There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy

Toponymy

Toponymy is the scientific study of place names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The word "toponymy" is derived from the Greek words tópos and ónoma . Toponymy is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds...

. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym

Eponym

An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...

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Continents

• Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci
  Amerigo Vespucci
  Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.-Expeditions:...
  
   or Richard Amerike
  Richard Amerike
  Richard ap Meryk, Anglicised to Richard Amerike was a wealthy English merchant, royal customs officer and sheriff, of Welsh descent. He was the principal owner of the Matthew, the ship sailed by John Cabot during his voyage of exploration to North America in 1497...
  
  

Countries

This is a summary of country name etymologies.

• Bharat – another name for India (Bharata
  Bharata (emperor)
  Bharata was a legendary emperor of India, and is referred to in Hindu and Jain mythology. He was son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dynasty of the Kshatriya caste. Bharata conquered all of greater Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named...
  
   was a prince, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala)
• Bolivia – Simón Bolívar
  Simón Bolívar
  Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
  
  
• Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia – Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
  
   (after the Italian version of his name)
• Cook Islands
  Cook Islands
  The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
  
   – Captain James Cook
• Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
  Saint Dominic
  Saint Dominic , also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo Félix de Guzmán was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers , a Catholic religious order...
  
  
• El Salvador – "The Saviour", Jesus
• Israel – Jacob
  Jacob
  Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
  
   (alternative name)
• Kiribati – Thomas Gilbert
  Thomas Gilbert (captain)
  Thomas Gilbert was an 18th century British mariner.Thomas Gilbert and John Marshall were the captains of two East India Company vessels, the Charlotte and the Scarborough, returning from carrying convicts to Botany Bay in 1788, when they sailed through the Gilbert Islands and described Aranuka,...
  
  
• Liechtenstein – Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
  Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
  Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1718 and 1721.He was born in Wilfersdorf, in what is now Lower Austria...
  
  
• Marshall Islands – John Marshall
  John Marshall (British captain)
  Captain John Marshall was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England on 15 February 1748. Having been bound apprentice at the age of ten he spent his life at sea...
  
  
• Mauritius – Maurice of Nassau
• Philippines – Philip II of Spain
  Philip II of Spain
  Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
  
  
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Christopher
  Saint Christopher
  .Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian...
  
  
• Saint Lucia – Lucy of Syracuse (?)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Saint Vincent
  Vincent of Saragossa
  Saint Vincent of Saragossa, also known as Vincent Martyr, Vincent of Huesca or Vincent the Deacon, is the patron saint of Lisbon. His feast day is 22 January in the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion and 11 November in the Eastern Orthodox Churches...
  
  
• San Marino – Saint Marinus
  Saint Marinus
  Saint Marinus was the founder of the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, in 301. Tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the island of Rab on the other side of the Adriatic Sea , fleeing persecution for his Christian beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution...
  
  
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Saint Thomas
• Saudi Arabia – Muhammad bin Saud
  Muhammad bin Saud
  *Abdul Aziz*Faysal*Saud*Ali*AbdallahMuhammad ibn Saud , also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Al-Dir'iyyah and is considered the founder of the first Saudi dynasty, which is technically named for his father – Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Migrin...
  
  
• Seychelles – Jean Moreau de Sechelles
  Jean Moreau de Séchelles
  Jean Moreau de Séchelles was a French official and politician.Made a maître des requêtes 13 October 1719, he was the intendant of Hainaut in Valenciennes from 1727 to 1743...
  
  
• Solomon Islands – Solomon
  Solomon
  Solomon , according to the Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles, a King of Israel and according to the Talmud one of the 48 prophets, is identified as the son of David, also called Jedidiah in 2 Samuel 12:25, and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before...
  
  

Former countries

• Principality of Antioch
  Principality of Antioch
  The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade.-Foundation:...
  
  , now part of Turkey – Antiochus
  Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
  Antiochus was a Macedonian man that lived during the time of Philip II of Macedon, who ruled from 359 BC-336 BC. He originally came from Orestis, Macedonia....
  
  , father of Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
  
  
• Lotharingia (Lorraine)
  Lotharingia
  Lotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...
  
  , now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – Lothair I
  Lothair I
  Lothair I or Lothar I was the Emperor of the Romans , co-ruling with his father until 840, and the King of Bavaria , Italy and Middle Francia...
  
  
• Northern Rhodesia
  Northern Rhodesia
  Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
  
   (Now Zambia) – Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia
  Southern Rhodesia
  Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...
  
   (Now Zimbabwe) – Cecil Rhodes

Self-governing overseas territories

• Bermuda
  Bermuda
  Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
  
   – Juan de Bermúdez
  Juan de Bermudez
  Juan de Bermúdez was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century. In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça , he discovered Bermuda, which was later named after him. Legatio Babylonica, published in 1511 by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, lists "La...
  
   (British overseas territory)
• Falkland Islands
  Falkland Islands
  The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
  
   – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland (British overseas territory)
• Gibraltar
  Gibraltar
  Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
  
   – Tariq ibn Ziyad (British overseas territory)
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of the islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the Tristan da Cunha group...
  
   – Helena of Constantinople
  Helena of Constantinople
  Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I...
  
  , and Tristão da Cunha
  Tristão da Cunha
  Tristão da Cunha was a Portuguese explorer and naval commander. In 1514 he served as ambassador from king Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X leading a luxurious embassy presenting in Rome the new conquests of Portugal...
  
   (British overseas territory)
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
  
   – George III of the United Kingdom
  George III of the United Kingdom
  George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
  
  , and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
  John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
  John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten...
  
   respectively (British overseas territory)

Towns and cities

Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundreds of years. Often, there is not much known about them today. In Latin America it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures.

• Caesarea (various cities in various countries) – Julius Caesar
  Julius Caesar
  Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
  
   or Roman Emperors.

Afghanistan

• Ai-Khanoum
  Ai-Khanoum
  Ai-Khanoum or Ay Khanum , was founded in the 4th century BC, following the conquests of Alexander the Great and was one of the primary cities of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom...
  
  , formerly named Alexandria on the Oxus – Alexander the Great

Argentina

• Avellaneda
  Avellaneda
  Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 328,980 as per the ....
  
   – Nicolás Avellaneda
  Nicolás Avellaneda
  Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...
  
  
• (General) San Martín – Many cities and towns after José de San Martín
  José de San Martín
  José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...
  
  
• (General) Belgrano – Many cities and towns after Manuel Belgrano
  Manuel Belgrano
  Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...
  
  
• Sarmiento – Many municipalities
  Departments of Argentina
  Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...
  
   and cities after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
  Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
  Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...
  
  
• General Pueyrredón
  General Pueyrredón Partido
  General Pueyrredón Partido is a partido located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.The partido covers 1,453 km² and has a population of 564,056 , most of whom live in the large coastal resort of Mar del Plata....
  
   – Municipality
  Partido
  A partido is an administrative subdivision of the . They are formally considered to be a single municipality, and usually contain one or more population centers...
  
   named after Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
  Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
  Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century. He was appointed Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata after the Argentine Declaration of Independence.-Early life:Pueyrredón was born in Buenos Aires, the fifth of...
  
  
• Castelli – Many places after Juan José Castelli
  Juan José Castelli
  Juan José Castelli was an Argentine lawyer. He was one of the leaders of the May Revolution, which started the Argentine War of Independence...
  
  
• Las Heras – Many places after Juan Gregorio de las Heras
  Juan Gregorio de las Heras
  Grand Marshal Juan Gregorio de Las Heras was an Argentine soldier who took part in the Spanish American wars of independence and was also a governor of the province of Buenos Aires.-Biography:...
  
  
• Presidencia de la Plaza
  Presidencia de la Plaza
  Presidencia de la Plaza or simply Plaza is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Presidencia de la Plaza Department....
  
   – Victorino de la Plaza
  Victorino de la Plaza
  Victorino de la Plaza y Palacios was President of Argentina from 9 August 1914 to 11 October 1916.Second son of José Roque Mariano de la Plaza Elejalde and Manuela de la Silva Palacios; his older brother, Rafael de la Plaza, was also a politician and acted as governor of Santiago del Estero...
  
  
• Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
  Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
  Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is a city in the . It is the second largest in the province. It is located west-northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Argentina to Salta...
  
   – Roque Sáenz Peña
  Roque Sáenz Peña
  Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte was President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to 9 August 1914, when he died in office...
  
  
• Rafaela
  Rafaela
  Rafaela is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the ....
  
  , Santa Fe Province
  Santa Fe Province
  The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
  
   – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza
• Rawson
  Rawson, Chubut
  Rawson is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia. It has about 26,000 inhabitants, and it is the head town of the Rawson Department, which has 122,000 inhabitants...
  
   – Guillermo Rawson
  Guillermo Rawson
  Dr. Guillermo Rawson was a medical doctor and politician in nineteenth-century Argentina. As Interior Minister in 1862 he met Captain Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones who were on their way to Patagonia to investigate whether it was suitable for the creation of a Welsh settlement there...
  
  
• Trelew
  Trelew
  -References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *...
  
   – Lewis Jones
  Lewis Jones (Patagonia)
  Lewis Jones was one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. The city of Trelew was named after him....
  
  
• Vicente López
  Vicente López
  Vicente López is a mainly residential neighbourhood in Vicente López Partido of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, it forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration...
  
   – Vicente López y Planes
  Vicente López y Planes
  Alejandro Vicente López y Planes was an Argentine writer and politician who acted as interim President of Argentina from July 7, 1827 to August 18, 1827...
  
  
• Villa General Mitre – Bartolomé Mitre
  Bartolomé Mitre
  Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...
  
  

Armenia

• Abovyan
  Abovyan
  Abovyan is a city in Armenia in the province of Kotayk. It is located 15 km northeast of Yerevan and 36 km southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. In 2009, the estimated population of the city was 46,000, down from 59,000 at the 1989 census...
  
   – Khachatur Abovyan, writer
• Abovyan, Ararat
  Abovyan, Ararat
  Abovyan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named in honor of the writer Khachatur Abovyan.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com*...
  
   – Khachatur Abovyan
• Anushavan
  Anushavan
  Anushavan is a village and rural community in the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 1969, the town was renamed in honor of Dr. Anushavan Galoyan, a World War II hero. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 2,185 in 2010, up from 1,983 at the 2001...
  
   – Dr. Anushavan Galoyan, World War II hero
• Artashat
  Artashat
  Artashat , is a city on Araks River in the Ararat valley, 30 km southeast of Yerevan. Being one of the oldest cities of Armenia, Artashat is the capital of Ararat Province. Modern Artashat is situated on the Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Baku and Nakhichevan-Tabriz railway and on...
  
   (Artaxata) – Artaxias I
  Artaxias I
  Artaxias I was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia for nearly two centuries....
  
  , Armenian king
• Baghramyan, Ararat
  Baghramyan, Ararat
  Baghramyan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named in honor of Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshal of the Soviet Union.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Hovhannes Bagramyan
  Hovhannes Bagramyan
  Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan , also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi BaghramyanPronunciation: Bagramyan's name is most commonly written in English as Bagramyan "bahg-rahm-yahn" or Bagramian...
  
  , Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Baghramyan, Armavir
  Baghramyan, Armavir
  Baghramyan is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named in honor of Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshal of the Soviet Union....
  
   – Hovhannes Bagramyan
• Baghramyan, Echmiadzin
  Baghramyan, Echmiadzin
  Baghramyan is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named in honor of Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshal of the Soviet Union.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Hovhannes Bagramyan
• Bagratashen
  Bagratashen
  Bagratashen is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia, on the border of the Republic of Georgia. The town was renamed in honor of Bagrat Vardanian , Hero of Socialist Labor.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), Hero of Socialist Labor
• Beniamin
  Beniamin
  Beniamin is a village and rural community in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1945 in honor of Beniamin Galstian, a World War II general and native of the town. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 745 in 2010, up from...
  
   – Beniamin Galstian, World War II general
• Charentsavan
  Charentsavan
  Charentsavan is a city located in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Its population of 19,708 people at the 2001 census has since declined. The city was founded in 1948, and renamed in 1967 in honor of the poet Yeghishe Charents.- References :...
  
   – Yeghishe Charents
  Yeghishe Charents
  Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents was an outstanding poet of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialism, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians.An early champion...
  
  , poet
• Chkalov, Armenia
  Chkalov, Armenia
  Chkalov is a small town in the Lori Province of Armenia....
  
   – Valery Chkalov
  Valery Chkalov
  Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union .-Early life:...
  
  , Soviet pilot
• Chkalovka
  Chkalovka
  Chkalovka is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in honor of test pilot Valeri Chkalov....
  
   – Valery Chkalov
• Davit Bek
  Davit Bek
  David Bek is a village and rural community in the Syunik Province of Armenia. The place was named for Armenian patriot David Bek. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population as 813 in 2010, up from 809 at the 2001 census....
  
   – David Bek
  David Bek
  David Bek was an Armenian military commander and one of the most prominent military figures of the Armenian liberation movement of the 18th century against the forces of Safavid Iran and the Ottoman Empire...
  
  , Armenian patriot
• Dimitrov, Armenia
  Dimitrov, Armenia
  Dimitrov is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town in named in honor of Bulgarian Communist leader, Georgi Dimitrov.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com*...
  
   – Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov , also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov , was a Bulgarian Communist politician...
  
  , Bulgarian Communist leader
• Ferik – Ferik Polatbekov, revolutionary and poet
• Fioletovo
  Fioletovo
  Fioletovo is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. The settlement was renamed in 1936 to honor Ivan Fioletov, a socialist activist shot along with the Baku Commissars....
  
   – Ivan Fioletov
  Ivan Fioletov
  Ivan Timofeevich Fioletov Иван Тимофеевич Фиолетов was a Russian Communist activist, one of the Bolshevik Party leaders in Azerbaijan during the Russian Revolution....
  
  , socialist martyr and Baku Commissar
• Gagarin, Armenia
  Gagarin, Armenia
  Gagarin is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town was founded in 1955 and named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Yuri Gagarin
  Yuri Gagarin
  Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961....
  
  , Soviet cosmonaut
• Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian, Bolshevik martyr
• Ghukasavan
  Ghukasavan
  Ghukasavan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1949 in honor of Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of the Armenian Communist Youth Movement.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
• Griboyedov, Armenia
  Griboyedov, Armenia
  Griboyedov is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named in honor of Russian writer and diplomat Alexandr Griboyedov.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Alexandr Griboyedov
  Alexandr Griboyedov
  Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. He is recognized as homo unius libri, a writer of one book, whose fame rests on the brilliant verse comedy Woe from Wit , still one of the most often staged plays in Russia...
  
  , Russian diplomat and author
• Gusanagyugh
  Gusanagyugh
  Gusanagyugh is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 1977, the town was renamed after the bard "Gusan" Nakhshikar Sargis....
  
   – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bard
• Imeni Dzerzhinskogo – Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
  Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
  Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Communist revolutionary, famous as the first director of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, known later by many names during the history of the Soviet Union...
  
  , Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Kirova, Armenia
  Imeni Kirova, Armenia
  Imeni Kirova is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named after Sergey Kirov....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  , Bolshevik leader
• Imeni Tairova
  Imeni Tairova
  Imeni Tairova is a town in the Yerevan Province of Armenia. The town is named after theater director Alexander Tairov....
  
   – Alexander Tairov
  Alexander Tairov
  Alexander Tairov was one of the leading innovators of theatrical art, and one of the most enduring theatre directors in Russia, and through the Soviet era.-Childhood:...
  
  , Soviet theater director
• Isahakyan
  Isahakyan
  Isahakyan is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was named for Ghazar Aga who organized the defense of the town against the Persians in 1826-1828; later named for poet Avetik Isahakyan....
  
   – Avetik Isahakyan
  Avetik Isahakyan
  Avetik Isahakyan , Ghazarapat, near Aleksandropol, current Gyumri, Russian Empire – October 17, 1957, Yerevan) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer, academian and public activist.-Biography:...
  
  , poet
• Kamo, Armenia
  Kamo, Armenia
  Kamo is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was named after Kamo , the nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian .- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Kamo (Bolshevik)
  Kamo (Bolshevik)
  Kamo, real name Semeno Aržakovitš Ter-Petrossian , was a Georgian revolutionary of Armenian descent, and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin...
  
  , (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Khanjian, Armenia – Aghasi Khanjian
  Aghasi Khanjian
  Aghasi Khanjian, also Aghasi Khanchian or Agasi Khandzhan , was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from May 1930 to July 1936....
  
  , first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
• Kirov, Armenia – Sergey Kirov
• Kuchak
  Kuchak
  Kuchak is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town was founded in 1829-30, and named for Nahapet Kuchak, a 16th century bard.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com*...
  
   – Nahapet Kuchak, 16th century bard
• Kuybyshev, Armenia
  Kuybyshev, Armenia
  Kuybyshev is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town is named in honor of Valerian Kuybyshev, a Soviet leader....
  
   – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader
• Lermontovo
  Lermontovo
  Lermontov is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town is named after Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov, often called "the poet of the Caucasus"....
  
   – Mikhail Lermontov
  Mikhail Lermontov
  Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...
  
  , Russian writer and poet
• Lukashin
  Lukashin
  Lukashin is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was named for Sargis Lukashin , President of the Armenian Council of People's Commissars.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Sargis Lukashin, Soviet politician
• Lukashin, Yerevan
  Lukashin, Yerevan
  Lukashin is a town in the Yerevan region of Armenia. The town was named for Sargis Lukashin , President of the Armenian Council of People's Commissars....
  
   – Sargis Lukashin
• Martuni, Armenia
  Martuni, Armenia
  Martuni is a city located in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is near Lake Sevan which is a largest lake in the Caucasus. Its population is estimated to be 11,987 as of 2008...
  
   – Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Teodorosi Myasnikyan a.k.a. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Myasnikov was a prominent Bolshevik of Armenian descent....
  
  , first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Martuni (village)
  Martuni (village)
  Martuni is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is named in honor of Alexander Myasnikian, the first Soviet premier of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni". There are medieval forts and the 10th c. castle of Aghjkaghala nearby....
  
   – Aleksandr Myasnikyan
• Myasnikyan
  Myasnikyan
  Myasnikyan is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named for Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Aleksandr Myasnikyan
• Mayakovski, Armenia
  Mayakovski, Armenia
  Mayakovski is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in honor of the Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.- References :*Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 58, available online at the * – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Vladimir Mayakovsky
  Vladimir Mayakovsky
  Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian and Soviet poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism.- Early life :...
  
  , Soviet poet
• Mikhaylovka, Armenia
  Mikhaylovka, Armenia
  Mikhayelovka is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia....
  
   – Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide
• Mkhchyan
  Mkhchyan
  Mkhchyan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named after a Soviet commander killed in 1921.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – after a Soviet commander
• Musayelyan, Ashotsk
  Musayelyan, Ashotsk
  Musayelyan is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was named in honor of Capt. Sargis Musayelian, a Bolshevik military leader....
  
   – Capt. Sargis Musayelian, Bolshevik military leader
• Musayelyan, Akhuryan – Capt. Sargis Musayelian
• Nagapetavan
  Nagapetavan
  Nahapetavan is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1961 in honor of Nagapet Kurghinian, a participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920....
  
   – Nagapet (or Nahapet) Kurghinian, a participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920
• Nalbandyan, Armenia – Mikael Nalbandian
  Mikael Nalbandian
  Mikael Nalbandian was an Armenian writer who dominated 19th century Armenian literature, author of the Armenian national anthem text.-Biography:...
  
  , writer
• Narek
  Narek
  Narek is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. In 1984, the town was named after Grigor Narekatsi. Narek was also a village in Western Armenia .- References :*Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 27, available online at the...
  
   – Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet
• Nizami, Armenia
  Nizami, Armenia
  Nizami is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named for the poet Nizami Ganjevi.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Paruyr Sevak, Armenia
  Paruyr Sevak, Armenia
  Paruyr Sevak is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The village was founded in 1978 and is named in honor of the poet Paruyr Sevak....
  
   – Paruyr Sevak
  Paruyr Sevak
  Paruyr Rafaeli Ghazaryan was an Armenian poet. He is considered one of the greatest Armenian poets of the twentieth century. -Biography:...
  
  , poet
• Poselok Imeni Kalinina
  Poselok Imeni Kalinina
  Poselok Imeni Kalinina is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia....
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
  
  , Soviet leader
• Pushkino, Armenia
  Pushkino, Armenia
  Pushkino is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia....
  
   – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet
• Sarukhan
  Sarukhan
  Sarukhan is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town was named in honor of Hovhannes Sarukhanian , a Communist revolutionary.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Hovhannes Sarukhanian, Communist revolutionary
• Sayat-Nova, Armenia
  Sayat-Nova, Armenia
  Sayat-Nova is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named after the poet Harutyun Sayatyan, whose nickname was Sayat-Nova.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Harutyun Sayatyan
  Sayat-Nova
  Sayat-Nova Sayat-Nova Sayat-Nova (born as Harutyun Sayatyan , was an Armenian poet, musician and ashik who had compositions in a number of languages. His adopted name Sayat Nova meant "Master of Songs" in Persian.- Biography :...
  
  , poet
• Shahumyan, Ararat
  Shahumyan, Ararat
  Shahumyan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was named after Stepan Shahumyan, a Bolshevik commissar.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
  Stepan Shahumyan
  Stepan Gevorgi Shahumyan was a Bolshevist Russian communist politician and revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus. Shahumyan was an ethnic Armenian and his role as a leader of the Russian revolution in the Caucasus earned him the nickname of the "Caucasian Lenin", a reference to the leader...
  
  , Bolshevik commissar
• Shahumyan, Armavir
  Shahumyan, Armavir
  Shahumyan is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was named after Stepan Shahumyan, a Bolshevik commissar....
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Shahumyan, Lori
  Shahumyan, Lori
  Shahumyan is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town was named after Stepan Shahumyan, a Bolshevik commissar.-References:* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Shahumyan, Yerevan
  Shahumyan, Yerevan
  Shahumyan is a town in the Yerevan Province of Armenia. The town was named after Stepan Shahumyan, a Bolshevik commissar....
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Spandaryan, Shirak
  Spandaryan, Shirak
  Spandaryan is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1946 in honor of Armenian revolutionary Suren Spandarian.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Suren Spandarian, Armenian revolutionary
• Spandaryan, Syunik
  Spandaryan, Syunik
  Spandaryan is a village and rural community in the Syunik Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 486 in 2010, up from 446 at the 2001 census...
  
   – Suren Spandarian
• Stepanavan
  Stepanavan
  Stepanavan is the second largest city in Lori Province of Armenia. The town is located 139 km north of the capital Yerevan and 24 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor, in the centre of Yerevan-Tbilisi highway....
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Surenavan
  Surenavan
  Surenavan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1946 in honor of Suren Spandarian, a revolutionary.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Suren Spandarian
• Sverdlov, Armenia
  Sverdlov, Armenia
  Sverdlov is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia.The village hosts 6th century St. George Church which was renovated and re-consecrated in 2010....
  
   – Yakov Sverdlov
  Yakov Sverdlov
  Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov ; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" — 16 March 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of the Russian Soviet Republic.-Early life:...
  
  , Bolshevik leader
• Tairov
  Tairov
  Tairov is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Alexander Tairov
  Alexander Tairov
  Alexander Tairov was one of the leading innovators of theatrical art, and one of the most enduring theatre directors in Russia, and through the Soviet era.-Childhood:...
  
  , Soviet theater director
• Tumanyan, Armenia
  Tumanyan, Armenia
  Tumanyan is a city in the Lori Province of Armenia. The city was renamed in honor of writer Hovhannes Tumanyan.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan , is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.-Biography:...
  
  , writer
• Yenokavan
  Yenokavan
  Yenokavan is a village in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1935 in honor of Yenok Mkrtumian, who founded the first Communist party cell in the region....
  
   – Enok Mkrtumian, early Communist
• Zhdanov, Armavir
  Zhdanov, Armavir
  Zhdanov is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was originally a sovkhoz and renamed in honor of Lavrentiy Beria and later for Andrei Zhdanov.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Andrei Zhdanov
  Andrei Zhdanov
  Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician.-Life:Zhdanov enlisted with the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks, becoming the All-Union Communist Party manager in Leningrad after the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934...
  
  , Soviet leader
• Zhdanov, Lori
  Zhdanov, Lori
  Zhdanov is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in honor of Andrei Zhdanov....
  
   – Andrei Zhdanov

Former:

• Akhundov was the name of Punik – Mirza Fatali Akhundov
  Mirza Fatali Akhundov
  Mirza Fatali Akhundov , former – Akhundzade , was a celebrated Azerbaijani author, playwright, philosopher, and founder of modern literary criticism, "who acquired fame primarily as the writer of European-inspired plays in the Azeri language"...
  
  , author
• Azizbekov was the name of Aregnadem
  Aregnadem
  Aregnadem is a village and rural community in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 342 in 2010, down from 407 at the 2001 census....
  
   – Meshadi Azizbekov
  Meshadi Azizbekov
  Meshadi Azimbey oghlu Azizbekov, also spelled Azizbeyov , was a famous Azerbaijani revolutionary.- Early life :...
  
  , Soviet revolutionary
• Azizbekov was the name of Vayk
  Vayk
  Vayk and Soylan prior to 1956) is a town in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.One km east of the town is a bridge rebuilt by General Paskevich in 1827.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Azizbekov was the name of Zarritap
  Zarritap
  Zaritap is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of Meshadi Azizbekov, an early Bolshevik and one of the 26 Baku Commissars. In the vicinity are 13th c. khachkars and the traces of an old fort....
  
   – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Batikian was the name of Gandzak, Armenia
  Gandzak, Armenia
  Gandzak is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was named Batikian for a time in honor of Batik Batikian a Communist martyr.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Batik Batikian (1892–1920), Communist martyr
• Danushavan was the name of Aygehat
  Aygehat
  Aygehat is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. From 1963 to 1992 the town was called Danushavan in honor of Danush Shahverdian, an Armenian politician and diplomat who was born at Aygehat....
  
   – Danush Shahverdian, Armenian politician and diplomat
• Ghukasyan was the name of Ashotsk
  Ashotsk
  Ashotsk is a village and rural community in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 2,482 in 2010, up from 2,378 at the 2001 census....
  
   – Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement
• Imeni Beriya was the name of Shahumyan, Ararat
  Shahumyan, Ararat
  Shahumyan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was named after Stepan Shahumyan, a Bolshevik commissar.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Lavrentiy Beria
  Lavrentiy Beria
  Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
  
  , Soviet politician and head of the secret police
• Imeni Beriya was the name of Zhdanov, Armavir
  Zhdanov, Armavir
  Zhdanov is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was originally a sovkhoz and renamed in honor of Lavrentiy Beria and later for Andrei Zhdanov.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Lavrentiy Beria
• Imeni Stalina was the name of Sovkhoz Nomer Shest
  Sovkhoz Nomer Shest
  Sovkhoz Nomer Shest or Sovkhoz Nomer Shest’ is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia....
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Imeni Voroshilova was the name of Hatsik, Armavir
  Hatsik, Armavir
  Hatsik is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was founded in 1933. It was named in honor of Kliment Voroshilov, a Soviet politician, and later called Nairi from 1963 to 1991.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Kliment Voroshilov
  Kliment Voroshilov
  Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman...
  
  , Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Kalinin was the name of Noramarg
  Noramarg
  Noramarg is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
  
  , Soviet leader
• Kalinino was the name of Tashir
  Tashir
  Tashir is a town located in Lori province . Population -7856.0 Territory- 79.5 sq. km. It is a city in the district of Tashir, administrative centre of previous district of Kalinino. Distance from regional centre is 42 km...
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kamo was the name of Gavar
  Gavar
  Gavar , is a city and the provincial capital of the Armenian province of Gegharkunik. It was known as Nor Bayezet or Novyi Bayazet until 1959, then Kamo until 1996...
  
   – Kamo (Bolshevik)
  Kamo (Bolshevik)
  Kamo, real name Semeno Aržakovitš Ter-Petrossian , was a Georgian revolutionary of Armenian descent, and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin...
  
  , (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Kirov was the name of Amrakits
  Amrakits
  Amrakits is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  , early Bolshevik leader
• Kirov was the name of Taperakan
  Taperakan
  Taperakan is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was formerly named for Sergey Kirov, an early Bolshevik leader.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovakan was the name of Vanadzor
  Vanadzor
  -Industry:Vanadzor is dominated by large chemical plants which include: "Prometey-Khimprom", "Vanadzor Chemical Plant", "Vanadzor Khimprom" and "Vanadzor Chemical Fiber Plant". Another big enterprise is the "Vanadzor Thermal Power Plant....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka was the name of Mamai, Armenia
  Mamai, Armenia
  Mamai is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia near the border to Georgia....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kuybyshev was the name of Haghartsin, Armenia
  Haghartsin, Armenia
  Haghartsin is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. Haghartsin monastery is located near the town. In 1940, the town was renamed for the Soviet politician Valerian Kuybyshev.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader
• Maksim Gorkiy was the name of Bovadzor – Maxim Gorky
  Maxim Gorky
  Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...
  
  , Soviet author
• Mikoyan was the name of Yeghegnadzor
  Yeghegnadzor
  Yeghegnadzor is the capital of the Armenian province of Vayots Dzor. The name of the city means "the valley of canes" in the Armenian language. During Joseph Stalin's time, the city was renamed after Soviet politician Anastas Mikoyan...
  
   – Anastas Mikoyan
  Anastas Mikoyan
  Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the rules of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Leonid Brezhnev....
  
  , Soviet leader
• Mravyan was the name of Yeghipatrush
  Yeghipatrush
  Yeghipatrush is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. During the Soviet period, the town was renamed in honor of Askanaz Mravyan, Soviet Armenian Cultural Commissar. The town has a 10th to 13th century church of Surb Astvatsatsin...
  
   – Askanaz Mravyan
  Askanaz Mravyan
  Askanaz Mravyan was a Soviet Armenian statesman and political activist, one of the leaders of Soviet Armenia.He studied at Saint-Petersburg Psycho-neurological Institute. Since 1905 Mravyan was a communist activist in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Baku and Saint-Petersburg. In 1915-17 he edited "Paykar" and...
  
  , leader of Soviet Armenia
• Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vahan, Armenia
  Vahan, Armenia
  Vahan is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. When the town was founded in 1925, it was named in honor of Soviet politician and politburo member, Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Nearby upon a hill towards the eastern end of the town is a Early Iron Age cyclopean fort.- References :* –...
  
   – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet leader
• Samed Vurgun was the name of Hovk
  Hovk
  Hovk and Samed Vurghun between 1978-1991) is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town was renamed for a while in honor of Azeri poet and dramatist Samed Vurghun , winner of the Lenin Prize....
  
   – Samad Vurgun, Soviet poet
• Shavarshavan was the name of Koti, Armenia
  Koti, Armenia
  Koti is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. In 1964, the town was renamed in honor of Shavarsh Amirkhanian , head of the precursor of the Armenian KGB.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Shavarsh Amirkhanian, leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGB
• Spandaryan was the name of Silikyan
  Silikyan
  Silikyan, or 3rd giugh , formerly, Spandaryan, is a suburb in the Ajapnyak district of north-eastern Yerevan, Armenia with a population of more than 10,000....
  
   – Suren Spandarian, Armenian revolutionary
• Tumanyan was the name of Dsegh
  Dsegh
  Dsegh is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in honor of writer Hovhannes Tumanyan, a native of the town.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   – Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan , is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.-Biography:...
  
  , writer
• Vagharshapat was the name of Echmiadzin
  Echmiadzin
  Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin is a 4th century Armenian church in the town of Ejmiatsin, Armenia. It is also the central cathedral of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church....
  
   – King Vagharshak
• Vorontsovka was the name of Tashir
  Tashir
  Tashir is a town located in Lori province . Population -7856.0 Territory- 79.5 sq. km. It is a city in the district of Tashir, administrative centre of previous district of Kalinino. Distance from regional centre is 42 km...
  
   – Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
  Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
  Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov , was a Russian prince and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic wars, and most famous for his participation in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853....
  
  , viceroy of the Caucasus

Australia

• Adelaide
  Adelaide
  Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
  
   – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
  Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
  Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.-Early life:Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany...
  
  
• Alice Springs – Alice Todd, wife of Sir Charles Todd
• Augusta, Western Australia
  Augusta, Western Australia
  Augusta is a town on the south-west coast of Western Australia, where the Blackwood River emerges into Flinders Bay. It is the nearest town to Cape Leeuwin, on the farthest south-west corner of the Australian continent. In the 2001 census it had a population of 1,694; by 2006 the population of...
  
   – Princess Augusta Sophia
  Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom
  The Princess Augusta Sophia was a member of the British Royal Family, second daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was a Princess of the United Kingdom and a Princess of Hanover....
  
  
• Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  Bacchus Marsh is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately west of Melbourne and west of Melton. The population of the urban area is estimated at over 17,000 people, while the central locality is home to 5,566 people...
  
   – Captain William Henry Bacchus, early resident
• Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson -boxer
  William Thompson (boxer)
  William Abednego Thompson was an English bare-knuckle boxer.-Early life:Born in Sneinton, Nottingham in 1811, Thompson was one of a set of triplets named Abednego, Shadrach and Meshak, after the young men in the Book of Daniel who emerged from the fiery furnace of Babylon...
  
   indirectly
• Bicheno, Tasmania
  Bicheno, Tasmania
  Bicheno is a town on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, 185 km north-east of Hobart on the Tasman Highway, with a population of 640. It is part of the municipality of Glamorgan/Spring Bay...
  
   – James Ebenezer Bicheno
  James Ebenezer Bicheno
  James Ebenezer Bicheno was a British author and colonial official.Bicheno was the son of the Rev. James Bicheno, minister of the Baptist Church in Newbury, Berkshire. He was called to the bar in 1822 but seems to have spent most of his time until 1832 in writing and natural history pursuits,...
  
