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 ) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha – Helena of Constantinople, and Tristão da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – George III and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, respectively.
"Lands" of Antarctica
Adélie Land – Adèle Dumont d'Urville
Edward VII Land – King Edward VII
Queen Maud Land – Queen Maud of Norway
Ross Dependency – James Clark Ross
Victoria Land – Queen Victoria
Towns and cities
Caesarea (disambiguation) (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar or Roman emperors
Afghanistan
Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Baba Mina – Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ai-Khanoum, formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great
Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) – Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) Ghaziabad, Kunar – Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed (died in 1980s) Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town – Amanullah Khan Jalalabad – Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar Jamal Mena, Kabul – Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī Kandahar – Alexander the Great Khwaja Bahauddin District- Khwaja Bahauddin, Naqshband of Turkistan Khushal Khan Mena – Khushal Khattak Mohammad Agha District – Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a founder of the Qajar dynasty Nadir Shah Kot District – Mohammed Nadir Shah Sheberghan – Shapur II Sher Khan Bandar – Sher Khan Nashir Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul and Wazirabad, Kabul – Wazir Akbar Khan