) – Alfonso López Pumarejo
* Almaguer, Cauca – Francisco Briceño, Corral de Almaguer
* Alvarado, Tolima – Pedro de Alvarado
* Antonio Nariño, Bogotá – Antonio Nariño
* Anzoátegui, Tolima – José Antonio Anzoátegui
* Aranzazu, Caldas – Juan de Dios Aranzazu
* Arbeláez – Vicente Arbeláez (1822–1884)
* Armero – José León Armero, national martyr
* Balboa, Cauca – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
* Balboa, Risaralda – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
* Barbosa, Antioquia – Diego Fernández Barbosa
* Beltrán, Cundinamarca – Francisco Felix Beltran
* Betéitiva – cacique Betacín
* Bolívar, Cauca – Simón Bolívar
* Bolívar, Santander – Simón Bolívar
* Bolívar, Valle del Cauca – Simón Bolívar
* Bosconia – John Bosco
* Briceño, Antioquia and Briceño, Boyacá – José Manuel Briceño
* Busbanzá – cacique Boazá
* Cabrera, Cundinamarca – General Cabrera, who was participated in Liberal war
* Caicedonia – Lisandro Caicedo (1806–1891)
* Cajicá – cacique Cajic
* Calarcá – cacique Calarcá
* Caldas, Boyacá – Francisco José de Caldas, a Colombian independence hero
* Camilo Torres (Norte de Santander) – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian socialist and priest
* Cerinza – cacique Cerinza
* Charalá – cacique Chalalá
* Chipatá – cacique Chipatá
* Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia – Simón Bolívar
* Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá – Simón Bolívar
* Ciudad Mutis – José Celestino Mutis
* Clemencia, Bolívar – Maria Clemencia Grau
* Colón, Nariño – Christopher Columbus
* Colón, Putumayo – Christopher Columbus
* Commune 5 Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (Yopal, Casanare) – Javier Manuel Vargas Granados (died in 2000), Yopal councilior
* Córdoba, Bolívar – Jose Maria Córdoba, an independence hero
* Córdoba, Nariño – Jose Maria Córdoba
* Don Matías – Don Matías Jaramillo
* Duitama, Tundama Province – cacique Tundama
* Durania – Justo Leonidas Durán
* Elias, Huila – Manuel Elías Carvajal
* Engativá – cacique Ingativá
* Firavitoba – cacique Firavía
* Fonseca, La Guajira – Catalan colonizer Agustín Fonseca
* Funes, Nariño – Aragonese missioner Lucas Funes
* Francisco Pizarro, Nariño – Francisco Pizarro
* Gaitanía – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, writer, lawyer and politician
* Girardota – Atanasio Girardot
* Giraldo, Antioquia – Rafael María Giraldo
* González, Cesar – Florentino Gonzalez (1805–1874)
* Gómez Plata – Bishop of Antioquia, Juan de la Cruz Gomez Plata
* Gualmatán – cacique Guatán
* Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca – Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara (founder)
* Gutiérrez Province – Santos Gutiérrez, President of Colombia
* Herrán – Pedro Alcántara Herrán, Colombian general and statesman
* Inírida, Guainía – Princess Inirida
* Juan de Acosta – Juan de Acosta
* Kennedy, Bogotá – John F. Kennedy, president of United States
* Leticia, Amazonas – Leticia Smith
* López de Micay – José Hilario López
* Madrid, Cundinamarca – Pedro Fernández Madrid (1817–1875)
* Magüí Payán – Eliseo Payán
* Maní, Casanare – Cacique Maní
* Mariano Ospina Pérez (Boyacá) – Mariano Ospina Pérez, president of Colombia
* Morales, Bolívar – Pedro Vicente de Morales (founder)
* Morales, Cauca – Luis Jerónimo Morales and Juan Manuel Morales
* Mosquera – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, former president of Colombia
* Mosquera, Nariño – Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
* Nariño, Antioquia – Antonio Nariño
* Nariño, Cundinamarca – Antonio Nariño
* Nariño, Nariño – Antonio Nariño
* Nemocón – zipa Nemequene
* Olaya, Antioquia – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
* Olaya Herrera – Enrique Olaya Herrera, president of Colombia
* Onzaga – cacique Hunzaá
* Ortega, Tolima – Juan de Ortega y Carrillo
* Ospina – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, president of Colombia
* Ospina Perez (Nariño) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
* Padilla, Cauca – José Prudencio Padilla
* Palmar de Varela – Catalino Varela
* Pereira, Colombia – Francisco Pereira Martínez
* Policarpa, Nariño – Policarpa Salavarrieta
* Puente Aranda – Juan Aranda
* Puerto Berrío – Pedro Justo Berrío
* Puerto Caicedo – Juan Maria Caicedo Martinez (1910–2006), a Colombian engineer
* Puerto Carreño – Pedro Maria Carreño (1874–1946), Colombian Minister of External Relations from 1912 to 1913
* Puerto Gaitán – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
* Puerto Guzmán – Jorge Julio Guzman Flor (died in 2020), founder
* Puerto Leguízamo – Candido Leguízamo (1911–1933), Colombia–Peru War hero
* Puerto Lleras – Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia
* Puerto Lleras (Arauca) – Alberto Lleras Camargo
* Puerto Lleras (Norte de Santander) – Alberto Lleras Camargo
* Puerto López, Meta – Alfonso López Pumarejo, President of Colombia
* Puerto Nariño – Antonio Nariño, an Independence hero
* Puerto Ospina (Guaviare) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
* Puerto Ospina (Putumayo) – Mariano Ospina Pérez
* Puerto Parra – Aquileo Parra
* Puerto Rondón – Juan José Rondón
* Puerto Santander, Amazonas – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian independence hero
* Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander – Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian independence hero
* Puerto Tejada, Cauca – General Manuel Tejada Sanchez
* Puerto Wilches – José Solón Wilches Calderón (1835–1893)
* Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá – Rafael Uribe Uribe, a Colombian politician
* Ragonvalia – Ramón González Valencia
* Restrepo – Emiliano Restrepo Echeverria (1832–1918)
* Restrepo, Valle del Cauca – Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
* Roberto Payán – Colonel Roberto Payán Hurtado (d.1934), a brother of President Eliseo Payán
* Rovira, Tolima – Custodio García Rovira
* Ricaurte, Nariño – Antonio Ricaurte
* Rivera, Huila – José Eustasio Rivera
* Rondón, Boyacá – Juan José Rondón
* Saboyá – cacique Saboyá
* Salazar de las Palmas – Alonso Perez de Salazar
* Salgar – Eustorgio Salgar
* San Eduardo, Boyacá – Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (1860–1932)
* San Fernando, Bolívar – Ferdinand III of Castile
* San José de Albán – Carlos Albán
* San José del Fragua – Giuseppe Fusaroli (1927–2015), Italian missionary who visited in Colombia
* San José de Kennedy (Magdalena) – John F. Kennedy
* San Vicente del Caguán – Vincent de Paul
* Santa Sofía, Boyacá – Sofia Angulo de Reyes (1843–1898)
* Santander de Quilichao – Francisco de Paula Santander
* Sativanorte – cacique Sátiva
* Sativasur – cacique Sátiva
* Silvania, Colombia – Ismael Silva (1895–1962), founder
* Sogamoso, Sugamuxi Province – iraca Sugamuxi
* Solano, Caquetá – Jose Dolores Solano (1891–1961), Colombia–Peru War hero
* Somondoco – cacique Somendoco or Sumindoco
* Suárez, Cauca – Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia
* Suárez, Tolima – Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia
* Sucre, Cauca – Antonio José de Sucre
* Sucre, Santander – Antonio José de Sucre
* Sucre, Sucre Department – Antonio José de Sucre
* Techo – cacique Techitina
* Tutazá – cacique Tutazúa
* La Uribe – Antonio Uribe
* Usaquén – cacique Usaque
* Ulloa, Valle de Cauca – General José Eleuterio Ulloa
* Uribia, La Guajira – Rafael Uribe Uribe
* Valdivia, Antioquia – Andrés de Valdivia
* Villa Caro – José Eusebio Caro
* Villa de Leyva – Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva
* Villa Germania (Cesar) – Manuel Germán Cuello Gutiérrez (1915–2006), Governor of Cesar Department
* Villagarzón – colonel Julio Garzón Moreno
* Villagómez – Monseñor Misael Gomez Torres (1880–1967)
* Villapinzón – Propsero Pinzon (1856–1901)
* Villavicencio – Antonio Villavicencio, an Independence Hero
* Zambrano, Bolívar – Álvaro de Zambrano
* Zapayán – cacique Zapayán

### Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Cité Maman Mobutu (Kinshasa) – Marie-Antoinette Mobutu (1941–1977), First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Cité Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila (Kinshasa) – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President
* Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa – Joseph Kasa-Vubu
* Lumumba (Lodja) – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister
* Lumumbaville – Patrice Lumumba, First Prime Minister
Former:
* Albertville was the name of Kalemie – Albert I of Belgium
* Coquilhatville was the name of Mbandaka – Camille-Aimé Coquilhat
* Élisabethville was the name of Lubumbashi – Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
* Jadotville was the name of Likasi – Jean Jadot
* Léopoldville was the name of Kinshasa – Leopold II of Belgium
* Ponthierville was the name of Ubundu – Pierre Ponthier
* Stanleyville was the name of Kisangani – Henry Morton Stanley
* Thysville was the name of Mbanza-Ngungu – Albert Thys

### Republic of the Congo

* Brazzaville – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
* Dolisie – Albert Dolisie
* Lumumba (Point Noire) – Patrice Lumumba
Former:
* Fort-Rousset was the name of Owando – Alexis Rousset, French colonial administrator
* Jacob was the name of Nkayi – Léon Jacob, French engineer

### Costa Rica

* Abangares (canton) – Cacique Avancari
* Acosta (canton) – Tomás de Acosta y Hurtado de Mendoza (1747–1821), Governor of province of Costa Rica
* Alfaro (Alajuela) – Juan Alfaro Ruiz (1810–1856), Costa Rican military and hero of the Filibuster war
* Alvarado (canton) – Presbyter Joaquin Alvarado Ruiz (d.1890)
* Anselmo Llorente District and Llorente District – Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente (1800–1871), Costa Rican Bishop
* Aserrí (canton) – Cacique Aczarri
* Bagaces – Cacique Bagatzi
* Barva – Cacique Barvak
* Biolley (Puntarenas) – Paul Biolley (1862–1908), Swiss educator and naturalist
* Bolívar District, Grecia – Simón Bolívar
* Cañas (canton) – José María Cañas, Salvadoran military figure
* Carmona District, Nandayure – José Daniel Carmona Briceño (1869–1929)
* Carrillo (canton) – Braulio Carrillo Colina, a head of state of Costa Rica
* Cervantes District – Juan de Cervantes
* Ciudad Cortés – León Cortés Castro. President of Costa Rica
* Ciudad Neily – Ricardo Neily Jop (1912–2000), a Lebanese citizen and founder of a city
* Curridabat – Cacique Corriava
* Daniel Flores District – José Daniel Flores Zavaleta (1876–1958), Costa Rican teacher
* Daniel Oduber (Liberia) – Daniel Oduber Quirós
* Dota (canton) – Cacique Ota
* El Guarco (canton) – Cacique El Guarco
* Flores (canton) – Don Juan J.Flores Umaña (1843–1903), a Costa Rican physician
* Garcia Flamenco (Guanacaste) – Marcelino Garcia Flamenco (1888–1919), a Salvadoran teacher
* Goicoechea (canton) – Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea
* Gutiérrez Braun District – Hernán Gutiérrez Braun (1902–1980), Costa Rican engineer
* Heredia, Costa Rica – Alonso Fernández de Heredia, a President of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala
* Jiménez (canton) – Jesús Jiménez Zamora President of Costa Rica
* León Cortés (canton) – León Cortés Castro
* Llano Brenes (Alajuela) – Alberto Manuel Brenes (1870–1948)
* Mayorga de Liberia – Francisco Mayorga Rivas (1864–1940)
* Montes de Oca (canton) – Don Faustino Montes de Oca (1860–1902), a former congressional representative from the area
* Montezuma, Costa Rica – Moctezuma II, an Aztec Emperor
* Mora (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras and Juan Mora Fernández
* Moravia (canton) – Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica and National Hero
* Morazan (Alajuela), Morazan (San Jose) and Morazan (Limon) – Francisco Morazán
* Naranjito de Aguirre – Rolando Aguirre Lobo (1918–1948)
* Oreamuno (canton) – Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, President of Costa Rica
* Orlich (Alajuela) – Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
* Orotina – Gurutina, indigenous king of the chorotega ethnic
* Osa (canton) – Cacique Osa
* Pérez Zeledón (canton) – Pedro Pérez Zeledón (1854–1930), Jurist and diplomat
* Pittier District – Henri François Pittier
* Pococí (canton) – Cacique Pococi
* Puerto Jiménez and Jiménez, Pococí – Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno President of Costa Rica
* Puerto Soley (Guanacaste) – Tomás Soley Güell (1875–1943), Costa Rican economist
* Puerto Thiel (Guanacaste) – Monseñor Bernardo Augusto Thiel (1850–1901)
* Puerto Vargas (Limon) – Balvanero Vargas Molina (1833–1905), Governor of Limon
* Quesada, San Carlos – Napoleon Quesada Salazar (1873–1937), Poet
* Rincón Ulate (Sarchi) – Otilio Ulate Blanco
* Rivas, Costa Rica – Domingo Rivas Salvatierra (1836–1900)
* Rodríguez District – Herminio de Jesús Rodríguez Gonzalez (1892–1965)
* 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
Former:
* Aguirre (now Quepos) – Rolando Aguirre Lobo: a hero of Revolution of 1948
* Alfaro Ruiz (now Zarcero) – Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, a hero of the National Campaign of 1856
* Valverde Vega (now Sarchí) – Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a physician and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union).

### Croatia

* Dinko Šimunović (Zagreb) – Dinko Šimunović, Croatian writer
* Ernestinovo – Mrs. Ernestina Klein
* Eugen Kvaternik (Zagreb) – Eugen Kvaternik, Croatian nationalist politician
* Ferdinandovac – Ferdinand I of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary
* Generalski Stol – General Vuk Krsto Frankopan
* Ivan Mažuranić (Zagreb) – Ivan Mažuranić, Croatian poet, lawyer and politician
* Karlovac – King Charles II of Austria
* Maksimir – Maksimilijan Vrhovac, bishop of Zagreb
* Ošljak – Known in Italian and historical documents as Calugerà or Calogerà, after the Calogerà family who owned it
* Oton Župančič (Zagreb) – Oton Župančič, Slovene poet
* Tomislavovac – Tomislav of Yugoslavia
Former:
* Kardeljevo was the name of Ploče from 1950 through 1954 and from 1980 through 1990 – Edvard Kardelj
* Titova Korenica was the name of Korenica from 1945 through 1997 – Josip Broz Tito

### Cuba

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

### Curaçao

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

### Cyprus

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

### Czech Republic

* Adamov (Blansko District) – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, ironworks owner
* Alojzov – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
* Barrandov, Prague – Joachim Barrande
* Františkovy Lázně – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Golčův Jeníkov – Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg army
* Havlíčkův Brod – Karel Havlíček Borovský
* Jáchymov – St. Joachim
* Jindřichův Hradec – Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town
* Fortress Josefov and Josefov (Prague) – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Halasovo Kunštátsko – František Halas
* Karlín – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
* Karlovy Vary – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
* Karlštejn Castle and village – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
* Mladá Boleslav – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
* Špindlerův Mlýn – Spindler, a miller
* Švermova (Bruntál) – Jan Šverma
* Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
* Terezín – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
* Vítkov – Vítek z Kravař
* Žižkov – Jan Žižka
Former:
* Gottwaldov was the name of Zlín from 1948 through 1990 – Klement Gottwald

### Denmark

* Albertslund – Albert de Rault de Ramsault de Tortonval (1778–1855), a French noble
* Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
* Carlsberg (district) – Carl Jacobsen, a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist
* Charlottenlund – Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark
* Christiania – Christian IV of Denmark
* Christiansfeld – Christian VII of Denmark
* Christianshavn – Christian IV of Denmark
* Dronninglund – Queen Charlotte Amalie
* Fredericia – King Frederick III of Denmark
* Frederiks – King Frederick VI of Denmark
* Frederiksberg – King Frederick IV of Denmark
* Frederikshavn – King Frederick VI of Denmark
* Frederikssund – Frederick III of Denmark
* Frederiksværk – King Frederick V of Denmark
* Karlslunde – Kalf Skurfa
* Liseleje – Elisabeth (Lise) Classen (1760-1805)
* Mariager – Blessed Virgin Mary
* Marielyst – Marie Kørgensen (1837–1907)
In Greenland:
* Christianshåb (Inuit: Qasigiannguit) – King Christian VI of Denmark
* Frederikshåb (Inuit: Paamiut) – King Frederick V of Denmark
* Jakobshavn (Inuit: Ilulissat) – Jakob Severin, a fur trader
In Bornholm:
* Gudhjem – God