  
• Blackall, Queensland
  Blackall, Queensland
  -External links:*...
  
   – Sir Samuel Blackall
  Samuel Blackall
  Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871....
  
  , governor of Queensland
• Bourke, New South Wales
  Bourke, New South Wales
  -Transportation:Bourke can be reached by the Mitchell Highway, with additional sealed roads from town to the north , east and south . The town is also served by Bourke Airport and has Countrylink bus service to other regional centres, like Dubbo...
  
   – Sir Richard Bourke
  Richard Bourke
  General Sir Richard Bourke, KCB was Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia between 1831 and 1837.-Early life and career:...
  
  , governor of New South Wales
• Bowen, Queensland
  Bowen, Queensland
  Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...
  
   – Sir George Ferguson Bowen
  George Ferguson Bowen
  Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG was a British colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland , New Zealand, Victoria , Mauritius and Hong Kong....
  
  , governor of Queensland
• Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
   – Sir Thomas Brisbane
  Thomas Brisbane
  Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet GCH, GCB, FRS, FRSE was a British soldier, colonial Governor and astronomer.-Early life:...
  
  , governor of New South Wales
  • Chermside
    Chermside, Queensland
    Chermside is a suburb on the north side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Chermside is a key destination along Queensland Transport's future Northern Busway...
    
     – Sir Herbert Chermside
    Herbert Chermside
    Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside GCMG, CB was a British soldier who served as Governor of Queensland in Australia from 1902 to 1904.-Early life and education:...
    
    , governor of Queensland
• Broome, Western Australia
  Broome, Western Australia
  Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season...
  
   – Sir Frederick Broome
  Frederick Broome
  Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG was a colonial administrator in the British Empire.He was born in Canada, but was living in England in 1865, when he married Mary Anne Barker...
  
  
• Bunbury, Western Australia
  Bunbury, Western Australia
  The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
  
   – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury, who developed the Pinjarra-Bunbury inland route
• Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
• Busselton, Western Australia
  Busselton, Western Australia
  -Growth and development:According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the Shire had a permanent resident population of 25,950 in 2004 with the town of Busselton accounting for 67% or 17,400 of the total. The Shire's permanent population is expected to continue to increase significantly to...
  
   – John Garratt Bussell
• Cairns, Queensland – Sir William Wellington Cairns, governor of Queensland
• Collie, Western Australia
  Collie, Western Australia
  -External links:*...
  
   – Dr Alexander Collie
  Alexander Collie
  Dr Alexander Collie was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who journeyed to Western Australia in 1829, where he was an explorer and Colonial Surgeon.-Early life:...
  
  
• Cooktown, Queensland
  Cooktown, Queensland
  Cooktown is a small town located at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. At the 2006 census, Cooktown had a population of 1,336...
  
   – Captain James Cook
• Darwin, Northern Territory
  Darwin, Northern Territory
  Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
  
   – Charles Darwin
  Charles Darwin
  Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
  
  
• Flinders, Victoria
  Flinders, Victoria
  Flinders is a historic town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located on the Mornington Peninsula at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
   – Matthew Flinders
  Matthew Flinders
  Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...
  
  
• Fremantle, Western Australia
  Fremantle, Western Australia
  Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...
  
   – Charles Fremantle
  Charles Fremantle
  Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB RN was a British Royal Navy officer. The city of Fremantle in Western Australia is named after him.-Early life:...
  
  
• Forbes, New South Wales
  Forbes, New South Wales
  -Notable residents:*Carolyn Simpson - Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; Member of the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court*NSW Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt was born and raised in Forbes....
  
   – Sir Francis Forbes
  Francis Forbes
  Sir Francis Forbes was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.-Early life:...
  
  
• Gawler, South Australia
  Gawler, South Australia
  Gawler is the first country town in the state of South Australia, and is named after the second Governor of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is located north of the centre of the state capital, Adelaide, and is close to the major wine producing district of the Barossa Valley...
  
   – Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler
  George Gawler
  -External links: – Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK...
  
  
• Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald
  Charles Fitzgerald
  Captain Charles Fitzgerald was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855....
  
  
• Harvey, Western Australia
  Harvey, Western Australia
  Harvey is a town located in the South West of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, 140 km south of Perth, between Pinjarra and Bunbury...
  
   – Sir John Harvey
  John Harvey (governor)
  Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, KCB KCH was a British Army officer and a Lieutenant Governor.He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India...
  
   RN
• Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey
• Hobart
  Hobart
  Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
  
   – Lord Hobart
  Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
  Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire PC , styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th century.-Background:...
  
  
• Landsborough, Queensland
  Landsborough, Queensland
  Landsborough is a small town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of the Glasshouse Mountains just off Steve Irwin Way, 82 km north of Brisbane...
  
   – William Landsborough
• Lorne, Victoria
  Lorne, Victoria
  Lorne is a seaside town on Louttit Bay in Victoria, Australia. It is situated about the Erskine River and is a popular destination on the Great Ocean Road tourist route...
  
   – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
  John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
  John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD, PC , usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883...
  
  , Marquess of Lorne
• Mackay, Queensland
  Mackay, Queensland
  Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
  
   – John Mackay
  John Mackay (Australian Pioneer)
  John Mackay was an explorer, sailor and harbourmaster, best known for founding the city of Mackay in Australia. He was associated with Henry Ling Roth....
  
  
• Melbourne – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
  William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
  William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
  
  
• Bentleigh, Victoria
  Bentleigh, Victoria
  Bentleigh is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira. At the 2006 Census, Bentleigh had a population of 14,271.-History:...
  
   – Thomas Bent
  Thomas Bent
  Sir Thomas Bent KCMG , Australian politician, was the 22nd Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most colourful and corrupt politicians in Victorian history....
  
  
• Brunswick, Victoria
  Brunswick, Victoria
  Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...
  
   – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick
  Caroline of Brunswick
  Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...
  
  
• Fawkner
  Fawkner, Victoria
  Fawkner is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...
  
   and Pascoe Vale, Victoria
  Pascoe Vale, Victoria
  Pascoe Vale is a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Pascoe Vale had a population of 13,558.- History :...
  
   – John Pascoe Fawkner
  John Pascoe Fawkner
  John Pascoe Fawkner was an early pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land , to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize...
  
  
• Fitzroy, Victoria
  Fitzroy, Victoria
  Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...
  
   – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
  Charles Augustus FitzRoy
  Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB was a British military officer, politician and member of the aristocracy, who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century.-Family and peerage:...
  
  
• Lalor, Victoria
  Lalor, Victoria
  Lalor is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census the suburb had a population of 19,561...
  
   – Peter Lalor
  Peter Lalor
  Peter Fintan Lalor was an activist turned politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event controversially identified with the "birth of democracy" in Australia.- Early life and migration to Australia :...
  
   (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)
• Scoresby, Victoria
  Scoresby, Victoria
  Scoresby is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox...
  
   – William Scoresby
  William Scoresby
  William Scoresby , was an English Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman.-Early years:Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering 26 miles south of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William Scoresby , made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery...
  
  
• Seddon, Victoria
  Seddon, Victoria
  Seddon is a suburb 7 km west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lying between Footscray and Yarraville. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2006 Census, Seddon had a population of 4651...
  
   – Richard Seddon
  Richard Seddon
  Richard John Seddon , sometimes known as King Dick, is to date the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand. He is regarded by some, including historian Keith Sinclair, as one of New Zealand's greatest political leaders....
  
  
• Spotswood, Victoria
  Spotswood, Victoria
  Spotswood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay...
  
   – Louisa Jane Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon
  Richard Seddon
  Richard John Seddon , sometimes known as King Dick, is to date the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand. He is regarded by some, including historian Keith Sinclair, as one of New Zealand's greatest political leaders....
  
  
• Truganina, Victoria
  Truganina, Victoria
  Truganina is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham and Shire of Melton....
  
   – Truganini
  Truganini
  Trugernanner , often referred to as Truganini, was a woman widely considered to be the last "full blood" Palawa ....
  
  
• Tullamarine, Victoria
  Tullamarine, Victoria
  Tullamarine is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Hume, Brimbank and Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Tullamarine had a population of 6,541....
  
   – Tullamareena
  Tullamareena
  Tullamareena was a senior man of the Wurundjeri, a Koori, people of the Melbourne area, at the time of the British settlement in Victoria, Australia, in 1835. He is believed to be present at the signing of John Batman's land deal in 1835. He was known to be a resistor to British occupation of...
  
  
• Williamstown, Victoria
  Williamstown, Victoria
  Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733....
  
   – King William IV
  William IV of the United Kingdom
  William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
  
  
• Wonga Park, Victoria
  Wonga Park, Victoria
  Wonga Park a locality within Greater Melbourne beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 29 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham...
  
   – Simon Wonga
  Simon Wonga
  Simon Wonga ngurungaeta and son of Billibellary, was an elder of the Wurundjeri indigenous people who lived in the Melbourne area of Australia.In 1840 Simon Wonga injured his foot in the Dandenongs...
  
  
• Mount Gambier
  Mount Gambier, South Australia
  Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....
  
   – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
  James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
  Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier GCB was an admiral of the Royal Navy, who served as Governor of Newfoundland, and as a Lord of the Admiralty, but who gained notoriety for his actions at the Battle of the Basque Roads.-Early career:Gambier was born in New Providence, The...
  
  
• Parkes, New South Wales
  Parkes, New South Wales
  - Transport :Parkes has a local bus service provided by Western Road Liners, which acquired Harris Bus Lines in March 2006. The Indian Pacific also stops twice a week, as well as the Broken Hill Outback Xplorer service, run by CountryLink, which heads to Broken Hill on Mondays and Sydney on...
  
   – Sir Henry Parkes
  Henry Parkes
  Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...
  
  
• Roebourne, Western Australia
  Roebourne, Western Australia
  Roebourne is an old gold rush town in Western Australia's Pilbara region. It is 202 km from Port Hedland and 1,563 km from Perth, the state's capital. It prospered during its gold boom of the late 19th century and was once the biggest settlement between Darwin and Perth...
  
   – John Septimus Roe
  John Septimus Roe
  John Septimus Roe was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, and a Member of Western Australia's Legislative and Executive Councils for nearly 40 years.-Early life:...
  
  
• Scottsdale, Tasmania
  Scottsdale, Tasmania
  Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around north-east of Launceston and south-east of the coastal town of Bridport. It is part of the Dorset Council....
  
   – James Scott
• Shepparton, Victoria
  Shepparton, Victoria
  Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...
  
   – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
• Sydney – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
  Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
  Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century...
  
  
• Tom Price, Western Australia
  Tom Price, Western Australia
  Tom Price, situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, is an industrial town. The town is located inland, at the edge of the Hamersley Range...
  
   – Thomas Moore Price
• Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns
  Robert Towns
  Robert Towns was an Australian businessman, pastoralist, and founder of Townsville, Queensland.Towns was born at Longhorsley, Northumberland, England, on 10 November 1794. This is the date usually given, and it agrees with his death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald of 12 April 1873 which stated...
  
  

Austria

• St. Pölten – The name Sankt Pölten is derived from Hippolytus of Rome
  Hippolytus (writer)
  Hippolytus of Rome was the most important 3rd-century theologian in the Christian Church in Rome, where he was probably born. Photios I of Constantinople describes him in his Bibliotheca Hippolytus of Rome (170 – 235) was the most important 3rd-century theologian in the Christian Church in Rome,...
  
  . The city was renamed to Sankt Hippolyt, then Sankt Polyt and finally Sankt Pölten.

Azerbaijan

• Əli Bayramlı, Kalbajar – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik
• Əli Bayramlı, Qakh – Ali Bayramov
• Əli Bayramlı, Qazakh – Ali Bayramov
• Əli Bayramlı, Samukh – Ali Bayramov
• Əli Bayramlı, Zaqatala – Ali Bayramov
• Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer
• Artyom, Azerbaijan
  Artyom, Azerbaijan
  Artyom is a small town on the west coast of Pirallahi Island, Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1968 it had a population of 14, 400...
  
   – Fyodor Sergeyev
  Fyodor Sergeyev
  Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev , better known as Comrade Artyom , was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, agitator, and journalist. He was a close friend of Sergei Kirov and Stalin...
  
  , revolutionary known as "Artyom"
• Əzizbəyov, Baku – Meshadi Azizbekov
  Meshadi Azizbekov
  Meshadi Azimbey oghlu Azizbekov, also spelled Azizbeyov , was a famous Azerbaijani revolutionary.- Early life :...
  
  , Soviet revolutionary
• Əzizbəyov, Goranboy – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Əzizbəyov, Goygol – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Əzızbəyov, Nakhchivan – Meshadi Azizbekov
• Babek
  Babek (city)
  Babək is a city and municipality in and the capital of Babek Rayon, in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.-History:...
  
   – Babak Khorramdin
  Babak Khorramdin
  Bābak Khorram-Din was one of the main Persian revolutionary leaders of the Iranian Khorram-Dinān , which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate. Khorramdin appears to be a compound analogous to dorustdin and Behdin "Good Religion" , and are considered an offshoot of...
  
  , Persian revolutionary
• Bakıxanov
  Bakixanov
  Bakıxanov is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov and has a population of 70,923....
  
   – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
  Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
  Abbasgulu Bakikhanov , also known as Gudsi , was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher; descendant of the ruling dynasty of the Baku Khanate, nephew of the last khan of Baku...
  
  , writer
• Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad) – Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
  Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
  Jalil Huseyngulu oglu Mammadguluzadeh was an Azerbaijani satirist and writer.-Life:Mammadguluzadeh was born in Nakhchivan into an Iranian Azeri merchant family from Khoy...
  
  
• Dzerjinovka
  Dzerjinovka
  Dzerjinovka is a village in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Felix Dzerzhinski, Soviet leader
• Engelskənd – Friedrich Engels
  Friedrich Engels
  Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
  
  
• Fətəli xan – Fatali Khan Khoyski
  Fatali Khan Khoyski
  Fatali Khan Khoyski Isgender oglu was an attorney, a member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Defense and, later the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Early life:Khoyski was born on December 7, 1875 in...
  
  , Azerbaijani prime minister
• Fioletovka, Bilasuvar
  Fioletovka, Bilasuvar
  Fioletovka is a village and municipality in the Bilasuvar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,968....
  
   – Ivan Fioletov
  Ivan Fioletov
  Ivan Timofeevich Fioletov Иван Тимофеевич Фиолетов was a Russian Communist activist, one of the Bolshevik Party leaders in Azerbaijan during the Russian Revolution....
  
  , Bolshevik leader and one of the 26 Baku Commissars
• Fioletovka, Fizuli
  Fioletovka, Fizuli
  Fioletovka is a village in the Fizuli Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Ivan Fioletov
• Fizuli Rayon – Fuzûlî
  Fuzûlî
  Fużūlī was the pen name of the Azerbaijani or the Bayat branch of Oghuz Turkish and Ottoman poet, writer and thinker Muhammad bin Suleyman...
  
  , Turkic poet
• Füzuli
  Füzuli
  Füzuli is a city in the Fizuli Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is currently an uninhabited ghost town.- Notable natives :...
  
   – Fuzûlî
• Füzuli, Samukh
  Füzuli, Samukh
  Füzuli is a village and municipality in the Samukh Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,389....
  
   – Fuzûlî
• Füzuli, Shamkir
  Füzuli, Shamkir
  Füzuli is a village in the municipality of Yeni yol in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Fuzûlî
• Hacı Zeynalabdin
  Haci Zeynalabdin
  Hacı Zeynalabdin is a village and municipality in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 20,929. The place was named after Zeynalabdin Taghiyev....
  
   – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
  Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
  Hajji Zeynalabdin Taghi oglu Taghiyev was an Azeri national industrial magnate and philanthropist.-Early life:...
  
  , industrialist and philanthropist
• Həzi Aslanov – Azi Aslanov
  Azi Aslanov
  Azi Agadovich Aslanov , commonly described as A. A. Aslanov, known as Hazi Aslanov or Hezi Aslanov in the Republic of Azerbaijan; January 22, 1910, Lankaran — January 24, 1945, Latvia) was an Azerbaijani Major-General of the Soviet armoured troops during World War II...
  
  , Soviet general
• Heydarabad, Azerbaijan
  Heydarabad, Azerbaijan
  Heydarabad is the capital of the Sadarak Rayon of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It is named after former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev. It has a population of 1,771.-References:...
  
   – Heydar Aliyev
  Heydar Aliyev
  Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...
  
  , president of Azerbaijan
• Kalinino, Azerbaijan
  Kalinino, Azerbaijan
  Kalinino is a village in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
  
  , Soviet leader
• Kamo, Azerbaijan
  Kamo, Azerbaijan
  Kamo is a village in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Kamo (Bolshevik)
  Kamo (Bolshevik)
  Kamo, real name Semeno Aržakovitš Ter-Petrossian , was a Georgian revolutionary of Armenian descent, and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin...
  
  , (1882–1922), nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian
• Kirov, Baku
  Kirov, Baku
  Kirov is a village in Baku, Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Kirov, Lankaran
  Kirov, Lankaran
  Kirov is a village in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirov, Samukh
  Kirov, Samukh
  Kirov is a village in the Samukh Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirov, Shusha
  Kirov, Shusha
  Kirov is a village in the Shusha Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka, Bilasuvar
  Kirovka, Bilasuvar
  Kirovka is a village and municipality in the Bilasuvar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,723....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovka, Shamakhi
  Kirovka (40° 44' N 48° 39' E), Shamakhi
  Kirovka is a village in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kirovkend, Saatly
  Kirovkend, Saatly
  Kirovkend is a village in the Saatly Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kuropatkino
  Kuropatkino
  Kuropatkino is a village in the Khojavend Rayon of Azerbaijan.- References :*...
  
   – Aleksey Kuropatkin
  Aleksey Kuropatkin
  Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin was the Russian Imperial Minister of War who is often held responsible for major Russian drawbacks in the Russian-Japanese War, notably the Battle of Mukden and the Battle of Liaoyang.-Early years:Kuropatkin was born in 1848 in what is now Pskov, in the Russian...
  
  , Russian general
• Kuybışev, Aghjabadi
  Kuybisev, Aghjabadi
  Kuybışev is a village in the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. Kuybışev is named in honor of Valerian Kuybyshev, a Soviet politician....
  
   – Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet politician
• Kuybışevkənd – Valerian Kuybyshev
• Kuybyshev, Imishli
  Kuybyshev, Imishli
  Kuybyshev is a village in the Imishli Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Valerian Kuybyshev
• Leninabad, Nakhchivan
  Leninabad, Nakhchivan
  Leninabad is a village in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Lenin
• Leninabad, Shamkir
  Leninabad, Shamkir
  Leninabad is a village in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Lenin
• Leninkənd, Lachin – Lenin
• Lenino, Azerbaijan
  Lenino, Saatly
  Lenino is a village in the Saatly Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Lenin
• Lüksemburq
  Lüksemburq
  Lüksemburq is a village and municipality in the Samukh Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 894....
  
   – Rosa Luxemburg
  Rosa Luxemburg
  Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and activist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen...
  
  , German socialist
• Martuni, Azerbaijan
  Martuni, Azerbaijan
  Martuni is a village in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Teodorosi Myasnikyan a.k.a. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Myasnikov was a prominent Bolshevik of Armenian descent....
  
  , first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni"
• Marksovka
  Marksovka
  Marksovka is a village in the Qazakh Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Karl Marx
  Karl Marx
  Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
  
  
• Narimanovka
  Narimanovka
  Narimanovka is a village in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Nariman Narimanov
  Nariman Narimanov
  Narimanov Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oglu was an Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. In 1920, Narimanov headed the Soviet government of Azerbaijan, the Provisional Military-Revolutionary Committee , replacing Mirza Davud Huseynov, then he was the Chairman of the...
  
  , leader of Soviet Azerbaijan
• Nərimanov raion – Nariman Narimanov
• Nərimanabad, Lankaran – Nariman Narimanov
• Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar – Nariman Narimanov
• Nərimankənd, Gobustan – Nariman Narimanov
• Nərimanov – Nariman Narimanov
• Nəsimi raion – Imadaddin Nasimi
• Nəsimi, Bilasuvar – Imadaddin Nasimi
• Nəsimi, Sabirabad – Imadaddin Nasimi
• Nəsimikənd – Imadaddinn Nasimi
• Nizami, Goranboy
  Nizami, Goranboy
  Nizami is a village and municipality in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,430....
  
   – Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet
• Nizami, Sabirabad
  Nizami, Sabirabad
  Nizami is a village and municipality in the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan. In 2004, the village was renamed in honor of the poet, Nizami. It has a population of 2,852....
  
   – Nizami Ganjevi
• Nizami raion
  Nizami raion
  Nizami Rayon is a municipal district of the city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The district is named after poet Nizami Ganjavi. Its population is 179,700 and it includes the municipality of Keşlə....
  
   – Nizami Ganjevi
• Orconikidze, Beylagan
  Orconikidze, Beylagan
  Orconikidze is a village in the Beylagan Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet politician
• Orconikidze, Shaki
  Orconikidze, Shaki
  Orconikidze is a village in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Promysel Narimanova
  Promysel Narimanova
  Promysel Narimanova is a village in the Neftchala Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Nariman Narimanov
• Rəsulzadə – Mammed Amin Rasulzade
  Mammed Amin Rasulzade
  Mammad Amin Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founding political leaders of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan...
  
  , Azeri statesman
• Sabirabad (city)
  Sabirabad (city)
  Sabirabad is a city in and the capital of the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan...
  
   – poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir
  Mirza Alakbar Sabir
  Mirza Alakbar Sabir , born Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh . Sabir was a public figure, philosopher, teacher and a poet-innovator. He set up an inspiring attitude to classical traditions, rejecting well-trodden ways in poetry...
  
  
• Sabirabad Rayon – Mirza Alakbar Sabir
• Salatın
  Salatin
  Salatın is a village in the Shusha Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village was the site of the killing of journalist Salatyn Asgarova, who was covering the Nagorno-Karabakh War; the village was renamed in her honor....
  
   – Salatyn Asgarova
  Salatyn Asgarova
  Salatyn Aziz qizi Asgarova is a National Hero of Azerbaijan. She was one of the Azerbaijani journalists killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh war.-Early life:...
  
  , Azerbaijani journalist
• Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan – Samad Vurgun, Soviet writer
• Shaumyan, Dashkasan – Stepan Shahumyan
  Stepan Shahumyan
  Stepan Gevorgi Shahumyan was a Bolshevist Russian communist politician and revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus. Shahumyan was an ethnic Armenian and his role as a leader of the Russian revolution in the Caucasus earned him the nickname of the "Caucasian Lenin", a reference to the leader...
  
  , Bolshevik commissar
• Shaumyan, Goygol
  Shaumyan, Goygol
  Goygol is a village in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Şaumyanabad – Stepan Shahumyan
• Şaumyankənd – Stepan Shahumyan
• Şaumyanovka
  Saumyanovka
  Şaumyanovka is a village in the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Stalino, Azerbaijan
  Stalino, Azerbaijan
  Stalino is a village in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan.It is suspected that this village has undergone a name change or no longer exists, as no Azerbaijani website mentions it under this name....
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Stepan Razin, Azerbaijan
  Stepan Razin, Azerbaijan
  Stepan Razin is a village in Baku, Azerbaijan. The village is named for the Russian rebel leader Stepan Razin....
  
   – Stepan Razin, Russian rebel leader
• Suvorovka
  Suvorovka
  Suvorovka is a village in the Imishli Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Alexander Suvorov
  Alexander Suvorov
  Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov , Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince in Italy, Count of the Holy Roman Empire , was the fourth and last generalissimo of the Russian Empire.One of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle along with the likes of Alexander...
  
  , Russian general
• Vurğun
  Vurgun
  Vurğun is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,710. The town was renamed during the Soviet period for Mikhail Kalinin, and afterward, in honor of the writer Samad Vurgun....
  
   – Samad Vurgun, Soviet writer
• Yeni Əlibayramlı – Ali Bayramov
• Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) – Yusif Məmmədəliyev, 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
  Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Teodorosi Myasnikyan a.k.a. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Myasnikov was a prominent Bolshevik of Armenian descent....
  
  , 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
  Basqal
  Basqal is a village and municipality in the Ismailli Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,245....
  
   – Meshadi Azizbekov
  Meshadi Azizbekov
  Meshadi Azimbey oghlu Azizbekov, also spelled Azizbeyov , was a famous Azerbaijani revolutionary.- Early life :...
  
  , Soviet revolutionary
• Elizavetpol was the name of Ganja
  Ganja, Azerbaijan
  Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...
  
   – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
• Frunze was the name of Suvorovka
  Suvorovka
  Suvorovka is a village in the Imishli Rayon of Azerbaijan....
  
   – Mikhail Frunze
  Mikhail Frunze
  Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.-Life and Political Activity:Frunze was born in Bishkek, then a small Imperial Russian garrison town in the Kyrgyz part of Turkestan, to a Moldovan medical practitioner and his Russian wife...
  
  , Bolshevik leader
• Il’ichëvsk and Ilich were names of Şərur – Vladimir Ilich Lenin
• Imeni Kirova was the name of Bankə – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Imeni Kirova and Kirova were names of Yeni Suraxanı
  Yeni Suraxani
  Yeni Suraxanı is a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 16,127....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
• Kaganovich was the name of Qaraçuxur
  Qaraçuxur
  Qaraçuxur is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 77,619. The municipality consists of the settlements of Qaraçuxur and Yeni Günəşli....
  
   – Lazar Kaganovich
  Lazar Kaganovich
  Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich was a Soviet politician and administrator and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin.-Early life:Kaganovich was born in 1893 to Jewish parents in the village of Kabany, Radomyshl uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire...
  
  , Soviet politician
• Kalinin was the name of Burunqovaq
  Burunqovaq
  Burunqovaq is a village and municipality in the Samukh Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 379....
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
  
  , Soviet leader
• Kalininkend was the name of Vurğun
  Vurgun
  Vurğun is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,710. The town was renamed during the Soviet period for Mikhail Kalinin, and afterward, in honor of the writer Samad Vurgun....
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
• Kirovabad was the name of Ganja
  Ganja, Azerbaijan
  Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Kirovkənd and Kirovka were names of Həsənsu – 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
  Çinarli, Shamkir
  Çinarlı is a village and municipality in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,739....
  
   – Lenin
• Leninabad was the name of Sanqalan
  Sanqalan
  Sanqalan is a village in the Agsu Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Nüydü....
  
   – 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
  Vyacheslav Molotov
  Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev...
  
  , Soviet politician
• Musabekov was the name of Zəhmətkənd – Gazanfar Musabekov
  Gazanfar Musabekov
  Gazanfar Mahmud oglu Musabekov or Musabeyov was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman. He was Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Azerbaijan SSR from 1929 to 1931 and he headed the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR from 1931 to 1936...
  
  , Soviet politician
• Myasnikovabad was the name of Əliabad, Nakhchivan – Gavril Myasnikov
  Gavril Myasnikov
  Gavril Ilyich Myasnikov , also transliterated as Gavriil Il'ich Miasnikov, was a Russian metalworker from the Urals, who participated in the Revolution of 1905 and became a Bolshevik underground activist in 1906. Tsarist police arrested him and he spent over seven years at hard labor in Siberia...
  
  , Bolshevik revolutionary
• Narimankend was the name of Qoşakənd – Nariman Narimanov
  Nariman Narimanov
  Narimanov Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oglu was an Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. In 1920, Narimanov headed the Soviet government of Azerbaijan, the Provisional Military-Revolutionary Committee , replacing Mirza Davud Huseynov, then he was the Chairman of the...
  
  , revolutionary
• Orconikidze was the name of Nərimankənd, Gadabay – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• Pamyat’ Lenina was the name of Balıqçılar
  Baliqçilar
  Balıqçılar is a village and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,455....
  
   – Lenin
• Perozabad was the name of Barda, Azerbaijan
  Barda, Azerbaijan
  Barda is the capital city of the Barda Rayon in Azerbaijan, located south of Yevlax and on the left bank of the Terter river. Once an Armenian town, and later the capital of Caucasian Albania perhaps since the end of the fourth century, Barda became the chief city of the Islamic province of Arran,...
  
   – Peroz I
  Peroz I
  Peroz I Peroz I Peroz I (also Pirooz; Peirozes (Priscus, fr. 33); Perozes (Procopius, De Bello Pers. I. 3 and Agathias iv. 27; the modern form of the name is Perooz, Piruz, or the Arabized Ferooz, Firuz; Persian: پیروز "the Victor"), was the seventeenth Sassanid King of Persia, who ruled from 457...
  
  
• Port-İliç was the name of Liman, Azerbaijan
  Liman, Azerbaijan
  Liman is a city and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 12,100. The municipality consists of the city of Liman and the nearby villages of Şirinsu and Qumbaşı....
  
   – Lenin
• Pushkino was the name of Biləsuvar – Alexander Pushkin
• Rəsulzadə was the name of Yeni Suraxanı
  Yeni Suraxani
  Yeni Suraxanı is a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 16,127....
  
   – Mammed Amin Rasulzade
  Mammed Amin Rasulzade
  Mammad Amin Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founding political leaders of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan...
  
  , Azeri statesman
• Shahumyan was the name of Aşağı Ağcakənd – Stepan Shahumyan
  Stepan Shahumyan
  Stepan Gevorgi Shahumyan was a Bolshevist Russian communist politician and revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus. Shahumyan was an ethnic Armenian and his role as a leader of the Russian revolution in the Caucasus earned him the nickname of the "Caucasian Lenin", a reference to the leader...
  
  , Bolshevik commissar
• Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of Axtaçı, Sabirabad
  Axtaçi, Sabirabad
  Axtaçı is a village and municipality in the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 302....
  
   – Stepan Shahumyan
• Stalin was the name of Sabail raion
  Sabail raion
  Sabail raion is a settlement and raion of Baku, located on the Caspian shore. It contains the municipalities of Badamdar and Bibiheybət and the settlement of Bayil, and is bordered by the raions of Nasimi, Yasamal and Garadagh. Area: 29 km²...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Stalino was the name of Çaylı, Tartar
  Çayli, Tartar
  Çaylı is a village in the Tartar Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village is on the cease-fire line between the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and those of Azerbaijan...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
• V.İ.Lenin was the name of Böyük Kəsik – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
• Voroshilovka was the name of Aşıqlı
  Asiqli
  Aşıqlı is a village and municipality in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,831. The municipality consists of the villages of Aşıqlı and Keşkü....
  
   – Kliment Voroshilov
  Kliment Voroshilov
  Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman...
  
  , Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Yelizavetpol was the name of Ganja
  Ganja, Azerbaijan
  Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...
  
   – Czarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
• Zhdanov was the name of Beylagan – Andrei Zhdanov
  Andrei Zhdanov
  Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician.-Life:Zhdanov enlisted with the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks, becoming the All-Union Communist Party manager in Leningrad after the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934...
  
  

Belgium

• Charleroi
  Charleroi
  Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
  
   – Charles II of Spain
  Charles II of Spain
  Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
  
  
• Leopoldsburg
  Leopoldsburg
  Leopoldsburg is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Leopoldsburg had a total population of 14,403. The total area is 22.49 km² which gives a population density of 640 inhabitants per km².-External links:*...
  
   – Leopold I of Belgium
  Leopold I of Belgium
  Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
  
  
• Martelange
  Martelange
  Martelange is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg....
  
   – Martelius
• Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
  Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
  Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse had a total population of 6,613. The total area is 20.90 km² which gives a population density of 316 inhabitants per km²....
  
   – Saint George
  Saint George
  Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
  
  
• Saint-Gilles
  Saint-Gilles, Belgium
  Saint-Gilles or Sint-Gillis is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.Saint-Gilles has a multicultural identity stemming from its diverse population...
  
   – Saint Giles
  Saint Giles
  Saint Giles was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded, in St-Gilles-du-Gard, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the...
  
  
• Saint-Hubert
  Saint-Hubert, Belgium
  Saint-Hubert is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 111.16 km², had 5,737 inhabitants, giving a population density of 51.6 inhabitants per square kilometre....
  
   – Hubertus
  Hubertus
  Saint Hubertus or Hubert , called the "Apostle of the Ardennes" was the first Bishop of Liège...
  
  
• Saint-Nicolas
  Saint-Nicolas, Belgium
  Saint-Nicolas is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège airport. As of January 1, 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666....
  
   – Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
  
  
• Sint-Agatha-Berchem
  Sint-Agatha-Berchem
  Sint-Agatha-Berchem or Berchem-Sainte-Agathe is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The municipality had a total population of 20,078 on 1 January 2006...
  
   – Agatha of Sicily
  Agatha of Sicily
  Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born at Catania, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251...
  
  
• Sint-Amands
  Sint-Amands
  Sint-Amands is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Lippelo, Oppuurs and Sint-Amands proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Amands had a total population of 7,781...
  
   – Saint Amand
  Saint Amand
  Saint Amand or Amandus was a French Christian saint, one of the great Christian Saints of Flanders.-Biography:...
  
  
• Sint-Gillis-Waas
  Sint-Gillis-Waas
  Sint-Gillis-Waas is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of De Klinge, Meerdonk, Sint-Gillis-Waas proper and Sint-Pauwels. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Gillis-Waas had a total population of 17,908. The total area is 54.98 km² which gives a...
  
   – Saint Giles
  Saint Giles
  Saint Giles was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded, in St-Gilles-du-Gard, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the...
  
  
• Sint-Laureins
  Sint-Laureins
  Sint-Laureins is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Laureins proper, Sint-Margriete, Waterland-Oudeman and Watervliet. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Laureins had a total population of 6,582...
  
