There are a number of places in Mexico named after famous people.
Aguascalientes
Adolfo López Mateos (Aguascalientes) – Adolfo López Mateos
Calvillo – José Calvillo (founder) Cosío – Felipe Cosío, Governor Pabellón de Arteaga – José María Artega, 19th century national hero Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) – Miguel Hidalgo San Francisco de los Romo – Francis of Assisi San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes – Joseph Villaseñor, son of Ferdinand VII of Spain Villa Juárez (Aguascalientes) – Benito Juárez Villa Jesús Terán (Aguascalientes) – Jesús Terán Peredo (governor)
Baja California
Alberto Oviedo Mota (Baja California) – Dr. Alberto Oviedo Mota (1882–1953) Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California – Guadalupe Victoria San Quintín Municipality – Quentin of Amiens (d. c. AD 287) Venustiano Carranza, Baja California – Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico Vicente Guerrero, Baja California – Vicente Guerrero Villa de Juárez (Ensenada) – Benito Juárez, President of Mexico
Baja California Sur
Melitón Albáñez Domínguez, Baja California Sur – General Melitón Albañez (1880–1917) Puerto Adolfo López Mateos (Baja California Sur) – Adolfo López Mateos
Campeche
Alfredo V. Bonfil (Campeche) – Alfredo Vladimir Bonfil, a Peasant leader
Bolonchén de Rejón – Manuel Crescencio García Rejón (1799–1849), jurist
Emiliano Zapata (Campeche) – Emiliano Zapata
Escárcega – Francisco Escarcega Marquez (1896–1938), a native from Tlaxcala who fought in a revolution Ingeniero Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (Calakmul, Campeche) – Eugenio Echeverría Castellot (1918–1999), governor of Campeche Iturbide (Campeche) – Agustín de Iturbide Juárez (Campeche) – Benito Juárez Villa Madero (Campeche) – Francisco I. Madero
Chiapas
Ángel Albino Corzo – Ángel Albino Corzo (1816–1875), liberal politician, governor (1856–1860) Bejucal de Ocampo – Melchor Ocampo, politician, senator Benemérito de las Américas – Benito Juárez Berriozábal – Felipe Berriozábal, military and politician Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal – Captain Luis Vidal, hero of the Battle of Chiapa de Corzo Chiapa de Corzo – Ángel Albino Corzo Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez (Chiapas) and El Porvenir de Velasco Suárez – Manuel Velasco Suárez, neurologist and former governor of Chiapas in 1970 to 1976 Dr. Rodulfo Figueroa (Chiapas) – Mexican poet and physician Dr. :es:Rodulfo Figueroa Esquinca (1866–1899) Efrain A. Gutierrez (Chiapas) – Efrain Antonio Gutierrez (1894–1985), Governor of Chiapas in 1936 to 1940 Ejido Raymundo Enríquez - Raymundo E. Enríquez (1889-1968), Governor of Chiapas Emiliano Zapata, Chiapas – Emiliano Zapata Francisco León, Chiapas – Francisco Leon, Governor of Chiapas Frontera Hidalgo – Miguel Hidalgo, Father of the fatherland Joaquín Amaro (Chiapas) – Gral. Joaquín Amaro Juárez, Chiapas – Benito Juárez, president of Mexico Larráinzar – Manuel Larráinzar, politician Marqués de Comillas – Claudio López, 2nd Marquess of Comillas Mazapa de Madero – Francisco I. Madero, president of Mexico Miguel Alemán (Chiapas) – Miguel Alemán Valdés Montecristo de Guerrero – Vicente Guerrero Motozintla de Mendoza – Ismael Mendoza Sanchez (1882–1920) Nicolás Ruiz – 19th-century Governor of Chiapas, Nicolás Ruiz Ocozocoautla de Espinosa – Luis Espinosa (1880–1926) Rayón, Chiapas – Ignacio López Rayón Rincón Chamula San Pedro – Peter the Apostle San Andrés Larráinzar – Saint Andrew and Manuel Larráinzar San Cristóbal de las Casas – Bartolomé de las Casas, 15th century Spanish writer San Fernando, Chiapas – Ferdinand III of Castile (d. 1252) San Lucas, Chiapas – Luke the Evangelist Santiago el Pinar – James the Great (d. AD 44) Tuxtla Gutiérrez – :es:Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez (1796–1838), Conservative politician, independence leader Unión Juárez, Chiapas – Benito Juárez Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas – Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico Villa Corzo – Ángel Albino Corzo