### Dominica

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

### Dominican Republic

* Cabral, Dominican Republic – José María Cabral
* Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – General Jose Cabrera (d.1884), hero of the Dominican Restoration
* Castillo, Dominican Republic – General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration
* Cayetano Germosén – a Dominican patriot and martyr
* Ciudad Juan Bosch (Santo Domingo) – Juan Bosch (politician), Dominican President
* Colonia Libertador (Dajabon) – Rafael Trujillo (libertator)
* Comendador, Dominican Republic – Nicolás de Ovando
* Duarte Province – Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic
* Duvergé – General Antonio Duvergé, Dominican independence hero
* Espaillat Province – Ulises Francisco Espaillat, 19th-century author and President
* Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) – Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquín Balaguer's sister
* Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato mayor) – Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), a Dominican catholic religious
* Gaspar Hernández – Gaspar Hernandez, a famous Dominican priest in the war of independence from Haiti
* Galván, Dominican Republic – Manuel de Jesús Galván (1834–1910), Dominican writer
* Hermanas Mirabal Province – Mirabal sisters
* Hostos – Eugenio María de Hostos
* Imbert, Dominican Republic – José María Imbert
* Jimaní – Cacique Ximani
* José Francisco Peña Gómez (Pedernales) – José Francisco Peña Gómez, Dominican lawyer and politician
* Juan de Herrera, Dominican Republic – Juan de Herrera (Spanish farmer)
* Juan Rodríguez (La Vega) – General Juan Rodriguez Garcia (1886–1960), Dominican military and politician
* Loma de Cabrera and Cabrera, María Trinidad Sánchez – José Cabrera Gómez (1810–1884), Dominican independence hero
* Las Matas de Farfán – Bartolome Farfan de los Godos, Spanish merchant
* Luperón – Gregorio Luperón, Dominican general and statesman
* Mamá Tingó (Monte Plata) – Mamá Tingó, Dominican activist leader
* María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez, a female soldier in the wars of independence
* Mella, Independencia – Matías Ramón Mella
* Monseñor Nouel Province – Monseñor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel, Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President
* Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic – Bartolomé de las Casas
* Pedro Brand – Peter Dorse Brand, a Californian miner
* Pedro Santana, Dominican Republic – Pedro Santana, first President of Dominican Republic
* Pepillo Salcedo, Dominican Republic – General José Antonio Salcedo
* Pimentel, Dominican Republic – Pedro Antonio Pimentel
* Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (Duarte) – Antonio Guzmán Fernández, President of the Republic
* Ramón Santana – twin brother of Pedro Santana
* Salcedo, Dominican Republic – Francisco Antonio Salcedo
* San Antonio de Guerra – Hernando Guerra (founder)
* Sánchez, Dominican Republic – Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
* Sánchez Ramírez Province – Juan Sánchez Ramírez, hero of the Battle of Palo Hincado (1808)
* Santiago Rodríguez Province – Santiago Rodríguez, an officer of the Dominican army in the Dominican War of Independence
* Santo Domingo – Saint Dominic
* Valverde Province – José Desiderio Valverde
* Vicente Noble – General Vicente Noble, Dominican military
* Villa González – Manuel de Jesús González Estevez (1862–1912), founder
* Villa Riva – Gregorio Riva (1833–1889), Dominican pioneer
* Villa Tapia – Doroteo Antonio Tapia (1844–1901), Hero of the Dominican Restoration War
* Villa Vásquez – Horacio Vásquez, President of the Dominican Republic
Former:
* Benefactor Province was the name of San Juan Province (Dominican Republic) – Rafael Trujillo
* Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo – Rafael Trujillo
* José Trujillo Valdez Province was the name of Peravia Province – José Trujillo Valdez (1864–1935), Rafael Trujillo's father
* Julia Molina Province was the name of María Trinidad Sánchez Province – Altagracia Julia Molina (1863–1964), Rafael Trujillo's mother
* Pacificador Province was the name of Duarte Province – Ulises Heureaux (Peacemaker)
* San Rafael Province was the name of Elías Piña Province – Rafael Trujillo
* Villa José Trujillo Valdez was the name of Villa Jaragua – José Trujillo Valdez
* Villa Julia Molina was the name of Nagua – Altagracia Julia Molina

### Ecuador

* Alejandro Labaka (Orellana) – Alejandro Labaka (1920–1987), Spanish bishop
* Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (town) – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
* Antonio Ante Canton – Antonio Ante (1771–1836), Ecuadorian Independence Hero
* Atahualpa Canton – Atahualpa, King of Quito
* Bolívar Canton, Carchi – Simón Bolívar
* Bolívar Canton, Manabí – Simón Bolívar
* General Antonio Elizade – Antonio Elizalde Lamar, Ecuadorian military and politician
* Camilo Ponce Enríquez (parish) – Camilo Ponce Enriquez, president of Ecuador
* Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (Manabí) – Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
* Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Ecuador – Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, president of Ecuador
* Cevallos – Pedro Fermín Cevallos (1812–1893), Ecuadorian Politician and Historian
* Coronel Marcelino Maridueña – Marcelino Maridueña Quesada (1798–1883)
* Durán, Ecuador – Sr. José Durán Maristany (1878–1956)
* El Empalme de Velasco Ibarra – José María Velasco Ibarra, president of Ecuador
* Eloy Alfaro Canton – Eloy Alfaro, President of Ecuador
* Echeandía – Manuel José de Echeandía (1783–1850), Ecuadorian independence hero
* Espejo Canton – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist
* Flavio Alfaro Canton – General Flavio Evaristo Alfaro (1865–1912)
* General Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez – Leónidas Plaza, President of Ecuador
* Girón Canton – Spanish captain Francisco Hernández Girón
* Gonzalo Pizarro Canton – Gonzalo Pizarro, Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro
* Ines Arango (Orellana) – Ines Arango (1937–1987), Colombian missionary
* Isidro Ayora, Ecuador – Isidro Ayora
* Ibarra, Ecuador – Miguel de Ibarra y Mallea (1550–1608)
* Jaime Roldos, Pastaza and Jaime Roldos (Guayas) – Jaime Roldós Aguilera
* Julio Andrade (Carchi) – General Julio Andrade (1866–1912)
* Lauro Guerrero (Loja) – Lauro Guerrero Becerra (1873–1904), Ecuadorian military
* Leonidas Proaño (Yantzaza) – Leonidas Proaño (1910–1988), Bishop of Riobamba
* Mejía Canton – José Mejía Lequerica (1774–1813), Ecuadorian political figure
* Mera, Pastaza – Juan León Mera, writer
* Milton Reyes (El Oro) – Milton Alfredo Reyes (1939–1970), student leader
* Montalvo Canton – Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian author and essayist
* Montúfar Canton – Coronel Carlos de Montufar (1780–1816), Ecuadorian military
* Nuevo Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, president of Ecuador
* Quevedo, Ecuador –Timoteo Quevedo Pozo (1813–1876), surveying
* Olmedo Canton, Loja – José Joaquín de Olmedo, president of Ecuador
* Olmedo Canton, Manabí – José Joaquín de Olmedo
* Pablo Sexto – Pope Paul VI
* Pedro Carbo – Pedro Carbo Noboa, 19th-century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil
* General Villamil – José de Villamil, Ecuadorian independence hero
* Puerto López – Daniel Lopez (1848–1893), philanthropist
* Puerto Rodriguez (Sucumbios) – Coronel Luis Arsenio Rodríguez (1898–1977), Ecuadorian–Peruvian War hero
* Puerto Villamil – José de Villamil
* Pedro Moncayo Canton – Pedro Moncayo, journalist and politician
* Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton and Maldonado (Carchi) – Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 18th-century Ecuadorian scientist
* Puerto Baquerizo Moreno – Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, president of Ecuador
* Rocafuerte – Vicente Rocafuerte, president of Ecuador
* Rumiñahui Canton – Rumiñawi (Inca warrior)
* Puerto Francisco de Orellana – Francisco de Orellana
* San Juan Bosco Canton – John Bosco
* San Miguel de Salcedo – Manuel Antonio Salcedo y Legorburú (1829–1870), priest
* Simón Bolívar Canton and Puerto Bolivar (El Oro) – Simón Bolívar
* Sucre Canton – Antonio José de Sucre
* Teniente Maximiliano Rodriguez (Loja) – Maximiliano Rodriguez Loaiza (1909–1941)
* Tobar Donoso (Tulcan) – Julio Tobar Donoso (1894–1981), minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador
* Tufiño (Carchi) – Luis Gabriel Tufiño (1880–1962), cartographer
* Urbina (Tulcan) – José María Urvina
* Urdaneta Canton – Luis Urdaneta Farias, a Venezuelan-Ecuadorian military figure
* Valencia – Gregorio Valencia, founder

### Egypt

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

### El Salvador

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

### Equatorial Guinea

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

### Estonia

* Anna – Saint Anne
* Järva-Jaani – John the Baptist
* Juhkentali – Lorenz Jauch, local landowner
* Kadriorg – Catherine I of Russia
* Karlova – Carl Gustav von Krüdener, local landowner
* Katleri – the Kattler family, local landowners
* Klooga and Kloogaranna – the Klugen noble family, local landowners
* Kolga-Jaani – John the Evangelist
* Kristiine – Christina, Queen of Sweden
* Maarja-Magdaleena – Mary Magdalene
* Maarjamäe – Marie, wife and/or daughter of Anatol Orlov-Davydov
* Madise – Saint Matthias
* Manilaid and Manija – Magnus, Duke of Holstein
* Peetri – Peter Peter, an 18th-century local farmer
* Pildiküla – Feliks Pilt (1906–1979), founder of a local housing estate
* Pirita – Bridget of Sweden
* Suure-Jaani – John the Evangelist
* Tondi and Tondiraba – Jobst Dunte, Tallinn Burgermeister
* Tartu – possibly after Tharapita, God of Estonian mythology
* Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landowners
Former:
* Harju-Jaani was the name of Raasiku – John the Baptist
* Kingissepa was the name of Kuressaare – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian revolutionary and communist

### Eswatini (Swaziland)

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

### Ethiopia

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

### Falkland Islands

* Darwin – Charles Darwin
* Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
* Weddell Island – James Weddell
* Keppel Island – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
* Saunders Island – Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)

### Finland

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

### France

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

### Gabon

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

### Germany

* Augsburg (state of Bavaria) – Roman Caesar Augustus
* Brunswick (state of Lower Saxony) – Bruno, Duke of Saxony
* Charlottenburg (state of Berlin) – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia (est. 13th century, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
* Cologne (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; 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)
Former:
* Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx
* Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin

### Georgia

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

### Ghana

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

### Greece

* Agios Nikolaos – Saint Nicholas
* Alexandreia, Greece – Alexander the Great
* Alexandroupoli – King Alexander of Greece
* Aristotelis (municipality) – Aristotle, ancient philosopher
* Athens – Athena
* Dimitrios Ypsilantis (municipality) – Demetrius Ypsilanti, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence
* Dionysos, Greece – Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility
* Emmanouil Pappas (municipality) – Emmanouil Pappas, leader in the Greek War of Independence
* 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)

### Grenada

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

### Guatemala

* Aguilar Batres (Zacapa) – Raúl Aguilar Batres, Guatemalan civil engineer
* Aparicio (Suchitepéquez) – Francisca Aparicio de Barrios, First lady of Guatemala
* Asentamiento Mario Alioto (Guatemala) – Mario Alioto Lopez Sanchez (1973–1994), Guatemalan student who was killed during a protest
* Barberena – Lic. Jose Barberena, Guatemalan secretarian under President Justo Rufino Barrios
* Barrancas de Gálvez (San Marcos) – Mariano Gálvez
* Cabañas, Zacapa – José Trinidad Cabañas, a Honduran politician
* Ciudad Tecun Uman, San Marcos – Cacique Tecun Uman
* Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado (Jutiapa) – Pedro de Alvarado
* Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (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
* 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 Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder
* Santa Catarina Barahona – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, Founder
* Santa Cruz Barillas, Santa Elena Barillas (Guatemala) – General Manuel Barillas, president of Guatemala
* Santa Lucía La Reforma – Saint Lucy and Justo Rufino Barrios the liberal reformer
* Santa Rosa Cuilapa – Rose of Lima
* Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez – Dominic of Guzman
* Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus

### Guinea Bissau

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

### Guyana

* Anna Regina – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
* Buxton, Guyana – Fowell Buxton
* Campbelltown, Guyana – Stephen Campbell, first Amerindian member of Parliament in Guyana
* Fort Wellington, Guyana – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
* Georgetown – King George III of the United Kingdom
* Jonestown – Jim Jones, American religious and cult leader
* Lethem – Sir Gordon James Lethem
* Linden, Guyana – Linden Forbes Burnham Sampson, a Prime Minister and President of Guyana
* Matthews Ridge, Guyana – Matthew Young (1905–1996)
* Stabroek, Guyana – Nicholaas Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India Company
* Stewartville, Guyana – John Stewart (1789–1860)
* Victoria, Guyana – Queen Victoria

### Haiti

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

### Honduras

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

### Hong Kong

* Aberdeen – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
* Belcher Bay – Edward Belcher
* Bowrington [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
* Lee Chung Yin Road
* Morrison Hill – Robert Morrison
* Mount Davis, Hong Kong – John Francis Davis
* St. Paul's Village – St. Paul
* Stanley – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
* Victoria City – Queen Victoria
* Wesley Village [zh-tw] – John Wesley

### Hungary

* Abasár – King Sámuel Aba of Hungary
* Adyváros – Endre Ady
* Ambrózfalva – Baron Lajos Ambrózy (1803-1890)
* Antalhegy – István Antal, Hungarian politician
* Árpádhalom – Árpád, father of the Hungarian fatherland
* Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr, Painter
* Bocskaikert – Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat
* Cholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950)
* Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen (1853–1932)
* Erzsébetváros – Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria
* Ferencszállás – Baron Ferenc Gerliczy (1748-1833)
* Ferencváros – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Harkakötöny – Kötöny
* Hunyadfalva – Hunyady family
* Izsófalva – Miklós Izsó, sculptor
* Jánoshalma – John Hunyadi, commander
* Józsefváros – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
* József Attila lakótelep (Budapest) – Attila József
* Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902)
* Kossuthfalva (Budapest) – Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Hungary
* Krepuska Géza-telep – Géza Krepuska
* Krisztinaváros (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina
* Lipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
* Nyírtass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
* Petőfibánya – Sándor Petőfi, poet
* Petőfiszállás – Sándor Petőfi
* Rákóczibánya – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian National hero
* Rákóczifalva – Francis II Rákóczi
* Rákócziújfalu – Francis II Rákóczi
* Rudolftelep – Rudolf Cohacht, Hungarian miner
* Sándorfalva – Viscount Sándor Pallavicini (1853–1933)
* Solt – Solt
* Taksony – Taksony of Hungary
* Tass – Tas, grandson of Árpád
* Terézváros – Queen Maria Theresa
* Tiborszállás – Tibor Károlyi, Hungarian politician
* Törökbálint – Bálint Török
* Újlipótváros (Budapest) – Leopold II
* Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád
* Zalaszentgrót – Gerard Sagredo
Former:
* Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of Nyárlőrinc – Koháry family
* Leninváros was the name of Tiszaújváros – Vladimir Lenin
* Prónayfalva was the name of Tázlár – Prónay family
* Sztálinváros was the name of Dunaújváros – Joseph Stalin

### Iceland

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

### India

* Adityapur – a city and a part of Jamshedpur was named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo (1887–1969).
* 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, Indian activist
* Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty emperor
* Gautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha
* Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor)
* Haridwar – Vishnu (Hari)
* Hyderabad – Hyder Mahal, wife of Quli Qutub Shah.
* Indira Point – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
* Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata
* Jaipur – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji
* Jodhpur – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji
* 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 of Hyderabad
* 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
* 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
* Sri Sathya Sai district – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru
* Surendranagar Dudhrej – Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (1922–1983), Ruler of Wadhwan state
* Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore – Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary
* Tuljapur – Goddess Tulja Bhavani Temple
* Udaipur – Maharana Udai Singh II
* Udham Singh Nagar district – freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh
* Vasco da Gama – Vasco da Gama
* Visakhapatnam – ruled by King Visakha Varma
* Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)
* Vallathol Nagar – Vallathol Narayana Menon, Malayalam poet
* Williamnagar – Williamson A. Sangma, the founding Chief Minister of Meghalaya
* Willingdon Island – large artificial island in Kochi, named after Lord Willingdon
* Wellington – town in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, named after the Iron Duke
* YSR district – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

### Indonesia

* 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
* Palar, Pedan, Java Central – Lambertus Nicodemus Palar, national hero of Indonesia
* Port of Soekarno-Hatta – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta
* Setiabudi, Jakarta – Ernest Douwes Dekker, known as Danoedirdja Setiaboedi, national hero of Indonesia
* Sudirman, Tanralili, Maros, South Sulawesi – Sudirman, Indonesian military officer
Former:
* Sukarnopura was the name of Jayapura – Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia

### Iran

* Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq – Mohammad Mosaddegh
* Amadegah Shahid Mohammad Montazeri – Mohammad Montazeri
* Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
* Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
* Bandar-Abbas – Shah Abbas I
* Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni – Ruhollah Khomeini a Supreme leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician
* Hamidaniyeh – Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, 14th century Poet and Scholar
* Hasanabad, Tehran – Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Prime Minister of Iran
* Jammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
* Kabak Mohammad Reza – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last king
* Kermanshah – King Bahram IV
* Khomeyni Shahr – Ruhollah Khomeini
* Masjed Soleyman – Solomon, a major prophet of Islam
* Nahavand:
** formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
** formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
* Naser Khosrow, Iran – Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poet
* Parsabad – Engineer Ibrahim Parsa (1905–1996), founder of Parsabad
* Piranshahr – Piran, son of Viseh
* Rezaïyeh, Razavi Khorasan – Reza Shah Pahlavi
* Rudaki, Iran – Rudaki, Persian poet
* Seleucia (Susiana) – Seleucus I Nicator
* Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
* Shahrak-e Ayatollah Madani – Mir Asadollah Madani, Iranian politician
* Susa, formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
* Yazd – Yazdegerd I, a Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 399 to 420
* Yusef Abad – Mirza Yusef Ashtiani (1813–1887)
Former:
* Bandar-e Pahlavi was the name of Bandar-e Anzali – Reza Shah Pahlavi
* Rezā'īyeh was the name of Urmia – Reza Shah Pahlavi