   – Lawrence of Rome
• Sint-Martens-Latem
  Sint-Martens-Latem
  Sint-Martens-Latem is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Deurle and Sint-Martens-Latem proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Martens-Latem had a total population of 8,280...
  
   – Martin of Tours
  Martin of Tours
  Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...
  
  
• Sint-Niklaas
  Sint-Niklaas
  Sint-Niklaas is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
  
   – Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
  
  
• Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
  Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
  Sint-Pieters-Leeuw , is a Dutch-speaking municipality of Belgium located in the province of Flemish Brabant .The municipality comprises the towns of Oudenaken, Ruisbroek, Sint-Laureins-Berchem, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw proper and Vlezenbeek. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw had a total population...
  
   – Saint Peter
  Saint Peter
  Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
  
  
• Sint-Truiden
  Sint-Truiden
  Sint-Truiden is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, near the towns of Hasselt and Tongeren. The municipality includes the old communes of Aalst, Brustem, Duras, Engelmanshoven, Gelinden, Gorsem, Groot-Gelmen, Halmaal, Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden,...
  
   – Trudo
  Trudo
  Saint Trudo was a saint of the seventh century. He is called the "Apostle of Hesbaye" . His feast day is celebrated on November 23....
  
  
• Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
  Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
  Woluwe-Saint-Lambert or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium...
  
   – Lambert of Maastricht
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter
  Saint Peter
  Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
  
  

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
  Louis IX of France
  Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and...
  
   (Saint Louis)
• São Paulo – Saint Paul
  Paul of Tarsus
  Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament...
  
  

Bulgaria

• Asenovgrad
  Asenovgrad
  Asenovgrad is a town in central southern Bulgaria, part of Plovdiv Province.-History:Asenovgrad was founded by the Thracians as Stenímachos around 300–400 BC. In 72 BC the city was captured by the troops of the Roman Empire as part of the Roman expansion towards the Black Sea. After a long period...
  
   – Tsar Ivan Asen II
  Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
  -Early rule:He was a son of Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria and Elena . Elena, who survived until after 1235, is sometimes alleged to be a daughter of Stefan Nemanja of Serbia, but this relationship is questionable and would have caused various canonical impediments to marriages between various descendants...
  
  
• Blagoevgrad
  Blagoevgrad
  Blagoevgrad is а city in southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Province, with a population of about 74,302 . It lies on the banks of the Blagoevgradska Bistritsa River....
  
   – Communist leader Dimitar Blagoev
  Dimitar Blagoev
  Dimitar Blagoev Nikolov ; was a Bulgarian political leader, the founder of Bulgarian socialism and of the first social democratic party in the Balkans.-Biography:...
  
  
• Botevgrad
  Botevgrad
  Botevgrad ; pre-1866: Samundzhievo ), is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located in Sofia Province and is close to Pravets. Botevgrad is situated at a 47-km-distance from Sofia.-Geography:...
  
   – Hristo Botev
  Hristo Botev
  Hristo Botev , born Hristo Botyov Petkov , was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero.-Early years:...
  
  
• Dimitrovgrad
  Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
  Dimitrovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria, located close to the province capital - Haskovo. It is a newly founded settlement, built in the end of the 1940s. and named after the communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous...
  
   – Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov , also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov , was a Bulgarian Communist politician...
  
  
• Dimovo
  Dimovo
  Dimovo is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dimovo Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of Vidin Province, 30 kilometres from Vidin at the Danube and 50 kilometres from Bregovo at the Timok River and the Serbian border...
  
   – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev
• Elin Pelin
  Elin Pelin (town)
  Elin Pelin , previously known as Novoseltsi , is a town in central western Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Elin Pelin municipality, located in central Sofia Province...
  
   – writer Elin Pelin
  Elin Pelin
  Elin Pelin , born Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov is arguably considered Bulgaria’s best narrator of country life.Born into a large family in the village of Baylovo near Sofia, he loved writing and reading from an early age...
  
  
• General Toshevo
  General Toshevo
  General Toshevo is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Dobrich Province. Located in the historic region of Southern Dobruja, it is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and was named after the noted Bulgarian General Stefan Toshev...
  
   – General Stefan Toshev
  Stefan Toshev
  Stefan Toshev was a Bulgarian General, from World War I. His mother was a teacher from the period of the National Revival. He volunteered in the Bulgarian Opalchentsi Corps during the Russo-Turkish War and later served as a translator. On 10 May 1879 he graduated the Military School in Sofia in...
  
  
• Gotse Delchev
  Gotse Delchev (town)
  Gotse Delchev , is a town in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria with a population of 23,573.In 1951 the town was renamed after the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Nikolov Delchev. It had hitherto been called Nevrokop ....
  
   – revolutionary Gotse Delchev
  Gotse Delchev
  Georgi Nikolov Delchev was an important revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century...
  
  
• Isperih
  Isperih
  Isperih is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, situated in the central part of the Ludogorie region. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Isperih Municipality...
  
   – Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria
• Ivaylovgrad
  Ivaylovgrad
  Ivaylovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south-east of Bulgaria set near the river Arda in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ivaylovgrad Municipality...
  
   – Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria
  Ivaylo of Bulgaria
  Ivaylo, also spelled Ivailo, , nicknamed Bardokva or Lakhanas in Greek, was a rebel leader and emperor of Bulgaria. In 1277, he spearheaded a peasant uprising, and forced the nobles to accept him as emperor...
  
  
• Kableshkovo
  Kableshkovo
  Kableshkovo is a small town in the Pomorie Municipality, Bulgaria. As of 2005 the population is 2 866. A small but modern sports complex of PFC Naftex Burgas is under construction. It will include two football terrains and an attached hotel...
  
   – revolutionary Todor Kableshkov
  Todor Kableshkov
  Todor Kableshkov was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the April Uprising....
  
  
• Krumovgrad
  Krumovgrad
  Krumovgrad is a town in Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks...
  
   – Khan Krum of Bulgaria
• Kubrat
  Kubrat (town)
  Kubrat is a town in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, part of the Ludogorie region. Named after the Bulgar ruler Kubrat, it is the administrative centre of the homonymous Kubrat Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 8,118 inhabitants.A notable native is famous...
  
   – Khan Kubrat
  Kubrat
  Kubrat or Kurt was a Bulgar ruler credited with establishing the confederation of Old Great Bulgaria in 632. He is said to have achieved this by conquering the Avars and uniting all the Bulgar tribes under one rule....
  
   of Bulgaria
• Levski (town)
  Levski (town)
  Levski is a town in central northern Bulgaria, an administrative center of the homonymous Levski Municipality in the very southeast of Pleven Province. It is located in the valley of the Osam River and was called Karağaç during the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and until 1897, when it was renamed...
  
   – revolutionary Vasil Levski
  Vasil Levski
  Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, , is a Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule...
  
  
• Momchilgrad
  Momchilgrad
  Momchilgrad , is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province in the southeastern part of the Eastern Rhodopes. It is largely settled by ethnic Turks....
  
   – medieval Bulgarian ruler Momchil
  Momchil
  Momchil was a 14th-century Bulgarian brigand and local ruler. Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia, Momchil was recruited by the Byzantines as a mercenary...
  
  
• Omurtag
  Omurtag (town)
  Omurtag is a town at the eastern foot of Stara Planina in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province, situated at 525 m above sea level. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Omurtag Municipality...
  
   – Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria
• Rakovski
  Rakovski (town)
  Rakovski is a town in southern Bulgaria, in the historical region of Thrace. It is located in the Plovdiv Province. The town is also the centre of the Rakovski Municipality. Rakovski was founded in 1966 with the merging of three villages — General Nikolaevo, Sekirovo and Parchevich...
  
   – revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski
  Georgi Sava Rakovski
  Georgi Stoykov Rakovski , known also Georgi Sava Rakovski , born Sabi Stoykov Popovich , was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival and resistance against Ottoman rule.- Early life:Born in Kotel to a wealthy and patriotic...
  
  
• Sandanski
  Sandanski
  -Municipality:Sandanski is the seat of Sandanski municipality , which includes the following 54 places:-Honour:Sandanski Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after the town of Sandanski....
  
   – revolutionary Yane Sandanski
  Yane Sandanski
  Yane Ivanov Sandanski or Jane Ivanov Sandanski, was a revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization in the Serres region and head of the extreme leftist wing of the organization...
  
  
• Simeonovgrad
  Simeonovgrad
  Simeonovgrad is a town in southern Bulgaria, located in Haskovo Province on both banks of the Maritsa River. Three bridges connect the town's two parts. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Simeonovgrad Municipality...
  
   – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
  Simeon I of Bulgaria
  Simeon I the Great ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe...
  
  
• Tervel
  Tervel (town)
  Tervel is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Dobrich Province. It is the administrative centre of Tervel Municipality, which lies in the westernmost part of the province...
  
   – Khan Tervel of Bulgaria
  Tervel of Bulgaria
  Khan Tervel also called Tarvel, or Terval, or Terbelis in some Byzantine sources, was the Emperor of the Bulgarians at the beginning of the 8th century. In 705 he received the title Caesar which was a precedent in history. He was probably a Christian like his grandfather Khan Kubrat...
  
  
• Tsar Kaloyan – Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria

Former:

• Borisovgrad was the name of Parvomay
  Parvomay
  Parvomay is a town and the name of a Municipality in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in Plovdiv Province region close to the towns Sadovo and Chirpan. The English translation is sometimes given as Parvomai or Purvomai...
  
   – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
• Kolarovgrad was the name of Shumen
  Shumen
  Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and capital of Shumen Province. In the period 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after the name of the communist leader Vasil Kolarov...
  
   – Vasil Kolarov
  Vasil Kolarov
  Vasil Petrov Kolarov was a Bulgarian communist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International.-Early years:Kolarov was born in Shumen, Bulgaria on 16 July 1877, the son of a shoemaker...
  
  
• Stalin was the name of Varna
  Varna
  Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Stanke Dimitrov was the name of Dupnitsa – revolutionary Stanke Dimitrov
  Stanke Dimitrov
  Stefan Dimitrov Todorov , better known as Stanke Dimitrov or under the pseudonym Marek , was a high-ranking Bulgarian Communist Party activist and anti-fascist. He was one of the supporters of a plan that later went on to become the St Nedelya Church assault....
  
  
• Tolbukhin was the name of Dobrich
  Dobrich
  Dobrich is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province. With 91,030 inhabitants, as of February 2011, Dobrich is the ninth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern Dobruja...
  
   – Soviet marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin
  Fyodor Tolbukhin
  Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin was a Soviet military commander.-Biography:Tolbukhin was born into a peasant family in the province of Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow. He volunteered for the Imperial Army in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. He was steadily promoted, advancing from private to...
  
  

Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia
  Abbotsford, British Columbia
  Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...
  
   – Harry Abbott (railway superintendent)
• Barkerville, British Columbia
  Barkerville, British Columbia
  Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel along BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the original access to...
  
   – Billy Barker English prospector
  Prospecting
  Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore...
  
  
• Barrie
  Barrie
  Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , provincial electoral district* Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, former Canadian electoral district...
  
  , Ontario – Sir Robert Barrie
  Robert Barrie
  Sir Robert Barrie KCB, KCH was a British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of 1812....
  
  
• Bathurst, New Brunswick
  Bathurst, New Brunswick
  Bathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Bathurst is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay....
  
   – Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
  Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
  Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst KG PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Lord Bathurst was the elder son of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, by his wife Tryphena, daughter of Thomas Scawen...
  
  
• Brantford, Ontario – Joseph Brant
  Joseph Brant
  Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. He was perhaps the most well-known American Indian of his generation...
  
  
• Brockville, Ontario and Brock, Ontario
  Brock, Ontario
  Brock is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. Brock Township is also a former municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.-History:...
  
   – Isaac Brock
  Isaac Brock
  Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada successfully for many years...
  
  
• Brooks, Alberta
  Brooks, Alberta
  Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada surrounded by the County of Newell. It is located on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway, approximately southeast of Calgary, and northwest of Medicine Hat. The city has an elevation of .- History :The area that is now Brooks was originally...
  
   – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)
• Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby (politician and explorer)
• Charlottetown
  Charlottetown
  Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...
  
  , Prince Edward Island – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
  
  , consort of King George III of the United Kingdom
  George III of the United Kingdom
  George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
  
  
• Churchill, Manitoba
  Churchill, Manitoba
  Churchill is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" that has helped its growing tourism industry.-History:A variety of nomadic...
  
   – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
  John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
  John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
  
  
• Drummondville, Quebec – Gordon Drummond
  Gordon Drummond
  Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB was the first Canadian-born officer to command the military and the civil government of Canada...
  
  
• Edmundston, New Brunswick – Edmund Walker Head
  Edmund Walker Head
  Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB was British colonial administrator.He was born at Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, Kent, the son of Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane Head. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford. He succeeded to his father's title in 1838...
  
  
• Fredericton, New Brunswick – Prince Frederick, Duke of York
• Halifax – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
• Hamilton, Ontario
  Hamilton, Ontario
  Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
  
   – George Hamilton
  George Hamilton (politician)
  George Hamilton was a Canadian merchant and politician, who founded the city of Hamilton, Ontario.Hamiliton was born on October 1788 in Queenston Heights...
  
  
• Huntsville, Ontario
  Huntsville, Ontario
  Huntsville is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Toronto and south of North Bay....
  
   – Captain George Hunt (settler)
• Joliette, Quebec – Barthélemy Joliette
  Barthélemy Joliette
  Barthélemy Joliette was a notary, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East....
  
  
• Kirkland Lake, Ontario
  Kirkland Lake, Ontario
  Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality located in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The 2006 population, according to Statistics Canada, was 8,248....
  
   – Winnifred Kirkland, secretary at the Ontario Department of Mines
• Kitchener, Ontario
  Kitchener, Ontario
  The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
  
   – Horatio Kitchener
• Lethbridge
  Lethbridge
  Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's...
  
  , Alberta – William Lethbridge
  William Lethbridge
  William Lethbridge was a lawyer in England. When bookseller W H Smith owner William Henry Smith II decided to become involved in politics in 1864, he enlisted Lethbridge as a managing partner....
  
  
• Maberly, Ontario – William Maberly
• Markham, Ontario
  Markham, Ontario
  Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...
  
   – William Markham
  William Markham (archbishop)
  William Markham , English divine and archbishop of York, was educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford.He was one of the best scholars of his day, and attained to the headship of his old school and college in 1753 and 1767 respectively...
  
  
• Mont-Laurier, Quebec
  Mont-Laurier, Quebec
  Mont-Laurier is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Rivière du Lièvre, a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the “Capital of the Haute-Laurentides”, the motto of the town is Laurus elationis praemium, which translates to “Lift the...
  
   – Sir Wilfrid Laurier
  Wilfrid Laurier
  Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....
  
  
• Morrisburg, Ontario – James Morris
  James Morris (Canada West politician)
  James Morris was a businessman, banker and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1798, settled with his family at Elizabethtown in Upper Canada in 1808 and was educated at Sorel in Lower Canada. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1825...
  
  
• Peterborough, Ontario
  Peterborough, Ontario
  Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
  
   – Peter Robinson
• Port Alberni, British Columbia
  Port Alberni, British Columbia
  Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. It is the location of the head offices of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The city has a total population of 17,743, and the census agglomeration area a total of 25,396....
  
   – Captain Pere d'Alberní
• Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
  Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...
  
   – Prince Albert
• Prince George, British Columbia
  Prince George, British Columbia
  Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...
  
   – George III of England
• Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...
  
   – Prince Rupert of the Rhine
  Prince Rupert of the Rhine
  Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness , commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG, FRS was a noted soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century...
  
  
• Regina, Saskatchewan
  Regina, Saskatchewan
  Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
  
   – Queen Victoria
• Selkirk, Manitoba
  Selkirk, Manitoba
  Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River, near . As of the 2006 census, Selkirk had a population of 9,515....
  
   – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
  Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
  Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. He was born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.- Early background :Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar...
  
  
• Sherbrooke, Quebec and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
  Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
  Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.Sherbrooke is nestled between Sherbrooke Lake and St. Mary's River...
  
   – John Coape Sherbrooke
  John Coape Sherbrooke
  Sir John Coape Sherbrooke was a British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean , and Spain, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811.His active defense of the colony during the War of 1812...
  
  
• Sydney, Nova Scotia
  Sydney, Nova Scotia
  Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
  
   – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
  Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
  Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century...
  
  
• Timmins
  Timmins
  Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
  
  , Ontario – Noah Timmins
  Noah Timmins
  Noah Anthony Timmins was a Canadian mining developer and executive who is considered a founding father of Canada's mining industry.-Background and mining achievements:...
  
  
• Vancouver
  Vancouver
  Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
  
  , British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver
  George Vancouver
  Captain George Vancouver RN was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon...
  
  , English explorer of Dutch descent (van Coevorden)
• Victoria, British Columbia
  Victoria, British Columbia
  Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
  
   – Queen Victoria
• Victoriaville, Quebec – Queen Victoria

Chile

• Cochrane
  Cochrane, Chile
  Cochrane is a Chilean town and commune in Capitán Prat Province of the Aisén Region. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,867. The urban population in 2002 was 2,217 and the rural population was 650....
  
   – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
  Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
  Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM , styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a senior British naval flag officer and radical politician....
  
   (captain)
• Galvarino – Galvarino
  Galvarino
  Galvarino is a Chilean town and commune , part of Cautín Province, in the Araucanía Region.The town, named for the Mapuche warrior Galvarino, was founded on April 22, 1882 within the frame of the occupation of Araucanía by general Gregorio Urrutia, next to river Quillem as a fort of . Its...
  
   (Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco)
• Lautaro
  Lautaro, Chile
  Lautaro is a city and commune of the Cautín Province in Chile's Araucanía Region. The area is named in honor of Lautaro, Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco.-Demographics:...
  
   – Lautaro (Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco)
• Puerto Ingerniero Ibáñez – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
  Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
  General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...
  
   (President)
• Puerto Montt
  Puerto Montt
  Puerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. The commune spans an area of and had a population of 175,938 in 2002. It is located 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago...
  
   – Manuel Montt
  Manuel Montt
  Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.-Biography:...
  
   (President)
• Puerto Saavedra – Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez
  Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez
  Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez was a Chilean politician and military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía....
  
   (Military figure that played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía)
• Puerto Varas
  Puerto Varas
  Puerto Varas is a city and commune located in the southern Chilean province of Llanquihue, in the Los Lagos Region.The city is well known for its German traditions, its food, its fish and seafood, the natural environment, its casino and 5 star hotels. Only from Puerto Montt, located on the shore...
  
   – Antonio Varas (minister of the interior)
• Puerto Williams – Juan Williams Rebolledo
  Juan Williams Rebolledo
  Juan Williams Rebolledo was a Chilean rear admiral who was the organizer and commander-in-chief of the Chilean navy at the beginning of the War of the Pacific.-Early life:...
  
   (Chilean admiral)
• San Fernando
  San Fernando, Chile
  San Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region. Located close to the Tinguiririca River in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 1,112 feet above sea level...
  
   – Saint Ferdinand
• San Pedro de Atacama – Saint Peter
  Saint Peter
  Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
  
  
• Santiago
  Santiago, Chile
  Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
  
   – James, son of Zebedee (Saint James)
• Teodoro Schmidt
  Teodoro Schmidt, Chile
  Teodoro Schmidt is a Chilean town and commune located in Cautín Province, Araucanía Region. Teodoro Schmidt spans a coastal area of .-Demographics:...
  
   – Teodoro Schmidt
• Valdivia – Pedro de Valdivia
  Pedro de Valdivia
  Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command...
  
   (conqueror of Chile)
• Villa O'Higgins – Bernardo O'Higgins
  Bernardo O'Higgins
  Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder...
  
   (libertador of Chile)

Czech Republic

• Adamov (Blansko District)
  Adamov (Blansko District)
  Adamov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, near Brno and Blansko.In St. Barbara Church. a wooden Gothic altarpiece is found called the Zwettl Altar , which embodies a preserved part of the original sculpture carved for the Zwettl Abbey in the early 16th century....
  
   – Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein
  Josef Johann Adam of Liechtenstein
  Johann Josef Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1721 to his death.Born in Vienna, he was the only living son of Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein...
  
  , ironworks owner
• Alojzov
  Alojzov
  Alojzov is a village and municipality in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 232....
  
   – Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
  Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
  Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Aloys Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Melchior was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1781 until his death. He was the third son of Franz Josef I....
  
  
• Barrandov, Prague – Joachim Barrande
  Joachim Barrande
  Joachim Barrande was a French geologist and palaeontologist.Barrande was born at Saugues, Haute Loire, and educated in the École Polytechnique at Paris...
  
  
• Františkovy Lázně
  Františkovy Lázne
  Františkovy Lázně is a town in Cheb District of Karlovy Vary Region in the western Bohemia , near the town of Cheb with about 5,200 inhabitants....
  
   – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz...
  
  
• Golčův Jeníkov
  Golcuv Jeníkov
  Golčův Jeníkov is a town in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,600 inhabitants. It belongs to the historical land of Bohemia.- Villages :...
  
   – Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg army
• Havlíčkův Brod
  Havlíckuv Brod
  Havlíčkův Brod , Německý Brod until 1945 is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It is also the capital of the Havlíčkův Brod district. It is located on the Sázava River in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and has a population of 24,321 as of 2003...
  
   – Karel Havlíček Borovský
  Karel Havlícek Borovský
  Karel Havlíček Borovský was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. He lived and studied at the Gymnasium in Německý Brod , and his house on the main square is today the Havlíček Museum...
  
  
• Jáchymov
  Jáchymov
  For other places called Joachimsthal, see Joachimsthal Jáchymov . compl: "Sant Joachim's Sthal" is a spa town in north-west Bohemia in the Czech Republic belonging to the Karlovy Vary Region. It is situated at an altitude of 733 m above sea level in the eponymous St...
  
   – St. Joachim
  Joachim
  Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James...
  
  
• Jindřichův Hradec
  Jindrichuv Hradec
  Jindřichův Hradec is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 22,700 inhabitants.- History :The first written mention of the town is in 1220. Before that, it was probably a Slavic settlement. At the end of the 12th century more people arrived...
  
   – Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town
• Fortress Josefov
  Fortress Josefov
  Fortress Josefov , , is a large historic defence complex of 18th-century military architecture, built between 1780-1790, in eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Together with fortress Terezín, it was intended as protection against attacks from Prussia, but its military importance, like other such...
  
   and Josefov (Prague)
  Josefov (Prague)
  Josefov is a town quarter and the smallest cadastral area of Prague, today Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town. It is completely surrounded by Old Town...
  
   – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I...
  
  
• Karlín
  Karlín
  Karlín is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, former independent town . It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to the south, New Town to the west and Libeň to the east.-History:The building of the Karlín district began in...
  
   – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
  Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
  Caroline Augusta of Bavaria was a daughter of Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria and his wife, Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt , and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. She was married to Crown Prince William of Württemberg and to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor...
  
  
• Karlovy Vary
  Karlovy Vary
  Karlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370...
  
   – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
  Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....
  
  
• Karlštejn Castle and village
  Karlštejn (Beroun District)
  Karlštejn is a market town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.In 1952, it was named after Karlštejn Castle.-External links:*...
  
   – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
  Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....
  
  
• Mladá Boleslav
  Mladá Boleslav
  Mladá Boleslav is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, on the left bank of the Jizera river about 50 km northeast of Prague.Founded in the second half of the 10th century by King Boleslav II as a royal castle...
  
   – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
  Boleslaus II of Bohemia
  Boleslaus II the Pious was the duke of Bohemia from 972, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty.The son of Boleslaw also called Boleslaus I and Biagota, Boleslaus II became Duke in on his father's death. Boleslaus maintained good relations with the Ottonian German kings, and in 975 supported Otto II...
  
  
• Špindlerův Mlýn
  Špindleruv Mlýn
  Špindlerův Mlýn is a town in the Czech Republic in the Krkonoše. It received its name after a mill belonging to Spindler's family, where neighbours used to meet...
  
   – Spindler, a miller
• Stará Boleslav – Boleslaus I of Bohemia
  Boleslaus I of Bohemia
  Boleslaus I the Cruel, also called Boleslav I , was the ruler of Bohemia from 935 to his death. His was the son of Vratislaus I and the younger brother of his predecessor, Saint Wenceslaus.Boleslav is notorious for the murder of his brother Wenceslaus, through which he became duke of Bohemia...
  
  
• Terezín
  Terezín
  Terezín is the name of a former military fortress and adjacent walled garrison town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.-Early history:...
  
   – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
  Maria Theresa of Austria
  Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma...
  
  
• Vítkov
  Vítkov (Opava District)
  Vítkov is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has circa 6,200 inhabitants.Villages Jelenice, Klokočov, Nové Těchanovice, Podhradí, Prostřední Dvůr, Lhotka and Zálužné are administrative districts of Vítkov....
  
   – Vítek z Kravař
• Žižkov
  Žižkov
  Žižkov is a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic. Most of Žižkov lies in the municipal and administrative district of Prague 3, except for very small parts which are in Prague 8 and Prague 10. Prior to 1922, Žižkov was an independent city....
  
   – Jan Žižka
  Jan Žižka
  Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha , Czech general and Hussite leader, follower of Jan Hus, was born at small village Trocnov in Bohemia, into a gentried family. He was nicknamed "One-eyed Žižka"...
  
  

Former:

• Gottwaldov was the name of Zlín
  Zlín
  Zlín , from 1949 to 1989 Gottwaldov , is a city in the Zlín Region, southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Dřevnice River. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company...
  
   from 1948–1990 – Klement Gottwald
  Klement Gottwald
  Klement Gottwald was a Czechoslovakian Communist politician, longtime leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia , prime minister and president of Czechoslovakia.-Early life:...
  
  

Denmark

• Augustenborg – Auguste, duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
  Schleswig-Holstein
  Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
  
  
• Fredericia
  Fredericia
  Fredericia is a town located in Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, in a sub-region known locally as Trekanten, or The Triangle...
  
   – King Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...
  
  
• Frederiksberg
  Frederiksberg
  Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most...
  
   – King Frederick IV of Denmark
  Frederick IV of Denmark
  Frederick IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of King Christian V of Denmark and Norway and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel .-Foreign affairs:...
  
  
• Frederikshavn
  Frederikshavn
  This article is about a Danish town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn .Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to...
  
   – King Frederick VI of Denmark
  Frederick VI of Denmark
  Frederick VI reigned as King of Denmark , and as king of Norway .-Regent of Denmark:Frederick's parents were King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Wales...
  
  
• Frederikssund
  Frederikssund
  Frederikssund Kommune is a municipality on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 260 km² and...
  
   – Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...
  
  
• Frederiksværk
  Frederiksværk
  Frederiksværk is a town with a population of 12,257 in Halsnæs Municipality on Zealand in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark.-History:A French cannon founder, Peyrembert, received permission to build a cannon factory here...
  
   – King Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...
  
  

In Greenland:

• Christianshåb (Inuit: Qasigiannguit
  Qasigiannguit
  Qasigiannguit is a town located on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay, in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. With 1,253 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the twelfth-largest town in Greenland. The main industry is shrimp and halibut fishing....
  
  ) – King Christian VI of Denmark
  Christian VI of Denmark
  Christian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746.He was the son of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered Frederick V.-The reign and personality of Christian VI:To posterity Christian...
  
  
• Frederikshåb (Inuit: Paamiut
  Paamiut
  Paamiut is a town in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The name of the town means "they who reside by the mouth" in Greenlandic.- Geography :...
  
  ) – King Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...
  
  
• Jakobshavn (Inuit: Ilulissat
  Ilulissat
  Ilulissat is a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland, located approximately north of the Arctic Circle. With the population of 4,546 as of 2010, it is the third-largest settlement in Greenland, after Nuuk and Sisimiut....
  
  ) – Jakob Severin, a fur trader

In Bornholm:

• Gudhjem
  Gudhjem
  Gudhjem is a small town and fishing port on the northern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. Its population is 724 ....
  
   – God

Dominican Republic

• Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
  
   – Saint Dominic
  Saint Dominic
  Saint Dominic , also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo Félix de Guzmán was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers , a Catholic religious order...
  
  

Former:

• Ciudad Trujillo was the name of Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
  
   – Rafael Trujillo

Egypt

• Alexandria – Alexander the Great
• Crocodilopolis
  Crocodilopolis
  Crocodilopolis or Krokodilopolis or Ptolemais Euergetis or Arsinoe or Krialon was an ancient city in the Heptanomis, Egypt, the capital of Arsinoites nome, on the western bank of the Nile, between the river and the Lake Moeris, southwest of Memphis, in lat. 29° N...
  
  :
  • formerly named Arsinoe – Arsinoe II of Egypt
    Arsinoe II of Egypt
    For other uses see, ArsinoeArsinoë II was a Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and through marriage was of Queen Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia as wife of King Lysimachus and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother-husband Ptolemy II Philadelphus For other uses see, ArsinoeArsinoë II...
    
    
  • formerly named Ptolemais Euergetis – Ptolemy III Euergetes
    Ptolemy III Euergetes
    -Family:Euergetes was the eldest son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife, Arsinoe I, and came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father.He married Berenice of Cyrene in the year corresponding to 244/243 BC; and their children were:...
    
    
• Port Fouad
  Port Fouad
  Port Fuad is a city in north-eastern Egypt under the jurisdiction of Port Said Governorate, located across the Suez Canal from Port Said. It forms the northwesternmost part of Sinai Peninsula and has a population of 560,000...
  
   – Fuad I of Egypt
  Fuad I of Egypt
  Fuad I was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Hussein Kamel...
  
  

Estonia

• Valga (Latvian: Valka)– possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family.

Former:

• Kingissepa was the name of Kuressaare
  Kuressaare
  Kuressaare is a town and a municipality on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the capital of Saare County. The current population is about 14,706 Kuressaare is a town and a municipality on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the capital of Saare County. The current population is about 14,706...
  
   – Viktor Kingissepp
  Viktor Kingissepp
  Viktor Kingissepp was a Soviet Communist politician, and leader of the Estonian Communist Party.He was arrested by the Estonian Political Police on 1 May 1922 and executed for treason shortly afterwards....
  
  , Estonian revolutionary and communist

Falkland Islands

• Darwin
  Darwin, Falkland Islands
  Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, north of Goose Green...
  
   – Charles Darwin
  Charles Darwin
  Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
  
  
• Stanley
  Stanley, Falkland Islands
  Stanley is the capital and only true cityin the Falkland Islands. It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 2,115...
  
   – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
  Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
  Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...
  
  

Finland

• Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe
  Raahe
  Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,...
  
  ) – Peter Brahe, Governor-General of Finland
• Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina
  Hamina
  Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...
  
  ) – King Frederick I of Sweden
  Frederick I of Sweden
  Frederick I, , was a prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and a King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730...
  
  
• Jakobstad
  Jakobstad
  Jakobstad is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of and covers a land area of . The population density is .- History :...
  
   (Finnish: Pietarsaari) – Jacob De la Gardie
  Jacob De la Gardie
  Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire....
  
   (The city was founded by his widow – Ebba Brahe
  Ebba Brahe
  Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe was a lady-in-waiting in the Swedish court, countess, and the mistress of king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden...
  
  )
• Kaarina
  Kaarina
  Kaarina is a small city and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Finland Proper, therefore Kaarina is a part of the Greater Turku region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of...
  
   (Swedish: Sankt Karins) – Saint Catherine of Sweden
• Loviisa
  Loviisa
  Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...
  
   (Swedish: Lovisa
  Lovisa
  Lovisa is a Swedified form of Louise, which originates in Louis and has been used in Sweden since the 17th century. It was placed in the Swedish calendar in the 1750s after king Adolf Fredericks marriage to Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744...
  
  ) – Lovisa Ulrika
  Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
  Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was Queen of Sweden between 1751 and 1771 as the spouse of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and queen mother during the reign of King Gustav III of Sweden.-Background:...
  
  , Queen of Sweden
• Kristiinankaupunki (Swedish: Kristinestad
  Kristinestad
  Kristinestad is a town and a municipality in Finland. It is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. The population of Kristinestad is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is . The population is bilingual...
  
  ) – Queen Christina of Sweden
  Christina of Sweden
  Christina , later adopted the name Christina Alexandra, was Queen regnant of Swedes, Goths and Vandals, Grand Princess of Finland, and Duchess of Ingria, Estonia, Livonia and Karelia, from 1633 to 1654. She was the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustav II Adolph and his wife Maria Eleonora...
  
  
• Mariehamn
  Mariehamn
  Mariehamn is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city...
  
   (Finnish: Maarianhamina) – Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
• Mikkeli
  Mikkeli
  Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
  
   (Swedish: Sankt Michel) – Archangel Michael
• Vaasa
  Vaasa
  Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
  
   (Swedish: Vasa) – King Gustav I of Sweden
  Gustav I of Sweden
  Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....
  
  

France

• Carla-Bayle
  Carla-Bayle
  Carla-Bayle is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. It was the birthplace of Pierre Bayle , philosopher and writer.-History:It was originally named Carla-le-Comte, and was renamed Carla-Bayle after Pierre Bayle....
  
   – Pierre Bayle
  Pierre Bayle
  Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1695....
  
   (1647–1706), philosopher and writer
• Châtillon-Coligny
  Châtillon-Coligny
  Châtillon-Coligny is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.The Loing and the Briare Canal run through the town.-See also:*Communes of the Loiret department*Raynald of Châtillon...
  
   – Gaspard de Coligny
  Gaspard de Coligny
  Gaspard de Coligny , Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion.-Ancestry:...
  
  
• Crillon-le-Brave
  Crillon-le-Brave
  Crillon-le-Brave is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Like many of the older villages in the region, it was built on a hilltop for defensive purposes and to provide more farmland on the plains below. It is a very small town, with...
  
   (the brave) – Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
  Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
  Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon was a French soldier, called the man without fear and, by Henry IV the brave of the brave....
  
