- 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''.
- Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavia n landowner
- Angus - King Oengus I Of The Picts
- Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
- Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
- Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
- Cardigan - Ceredig , son of Cunedda
- Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar
- Fife - Fib Of The Picts , one of the seven sons of Cruithe
- Gibraltar - Tariq Ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic ''djebl al-Tarik'' or "mountain of Tarik")
- Glamorgan - Prince Morgan The Old Of Gwent
- Gwynedd - Cunedda
- Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
- Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- Lothian - Leudonus
- Merionethshire - Meirion , son of Cunedda
- Montgomery, Powys - Roger De Montgomery
- Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
- Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
- Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
''Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundreds of years. Often, there isn't much known about them today. In Latin America, as well, it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures after their notable sons.''
- Alexandria, Egypt - Alexander The Great
- Alexandria, Romania - Alexandru Ghica
- : See also Alexandria (disambiguation)
- Amman , Jordan - Ammon
- Antioch - Antiochus
- Bongoville , Gabon – Omar Bongo Ondimba
- Buchanan, Liberia - James Buchanan
- Bucharest (Bucureşti) - Bucur , legendary shepherd
- Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
- Charleroi , Belgium - Charles II of Spain
- Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar
- Ciudad Trujillo (former) – Rafael Trujillo
- Colombo – Christopher Columbus
- Ettelbruck - Etzel ( Attila The Hun )
- Henties Bay , Namibia - Major Hentie van der Merwe
- Kaiseraugst - Augustus
- Kingston, Jamaica - King William III Of England
- Latakia - Laodice
- Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely
- Lisbon - possibly Ulysses
- Litvak , Germany - Evan Litvak
- Livingstone , Zambia - Dr. Livingstone
- Lüderitz - Adolf Lüderitz
- Martelange - Martelius
- Monrovia - James Monroe
- Pedro Juan Caballero , Paraguay - Pedro Juan Caballero
- Rome - Romulus
- Sadr City - Moqtada Al-Sadr and his family
- San Salvador , El Salvador - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
- San José, Costa Rica - Saint Joseph
- Santiago De Chile - Saint James
- Sinop , Turkey - Sinope
- Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander The Great
- Tubmanburg , Liberia - William Tubman
- Wellington, New Zealand - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Of Wellington
- Willemstad - William The Silent
- Zhongshan , Guangdong , China - Dr. Sun Yat-sen
- Anchieta, Brazil - Father José De Anchieta
- Benjamin Constant , Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
- Campos Sales , Brazil - Manuel Ferraz De Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais , Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas Disease )
- Duque De Caxias , Brazil - Luís Alves De Lima E Silva , Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
- Epitaciolândia , Acre, Brazil - Epitácio Da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Euclides Da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides Da Cunha (Brazilian Writer )
- Florianópolis , Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão , Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian Poet )
- João Pessoa , Paraíba, Brazil - João Pessoa Cavalcanti De Albuquerque , governor of the state of Paraíba
- Marechal Deodoro , Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro Da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
- Marechal Floriano , Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Nilo Peçanha, Brazil , Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Nilópolis , Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Peçanha , Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
- Petrópolis , Brazil - Pedro II , emperor of Brazil
- Presidente Bernardes , Brazil - Artur Da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Dutra , Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Epitácio , Brazil - Epitâcio Da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Figueiredo , Brazil João Baptista De Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Getúlio , Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Jânio Quadros , Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Juscelino , Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Kennedy , Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)
- Presidente Médici , Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Prudente and Prudente De Morais , Brazil - Prudente José De Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Sarney, Maranhão , Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)
- Rio Branco , Acre, Brazil - Barão Do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
- Rondonópolis and Rondolândia , Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
- Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
- Salesópolis , Brazil - Manuel Ferraz De Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Salvador , Brazil - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
- Santos Dumont , Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont , inventor of Aircraft
- Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
- São Luís , Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX Of France (Saint Louis)
- São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent
- São Sebastião, São Paulo , Brazil - Saint Sebastian
- Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina Of Brazil , wife of Pedro II
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , consort of King George III Of The United Kingdom .