### Iraq

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

### Ireland (Republic of)

* 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
* 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
Former:
* Maryborough was the name of Portlaoise – Mary I of England
* Philipstown was the name of Daingean – Philip II of Spain
* Kingwilliamstown was the name of Ballydesmond – William IV of the United Kingdom
* Queenstown was the name of Cobh – Queen Victoria

### Israel

* Acre, formerly named Antiochia Ptolemais – Alexander the Great's generals Antiochus and Ptolemy Soter
* Balfourya – Arthur James Balfour, British Prime Minister
* Even Shmuel – Samuel Bronfman
* Givat Brenner – Yosef Haim Brenner
* Givat Shapira – Hermann Schapira
* Herzliya – Theodor Herzl, a leader of Zionist movement
* Hippos, formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
* Kfar Haim – Haim Arlosoroff
* Kfar Hess – Moses Hess
* Kfar HaRif – Isaac Alfasi
* Kfar Maimon – Yehuda Leib Maimon
* Kfar Masaryk – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
* Kfar Menahem – Menachem Ussishkin
* Kfar Netter – Charles Netter
* Kfar Ruppin – Arthur Ruppin
* Kfar Shmuel – Stephen Samuel Wise
* Kfar Silver – Abba Hillel Silver
* Kfar Sirkin – Nachman Syrkin
* Kfar Truman – Harry S. Truman
* Kfar Vitkin – Yosef Vitkin
* Kfar Warburg – Felix M. Warburg
* Kfar Yavetz – Ze'ev Yavetz
* Kiryat Wolfson – Isaac Wolfson
* Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem – Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878–1909
* Kokhav Michael – Michael Sobell
* Midreshet Ben-Gurion – David Ben-Gurion
* Mishmar David – Mickey Marcus
* Netanya – Nathan Strauss
* Neve Granot – Avraham Granot, a Zionist activist and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
* Neve Yaakov – Yitzchak Yaacov Reines
* Qiryat Bialik – writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik
* Ramat Aharon – Rabbi Aharon Kotler
* Ramat Eshkol – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel
* Ramat Sharett – Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel in 1953–1955
* Ramat Shlomo – Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
* Sde David – Zalman David Levontin (1856–1940)
* Sde Eliezer – Robert Rothschild
* Sdei Avraham – Avraham Herzfeld
* Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
* Talmei Eliyahu – Eliyahu Krauze (1878–1962)
* Talmei Yaffe – Leib Yaffe
* Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus
* Tzur Yitzhak – Yitzhak Rabin
Former:
* Wilhelma (colloquially; formally: Hamîdije Wilhelma) was the name of Bnei Atarot – Sultan Abdul Hamid II, King William II of Württemberg and William II, German Emperor

### Italy

* Alessandria – Pope Alexander III
* Andorno Micca – Pietro Micca
* Aosta – Augustus
* Arquà Petrarca – Petrarch
* Augusta – "Augusto" di Federico II di Svevia
* Bosisio Parini – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet
* Caprese Michelangelo – Michelangelo, painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
* Castagneto Carducci – Giosuè Carducci, poet
* Castelnuovo Don Bosco – John Bosco
* Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Father of the Italian fatherland
* Cava Manara – Luciano Manara, patriot
* Corridonia – Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist, IWW hero
* Corteno Golgi – Camillo Golgi, pathologist
* Ercolano – Heracles
* Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
* Grizzana Morandi – Giorgio Morandi
* Gropello Cairoli – Benedetto Cairoli, politician, Prime Minister of Italy
* Guidonia Montecelio – Alessandro Guidoni, air force general
* Incisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino (1802–1834), soldier
* Jolanda di Savoia – Yolanda of Savoy
* Ladispoli – Prince Ladislao Odescalchi (1846–1920)
* Livorno Ferraris – Galileo Ferraris
* Mafalda – Mafalda of Savoy
* Manfredonia – Manfred of Sicily
* Marconia – Guglielmo Marconi
* Margherita di Savoia – Queen Margherita of Savoy
* Milena – Queen Milena of Montenegro
* Morra De Sanctis – Francesco de Sanctis
* Paderno Ponchielli – Amilcare Ponchielli
* Pienza – Pope Pius II
* Riese Pio X – Pope Pius X
* Rome – Romulus (disputed; see also: Rome#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

### Ivory Coast

* Bingerville – Louis-Gustave Binger, former French colonial governor
* Jean-Baptiste Mockey (Abidjan) – Jean-Baptiste Mockey
* Marie Koré (Abidjan) – Marie Koré (1912–1953), Ivorian independence activist
* Port-Bouët – Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, French admiral
* San-Pédro, Ivory Coast – Saint Peter
* Treichville – Marcel Treich-Laplène, French resident in Ivory Coast
* Yamoussoukro – Queen Yamoussou (died in 1909)

### Jamaica

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

### Japan

* Asaka, Saitama – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
* 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 Hiromoto + Fukushima 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

### Jordan

* Abila, formerly named Seleucia – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
* Al-Abdali –King Abdullah I of Jordan
* Amman – Ammon
* Umm Qais:
** formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great
** formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus

### Kazakhstan

* Abay (town). Abay, Aktobe, Abay, Almaty and Abay District, East Kazakhstan – Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher
* Altynsarin District – Ybyrai Altynsarin, a Kazakh educator
* Amangeldi – Amankeldı İmanov (1873–1919), Kazakh national leader
* Auezov district (Almaty) – Mukhtar Auezov, a Kazakh writer
* Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy (1644–1700), Kazakh biy and tribesman
* Ayteke Bi – Ayteke Biy
* Balpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly
* Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
* Baydibek District – Baidibek Karashauly (1356–1419), legendary hero
* Bayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860–1945), Kazakh folk singer
* Bayzak District – Bayzak Mambetuly (1789–1864), Kazakh military leader and politician
* Beimbet Mailin District – Beimbet Mailin (1894–1938), Kazakh writer
* Bokey Orda District – Bokei Khan, chairman of the Khan's Council during the Aishuak Khan
* Budennovka (Akmola) – Semyon Budyonny
* Bukhar-Zhyrau District – Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov, a Kazakh poet
* Chapaev, Kazakhstan – Red Army hero of the Russian Civil War Vasily Chapayev
* Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
* Gabit Musirepov District – Gabit Musirepov, Kazakh writer
* Hamit Ergaliev (Atyrau) – Hamit Ergaliev (1916–1997), writer
* Imeni Baymaganbeta Iztolin (North Kazakhstan) – Baymaganbet Iztolin (1899–1921), poet
* Imeni Dinmukhamed Kunaev (Zhambyl) and Qonaev – Dinmukhamed Kunaev
* Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player Dina Nurpeisova
* Imeni Imangali Biltabanov (Aktobe) – Imangali Biltabanov (1925–1945), Kazakh hero
* Imeni Kudaibergen Zhubanov (Aktobe) – Kudaibergen Zhubanov (1899–1938), philologist
* Imeni Rakhim Sabdenov (Zhambyl) – Rakhim Sabdenov (1929–2000), Socialist workers' hero
* Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) – Qasim Qaysenov (1918–2006), Kazakh writer and military officer
* Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Turkistan) – Shamshi Kaldayakov, a Kazakhstani composer
* Imeni Tattibay Duisebayev (Zhambyl) – Tattibay Duisebayev (1923–1996), Kazakh police general
* Imeni Temirbek Zhurgenov (Aktobe) – Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898–1938), writer
* Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev
* Karim Mynbayev (Karaganda) – Karim Mynbayev (1906–1948), Kazakh scientist and teacher
* Kurchatov – Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov
* Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly
* Magzhan 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
Former:
* Dzhambul was the name of Taraz – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
* Guryev was the name of Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev
* Leninsk was the name of Baikonur – Vladimir Lenin
* Nur-Sultan was the name of Astana – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan
* Panfilov was the name of Zharkent – Ivan Panfilov
* Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko
* Yermak was the name of Aksu – Russian national hero and explorer of Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich

### Kenya

* Karen, Kenya – Karen Blixen, a Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa
* Kenyatta, Nairobi – Jomo Kenyatta
* Machakos – Masaku wa Munyati, an Akamba chief who arrived in the area in 1816 from the area around Sultan Hamud
* Port Victoria (Kenya) – Queen Victoria
* Thomson's Falls – Joseph Thomson (explorer)

### Kosovo

* Ferizaj – Feriz Shasivari
* Obilić – Miloš Obilić
* Skenderaj – George Kastrioti Skanderbeg
Former:
* Đeneral Janković was the name of Elez Han – Božidar Janković

### Kuwait

* Abdullah as-Salim suburb – Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
* Al Ahmadi, Kuwait – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
* Fahd al-Ahmad Suburb – Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
* Jabir al-Ahmad City – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
* Sabah al-Ahmad City – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
* Sabah as-Salim suburb – Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

### Kyrgyzstan

* Аbdrakhmanov (Issyk-Kul) – Yusup Abdrakhmanov (1901–1938), Kyrgyz politician
* Abdy-Suerkulov (Toktogul) – Abdy Suerkulov (1912–1992), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
* Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) – Absamat Masaliyev
* Aitmatov District – Chinghiz Aitmatov, author
* Aldashev (Jeti-Ögüz) – Abdulkhai Aldashev (1918–2003), Kyrgyz pharmacologist, toxicologist and translator
* Alla-Anarov (Aravan) – Alla Anarov (1907–1979), cotton producer
* Aydaraliev (Talas) – Rysbek Aidaraliev (1922–1998), Kyrgyz public figure
* Amanbayevo – Aldabergen Amanbaev (1927–1975), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
* Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941)
* Atai Ogonbaev (Talas) – Atai Ogonbaev (1900–1949), Kyrgyz musician and compositor
* Baetov – Kyrgyz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902–1949)
* Baytik – Baytik Batyr (1823–1886), one of the leaders of the Solto tribe who fought the Kokand Khanate
* Berdike Baatyr (Talas) – Berdike Baatyr (1740–1790)
* Bishkek – Bishkek Batyr (1700–1757), Commander of the Kyrgyz army in the war against the invaders of Dzungar in the 18th century.
* Bokonbayevo – Kyrgyz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910–1944)
* Cholponbay – Cholponbai Tuleberdiyev (1922–1944), World War II hero
* Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (Ysyk-Ata) – Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (1948–2004)
* Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sultan Ibraimov
* Imeni Aliaskara Toktonalieva (Ysyk-Ata) – Aliaskar Toktonaliev (1929–1990), Finance Minister
* Isanov (Osh) – Nasirdin Isanov, Kyrgyz Prime Minister
* Jalal-Abad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar
* Jayyl District – Jayyl Batyr (1692–1780), one of the heroes of the Solto tribe
* Karasaev (Tüp) – Kusein Karasaev (1901–1998), Kyrgyz linguist
* Kaynazarova (Chuy) – Zuurakan Kaynazarova
* Kazybek (Naryn) – Kazybek Mambetimin uulu (1901–1936), poet
* Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
* Kochkorbaev (Chuy) – Isak Kochkorbaev (1890–1965), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero
* Kulatov (Nookat) – Turabay Kulatov (1908–1984), Kyrgyz Prime Minister
* Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero
* Kurmanjan Datka (Batken) and Kurmanjan Datka (Osh) – Kurmanjan Datka
* Lenin District, Bishkek – Vladimir Lenin
* Manas District – Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero
* Mavlyanov (Aksy) – Junai Mavlyanov (1923–2003), writer and poet
* Mombekovo (Nooken) – Yusup Mombekov (1926–1983), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
* Nurzhanov (Talas) – Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922–1987), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
* Ormon-Khan aliyl (Naryn) – Ormon Khan
* Ömüraliev (Talas) – Baky Ömüraliev (1932–2003), Kyrgyz actor and film director
* Osmonkulov (Talas) – Iskender Osmonkulov (1907–1992), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero
* Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan – Ivan Panfilov
* Pristan'-Przheval'sk – Nikolay Przhevalsky
* Shabdan – Shabdan Baatyr (1839–1912)
* Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (1915–1941)
* Süymönkul Chokmorov – Kyrgyz film actor Suimenkul Chokmorov
* Sverdlov District, Bishkek – Yakov Sverdlov
* Razzakov – Iskhak Razzakov
* Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician Toktogul Satilganov
* Togolok-Moldo Rural District (Naryn) – Togolok Moldo, Kyrgyz poet
* Toktomat Zulpuev (Nookat) – Toktomat Zulpuev (1925–1995)
* Urazbekov (Batken) – Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1889–1938), Kyrgyz statesman
* Yusupov aliyl (Osh) – Sultan Yusupov (1918–2004), Kyrgyz music teacher
* Zharkynbayevo – Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969), Kyrgyz hero
Former:
* Frunze was the name of Bishkek from 1926 through 1991 – Mikhail Frunze
* Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol from 1888 through 1921 and 1939 through 1991 – Nikolai Przhevalsky

### Laos

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

### Latvia

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

### Lebanon

* Foch-Allenby district (Beirut) – Ferdinand Foch and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Former:
* Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty

### Lesotho

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

### Liberia

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

### Libya

* ʽAziziya – Abdulaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
* Benghazi – Sidi Ghazi, Benefactor of the city
* Ptolemais – a king of the Ptolemies, probably Ptolemy III Euergetes
* Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar – Omar Mukhtar, Libyan resistance leader

### Lithuania

* Garliava – Józef Godlewski, founder
* Grigiškės – Grzegorz Kurec, Polish architect
* Janapolė – Jan Dominik Łopaciński, benefactor
* Jonava – Jono Eustachijaus
* Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar
* Kudirkos Naumiestis – Vincas Kudirka, Lithuanian poet
* Marijampolė – Blessed Virgin Mary
Former:
* Kapsukas was the name of Marijampolė – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Lithuanian communist politician
* Sniečkus was the name of Visaginas – Antanas Sniečkus, Lithuanian communist politician

### Luxembourg

* Ettelbruck – Etzel (Attila the Hun)

### Malawi

* Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet Aaron
* Banda (Central) – Hastings Banda
* Cape Maclear – Thomas Maclear
* Fort Maguire (Southern) – Captain Cecil Montgomery Maguire (died in 1891)
* Livingstonia, Malawi – David Livingstone
* Liwonde – Chief Liwonde
Former:
* Fort Anderson was the name of Mulanje – Sir Henry Percy Anderson (1831–1896), Harry Johnston's father-in-law
* Fort Hill was the name of Chitipa – Clement Lloyd Hill, British diplomat
* Fort Johnston was the name of Mangochi – Harry Johnston, British botanist and colonial administrator
* Fort Lister was the name of Phalombe – Thomas Villiers Lister, British diplomat
* Fort Manning was the name of Mchinji – William Manning (colonial administrator), Governor of Nyasaland

### Malaysia

* Beaufort, Malaysia – Leicester Paul Beaufort, colonial governor of North Borneo
* Bandar Dato' Onn – Onn Jaafar, Malayan politician
* Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara (d.1941)
* Bandar Muadzam Shah – Abu Bakar of Pahang
* Bandar Seri Putra – Tunku Abdul Rahman
* Bandar Tun Abdul Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
* Bandar Tun Razak – Abdul Razak Hussein
* Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka – Abdul Razak Hussein
* Butterworth, Penang – William John Butterworth, governor of the Straits Settlements
* Cameron Highlands – William Cameron, British geologist
* Carey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey, English planter in Malaya
* FELDA L.B. Johnson – Lyndon B. Johnson, American president
* FELDA Soeharto – Soeharto, Indonesian president
* Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser, Scottish pioneer
* George Town, Penang – George III the United Kingdom
* Gohtong Jaya – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneur
* Hang Tuah Jaya – Hang Tuah, legendary hero
* Kampung Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi
* Pekan Gurney – Henry Gurney, British colonial administrator
* Port Dickson – John Frederick Dickson, British colonial administrator
* Putrajaya – Tunku Abdul Rahman, father of Malayan independence
* Seri Iskandar – Iskandar of Perak, 30th Sultan of Perak
* Shah Alam – Hisamuddin of Selangor
* Taman Tun Dr Ismail – Ismail Abdul Rahman
* Taman Tun Sardon – Sardon Jubir, governor of Penang
* Taman Tun Teja – Princess Tun Teja
* Taman U-Thant – U Thant, UN Secretary-General from 1961 until 1971,
* Templer's Park – Gerald Templer, senior British Army officer
* Victoria, Labuan – Queen Victoria
* Weston – A.J. West, British North Borneo railway engineer
Former:
* Jesselton was the name of Kota Kinabalu – Sir Charles Jessel, British colonial administrator

### Mali

* Ouezzindougou – Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Burkinabé politician
* Timbuktu – Buktu, a malian old woman who lived in that region

### Malta

* Cottonera – Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner
* Floriana – architect Pietro Paolo Floriani
* Manoel Island – Grandmaster António Manoel de Vilhena
* Paola – Grandmaster Antoine de Paule
* Paceville – Giuseppe Pace (1890–1971)
* Qormi (Città Pinto) – Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
* San Ġiljan – St. Julian
* San Ġwann – St. John
* San Lawrenz – St. Lawrence
* San Pawl il-Baħar – Paul the Apostle
* Santa Luċija – St. Lucy
* Santa Venera – St. Venera
* Senglea – Grandmaster Claude de la Sengle
* Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
* Valletta – Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette
* Victoria – Queen Victoria
* Żabbar (Città Hompesch) – Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch
* Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) – Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
* Żejtun (Città Beland) – Ferdinand von Hompesch's mother