  
• Decazeville
  Decazeville
  Decazeville is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.The commune was created in the 19th century because of the Industrial Revolution and was named after the Duke of Decazes , the founder of the factory that created the town.-History:The town is built...
  
   – Élie, duc Decazes
  Élie, duc Decazes
  Élie Decazes, 1st duc Decazes and 1st Duke of Glücksbierg , was a French statesman, known from 1815 to 1820 as 1st comte Decazes in France, 1st Duke of Glücksbierg in Denmark in 1818, and 1st duc Decazes in France in 1820 .-Early life:Élie Decazes was born at Saint-Martin-de-Laye, Gironde, son of...
  
  
• Descartes
  Descartes, Indre-et-Loire
  Descartes is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is approximately 13 miles east of Richelieu and about 24 miles east of Loudun, on the banks of the Creuze River.-History:...
  
   – René Descartes
  René Descartes
  René Descartes ; was a French philosopher and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day...
  
  
• Ferney-Voltaire
  Ferney-Voltaire
  Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.It lies between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border and forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.-History:...
  
   – Voltaire
  Voltaire
  François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
  
  
• Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
  Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
  Flavigny-sur-Ozerain is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the region of Burgundy in eastern France.The old village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France association.-Geography:...
  
   – possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
• Grenoble
  Grenoble
  Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
  
    – Roman Emperor Gratian
  Gratian
  Gratian was Roman Emperor from 375 to 383.The eldest son of Valentinian I, during his youth Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers. Upon the death of Valentinian in 375, Gratian's brother Valentinian II was declared emperor by his father's soldiers...
  
  
• La Louptière-Thénard
  La Louptière-Thénard
  La Louptière-Thénard is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:-References:*...
  
   – Louis Jacques Thénard
  Louis Jacques Thénard
  Louis Jacques Thénard , was a French chemist.His father, a poor peasant, managed to have him educated at the academy of Sens, and sent him at the age of sixteen to study pharmacy in Paris. There he attended the lectures of Antoine François Fourcroy and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin...
  
  
• Saint-Amans-Soult
  Saint-Amans-Soult
  Saint-Amans-Soult is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.The commune was formerly called Saint-Amans-la-Bastide. It was renamed in 1851, after Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, who was born there in 1769. Marshal-General Soult, under the Emperor Napoleon, was later named as Duke of...
  
   – Jean-de-Dieu Soult
• Saint-Léger-Vauban
  Saint-Léger-Vauban
  Saint-Léger-Vauban is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.It lies within the Parc naturel régional du Morvan.-Geography:The town is situated between Rouvray and Quarré-les-Tombes...
  
   – Vauban
  Vauban
  Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and breaking through them...
  
  
• Vendays-Montalivet
  Vendays-Montalivet
  Vendays-Montalivet is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Demography:-References:*...
  
   – Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet

Gabon

• Bongoville
  Bongoville
  Bongoville is a town in south eastern Gabon, lying east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until its renaming for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It lies just west of the Bateke Plateau and is home to a large stadium....
  
   – Omar Bongo
  Omar Bongo
  El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....
  
  
• Lastoursville
  Lastoursville
  Lastoursville or Mandji is a city in central Gabon, lying on the River Ogooué, the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It was founded as a slave depot named Mandji, renamed Maadiville in 1883 and finally took its current name for François Rigail de Lastours in 1886...
  
   – François Rigail de Lastours
• Port-Gentil
  Port-Gentil
  Port-Gentil or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon and a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. Although it lies inshore, the nearby mainland is a remote forest area and it is not connected by road to the rest of the nation...
  
   – Émile Gentil
  Émile Gentil
  Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader.Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he later attended the École Navale, the school that formed French naval officers. As an ensign, he was assigned to conduct hydrographic soundings along the...
  
  

Germany

• Adolphsdorf (state of Lower Saxony) – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover
  Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
  The Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge , was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. He also served as Viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his brothers George IV and William IV...
  
   (est. 1800, incorporated into Grasberg
  Grasberg
  Grasberg is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 13 km southeast of Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and 20 km northeast of Bremen.-History:...
  
   in 1974.)
• Agathenburg (state of Lower Saxony) – Agathe von Leesten, wife of Bremen-Verden's general governor Hans Christoff von Königsmarck
  Hans Christoff von Königsmarck
  Count Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, of Tjust , son of Conrad von Königsmarck and Beatrix von Blumenthal, was a Swedish-German soldier who commanded Sweden's legendary flying column, a force which played a key role in Gustavus Adolphus' strategy...
  
  .
• Annaburg
  Annaburg
  Annaburg is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Annaburg-Prettin.- Constituent communities :Annaburg has two centres, one also called Annaburg, and the other Purzien....
  
   (state of Saxony-Anhalt) – Princess Anna of Denmark and Norway
  Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony
  Anne of Denmark or Anna was Electress of Saxony and Margravine of Meissen. She was a member of the House of Oldenburg.- Life :...
  
   (1532–1585), electress consort of Augustus, Elector of Saxony
  Augustus, Elector of Saxony
  Augustus was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586.-First years:Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He consequently belonged to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family...
  
  
• Augsburg
  Augsburg
  Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
  
   (state of Bavaria) – Roman Caesar Augustus
• Augustendorf (state of Lower Saxony) – Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, consort of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover
  Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
  The Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge , was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. He also served as Viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his brothers George IV and William IV...
  
   (est. 1827, incorporated into Gnarrenburg
  Gnarrenburg
  Gnarrenburg is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Bremervörde, and 40 km northeast of Bremen.Gnarrenburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen...
  
   in 1974.)
• Augustusburg
  Augustusburg
  Augustusburg is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km east of Chemnitz. Augustusburg is known for the Jagdschloss Augustusburg....
  
   (state of Saxony) – Augustus, Elector of Saxony
  Augustus, Elector of Saxony
  Augustus was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586.-First years:Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He consequently belonged to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family...
  
  
• Bad Karlshafen
  Bad Karlshafen
  Bad Karlshafen is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval ward of Helmarshausen...
  
   (state of Hesse) – Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  Karl I was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1670 till his death.Born at Kassel, he was the son of Wilhelm VI of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg, daughter of Georg Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg. After the early death of his father, his mother ruled as regent until 1675...
  
  
• Bad Wilhelmshöhe  (state of Hesse) – William I, Elector of Hesse
  William I, Elector of Hesse
  William I, Elector of Hesse was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.-Early life:...
  
   (a quarter of today’s Kassel
  Kassel
  Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
  
  )
• Benediktbeuern
  Benediktbeuern
  Benediktbeuern is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany. The distance between Bichl and Benediktbeuern is only 2 kilometers, or 1.25 miles. The village has about 3,500 residents as of 2004....
  
   (state of Bavaria) – Benedict of Nursia
  Benedict of Nursia
  Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no...
  
  
• Borsigwalde (state of Berlin) – engineer August Borsig
  August Borsig
  Johann Friedrich August Borsig was a German businessman who founded the Borsig-Werke factory.Borsig was born in Breslau , the son of cuirassier and carpenter foreman Johann George Borsig...
  
   (est. 1898, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Brunswick (state of Lower Saxony) – Bruno, Duke of Saxony
  Bruno, Duke of Saxony
  Bruno, Brun, or Braun was the Duke of Saxony from 866 to his death. He was the elder son of Duke Liudolf of Saxony, progenitor of the Liudolfing dynasty and his wife Oda of Billung...
  
  
• Cäciliengroden (state of Lower Saxony) – Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), grand duchess consort to Grand Duke Frederick Augustus I of Oldenburg
  Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1829 to 1853.-Family:Augustus was born to the then Prince Peter of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg...
  
   (est. 1844 and settled 1938/1939, incorporated into Sande in Frisia
  Friesland (district)
  Friesland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Wesermarsch, Ammerland, Leer and Wittmund, and by the North Sea...
  
  )
• Carlsburg
  Carlsburg, Weser
  Carlsburg was a 17th century fortified town in Swedish Bremen-Verden at the confluence of the Weser and Geeste rivers, at the site of modern Bremerhaven, Germany. Planned to compete with Bremen, the settlement did not prosper....
  
   (state of Bremen) – Charles XI of Sweden
  Charles XI of Sweden
  Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....
  
   (est. 1672, incorporated into Bremerhaven
  Bremerhaven
  Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
  
   in 1827)
• Charlottenburg
  Charlottenburg
  Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen consort Sophia Charlotte...
  
   (state of Berlin) – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
  Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
  Sophia Charlotte of Hanover was the Queen consort of Prussia as wife of Frederick I of Prussia. She was the daughter of Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate...
  
  , queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia
  Frederick I of Prussia
  Frederick I , of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union . The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia . From 1707 he was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
   (est. 13th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Christian-Albrechts-Koog (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
  Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
  Christian Albert was a duke of Holstein-Gottorp and bishop of Lübeck.He was a son of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and his wife Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. Christian Albertbecame duke when his father died in the Castle Tönning, besieged by the King Christian V of Denmark...
  
   (since 1974 a part of Galmsbüll
  Galmsbüll
  Galmsbüll is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
  
  )
• Clemenshammer (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – Clemens auf dem Hammer, purchaser of ironworks in 1580 (est. before 1580, incorporated into Remscheid
  Remscheid
  Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....
  
   in 1929)
• Cologne
  Cologne
  Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
  
   (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; , , CCAA) – Roman Emperor Claudius
  Claudius
  Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...
  
   and Agrippina the Younger
  Agrippina the Younger
  Julia Agrippina, most commonly referred to as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger, and after 50 known as Julia Augusta Agrippina was a Roman Empress and one of the more prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty...
  
  , empress consort (lit. in Claudian colony and sacrificial altar of the Agrippinensians)
• Constance
  Constance
  Constance is a female given name that derives from Latin and means "constant." Variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, Constanze, Constanza, Stanzy, and Konstanze.Constance may refer to:-People:*Constance Bennett , American actress...
  
   (state of Baden-Württemberg; ) – Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus
  Constantius Chlorus
  Constantius I , commonly known as Constantius Chlorus, was Roman Emperor from 293 to 306. He was the father of Constantine the Great and founder of the Constantinian dynasty. As Caesar he defeated the usurper Allectus in Britain and campaigned extensively along the Rhine frontier, defeating the...
  
  
• Dorotheenstadt (state of Berlin) – Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Holstein
  Sophia Dorothea of Holstein
  Dorothea Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was a German noblewoman. The highest title she acquired through marriage was Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, the "Great Elector".- Biography :Sophia Dorothea was born in Glücksburg...
  
  , electress consort of Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg
  Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
  |align=right|Frederick William was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia – and thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia – from 1640 until his death. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as the "Great Elector" because of his military and political prowess...
  
   (est. 1674, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710.)
• Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog
  Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog
  Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It occupies a small part in the northwest of Nordstrand peninsula....
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Elisabeth Sophie Desmercières, wife of Jean Henri Desmercières , financier of the polder
  Polder
  A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually-operated devices...
  
   and dike constructions
• Erichsburg
  Erichsburg
  The Ericsburg in the village of the same name in the borough of Dassel in Lower Saxony, Germany, is a castle that was built in the 16th century within the Principality of Calenberg. It is currently in a poor state of repair.- Location :...
  
   (state of Lower Saxony) – Eric II, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, founded in the 16th c. by his father Eric I, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg
  Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Eric I, the Elder was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1495 and the reigning prince of Calenberg-Göttingen.- Ancestry :Eric I was born on 16 February 1470 in Neustadt am Rübenberge at the castle of Rovenburg....
  
  , who named after his son.
• Erkelenz
  Erkelenz
  - Geology :The Erkelenz Börde is the northernmost extent of the Jülich Börde and is formed from a loess plateau that has an average thickness of over eleven metres in this area. Beneath it are the gravels and sands of the main ice age terrace, laid down by the Rhine and the Meuse...
  
   (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – Roman real proprietor Herculentiacus
• Ferdinandshof
  Ferdinandshof
  Ferdinandshof is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-Transport:* Ferdinandshof railway station is served by regional services to Berlin, Angermünde, Eberswalde, Pasewalk and Stralsund....
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
• Findorf (state of Lower Saxony) – Jürgen Christian Findorff , Moor Commissioner in charge of drainage, cultivation and colonisation of moorlands (est. 1780, incorporated into Gnarrenburg
  Gnarrenburg
  Gnarrenburg is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Bremervörde, and 40 km northeast of Bremen.Gnarrenburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen...
  
   in 1974.)
• Franzburg
  Franzburg
  Franzburg is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated 20 km southwest of Stralsund...
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – Francis, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Gifhorn line)
  Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly-founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549...
  
   (est. 1587 by Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania
  Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania
  Bogislaw XIII of Pomerania , son of Philip I and Maria of Saxony, was a princes of Stettin and Wolgast, and a member of the Griffins ....
  
   and named in honour of his father-in-law.)
• Friedrichsfelde
  Friedrichsfelde
  Friedrichsfelde is a German locality within the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin.-History:The locality was first mentioned in a document of 1265 with the name of Rosenfelde. In 1699 it was renamed Friedrichsfelde after the Prince-Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg...
  
   (state of Berlin) – Prince-Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg (est. 13th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Friedrichshafen
  Friedrichshafen
  This article is about a German town. For the Danish town, see Frederikshavn, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn .Friedrichshafen is a university city on the northern side of Lake Constance in Southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria.It is the district capital of the...
  
   (state of Baden-Württemberg) – King Frederick of Württemberg
• Friedrichshagen
  Friedrichshagen
  Friedrichshagen is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.-History:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
  Frederick II of Prussia
  Frederick II was a King in Prussia and a King of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was also Elector of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
   (est. 1753, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Berlin-Friedrichshain
  Friedrichshain
  Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and like Kreuzberg across the river it has its own distinct character, with the result that the new double name is hardly ever used outside government administration. From its creation in 1920 until Berlin's 2001...
  
   (locality in Berlin) – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
  Frederick II of Prussia
  Frederick II was a King in Prussia and a King of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was also Elector of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
  
• Friedrichskoog
  Friedrichskoog
  Friedrichskoog is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the outflow of the Elbe into the North Sea, approx. 25 km southwest of Heide, and 25 km northeast of Cuxhaven....
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – King Frederick VII of Denmark
  Frederick VII of Denmark
  Frederick VII was a King of Denmark. He reigned from 1848 until his death. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and also the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch...
  
  
• Friedrichsruh
  Friedrichsruh
  Friedrichsruh is a district in the municipality of Aumühle, Herzogtum Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.- History :After the victory over France and the establishment, in 1871, of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck received the Sachsenwald as a present from Emperor William I...
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Count Frederick Charles Augustus of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg and Schwalenberg  (est. 1763)
• Friedrichstadt
  Friedrichstadt
  Friedrichstadt is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Eider approx. 12 km south of Husum. It was founded in 1621 by Dutch settlers...
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
  Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
  Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark....
  
   (est. 1621)
• Friedrichstadt
  Friedrichstadt (Berlin)
  Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighborhood of the city itself. The neighborhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.-Geography:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – King Frederick I of Prussia
  Frederick I of Prussia
  Frederick I , of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union . The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia . From 1707 he was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
   (est. 1688, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710.)
• Friedrichsthal (state of Brandenburg) – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
  Frederick II of Prussia
  Frederick II was a King in Prussia and a King of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was also Elector of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
  , now a component locality of Gartz
  Gartz
  Gartz is a town in the Uckermark district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on the West bank of the Oder River, about 30 km south of Szczecin .-Overview:...
  
  
• Friedrichsthal (state of Brandenburg) – King Frederick I of Prussia
  Frederick I of Prussia
  Frederick I , of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union . The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia . From 1707 he was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
  , now a component locality of Oranienburg
  Oranienburg
  Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel.- Geography :Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin.- Division of the town :...
  
  
• Friedrichswalde
  Friedrichswalde
  Friedrichswalde may refer to the following places in Germany:*Friedrichswalde, a municipality in the Barnim district, Brandenburg*A part of Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the Parchim district...
  
   (state of Brandenburg) – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
  Frederick II of Prussia
  Frederick II was a King in Prussia and a King of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was also Elector of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...
  
  
• Friedrichswerder (state of Berlin) – Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg
  Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
  |align=right|Frederick William was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia – and thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia – from 1640 until his death. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as the "Great Elector" because of his military and political prowess...
  
   (est. 1662, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710.)
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog
  Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog
  Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The municipality is located in and named after the polder , which was finished in 1954 and named in honour of Schleswig-Holstein's Minister-President Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke , who had...
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Minister-President
  Minister-President
  A minister-president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers...
  
   Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke  of Schleswig-Holstein
  Schleswig-Holstein
  Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
  
  
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt (state of Berlin) – King Frederick William III of Prussia
  Frederick William III of Prussia
  Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:...
  
   (est. after 1710, a locality of Berlin from the beginning)
• Galmsbüll
  Galmsbüll
  Galmsbüll is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
  
  //North Frisian:
  North Frisian language
  North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages.-Classification:...
  
   Galmsbel (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Saint Gall
  Saint Gall
  Saint Gall, Gallen, or Gallus was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. Saint Deicolus is called an older brother of Gall.-Biography:...
  
   (first mentioned in 13th c.)
• Georgensgmünd
  Georgensgmünd
  Georgensgmünd is a municipality in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany....
  
   (state of Bavaria) – George the Martyr
• Georgenthal
  Georgenthal
  Georgenthal is a municipality in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany....
  
   (state of Thuringia) – George the Martyr
• Georgsdorf
  Georgsdorf
  -Location:Georgsdorf lies north of Nordhorn on the Süd-Nord-Kanal and the Coevorden-Piccardie-Kanal. It belongs to the Joint Community of Neuenhaus, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town.-Mayor:...
  
   (state of Lower Saxony) – George V of Hanover
  George V of Hanover
  George V was King of Hanover, the only child of Ernest Augustus I, and a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 2nd Earl of Armagh...
  
   (est. 1775, named in 1890 in memory of the king)
• Georgsmarienhütte
  Georgsmarienhütte
  Georgsmarienhütte is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 7 km south of Osnabrück.- History :...
  
   (state of Lower Saxony) – King George V of Hanover
  George V of Hanover
  George V was King of Hanover, the only child of Ernest Augustus I, and a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 2nd Earl of Armagh...
  
   and Duchess Mary of Saxe-Altenburg, the queen consort
• Giesensdorf (state of Berlin) – a certain Ghiselbrecht, the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in the 13th c. (incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Gustavsburg (state of Hesse) – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
  Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
  Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...
  
   (est. 1632, merged into Ginsheim-Gustavsburg
  Ginsheim-Gustavsburg
  The double community of Ginsheim-Gustavsburg in the northwest of Groß-Gerau district in Hesse has about 16,000 inhabitants.-Location:Ginsheim-Gustavsburg lies south of the Main and north of the Rhine in the so-called Mainspitze triangle, a narrow piece of land between the Main and Rhine where the...
  
   in 1808)
• Hedwigenkoog
  Hedwigenkoog
  Hedwigenkoog is a municipality belonging to the Amt Büsum-Wesselburen in the district Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Hedwigenkoog is situated on the North Sea coast north of Büsum and Westerdeichstrich...
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden
  Hedvig Sophia of Sweden
  Princess Hedvig Sophia Augusta of Sweden was a Swedish princess and a Duchess Consort of Holstein-Gottorp, the eldest child of King Charles XI of Sweden, and his spouse Queen Ulrica Eleanor. She was heir presumptive to the Swedish throne until her death and the Regent of the duchy of...
  
  
• Heinrichswalde
  Heinrichswalde
  Heinrichswalde is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – Prince Henry of Prussia
  Prince Henry of Prussia
  Frederick Henry Louis , commonly known as Henry , was a Prince of Prussia. He also served as a general and statesman, and, in 1786, was suggested as a candidate for a monarch for the United States....
  
  
• Hermsdorf
  Hermsdorf (Berlin)
  Hermsdorf is a district of Berlin located in the borough of Reinickendorf.-History:First mentioned in 1200, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the "Greater Berlin Act"...
  
   (state of Berlin) – a certain Herman, the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) around 1200 (incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Hildesheim
  Hildesheim
  Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...
  
   (state of Lower Saxony) – farmer Hildwin (landowner in the 10th c.)
• Joachimsthal in Brandenburg (state of Brandenburg) – Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
  Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
  Joachim III Frederick , of the House of Hohenzollern, was Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1598 until his death.-Biography:...
  
  
• Johanngeorgenstadt
  Johanngeorgenstadt
  Johanngeorgenstadt is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, and right on the border with the Czech Republic, is a state-recognized health resort , and calls itself Stadt des...
  
   (state of Saxony) – John George I, Elector of Saxony
  John George I, Elector of Saxony
  John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.-Biography:Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg....
  
  
• Johannisthal
  Johannisthal (Berlin)
  Johannisthal is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow.-History:The first mention of the locality was on November 16, 1753...
  
   (state of Berlin) – Johann Wilhelm Werner, councillor of the electoral chamber (financial department), (est. 18th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Juliers (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; ) – Roman Emperor Julius Caesar
  Julius Caesar
  Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
  
  
• Jürgensgaard/Jørgensgård (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – George the Martyr (incorporated into Flensburg
  Flensburg
  Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...
  
   in 1900.)
• Jürgenstorf
  Jürgenstorf
  Jürgenstorf is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – a certain Jürgen, the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in the 13th c.
• Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog
  Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog
  Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog is a municipality situated along the North Sea coast in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The municipality is located in and named after the polder , which was finished in 1874 and named in honour of German Emperor William I. The Koog is entirely...
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – German Emperor Wilhelm I
• Karlsburg in Hither Pomerania (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – feudal landlord Carl von Bismarck
• Karlsruhe
  Karlsruhe
  The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
  
   (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
• Karolinenkoog
  Karolinenkoog
  Karolinenkoog is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.In 1800 the municipality was named after the polder , which was named in honour of Princess Caroline of Denmark....
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Princess Caroline of Denmark
  Princess Caroline of Denmark
  Princess Caroline Mathilde of Denmark , was a member of the Danish Royal Family, the eldest surviving daughter of Frederick VI of Denmark...
  
  
• Kilianstädten (state of Hesse) – Irish Franconian apostle Saint Kilian
  Saint Kilian
  Saint Kilian, also spelled Killian , was an Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of Franconia , where he began his labours towards the end of the 7th century.-Background:...
  
   (incorporated into today's Schöneck in Hesse in 1971)
• Kronprinzenkoog
  Kronprinzenkoog
  Kronprinzenkoog is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Between 1785 and 1787 the polder was laid out and then named in honour of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark....
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark
  Frederick VI of Denmark
  Frederick VI reigned as King of Denmark , and as king of Norway .-Regent of Denmark:Frederick's parents were King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Wales...
  
  
• Leopoldshafen (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
  Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
  Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden succeeded in 1830 as the fourth Grand Duke of Baden....
  
   (originally Schröck, first mentioned in 1160, renamed on 4 June 1833)
• Leopoldshagen
  Leopoldshagen
  Leopoldshagen is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-History:The place was founded in 1748. In 1752 King Frederick II of Prussia named the village in honour of his late general Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ....
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (est. 1748, named 1752).
• Leopoldshöhe
  Leopoldshöhe
  Leopoldshöhe is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 16,000 inhabitants.Located in the rolling plains north of the Teutoburger Wald range, Leopoldshöhe consists of eight formerly independent municipalities: Asemissen, Bechterdissen and Greste to the...
  
   (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
  Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
  Leopold II of Lippe was the sovereign of the Principality of Lippe. Succeeding to the throne in 1802 he assumed control of the government in 1820 from his mother who had been acting as regent due to his age at ascension.-Biography:Leopold II was born in Detmold the eldest child of Leopold I the...
  
  
• Leverkusen
  Leverkusen
  Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....
  
   (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – pharmacist Carl Leverkus 
• Ludwigsau
  Ludwigsau
  Ludwigsau is a community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. With an area of 112 km² it is Hesse’s biggest community by land area.-Location:...
  
   (state of Hesse) – Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
  Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
  Louis I of Hesse , called "the Peaceful" was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1413-1458....
  
  
• Ludwigsburg
  Ludwigsburg
  Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants...
  
   (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg
• Ludwigsfelde
  Ludwigsfelde
  -Location:The town is located south of Berlin in the district Teltow-Fläming on the plateau of Teltow. In earlier times, it was part of the district Zossen.-Parts of the town:Since 1997/2003 the following villages are part of the city:*Ahrensdorf...
  
   (state of Brandenburg) – Ernst Ludwig von der Gröben (*1703–1773*), president of the chamber (financial department) of Kurmark
  Kurmark
  Kurmark is a German term meaning "Electoral March", referring to territory of the former Electorate of Brandenburg. The Kurmark included the Altmark, the Mittelmark, the Uckermark, the Prignitz, and the lordships of Beeskow and Storkow...
  
  .
• Ludwigshafen upon Lake Constance (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
• Ludwigshafen upon Rhine
  Ludwigshafen am Rhein
  Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ludwigshafen is located on the Rhine opposite Mannheim. Together with Mannheim, Heidelberg and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area....
  
   (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – King Louis I of Bavaria
• Ludwigslust
  Ludwigslust
  Ludwigslust is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. It was the capital of the former district of Ludwigslust, and is part of the district Ludwigslust-Parchim since September 2011.-History:...
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – Duke Christian Louis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Ludwigsstadt
  Ludwigsstadt
  Ludwigsstadt is a municipality in the district of Kronach, in the Upper Franconian region of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated at the state's northern border in the Franconian Forest mountain range, north of Kronach, and south of Saalfeld in Thuringia, the only Bavarian municipality north of the...
  
   (state of Bavaria) – a certain Ludewich, bailiff in 1269
• Luisenstadt
  Luisenstadt
  Luisenstadt is a former quarter of central Berlin, now divided into the present localities of Mitte and Kreuzberg. It gave its name to the Luisenstadt Canal and the Luisenstädtische Kirche.-History:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen consort of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III...
  
  , queen consort of King Frederick William III of Prussia
  Frederick William III of Prussia
  Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:...
  
   (est. 16th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710.)
• Luisenthal
  Luisenthal
  Luisenthal is a municipality in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany....
  
   (state of Thuringia) – Louise Dorothy of Saxe-Meiningen, duchess consort of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
  Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
  Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.-Biography:He was the eldest son of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalene Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst....
  
  
• Mariendorf
  Mariendorf
  Mariendorf is a locality in the southern Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough of Berlin.- Geography :Mariendorf is situated between the localities of Tempelhof in the north and Marienfelde and Lichtenrade in the south...
  
   (state of Berlin) – Mary of Nazareth (est. 13th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Marienfelde
  Marienfelde
  Marienfelde is a locality in southwest Berlin. It is a mixed industrial and residential area, and part of the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg.-Transportation and industry:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – Mary of Nazareth (est. 13th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Maxau (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Prince Maximilian of Baden (son of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden)
• Maxdorf
  Maxdorf
  Maxdorf is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.It is situated approx. 11 km west of Ludwigshafen.Maxdorf is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Maxdorf....
  
   (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (est. mid-18th c., named after the king in 1819)
• Maxhafen (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels
  Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels
  Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and the Bishop of Münster from 1761 to 1784. He was born in Cologne. He was the first Elector of Cologne to come from outside the Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty since 1583.- References :...
  
  , prince-archbishop-elector of Cologne, duke of Westphalia and prince-bishop of Münster (est. ca. 1771, incorporated into Wettringen in the Münsterland
  Wettringen (Münsterland)
  Wettringen is a village and a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Wettringen is situated on the river Steinfurter Aa. It is located in the region Münsterland, approx. 40 km north of Münster and approx...
  
  )
• Maxhütte
  Maxhütte-Haidhof
  Maxhütte-Haidhof is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 21 km north of Regensburg....
  
   (state of Bavaria) – Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria
  Maximilian II of Bavaria
  Maximilian II of Bavaria was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. He was son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.-Crown Prince:...
  
  
• Maximiliansau (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria
  Maximilian II of Bavaria
  Maximilian II of Bavaria was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. He was son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.-Crown Prince:...
  
   (1858 a locality of Pfortz was named after the king, in 1938 the name of the locality was adopted for entire Pfortz, incorporated into the city of Wörth upon Rhine
  Wörth am Rhein
  Wörth am Rhein is a municipality in the southernmost part of the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of the city center of Karlsruhe and just north of the German-French border....
  
   in 1979)
• Moritzburg
  Moritzburg
  Moritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, between Meißen as early centre of Saxony and the today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg....
  
   (state of Saxony) – Maurice, Elector of Saxony
  Maurice, Elector of Saxony
  Maurice was Duke and later Elector of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity....
  
  
• Neuhardenberg
  Neuhardenberg
  Neuhardenberg is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the site of Neuhardenberg Palace, residence of the Prussian statesman Prince Karl August von Hardenberg. The municipal area comprises the villages of Altfriedland, Quappendorf and Wulkow...
  
   (state of Brandenburg) – chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg
  Karl August von Hardenberg
  Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg was a Prussian statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career he implemented a variety of Liberal reforms...
  
  
• Neu Sankt Jürgen (state of Lower Saxony) – George the Martyr (incorporated into Worpswede
  Worpswede
  Worpswede is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teufelsmoor, northeast of Bremen. The small town itself is located near the Weyerberg hill. It has been the home to a lively artistic community since the end of the 19th century, with over 130...
  
   in 1974.)
• Nikolassee (state of Berlin) – Bishop Nicolas of Myra, (est. 1901, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Nikolskoë (state of Berlin) – Tzar Nicholas I of Russia
  Nicholas I of Russia
  Nicholas I , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers...
  
  , (est. 1819, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Nordgeorgsfehn (state of Lower Saxony) – George IV of Hanover and the United Kingdom
  George IV of the United Kingdom
  George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
  
   (est. 1825, incorporated into Uplengen
  Uplengen
  Uplengen is a municipality in the Leer district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Parts of the municipality:* Bühren* Großoldendorf* Großsander* Hollen* Jübberde* Klein Remels* Kleinoldendorf* Kleinsander* Meinersfehn* Neudorf* Neufirrel* Nordgeorgsfehn...
  
   in 1973)
• Oederquart
  Oederquart
  Oederquart is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown....
  
   (state of Lower Saxony) – a certain Oderick, the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in the 12th c.
• Oranienbaum
  Oranienbaum, Germany
  ' is a former town and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz...
  
   (state of Saxony-Anhalt) – Princess Henriette Catherina of Orange-Nassau
  Henriette Catherine of Nassau
  Henriette Catherine of Nassau was a daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and his wife Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. Henriette was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau .- Family :...
  
  , princess consort of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
  John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
  John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau...
  
  
• Oranienburg
  Oranienburg
  Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel.- Geography :Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin.- Division of the town :...
  
   (state of Brandenburg) – Princess Luise Henriette of Orange-Nassau, electress consort of Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg
  Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
  |align=right|Frederick William was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia – and thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia – from 1640 until his death. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as the "Great Elector" because of his military and political prowess...
  
  
• Ottobrunn
  Ottobrunn
  Ottobrunn is a municipality southeast of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1955. Ottobrunn consists of mainly semi-detached and detached houses, and lots of gardens...
  
   (state of Bavaria) – Othon, King of the Hellenes
• Paulinenaue
  Paulinenaue
  Paulinenaue is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany....
  
   (state of Brandenburg) – Pauline von Bardeleben (*1811–1884*), bride of the patrimonial landlord Friedrich Wilhelm von Knoblauch (*1798–1852*)
• Philippinenburg (state of Hesse) – Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
  Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
  Margravine Philippine Auguste Amalie of Brandenburg-Schwedt was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia...
  
  , second wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (est. 1778, incorporated into Wolfhagen
  Wolfhagen
  Wolfhagen is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 12 km southeast of Bad Arolsen, and 23 km west of Kassel on the German Framework Road.-External links:*...
  
   in 1971.)
• Philippinendorf (state of Hesse) – Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, second wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (est. 1778, incorporated into Wolfhagen in 1971.)
• Philippinenthal (state of Hesse) – Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, second wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (est. 1778, incorporated into Wolfhagen in 1971.)
• Philippsburg
  Philippsburg
  Philippsburg is a town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.-History:Before 1632, Philippsburg was known as "Udenheim".The city was a possession of the Bishop of Speyer from 1371–1718...
  
   (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Prince-Bishop Philipp Christoph von Sötern
  Philipp Christoph von Sötern
  Philipp Christoph von Sötern was the Prince-Bishop of Speyer from 1610 to 1652 and the Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1623 to 1652.-Biography:...
  
  , Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
  Bishopric of Speyer
  The Bishopric of Speyer was a state, ruled by Prince-Bishops, in what is today the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was secularized in 1803...
  
  
• Philippsthal upon Werra
  Philippsthal (Werra)
  Philippsthal is a market community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany, right at the boundary with Thuringia.-Location:Philippsthal lies between the outliers of the Rhön and the Thuringian Forest on the river Werra...
  
   (state of Hesse) – Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
• Pirmasens
  Pirmasens
  Pirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed Südwestpfalz....
  
   (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – monk Pirminius
• Ratzeburg
  Ratzeburg
  Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by four lakes—the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the Kreis of Lauenburg.-History:...
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Prince Ratibor
  Ratibor (Polabian prince)
  Ratibor was a prince of the Obotrite confederacy from the Polabian tribe. His capital was Racisburg, which was named in his honor....
  
   (11th c.)
• Reinickendorf
  Reinickendorf (locality)
  Reinickendorf is a locality of Berlin in the borough of Reinickendorf. It had a population of 72,859 in 2008.-Geography:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – a certain Reineke, the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in the 13th c. (incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Reußenköge
  Reußenköge
  Reußenköge is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the North Sea coast, approx. 17 km northwest of Husum....
  