- Churchill, Manitoba , Canada - John Churchill, 1st Duke Of Marlborough
- Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke Of York
- Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl Of Halifax
- Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener
- Sydney, Nova Scotia - Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
- Vancouver - Captain George Vancouver , English explorer of Dutch descent ( van Coevorden )
- Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria
- Prince Rupert , British Columbia - Named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
- Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean )
- Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin
- Baird, Texas - Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works )
- Baltimore, Maryland - Lord Baltimore
- Barstow, California - William Barstow Strong ( ATSF president)
- Bismarck, North Dakota - Otto Von Bismarck
- Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society Of The Cincinnati )
- Chaison, South Carolina - Chaison L. McGuire
- Cleveland, Ohio - Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)
- Dallas, Texas - George M. Dallas
- Denver, Colorado - James W. Denver
- Dubuque, Iowa - Julien Dubuque
- Edison, Georgia , Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
- Houston - Sam Houston
- Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson
- Joplin, Missouri - a Methodist minister in the new city
- Knoxville - Henry Knox
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln
- Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI
- Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison
- Modesto, California - William Chapman Ralston , reputed for being a modest man
- Nickerson, Kansas - Thomas Nickerson ( ATSF president)
- Pittsburgh - William Pitt The Elder
- Provo, Utah - Étienne Provost
- Quincy, Massachusetts - John Quincy Adams (American President and Statesman)
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis
- St. Paul, Minnesota - Saint Paul
- San Diego - Saint James
- San Francisco, California - Saint Francis
- San Jose, California - Saint Joseph
- Seattle, Washington - Chief Seattle
- Strong City, Kansas - William Barstow Strong ( ATSF president)
- Washington, D.C. - George Washington
- (Hitler Lake) - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland
- Augusto C. Sandino International Airport - Augusto César Sandino
- Aurel Vlaicu International Airport - Aurel Vlaicu
- B. J. Vorster Airport - Balthazar Johannes Vorster
- Benito Juárez International Airport - Benito Juárez
- Bernardo O'Higgins Aerodrome - Bernardo O'Higgins
- Rafic Hariri International Airport - Rafic Hariri
- Charles De Gaulle Airport - Charles De Gaulle
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport , Louis Armstrong
- John Wayne Airport , John Wayne
- Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport - Léopold Sédar Senghor
- Simón Bolívar International Airport, Ecuador - Simon Bolivar
- Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela - Simon Bolivar
- Chiang Kai-shek International Airport - Chiang Kai-shek
- Imam Khomeini International Airport - Ruhollah Khomeini
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Rajiv Gandhi
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport - Lech Wałęsa
- General Urquiza Airport - Justo José De Urquiza
- Generalissimo Francisco De Miranda Airport - Francisco De Miranda
- Henri Coandă International Airport - Henri Coandă
- Hosea Kutako International Airport - Hosea Kutako
- Yaser Arafat International Airport - Yaser Arafat
- Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport - Johan Adolf Pengel
- John F. Kennedy Airport - John F. Kennedy
- John Paul II International Airport - John Paul II
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Benigno Aquino, Jr
- José Martí International Airport - José Martí
- Queen Alia International Airport - Alia Al Hussein
- LaGuardia International Airport - Fiorello H. La Guardia
- Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport - Leonardo Da Vinci
- Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Shivaji
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport - John Lennon
- Marco Polo International Airport - Marco Polo
- Amerigo Vespucci Airport - Amerigo Vespucci
- Franz Josef Strauss International Airport - Franz Josef Strauß
- King Khalid International Airport - Khalid Of Saudi Arabia
- Atatürk International Airport - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Ben Gurion International Airport - David Ben-Gurion
- Merrill C. Meigs Field - Merrill C. Meigs
- King Fahd International Airport - Fahd Of Saudi Arabia
- King Abdulaziz International Airport - Ibn Saud
- Murtala Muhammad International Airport - Murtala R. Muhammad
- Princess Juliana International Airport - Juliana Of The Netherlands
- Eleftherios Venizelos Airport - Eleftherios Venizelos
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport - George H. W. Bush
- Indira Gandhi International Airport - Indira Gandhi
- Queen Sofia Airport (''Aeropuerto Reina Sofia''), Tenerife - Queen Sofia Of Spain
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Ronald Reagan
- Santos Dumont Airport - Rio De Janeiro - Alberto Santos Dumont , the father of Aviation
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Soekarno and Mohammad Hatta
- Washington Dulles International Airport - John Foster Dulles
- Salzburg Airport WA Mozart - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Maynard Jackson and William B. Hartsfield
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Jomo Kenyatta
- Tom Jobim International Airport - Rio De Janeiro , Brazil - Tom Jobim , composer and artist
- Toronto Pearson International Airport - Lester B. Pearson
- Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (Formerly Dorval Airport) - Pierre Trudeau
- John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (Saskatoon) - John Diefenbaker
- Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport - John A. MacDonald and George-Étienne Cartier
- VC Bird International Airport - Sir Vere Cornwall Bird
- Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport - Frédéric Chopin
- General Mitchell International Airport ( Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) - Gen. Billy Mitchell
- Stewart International Airport - Newburgh New York - Lachlan Stewart, ancestor of land donor
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