### Mauritania

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

### Mauritius

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

### Mexico

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

### Moldova

* Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
* Cantemir, Moldova – Dimitrie Cantemir
* Ciorescu, Chişinău – Ion Gheorghe Ciorescu (founder)
* Frunză, Ocnița – Mikhail Frunze
* Ion Vodă, Florești – John III the Terrible
* Lazo, Ștefan Vodă – Sergey Lazo, Moldavian revolutionary
* Lebedenco, Cahul – Nikita Lebedenko, Soviet military leader
* Miciurin – Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
* Regina Maria, Soroca – Marie of Romania
* Ștefan Vodă – Stephen III of Moldavia
Former:
* "Kotovsk" was the name of Hîncești – Grigory Kotovsky
* "Kutuzov" was the name of Ialoveni – Mikhail Kutuzov
* "Lazovsk" was the name of Sîngerei – Sergey Lazo
* "Suvorovo" was the name of Ștefan Vodă – Alexander Suvorov

### Mongolia

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

### Montenegro

* Danilovgrad – Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
* Herceg Novi – Duke (Herceg) Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
* Petrovac – King Peter I of Serbia
* Tomaševo – Tomaš Žižić, Montenegrin national hero
Former:
* Titograd was the name of Podgorica from 1946 to 1992 – Josip Broz Tito
* Ivangrad was the name of Berane from 1946 to 1992 – Ivan Milutinović

### Morocco

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

### Mozambique

* Beira, Mozambique – Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (titled Prince of Beira)
* Chissano (Gaza) – Alberto Chissano, Mozambican sculptor
* Maputo – Chief Maputsu I of the Tembe clan
* Mozambique Island – Mussa Bin Bique, an Arab Muslim chief of the early 16th century
* Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça) – Josina Machel, a former President's wife
* Manhiça District – Manacusse, a Tchaka chief, who moved here after some conflict in his native area
* Ressano Garcia – Frederico Ressano Garcia (1847–1911), Portuguese politician and engineer
* Vila Eduardo Mondlane – Eduardo Mondlane, President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO)
Former:
* António Enes was the name of Angoche – António José Enes (1848–1901), Portuguese journalist and colonial administrator
* Augusto Cardoso was the name of Metangula – Augusto Cardoso (1859–1930), Portuguese explorer
* Caldas Xavier was the name of Cambulatsitse – Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier (1852–1896), Portuguese colonial administrator
* Cidade Salazar was the name of Matola – António de Oliveira Salazar
* João Belo was the name of Xai-Xai – João Belo (1878–1928), Portuguese military
* Lourenço Marques was the name of Maputo – Lourenço Marques (explorer)
* Malvernia was the name of Chicualacuala (Vila Eduardo Mondlane) – Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern
* Porto Amélia was the name of Pemba, Mozambique – Queen Amélie of Orléans
* Vila Coutinho was the name of Ulongué – João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira (1865–1944)
* Vila Fontes was the name of Caia, Mozambique – Fontes Pereira de Melo
* Vila Gomes da Costa was the name of Alto Changane – Manuel Gomes da Costa, Portuguese president
* Vila Gouveia was the name of Catandica – Manuel António de Sousa, Portuguese military captain
* Vila Junqueiro was the name of Gurúè – Manuel Saraiva Junqueiro (d.1959)
* Vila Machado was the name of Nhamatanda – Joaquim José Machado
* Vila Paiva de Andrada was the name of Gorongosa – Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada (1846–1928)
* Vila Pery was the name of Chimoio – João Pery de Lind (1861–1930), Governor of Mozambique Company Territories of Manica and Sofala
* Vila Pinto Teixeira was the name of Mabalane – Francisco dos Santos Pinto Teixeira (1887–1983), Portuguese military engineer
* Vila Trigo de Morais was the name of Chokwe, Mozambique – António Trigo de Morais (1895–1966), Portuguese engineer
* Vila Vasco da Gama was the name of Chiputo – Vasco da Gama

### Myanmar

* Maha Bandula Park – General Maha Bandula
* Mindon, Myanmar – Mindon Min, King of Burma
* Thibaw, Shan State – Thibaw Min, King of Burma

### Namibia

* Caprivi Strip – Leo von Caprivi, German general and statesman
* Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe (1871–1954)
* John Pandeni Constituency – John Pandeni, a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
* Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma (died in 1968), a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrilla
* Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman, German trader
* Lüderitz – Adolf Lüderitz
* Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann Brandt
* Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency – Moses ǁGaroëb, a Namibian Politician
* Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency – Nehale Mpingana, Namibian National hero
* Samora Machel Constituency – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique
* Tobias Hainyeko constituency – Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero
Former:
* Caprivi Region was the name of Zambezi Region, named after Leo von Caprivi
* Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann (since 2013 called Luhonono)

### Nepal

* Bhimdatta – Bhimdatta Panta, a revolutionary farmer leader
* Birendranagar – King Birendra of Nepal
* Birendranagar, Chitwan – King Birendra of Nepal
* Birgunj – Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali statesman
* Byans – Vyas, legendary author of Hinduism
* Dasharathchand – Dashrath Chand, a martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement
* Janakpur – King Janak, an ancient Indian king of Videha,
* Jaya Prithvi – Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, a humanist, peace advocate, writer and social activist
* K.I. Singh Rural Municipality – Kunwar Inderjit Singh, 20th Prime Minister of Nepal
* Krishnapur, Nepal – Krishna
* Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality – Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
* Mahendrakot and Mahendranagar, Dhanusha – Mahendra of Nepal
* Phalgunanda Rural Municipality – Phalgunanda
* Prithivinagar – Prithvi Narayan Shah
* Ramprasad Rai – Ram Prasad Rai, a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951
* Siddharthanagar – from Buddha's given name Siddhartha
* Siddhicharan Municipality – Siddhicharan Shrestha
* Tribhuwannagar – Tribhuvan of Nepal
* Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva (Vyas)

### Netherlands

* Anna Paulowna – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
* Emmaberg – Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
* Frederiksoord – Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
* Geertruidenberg – Gertrude of Nivelles
* 's-Gravenzande (lit. The Count's Sand) – William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)
* Heerhugowaard – lord ('heer') Hugo of Assendelft
* 's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) – Henry I, Duke of Brabant
* Julianadorp – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
* Koningsbosch (lit. King's Forest) – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
* Koningsoord (Het Hogeland) – William III of the Netherlands
* Mariaparochie – Mary, mother of Jesus
* Lelystad – ir. Cornelis Lely
* Odiliapeel – Odilia of Cologne
* Oud-Beijerland, Nieuw-Beijerland and Zuid-Beijerland – Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria (Dutch: Sabina van Beieren)
* Philippine, Netherlands – Philip I of Castile
* Prins Alexander – Alexander, Prince of Orange
* Sint Annaparochie – Saint Anne
* Sint Jacobiparochie – James, son of Zebedee
* Sint Maarten – Martin of Tours
* Sint Nicolaasga – Saint Nicholas
* Sint-Oedenrode – Saint Oda
* Sint Pancras – Saint Pancras
* Sint Willebrord – Saint Willibrord
* Van Ewijcksluis – Daniël Jacob van Ewijck van Oostbroek van de Built (1786–1858), Dutch Politician
* Wilhelminadorp, Best – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
* Wilhelminadorp, Goes – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands
* Wilhelminaoord – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
* Willemsdorp – King William I of the Netherlands
* Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland – King William II of the Netherlands
* Willemstad, North Brabant – William the Silent, Father of the Dutch fatherland

### New Zealand

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

### Nicaragua

* Ahmed Campos Correa (Chontales) – Ahmed Campos Correa (1956–1982), a Nicaraguan Poet
* Arlen Siu (Granada) – Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine
* Bernardino Diaz Ochoa (Granada) – Bernadino Diaz Ochoa (1941–1971), a Nicaraguan peasant and revolutionary
* Bluefields – Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s
* Carazo Department – Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua
* Cárdenas – Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua
* Ciudad Darío – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet
* Ciudad Sandino – Revolutionary Augusto César Sandino
* El Viejo – Cacique Agateyte
* Filiberto Morales (Chinandega) – Filiberto Morales Darce (d.1979)
* German Pomares (Jinotega), German Pomares (Nueva Segovia) – German Pomares Ordonez (1936–1979), a Nicaraguan national hero
* Greytown, Nicaragua – Charles Edward Grey, a British judge and colonial governor
* Gaspar García (Rivas) – Gaspar García Laviana
* Hilario Sanchez (Managua) – Hilario Sánchez Vásquez (1953–1983), a Nicaraguan military
* Jesus Rivera (Jinotega) – Manuel de Jesus Rivera "La Mascota" (1965–1978), a Nicaraguan revolutionary kid
* Jose Benito Escobar (Matagalpa) and Jose Benito Escobar (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Jose Benito Escobar (1936–1978), revolutionary
* La Concepción, Masaya – Immaculate Conception of Mary
* Larreynaga – Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher
* Leon Diaz (Jinotega) – General José León Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution
* Leonel Rugama (Estelí) – José Leónel Rugama (1949–1970), Nicaraguan poet
* Macario Brenes (Masaya) – Macario Brenes Alvarez (died in 1979)
* Madriz Department – José Madriz, President of Nicaragua
* Marlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) – Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962–1983), a student martyr
* Monseñor Madrigal (Nueva Segovia) – Monseñor Nicolás Antonio Madrigal y García (1898–1977)
* Pablo Ubeda (Boaco) – Rigoberto Cruz (died in 1967), also known as Pablo Ubeda, one of the founders of the FSLN
* Padre Ramos (Chinandega) – Father Francisco Ramos, Nicaraguan priest
* Puerto Benjamín Zeledón – Benjamín Zeledón, national hero of Nicaragua
* Puerto Cabezas – Rigoberto Cabezas, journalist, military figure and politician
* Puerto Diaz, Chontales – Adolfo Díaz, President of Nicaragua
* Puerto Morazán – Francisco Morazán, a Honduran Politician
* Puerto Salvador Allende (Managua) – Salvador Allende
* Ricardo Morales Avilés (Granada) – Ricardo Morales Avilés (1939–1973)
* Rigoberto López Pérez (Managua) – Rigoberto López Pérez, Nicaraguan poet
* Rivas Department – Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
* Rivas, Nicaragua – Francisco Rodriguez de Rivas (1674–1743), Captain General of Guatemala
* Roman Esteban Toledo (Carazo) – Roman del Carmen Esteban Toledo (1950–1979), revolutionary
* Rubén Darío (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Rubén Darío
* San Dionisio, Matagalpa – Dionisio de Herrera, president of Nicaragua
* San Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King Ferdinand III of Spain
* San Francisco Chontales (Villa Sandino) – Rev. Frank Setzer (1911–2000)
* San Francisco del Norte – Saint Francis
* San José de Cusmapa – José Dolores Estrada
* San José de los Remates – José María Guerrero de Arcos, director of the State of Nicaragua
* San Lorenzo de los Tellez – Saint Lawrence and Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the area
* Santa Lucía, Boaco – Saint Lucy
* Santa María, Nueva Segovia – Saint Mary
* San Nicolás, Estelí – Saint Nicholas
* San Pedro del Norte – Saint Peter
* San Ramón, Matagalpa – Saint Raymond Nonnatus
* Santa Teresa, Carazo – Saint Teresa of Ávila
* Santo Tomás del Norte – Tomas Ruiz Romero (1777–1819), Priest and independence hero
* Socrates Sandino (Masaya) – Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875–1935), a Sandino's paternal brother
* Villa Carlos Fonseca – Carlos Fonseca, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
* Villa Sandino – revolutionary Augusto César Sandino

### Niger

* Cité Fayçal (Niamey) – Faisal of Saudi Arabia

### Nigeria

* Port Harcourt – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
* Victoria Island, Lagos – Queen Victoria

### North Korea

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

### North Macedonia

* 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
Former:
* Titov Veles (meaning: "Tito's Veles") was the name of Veles – Josip Broz

### Norway

* Edgeøya – Thomas Edge
* Eydehavn – Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer
* Filipstad, Norway – pharmacist Philip Moth
* Fredrikstad – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway
* Jan Mayen – Captain Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
* Kongsberg – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
* Kongsvinger – King Christian V of Denmark and Norway
* Kristiansand – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
* Kristiansund – King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway
* Longyearbyen – world's northernmost town – John Munro Longyear
Former:
* Christiania (from 1624 through 1877) and then Kristiania (from 1877 through 1925) were the names of Oslo – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
* Fredrikshald was the name of Halden from 1665 through 1928 – King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway
* Fredriksvern was the name of Stavern from 1799 through 1930 – King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway
* Victoriahavn was the name of Narvik from 1887 through 1902 – Crown princess of Norway, Victoria of Baden

### Oman

* Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos – Qaboos bin Said

### Pakistan

* Abbottabad – James Abbott
* Aliabad, Hunza – Ali, cousin of Muhammad
* Aziz Bhatti Town – Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani military officer
* Bahawalnagar – Bahawal Khan V
* Bahawalpur – Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi (1715–1749)
* Chowk Sarwar Shaheed Tehsil – Raja Muhammad Sarwar, Pakistani army officer
* Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa (d.1985)
* Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan
* Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leader
* Faisalabad – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
* Fatehpur Thakiala – Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi (d.1988)
* Fort Abbas – Abbas Abbasi, Amir of the Bahawalpur State and former governor of Punjab
* Haripur, Pakistan – Hari Singh Nalwa
* Haroonabad, Bahawalnagar – Sahibzada Muhammad Haroon-ur-Rashid Ahmad Abbasi (1924–1972), son of Nawab of Bahawalpur sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V
* Hayatabad – Hayat Sherpao
* Iqbal Town, Lahore – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani national poet
* Jacobabad – John Jacob
* Jafarabad District – Jafar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan
* Jamalabad Gojal – Jamal of Hunza
* Jamshed Town – Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, first elected Mayor of Karachi
* Jauharabad – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement
* Jinnahabad (Abbottabad) – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Father of the nation
* Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah (d.1983)
* Kot Ghulam Muhammad – Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement
* Liaquatabad Town and Liaquatpur – Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman
* Minchinabad – Colonel Charles Cherry Minchin (1829–1899), British political Agent
* Miranshah – Miran Shah
* Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
* Muzaffargarh – Nawab Muzaffar Khan (d.1818), Afghan Popalzai governor of Multan
* Nankana Sahib – Guru Nanak
* Nasirabad District – Muhammad Nasir Khan I (1710–1794), ruler of Kalat
* Nazimabad – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan
* Nishtar Town – Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Pakistan movement leader
* Phool Nagar – Phool Muhammad Khan, former Minister of the area
* Port Qasim – Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab Commander
* Qilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of Kalat
* Quaidabad – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
* Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan (1877–1881), who died by burns in a fire
* Rajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah
* Sadiqabad – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
* Safdarabad – Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar (d.1989)
* Shaheed Benazirabad District – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, a two-time prime minister of Pakistan
* Shaheed Fazil Rahu – Fazil Rahu
* Sheikhupura – Jahangir's nickname Shekhu
* Shujabad – Nawab Shuja Khan
* Tando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani
* Toba Tek Singh – Tek Singh, Sikh religious figure
Former:
* Edwardesabad was the name of Bannu – Sir Herbert B. Edwardes
* Fort Sandeman was the name of Zhob – Sir Robert Sandeman
* Lyallpur was the name of Faisalabad – Alfred Comyn Lyall
* Montgomery was the name of Sahiwal – Sir Robert Montgomery

### Panama

* Alcalde Díaz – Mauricio Díaz Garcés (1901–1972), former mayor of Panama
* Almirante, Bocas del Toro – Altamirante Christopher Columbus
* Amador, Panama – Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President
* Amelia Denis de Icaza (corregimiento) – Panamanian romantic poet Amelia Denis de Icaza
* Antón – Antón Martín, Spanish explorer
* Arnulfo Arias, Panama – Arnulfo Arias, president of Panama
* Arosemena, Panama – Pablo Arosemena
* Belisario Porras, Panama – Belisario Porras Barahona, president of Panama
* Carlos Santana Ávila – Carlos Santana Ávila, former legislator of Panameñista Party
* Colón – Christopher Columbus
* Chepigana – Cacique Chepi
* Chepo – Cacique Chepori
* David, Chiriquí – King David
* Edwin Fábrega – Panamanian politician Edwin Fábrega Velarde (1929–1983)
* Ernesto Córdoba Campos – former deputy Ernesto Córdoba Campos (d.1999)
* Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet Tomás Martín Feuillet
* Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo Vásquez
* Herrera (corregimiento) – Tomás de Herrera
* Hurtado, Panama – Don Manuel José Hurtado, father of Panamanian education
* José Domingo Espinar – Panamanian patriot José Domingo Espinar (1791–1865)
* Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama – Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, president of Panama
* Juan Díaz, Panama City – Juan Díaz, spanish soldier
* Justo Fidel Palacios – Justo Fidel Palacios (1956–1987), panamanian journalist
* Los Díaz – General Domingo Díaz
* Manuel E. Amador Terrero (Veraguas) – Manuel Encarnación Amador (1869–1952), designer who created the flag of Panama
* Manuel Ortega, Emberá – Professor Manuel Ortega (d.1983)
* Mateo Iturralde – General Mateo Iturralde
* Mendoza, Panama – Carlos A. Mendoza, former president
* Obaldía, Panama – José Domingo de Obaldía
* Omar Torrijos, Panama – Commander Omar Torrijos
* Omar Torrijos Herrera District (Colón) – Omar Torrijos, Leader of the Panamanian Revolution
* Parque Lefevre – Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre
* Pedasí, Los Santos – Cacique Peazi
* Penonomé, Coclé – Cacique Nomé
* Pinogana – Cacique Pino
* Puerto Armuelles – Colonel Tomás Armuelles
* Puerto Obaldía – José Domingo de Obaldía, president of Panama
* Puerto Vidal – Father Superior Francisco Xavier Vidal
* Purio – Cacique Puri
* Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado – trade unionist leader, Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado (1939–1963)
* Rubén Cantú, Panama – American pilot Rubén Cantú (1922–1967)
* Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Rufina Alfaro
* Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary Victoriano Lorenzo
* Villa Carmen, Panama – Carmen Madrid de Arias (d.1943), mother of Arnulfo Arias