   (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – Count Heinrich XLIII of Reuß-Schleiz-Köstritz
  Reuss Junior Line
  The Principality of Reuss Younger Line formed a state in Germany, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Gera, of Schleiz, of Lobenstein, of Köstritz and of Ebersdorf, each became princes in 1806, and they and their reigning successors bore the title Prince Reuss, Younger Line...
  
   and his wife Louise, who financed the polder
  Polder
  A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually-operated devices...
  
  s.
• Rixdorf (state of Berlin) – a certain Richard, the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in 1360 (incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Röntgental (state of Brandenburg) – physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, inventor of the X-ray
  X-ray
  X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
  
  
• Saarlouis
  Saarlouis
  Saarlouis is a city in the Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2006, the town had a population of 38,327. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located at the river Saar....
  
   (state of Saarland) – King Louis XIV of France
  Louis XIV of France
  Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
  
  
• Sankt Augustin
  Sankt Augustin
  Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo . The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913...
  
   (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – Augustine of Hippo
  Augustine of Hippo
  Augustine of Hippo , also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Blessed Augustine, or St. Augustine the Blessed, was Bishop of Hippo Regius . He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province...
  
  
• Sankt Pauli
  St. Pauli
  St. Pauli , located in the Hamburg-Mitte borough, is one of the 105 quarters of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the Landungsbrücken are a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world famous red light district around the street Reeperbahn...
  
   (state of Hamburg) – (Saul) Paul of Tarsos
• Schmargendorf
  Schmargendorf
  Schmargendorf is a south-western locality of Berlin in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Until 2001 it was part of the former district of Wilmersdorf.-History:...
  
   (state of Berlin; antiq. (de)s Margreven Dorp, Smargendorp, lit. in the Margrave's Village) – Margrave John I of Brandenburg , (est. in the 13th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Schrötersdorf (state of Lower Saxony) – astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schröter (est. 1805, incorporated into Lilienthal
  Lilienthal, Lower Saxony
  The municipality of Lilienthal belongs to the administrative district of Osterholz, Lower Saxony and borders Bremen.-History:Lilienthal belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. The history of the city of Lilienthal goes back to its founding as a monastery by the prince-archbishop Gerhard II...
  
   in 1974.)
• Siemensstadt
  Siemensstadt
  The Siemensstadt Housing Estate is a nonprofit residential community in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin. It is one of the six Modernist Housing Estates in Berlin recognized in July 2008 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.-Geography:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – engineer Werner von Siemens (est. 1899, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)
• Südgeorgsfehn (state of Lower Saxony) – George IV of Hanover and the United Kingdom
  George IV of the United Kingdom
  George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
  
   (est. 1825, incorporated into Uplengen
  Uplengen
  Uplengen is a municipality in the Leer district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Parts of the municipality:* Bühren* Großoldendorf* Großsander* Hollen* Jübberde* Klein Remels* Kleinoldendorf* Kleinsander* Meinersfehn* Neudorf* Neufirrel* Nordgeorgsfehn...
  
   in 1973)
• Trier
  Trier
  Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
  
   (state of Rhineland-Palatinate; ) – Augustus (lit. in City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people)
• Ulrichshusen (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – feudal landlord Ulrich von Moltzan (now a part of Schwinkendorf
  Schwinkendorf
  Schwinkendorf is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
  
  )
• Veitshöchheim
  Veitshöchheim
  Veitshöchheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 6 km northwest of Würzburg. In the town is Schloss Veitshöchheim; this summer palace of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg was built in 1680-82, and was enlarged to its...
  
   (state of Bavaria) – Vitus
  Vitus
  Saint Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. Vitus is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Roman Catholic Church....
  
  
• Viereck
  Viereck
  Viereck is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-History:Viereck was founded in 1748 in the course of the repopulation policy under King Frederick II, the Great, of Prussia...
  
   (state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) – Adam Otto von Viereck , Prussian state minister in charge of colonists in the monarchy (est. in 1748, renamed in 1751)
• Waldensberg (state of Hesse) – merchant Peter Waldo
  Peter Waldo
  Peter Waldo, Valdo, or Waldes , also Pierre Vaudès or de Vaux, is credited as the founder of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions of southern Europe...
  
  , precursor of the Protestant Reformers
  Protestant Reformers
  Protestant Reformers were those theologians, churchmen, and statesmen whose careers, works, and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century...
  
   (est. 1699, incorporated into Wächtersbach
  Wächtersbach
  -Location:Wächtersbach lies between the Spessart and the Vogelsberg Mountains in the middle Kinzig valley at the edge of the Büdingen Forest, not far from the towns of Gelnhausen, Birstein, Bad Orb and Bad Soden-Salmünster.-Neighbouring communities:...
  
   in 1971.)
• Wedding
  Wedding (Berlin)
  Wedding is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform...
  
   (state of Berlin) – feudal landlord Rudolf de Weddinge (est. 13th c., incorporated into Berlin in 1861.)
• Wilhelmsburg (state of Hamburg) – Duke George William of Brunswick and Lunenburg
  George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  George William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689 he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg....
  
  , Prince of Lüneburg (est. 1672, incorporated into Harburg-Wilhelmsburg
  Harburg-Wilhelmsburg
  Harburg-Wilhelmsburg was a city in the Prussian Province of Hanover briefly in existence from 1927 and 1937, resulting from the merger of the cities of Harburg and Wilhelmsburg. In 1937, Harburg-Wilhelmsburg, along with the cities from the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Altona and...
  
   in 1927.)
• Wilhelmsdorf in Middle Franconia (state of Bavaria) – George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  George William of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.-Family:...
  
  
• Wilhelmsdorf upon Saale (state of Thuringia) – a certain Wilhelm, probably the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in the 14th c.
• Wilhelmsdorf in Württemberg (state of Baden-Württemberg) – King William I of Württemberg
  William I of Württemberg
  William I was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel .-First marriage:...
  
  
• Wilhelmshaven
  Wilhelmshaven
  Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea.-History:...
  
   (state of Lower Saxony) – King William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor (lit. in William's harbour)
• Wilmersdorf
  Wilmersdorf
  Wilmersdorf is an inner city locality of Berlin, formerly a borough by itself but since Berlin's 2001 administrative reform a part of the new borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.-History:...
  
   (state of Berlin) – a certain Wilhelm, probably the locator  (chief settler, who gathered interested colonists) in the 13th c. (incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920)
• Wittenau (state of Berlin) – mayor Peter Witte , (est. 14th c., incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920.)

Former:

• Horst-Wessel-Stadt (locality of Berlin) was the name of Berlin-Friedrichshain
  Friedrichshain
  Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and like Kreuzberg across the river it has its own distinct character, with the result that the new double name is hardly ever used outside government administration. From its creation in 1920 until Berlin's 2001...
  
   – Horst Wessel
  Horst Wessel
  Horst Ludwig Wessel was a German Nazi activist who was made a posthumous hero of the Nazi movement following his violent death in 1930...
  
  
• Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of Chemnitz
  Chemnitz
  Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
  
   – Karl Marx
  Karl Marx
  Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
  
  
• Marxwalde (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Neuhardenberg
  Neuhardenberg
  Neuhardenberg is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the site of Neuhardenberg Palace, residence of the Prussian statesman Prince Karl August von Hardenberg. The municipal area comprises the villages of Altfriedland, Quappendorf and Wulkow...
  
   – Karl Marx
  Karl Marx
  Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
  
  
• Napoléonshöhe (state of Hesse) was the name of Bad Wilhelmshöhe (a quarter of today’s Kassel
  Kassel
  Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
  
  ) – Napoléon Bonaparte
• Pottsfehn (state of Lower Saxony) was the name of Hüllenerfehn (since 1973 a part of Ihlow
  Ihlow
  Ihlow is a village and a municipality in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Aurich, and 15 km east of Emden....
  
   in East Frisia
  East Frisia
  East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony....
  
  ) – Rudolf Pott, founder
• Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt
  Eisenhüttenstadt
  Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  

Ghana

• Christiansborg
  Osu Castle
  Osu Castle, also known as Fort Christiansborg or simply the Castle, is a castle located in Osu, Accra, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf of Guinea. The first substantial fort was built by the Danish in the 1660s, though the castle has changed hands between Denmark, Portugal, the Akwamu, the...
  
   – King Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
  
  
• Gwolu
  Gwolu
  Gwolu is a town in northern Ghana built in the late 19th century by people fleeing the activities of the slave raider Babatu Zato. Hilla Limann, a former Ghanaian President was born here....
  
   – Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann
  Gwolu
  Gwolu is a town in northern Ghana built in the late 19th century by people fleeing the activities of the slave raider Babatu Zato. Hilla Limann, a former Ghanaian President was born here....
  
  
• Kofi Pare – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer
• Queen Anne's Point – Queen Anne of Great Britain
  Anne of Great Britain
  Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
  
  
• Techiman
  Techiman
  Techiman is the leading market town in Ghana and is, together with Sunyani, one of the two chief cities of the Brong-Ahafo Region. This city of nearly 80,000 is located at a historical crossroads of trade routes and the Tano River, and serves as capital of the Techiman Municipal...
  
   – Nana Takyi Firi

Greece

• Alexandroupoli
  Alexandroupoli
  Alexandroupoli , is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros peripheral unit in Thrace. Named after King Alexander, it is an important port and commercial center of northeastern Greece.-Name:...
  
   – King Alexander I of Greece
• Athens
  Athens
  Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
  
   – Athena
  Athena
  In Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...
  
  
• Nafplion
  Nafplion
  Nafplio is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was the first capital of modern Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. Nafplio is now the capital of the peripheral unit of...
  
   – Nauplius
  Nauplius (mythology)
  In Greek mythology, Nauplius was the name of two characters, one descended from the other. The name may originally have been applied to one character, the founder of the city of Nauplia in Argolis...
  
  
• Ptolemaida
  Ptolemaida
  Ptolemaida is a town and a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Eordaia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...
  
   – Ptolemy I Soter
  Ptolemy I Soter
  Ptolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
  
  
• Santorini
  Santorini
  Santorini , officially Thira , is an island located in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera...
  
   – Saint Irene
• Thessaloniki
  Thessaloniki
  Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
  
   – Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great

Guyana

• Georgetown
  Georgetown, Guyana
  Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
  
   – King George III
  George III of the United Kingdom
  George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
  
   of the United Kingdom
• Lethem
  Lethem, Guyana
  Lethem is a town in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of the South American Country. It is named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, who was the Governor of British Guiana from 1946 to 12 April 1947.-Geography:...
  
   – Sir Gordon James Lethem
  Gordon James Lethem
  Sir Gordon James Lethem was a British Civil Servant.He was Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946. He was acting Governor from 1946 to 12 April 1947.The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him....
  
  

Hong Kong

• Aberdeen Harbour – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
  George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
  George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG, KT, FRS, PC , styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.-Early life:Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he...
  
  
• Belcher Bay
  Belcher Bay
  Belcher Bay is a bay at Kennedy Town on the northwest shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is east of Sulphur Channel. The bay is named after Edward Belcher, who surveyed the surrounding water and land in the Victoria Harbour in 1841....
  
   – Edward Belcher
  Edward Belcher
  Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, KCB , was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the great-grandson of Governor Jonathan Belcher. His wife, Diana Jolliffe, was the stepdaughter of Captain Peter Heywood.-Early life:...
  
  
• Cape D'Aguilar
  Cape D'Aguilar
  Cape D'Aguilar, or Hok Tsui, is a cape in the south of Shek O and D'Aguilar Peak on southeastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The peninsula, where the cape is on its southeastern side, is also known as Cape D'Aguilar...
  
   – George Charles D'Aguilar
  George Charles D'Aguilar
  Major-General Sir George Charles D'Aguilar, KCB was a British Army Major General and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong.-Background:...
  
  
• Kennedy Town
  Kennedy Town
  Kennedy Town is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877...
  
   – Arthur Edward Kennedy
  Arthur Edward Kennedy
  Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy GCMG CB was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies, namely Sierra Leone, Western Australia, Vancouver Island, Hong Kong and Queensland....
  
  
• Mount Davis, Hong Kong
  Mount Davis, Hong Kong
  Mount Davis is a hill in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the westernmost hill on Hong Kong Island.It is named after John Francis Davis, who was the 2nd Governor of Hong Kong, from 1844 to 1848....
  
   – John Francis Davis
  John Francis Davis
  Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet KCB was a British diplomat, Sinologist, and the 2nd Governor of Hong Kong. He was the son of Samuel Davis and nephew to William Thomas Mercer .-Early career:John Davis was appointed writer in East India Company's factory at Canton in 1813...
  
  
• Stanley, Hong Kong
  Stanley, Hong Kong
  Stanley is a town and a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It located on a peninsula on the southeastern part of Hong Kong Island. It is east of Repulse Bay and west of Shek O, adjacent to Chung Hom Kok...
  
   – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
  Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
  Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...
  
  
• Victoria City – Queen Victoria

Hungary

• Abasár
  Abasár
  Abasár is a village in Heves county in Hungary, situated near Gyöngyös in the foothills of the Mátra mountains. It was founded as Saár in 1261, and later took the prefix Aba from the Aba clan. To the west of the village is the Sár-hegy , a national nature reserve....
  
   – Sámuel Aba
• Ambrózfalva
  Ambrózfalva
  Ambrózfalva is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 537 people ....
  
   – Lajos Ambrózy
• Árpádhalom
  Árpádhalom
  Árpádhalom is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 602 people ....
  
   – Árpád
  Árpád
  Árpád was the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians . Under his rule the Hungarian people settled in the Carpathian basin. The dynasty descending from him ruled the Hungarian tribes and later the Kingdom of Hungary until 1301...
  
  
• Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) – Gyula Benczúr
  Gyula Benczúr
  Gyula Benczúr was a Hungarian painter and pedagogue. He won international success with his first few paintings, winning several competitions. He assisted Karl von Piloty with the frescoes of Maximilianeum and Rathaus in Munich. He also illustrated books by the great German writer, Friedrich...
  
  
• Bocskaikert
  Bocskaikert
  Bocskaikert is a village situated in the north-east part of Hungary, away from Debrecen, the country's second largest town. Administratively it belongs to Hajdú-Bihar County.-History:...
  
   – Stephen Bocskay
  Stephen Bocskay
  Stephen Bocskai or István Bocskai Stephen Bocskai or István Bocskai Stephen Bocskai or István Bocskai (or Bocskay, (1 January 1557 – 29 December 1606) was a HungarianCalvinist nobleman, Prince of Transylvania (1605–06), who defended Hungarian interests when Hungary was divided into Ottoman...
  
  
• Ferencszállás
  Ferencszállás
  Ferencszállás is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 671 people ....
  
   – Baron Ferenc Gerliczy
• Harkakötöny
  Harkakötöny
  Harkakötöny is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.Croats in Hungary call this village Kotinj.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1014 people .- References :...
  
   – Kötöny
  Köten
  Köten was a Cuman khan and member of the Terter clan. This Köten is the same Prince Kotjan Sutoevic of the Russian annals, who forged the Russian-Cuman alliance against the Tatars...
  
  
• Hunyadfalva
  Hunyadfalva
  Hunyadfalva is a small village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 230 people ....
  
   – Hunyady family
• Izsófalva
  Izsófalva
  Izsófalva is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary....
  
   – Miklós Izsó
  Miklós Izsó
  Miklós Izsó - May 29, 1875, Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. His sculptural style integrated elements of classicism and academic style.Izsó studied at the College in Sárospatak from 1840. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
  
  
• Jánoshalma
  Jánoshalma
  Jánoshalma is a town in Bács-Kiskun county in southern Hungary....
  
   – John Hunyadi
  John Hunyadi
  John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: Ioannes Corvinus or Ioannes de Hunyad, Romanian: Iancu (Ioan) de Hunedoara, Croatian: Janko Hunjadi, Serbian: Сибињанин Јанко / Sibinjanin Janko, Slovak: Ján Huňady) John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: ...
  
  
• Krisztinaváros
  Krisztinaváros
  Krisztinaváros is a neighbourhood in central Budapest, situated just west of Castle Hill, north of Tabán. It is named after Archduchess Maria Christina, daughter of Maria Theresa, who interceded for buildings to be erected in this area...
  
   (Budapest) – Archduchess Maria Christina
  Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
  Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen , called "Mimi", was the fourth daughter and fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor...
  
  
• Lipótváros
  Lipótváros
  Lipótváros is a traditional neighbourhood in the city centre of Budapest, Hungary. It comprises the northern part of District V , north of the Belváros. Lipótváros was established in the early 19th century, and became the political centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian...
  
   (Budapest) – Leopold II
  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa...
  
  
• Nyírtass
  Nyírtass
  Nyírtass is a Hungarian village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county.- See also :* Tosh...
  
   – Tas, grandson of Árpád
• Petőfibánya
  Petofibánya
  Petőfibánya is a village in Hungary, Heves county, near Hatvan. It has a population of 3118 .-Geography:...
  
   – Sándor Petőfi
  Sándor Petofi
  Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
  
  
• Petőfiszállás
  Petofiszállás
  Petőfiszállás is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1666 people ....
  
   – Sándor Petőfi
  Sándor Petofi
  Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
  
  
• Rákóczibánya – Francis II Rákóczi
  Francis II Rákóczi
  Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...
  
  
• Rákóczifalva
  Rákóczifalva
  Rákóczifalva is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5571 people ....
  
   – Francis II Rákóczi
  Francis II Rákóczi
  Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...
  
  
• Rákócziújfalu
  Rákócziújfalu
  Rákócziújfalu is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2045 people ....
  
   – Francis II Rákóczi
  Francis II Rákóczi
  Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...
  
  
• Rudolftelep
  Rudolftelep
  - External links :*...
  
   – Rudolf Cohacht
• Sándorfalva
  Sándorfalva
  Sándorfalva is a town in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 7887 people ....
  
   – Viscount Sándor Pallavicini
• Solt
  Solt
  Solt is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. Near Solt there is a high-power medium wave transmitter.- Early Solt :The region has been populated since the Stone Age. The results of diggings brought up Roman coins, weapons, and bodies. The road from the province of Pannonia to Dacia cut through...
  
   – Solt
  Zoltán of Hungary
  Zoltán , also known as Zaltas and Solt, according to the mediaeval chronicles, was the third Grand Prince of the Magyars from 907 to 947.He was the youngest son of Árpád...
  
  
• Taksony
  Taksony
  Named after the last pagan ruling prince, Taksony of Hungary, Taksony is a village of roughly 6,000 inhabitants roughly 23 kilometers south of Budapest, on the bank of the Ráckeve branch of the Danube known as Kisduna...
  
   – Taksony of Hungary
  Taksony of Hungary
  Taksony , Grand Prince of the Hungarians .Taksony was the son of Zoltán , the fourth son of Árpád, the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians...
  
  
• Tass
  Tass, Hungary
  Tass is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2997 people .- External links :...
  
   – Tas, grandson of Árpád
• Tiborszállás
  Tiborszállás
  Tiszakanyár is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1054 people ....
  
   – Tibor Károlyi
  Tibor Karolyi
  Tibor Károlyi is a Hungarian chess International Master, International Arbiter , coach, theoretician, and author. He was Hungarian Champion in 1984.In 1989 he started his coaching career...
  
  
• Törökbálint
  Törökbálint
  Törökbálint is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Törökbálint received town status on 1 July 2007.The city has also got a German name, Großturwall, which originates from the times of the Swabian immigration after the Turkish occupation of Hungary....
  
   – Bálint Török
  Bálint Török
  Count Bálint Török de Enying was a Hungarian aristocrat, Ban of Nándorfehérvár , and between 1527-1542 the Lord of Csesznek.-Sources:*Bessenyei József: A Héttorony foglya* Magyarország történeti kronológiája Count Bálint Török de Enying (1502–1551) was a Hungarian aristocrat, Ban of Nándorfehérvár...
  
  
• Újlipótváros
  Újlipótváros
  Újlipótváros is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is located to the north of Budapest city centre, with the Szent István Boulevard separating it from its southern neighbor, Lipótváros. It lies east of the river Danube, west of Terézváros, and south of Vizafogó...
  
   (Budapest) – Leopold II
  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa...
  
  
• Üllő
  Üllo
  Üllő is a town in Pest county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
   – Üllő, son of Árpád
• Zalaszentgrót
  Zalaszentgrót
  Zalaszentgrót is a town in Zala county, Hungary.- External links :* * *...
  
   – Gerard Sagredo
  Gerard Sagredo
  Saint Gerard Sagredo , also called Gerhard or Gellert, was an Italian bishop from Venice who operated in the Kingdom of Hungary , and educated Saint Emeric of Hungary, the son of Saint Stephen of Hungary). He played a major role in converting Hungary to Christianity...
  
  

Former:

• Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of Nyárlőrinc
  Nyárlorinc
  Nyárlőrinc is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2411 people ....
  
   – Koháry family
• Leninváros was the name of Tiszaújváros
  Tiszaújváros
  Tiszaújváros is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, south-east of Miskolc, near the river Tisza.Tiszaújváros owes its existence to the industrialization wave that took over the then-socialist Hungary after World War II...
  
   – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  
• Prónayfalva was the name of Tázlár
  Tázlár
  Tázlár is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is about 10 km away from its closest neighbor, Soltvadkert.-History:...
  
   – Prónay family
• Sztálinváros was the name of Dunaújváros
  Dunaújváros
  Dunaújváros is a Hungarian city in Central Transdanubia, along the Danube river. It is in Fejér county.-History:Dunaújváros is one of the newest cities of the country...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  

India

• Ambedkar Nagar – B. R. Ambedkar
  B. R. Ambedkar
  Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...
  
  
• Ahmedabad
  Ahmedabad
  Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
  
   – Sultan Ahmed Shah
• Ahmednagar – Ahmad Nizam Shah, Nizam Shahi dynasty
• Aurangabad – Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
• Bardhaman
  Bardhaman
  'Bardhaman or Burdwan , is a city of West Bengal state in eastern India. It is the headquarters of Bardhaman District....
  
   – 24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir
  Mahavira
  Mahāvīra is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamāna who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism. According to Jain tradition, he was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. In Tamil, he is referred to as Arukaṉ or Arukadevan...
  
  
• Bodh Gaya – Buddha
  Gautama Buddha
  Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
  
  
• Bikaner – Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji
  Rao Bika
  Rao Bika was the founder of the city and principality of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan. He was a scion of the Rathore clan of Rajputs. He was a son of Rao Jodha, founder of the city and principality of Jodhpur....
  
  
• Chandigarh
  Chandigarh
  Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
  
   – Goddess Chandi
  Chandi
  Chandi or Chandika is the supreme Goddess of Devi Mahatmya also known as Chandi or Durga Sapthashati. Chandi is described as the Supreme reality who is a combination of Mahakali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswati...
  
  
• Dalhousie, India
  Dalhousie, India
  Dalhousie is a hill station and popular tourist spot in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, India.- Weather :Dalhousie experiences winter-like cold climate throughout the year. Heavy rain with thunder showers are experienced during the period from June to September...
  
   – James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
  James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
  James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT, PC was a Scottish statesman, and a colonial administrator in British India....
  
  
• Gandhinagar – Mahatma Gandhi
  Mahatma Gandhi
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
  
  
• Gangaikonda Cholapuram
  Gangaikonda Cholapuram
  Gangaikonda Cholapuram was erected as the capital of the Cholas by Rajendra Chola I, the son and successor of Rajaraja Chola, the great Chola who conquered a large area in South India at the beginning of the 11th century C.E. It occupies an important place in the history of India. As the capital...
  
   – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a Chola dynasty
  Chola Dynasty
  The Chola dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which was one of the longest-ruling in some parts of southern India. The earliest datable references to this Tamil dynasty are in inscriptions from the 3rd century BC left by Asoka, of Maurya Empire; the dynasty continued to govern over varying territory until...
  
   emperor
• Gautam Budh Nagar district – Buddha
  Gautama Buddha
  Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
  
  
• Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of Ahmadshah(Moghul Emperor)
• Hyderabad – Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, a ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty the ruling family of the Golconda
• Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar – Jamshetji Tata
• Jaipur
  Jaipur
  Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
  
   – Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji
• Jodhpur
  Jodhpur
  Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
  
   – Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji
  Rao Jodha
  Rao Jodha was a Rajput ruler of Mandore . He was the son of Rao Ranmal of the Rathore clan. He is known for founding the city of Jodhpur in 1459.-Ancestry:...
  
  
• Mangalore
  Mangalore
  Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
  
   – Mangala Devi, Mangaladevi Temple
  Mangaladevi Temple
  The Mangaladevi Temple is a Hindu temple at Bolara in the city of Mangalore, India, situated about three km southwest of the city centre.The name Mangalore is usually derived from the name Maṅgaḷadēvī "the goddess Maṅgaḷa", the main deity of the temple. The name Mangalore is the anglicised version...
  
  
• Moradabad
  Moradabad
  Moradabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of...
  
   – prince Murad
  Murad Baksh
  Murad Baksh was the youngest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and empress Mumtaz Mahal, he was the Subedar of Balkh until he was replaced by his brother Aurangzeb in the year 1647....
  
  
• Mumbai
  Mumbai
  Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
  
   – Mumbadevi
• Palitana
  Palitana
  Palitana is a city in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is located 50 km southwest of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains.-History:...
  
   – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri
• Port Blair
  Port Blair
  Port Blair is the largest town and a municipal council in Andaman district in the Andaman Islands and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India...
  
   – Archibald Blair
  Archibald Blair
  Archibald Blair was a naval surveyor in the Bombay Marine.He joined the Bombay Marine, received his first commission in 1771 and in 1792 was promoted captain. In 1772, as a midshipman, he went on his first survey mission along the coasts of India, Iran and Arabia. In 1780 he was lieutenant on a...
  
  
• Ramachandrapuram
  Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari
  Ramachandrapuram is a village and a municipality in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located about 20 km from Kakinada and about 10 km from Mandapeta. The famous temple of Lord Shiva at Draksharamam is located about 5 km from here...
  
   – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju
• Rajapalayam
  Rajapalayam
  Rajapalayam is a town and a special grade municipality in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 85 km southwest of Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu. Its main attractions are the Ayyanar Falls and the neighbour town of Srivilliputtur...
  
   – Kshatriya
  Kshatriya
  *For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...
  
   Rajus
  Rajus
  The Raju are a Telugu caste inhabiting Andhra Pradesh, India.-Etymology:Raju is a Telugu variation of the Sanskrit word Raj and Raja meaning king, prince or lord...
  
   Community (Kshatriyars)
• Rishabhdeo
  Rishabhdeo
  Rikhabdeo is a census town in Udaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.Rishabhadeoji is situated 65 km from Udaipur and is on Udaipur-Ahmedabad Road. The name of the town is Dhulev , however it is better known as Rishabhadeo. It is a well known pilgrim site...
  
   – First Tirthankar- Rishabha (Adinath)
• Shimla
  Shimla
  Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
  
   – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity Kali
  Kali
  ' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
  
  
• Udaipur
  Udaipur
  Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...
  
   – Maharana Udai Singh II
• Vasco da Gama
  Vasco da Gama, Goa
  Vasco da Gama is the largest city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Vasco has Goa's largest population, estimated at over 100,000. It is also the headquarters of the Mormugao taluka...
  
   – Vasco da Gama
  Vasco da Gama
  Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...
  
  
• Visakhapatnam
  Visakhapatnam
  Visakhapatnam is a major sea port on the south east coast of India. With a population of approximately 1.7 million, it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India after Kolkata and Chennai. According to the history, the city was...
  
   – ruled by King Visakha Varma
• Vizianagaram
  Vizianagaram
  Vizianagaram is the main city of the Vizianagaram District of north-eastern Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Vizianagaram district was formed on 1 June 1979, with some parts carved from the neighbouring districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam. It is, at present, the largest municipality of...
  
   – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan)

Iran

• Apamea (Media)
  Apamea (Media)
  Apamea or Apameia was a Hellenistic city in Media founded by Seleucus I Nicator, near Laodicea and Heraclea. . Apamea's precise location is not known, but it is probably in Iran....
  
   – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
  
  
• Apamea Ragiana
  Apamea Ragiana
  Apamea Ragiana – Apamea Rhagiana, Apamea Raphiana, or Apameia Rhagiane; previously, Arsace, Khuvar, and Choara – was an ancient Hellenistic city of Choarene, Media , according to Strabo 500 stadia south of the Caspian Gates, southeast of Rhagae. The city was founded after the...
  
   – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Nahavand
  Nahavand
  Nahavand is a city in and capital of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 72,218, in 19,419 families. It is located south of Hamadan, east of Malayer and northwest of Borujerd...
  
  :
  • formerly named Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
    Laodice of Macedonia
    Laodice was a Greek noblewoman and wife of Antiochus , a general of distinction in the service of Philip II of Macedon. She was the mother of Seleucus, the founder of the Seleucid Empire and Seleucus' sister Didymeia. It was pretended, in consequence of a dream which she had, that Apollo was the...
    
    
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter
• Seleucia (Susiana)
  Seleucia (Susiana)
  Seleucia – , also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak – was an ancient city on the Hedyphon river in Susiana , east of Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin, Khuzestan Province, Iran...
  
   – Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
  
  
• Seleucia (Susiana)
  Seleucia (Susiana)
  Seleucia – , also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak – was an ancient city on the Hedyphon river in Susiana , east of Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin, Khuzestan Province, Iran...
  
   – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Susa
  Susa
  Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian and Parthian empires of Iran. It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris River, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers....
  
  , formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

Iraq

• Antiochia in Sittacene
  Antiochia in Sittacene
  Antiochia in Sittacene was an ancient city founded in the Hellenistic period, possibly by Antiochus I. Pliny in his Natural History, Book 6, § 206, describes it as an important town in the western part of the ancient region of Sittacene, between the Tigris and Tornadotus rivers. Its present site...
  
   – Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
  
  
• Apamea (Babylonia)
  Apamea (Babylonia)
  Apamea or Apameia was an ancient city – and possibly two ancient cities lying close together – of Mesopotamia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny as situated near the Tigris near the confluence of the Euphrates, the precise location of which is still uncertain, but it lies in...
  
   – a royal woman named Apama among the Seleucids
• Apamea (Sittacene)
  Apamea (Sittacene)
  Apamea or Apameia is an ancient Hellenistic city described by Pliny in Sittacene, which was surrounded by the Tigris. Its precise current location is not known....
  
   – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
• Charax Spasinu
  Charax Spasinu
  Charax Spasinu, or Charax Pasinu, Charax Spasinou , Alexandria , and Antiochia in Susiana was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf, and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene.The exact location of Charax is unknown...
  
  :
  • formerly named Alexandria – Alexander the Great
  • formerly named Antiochia in Susiana – Antiochus IV
  • formerly named Charax of Hyspaosines – Hyspaosines
    Hyspaosines
    Hyspaosines or Aspasine was a satrap installed by Antiochus IV Epiphanes and later the first king of Characene or Mesene . Hyspaosines is mainly known from coins, but also appears in texts of cuneiform script...
    
    
• Iskandariya
  Iskandariya
  Iskandariya is an ancient city in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East named after Alexander the Great...
  
   – Named after Alexander the Great
• Laodicea (Mesopotamia)
  Laodicea (Mesopotamia)
  Laodicea ; also transliterated as Laodikeia or Laodiceia was a Hellenistic city in Mesopotamia. Pliny places Laodicea along with Seleucia and Artemita. Laodicea's precise location is unknown, but it is in modern-day Iraq.-External links:...
  
   – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Seleucia
  Seleucia
  Seleucia was the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and one of the great cities of antiquity standing in Mesopotamia, on the Tigris River.Seleucia may refer to:...
  
   – Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
  
  
• Seleucia (Sittacene)
  Seleucia (Sittacene)
  Seleucia – , also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Coche or Mahoza, also Veh Ardashir – was an ancient city near the Euphrates river and across the Tigris from the better-known Seleucia on the Tigris, in Sittacene, Mesopotamia...
  
   – Seleucus I Nicator

Ireland (Republic of)

• Edgeworthstown
  Edgeworthstown
  Edgeworthstown or Mostrim is a town in County Longford, Ireland. The Edgeworthstown name is derived from the Edgeworth Family who have a long association with the town as the family estate of Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont was nearby, while Mostrim is an anglicisation of the town's pre-conquest...
  
   – Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, a local rector
• Charlestown
  Charlestown, County Mayo
  Charlestown , once named Newtown-Dillon or Ballycattell, is a town in the Barony of Costello, County Mayo, Ireland. It is located at the intersection of two National Primary routes, the N17 and the N5. Until the N5 bypass opened in November 2007, traffic congestion was a problem in the town...
  
   – Charles Strickland
  Charles Strickland (town planner)
  Charles Strickland, was the local agent and town planner in County Mayo for Lord Dillon. He was the founder of the settlement of Charlestown. In 1860 he helped build the Cathedral of Ballaghaderreen where his memory is commemorated in the architecture....
  
  , Land Agent and Town Planner
• Rochfortbridge
  Rochfortbridge
  Rochfortbridge is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland, with a population of 1,473 persons. It is located at the intersection of the R400 and the N6 national primary route, which recently bypassed the village....
  
  , County Westmeath
• Connacht
  Connacht
  Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...
  
   – Conn Cétchathach
• County Kerry
  County Kerry
  Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
  
   – Ciar
• Cork
  Cork (city)
  Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
  
   – Corc
  CORC
  CORC , was a simple computer language developed at Cornell University in 1962 to serve lay users, namely, for students to use to solve math problems. Its developers, industrial engineering professors Richard Conway and William Maxwell and mathematics professor Robert J...
  
  

Israel

• Acre
  Acre, Israel
  Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....
  
  , formerly named Antiochia Ptolemais – Alexander the Great's generals Antiochus
  Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
  Antiochus was a Macedonian man that lived during the time of Philip II of Macedon, who ruled from 359 BC-336 BC. He originally came from Orestis, Macedonia....
  
   and Ptolemy Soter
• Herzliya
  Herzliya
  Herzliya is a city in the central coast of Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a population of 87,000 residents. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
  
   – Theodor Herzl
  Theodor Herzl
  Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...
  