### Papua New Guinea

* Alexishafen – Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
* Duke of York Rural LLG – Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
* Finschhafen – Otto Finsch
* Gloucester Rural LLG – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
* Goodenough Island Rural LLG – James Graham Goodenough
* Gurney (Alotau) – Charles Raymond Gurney
* Hatzfeldhafen – Paul von Hatzfeldt
* Heldsbach – German missioner Friedrich Held, who died of malaria in 1901
* Lake Murray Rural LLG – Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua
* Louisiade Rural LLG – Louis XV of France
* Marienberg Rural LLG – Marie von Bismarck (1848–1926)
* Markham District – Clements Markham
* Milne Bay Province – Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet
* Morehead Rural LLG – Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Premier of Queensland
* Mount Hagen – Curt von Hagen (1859–1897)
* Mount Wilhelm Rural LLG – Wilhelm von Bismarck
* Port Moresby – Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby
* Queen Carola Harbour – Carola of Vasa
* West Ferguson Rural LLG – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet

### Paraguay

* Alberdi, Paraguay – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine writer
* Benjamín Aceval – Tomas Benjamin Aceval (1845–1900), a paraguayan diplomat
* Capitán Bado – José Matías Bado, an army officer
* Capitán Carmelo Peralta – Carmelo Peralta (1910–1940), paraguayan aviator
* Capitán Mauricio José Troche – Mauricio José Troche (liberator)
* Capitán Meza – Pedro Ignacio Meza (1813–1865)
* Col.Juan Sinforiano Bogarin (Caaguazu) – Juan Sinforiano Bogarín, Archbishop of Paraguay
* Col.Padre Guido Coronel (Alto Paraná) – Guido Coronel (1911–1990)
* Coronel Bogado – Jose Felix Bogado, a Paraguayan Hero
* Coronel Oviedo – Florentin Oviedo, a hero of Paraguayan war
* Doctor Cecilio Báez – Cecilio Báez, president of Paraguay
* Doctor Eulogio Estigarribia – Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, lawyer and politician
* Doctor Juan León Mallorquín District – Juan León Mallorquín (1880–1947), President of Supreme court of Justice
* Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos – Juan Manuel Frutos, President of Paraguay
* Doctor Moisés Bertoni – Moisés Santiago Bertoni, a Swiss naturalist
* Doctor Pedro P. Peña – Pedro Peña, President of Paraguay
* Doctor Raúl Peña, Paraguay – Carlos Raúl Peña del Molino Torres (1904–1984), a former president Pedro Peña's son
* Domingo Robledo (Mayor Otaño) – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), former municipal intendant of Encarnacion
* Edelira – Edelira Barthe Cueto (1884–1921)
* Eusebio Ayala – Eusebio Ayala, President of Paraguay
* Escobar, Paraguay – Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay
* Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay – Fernando de la Mora (politician), a father of Paraguayan independence from Spain
* General Artigas – Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas
* General Delgado – Jose Maria Delgado, a military of Paraguayan war
* General Elizardo Aquino – Elizardo Aquino, a hero of Paraguayan war
* General Eugenio A. Garay – Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1874–1937), a Paraguayan military and journalist
* General Francisco Álvarez – Francisco Caballero Alvarez (1896–1958), Paraguayan military
* General Higinio Morínigo – Higinio Morínigo, President of Paraguay
* General Isidoro Resquín – Francisco Isidoro Resquín
* General José Eduvigis Díaz – José Eduvigis Díaz, a Hero of Paraguayan war
* General Patricio Colmán (Alto Paraná) – Patricio Colmán Martinez (1911–1972)
* Hernandarias District – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, a spanish Conquistator
* José Fassardi – Giusseppe Fassardi (1866–1940), Italian businessman
* José Ocampos – Jose Domingo Ocampos (1885–1993), founder
* Juan Emilio O'Leary – Juan Emiliano O'Leary (1879–1969), Paraguayan journalist, poet, historian, and politician
* Juan R. Chavez (Caaguazu) – Juan Ramon Chavez (1901–1995)
* Julián Augusto Saldívar – Julian Augusto Saldivar Viera (1896–1987), Paraguayan diplomat
* Mariano Roque Alonso – Mariano Roque Alonso, a consul of the republic
* Mariscal Estigarribia – Marshall José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay
* Mariscal Francisco Solano López – Francisco Solano López, Second President of Paraguay
* Mayor José Dejesús Martínez – Jose Dejesus Martinez, a hero of Paraguayan war
* Pedro Juan Caballero – Pedro Juan Caballero
* Presidente Franco District – Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay
* Puerto Casado – Carlos Casado del Alisal
* Raúl Arsenio Oviedo – Raúl Arsenio Oviedo (d.1960), Paraguayan politician who was killed by the guerrillas who faced the Stroessner's regime
* San Alberto, Paraguay – Capt. Alberto Fernandez Valenzuela (1906–2005), a captain of the Paraguayan navy
* San Alfredo (Concepción) – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay
* San Lázaro – Capt. Lazaro Aranda (1873–1945), founder
* Sargento José Félix López – José Félix López Pesoa (1860–1870), Paraguayan child martyr who died at Battle of Cerro Corá
* Teniente Esteban Martínez – Teniente Esteban Martínez (d.1932), Hero of the Chaco war
* Teniente Primero Manuel Irala Fernández – Manuel Irala Fernández (1893–1979), Hero of the Chaco war
* Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguay – Tomás Romero Pereira, President of Paraguay
* Valenzuela, Paraguay – father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela
* Villa Elisa, Paraguay – Elisa von Poleski (1866–1946)
* Villa Hayes – Rutherford Hayes, US president
* Yegros – Fulgencio Yegros, Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay
Former:
* Doña Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias was the name of Alto Verá – Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias, Alfredo Stroessner's sister
* Domingo Robledo was the name of Natalio – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), Intendent of Encarnacion
* Fortin Lopez de Filippis was the name of Mariscal Estigarribia – Captain Cesar Lopez de Filippis, Paraguayan military who died during the Chaco War in 1933
* Puerto Presidente Stroessner was the name of Ciudad del Este – Alfredo Stroessner

### Peru

* Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (Peru) – Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (1937–1951), a Child Hero of the School Police of Peru
* Alonso de Alvarado District – Alonso de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador
* Antonio Raymondi Province – Antonio Raimondi, native Italian geographer
* Bolívar, Peru – Simón Bolívar
* Bolognesi Province – Francisco Bolognesi, hero of the Battle of Arica
* Cáceres del Perú District – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres
* Cañete Province – Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete
* Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
* Castilla District – Ramón Castilla
* Castrovirreyna – Doña Teresa de Castro
* Condorcanqui Province – Túpac Amaru II (also known as Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui), a leader of a large Andean uprising
* Contralmirante Villar Province – Contralmirante Manuel Villar Olivera, Peruvian mariner
* Coronel Castañeda District – Colonel Jose Maria Castañeda, Peruvian military
* Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa District – Gregorio Albarracín (1817–1882)
* Coronel Portillo Province – Pedro Portillo, Prefect of Loreto
* Daniel Alcides Carrión Province – medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión
* Daniel Alomías Robles District – Daniel Alomía Robles, Peruvian compositor
* Daniel Hernández District – Daniel Hernández Morillo
* Deán Valdivia District – Juan Gualberto Valdivia Cornejo (1796–1884), Peruvian priest
* Eleazar Guzman Barron District – Eleazar Guzmán Barrón (1899–1957), physician
* Elías Soplín Vargas District – Elías Soplín Vargas (1909–1933), Peruvian national hero
* Emilio San Martín District – Emilio San Martín (1861–1880), Peruvian national hero
* Espinar Province – Ladislao Espinar Carrera (1842–1879), hero of Cusco
* Fernando Belaunde (Piura) – Fernando Belaunde Terry, President of Peru
* Fernando Lores District – Fernando Lores Tenazoa (1906–1933), hero of the Colombia–Peru War
* Fidel Olivas Escudero District – Fidel Olivas Escudero (1850–1935), Peruvian bishop
* Fitzcarrald District – Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
* General Sánchez Cerro Province – former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
* Grau Province – Rafael Grau (1876–1917), Peruvian lawyer and politician who was assassinated in 1917
* Grau (Nauta) – Miguel Grau, Peruvian naval officer and national hero
* Grocio Prado District – José Santos Grocio Prado Linares (1857–1880), hero of the Battle of the Peak of the Alliance
* Gustavo Mohme Llona (Piura) – Gustavo Mohme Llona, businessman and politician
* Hermilio Valdizán District – Hermilio Valdizán, Peruvian physician
* Heroínas Toledo District – María e Higinia Toledo and their mother Cleofé Ramos, heroines of Peruvian independence
* Ignacio Escudero District – Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso, Peruvian patrician
* Irazola District – Francisco Irazola (1869–1945), Spanish explorer
* Jacobo Hunter District – Jacob Dixon Hunter (1837–1926), Scottish doctor
* Jenaro Herrera District – Genaro Herrera (1861–1939), lawyer, narrator and politician
* Jorge Basadre Province – Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Peruvian historian
* Jorge Chávez District – Jorge Chávez, Peruvian aviator
* José Crespo y Castillo District – Juan José Crespo y Castillo, Peruvian independence hero
* José Domingo Choquehuanca District – José Domingo Choquehuanca (1794–1854), Peruvian lawyer and politician
* José Luis Bustamante District – Jose Luis Bustamante, President of Peru
* José María Arguedas District – José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist
* José María Quimper District – José María Químper (1828–1902), Minister of the Interior
* Jose Olaya (Nauta) – José Olaya, Peruvian independence hero
* Juan Espinoza Medrano District – Juan Espinoza Medrano, Peruvian writer
* Juan Velasco Alvarado (Melgar) – Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general
* Justo Apu Sahuaraura District – Justo Sahuaraura Inca, Peruvian independence hero
* La Mar Province – José de La Mar, President of Peru
* Leoncio Prado Province, Leoncio Prado District, Huaura – Peruvian mariner Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez
* Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro District – Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro, Peruvian explorer
* María Parado de Bellido District – María Parado de Bellido, Peruvian indigenous revolutionary
* Mariano Dámaso Beraun District – Mariano Dámaso Beraun (1813–1894), Peruvian physician and educador
* Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel District – Mariano Valcárcel
* Mariscal Benavides District – Oscar Benavides
* Mariscal Cáceres Province – 19th-century Peruvian president Andrés Avelino Cáceres
* Mariscal Castilla District, Chachapoyas, Mariscal Castilla District, Concepción – Ramón Castilla, President of Peru
* Mariscal Gamarra District – Agustín Gamarra, President of Peru
* Mariscal Luzuriaga Province – Peruvian marshal and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga
* Mariscal Nieto Province – Marshall Domingo Nieto, Peruvian politician
* Melgar Province and Mariano Melgar District – Mariano Melgar, Peruvian patriot, poet, artist and warrior
* Micaela Bastidas District – Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, a martyr for Peruvian independence
* Miguel Checa District – Don Miguel Checa y Checa (1861–1935), Peruvian politician who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910
* Miguel Iglesias District – Miguel Iglesias, Peruvian soldier, general, and politician, 35th President of Peru
* Nicolás de Piérola District – Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru
* Pachacuti District – Pachacuti
* Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missionary
* Padre Marquez District – Buenaventura Márquez
* Pedro Vilca Apaza District – Pedro Vilca Apaza (1741–1782), Quechua indigenous rebel leader
* Puerto Bermúdez District – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru
* Puerto Maldonado – Faustino Maldonado, Peruvian explorer
* Ramón Castilla – Marshall Ramón Castilla, President of Peru
* Requena Province – Francisco Requena y Herrera, Governor of Maynas
* Ricardo Palma District – Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician
* Rodríguez de Mendoza Province – Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Peruvian academic
* Rosa Panduro District – Carmen Rosa Panduro (1918–1989), Peruvian housewife who participated in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
* Salas District, Ica – Juan José Salas, Peruvian independence hero
* Sargento Elmer Pacaya (Nauta) – Sargent Elmer Pacaya del Águila (1966–1983)
* San Martín Province – José de San Martín, Argentine general, Protector of Peru
* San Román Province – Miguel de San Román President of Peru
* Sánchez Carrión Province – José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, pro-independence politician from Peru
* Sucre Province – Antonio José de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho
* Teniente Cesar Lopez Rojas District – César Augusto López Rojas (1915–1941)
* Teniente Manuel Clavero District – José Manuel Sixto Clavero Muga (1879–1911), hero killed in a battle on the Colombian border
* Túpac Amaru District – Túpac Amaru II
* Tupac Amaru Inca District – Túpac Amaru II
* Vargas Guerra District – Alfredo Vargas Guerra (1910–1933)
* Víctor Fajardo Province – Colonel Victor Fajardo
* Víctor Larco Herrera District – Victor Larco Herrera, Peruvian philanthropist
* Víctor Raúl (Nauta) – Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
* Villa María del Triunfo – María Delgado de Odría (1900–1990), First Lady of Peru
* Zúñiga District – Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva

### Philippines

* Adams, Ilocos Norte – John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (1825–1829)
* Aglipay, Quirino – Gregorio Aglipay
* Agoncillo, Batangas – Felipe Agoncillo, Secretary of Interior (1923–1925)
* Aguilar, Pangasinan – Rafael María de Aguilar, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)
* Aguinaldo, Ifugao – Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines
* Akbar, Basilan – Imam Akbar Marani, Islamic preacher
* Alamada, Cotabato – Datu Amaybulok Alamada, local chieftain
* Alaminos, Laguna – Juan Alaminos y Vivar, Governor-General of the Philippines (1873–1874)
* Alaminos, Pangasinan – Juan Alaminos y Vivar, Governor-General of the Philippines (1873–1874)
* Alcala, Cagayan – Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre, Governor-General of the Philippines (1843–1844)
* Alcantara, Romblon – Don Ciriaco Alcantara, a cabeza de barangay
* Alfonso, Cavite – King Alfonso XII of Spain
* Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya – Alfonso Castañeda, Governor of Nueva Vizcaya (1925–1928)
* Alfonso Lista – Alfonso Lista, town's first mayor
* Alicia, Bohol – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino
* Alicia, Isabela – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino
* Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay – Alicia Syquia Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino
* Allen, Northern Samar – Henry Tureman Allen, senior United States Army officer, Military Governor of Leyte
* Altavas – Jose Altavas
* Aurora – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines
* Balagtas, Bulacan – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and litterateur
* Basco, Batanes – José Basco y Vargas, Governor-General of the Philippines (1778–1787)
* Bautista, Pangasinan – John the Baptist
* Benito Soliven, Isabela – Benito Soliven, member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1928–1931) and the National Assembly of the Philippines (1935–1941)
* Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader
* Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte – Braulio Española Dujali
* Brooke's Point – James Brooke, British soldier and adventurer
* Clarin, Bohol – Anecito Clarin, Governor of Bohol (1901–1904)
* Clarin, Misamis Occidental – José Clarín, Senator (1916–1935) and member of the House of Representatives (1907–1916)
* Corcuera, Romblon – Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera, Governor-General of the Philippines (1635–1644)
* Dagohoy, Bohol – Francisco Dagohoy, Filipino revolutionary
* Dasmariñas, Cavite – Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, Governor-General of the Philippines (1590–1593)
* Delfin Albano, Isabela – Delfin Albano, member of the House of Representatives (1957–1965)
* Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan – Remedios Trinidad-Romualdez, mother of Imelda Marcos
* Enrile, Cagayan – Pasqual Enrile y Alcedo, Governor-General of the Philippines (1830–1835)
* Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental – Enrique B. Magalona, Senator (1946–1955) and member of the House of Representatives (1931–1946)
* Garchitorena, Camarines Sur – Don Andres Garchitorena, Governor of Ambos Camarines (1919)
* General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite – Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines
* General Luna, Quezon – Antonio Luna, Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army (1898–1899)
* General Mariano Alvarez – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino revolutionary and statesman
* General Nakar – Major General Guilllermo Peñamente Nakar, Filipino military officer executed by the Japanese in 1943
* General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao – Salipada K. Pendatun, member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1985), House of Representatives (1957–1972), Senator (1946–1949), and Governor of Cotabato (1945)
* General Santos – General Paulino Santos, Commanding General of the Philippine Army (1936–1938) and Governor of Lanao (1936–1939)
* General Tinio, Nueva Ecija – Manuel Tinio, Governor of Nueva Ecija (1907–1909)
* General Trias – Mariano Trías, Filipino revolutionary considered to be the first de facto Vice President of the Philippines
* Gloria, Oriental Mindoro – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines (2001–2010)
* Gregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur – Gregorio del Pilar, one of the youngest generals of the Philippine Revolutionary Army
* Isabela, Basilan – Queen Isabella II of Spain
* Isabela Province – Queen Isabella II of Spain
* Jones, Isabela – William Atkinson Jones, member of the United States House of Representatives (1891–1918), namesake of the Jones Act
* Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental – José Abad Santos, Chief Justice of the Philippines (1941–1942) and acting President of the Philippines (1942) executed by the Japanese forces
* Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte – José María Panganiban
* Lavezares, Northern Samar – Guido de Lavezaris
* Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu
* Laurel – Miguel and José P. Laurel
* Legazpi, Albay – Miguel López de Legazpi
* Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega
* Lopez Jaena – Graciano López Jaena
* Mabini, Batangas – Apolinario Mabini
* Mabini, Bohol – Apolinario Mabini
* Mabini, Davao de Oro – Apolinario Mabini
* Mabini, Pangasinan – Apolinario Mabini
* MacArthur, Leyte – General Douglas MacArthur
* Magdalena, Laguna – Mary Magdalene
* Magsaysay, Davao del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay
* Malvar – Miguel Malvar
* Manolo Fortich – Mayor Manolo Fortich
* Marcos, Ilocos Norte – Mariano Marcos
* Mendez, Cavite – Commodore Castro Méndez Núñez
* Muñoz, Nueva Ecija – Francisco Muñoz
* New Washington, Aklan – George Washington
* Norzagaray – Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero
* Ozamiz – José Ozámiz
* Quezon, Bukidnon – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines
* Quezon City – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines
* Quirino – Elpidio Quirino
* Padre Burgos, Quezon – José Burgos
* Padre Garcia, Batangas – Vicente García, a Filipino priest, hero and a defender of Jose P. Rizal
* Pio Duran, Albay – Filipino Pan-Asianist, Lawyer and Legislator, Pio Saceda Duran (1900–1961)
* Pio V. Corpuz, Masbate – Congressman and Governor, Pio Vicente Corpuz (1883–1944)
* President Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol – Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines
* President Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
* Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
* Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte – Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of then First Lady and Congresswoman Imelda Romualdez Marcos
* Rizal – José Rizal, National hero
* Rodriguez, Rizal – Eulogio Rodriguez
* Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay – Roseller T. Lim
* Roxas, Capiz – Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
* Salcedo, Eastern Samar – Juan de Salcedo
* Salcedo, Ilocos Sur – Juan de Salcedo
* San Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte – Lorenzo Ruiz
* San Pablo, Laguna – St. Paul the First Hermit
* San Pedro, Laguna – St. Peter the Apostle
* Santa Rosa, Laguna – St. Rose of Lima
* Santiago – Saint James the Apostle
* Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat – Benigno Aquino Jr.
* Sikatuna, Bohol – Datu Sikatuna
* Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat
* Taft, Eastern Samar – William Howard Taft
* Tobias Fornier, Antique – Congressman from Antique, Tobias A Fornier
* Trece Martires – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
* Trinidad, Bohol – Trinidad de Leon-Roxas, first lady of the Philippines
* Valderrama, Antique – Manuel Blanco Valderrama, acting Governor-General of the Philippines
* Valenzuela – Pío Valenzuela
* Victoria, Oriental Mindoro – Victoria Quirino, daughter of President Elpidio Quirino

### Poland

* Aleksandrów Kujawski – Emperor Alexander II Romanov, benefactor of the town
* Aleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
* Annopol – Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founder
* Augustów – King Sigismund II Augustus, founder
* Baborów – Bavor ze Strakonic, founder
* Barczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858–1928), Polish Catholic priest
* Bemowo – Józef Bem, national hero
* Bodzentyn – Jan Bodzanta, founder
* Bolesławiec – Duke Bolesław the Pious, founder
* Czukty – Mikołaj Czukta, founder
* Duły – Jan Duła, founder
* Dybowo – Jan Dybowski, founder
* Dzierżoniów – Father Jan Dzierżon, Polish apiarist, discovered the parthenogenesis of bees
* Frampol – Franciszka Butler, wife of founder
* Giżycko – Gustaw Gizewiusz, political figure
* Janów Lubelski – Jan Zamoyski, son of founder
* Jordanów – Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, founder
* Józefów – Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, founder
* Kazimierz Dolny – Duke Casimir II the Just, donor of the town to the Order of Norbertines
* Kętrzyn – Wojciech Kętrzyński, historian
* Kolonowskie – Philipp Colonna, founder
* Konstancin – Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founder
* Konstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov
* Korfantów – Wojciech Korfanty, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
* Łaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz, founder
* Łaszczów – Aleksander Łaszcz, founder
* Mieszkowice – Duke Mieszko I
* Mrągowo – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz, Protestant pastor
* Pieniężno – Seweryn Pieniężny (1890–1940), Polish journalist
* Platerówka – Emilia Plater, national heroine
* Przemków – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa, founder
* Rejowiec – Mikołaj Rej, founder
* Rymanów – Nicolao Reymann, founder
* Sobków – Stanisław Sobek, 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, founder
* Tarnobrzeg – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
* Tarnogród – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
* Terespol – Teresa Słuszka, wife of founder
* Tomaszów Lubelski – Tomasz Zamoyski, owner and benefactor of the town, son of founder
* Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski, founder
* Tyczyn – Bartold Tyczner, founder
* Ursynów – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
* Wejherowo – Jakub Weyher, founder
* Władysławowo – King Wladislaus IV Vasa, founder of the town's port
* Zaklików – Stanisław Zaklika Czyżowski, founder
* Zawadzkie – Franciszek von Zawadzky, founder
* Żyrardów – Philippe de Girard, co-founder
Former:
* Aleksandrowo was the initial name of Gościnowo – Aleksander Zborowski, founder
* Bierutowice was the name of Karpacz Górny (now part of Karpacz) 1949–1991 – Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland
* Hermannsbad was the name of Ciechocinek 1939–1945 – Hermann Göring
* Hindenburg was the name of Zabrze 1915–1945 – Paul von Hindenburg
* Iwanogród was the name of Dęblin 1842–1915 – Ivan Paskevich
* Litzmannstadt was the name of Łódź 1940–1945 – Karl Litzmann
* Nowa Aleksandria was the name of Puławy 1846–1916 – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
* Nowogeorgiewsk was the name of Modlin Fortress 1834–1915 – Saint George
* Stalinogród was the name of Katowice 1953–1956 – Joseph Stalin

### Portugal

* Almargem do Bispo - Bishop Miguel de Castro (1536-1625)
* Caldas da Rainha - Queen Eleanor of Viseu
* 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
* Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count Rodrigo González Girón
* Gomes da Costa (Porto) – Manuel Gomes da Costa
* Guerra Junqueiro (Porto) – Guerra Junqueiro
* Guimarães – Vímara Peres
* Lisbon (Latin, Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, Ulyssipolis, Ulisseia) – Ulysses
* Marechal Carmona (Lisboa) – Óscar Carmona, President
* Marques de Pombal (Lisboa) – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
* Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King Afonso I of Portugal
* Norton de Matos (Coimbra) – José Norton de Matos, a Portuguese general and politician
* Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz
* Padre Cruz (Lisbon) – Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859–1948), Portuguese priest
* Rainha D. Leonor (Albufeira) – Eleanor of Viseu
* Santa Joana (parish) – Joanna, Princess of Portugal
* Santo Aleixo da Restauração - Alexius of Rome
* Santo Isidoro, Marco de Canaveses - Isidore of Seville
* 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 Nova da Rainha (Tondela) - Queen Amelia of Orleans
* Vila Real – King Denis of Portugal
* Vila Real de Santo António – Joseph I of Portugal

### Puerto Rico

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

### Qatar

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

### Romania

* Ady Endre – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet
* Alexandria – Alexandru II Ghica, Prince of Wallachia
* Alexandru Odobescu, Călărași – Alexandru Odobescu, writer and politician
* Avram Iancu, Alba and Avram Iancu, Bihor – Avram Iancu
* Bucharest – Bucur, legendary shepherd
* C. A. Rosetti, Buzău, C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, liberal Wallachian politician
* Ciprian Porumbescu, Suceava – Ciprian Porumbescu
* Constanța – Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of Constantine the Great
* Constantin Daicoviciu, Caraș-Severin – Constantin Daicoviciu, Romanian historian (died 1973)
* Costache Negri, Galați – Costache Negri, revolutionary
* Costinești – Emil Costinescu, Minister of Finance and landowner
* Cuza Vodă, Călărași, Cuza Vodă, Constanța, Cuza Vodă, Galați – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia
* Dragalina, Călărași – General Ion Dragalina
* General Berthelot – Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general
* George Enescu, Botoșani – George Enescu, Romanian composer
* Gheorghe Doja, Ialomița – György Dózsa, a Székely from Transylvania
* Gheorghe Lazăr, Ialomița – Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
* Giurgiu – Saint George
* Horia, Constanța, Horia, Neamț, Horia, Tulcea – Vasile Ursu Nicola (known as Horea)
* I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea – Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania
* Ion Corvin, Constanța – John Hunyadi
* Ion Creangă, Neamț – Ion Creangă
* Ion Roată, Ialomița – Ion Roată, a Romanian peasant and political figure
* Medgidia – Abdülmecid I
* Mihai Eminescu, Botoșani – Mihai Eminescu
* Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța, Mihail Kogălniceanu, 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
* Ovidiu – Ovid
* Petru Rareș, Bistrița-Năsăud – Petru Rareș
* Roman – Roman I of Moldavia
* Saligny, Constanța – Anghel Saligny
* Sfântu Gheorghe, Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea – Saint George
* Ștefan cel Mare, Argeș, Ștefan cel Mare, Călărași, Ștefan cel Mare, Neamț, Ștefan cel Mare, Olt, Ștefan cel Mare, Vaslui, Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău – Stephen III of Moldavia
* Traian, Bacău, Traian, Brăila, Traian, Ialomița, Traian, Olt, Traian, Teleorman – Trajan
* Traian Vuia, Timiș – Traian Vuia, Romanian inventor and aviator
* Tudor Vladimirescu, Brăila, Tudor Vladimirescu, Galați – Tudor Vladimirescu
* Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș – Victor Vlad Delamarina, Romanian poet
* Vlad Țepeș, Călărași, Vlad Țepeș, Giurgiu – Vlad the Impaler
Former:
* Stalin was the name of Brașov – Joseph Stalin
* Vasile Roaită was the name of Eforie Sud – Vasile Roaită, a communist shot during the 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

### Russia

* Akhmat-Yurt – Akhmad Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic
* Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky – Emperor Alexander II of Russia
* Aslanbek-Sheripovo (Chechenia) – Aslanbek Sheripov (1897–1919), revolutionary leader
* Andropovsky District – Yuri Andropov, President
* Babushkin – Ivan Babushkin, revolutionary leader
* Borisoglebsk – Saints Boris and Gleb
* Budyonnovsk – Marshall Semyon Budyonny
* Chaykovsky – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
* Chekhov – Anton Chekhov, playwright
* Chernokozovo – Khrisanf Pavlovich Chernokozov (1885–1966)
* Chernyakhovsk – General Ivan Chernyakhovsky
* Chersky – Polish paleontologist and explorer Jan Czerski
* Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast – General Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (1829–1905)
* Demidov – Bolshevik leader Yakov Demidov
* Dikson – Scottish-Swedish explorer Oscar Dickson
* Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian communist leader and also as a Prime Minister of Bulgaria
* Dmitrov – Saint Demetrius
* Dzerzhinsk – Felix Dzerzhinsky, politician
* Engels – Friedrich Engels, philosopher
* Furmanov – Dmitry Furmanov, author
* Gagarin – Yury Gagarin, cosmonaut
* Georgiyevsk – Saint George
* Gorodovikovsk – General Oka Gorodovikov
* Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – Major General Stepan Guryev
* Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast – Dimitri Alexandrovich Guryev, Minister of Finance
* Imeni Poliny Osipenko (rural locality) – Polina Osipenko, military pilot
* Ivangorod – Tsar Ivan III of Russia
* Kaliningrad – Mikhail Kalinin, President
* Khabarovsk – explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov
* Kingisepp – Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian communist revolutionary
* Kirov – Sergey Kirov, bolshevik leader
* Kirovgrad – Sergey Kirov
* Kirovsk – Sergey Kirov
* Korolyov – rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov
* Kotovsk – Grigore Kotovski, politician
* Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin, anarcho-communist philosopher
* Kuznetsovo, Chukhlomsky District, Kostroma Oblast – Vasili Kuznetsov (politician)
* Kuybyshevo, Rostov Oblast – Commander Nikolay Kuibyshev
* Leninsk-Kuznetsky – Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician
* Leninogorsk – Vladimir Lenin
* Lermontov – Mikhail Lermontov, writer and poet
* Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) – Leo Tolstoy, writer
* Lomonosov – writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov
* Makarov – Stepan Makarov, Imperial Russian naval officer and oceanographer
* Makhachkala – Daghestani revolutionary, Magomed-Ali 'Makhach' Dakhadaev (1882–1918)
* Mariinsk – Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
* Mariinsky Posad – Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
* Marks – Karl Marx, philosopher
* Mayakovskoye – Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet
* Michurinsk – selectionist Ivan Michurin
* Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast – army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller
* Muravlenko – Viktor Muravlenko (1912–1977), engineer
* Nagurskoye – Polish pioneer of aviation Jan Nagórski
* Novoalexandrovsk – Emperor Alexander I of Russia
* Novokuybyshevsk – Valerian Kuybyshev, revolutionary
* Nesterov – World War II hero Stepan Kuzmich Nesterov (1906–1944)
* Nevelsk – Gennady Nevelskoy, navigator
* Noginsk – Bolshevik leader Viktor Nogin
* Pavlovsk – Emperor Paul I
* Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul
* Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast – Peter the Great, Father of the Russian fatherland
* Petrozavodsk – Tsar Peter the Great
* Prokopyevsk – Prokopiy of Ustug
* Pushkin – Aleksandr Pushkin, writer
* Rostov-na-Donu – Dimitry of Rostov
* Saint Petersburg – St. Peter, as the patron saint of Peter the Great (St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)
* Salavat – Salawat Yulayev
* Sergiyev Posad – St. Sergii Radonezhsky
* Shelekhov – Grigory Shelikhov, marine
* Sholokhovsky District – Mikhail Sholokhov, novelist
* Stakhanovets and Stakhanovo (Tula) – Alexey Stakhanov, miner
* Tolyatti (or Togliatti) – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician
* Ulyanovsk – Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov
* Voroshilovka (Smolensk) and Voroshilovo – Kliment Voroshilov
* Yaroslavl – Prince Yaroslav I the Wise
* Yekaterinburg, Russia – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Empress Catherine I of Russia
* Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast – Georgy Zhukov, Military leader
* Zhukovsky – Nikolay Zhukovsky, scientist, a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.
Former:
* Andropov was the name of Rybinsk – Yuri Andropov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
* Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
* 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

### Saint Lucia

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

### Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

### São Tomé e Príncipe

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

### Saudi Arabia

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

### Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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

### Senegal

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

### Serbia

* Aleksa Šantić – Aleksa Šantić, poet
* Aleksandrovac – King Alexander I of Serbia
* Andrićev Venac – Ivo Andrić
* Bajina Bašta – Baja Osman
* Blok Sava Kovačević – Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević
* Braće Jerković – Nebojša and Dušan Jerković
* Bosilegrad – King Busil
* Čelarevo – Commander Zdravko Čelar, Serbian national hero
* Despotovac – Despot Stefan Lazarević
* Dimitrovgrad – Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
* Donji Milanovac – Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia
* Dr Ivan Ribar – Doctor Ivan Ribar, President of Yugoslavia
* Gornji Milanovac – Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia
* Jaša Tomić – Jaša Tomić, journalist
* Kačarevo – Svetozar Kačar, Serbian national hero
* Karađorđevo – Karađorđe, Father of the Serbian Fatherland
* Kljajićevo – Miloš Kljajić, Serbian national hero
* Kraljevo – Milan I of Serbia
* Kruščić – Vukman Kruŝĉić, Serbian national hero
* Lazarevac – Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic
* Lekino Brdo – Aleksandar Ranković
* Lukićevo – Veljko Lukić, Serbian farmer and national hero
* Miletićevo – Svetozar Miletić, advocate, journalist, author, politician
* Minićevo – Milun Minić, Serbian national hero
* Mladenovo – Mladen Stojanović
* Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja) – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, electrical and mechanical engineer
* Obilić – Miloš Obilić, a Serbian knight
* Obrenovac – Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia
* Petrovac, Serbia – Milutin Petrović, Serbian revolutionary
* Radoševo – Radoš Bojović, Serbian national hero
* Ratkovo – Ratko Pavlović, Serbian fighter
* Sava Kovačević, Zemun – Partisan World War II hero Sava Kovačević
* Svetozar Miletić (village) – Svetozar Miletić
* Tomislavci – Tomislav of Yugoslavia
* Tošin Bunar – Teodor Toša Apostolović (1745–1810), Serbian merchant and philanthropist
* Zrenjanin – Žarko Zrenjanin, National Hero of Yugoslavia
Former:
* Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina – Svetozar Marković
* Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo – Aleksandar Ranković
* Titova Mitrovica was the name of Kosovska Mitrovica – Josip Broz Tito
* Titovo Užice was the name of Užice – Josip Broz Tito

### Seychelles

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

### Sierra Leone

* Aberdeen, Sierra Leone – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
* Bureh Town – Bai Bureh, a Sierra Leonean pro independent leader
* Charlotte, Sierra Leone – Princess Charlotte of Wales
* Granville Town, Province of Freedom – Granville Sharp
* Newton, Sierra Leone – British abolitionist John Newton
* Ricketts, Sierra Leone – Henry Ricketts
* Samuel Town, Sierra Leone – Pa Samai, great Mende warrior from the south of Sierra Leone
* Wellington, Freetown – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