  
• Hippos
  Hippos
  Hippos is an archaeological site in Israel, located on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Between the 3rd century BC and the 7th century AD, Hippos was the site of a Greco-Roman city. Besides the fortified city itself, Hippos controlled two port facilities on the lake and an area of the...
  
  , formerly named Antiochia Hippos – an Antiochus of the Seleucid dynasty
• Netanya
  Netanya
  Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
  
   – Nathan Strauss
• Qiryat Bialik
  Qiryat Bialik
  Kiryat Bialik is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. It is one of the five Krayot suburbs north of Haifa. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 36,200...
  
   – writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik
  Hayyim Nahman Bialik
  Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tiberias – Tiberius Caesar Augustus
  Tiberius
  Tiberius , was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Tiberius was by birth a Claudian, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian...
  
  
• Seleucia Samulias
  Seleucia Samulias
  Seleucia Samulias – Seleucia also transliterated as Seleukeia or Seleukheia; in the Talmud, Selik, Selika, and Selikos; in the Aramaic Targum, Salwaḳia or Salwaḳya – was a Hellenistic colony founded about the end of the 3rd century BC on Lake Merom. According to the inference of Grätz,...
  
   – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty

Former:

• Wilhelma
  Wilhelma, Palestine
  Wilhelma was a German Templer colony in Palestine located southwest of al-'Abbasiyyah near Jaffa.Wilhelma-Hamîdije was named in honour of King William II of Württemberg, Emperor Wilhelm II and Sultan Abdul Hamid II, however, only the first half of the name prevailed...
  
   (colloquially; formally: Hamîdije Wilhelma) was the name of Bnei Atarot
  Bnei Atarot
  Bnei Atarot is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Yehud, around 15 kilometres east of Tel Aviv, it is situated in fertile plain at the eastern rim of Tel Aviv metropolitan area next to Ben Gurion Airport and falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council...
  
   – Sultan Abdul Hamid II
  Abdul Hamid II
  His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
  
  , King William II of Württemberg
  William II of Württemberg
  William II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
  
   and William II, German Emperor
  William II, German Emperor
  Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was a grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe...
  
  

Italy

• Alessandria
  Alessandria
  -Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...
  
   – Pope Alexander III
  Pope Alexander III
  Pope Alexander III , born Rolando of Siena, was Pope from 1159 to 1181. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.-Church career:...
  
  
• Andorno Micca
  Andorno Micca
  Andorno Micca is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 4 km northwest of Biella...
  
   – Pietro Micca
  Pietro Micca
  Pietro Micca was a Savoyard soldier who became a national hero for his sacrifice in the defence of Turin against the French troops.-Early Life:...
  
  
• Aosta
  Aosta
  Aosta is the principal city of the bilingual Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St. Bernard routes...
  
   – Augustus
  Augustus
  Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
  
  
• Arquà Petrarca
  Arquà Petrarca
  Arquà Petrarca is a town and municipality in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua.As of 2007 the estimated population of Arquà Petrarca was 1,835....
  
   – Petrarch
  Petrarch
  Francesco Petrarca , known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch is often called the "Father of Humanism"...
  
  
• Augusta – "Augusto" di Federico II di Svevia
  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Frederick II , was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous...
  
  
• Bosisio Parini
  Bosisio Parini
  Bosisio Parini is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco, on the shores of the Lake of Pusiano....
  
   – Giuseppe Parini
  Giuseppe Parini
  Giuseppe Parini was an Italian Enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.-Biography:Parini was born in Bosisio in Brianza, Lombardy...
  
  , Italian poet
• Caprese Michelangelo
  Caprese Michelangelo
  Caprese Michelangelo is a village and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. It is the birthplace of the renowned Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The village is roughly 100 km east of Florence....
  
   – Michelangelo
  Michelangelo
  Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
  
  , painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
• Castelnuovo Don Bosco
  Castelnuovo Don Bosco
  Castelnuovo Don Bosco is a comune in the province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km east of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Asti, on a hill near the confluence of the Nevissano and Bardella.Castelnuovo Don Bosco borders the following municipalities:...
  
   – John Bosco
  John Bosco
  John Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods...
  
  
• Castel Vittorio – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
  Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
  Victor Emanuel II was king of Sardinia from 1849 and, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878...
  
  
• Cava Manara
  Cava Manara
  Cava Manara is a comune in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia, not far from the confluence of the Ticino and the Po rivers....
  
   – Luciano Manara
  Luciano Manara
  Luciano Manara was an Italian soldier and politician of the Risorgimento era, who took part in the Roman Republic.-Life:Manara was born in Milan....
  
  , patriot
• Corridonia
  Corridonia
  Corridonia is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km south of Ancona and about 8 km southeast of Macerata.Corridonia was called, until 1931, Pausula...
  
   – Filippo Corridoni
  Filippo Corridoni
  Filippo Corridoni was an Italian trade unionist and syndicalist....
  
  , Italian socialist, IWW
  Industrial Workers of the World
  The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict...
  
   hero
• Ercolano
  Ercolano
  Ercolano is a town and comune in the province of Naples, Campania . It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina was built on the volcanic material left by the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the ancient...
  
   – Heracles
  Heracles
  Heracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...
  
  
• Grazzano Badoglio
  Grazzano Badoglio
  Grazzano Badoglio is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km east of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Asti. It was the birthplace of Pietro Badoglio, for whom it was later renamed....
  
   – Pietro Badoglio
  Pietro Badoglio
  Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino was an Italian soldier and politician...
  
  , soldier, politician
• Gropello Cairoli
  Gropello Cairoli
  Gropello Cairoli is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southwest of Milan and about 15 km west of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,251 and an area of 26.1 km².Gropello Cairoli borders the following...
  
   – Benedetto Cairoli
  Benedetto Cairoli
  Benedetto Cairoli was an Italian statesman.-Biography:Cairoli was born at Pavia, Lombardy.From 1848 until the completion of Italian unity in 1870, his whole activity was devoted to the Risorgimento, as Garibaldian officer, political refugee, anti-Austrian conspirator and deputy to parliament...
  
  , politician
• Guidonia Montecelio
  Guidonia Montecelio
  Guidonia Montecelio is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy.- Geography :The community of Guidonia Montecelio lies to the north-east of Rome, some kilometres from the Grande Raccordo Anulare - a ring-shaped motorway which forms a circle around the capital...
  
   – Alessandro Guidoni
  Alessandro Guidoni
  Alessandro Guidoni served as a General in the then Italian Royal Airforce. Guidonia Montecelio, the small town where he died while testing a new parachute, was named after him in 1937...
  
  , air force general
• Incisa Scapaccino
  Incisa Scapaccino
  Incisa Scapaccino is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km southeast of Asti....
  
   – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino, soldier
• Jolanda di Savoia
  Jolanda di Savoia
  Jolanda di Savoia is a comune in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km northeast of Bologna and about 30 km east of Ferrara...
  
   – Yolanda of Savoy
• Ladispoli
  Ladispoli
  Ladispoli is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy.-History:Ladispoli occupies the area existed the ancient Alsium, the port of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri and later a Roman colony cited by Cicero....
  
   – Ladislao Odescalchi
• Livorno Ferraris
  Livorno Ferraris
  Livorno Ferraris is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km west of Vercelli....
  
   – Galileo Ferraris
  Galileo Ferraris
  Galileo Ferraris was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer, noted mostly for the studies and independent discovery of the rotating magnetic field, a basic working principle of the induction motor...
  
  
• Mafalda
  Mafalda (Italy)
  Mafalda is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 45 km north of Campobasso...
  
   – Mafalda of Savoy
• Manfredonia
  Manfredonia
  Manfredonia is a town and comune of Puglia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is 35 kilometres northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and giving its name to the gulf to the east of it...
  
   – Manfred of Sicily
  Manfred of Sicily
  Manfred was the King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266. He was a natural son of the emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen but his mother, Bianca Lancia , is reported by Matthew of Paris to have been married to the emperor while on her deathbed.-Background:Manfred was born in Venosa...
  
  
• Marconia
  Marconia
  Marconia is a small community in the region of Basilicata, Italy with about 11,000 inhabitants. It is located in the Province of Matera and is considered a "frazione," or administrative district, of the nearby city of Pisticci. Marconia is located a few kilometers from the Gulf of Taranto on a...
  
   – Guglielmo Marconi
  Guglielmo Marconi
  Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
  
  
• Margherita di Savoia
  Margherita di Savoia (FG)
  Margherita di Savoia is a town and comune in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani . It was given this name in 1879 in honour of Queen Margherita of Savoy, which had an important love affair in the town; previously it had been known as Saline di Barletta....
  
   – Margherita of Savoy
  Margherita of Savoy
  Margherita of Savoy , was the Queen consort of the Kingdom of Italy during the reign of her husband, Umberto I.-Family:...
  
  
• Paderno Ponchielli
  Paderno Ponchielli
  Paderno Ponchielli is a town and comune in the province of Cremona, in Lombardy, Italy.This comune was known as Paderno Fasolaro but later changed its name in honor of Amilcare Ponchielli, who was born there in 1834....
  
   – Amilcare Ponchielli
  Amilcare Ponchielli
  Amilcare Ponchielli was an Italian composer, largely of operas.-Biography:Born in Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli, near Cremona, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old.Two years...
  
  
• Pienza
  Pienza
  Pienza, a town and comune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany , between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."...
  
   – Pope Pius II
  Pope Pius II
  Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini was Pope from August 19, 1458 until his death in 1464. Pius II was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family...
  
  
• Riese Pio X
  Riese Pio X
  Riese Pio X is a municipality in northeast Italy located in the province of Treviso in the Region of Veneto. The community's name, much like that of Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, commemorates its most famous son, Giuseppe Sarto, who later became Pope Pius X . As of 2007 Riese had an estimated...
  
   – Pope Pius X
  Pope Pius X
  Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...
  
  
• Rome – Romulus
  Romulus
  - People:* Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome* Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor* Valerius Romulus , deified son of the Roman emperor Maxentius* Romulus , son of the Western Roman emperor Anthemius...
  
  
• Sagliano Micca
  Sagliano Micca
  Sagliano Micca is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 6 km north of Biella....
  
   – Pietro Micca
  Pietro Micca
  Pietro Micca was a Savoyard soldier who became a national hero for his sacrifice in the defence of Turin against the French troops.-Early Life:...
  
  
• San Gimignano
  San Gimignano
  San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers, which may be seen from several kilometres outside the town....
  
   – Saint Geminianus
• San Mauro Pascoli
  San Mauro Pascoli
  San Mauro Pascoli is a comune in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 100 km southeast of Bologna and about 35 km southeast of Forlì...
  
   – Giovanni Pascoli
  Giovanni Pascoli
  Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli was an Italian poet and classical scholar.- Biography :Giovanni Pascoli was born at San Mauro di Romagna , into a well-to-do family. He was the fourth of ten children of Ruggero Pascoli and Caterina Vincenzi Alloccatelli...
  
  , poet
• Sanremo
  Sanremo
  Sanremo or San Remo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. Founded in Roman times, the city is best known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival...
  
   – Saint Romulus of Genoa
  Romulus of Genoa
  Saint Romulus of Genoa was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the time of Saint Syrus. His dates are uncertain: since Jacobus da Varagine traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally place his bishopric fourth in a largely legendary list...
  
  
• Sasso Marconi
  Sasso Marconi
  Sasso Marconi is a town and comune of the province of Bologna in northern Italy, 17 kilometres SSW of Bologna.It is named after Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer, who was born in the nearby city of Bologna. In 1902, Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal at Poldhu Cove,...
  
   – Guglielmo Marconi
  Guglielmo Marconi
  Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
  
  , Italian radio pioneer
• Serra San Bruno
  Serra San Bruno
  Serra San Bruno is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Vibo Valentia...
  
   – Saint Bruno of Cologne
  Bruno of Cologne
  Saint Bruno of Cologne , the founder of the Carthusian Order, personally founded the order's first two communities...
  
  
• Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII
  Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII
  Sotto il Monte is a comune in northern Italy. Located in the Province of Bergamo in the Region of Lombardy, the town's official name, much like that of Riese Pio X, commemorates the town's most famous son: Angelo Roncalli, who later became Pope John XXIII ....
  
   – Pope John XXIII
  Pope John XXIII
  -Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...
  
  
• Umbertide
  Umbertide
  Umbertide is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northwestern Umbria, at the confluence of the Reggia river and the Tiber. It is 30 km North of Perugia and 20 km South of Città di Castello...
  
   – Umberto I of Italy
  Umberto I of Italy
  Umberto I or Humbert I , nicknamed the Good , was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death. He was deeply loathed in far-left circles, especially among anarchists, because of his conservatism and support of the Bava-Beccaris massacre in Milan...
  
  
• Virglio – Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet
• Vittorio Veneto
  Vittorio Veneto
  Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.-Geography:...
  
   – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
  Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
  Victor Emanuel II was king of Sardinia from 1849 and, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878...
  
  

Japan

• Asaka, Saitama
  Asaka, Saitama
  is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was named in 1932 after Prince Asaka who was an honorary chairman of the Tokyo Golf Club, which relocated to the area at that time. Asaka town became a city on March 15, 1967....
  
   – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
• Date, Hokkaidō
  Date, Hokkaido
  is a city located in Iburi, Hokkaidō, Japan.Date was established around 1869 and became a city on April 1, 1972.Date lies at the conjunction of National Highway Route 37 and Route 453....
  
   – Date Kunishige
• Hiroshima
  Hiroshima
  is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
  
   – Ōe no Hiromoto
  Oe no Hiromoto
  Ōe no Hiromoto was a kuge and vassal of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and contributed to establishing the shogunate's governmental structure....
  
   + Fukushima Motonaga (disputed)
• Imakane, Hokkaidō
  Imakane, Hokkaido
  is a town located in Setana District, Hiyama, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 6,258 and a density of 11.53 persons per km². The total area is 568.14 km².-Geography:...
  
   – Imamori Tōjirō + Kanamori Ishirō
• Ina, Saitama
  Ina, Saitama
  is a town located in Kitaadachi District, Saitama, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 35,355 and a density of 2,388.85 persons per km². The total area is 14.80 km².-External links:*...
  
   – Ina Tadatsugu
  Ina Tadatsugu
  was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Tokugawa clan....
  
  
• Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō
  Kyogoku, Hokkaido
  is a town located in Abuta District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan, at the foot of Mount Yōtei. The town borders the south ward of Sapporo, but car traffic from Kyogoku must drive over an hour through the Nakayama Toge mountain pass due to the terrain of the area.Tourists visit the town to drink...
  
   – Kyōgoku Takanori
• Narashino, Chiba
  Narashino, Chiba
  is a city located in northern Chiba, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 164,809 and a population density of 7850 persons per km². The total area was 20.99 km².-Geography:...
  
   – Shinohara Kunimoto
• Niki, Hokkaidō
  Niki, Hokkaido
  is a town located in Yoichi District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan.In 2007, the town had an estimated population of 3,943 and a density of 23.55 people per km². The town covers a land area of 167.93 km².- Geography :...
  
   – Niki Takeyoshi
• Noda, Chiba
  Noda, Chiba
  is a city located in the far northwestern corner Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 155,431 and a population density of 1500 persons per km²...
  
   – Noda Umanosuke
• Ono, Fukushima
  Ono, Fukushima
  is a town located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,190 and a density of 97.43 persons per km². The total area is 125.11 km²....
  
   – Ono no Takamura
  Ono no Takamura
  also known as was an early Heian period scholar and poet.-Life:Takamura is a descendant of Ono no Imoko who served as Kenzuishi, and his father was Ono no Minemori. He is the grandfather of Ono no Michikaze, one of the...
  
  
• Sanjō, Niigata
  Sanjo, Niigata
  is a city located in central part of Niigata, Japan. The city has a Jōetsu Shinkansen stop at Tsubame-Sanjō Station.- Geography :Sanjō is located in the center of Niigata prefecture. It is about 2 hours from Tokyo by way of the Jōetsu Shinkansen or 4 hours on the Kan-Etsu Expressway and Hokuriku...
  
   – Sanjo Saemon
• Tadaoka, Osaka
  Tadaoka, Osaka
  is a town located in Senboku District, Osaka, Japan.As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 17,659 and a density of 4,382 persons per km². The total area is 4.03 km²...
  
   – Taira Tadayuki
• Tendō, Yamagata
  Tendo, Yamagata
  is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 63,483 and a population density of 562 persons per km²...
  
   – Kitabatake Tendōmaru
• Torahime, Shiga
  Torahime, Shiga
  was a town located in Higashiazai District, Shiga, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,737 and a density of 607.09 persons per km². The total area was 9.45 km²....
  
   – Tora Gozen
• Tsukigata, Hokkaidō
  Tsukigata, Hokkaido
  is a town located in Kabato District, Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 3,990 and a density of 32.06 persons per km². The total area is 151.05 km².-External links:* in Japanese...
  
   – Tsukigata Kiyoshi
• Tsuruga, Fukui
  Tsuruga, Fukui
  is a city located in southern Fukui Prefecture, Japan.-Outline:One of city of Wakasa Area, present southern Fukui Prececture. Municipalized on April 1, 1937....
  
   – Tsunuga Arashito
• Wake, Okayama
  Wake, Okayama
  is a town located in Wake District, Okayama, Japan.As of March 2011, the town has an estimated population of 15,560. The total area is 144.23 km²....
  
   – Wake no Kiyomaro
  Wake no Kiyomaro
  was a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period. He was born in Bizen Province to a family of politically important, devoted Buddhists who hoped to keep Buddhism and politics separate through religious reform...
  
  

Jordan

• Abila
  Abila (Decapolis)
  Abila Dekapoleos – Abila in the Decapolis or Abila was an ancient city, near the Hieromax river in the Decapolis; the site is occupied by two tells and the village of Hartha, circa north-northeast of Irbid, Jordan. The site is 25km east of the Sea of Galilee and 4km south of Wadi Yarmouk...
  
  , formerly named Seleucia – a Seleucus among the Seleucid dynasty
• Amman
  Amman
  Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
  
   – Ammon
• Umm Qais
  Umm Qais
  Umm Qais is a town in Jordan located on the site of the ruined Hellenistic-Roman city of Gadara . The town was also called Antiochia or Antiochia Semiramis and Seleucia...
  
  :
  • formerly named Antiochia – Antiochus III the Great
    Antiochus III the Great
    Antiochus III the Great Seleucid Greek king who became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. Antiochus was an ambitious ruler who ruled over Greater Syria and western Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC...
    
    
  • formerly named Seleucia – Seleucus II Callinicus
    Seleucus II Callinicus
    Seleucus II Callinicus or Pogon , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC...
    
    

Kazakhstan

• Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
  Taras Shevchenko
  Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...
  
  
• Pavlodar
  Pavlodar
  Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710...
  
   – Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
  Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
  Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia was the eighth child of Tsar Alexander II of Russia by his first wife Empress Maria Alexandrovna. His birth was commemorated by the naming of the city of Pavlodar in Kazakhstan...
  
  .
• Petropavl
  Petropavl
  Petropavl is a city on the Ishim River in North Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 261 km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is capital of the North Kazakhstan Province...
  
   – Saint Peter
  Saint Peter
  Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
  
   and Saint Paul.
• Ridder – Philip Ridder
  Philip Ridder
  Philip Ridder was a Russian explorer who discovered polymetallic ores in north-eastern Kazakhstan.A town in that region, Ridder, bore Philip Ridder's name from 1786 to 1941, when it was changed to Leninogorsk; however, in 2002, the name was reverted to Ridder. The town is notable as the eastern...
  
  . Between 1941–2002 the city was called Leninogorsk after Lenin.
• Satpayev – Soviet Kazakh geologist Kanysh Satpayev
  Kanysh Satpayev
  Kanysh Imantayuli Satpayev is one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.-Biography:...
  
  .

Former:

• Dzhambul was the name of Taraz
  Taraz
  Taraz , is a city and a center of the Jambyl Province in Kazakhstan. It is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River...
  
   – Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev
• Guryev was the name of Atyrau
  Atyrau
  Atyrau , known as Guryev until 1991, is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. It is located at the mouth of the Ural River, 2700 kilometers west of Almaty and 350 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan. Other transliterations include Aterau, Atirau, Atyraw, Atyraou,...
  
   – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev
• Leninsk was the name of Baikonur
  Baikonur
  Baikonur , formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan, rented and administered by the Russian Federation. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Russian president Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.The shape of the...
  
   – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  
• Panfilov was the name of Zharkent
  Zharkent
  Jarkent or Zharkent , formerly known as Panfilov and Dzharkent , is a town in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Panfilov District. It is located near the Ili river. Its approximate coordinates are ....
  
   – Ivan Panfilov
  Ivan Panfilov
  Not to be confused with Major General Alexei Pavlovich Panfilov, who is known for negotiating the creation of the Anders Army.In Allen Paul's book Katyn: Stalin's Massacre and the Triumph of Truth , page 172, it is written that the name of the assistant chief of the General Staff of the Red Army...
  
  
• Shevchenko was the name of Aqtau – Taras Shevchenko
  Taras Shevchenko
  Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...
  
  
• Yermak was the name of Aksu
  Aksu, Kazakhstan
  Aksu , formerly known as Yermak , is a city in Kazakhstan, in Pavlodar Province, located 50 km to the south of Pavlodar on the left bank of the Irtysh River. The municipality borders Aktogay District in the north, Bayanaul District, May District, Lebyazhin District in the south, Pavlodar...
  
   – Russian national hero
  Folk hero
  A folk hero is a type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological. The single salient characteristic which makes a character a folk hero is the imprinting of the name, personality and deeds of the character in the popular consciousness. This presence in the popular consciousness is evidenced by...
  
   and explorer of Siberia
  Siberia
  Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
  
   Yermak Timofeyevich
  Yermak Timofeyevich
  Yermak Timofeyevich , Cossack leader, Russian folk hero and explorer of Siberia. His exploration of Siberia marked the beginning of the expansion of Russia towards this region and its colonization...
  
  

Kyrgyzstan

• Shopokov
  Shopokov
  Shopokov is a town in the Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan. Although geographically located within Sokuluk District of that province and being the de facto economic and cultural center of the district, Shopokov is administered separately from the district....
  
   – Soviet Kyrgyz WWII hero Duyshenkul Shopokov.

Former:

• Frunze was the name of Bishkek
  Bishkek
  Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...
  
   from 1926–1991 – Mikhail Frunze
  Mikhail Frunze
  Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.-Life and Political Activity:Frunze was born in Bishkek, then a small Imperial Russian garrison town in the Kyrgyz part of Turkestan, to a Moldovan medical practitioner and his Russian wife...
  
  
• Przhevalsk was the name of Karakol
  Karakol
  Karakol , formerly Przhevalsk, is fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan, about from the Kyrgyzstan-China border and from the capital Bishkek. It is the administrative capital of Issyk Kul Province...
  
   from 1888–1921 and 1939–1991 – Nikolai Przhevalsky
  Nikolai Przhevalsky
  Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky and Prjevalsky, ; —), was a Russian geographer of Polish background and explorer of Central and Eastern Asia. Although he never reached his final goal, Lhasa in Tibet, he travelled through regions unknown to the west, such as northern Tibet, modern Qinghai and...
  
  

Latvia

• Jēkabpils
  Jekabpils
  Jēkabpils is a city in Selonia, Latvia roughly halfway between Riga and Daugavpils. The Daugava River runs through the town, and the ancient valley, branches, and islands of the river are considered picturesque...
  
   – Jacob Kettler
  Jacob Kettler
  Jacob Kettler was a Baltic German Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia . Under his rule, the duchy was brought to its greatest peak in wealth and engaged in colonization.- Life :...
  
  , Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
• Pāvilosta
  Pavilosta
  -See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
  
   – after Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of Kurzeme
  Courland
  Courland is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland.- Geography and climate :...
  
  .
• Valdemārpils
  Valdemarpils
  Valdemārpils is a town in northwestern Latvia, near Talsi. The town is named after Krišjānis Valdemārs, born in nearby Ārlava parish, who was one of the leaders of the first Latvian National Awakening. He is celebrated in the town with a memorial stone.-References:...
  
   – Krišjānis Valdemārs
  Krišjanis Valdemars
  Krišjānis Valdemārs was a writer, editor, educator, politician, lexicographer, folklorist and economist, the spiritual leader of the first Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of the Young Latvia...
  
  , writer and politician.
• Valka
  Valka
  Valka is a town in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia.Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two States". The border dividing the Livonian town of Walk was marked out in 1920 by an international jury headed by...
  
   (Estonian: Valga)– possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family.

Former:

• Stučka was the name of Aizkraukle
  Aizkraukle
  Aizkraukle is a town in Vidzeme region in Latvia, the administrative centre of Aizkraukle municipality on the right bank of the Daugava River.-History:Aizkraukle before the World War I was formerly known by its German name of Ascheraden...
  
   – Pēteris Stučka
  Peteris Stucka
  Pēteris Stučka, sometimes spelt Pyotr Ivanovich Stuchka ; b. in Koknese parish, Governorate of Livonia — d. January 25, 1932 in Moscow) was the head of the Bolshevik government in Latvia during the Latvian War of Independence, one of the leaders of the New Current movement in the late 19th...
  
  , Latvian revolutionary and communist

Lebanon

Former:

• Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut
  Beirut
  Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
  
   – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty

Liberia

• Barclayville
  Barclayville
  Barclayville, the capital and most populous settlement in Grand Kru County is located in southeastern Liberia about 10 miles inland from Picinicess. The Barclayville township of several thousand people straddles the banks of the Na River. Roads from Kanweaken to the northwest, Pleebo to the...
  
   – Edwin Barclay
  Edwin Barclay
  Edwin James Barclay was a Liberian politician. A member of the True Whig political party, he served as the 18th President of the country from 1930 until 1944. Under his leadership, Liberia was an ally of the United States during World War II....
  
  
• Buchanan
  Buchanan, Liberia
  Buchanan is the third largest city in Liberia, lying on Waterhouse Bay, part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is referred to as Gbezohn in the local Bassa language. As of the 2008 census, Buchanan has a population of 34,270. Of this, 16,984 were male and 17,286 female....
  
   – James Buchanan
  James Buchanan
  James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....
  
  
• Monrovia
  Monrovia
  Monrovia is the capital city of the West African nation of Liberia. Located on the Atlantic Coast at Cape Mesurado, it lies geographically within Montserrado County, but is administered separately...
  
   – James Monroe
  James Monroe
  James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
  
  
• Tubmanburg
  Tubmanburg
  Tubmanburg, also known as Bomi and formerly known as Vaitown, is the capital of Bomi County in Liberia. It lies in the Bomi Hills northwest of Monrovia and was an iron ore and diamond mining centre until is was largely destroyed in the Liberian Civil War...
  
   – William Tubman
  William Tubman
  William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th President of Liberia from 1944 until his death in 1971....
  
  

Libya

• Ptolemais
  Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)
  Ptolemais or Ptolemaida was one of the ancient capitals of Cyrenaica. It was probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes. Its Latin name in Roman times was Tolmeta, from which the modern Libyan town of Tolmeitha derives its name.The town was most probably founded in 7th or 6th century BC by...
  
   – a king of the Ptolemies, probably Ptolemy III Euergetes
  Ptolemy III Euergetes
  -Family:Euergetes was the eldest son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife, Arsinoe I, and came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father.He married Berenice of Cyrene in the year corresponding to 244/243 BC; and their children were:...
  
  

Malta

• Cottonera – for Grandmaster Ralph Cotoner
• Floriana
  Floriana
  Floriana is a town in Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. Floriana is the birthplace of many famous Maltese, amongst which the composer of the national anthem, 'L-Innu Malti', Robert Samut; former Bishop of Malta Dom Mauro Caruana, the poet Oliver Friggieri, and Swedish Idol winner...
  
   – for architect Pietro Floriani
• Manoel Island – for Grandmaster Manoel de Vilhena
• Paola
  Paola, Malta
  Paola, , is a town in the Grand Harbour area of Malta, with a population of 8,856 people . It is named after its founder, the Grandmaster Antoine de Paule, but is commonly known as Raħal Ġdid, which means new town in Maltese.Paola is renowned for its shopping centres, Good Friday procession, its...
  
   – for Grandmaster Anton de Paule
• San Ġiljan – St. Julian
  Julian the Hospitaller
  Julian the Hospitaller, also known as Julian the Poor, was a legendary Roman Catholic saint. His story is today believed by scholars to be fully legendary.-History:There are three main theories of his origin:...
  
  
• San Ġwann
  San Gwann
  -History:The San Ġwann suburb is mostly made up of relatively modern buildings having been established as a parish only in 1965. However, the few scattered archeological remains found in the region suggest that San Ġwann has an ancient history which is woven into the national history of Malta.The...
  
   – St. John
  John the Evangelist
  Saint John the Evangelist is the conventional name for the author of the Gospel of John...
  
  
• San Lawrenz
  Saint Lawrence, Malta
  Saint Lawrence is a village on the Isle of Gozo, Malta. Its name is derived from Lawrence of Rome who is the patron saint for the village. The natural reserve Fungus Rock is administratively part of the town, as is the famous Azure Window landmark....
  
   – St. Lawrence
• San Pawl il-Baħar – Paul the Apostle
• Santa Luċija
  Santa Lucija
  Santa Luċija is a small village which is one of the modern towns developed during the 20th century on the island of Malta. By virtue of an article which appeared in Government Gazette of 7 July 1961 the area between Tal-Barrani and Luqa By-Pass. Santa Luċija was named after a 16th century chapel...
  
   – St. Lucy
• Santa Venera
  Santa Venera
  Santa Venera is a town in Malta, with a population of around 6,800 . This settlement is found in the Outer Harbour Region of Malta. The oldest buildings in Santa Venera are Wignacourt Aqueduct and Casa Leoni, both of which were built by the Knights of St. John.A new church has been built recently...
  
   – St. Venra
• Senglea
  Senglea
  Senglea is a fortified city in the east of Malta, mainly in the Grand Harbour area. It is one of the Three Cities in the east of Malta, the other two being Cospicua and Vittoriosa. The city of Senglea is also called Civitas Invicta, because it managed to resist the Ottoman invasion at the Great...
  
   – for Grandmaster La Sengle
• St. Thomas Bay – St. Thomas
  Thomas the Apostle
  Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the Roman...
  
  
• Valletta
  Valletta
  Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...
  
   – for Grandmaster Jean de la Vallette
• Victoria
  Victoria, Malta
  Victoria or Città Victoria is the capital of Gozo, an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The town has a total population of 6,414 , and by population is the largest locality in Gozo....
  
   – Queen Victoria

Mauritius

• Mahébourg
  Mahébourg
  Mahébourg is a small city on the southeastern coast of the island of Mauritius. It is the capital of the Grand Port District.- Overview :...
  
   – Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
  Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
  Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais was a French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company.-Biography:...
  
  
• Port Louis
  Port Louis
  -Economy:The economy is dominated by its port, which handles Mauritius' international trade. The port was founded by the French who preferred Port Louis as the City is shielded by the Port Louis/Moka mountain range. It is the largest container handling facility in the Indian Ocean and can...
  
   – Louis XV of France
  Louis XV of France
  Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
  
  
• Souillac
  Souillac, Mauritius
  Souillac is a village close to the southernmost point of the main island of Mauritius. It is the capital of Savanne district. It was named after the Vicomte de Souillac, the island's governor from 1779-1787.-History:...
  
   – François de Souillac
  François de Souillac
  François, Vicomte de Souillac was born on 2 July 1732 in Périgord. He was Governor General of Pondichéry, Réunion He entered the navy in 1749 and he was named governor of Bourbon on 23 December 1775. On 15 October 1776 the Governor De Souillac created by ordinance, the "Quartier du Repos de Laleu"...
  
  

Mexico

• Cerralvo, Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo
  Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo
  Don Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo, 3rd Marquis of Cerralvo was a Spanish nobleman, inquisitor of Valladolid, and viceroy of New Spain. He held the latter position from November 3, 1624 to September 16, 1635.-Early career and appointment as viceroy of New Spain:Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio was...
  
  
• Chilapa de Alvarez
  Chilapa de Álvarez
  Chilapa de Álvarez, informally known as Chilapa, is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero, approximately 54 kilometers east of state capital Chilpancingo. It is a very old town, its first official charter was issued by the Aztec government in the 15th century, after the area's conquest by...
  
  , Guerrero
  Guerrero
  Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....
  
   – Juan Álvarez
  Juan Álvarez
  Juan Nepomuceno Álvarez Hurtado was a general and interim president of Mexico for a few months in 1855. He fought in all the major wars of Mexico, from the War of Independence through the Pastry War, the Mexican-American War, and the War of the Reform to the war against the French Intervention...
  
  
• Ciudad Acuña
  Ciudad Acuña
  Ciudad Acuña, also known simply as Acuña, is a city located in the Mexican state of Coahuila, at and a mean height above sea level of 271 meters...
  
  , Coahuila
  Coahuila
  Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...
  
   – Manuel Acuña
  Manuel Acuña
  Manuel Acuña Narro was a 19th-century Mexican writer. He focused on poetry, but also wrote some novels and plays. Even though he was famous at an early time of his life, he decided to commit suicide...
  
   (poet)
• Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán
  Michoacán
  Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
  
   – Miguel Hidalgo
  Miguel Hidalgo
  Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...
  
  
• Ciudad Juárez
  Ciudad Juárez
  Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
  
  , Chihuahua – Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
  
  
• Ciudad López Mateos
  Ciudad López Mateos
  Ciudad López Mateos is a city in the State of México, México, and the seat of the municipality called Atizapán de Zaragoza. The municipality takes its name from the nahuatl word Ātīzapan, which is formed by three words: "ā-tl", which means "water", "tīza-tl", which means "white clay" and "īpan",...
  