### Singapore

* Alexandra, Singapore – Alexandra of Denmark
* Balestier – Joseph Balestier
* Clementi, Singapore – Cecil Clementi
* MacPherson, Singapore – Lieutenant Colonel Ronald MacPherson (1837–1869)
* Mountbatten, Singapore – Lord Louis Mountbatten
* Mount Faber – Captain Charles Edward Faber
* Mount Vernon, Singapore – British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Edward Vernon
* Newton, Singapore – Alfred Howard Vincent Newton
* Queenstown, Singapore – Queen Elizabeth II
* Thomson, Singapore – John Turnbull Thomson

### Slovakia

Source
* 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, Slovak writer
* Hurbanovo – Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Slovak writer and national leader
* Hviezdoslavov - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet
* Jesenské - Janko Jesenský, Slovak writer
* Kalinkovo – Joachim Kalinka (1601–1678), Slovak poet and priest
* Kmeťovo - Andrej Kmeť, Slovak scientist
* Koceľovce - Koceľ, Prince of Lower Pannonia
* Kubáňovo - Ľudovít Kubáni, 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, 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, Slovak historian
* Sládkovičovo – Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet
* Šrobárová - Vavro Šrobár, Slovak politician
* Štefanovičová – Samuel Dobroslav Štefanovič, Slovak national leader
* Štúrovo – Ľudovít Štúr, 19th-century Slovak national leader
* Svätoplukovo – Svätopluk, Prince of Moravia
* Tešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík, Slovak Lutheran priest
* Tomášikovo – Samo Tomášik, Slovak poet
* Veľké Blahovo - Matúš Blaho, Slovak national leader
* Záborské - Jonáš Záborský, Slovak writer
Former:
* Gessayov was the name of Zálesie - Ignác Gessay, Slovak-American journalist
* Hodžovo was the name of Lipové - Milan Hodža, Slovak politician
* Palkovičovo was the name of Sap - Juraj Palkovič, Slovak writer and teacher
* Sklenárovo was the name of Mierovo - Juraj Sklenár, Slovak historian and teacher
* Slávikovo was the name of Orávka - Juraj Slávik, 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

### Slovenia

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

### Somalia

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

### South Africa

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

### South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

* King Edward Point – Edward VII
* Prince Olav Harbour – Crown Prince Olav of Norway

### South Korea

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

### Spain

* Alar del Rey – 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
* Alfonso XIII (Seville) – King Alfonso XIII of Spain
* Alonso de Ojeda (Miajadas) – Alonso de Ojeda
* Arenas del Rey – Alfonso XII of Spain
* Arganda del Rey – Philip II of Spain
* Argüelles (Madrid) – Agustín Argüelles, a Spanish liberal politician
* As Pontes de García Rodríguez – Conde García Rodríguez de Valcarce
* Barcelona (Carthaginian: Barcino) – Hamilcar Barca (etymology disputed)
* Belmonte de Gracián – Baltasar Gracián y Morales
* Betancuria – Jean de Béthencourt
* Cáceres, Spain – Julius Caesar
* Calatrava la Vieja (Arabic: قلعة رباح, romanized: Qalʿat Rabāḥ) – 'Fortress of Rabah,' named after an Arab nobleman who held the area
* Casares, Málaga – Julius Caesar
* Chillarón del Rey – Alfonso VIII of Castile
* Ciudad Rodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron
* Don Benito – D. Benito, son of Conde of Medellín
* Doña Mencía – Mécia Lopes de Haro, Wife of captain Alvaro Perez de Castro
* Dos Hermanas – Two sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, Elvira and Estefania Nazareno
* El Cubo de Don Sancho – Sancho IV of Castile
* El Puerto de Santa María – Saint Mary
* El Valle de Altomira (formerly known as Puebla de Don Francisco) – Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo (1901–1990), Minister of Justice
* Espinoso del Rey – Philip II of Spain
* Fuente la Reina – Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon
* Girón (Valladolid) – José Antonio Girón, Minister of labor
* Guadalema de los Quintero (Seville) – Quintero brothers, Spanish dramatists
* Hermisende – Ermesinda, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Asturias
* Hernán Cortés (Badajoz) – Hernán Cortés
* Isla Cristina – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
* Jaume Roig (Valencia) – Jaume Roig
* Lanzarote – Lancelotto Malocello (Latin: Lanzarotus Marocelus)
* La Carolina – Charles III 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
* 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
* Olías del Rey – Philip V of Spain
* 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 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
* 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, a Spanish 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 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 Sebastián – Saint Sebastian
* San Sebastián de los Reyes – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, the Catholics Kings
* Sant Carles de la Ràpita – Charles III of Spain
* Sant Lluís – Louis XV of France
* Santiago de Compostela – Saint James the Great
* Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Dominic de la Calzada (founder)
* Santa Marina del Rey – Ferdinand II of León
* Sos del Rey Católico – lit. "You are a Catholic King", Ferdinand II of Aragon
* Talavera de la Reina – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
* Torrejón del Rey – Alfonso VI of León and Castile
* Torrelavega – Garci Lasso de la Vega I (the elder)
* Valderrodrigo – Conde Rodrigo Gonzalez Giron
* Valencia de Don Juan – John, Duke of Valencia de Campos
* Valladolid (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 Guadalhorce – Francisco Franco
* Villafranco del Guadiana – Francisco Franco
* Villamanrique – Rodrigo Manrique de Lara
* Villamanrique de la Condesa – Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
* Villanueva de la Reina – Queen Isabella II of Spain
* Villanueva del Arzobispo – Pedro Tenorio, archbishop of Toledo
* Villanueva del Rey - Philip IV of Spain
* 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
Former:
* El Ferrol del Caudillo – Francisco Franco's birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)
* Barbate de Franco – one of the many towns where Francisco Franco spent his holidays
* Guadiana del Caudillo – Francisco Franco (now given a new name, Guadiana)

### Sudan

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

### Suriname

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

### Sweden

* Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
* Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (1797–1856) (wife of the founder of the industry)
* Dorotea – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
* Eskilstuna – Saint Eskil
* Filipstad – Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden
* Flemingsberg – Henrik Klasson Fleming, Lord Marshal, owner, 16th century
* Fredrika – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
* Gustavsberg – Gustaf Oxenstierna, father of the owner, 17th century
* Jakobsberg – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century
* Karlsborg (Västra Götaland) – King Charles XIV John of Sweden
* Karlsborg, Kalix Municipality – King Charles XV of Sweden
* Karlshamn – King Charles X Gustav of Sweden
* Karlskoga – King Charles IX of Sweden
* Karlskrona – King Charles XI of Sweden
* Karlstad – King Charles IX of Sweden
* Katrineholm – Catharina von der Linde, daughter of the estate owner, 17th century
* Kramfors – Christoffer Kramm (1690–1752)
* Kristianopel – King Christian IV of Denmark
* Kristianstad – King Christian IV of Denmark
* Kristinehamn – Queen Christina of Sweden
* Kungens Kurva – King Gustav V of Sweden
* Kungsängen – King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
* Mariefred – Mary, mother of Jesus
* Mariestad – Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden
* Örnsköldsvik – Per Abraham Örnsköld, county governor of Västernorrland County, 1762–1769
* Oskarshamn – King Oscar I of Sweden
* Ulricehamn – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
* Vilhelmina – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen

### Switzerland

* Augst (near the ancient city of Augusta Raurica) – Roman Emperor Augustus
* Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus
* St. Gallen – Saint Gall

### Syria

* Abu Kamal – the Kamal Family
* Al-Bitariyah – Salah al-Din al-Bitar
* Al-Malikiyah – Adnan al-Malki, a Syrian Army officer
* Al-Qadmus – Cadmus, Phoenician prince
* Apamea (Syria) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
* Arwad, formerly Antiochia in Pieria – Antiochus I Soter
* Latakia, formerly Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
* Mount Simeon District – Simeon Stylites
* Muadamiyat al-Sham – Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Kurdish Sultan from Ayyubid dynasty
* Palmyra (modern) (Tadumr) – named after a daughter of one of Noah's distant descendants, who was buried in a city
* Salaheddine District – Saladin
* Sayyidah Zaynab – Zaynab bint Ali
Former:
* 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

### Tajikistan

* 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
Former:
* Alexandria Eschate was the name of Khujand in antiquity – Alexander the Great
* Leninabad was the name of Khujand from 1936 through 1991 – Vladimir Lenin
* Stalinabad was the name of Dushanbe from 1929 through 1961 – Joseph Stalin

### Tanzania

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

### Thailand

* Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Buriram – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
* Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Ratchasima – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
* Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Si Thammarat – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
* Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nan – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
* Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Saraburi – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol
* Chaophraya Surasak – Chaophraya Surasakmontri
* Chulabhorn district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province – Princess Chulabhorn
* Galyani Vadhana district, Chiang Mai Province – Princess Galyani Vadhana
* Mae Fa Luang district – Princess Mother Srinagarindra (Mae Fa Luang)
* Phaya Mengrai district, Chiang Rai Province – King Mangrai (Mengrai)
* Prachaksinlapakhom district – Prince Prachaksinlapakhom (1856–1924)
* Sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani Province – HRH Princess Sirindhorn
* Srinagarindra district, Phatthalung Province – HRH Princess Srinagarindra
* Ubolratana district, Khon Kaen Province – Princess Ubol Ratana
* Vibhavadi district, Surat Thani Province – Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit
* Wachirabarami district, Phichit Province – Prince Vajiralongkorn (RTGS: Wachiralongkon, now King Vajiralongkorn)
* Watthana district, Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration

### Timor-Leste

* Dom Aleixo Administrative Post – Aleixo Corte-Real
* Vila Salazar (Baucau) – António de Oliveira Salazar, a Portuguese statesman
Former:
* Vila Armindo Monteiro was the name of Bobonaro – Armindo Monteiro (1896–1955), Portuguese university professor, businessman, diplomat, and politician
* Vila Eduardo Marques was the name of Bazartete – Eduardo Marques (1867–1944), Portuguese military and officer
* Vila Filomeno da Câmara was the name of Same – 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

### Tunisia

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

### Turkey

* Adampol – Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
* Adana, formerly Antiochia in Cilicia and Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
* Adnan Menderes, Keçiören – Adnan Menderes, Prime minister of Turkey
* Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (Ankara) – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish intellectual
* Alabanda, formerly Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – Antiochus III
* Antakya, formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator
* Antioch, Pisidia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
* Antioch on the Maeander – Antiochus I Soter
* Antiochia, Lydia – Antiochus IV
* Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
* Antiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IV
* Antiochia ad Pyramum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
* Antiochia ad Taurum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
* Antiochia Paraliou – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
* Antiochia in Mesopotamia also known as Antiochia in Arabia:
** named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
** later named Antoninopolis – one of the Antonines, probably Antoninus Pius
** yet later named Constantia and Constantina – Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus
** yet later named Maximianopolis – Roman emperor Maximian
* Apamea (Euphrates) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
* Apamea (Phrygia) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
* Apamea Myrlea:
** named for Apama, wife of King Prusias I of Bithynia
** later site of Roman colony, Colonia Iulia Concordia – Julius Caesar
* Aydın:
** named for Mehmed Bey, the founder of the Anatolian beylik of Aydinids in 1307
** formerly Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
** also formerly Seleucia ad Maeandrum – Seleucus I Nicator
** also formerly Caesarea and Kaisareia – Julius Caesar
* Balışeyh – Sheikh Edebali
* Battalgazi – Battal Gazi, a Muslim, saintly figure and warrior based in Anatolia
* Bayrampaşa – Bayram Pasha, a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizier
* Beypazarı, Ankara – Osman I
* Cebrene:
** formerly Alexandria – Alexander the Great
** formerly Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter
* Edirne, formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian
* Ereğli, formerly Heracleia – Heracles
* Eski Stambul:
** formerly Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas – Augustus and Alexander the Great
** formerly Alexandria Troas – Alexander the Great
** formerly Antigonia Troas – Antigonus I Monophthalmus
* Fahri Korutürk (Mamak) – Fahri Korutürk, President of Turkey
* Fevzipaşa – Fevzi Çakmak
* Gaziosmanpaşa – Gazi Osman Pasha, a prominent Ottoman general who was active in the Balkans
* Gn.Zeki Doğan (Mamak) – Zeki Doğan (1895–1961), Turkish soldier
* İsmetpaşa – İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey
* Istanbul, formerly Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople – Constantine I
* Kazım Orbay (Mamak) – Kazım Orbay, a Turkish general and senator
* Kazımkarabekir – Kâzım Karabekir, commander
* Karacabey – Turkish soldier during the Ottoman era, Karaca Bey
* Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu – Güzelce Kasım Paşa
* Kayseri – after the title Caesar – Emperor, specifically Emperor Augustus
* Kemalpaşa and Kemalpaşa, Artvin – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey
* Kocasinan – Mimar Sinan
* Ladik, formerly Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named Laodice
* Lalapaşa – Lala Şahin Pasha
* Laodicea on the Lycus – Laodice I, wife of Antiochus II
* Laodicea Combusta – Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
* Lysimachia – Lysimachus
* Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Ankara) – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet
* Merkezefendi – Merkez Efendi, an Ottoman sufi.
* Mopsuestia:
** formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator
** formerly named Hadria – Hadrian
** formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius
* Muhsin Ertuğrul, Cankaya – Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish theatre director
* Muratpaşa – Murat Pasha of Karaman
* Mustafakemalpaşa – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey
* Namık Kemal (Ankara) – Namık Kemal, an Ottoman writer and political activist
* Nusaybin, formerly Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I Soter
* Peyami Safa (Mamak) – Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist
* Saimbeyli – Saim Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander
* Samosata, formerly Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
* Şanlıurfa:
** formerly Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV
** formerly Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor Justinian
* Şahinbey – Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander
* Şehit Cengiz Topel (Mamak) – Cengiz Topel, a fighter pilot of the Turkish Air Force
* Şehit Kubilay (Keçiören) – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay
* Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I Nicator
* Seleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I Nicator
* Seleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I Nicator
* Seleucia Sidera:
** named for Seleucus I Nicator
** later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius
* Silifke, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
* Sinop – Sinope – disputed
* Sokullu Mehmet Paşa (Ankara) – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
* Stratonicea (Lydia):
** named for a royal wife named Stratonice, possibly the wife of Eumenes II
** later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
* Stratonicea (Caria):
** named for Stratonice of Syria
** later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
* Tarsus, formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV
* Zeugma, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
* Sinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks
* Süleymanpaşa – Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)
* Yavuz Sultan Selim (Kahramankazan) – Selim I
* Zübeyde Hanım (Ankara) – Zübeyde Hanım
Former:
* Antioch was the name of an antique city near today's Antakya – Antiochus

### Turkmenistan

* Agaýusup adyndaky (Mary) – Aga Yusup Alyýew (1882–1970), Hero of Socialist Labor
* Akmyrat Hümmedow adyndaky (Mary) – Akmyrat Hümmedow (1931–2000), Turkmen actor
* Alty Garlyev (Ahal) – Alty Karliev, Turkmen stage and film actor, director and dramatist
* Andalyp (city) – Nurmuhammet Andalyp (1660–1740), Turkmen philosopher
* Annagylyç Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Annagylyç Ataýew (1912–1943), Hero of Turkmenistan
* Arkadag – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Arkadag), former president
* Ashgabat – Arsaces I of Parthia
* Aşyr Kakabaýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Aşyr Kakabaýew (1909–1968), Turkmen cotton grower
* Babadaýhan – Bābā-Dihqān, Iranian mythological figure
* Balta Myradow adyndaky (Lebap) – Balta Myradow (1908–1984), Turkmen businessman and politician
* Balyş Öwezow (Görogly) – Balysh Ovezov, Prime Minister of Turkmenistan during the soviet era
* Berdy Kerbabaýew adyndaky and Kerbabayeva – Berdy Kerbabayev, Turkmen writer
* Döwletmämmet Azady adyndaky (Lebap) – Döwletmämmet Azady, Turkmen poet
* Gurban Durdy (Ahal) – Gurban Durdy (1917–1976), Hero of Turkmenistan
* Görogly (city) – Koroghlu, a semi-mystical hero
* Hüdük Myradow adyndak (Dashoguz) – Hüdük Myradow (1921–1987), Hero of Socialist Labor
* J.Atajanov (Mary) – Jumadurdy Atajanow (1913–1969), Hero of Turkmenistan
* Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow (1912–1943), World War II hero
* Kulyýewa adyndaky (Lebap) – Gylyç Kulyýew (1913–1990), Turkmen writer and diplomat
* Magtymguly District – Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen poet
* Magtymguly Garlyýew (Akdepe) – Magtymguly Garly (1889–1957), Turkmen musician
* Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer, Mollanepes (1810–1862)
* Nyýazow adyndaky (Mary) – Saparmurat Niyazov
* Nobat Gutlyýew adyndaky (Lebap) – Nobat Gutlyýew (1910–1967), Hero of Socialist Labor
* Oguzhan (town) – Oghuz Khagan, the mythical progenitor of the Turkic nations
* Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew (1900–1978), Turkmen hero
* Rejepguly Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Rejepguly Ataýew (1920–1972), Hero of Socialist Labor
* Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy – Saparmurat Niyazov
* Sadylla Rozmetow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Sadylla Rozmetow (1920–2011), Hero of Turkmenistan
* Seýdi – Seitnazar Seidi (1775–1836), Turkmen patriot and poet
* Shabat, Turkmenistan – Anusha, Khan of Khiva
* Şabende adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Abdylla Şabende (1720–1800), Turkmen writer
* Şükür bagşy adyndaky (Ahal) – Şükür bagşy (1831–1928), Turkmen folk bard
* Tagan Baýramdurdyýew adyndaky (Ahal) – Tagan Baýramdurdyýew (1909–1977), Turkmen hero
* Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
* Zelili adyndaky (Lebap) – Zelili (1779–1836), Turkmen poet
* Zynhary (village) - Abdirahim Zynhary (1791–1880), Tukrmen poet
Former:
* Alexandria was given the name of Merv – Alexander the Great
* Antiochia in Margiana was given the name of Merv – Antiochus I Soter
* Atamyrat was given the name of Kerki – Atamyrat Niyazov, Father of Saparmurat Niyazov who died during World War II
* Gurbansoltan Eje was given the name of Andalyp (city) – Gurbansoltan Eje, former president Saparmurat Niyazov's mother
* Kalinin was given the name of Boldumsaz – Mikhail Kalinin
* Kirovsk was given the name of Babadaýhan – Sergei Kirov
* Leninsk was given the name of Turkmenabat – Vladimir Lenin
* Nyýazow was given the name of Shabat, Turkmenistan – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
* Stalin was given the name of Murgap, Turkmenistan – Joseph Stalin
* Telmansk was given the name of Gubadag – Ernst Thälmann
* Voro'silovabad was given the name of Boldumsaz – Kliment Voroshilov

### Uganda

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

### Ukraine

* Alchevsk – Oleksiy Alchevsky
* Apostolove – Danylo Apostol
* Barvinkove – ataman Ivan Barvinok [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 out of Taganrog Chistiakov
* Dokuchaievsk – Vasily Dokuchaev
* Hoholeve – Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol)
* Horlivka – Pyotr Gorlov
* Ivano-Frankivsk – writer Ivan Franko
* Izmail – Ottoman Grand Vizier (Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha?)
* Kakhovka – Vasiliy Kakhovsky (1738-1794)
* Kharkiv – Cossack Kharyton (Chariton)
* Khmelnytskyi – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
* Khutir-Mykhailivskyi – Mikhail Tereshchenko
* Klavdiievo-Tarasove – Southwestern Railways Director Klavdiy Nemishaiev [ru; uk] and Taras Shevchenko
* Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi – Taras Shevchenko
* Kostiantynivka – Kostiantyn Nomikossov (1812-1907), son of former landowner
* Kotsiubynske – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
* Krolevets – King (Polish: król) Sigismund III of Poland
* Kropyvnytskyi – Marko Kropyvnytskyi
* Kyiv – Kyi
* Liubar – Liubartas
* Lviv – Leo I of Halych
* Makiivka – Cossack Makei
* Malyn – Mal (prince of the Drevlyans) or Malusha
* Mariupol – St.Mary or Empress consort of Russia Maria Fyodorovna
* Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske – writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
* Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Ieremia Movilă
* Mykolaiv – Saint Nicholas
* Myronivka – Myron Zelenyi, cossack or free settler
* Nemishaieve – Southwestern Railways Director Klavdiy Nemishaiev [ru; uk]
* Novovorontsovka – Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
* Olevsk – Oleg of Drelinia
* Ovidiopol – Ovid
* Pavlohrad – Paul I of Russia
* Pyrohove – a neighborhood of Vinnytsia, former village named after Nikolay Pirogov
* Radyvyliv – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł
* Romaniv – Roman the Great
* Sadhora – Piotr Mikołaj Gartenberg Sadogórski, founder
* Sheptytskyi – Father Andrey Sheptytsky, Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Lemberg (Lviv)
* Shevchenkove – Taras Shevchenko
* Siedove – Georgy Sedov
* Skadovsk – hydrobiologist and biochemist Sergey B. Skadovsky [ru; uk]
* Smila – unnamed local heroine
* Smoline - Mykola Smolin (1928-1974), Ukrainian geologist
* Starokostiantyniv – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
* Susval (Volyn) – 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]
* 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
* Vasylivka – Vasili Stepanovich Popov
* Vasylkiv – Basil of Caesarea
* Verkhivtseve – Alexander Verkhovtsev [ru; uk]
* Volodymyr – Vladimir the Great
* Yakymivka – Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic
* Yavornytske - Dmytro Yavornytsky
* Yenakiieve – Fyodor Yenakiyev [ru; uk]
* Zalizniak (Sumy) - Maksym Zalizniak
* Zhovkva – Stanisław Żółkiewski
Former:
* Aleksandrovsk, Oleksandrivsk was the name of Zaporizhzhia – Emperor Alexander I
* Artemivsk was the name of Bakhmut – revolutionary Artem
* Dniprodzerzhynsk was the name of Kamianske – Felix Dzerzhinsky
* Dnipropetrovsk was the name of Dnipro – Bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in the 1920s–30s
* Illichivsk was the name of Chornomorsk – Vladimir Illich Lenin
* 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
* 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 Pervomaisk – Catherine the Great
* Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipro – Catherine the Great
* Yelizavetgrad, Yelyzavethrad was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Saint Elizabeth and Empress regnant Elizabeth of Russia
* Yuzivka was the name of Donetsk – British businessman John Hughes
* Zhdanov was the name of Mariupol – Andrey Zhdanov
* Zinovievsk was the name of Kropyvnytskyi – Grigory Zinoviev

### United Arab Emirates

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

### United Kingdom
#### Great Britain

* Albert Village – Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Alexander Smollett of Bonhill (died on 1799)
* Bognor Regis – George V of United Kingdom
* Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
* Camden Town – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
* Campbell Park – Lord Campbell of Eskan
* Cubitt Town – William Cubitt (politician)
* Fitzrovia – Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton
* Fort Augustus – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
* Fort William, Scotland – William of Orange
** renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
* Halsetown - James Halse
* Helensburgh – Lady Helen Sutherland (1717–1791)
* King's Lynn – Henry VIII of England
* Kingstanding – Charles I of England
* Kingston upon Hull – Edward I of England
* Kingston upon Thames – King Æthelstan
* Kington, Herefordshire – Henry I of England
* Kirkcudbright – St Cuthbert
* Knutsford – King Canute
* Maryland, London – Henrietta Maria of France
* Montgomery, Powys – Roger de Montgomerie, Main Counsellor
* Nicholstown - Jonas Nichols (1836-1891)
* Pentonville – Henry Penton
* Perkinsville, County Durham – Edward Mosely Perkins (1821-1871) and his son Charles Perkins (1851-1905)
* Peterborough – St Peter
* Peterlee – Peter Lee, a miners' leader and President of the MFGB
* 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 – Queen Catherine Parr
* Queen's Park, London – Queen Victoria
* Queenborough – Philippa of Hainault
* Saltaire – Sir Titus Salt
* Somers Town, London – Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers
* St Albans – St Alban
* St Andrews – St Andrew
* St Davids – St David
* St Ives, Cambridgeshire – Saint Ivo
* St Neot, Cornwall – St Neot
* St Neots, Cambridgeshire – St Neot
* Telford – Thomas Telford, civil engineer
* Victoria, Cornwall – Queen Victoria
* Victoria, London – Queen Victoria
* Victoria, Newport – Queen Victoria
* Wolverhampton – Wulfrun

#### Northern Ireland

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

### United States

* Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
* Annapolis, Maryland – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
* Ann Arbor, Michigan – Ann Allen and Mary Ann Rumsey, founders
* Augusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
* Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin
* Baltimore – Lord Baltimore
* Berkeley, California – George Berkeley, philosopher
* Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck
* Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Cincinnati – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
* Dallas – George M. Dallas
* Denver – James W. Denver
* Edison, New Jersey – Thomas A. Edison
* Fayetteville, Tennessee – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
* Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
* Hamilton, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton
* Henderson, Nevada – Charles Henderson (Nevada politician)
* Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton Hershey, famous chocolatier
* Houston – Sam Houston
* Jacksonville, Florida – Andrew Jackson
* Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania – Jim Thorpe
* Keokuk, Iowa – Keokuk (Sauk leader)
* King County, Washington – Originally after William R. King, changed to Martin Luther King Jr.
* Lincoln, Nebraska – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
* Los Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
* Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison
* Nashville, Tennessee – American Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash
* New York City – James of York and Albany
* Pittsburgh – William Pitt the Elder
* Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh
* San Antonio – Saint Anthony of Padua
* San Diego – Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego
* San Francisco – Saint Francis
* San Jose, California – Saint Joseph
* Saint Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul
* St. Augustine, Florida – Augustine of Hippo
* St. Louis, Missouri – Louis IX of France
* Santa Ana, California – Saint Anne
* Santa Barbara, California – Saint Barbara
* Seattle – Chief Seattle
* Ventura, California – Saint Bonaventure
* Washington, D.C. – George Washington
* Ypsilanti, Michigan – Demetrios Ypsilantis

### Uruguay

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

### Uzbekistan

* Abdurahmonov nomidag (Tashkent) – Abdujabbor Abdurahmonov (1907–1975), President of Uzbekistan from 1938 to 1950
* Ahmad Yassaviy (Tashkent) – Ahmad Yasawi
* Ahmad Yugnakiy (Tashkent) – Edib Ahmed bin Mahmud Yüknekî (poet)
* Ajiniyaz (Karakalpakstan) – Ájiniyaz, Karakalpak poet
* Antiochia in Scythia – Antiochus I Soter
* Berdaq (Karakalpakstan) – Berdakh, Karakalpak poet
* Beruniy – al-Biruni
* Dosnazarov (Karakalpakstan) – Allayar Dosnazarov (1896–1937), Karakalpak politician
* F. Yuldashev (Bulungur) – Faizulla Yuldashev (1912–1991), veteran of the Great Patriotic War
* Gagarin, Uzbekistan – Yuri Gagarin
* Gani Azamov, Qoraqamish – Gani Azamov (1909–2001), Uzbek actor
* H.Tursunqulov (Tashkent) – Hamrakul Tursunkulov (1892–1965), chairman of the collective farm
* Iskandar (town) – Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
* Islom Shoir (Samarkand) – Islom Shoir (1874–1953), Uzbek poet
* Khamzy (Tashkent) and Khamzy (Uchqorgon) – Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, poet
* Mirzo Ulugbek, Ulugbek (town) – Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician and sultan
* Muborak – Islamic scholar Abdullah bin al-Mubarak al-Marwazi
* Navoiy – Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi
* Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh) – Sharof Rashidov, President of Uzbekistan from 1950 to 1959
* Oxunboboyev (Shurchi) – Yuldash Akhunbabaev
* S. Umarov (Navoiy) – Salih Khusanovich Umarov (1922–1995), World War II hero
* Shaykhontohur – Sheikh Khovendi at-Takhu, a famous thinker and educator
* Sobir Kamolov (Karakalpakstan) – Sobir Kamolov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 1955 to 1957
* Sobir Rahimov nomli (Bostanlyk) – Sobir Rakhimov
* T.Ahmedov nomidag (Sirdaryo) – Turgun Ahmedov (1925–1944), World War II hero
* U.Musaev (Yangiyul) – Ubaydulla Musaev (1914–1972), Uzbek political figure
* Zakirov (Tashkent) – Qodir Zokirov, Uzbek scientist, botanist and educator
Former:
* "Akhunbabaev" was the name of Jalaquduq – Soviet Uzbek state figure Yuldash Akhunbabaev (1885–1943)
* "Akmal-Ikramov" was the name of Uchtepa – Akmal Ikramov
* "Kuybishevo" was the name of Rishtan – Valerian Kuybyshev
* "Leninsk" was the name of Asaka, Uzbekistan – Vladimir Lenin
* "Skobelev" was the name of Fergana – Mikhail Skobelev
* "Sobir Rakhimov" was the name of Olmazar – Sobir Rakhimov
* "Hamza" was the name of Yashnobod – Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi

### Venezuela

* Alberto Adriani Municipality – Alberto Adriani Mazzei (1898–1936), economist and writer
* Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality – Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet
* Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas – Andrés Eloy Blanco, Venezuelan poet
* Angostura Municipality, Venezuela or Raúl Leoni Municipality – Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni
* Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality – Antonio Pinto Salinas (1915–1953), Venezuelan poet
* Arístides Bastidas Municipality – Arístides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer
* Arzobispo Chacón Municipality – Acacio Chacon Guerra (1884–1978)
* Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality – Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (1819–1908), Venezuelan lawyer and politician
* Cardenal Quintero Municipality – José Humberto Quintero Parra
* Carlos Arvelo Municipality – Carlos Arvelo, Venezuelan doctor and politician.
* Ciudad Bolívar – Simón Bolívar
* Ciudad Ojeda – Alonso de Ojeda
* Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality – Diego Bautista Urbaneja
* Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, Monagas – General Ezequiel Zamora
* Fernandez Feo Municipality – Bishop of Táchira, Monseñor Alejandro Fernández-Feo Tinoco (1908–1987)
* Francisco Aniceto Lugo Parish (Delta Amacuaro) – Francisco Aniceto Lugo (1894–1982), Venezuelan writer
* Francisco Javier Pulgar Municipality (Zuila) – Francisco Javier Pulgar (1877–1959), Venezuelan educator
* Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero
* Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality – Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President
* Jauregui Municipality (Táchira) – Jesus Manuel Jauregui (1848–1905)
* Jesús Enrique Lossada Municipality – Jesus Enrique Lossada (1892–1948), Venezuelan writer
* Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez
* José Tadeo Monagas Municipality – José Tadeo Monagas
* Manuel Monge Municipality – Manuel Monge (1950–1993), President of the Village Association of Poblado 32
* Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality – Mario Briceño Iragorry
* Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique Maruwa
* Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen (1903–2003)
* Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (Táchira) – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (1915–2003)
* Padre Noguera Municipality – Father Adonay Noguera (1884–1954)
* Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien (1925–1995), a Mongol missioner
* Páez, Apure – José Antonio Páez, an Independence hero
* Paz Castillo Municipality – Venezuelan poet and diplomat Fernando Paz Castillo
* Pedro Gual Municipality – 19th century Venezuelan President Pedro Gual Escandón
* Rafael Rangel Municipality – Rafael Rangel (1877–1909), Venezuelan scientific
* Raúl Leoni Parish (Maracaibo) – Raúl Leoni
* Rómulo Costa Municipality, Táchira – Antonio Romulo Costa Duque (1872–1956)
* Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan writer and president
* Sifontes Municipality – General Antonio Domingo Sifontes
* Sucre, Miranda – Antonio José de Sucre
* Urdaneta, Miranda – Rafael Urdaneta
* Valmore Rodríguez Municipality (Zuila) – Valmore Rodríguez (1900–1955), Venezuelan journalist

### Vietnam

* Bế Văn Đàn (Quảng Hòa) – Bế Văn Đàn (1931–1953), Hero of the People's Armed Forces
* Đề Thám (Lạng Sơn) – Hoàng Hoa Thám "Đề Thám" (1858–1913), leader of Yên Thế Insurrection
* Đình Phong (Cao Bằng) – Đình Phong, a communist soldier
* Đình Phùng, Bảo Lạc – Phan Đình Phùng (1847–1895), Vietnamese poet
* Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu (1912–1947), a communist lawyer
* Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
* Hồ Thị Kỷ (Cà Mau) – Hồ Thị Kỷ (1949–1970), martyr hero
* Hoàng Văn Thụ, Văn Lãng – Hoàng Văn Thụ (1909–1944), Vietnamese revolutionary
* Hồng Dân (Bạc Liêu) – Trần Hồng Dân (1916–1946), nationalist revolutionary
* Kim Đồng, Thạch An – Kim Đồng (1929–1943), captain of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization
* Ngọc Hiển (Cà Mau) – Phan Ngọc Hiển (1910–1941), a local teacher, writer and artist
* Nguyễn Huân (Cà Mau) – Nguyễn Văn Huân (d.1946), communist martyr
* Nông trường Trần Phú – Trần Phú, Vietnamese revolutionary
* Phạm Văn Cội (Củ Chi) – Phạm Văn Cội (1940–1967), Hero of the People's Armed Forces
* Quang Trung, An Lão (Hải Phòng) – Quang Trung, second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty
* Trần Hưng Đạo (Lý Nhân) – Trần Hưng Đạo, an imperial prince, statesman and military commander
* Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời (1902–1942), a local communist
Former:
* Thành Thái Phien – the name of Da Nang in 1945 – revolutionary Thái Phiên

### Zambia

* Dag Hammerskjoeld (Ndola) – Dag Hammarskjöld
* Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (Lusaka) – Harry Nkumbula, Zambian nationalist leader
* Helen Kaunda (Copperbelt) – Ms. Helen Kaunda (d.1973), mother of President Kenneth Kaunda
* John Laing (Lusaka) – John Laing (businessman)
* Julia Chikamoneka (Kasama) – Julia Chikamoneka (1910–1986), Zambian freedom fighter
* Livingstone – doctor David Livingstone
* Lusaka – Chief Lusaka
* Mansa, Zambia – Chief Mansa
* Victoria Falls – Queen Victoria
Former:
* Abercorn was the name of Mbala – Lord Abercorn, British nobleman and diplomat
* Bancroft was the name of Chililabombwe – Joseph Austen Bancroft (1882–1957), British geologist and scientist
* Fort Jameson was the name of Chipata – Leander Starr Jameson, British statesman
* Fort Rosebery was the name of Mansa, Zambia – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

### Zimbabwe

* Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow (1868–1946), the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer Column
* Beitbridge – Alfred Beit
* Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield (1869–1950)
* Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888
* Montgomery (Bulawayo) – Bernard Montgomery
* Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe – Charles Darwin
* Mount Hampden – John Hampden
* Norton, Zimbabwe – the Norton family
* Selous, Zimbabwe – Frederick Selous
* Victoria Falls – Queen Victoria
* West Nicholson – Andy Nicholson, an early prospector
* Zhombe Joel – Joel Tessa, one of the pioneer businessmen at the centre during the 1960s.
Former:
* Fort Victoria was the name of Masvingo – Queen Victoria
* Hartley was the name of Chegutu – Henry Hartley, an early explorer
* Salisbury was the name of Harare – Lord Salisbury