  , State of Mexico
  Mexico (state)
  México , officially: Estado Libre y Soberano de México is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo....
  
   – Adolfo López Mateos
  Adolfo López Mateos
  Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964...
  
  
• Ciudad Madero
  Ciudad Madero
  Madero, formally Ciudad Madero, is a city and its coextensive municipality in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is located at 22.27°N, 97.83°W in the extreme southeastern part of the state, on the Gulf of Mexico, just north and east of Tampico but still on the banks of the Río Pánuco, and...
  
  , Tamaulipas
  Tamaulipas
  Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
  
   – Francisco I. Madero
  Francisco I. Madero
  Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
  
  
• Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
  Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
  Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, or more commonly Ciudad Neza, is a city and municipality of Mexico State adjacent to the northeast corner of Mexico's Federal District: it is thus part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. It was named after Nezahualcoyotl, the Acolhua poet and king of nearby Texcoco, and...
  
  , State of Mexico
  Mexico (state)
  México , officially: Estado Libre y Soberano de México is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo....
  
   – Nezahualcoyotl
  Nezahualcoyotl
  Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...
  
  
• Ciudad Nicolás Romero
  Nicolás Romero, México
  Ciudad Nicolás Romero is the largest city and municipal seat of the municipality of Nicolás Romero in Mexico State, Mexico. It is located 58 km from the city of Toluca, the state capital and lies in the north-central part of the state, just northwest of the Federal District...
  
  , State of Mexico
  Mexico (state)
  México , officially: Estado Libre y Soberano de México is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo....
  
   – Nicolás Romero
  Nicolás Romero
  Nicolás Romero was a Mexican military figure.He had agricultural and textile businesses in what is the modern-day state of Hidalgo...
  
  
• Ciudad Obregón
  Ciudad Obregón
  Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :...
  
  , Sonora
  Sonora
  Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
  
   – Álvaro Obregón
  Álvaro Obregón
  General Álvaro Obregón Salido was the President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He was assassinated in 1928, shortly after winning election to another presidential term....
  
  
• Ciudad Victoria
  Ciudad Victoria
  Ciudad Victoria , is the capital city of the Mexican state ofTamaulipas. It is located in the western-central region of the state. Ciudad Victoria is also the municipal seat of the surrounding Victoria Municipality, which covers an area of 1,638 km²...
  
  , Tamaulipas
  Tamaulipas
  Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
  
   – Guadalupe Victoria
  Guadalupe Victoria
  Guadalupe Victoria born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military man who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power...
  
  
• Doctor Coss
  Doctor Coss, Nuevo León
  Doctor Coss is both a city and a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico. It is located at , 182 km NE of Monterrey. Its name honors Dr. José María Coss, a liberal politician of the 19th century...
  
  , Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Dr. José María Coss (politician)
• Dolores Hidalgo
  Dolores Hidalgo
  Dolores Hidalgo Dolores Hidalgo Dolores Hidalgo (in full, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional is the name of a city and the surrounding municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato....
  
  , Guanajuato
  Guanajuato
  Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....
  
   – Miguel Hidalgo
  Miguel Hidalgo
  Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...
  
  
• Emiliano Zapata
  Emiliano Zapata, Morelos
  Emiliano Zapata is a city in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city is the sixth largest in the state of Morelos, with a 2005 census population of 39,702 inhabitants....
  
  , Morelos
  Morelos
  Morelos officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca....
  
   – Emiliano Zapata
  Emiliano Zapata
  Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...
  
  
• Galeana
  Galeana, Nuevo León
  Galeana is both a municipality and a city in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is named after Hermenegildo Galeana, a lieutenant involved in the country's movement towards independence...
  
  , Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Hermenegildo Galeana
• General Bravo
  General Bravo, Nuevo León
  General Bravo is a municipality and also the name of its main population center and seat of government in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. It is named after Nicolas Bravo, a hero of the Mexican War of Independence.-External links:...
  
  , Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Nicolás Bravo
  Nicolás Bravo
  Nicolás Bravo was a Mexican politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 U.S. invasion of Mexico....
  
  
• General Treviño
  General Treviño
  The municipality of General Treviño originated from a ranch named “El Puntiagudo” that was given to Don Juan Baptista Chapa, 14 January 1688. Don Francisco Chapa made the foundation in 1705. Its erection in the villa was verified the 9th of December 1868, being Governor of the State again Leon,...
  
  , Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Gen. Jerónimo Treviño
• Gutiérrez Zamora
  Gutiérrez Zamora
  Gutiérrez Zamora is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Gutiérrez Zamora is bordered by Papantla, Tuxpan, Poza Rica and Coatzintla, and it is served by both the railway and Federal Highways 180 and 190....
  
  , Veracruz
  Veracruz
  Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
  
   – Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
• Juan Aldama
  Juan Aldama, Zacatecas
  Juan Aldama is a city in the northwestern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is the biggest community in the Municipality of Juan Aldama and the seat of the municipal government.It was renamed for insurgent Juan Aldama...
  
  , Zacatecas
  Zacatecas
  Zacatecas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas....
  
   – Juan Aldama
  Juan Aldama
  Juan Aldama was a Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier during the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. He was also the brother of Ignacio Aldama....
  
  
• Lázaro Cárdenas
  Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
  Lázaro Cárdenas is a port city that with its surrounding municipality is located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was formerly known as Los Llanitos, but changed its name as a tribute to Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, a Michoacán-born politician who was president of Mexico from...
  
  , Michoacán
  Michoacán
  Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
  
   – Lázaro Cárdenas
  Lázaro Cárdenas
  Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.-Early life:Lázaro Cárdenas was born on May 21, 1895 in a lower-middle class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He supported his family from age 16 after the death of his father...
  
  
• Matamoros
  Matamoros, Tamaulipas
  Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern part of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Brownsville, Texas, in the United States. Matamoros is the second largest and second...
  
  , Tamaulipas
  Tamaulipas
  Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
  
   – Mariano Matamoros
  Mariano Matamoros
  Mariano Matamoros y Guridi was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel soldier of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought for independence against Spain in the early 19th century....
  
  
• Melchor Ocampo
  Melchor Ocampo, Nuevo León
  Melchor Ocampo is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is named after Don Melchor Ocampo, who was Foreign Minister during the government of Benito Juárez.-Location:...
  
  , Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Don Melchor Ocampo
  Melchor Ocampo
  Melchor Ocampo was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician.His home state was renamed Michoacán de Ocampo in his honour.-Studies:...
  
   (foreign minister)
• Sabinas Hidalgo
  Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León
  Sabinas Hidalgo is a city and municipality located at the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Sabinas Hidalgo is located at .-History:The town was founded as Real de Santiago de las Sabinas on July 25, 1693 by General Ignacio de Maya, but it was lived in its location since 1692It was named, Villa de...
  
  , Nuevo León
  Nuevo León
  Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
  
   – Miguel Hidalgo
  Miguel Hidalgo
  Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...
  
  
• Venustiano Carranza
  Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán
  Venustiano Carranza is a small city located in the northern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in the region of the Chapala Lake. The city is still better known for its former pre-Mexican revolution name San Pedro Caro, which derives from the town's patron saint and the last name of its...
  
  , Michoacán
  Michoacán
  Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
  
   – Venustiano Carranza
  Venustiano Carranza
  Venustiano Carranza de la Garza, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted...
  
  
• Villa Guerrero, Jalisco
  Jalisco
  Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
  
   – Vicente Guerrero
  Vicente Guerrero
  Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...
  
  
• Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico – Vicente Guerrero
  Vicente Guerrero
  Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...
  
  
• Villa Juárez, San Luis Potosí – Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
  
  
• Villa Juárez, Sonora – Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
  
  

Montenegro

• Danilovgrad
  Danilovgrad
  Danilovgrad is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 5,208 . It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgorica and Nikšić.The town of Danilovgrad is located in the fertile valley of the Zeta River,...
  
   – Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
• Herceg Novi
  Herceg Novi
  Herceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants...
  
   – Duke (Herceg) Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
  Stjepan Vukcic Kosaca
  Stjepan Vukčić Kosača was a Herzegovina nobleman. He was a member of the House of Kosača, a Grand Duke of Herzegovina, Lord of Zahumlje and Primorje and also Herzog of Serbian Saint Sava...
  
  
• Petrovac – Petar Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia

Former:

• Titograd was the name of Podgorica
  Podgorica
  Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
  
   in the years 1946–1992 – Josip Broz Tito
  Josip Broz Tito
  Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
  
  
• Ivangrad was the name of Berane
  Berane
  Berane , formerly Ivangrad, is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 11,776 .Berane is the centre of municipality and one of the centres of Polimlje area, named after the Lim River, on which Berane is situated.-History:During the medieval period the Montenegrin land of Berane...
  
   in the years 1946–1992 – Ivan Milutinovic

Namibia

• Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe
• Keetmanshoop
  Keetmanshoop
  Keetmanshoop is a city in Karas Region, southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and founder of the city....
  
   – Johann Keetman (German trader)
• Lüderitz
  Lüderitz
  Lüderitz is a harbour town in south-west Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island.- Overview :...
  
   – Adolf Lüderitz
  Adolf Lüderitz
  Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz was a German merchant and founder of the first German colony in Southwest Africa....
  
  
• Schuckmannsburg
  Schuckmannsburg
  Schuckmannsburg is an African village in the Caprivi Strip in northeastern Namibia with a population of about 800. It belongs to the Kabbe electoral constituency of the Caprivi Region...
  
   – Bruno von Schuckmann

Netherlands

• Anna Paulowna
  Anna Paulowna
  Anna Paulowna is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality derives its name from the Anna Paulownapolder, which was laid dry in 1846 during the reign of King William II of the Netherlands and in turn named after his wife, Queen Anna Pavlovna...
  
   – Anna Pavlovna of Russia
  Anna Pavlovna of Russia
  Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia was a queen consort of the Netherlands.-Background:She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna , and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia...
  
  
• Geertruidenberg
  Geertruidenberg
  Geertruidenberg is a city and municipality in the province North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. The city, named after Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, received city rights in 1213 from the count of Holland. The fortified city prospered until the 15th century.Today, the municipality of...
  
   – Gertrude of Nivelles
  Gertrude of Nivelles
  Saint Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.She was a daughter of Pepin I of Landen and Saint Itta, and a younger sister of Saint Begga, Abbess of Andenne, Saint Bavo and Grimoald I.One day, when she was about ten years of age, her father...
  
  
• 's-Gravenzande
  's-Gravenzande
  s-Gravenzande is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 12 km southwest of The Hague. Until 2004 it was a separate municipality and covered an area of 20.77 km² .In 2001, the town of 's-Gravenzande had 15241 inhabitants...
  
   (lit. The Count's Sand) – William, King of the Romans
  William, King of the Romans
  William II of Holland was a Count of Holland and Zeeland . He was elected as German anti-king in 1247 and remained king until his death....
  
   (and Count of Holland)
• Heerhugowaard
  Heerhugowaard
  Heerhugowaard is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.-History:...
  
   – lord ('heer') Hugo of Assendelft
• 's-Hertogenbosch (lit. The Duke's Forest) – Henry I, Duke of Brabant
  Henry I, Duke of Brabant
  Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous" Duke of Brabant and Duke of Lower Lotharingia until his death.-Biography:...
  
  
• Julianadorp
  Julianadorp
  Julianadorp is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Den Helder, and lies about 6 km south of Den Helder.It was formed in 1909, and named after Princess Juliana who was born that same year....
  
   – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
  Juliana of the Netherlands
  Juliana was the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry...
  
  
• Lelystad
  Lelystad
  Lelystad is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible...
  
   – ir. Cornelis Lely
  Cornelis Lely
  Cornelis Lely was a Dutch civil engineer and statesman. He first designed and then realised by a law the Zuiderzee Works, a major project that turned the Zuiderzee into a lake, and converting a huge area into dry land.-Career outline:From 1886 to 1891, Lely led the technical research team that...
  
  
• Sint Annaparochie
  Sint Annaparochie
  Sint Annaparochie is the principal and largest town of the municipality of Het Bildt in Friesland, the Netherlands. It lies approximately 15 km northwest of Leeuwarden and has approximately four thousand inhabitants. The town is named after Saint Anne, the mother of Mary.St. Annaparochie was...
  
   – Saint Anne
  Saint Anne
  Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...
  
  
• Sint Jacobiparochie
  Sint Jacobiparochie
  Sint Jacobiparochie is a town in the municipality of Het Bildt in Friesland, the Netherlands. It lies about 13 km. north of Franeker and has approximately 1,700 inhabitants....
  
   – James, son of Zebedee
• Sint Maarten – Martin of Tours
  Martin of Tours
  Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...
  
  
• Sint Nicolaasga
  Sint Nicolaasga
  Sint Nicolaasga is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality of Skarsterlân, and has about 3270 inhabitants . Until the municipal reorganisation in 1984 Sint Nicolaasga was part of the former municipality Doniawerstal.- History :The oldest listing of the...
  
   – Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
  
  
• Sint-Oedenrode
  Sint-Oedenrode
  Sint-Oedenrode is a municipality and a city in the South of the Netherlands.-History of the city of Sint-Oedenrode:First records of the settlement called Rhode date from the year 500. Sint-Oedenrode was a small settlement on an elevated place near the river Dommel...
  
   – Saint Oda
  Saint Oda
  Saint Oda of Scotland was a woman, supposedly of Scottish origin, who became a holy woman in the Netherlands.-Life:Oda was born blind and her father sent her on pilgrimage to Liège to visit the relics of Saint Lambert. While praying at Saint Lambert's grave she was miraculously cured from her...
  
  
• Sint Pancras
  Sint Pancras
  Sint Pancras is a town in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Langedijk, North Holland, about 5 km northeast of Alkmaar.-History:...
  
   – Saint Pancras
• Sint Willebrord
  Sint Willebrord
  Sint Willebrord is a town in the municipality of Rucphen in the Netherlands. It is also known by the name t Heike which was the semi-official name up until 1950/1970 , which is the diminutive form of hei in local dialect...
  
   – Saint Willibrord
• Wilhelminadorp – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
  Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
  Wilhelmina was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. She ruled the Netherlands for fifty-eight years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War I and World War II, the economic crisis of 1933, and the decline of the Netherlands as a major colonial...
  
  
• Willemsdorp – King William I of the Netherlands
  William I of the Netherlands
  William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
  
  
• Willemstad – William the Silent
  William the Silent
  William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
  
  

Netherlands Antilles

• Willemstad
  Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
  Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of...
  
   – William II, Prince of Orange
  William II, Prince of Orange
  William II, Prince of Orange was sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later.-Biography:...
  
   or his son William III of England
  William III of England
  William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
  
  

New Zealand

• Albert Town
  Albert Town, New Zealand
  Albert Town is located to the east of Wanaka in Otago, New Zealand. Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development. The confluence of the Clutha and Cardrona Rivers is located here. The town was named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
  
   – Prince Albert
• Alexandra
  Alexandra, New Zealand
  Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Clutha River , on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell.At the time of the 2006 census, the permanent population was 4,827, an...
  
   – Alexandra of Denmark
  Alexandra of Denmark
  Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Auckland
  Auckland
  The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
  
   – George Eden, Earl of Auckland
• Christchurch
  Christchurch
  Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
  
   – Jesus Christ (indirectly via Christ Church
  Christ Church, Oxford
  Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
  
  , a college of the University of Oxford in England)
• Gisborne
  Gisborne, New Zealand
  -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
  
   – William Gisborne
  William Gisborne
  William Gisborne was Colonial Secretary of New Zealand 1869–72 and Minister of Public Works 1870–71. The city of Gisborne is named after him.He was the third son of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, near Bakewell, Derbyshire...
  
  
• Hunterville
  Hunterville, New Zealand
  Hunterville is a small community on State Highway 1, in the Rangitikei district of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located half way between Taupo and Wellington and has a population of 507....
  
   – George Hunter (merchant)
• Invercargill
  Invercargill
  Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...
  
   – William Cargill
  William Cargill
  William Walter Cargill was the founder of the Otago settlement in New Zealand, after serving as an officer in the British Army. He was a Member of Parliament and Otago's first Superintendent.-Early life:...
  
  
• Napier
  Napier, New Zealand
  Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...
  
   – Charles James Napier
  Charles James Napier
  General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB , was a general of the British Empire and the British Army's Commander-in-Chief in India, notable for conquering the Sindh Province in what is now Pakistan.- His genealogy :...
  
  
• Nelson
  Nelson, New Zealand
  Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....
  
   – Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Palmerston North
  Palmerston North
  Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...
  
   – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
  Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
  Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC , known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century...
  
  
• Wellington – Duke of Wellington
  Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
  Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
  
  

Norway

• Edgeøya
  Edgeøya
  Edgeøya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; it is the third largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the South East Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. Its eastern...
  
   – Thomas Edge
  Thomas Edge
  Thomas Edge was an English merchant, whaler, and sealer who worked for the Muscovy Company in the first quarter of the 17th century. Edge was born in the parish of Blackburn, Lancashire in 1587/88. His father was Ellis Edge. Edgeøya is named after him...
  
  
• Eydehavn
  Eydehavn
  Eydehavn is a village area in the municipality of Arendal in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The population of the village area is about 4,080 people. It is the former administrative centre of both Moland and Stokken municipalities. Both municipalities have since been incorporated into Arendal...
  
   – Sam Eyde
  Sam Eyde
  Samuel Eyde was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist, the founder of Norsk Hydro and Elkem.-Biography:Sam Eyde was the son of a shipowner, and studied engineering in Berlin where he graduated in 1891. He started his career in Hamburg, working with the railways where he planned new lines, bridges...
  
  , an industrial pioneer
• Fredrikstad
  Fredrikstad
  is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....
  
   – King Frederick II of Denmark
  Frederick II of Denmark
  Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 until his death.-King of Denmark:Frederick II was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. Frederick II stands as the typical renaissance ruler of Denmark. Unlike his father, he...
  
  
• Kongsberg
  Kongsberg
  is a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....
  
   – King Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
  
  
• Kongsvinger
  Kongsvinger
  is a town and is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger....
  
   – King Christian V of Denmark
  Christian V of Denmark
  Christian V , was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699, the son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
  
  
• Kristiansand
  Kristiansand
  -History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
  
   – King Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
  
  
• Kristiansund
  Kristiansund
  Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...
  
   – King Christian VI of Denmark
  Christian VI of Denmark
  Christian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746.He was the son of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered Frederick V.-The reign and personality of Christian VI:To posterity Christian...
  
  
• Longyearbyen
  Longyearbyen
  Longyearbyen is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway. It is located on the western coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, on the southern side on Adventfjorden , which continues inland with Adventdalen...
  
   – world's northernmost town – John Munroe Longyear
  John Munroe Longyear
  John Munroe Longyear was a noted developer of timber and mineral lands in America and the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company which surveyed and mined coal lands on Spitsbergen, now Svalbard, from 1905–1916...
  
  

Former:

• Christiania (1624–1877) and Kristiania (1877–1925) was the name of Oslo
  Oslo
  Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
  
   – King Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
  
  
• Fredrikshald was the name of Halden
  Halden
  is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
  
   (1665–1928) – King Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...
  
  
• Fredriksvern was the name of Stavern
  Stavern
  Stavern is a small Norwegian town located in the municipality of Larvik, south of the city of Larvik in Vestfold.The port and naval base of Stavern was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . Even though it was an important port it was first given its status as a town July 1, 1942...
  
   (1799–1930) – King Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III of Denmark
  Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...
  
  
• Victoriahavn was the name of Narvik
  Narvik
  is the third largest city and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population. Narvik is located on the shores of the Narvik Fjord . The municipality is part of the Ofoten traditional region of North Norway, inside the arctic circle...
  
   (1887–1902) – Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland

Pakistan

• Abbottabad
  Abbottabad
  Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...
  
   – James Abbott
• Dera Ismail Khan
  Dera Ismail Khan
  Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, west of Lahore and northwest of Multan. The city is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name. In Pakistan, its name is often abbreviated to D. I...
  
   – Ismail Khan
• Hayatabad
  Hayatabad
  Hayatabad is a posh, modern suburb on the south-western fringe of Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was named after Hayat Sherpao late Governor of NWFP & notable leader of Pakistan Peoples Party...
  
   – Hayat Sherpao
• Jacobabad
  Jacobabad
  Jacobabad or Yaqubabad is the capital city of Jacobabad District, Sindh, Pakistan. The city is also the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district, the city is subdivided into 8 Union Councils...
  
   – John Jacob
• Karimabad
  Karimabad (Hunza)
  Karimabad is the capital of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Karimabad is also known as Baltit. It is named after Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of Shia Ismaili Nizari community. The Guardian ranked it as the 12th Best Tourist Site in Pakistan.-See also:*Hunza...
  
   – Prince Karim Aga Khan
• Muzaffarabad
  Muzaffarabad
  Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers...
  
   – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan
• Sadiqabad
  Sadiqabad
  Sadiqabad or Sadiq Abad or Sadik Abad or Sadikabad is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Sadiqabad is also the administrative centre of Sadiqabad Tehsil, which is a sub-division of Rahim Yar Khan District....
  
   – Amīr Sadiq Mohammad Khan V
• Shujabad
  Shujabad
  Shujabad is the oldest tehsil of Multan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located about 45 km in south from Multan. Chenab River is situated in the west of city. Neighbouring settlements include Jalalpur Pirwala, Multan and Lodhran. Its population is about 600,000 .Shujabad is...
  
   – Nawab Shuja Khan
• Tando Muhammad Khan
  Tando Muhammad Khan
  Tando Muhammad Khan is a town in Sindh, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Tando Muhammad Khan District. It has a railway station on the Badin - Hyderabad section of the railways.- History :...
  
   – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani

Papua New Guinea

• Finschhafen
  Finschhafen
  Finschhafen is a district on the northeast coast of the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port of the same name.The port was discovered in 1884 by the German researcher Otto Finsch. In 1885 the German colony of German New Guinea created a town on the site and named it...
  
   – Otto Finsch
  Otto Finsch
  Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was a German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer.-Biography:...
  
  
• Port Moresby
  Port Moresby
  Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
  
   – Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby
  Fairfax Moresby
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB , born in Calcutta, India, to English parents was a British naval officer.-Early life:Moresby was the eldest son of Fairfax Moresby, Lieut...
  
  

Paraguay

• Pedro Juan Caballero
  Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
  Pedro Juan Caballero is a city in Paraguay, located in Amambay Department of which it is the capital. The city lies on the border with the Brazilian city of Ponta Porã in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and is known as a centre for cheap electronic and consumer goods, and also as a centre for drug...
  
   – Pedro Juan Caballero
  Pedro Juan Caballero (politician)
  Pedro Juan Caballero was a leading figure of Paraguayan independence. He was born in Tobatí a town located in a region called Department Cordillera, Paraguay. Even though he was 6 years younger than Fulgencio Yegros and 20 than Dr...
  
  
• Villa Hayes
  Villa Hayes
  Villa Hayes is a city in Paraguay, and is the capital of the department of Presidente Hayes.-Name:Known as “the City of the Five Names”, it was eventually named in honor of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States.-Weather:...
  
   – Rutherford Hayes

Philippines

• Aurora – Aurora Quezon
  Aurora Quezon
  Aurora Antonia Aragón de Molina Vd.ª De Quezón , usually known simply as Aurora Quezón, and sometimes as Aurora Aragón-Quezón, was the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezón and the First Lady of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944...
  
  
• General Santos City – General Paulino Santos
  Paulino Santos
  General Paulino Santos was an exceptional military officer who became the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from May 6 to December 31, 1936. Upon his retirement, he served as a civilian administrator under President Manuel L. Quezon.-Early life:Gen. Santos was born in Camiling, Tarlac to...
  
  
• Gloria, Oriental Mindoro
  Gloria, Oriental Mindoro
  Gloria is a municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 54,122 people in 10,170 households. It is in the 3rd class under the Philippine income classification....
  
   – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
• Isabela City
  Isabela City
  Isabela City is a 5th class city and the capital of the province of Basilan, Philippines. The city is located on the northern shore of Basilan. Across the Basilan Strait to the north is Zamboanga City...
  
   – Isabella II of Spain
  Isabella II of Spain
  Isabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
  
  
• Isabela Province
  Isabela province
  Isabela is the second largest province of the Philippines next to Palawan. It is located in the Cagayan Valley Region in Luzon. Its capital is Ilagan and borders, clockwise from the south, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Cagayan...
  
   – Isabella II of Spain
  Isabella II of Spain
  Isabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
  
  
• Lapu-Lapu City
  Lapu-Lapu City
  The City of Lapu-Lapu is a first class highly urbanized city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, a few kilometer off the main island of Cebu and also covers the Olango Island Group further to the southeast, plus a few other islets. It is part of the...
  
   – Lapu-Lapu
  Lapu-Lapu
  Lapu-Lapu was the ruler of Mactan, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization...
  
  
• Legazpi City
  Legazpi City
  The City of Legazpi is a first class city and capital of the province of Albay, Philippines. With 179,481 inhabitants according to the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the Bicol Region in terms of population, though not in land area...
  
   – Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
  Miguel López de Legazpi
  Miguel López de Legazpi , also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo , was a Spanish conquistador who established one of the first European settlements in the East Indies and the Pacific Islands in 1565. He is the first Governor-General in the Philippines...
  
  
• Muños – Don Francisco Muños
• Ozamis City – José Ozámis
• Quezon City
  Quezon City
  Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...
  
   – Manuel L. Quezon
  Manuel L. Quezon
  Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...
  
  
• Quirino
  Quirino
  Quirino is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Cabarroguis and was named after Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines. The province borders Aurora to the southeast, Nueva Vizcaya to the west, and Isabela to the north...
  
   – Elpidio Quirino
  Elpidio Quirino
  Elpidio Rivera Quirino was a Filipino politician, and the sixth President of the Philippines.A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925. He was then elected as senator from 1925–1931...
  
  
• Rizal
  Rizal
  Rizal is a province located in the CALABARZON , just 16 kilometers east of Manila. The province was named after the country's national hero, José Rizal. Rizal Governor Casimiro A. Ynares III on June 17, 2008 announced the transfer of the Capitol from Pasig. Its P 270-million capitol building,...
  
   – Jose Rizal
  José Rizal
  José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...
  
  
• Roxas City
  Roxas City
  Roxas City is a medium-sized city in the province of Capiz, Philippines. It is the provincial capital and a component city. , the city mayor is former city vice mayor Angel Alan Celino who was elected during the 2010 election....
  
   – Manuel Roxas
  Manuel Roxas
  Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...
  
  
• Santiago City
  Santiago City
  The City of Santiago is a city in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 126,244 people in 22,401 households. Santiago is situated 79 kilometers south of Ilagan, the provincial capital, and about 326 kilometers North of Metro Manila...
  
   – Saint James the Apostle
• Shariff Kabunsuan
  Shariff Kabunsuan
  Shariff Kabunsuan was a province of the Philippines within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that existed from 2006 to 2008. The law establishing the province was nullified by the Philippine Supreme Court in 2008.-History:...
  
   – Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan
• Sultan Kudarat – Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat
• Taft Avenue
  Taft Avenue
  Taft Avenue is a major street in Metro Manila. It crosses through two major cities of the metro: Manila and Pasay City.-Direction:Taft Avenue starts from Quirino Avenue in Pasay City, then transversing northeast to EDSA, then north to Antonio Arnaiz Avenue , Gil Puyat Avenue , Pedro Gil , and the...
  
   – William Howard Taft
  William Howard Taft
  William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
  
  , 1st Civil Governor of the Philippines
  Governor-General of the Philippines
  The Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed mainly by Spain and the United States, and briefly by Great Britain, from 1565 to 1935....
  
   under American rule
• Trece Martires
  Trece Mártires
  Trece Mártires may refer to:*the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite, Philippine nationalists executed by the Spanish; or*the city of Trece Martires, named after them....
  
   – Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
  Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
  The Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite were Filipino patriots in Cavite, Philippines who were executed by mustketry on September 11, 1896, for cooperating with the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The city of Trece Martires in Cavite is named after them.-The martyrs:* Luis Aguado...
  
  
• Valenzuela City
  Valenzuela City
  Valenzuela ,In rare occasion it is pronunced as , with a glottal stop after /ɐ/ in Filipino/Tagalog languages. officially known as the City of Valenzuela is a highly urbanized, first-class city and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila...
  
   – Pio Valenzuela
  Pio Valenzuela
  Pío Valenzuela was a Filipino physician and patriot who was among the leaders of the Katipunan that started the Philippine Revolution against Spain...
  
  

Poland

• Aleksandrów Kujawski
  Aleksandrów Kujawski
  Aleksandrów Kujawski is a small town in Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.It is situated about 18 km south-east of Toruń...
  
   – Emperor Alexander II Romanov
  Alexander II of Russia
  Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
  
  , benefactor of the town
• Aleksandrów Łódzki – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
  Alexander I of Russia
  Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
  
  
• Annopol
  Annopol
  Annopol is a small town in south-eastern Poland with 2,679 inhabitants, in Kraśnik County. It has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...
  
   – Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founder
• Augustów
  Augustów
  Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland with 29,600 inhabitants . It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , having previously been in Suwałki Voivodeship . It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów.In 1970 Augustów became...
  
   – King Sigismund II Augustus, founder
• Baborów
  Baborów
  Baborów is a small town in Poland near Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship.The first mention of the town comes from 1296 in which a wójt Jarosław is mentioned. The town was most likely founded by a Bohemian magnate, Bavor . Later it was part of an independent principality, the Austro Hungarian Empire,...
  
   – Bavor ze Strakonic
  Bavor II. Veliký
  Bavor II "Veliký" , was the feudal ruler of Strakonice, Bohemia and Castellan of royal castle Zvíkov, was the son of Bavor I, of the noble House of Strakonice. He held Pořešín, Blatná, Horažďovice, and others, including the Castle Bouzov. He took as his wife Anežka, the illegitimate daughter of...
  
  , founder
• Barczewo
  Barczewo
  Barczewo is a town in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located 20 km NE of Olsztyn.The town was first located in 1325 but was soon after destroyed by Lithuanians. The rebuild town was granted city rights in 1364. In 1466, after the Second Peace of Toruń then known...
  
   – Walenty Barczewski
• Bemowo
  Bemowo
  Bemowo is a district of Warsaw located in the western part of the city. Its territory covers the so-called western belt of the former district of Wola, which was incorporated to Warsaw in the year 1951. The name of the district derives from the surname of General Józef Bem.-External links:****...
  
   – Józef Bem
  Józef Bem
  Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...
  
  
• Bodzentyn
  Bodzentyn
  Bodzentyn is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,271 inhabitants . Bodzentyn Castle was built in 14th century.-External links:*...
  
   – Jan Bodzanta, founder
• Dzierżoniów
  Dzierzoniów
  Dzierżoniów is a town in southwestern Poland. It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
  
   – Jan Dzierżon
  Jan Dzierzon
  Johann Dzierzon, in Polish Jan Dzierżon or Dzierżoń , also John Dzierzon , was a pioneering apiarist who discovered the phenomenon of parthenogenesis in bees and designed the first successful movable-frame beehive.Dzierzon came from a Polish family in Silesia...
  
  
• Frampol
  Frampol
  Frampol is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Biłgoraj County. It has 1,440 inhabitants .The town was founded in 1705, with a unique, highly symmetric layout of streets in the shape of concentric rectangles around a large central square. In 1869 it lost its official status as a town, to...
  
   – Franciszka Butler, wife of founder
• Giżycko
  Gizycko
  Giżycko is a town in northeastern Poland with 29,796 inhabitants . It is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , having previously been in the Suwałki Voivodeship . It is the seat of Giżycko County.-History:...
  
   – Gustaw Gizewiusz
  Gustaw Gizewiusz
  Gustaw Herman Marcin Gizewiusz, or Gustav Gisevius was a Polish political figure, folklorist, and translator. He was married to a Mazur Polish woman, who encouraged him to become a political figure...
  
  
• Janów Lubelski
  Janów Lubelski
  Janów Lubelski is a town in eastern Poland. It has 11,882 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodship . It is the capital of Janów Lubelski County.It has a large hospital...
  
   – Jan Zamoyski, son of founder
• Jordanów
  Jordanów
  ----Jordanów .Jordanów was founded in 1564 by Spytko Jordan on the salt road from Kraków and Wieliczka to Orava and Hungary. In 1581 it got a right to organize annual fairs, which in 17th century became famous in south regions of the Crown. Main goods traded there were linen, cattle and salt.Since...
  
   – Wawrzyniec Spytko Jordan, founder
• Józefów – Tomasz Józef Zamoyski
  Tomasz Józef Zamoyski
  Tomasz Józef Zamoyski was a Polish nobleman .Tomasz became the 5th Ordynat of Zamość estate. He was also starost of Płoskirów and Gródek and became a Royal Colonel....
  
  , founder
• Kazimierz Dolny
  Kazimierz Dolny
  Kazimierz Dolny is a small town in Central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Province.It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th and the first half of...
  
   – Duke Casimir II the Just, donor of the town to the order of Norbertines
• Kętrzyn
  Ketrzyn
  Kętrzyn , is a town in northeastern Poland with 28,351 inhabitants . Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , Kętrzyn was previously in Olsztyn Voivodeship . It is the capital of Kętrzyn County...
  
   – Wojciech Kętrzyński
  Wojciech Ketrzynski
  thumb|Kętrzyński-Monument in [[Kętrzyn]].Wojciech Kętrzyński , born Adalbert von Winkler, was a historian and the director of the Ossolineum Library in Lwów, Austrian partition of Poland. He focused on Polish history in a time when no independent Polish state existed...
  
  
• Kolonowskie
  Kolonowskie
  Kolonowskie / , is a town in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,433 inhabitants ....
  
   – Philipp Colonna, founder
• Konstancin
  Konstancin-Jeziorna
  Konstancin-Jeziorna is a town in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 16,963 inhabitants . It is located about 20 km south of downtown Warsaw and is a part of the metropolitan area of that city....
  
   – Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founder
• Konstantynów Łódzki – Grand Duke Constantine Romanov
  Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia
  Constantine Pavlovich was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I. He was the Tsesarevich of Russia throughout the reign of his elder brother Alexander I, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823...
  
  
• Korfantów
  Korfantów
  Korfantów is a town in the Opole Voivodeship of Poland. It has a population of approximately 1,860 inhabitants. It is named after Wojciech Korfanty....
  
   – Wojciech Korfanty
  Wojciech Korfanty
  Wojciech Korfanty , born Adalbert Korfanty, was a Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician, serving as member of the German parliaments Reichstag and Prussian Landtag, and later on, in the Polish Sejm...
  
  
• Łaskarzew – Andrzej Łaskarz, founder
• Mieszkowice
  Mieszkowice
  Mieszkowice is a town in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, about east of the Oder river and the border with Germany...
  
   – Duke Mieszko I
  Mieszko I of Poland
  Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...
  
  
• Mrągowo
  Mragowo
  Mrągowo is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of northeastern Poland, the capital of Mrągowo County and the seat the Gmina Mrągowo...
  
   – Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz
• Pieniężno
  Pieniezno
  Pieniężno is a town on the Wałsza River in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland. It is located in Braniewo County and had a population of 2,975 in 2004.- History :...
  
   – Seweryn Pieniężny
• Platerówka
  Platerówka
  Platerówka is a village in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Platerówka. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....
  
   – Emilia Plater
  Emilia Plater
  Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
  
  
• Przemków
  Przemków
  Przemków is a town in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Przemków. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...
  
   – Duke Przemko of Ścinawa
  Przemko of Ścinawa
  Przemko of Ścinawa was Duke of Żagań from 1278 to 1284 and Duke of Ścinawa from 1284 until his death.He was the third and youngest son of Konrad I, Duke of Głogów by his first wife Salome, daughter of Duke Władysław of Greater Poland.-Duke of Żagań and later of Ścinawa:After his father's death in...
  
  , founder
• Rymanów
  Rymanów
  Rymanów is a town of 3,585 inhabitants . in Poland's Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is a capital of a separate commune within the powiat of Krosno...
  
   – Nicolao Reymann, founder
• Sokołowsko – Alfred Sokołowski
  Alfred Sokołowski
  Alfred Marcin Sokołowski was a Polish pulmonologist and professor of the University of Warsaw. He specialised in the field of Phthisiatry and he was one of the pioneers of modern treatment to diseases of the respiratory system.In 1908 founded the Towarzystwo Przeciwgruźlicze...
  
  , resident and benefactor of the town
• Szczuczyn
  Szczuczyn
  Szczuczyn is a town in Podlaskie Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland.Szczuczyn may also refer to:* Szczuczyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Szczuczyn Litewski, Polish name for Shchuchyn in modern Belarus...
  
   – Stanisław Antoni Szczuka, founder
• Szlichtyngowa
  Szlichtyngowa
  Szlichtyngowa is a town in Poland, in the Wschowa County of the Lubuskie Voivodship, near the Oder River.It was founded in 1644, about one mile behind the border between Silesia and Greater Poland by the junker Johann Georg von Schlichting who obtained a royal charter from the King Władysław IV...
  
   – Jan Schlichting, founder
• Tarnobrzeg
  Tarnobrzeg
  Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...
  
   – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
• Tarnogród
  Tarnogród
  Tarnogród is a town in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 3,399 .The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages settlement, then known as Cierniogród...
  
   – Stanisław Tarnowski, founder
• Terespol
  Terespol
  Terespol is a town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus. It lies on the border river Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus...
  
   – Teresa Słuszka, wife of founder
• Tomaszów Lubelski
  Tomaszów Lubelski
  Tomaszów Lubelski is a town in south-eastern Poland with 20,261 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Zamość Voivodeship . It is the capital of Tomaszów Lubelski County.-History:...
  
   – Tomasz Zamoyski
  Tomasz Zamoyski
  Tomasz Zamoyski was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and magnate.Tomasz was the 2nd Ordynat of the Zamość estates. He was voivode of Podole Voivodeship in 1618, voivode of Kijów Voivodeship in 1619, starost of Kraków in 1628, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown in 1635, as well as starost of Knyszyn,...
  
  , owner and benefactor of the town
• Tomaszów Mazowiecki
  Tomaszów Mazowiecki
  Tomaszów Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 67,159 inhabitants . Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , it was previously part of Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship...
  
   – Tomasz Adam Ostrowski
  Tomasz Adam Ostrowski
  Tomasz Adam Ostrowski was a Polish nobleman , Count since 1798Tomasz became Colonel of the Crown Army in 1765, Chamberlain of King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1767, castellan of Czersk since 1777, Court Treasurer since 1791, Marshal of the Sejm of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809 and later...
  
  , founder
• Tyczyn
  Tyczyn
  Tyczyn is a town in southern Poland with a population of 3,353 inhabitants . It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , in the Rzeszów County .- History :...
  
   – Bartold Tyczner, founder
• Wejherowo
  Wejherowo
  Wejherowo is a town in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 47,435 inhabitants . It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a town in Gdańsk Voivodeship .-History:...
  
   – Jakub Weyher, founder
• Władysławowo
  Władysławowo
  Władysławowo is a town on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in the Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania region, northern Poland, with 15,015 inhabitants.-Overview:...
  
   – King Wladislaus IV Vasa, founder of the town's port
• Zawadzkie
  Zawadzkie
  Zawadzkie is a town in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,469 inhabitants . In this area are located two villages: Kielcza, Żędowice.-See also:...
  
   – Franciszek von Zawadzky, founder
• Żyrardów
  Zyrardów
  Żyrardów is a town in central Poland with 41,400 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship ; previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodship 45 km West of Warsaw. It is the capital of Żyrardów County...
  
   – Philippe de Girard
  Philippe de Girard
  Philippe Henri de Girard was a French engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame in 1810, as well as the name-sake for the town of Żyrardów in Poland. He was also the uncredited inventor of food preservation using tin cans. Girard was born in the village of Lourmarin in the département...
  
  , founder

Former:

• Bierutowice was the name of Karpacz Górny (now part of Karpacz
  Karpacz
  Karpacz is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping. Its population is about 5,000...
  
  ) in the years 1949–1991 – Bolesław Bierut
• Hindenburg was the name of Zabrze
  Zabrze
  Zabrze is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union is a metropolis with a population of around 2 million...
  
   in the years 1915–1945 – Paul von Hindenburg
  Paul von Hindenburg
  Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934....
  
  
• Iwanogród was the name of Dęblin
  Deblin
  Dęblin is a town, population 19,500 , at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants....
  
   in the years 1842–1915 – Ivan Paskevich
  Ivan Paskevich
  Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich was a Ukrainian-born military leader. For his victories, he was made Count of Erivan in 1828 and Namestnik of the Kingdom of Poland in 1831...
  
  
• Litzmannstadt was the name of Łódź in the years 1940–1945 – Karl Litzmann
  Karl Litzmann
  200px|thumbKarl Litzmann was a German World War I infantry general and later a Nazi official. He is best known for his victory in Battle of Łódź...
  
  
• Nowa Aleksandria was the name of Puławy in the years 1846–1918 – Emperor Alexander I Romanov
  Alexander I of Russia
  Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
  
  
• Stalinogród was the name of Katowice
  Katowice
  Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
  
   in the years 1953–1956 – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  

Portugal

• Lisbon
  Lisbon
  Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
  
   (Latin
  Latin
  Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
  
  , Olisipo, Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, Felicitas Julia Olissipo, Ulyssipolis, Ulisseia) – Ulysses
  Odysseus
  Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
  
  

Romania

• Ady Endre – Endre Ady
  Endre Ady
  Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...
  
  , Hungarian poet
• Alexandria
  Alexandria, Romania
  Alexandria is the capital city of the Teleorman County, Romania. It is located south-west of Bucharest, towards the Bulgarian border. The city is situated on the Vedea River. The city has 58,651 inhabitants.-Alexandria in 1900:...
  
   – Prince Grigore Alexandru Ghica
  Grigore Alexandru Ghica
  Grigore Alexandru Ghica or Ghika was a Prince of Moldavia between October 14, 1849 and June 1853, and again between October 30, 1854 and June 3, 1856...
  
  
• Bucharest
  Bucharest
  Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
  
   – Bucur, legendary shepherd
• Constanţa
  Constanta
  Constanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region....
  
   – Flavia Julia Constantia
  Flavia Julia Constantia
  Flavia Julia Constantia was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife, Flavia Maximiana Theodora....
  
  , sister of Constantine the Great
  Constantine I
  Constantine the Great , also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all...
  
  
• Cuza Vodă, Constanţa
  Cuza Voda, Constanta
  Cuza Vodă is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.The commune includes one village: Cuza Vodă - named after the Romanian Domnitor Alexander John Cuza....
  
   – Alexander John Cuza
  Alexander John Cuza
  Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...
  
  
• Giurgiu
  Giurgiu
  Giurgiu is the capital city of Giurgiu County, Romania, in the Greater Wallachia. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Rousse on the opposite bank. Three small islands face the city, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda...
  
   – Saint George
  Saint George
  Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
  
  
• Ion Corvin, Constanţa
  Ion Corvin, Constanta
  Ion Corvin is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It includes five villages:*Ion Corvin - named after John Hunyadi *Brebeni *Crângu...
  
   – John Hunyadi
  John Hunyadi
  John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: Ioannes Corvinus or Ioannes de Hunyad, Romanian: Iancu (Ioan) de Hunedoara, Croatian: Janko Hunjadi, Serbian: Сибињанин Јанко / Sibinjanin Janko, Slovak: Ján Huňady) John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János , Medieval Latin: ...
  
  
• Medgidia
  Medgidia
  -History:Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since the Neolithic period. Starting with 46 BC the region was administered by the Roman Empire. A castrum was built in the Carasu Valley, becoming the cradle of the settlement....
  
   – Abdülmecid I
  Abdülmecid I
  Sultan Abdülmecid I, Abdul Mejid I, Abd-ul-Mejid I or Abd Al-Majid I Ghazi was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on July 2, 1839. His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empire's territories...
  
  
• Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa
  Mihail Kogalniceanu, Constanta
  Mihail Kogălniceanu is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania, and is located 25 km northwest of Constanţa proper. The commune includes three villages:* Mihail Kogălniceanu - historical names: Kara Murat , Bulgari and Ferdinand I* Palazu Mic...
  
   – Mihail Kogălniceanu
  Mihail Kogalniceanu
  Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He...
  
  
• Mihai Viteazu, Constanţa
  Mihai Viteazu, Constanta
  Mihai Viteazu is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It is situated in the north-west of the county, at 60 km from Constanţa.The commune consists of two villages, which are 3 km apart:...
  
   – Michael the Brave
• Mircea Vodă, Constanţa
  Mircea Voda, Constanta
  Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanţa County, Dobrogea, Romania.-History:Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the Roman Empire. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th century castrum was found, which has a stone vallum...
  
   – Mircea I of Wallachia
  Mircea I of Wallachia
  Mircea the Elder was ruler of Wallachia from 1386 until his death. The byname "elder" was given to him after his death in order to distinguish him from his grandson Mircea II...
  
  
• Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanţa
  Nicolae Balcescu, Constanta
  Nicolae Bălcescu is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.The commune includes two villages:* Nicolae Bălcescu - named after the Romanian historian and revolutionary Nicolae Bălcescu...
  
   – Nicolae Bălcescu
  Nicolae Balcescu
  Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...
  
  
• Negru Vodă – probably Radu Negru
  Radu Negru
  Radu Negru also known as Radu Vodă , Radu Negru, or Negru Vodă, was a legendary ruler of Wallachia....
  
  
• Oneşti
  Onesti
  Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești...
  
   – Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana
• Ovidiu
  Ovidiu
  Ovidiu is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanţa in the Constanţa County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanţa retire there....
  
   – Ovid
  Ovid
  Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
  
  
• Roman
  Roman, Romania
  Roman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers....
  
   – Roman I of Moldavia
  Roman I of Moldavia
  Roman I was Voivode of Moldavia from December 1391 to March 1394. He was the second son of Costea Muşat, the first ruler from the Muşatin family....
  
  
• Saligny, Constanţa
  Saligny, Constanta
  Saligny is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.The commune includes three villages:* Saligny - named after the Romanian engineer Anghel Saligny* Făclia...
  
   – Anghel Saligny
  Anghel Saligny
  Anghel Saligny was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Feteşti-Cernavodă railway bridge over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time. He also designed the storage facilities in Constanţa seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in...
  
  
• Sfântu Gheorghe
  Sfântu Gheorghe
  Sfântu Gheorghe is the capital city of Covasna County, Romania. Located in the central part of the country and in the historical region of Transylvania, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt Mountains and Bodoc Mountains...
  
   – Saint George
  Saint George
  Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
  
  
• Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea
  Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea
  Sfântu Gheorghe is a commune in Tulcea County, Romania. It is located at the end of the southern arm of the Danube near the Black Sea, in the Dobruja region. It is composed of a single village, Sfântu Gheorghe. It has approximately 1000 inhabitants.-Town:...
  
   – Saint George
  Saint George
  Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
  
  

Former:

• Stalin was the name of Braşov
  Brasov
  Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Vasile Roaită was the name of Eforie Sud
  Eforie
  Eforie : Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanţa County, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south of Constanţa...
  
   – after Vasile Roaită
  Vasile Roaită
  Vasile Roaită was a Romanian railway worker for Căile Ferate Române, shot during the Griviţa Strike of 1933 and later touted as a proletarian hero under the Communist regime of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.-Notes:...
  
  , a communist shot during the Griviţa Strike of 1933
  Grivita Strike of 1933
  The Grivița Strike of 1933 was a railway strike which was started at the Grivița Workshops, Bucharest, Romania, on 16 February 1933 by workers of Căile Ferate Române . The strike was brought about by the increasingly poor working conditions of railway employees in the context of the worldwide Great...
  
  
• Ferdinand I was the name of Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa
  Mihail Kogalniceanu, Constanta
  Mihail Kogălniceanu is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania, and is located 25 km northwest of Constanţa proper. The commune includes three villages:* Mihail Kogălniceanu - historical names: Kara Murat , Bulgari and Ferdinand I* Palazu Mic...
  
   – Ferdinand I of Romania
  Ferdinand I of Romania
  Ferdinand was the King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death.-Early life:Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, the Roman Catholic Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern, was a son of Leopold, Prince of...
  
  
• Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of Oneşti
  Onesti
  Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești...
  
   – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
  Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
  Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the Communist leader of Romania from 1948 until his death in 1965.-Early life:Gheorghe was the son of a poor worker, Tănase Gheorghiu, and his wife Ana. Gheorghiu-Dej joined the Communist Party of Romania in 1930...
  
  

Russia

• Babushkin – Ivan Babushkin
  Ivan Babushkin
  Ivan Babushkin was a Russian professional Bolshevik revolutionary. He was born in the selo of Ledengskoye of the Vologda Governorate, currently in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast....
  
  
• Budyonnovsk
  Budyonnovsk
  Budyonnovsk , also spelled Budennovsk, is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Previously, it was named Svyatoy Krest and Prikumsk...
  
   – Marshal Semyon Budyonny
  Semyon Budyonny
  Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny , sometimes transliterated as Budennyj, Budyonnyy, Budennii, Budenny, Budyoni, Budyenny, or Budenny, was a Soviet cavalryman, military commander, politician and a close ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.-Early life:...
  
  
• Chaykovsky – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
  
  
• Chernyakhovsk
  Chernyakhovsk
  Chernyakhovsk is a town and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Instruch and the Angrapa Rivers, forming the Pregolya...
  
   – general Ivan Chernyakhovsky
  Ivan Chernyakhovsky
  Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, also Cherniakhovsky, ; Oksanina, Uman, Russian Empire , - Mehlsack, today Pieniężno, Poland, 18 February 1945) was a Soviet General of the Army , twice Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, who died from wounds received outside...
  
  
• Demidov – Bolshevik Yakov Demidov
• Dikson
  Dikson (urban-type settlement)
  Dikson is an urban locality in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: Dikson is the northernmost port in Russia and one of the northernmost settlements in the world. It is located so far north that one may experience complete darkness with no civil twilight...
  
   – Scottish Swedish explorer Oscar Dickson
• Dimitrovgrad
  Dimitrovgrad, Russia
  Dimitrovgrad is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Cheremshan River. Population: -History:It was founded in the beginning of the 18th century as a village for workers of the local distillery, which was closed in 1848. As of 1897, its population was 8,500, and in 1919...
  
   – Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov , also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov , was a Bulgarian Communist politician...
  
  
• Dmitrov
  Dmitrov
  Dmitrov is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal. Population: -History:...
  
   – Saint Demetrius
• Dzerzhinsk
  Dzerzhinsk, Russia
  Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated along the Oka River, about east of Moscow. Population: The city is named after Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, a Polish Bolshevik leader who was the first head of the Cheka ....
  
   – Felix Dzerzhinsky
• Engels
  Engels (city)
  Engels is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is a port on the Volga River, located across from Saratov and connected to it with a bridge . Population: 163,000 ; 130,000 ; 91,000 ; 22,000 ....
  
   – Friedrich Engels
  Friedrich Engels
  Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
  
  
• Furmanov – Dmitry Furmanov
• Gagarin – Yury Gagarin
• Georgiyevsk
  Georgiyevsk
  Georgiyevsk is a historical town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, situated in the Forecaucasus on submontane tableland on the right bank of the Podkumok River southeast of Stavropol...
  
   – Saint George
  Saint George
  Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
  
  
• Gorodovikovsk
  Gorodovikovsk
  Gorodovikovsk is a town and the administrative center of Gorodovikovsky District of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, located on the Bashantenon River, west of Elista. Population:...
  
   – Oka Gorodovikov
  Oka Gorodovikov
  Colonel General Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov was a Soviet cavalry general of Kalmyk ethnicity, a Hero of the Soviet Union. He served as Inspector-General of Cavalry from 1938 to 1941, and as Deputy Commander of Cavalry from 1943 until his retirement in 1947....
  
  
• Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
  Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
  Guryevsk is a town and the administrative center of Guryevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad. Population: -History:...
  
   – Major General Stepan Guryev
  Stepan Guryev
  Stepan Savelevich Guryev was a Major General of the Soviet Army in World War II. Three days after he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union he was killed at Pillau .The city Guryevsk is named after him....
  
  
• Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast
  Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast
  Guryevsk is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Kemerovo. Population: It was founded in 1815 and was granted town status in 1938....
  
   – Daniil Guryev
• Ivangorod
  Ivangorod
  Ivangorod is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the right bank of the Narva River by the Russian-Estonian border, west of St. Petersburg. Population: The town is known for the Ivangorod fortress....
  
   – Ivan III of Russia
  Ivan III of Russia
  Ivan III Vasilyevich , also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and "Grand Prince of all Rus"...
  
  
• Kaliningrad
  Kaliningrad
  Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
  
  
• Khabarovsk
  Khabarovsk
  Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
  
   – explorer of Siberia Yerofey Khabarov
  Yerofey Khabarov
  Yerofey Pavlovich Khabarov or Svyatitsky Erofej Pavlovič Chabarov , was a Russian entrepreneur and adventurer, best known for his exploring the Amur river region and his attempts to colonize the area for Russia...
  
  
• Kingisepp
  Kingisepp
  Kingisepp , formerly Yamburg , Yam , and Yama , is an ancient town and the administrative center of Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Luga Riverw west of St. Petersburg, east of Narva, and south of the Gulf of Finland...
  
   – Bolshevik Viktor Kingissepp
  Viktor Kingissepp
  Viktor Kingissepp was a Soviet Communist politician, and leader of the Estonian Communist Party.He was arrested by the Estonian Political Police on 1 May 1922 and executed for treason shortly afterwards....
  
  
• Kirov
  Kirov, Kirov Oblast
  Kirov , formerly known as Vyatka and Khlynov, is a city in northeastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River, and the administrative center of Kirov Oblast. Population: -History:...
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Kirovgrad
  Kirovgrad
  Kirovgrad is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: -History:The settlement Kalatay was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675...
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Kirovsk
  Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast
  Kirovsk , known as Khibinogorsk until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Massif on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, south of Murmansk...
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Korolyov – rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov
  Sergey Korolyov
  Sergei Pavlovich Korolev ; died 14 January 1966 in Moscow, Russia) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s...
  
  
• Kotovsk
  Kotovsk, Russia
  Kotovsk is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River south of Tambov. Population: Kotovsk was founded before World War I under the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II as a settlement for workers who were engaged in the construction of the gunpowder factory . Initially, it was a...
  
   – Grigore Kotovski
  Grigore Kotovski
  Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky was a Soviet military leader and Communist activist.Kotovsky was born in Bessarabia, the son of a mechanical engineer. His father was of Polish ethnicity and his mother was an ethnic Russian. Kotovskt attended agricultural college and worked as an estate manager....
  
  
• Kropotkin
  Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai
  Kropotkin is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River. Population: 70,000 ; 42,000 ; 27,000 ....
  
   – Peter Kropotkin
  Peter Kropotkin
  Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, economist, geographer, author and one of the world's foremost anarcho-communists. Kropotkin advocated a communist society free from central government and based on voluntary associations between...
  
  
• Leninsk-Kuznetsky
  Leninsk-Kuznetsky
  Leninsk-Kuznetsky , known as Kolchugino until 1925, is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Inya River . Population: 128,000 ; 83,000 ; 20,000 ....
  
   – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  
• Leninogorsk
  Leninogorsk, Russia
  Leninogorsk is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located southeast of Kazan. Population:...
  
   – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  
• Lermontov – Mikhail Lermontov
  Mikhail Lermontov
  Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...
  
  
• Lomonosov
  Lomonosov, Russia
  Lomonosov is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, west of St. Petersburg proper. Population:...
  
   – writer and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov
  Mikhail Lomonosov
  Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art,...
  
  
• Makarov – Stepan Makarov
  Stepan Makarov
  Stepan Osipovich Makarov was a Ukrainian - born Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Imperial Russian Navy, an oceanographer, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. Makarov also designed a small number of ships...
  
  
• Makhachkala
  Makhachkala
  -Twin towns/sister cities:Makhachkala is twinned with: Sfax, Tunisia Siping, China Spokane, United States Vladikavkaz, Russia Yalova, Turkey Ndola, Zambia-See also:*...
  
   – Daghestani revolutionary Makhach
• Mariinsk
  Mariinsk
  Mariinsk is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Kiya River northeast of Kemerovo. Population: 39,700 .It was founded in the 18th century as the village of Kiyskoye . In 1856, it was granted town status and renamed Mariinsk after Empress Maria, consort of Alexander II, one...
  
   – Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
• Mariinsky Posad
  Mariinsky Posad
  Mariinsky Posad is a town and the administrative center of Mariinsko-Posadsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, east of Cheboksary. Population:...
  
   – Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
• Marks – Karl Marx
  Karl Marx
  Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
  
  
• Michurinsk
  Michurinsk
  Michurinsk , before 1932—Kozlov , is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population: It was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line. A 25-km earthen wall was built eastward across the open steppe effectively blocking the Nogai Trail, a Tatar raiding...
  
   – selectionist Ivan Michurin
  Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
  Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin , was a Russian practitioner of selection, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture....
  
  
• Novoalexandrovsk
  Novoalexandrovsk
  Novoalexandrovsk is a town and the administrative center of Novoalexandrovsky District of Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the bank of the Rasshevatka River, southwest of Stavropol. Population:...
  
   – Alexander I of Russia
  Alexander I of Russia
  Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
  
  
• Nesterov
  Nesterov
  Nesterov is a town and the administrative center of Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: -History:In the Middle Ages, the area in Old Prussia had been settled by the Nadruvian tribe of the Baltic Prussians. It was conquered by the Teutonic Knights about 1276 and...
  
   – World War II hero Sergey Nesterov
• Nevelsk
  Nevelsk
  Nevelsk is a port town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population 18,639 .-Geography:The town is located on the southwest coast of Sakhalin, 123 km from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on the Sea of Japan.-History:...
  
   – Gennady Nevelskoy
  Gennady Nevelskoy
  Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy was a Russian navigator.In 1848 Nevelskoy led the expedition in the Russian Far East, exploring the area of the Sakhalin and the outlet of the Amur River. He proved that the Strait of Tartary was not a gulf, but indeed a strait, connected to Amur's estuary by a narrow...
  
  
• Noginsk
  Noginsk
  Noginsk is a town and the administrative center of Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of the MKAD ring road on the Klyazma River. Population:...
  
   – Bolshevik Viktor Nogin
  Viktor Nogin
  Viktor Pavlovich Nogin was a prominent Bolshevik in Moscow, holding many high positions in the party and in government, including Chairman of the Moscow Military-Revolutionary Committee and Chairman of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of Moscow Council of Workers'...
  
  
• Pavlovsk – Paul I
  Paul I of Russia
  Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
  
  
• Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
  Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
  Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Population: .-History:It was founded by Danish navigator Vitus Bering, in the service of the Russian Navy...
  
   – Apostles Saint Peter
  Saint Peter
  Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
  
   and Saint Paul
• Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast
  Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast
  Petrovsk is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Medveditsa River northwest of Saratov. Population:...
  
   – Peter the Great
• Petrozavodsk
  Petrozavodsk
  Petrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some . The city is served by Petrozavodsk Airport. Municipally, it is incorporated as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug . Population:...
  
   – tsar Peter the Great
  Peter I of Russia
  Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
  
  
• Pushkin – Aleksandr Pushkin
  Aleksandr Pushkin
  Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature....
  
  
• Saint Petersburg
  Saint Petersburg
  Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
  
   – St. Peter, as the patron saint of Peter the Great
  Peter I of Russia
  Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
  
   (Saint Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)
• Sergiyev Posad
  Sergiyev Posad
  Sergiyev Posad is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh. The town status was granted to it in 1742...
  
   – St. Sergii Radonezhsky
• Shelekhov
  Shelekhov
  Shelekhov is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in the early 1950s due to the construction of an aluminum plant. In 1956, it was named Shelekhov after a Russian explorer Grigory Shelekhov. For some reason, the authorities used the incorrect ...
  
   – Grigory Shelikhov
  Grigory Shelikhov
  Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov (Григорий Иванович Шелехов in Russian; (1747–July 20, 1795 (July 31, 1795 N.S.)) was a Russian seafarer and merchant born in Rylsk....
  
  
• Tolyatti
  Tolyatti
  Tolyatti , also known as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is administratively separate from it...
  
   (or Togliatti) – Palmiro Togliatti
  Palmiro Togliatti
  Palmiro Togliatti was an Italian politician and leader of the Italian Communist Party from 1927 until his death.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ulyanovsk
  Ulyanovsk
  Ulyanovsk The city is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin , for whom it is named.-History:Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River...
  
   – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  , whose birth name was Ulyanov
• Yaroslavl
  Yaroslavl
  Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...
  
   – prince Yaroslav I the Wise
  Yaroslav I the Wise
  Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...
  
  
• Yekaterinburg
  Yekaterinburg
  Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
  
  , Russia – Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Catherine I of Russia
  Catherine I of Russia
  Catherine I , the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death.-Life as a peasant woman:The life of Catherine I was said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. There are no documents that confirm her origins. Born on...
  
  

Former:

• Brezhnev was the name of Naberezhnye Chelny
  Naberezhnye Chelny
  Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River some 225 km east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It serves as the administrative center of Tukayevsky District, although it is not...
  
   – Leonid Brezhnev
  Leonid Brezhnev
  Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev  – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in...
  
  
• Gorky was the name of Nizhny Novgorod
  Nizhny Novgorod
  Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
  
   – Maxim Gorky
  Maxim Gorky
  Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...
  
  
• Chkalov was the name of Orenburg
  Orenburg
  Orenburg is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies southeast of Moscow, very close to the border with Kazakhstan. Population: 546,987 ; 549,361 ; Highest point: 154.4 m...
  
   – aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov
  Valery Chkalov
  Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union .-Early life:...
  
  
• Kalinin was the name of Tver
  Tver
  Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 403,726 ; 408,903 ;...
  
   – Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Kalinin
  Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
  
  
• Königsberg
  Königsberg
  Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
  
  was the name of Kaliningrad
  Kaliningrad
  Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
  
   – King Ottokar II, "the Iron", of Bohemia
  Ottokar II of Bohemia
  Ottokar II , called The Iron and Golden King, was the King of Bohemia from 1253 until 1278. He was the Duke of Austria , Styria , Carinthia and Carniola also....
  
  
• Kuybyshev was the name of Samara
  Samara, Russia
  Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...
  
   – Valerian Kuybyshev
• Leningrad was the name of Saint Petersburg
  Saint Petersburg
  Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
  
   – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  
• Molotov was the name of Perm
  Perm
  Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
  
   – Vyacheslav Molotov
  Vyacheslav Molotov
  Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev...
  
  
• Novonikolaevsk was the name of Novosibirsk
  Novosibirsk
  Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
  
   – tsar Nicholas II
  Nicholas II of Russia
  Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
  
  
• Ordzhonikidze was the name of Vladikavkaz
  Vladikavkaz
  -Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...
  
   – Sergo Ordzhonikidze
  Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze
  Grigol Ordzhonikidze ორჯონიკიძე - Grigol Orjonikidze, , generally known as Sergo Ordzhonikidze ; – February 18, 1937) was a Georgian Bolshevik, later member of the CPSU Politburo and close friend to Joseph Stalin...
  
  
• Petrovsk-Port was the name of Makhachkala
  Makhachkala
  -Twin towns/sister cities:Makhachkala is twinned with: Sfax, Tunisia Siping, China Spokane, United States Vladikavkaz, Russia Yalova, Turkey Ndola, Zambia-See also:*...
  
   – Peter the Great
  Peter I of Russia
  Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
  
  
• Stalingrad was the name of Volgograd
  Volgograd
  Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Stalinsk was the name of Novokuznetsk
  Novokuznetsk
  Novokuznetsk is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Novokuznetsky District, but it is not administratively a part of it...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Sverdlovsk was the name of Yekaterinburg
  Yekaterinburg
  Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
  
   – Yakov Sverdlov
  Yakov Sverdlov
  Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov ; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" — 16 March 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of the Russian Soviet Republic.-Early life:...
  
  
• Yekaterinodar was the name of Krasnodar
  Krasnodar
  Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...
  
   – Catherine the Great
  Catherine II of Russia
  Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...
  
  

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the main settlement of the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean...
  
   – Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
  Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and reigned from 1893 to 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...
  
  
• Jamestown
  Jamestown, Saint Helena
  Jamestown is the capital and historic chief settlement of the island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Located on the island's north-western coast, it is the island's port, with facilities for unloading goods delivered to the island, and the centre of the island's road and...
  
   – James, Duke of York
  James II of England
  James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
  
  
• Georgetown
  Georgetown, Ascension Island
  Georgetown is the capital and chief settlement of Ascension Island, situated on the west coast of the island.The town is centred around St Mary's Church, part of the Anglican Diocese of St Helena and the former Exiles Club, which is on the site of the original Royal Marines barracks from the times...
  
   – King George III
  George III of the United Kingdom
  George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
  
  

Serbia

• Aleksa Šantić
  Aleksa Šantic (village)
  Aleksa Šantić is a village located in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The population of the village numbering 2,172 people and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs.-Name:The village is named after Aleksa...
  
   – Aleksa Šantić
  Aleksa Šantic
  Aleksa Šantić was a Serb poet from Herzegovina.He was born and lived most his life in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a province that was occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed by them in 1908...
  
  
• Bajina Bašta
  Bajina Bašta
  Bajina Bašta is a town located in the western mountains of Serbia. The town lies in the valley of the Drina River at the eastern edge of Tara National Park...
  
   – Baja Osman
• Dimitrovgrad
  Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
  Dimitrovgrad is a town and 483 km² large municipality located in the Pirot District of the Republic of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality of Dimitrovgrad has a population of 10,056 people and the town 6,247.-Name:...
  
   – Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov
  Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov , also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov , was a Bulgarian Communist politician...
  
  
• Jaša Tomić – Jaša Tomić
  Jaša Tomic
  Jaša Tomić was a Serbian politician, publicist, journalist and man of letters from Vojvodina, Serbia.-Biography:...
  
  
• Karađorđevo – Karađorđe
• Miletićevo
  Mileticevo
  Miletićevo is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 622 people .-Name:...
  
   – Svetozar Miletić
  Svetozar Miletic
  Svetozar Miletić was an advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, and the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina. He was the oldest of seven children born to Sima and Teodosija Miletić in the village of Mošorin in Šajkaška, the Serbian Military Frontier, on February 22, 1826...
  
  
• Obilić
  Obilic
  Obilić is a town and municipality in central Kosovo, belonging to the Pristina district. The municipality includes the town of Obilić and 19 villages, with a total population of approximately 21,548....
  
   – Miloš Obilić
  Miloš Obilic
  Miloš Obilić was a medieval Serbian knight in the service of Prince Lazar, during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but he features prominently in later accounts of the Serbian defeat at the Battle of Kosovo as the legendary assassin of the Ottoman...
  
  
• Obrenovac
  Obrenovac
  Obrenovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44°40′ North, 20°13′ East. Its name stems from last name "Obrenović" which in turn stems from name "Obren" in Serbian language. In 2003 the municipality has total population of 75,949...
  
   – Miloš Obrenović
• Svetozar Miletić – Svetozar Miletić
• Zrenjanin
  Zrenjanin
  Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
  
   – Žarko Zrenjanin
  Žarko Zrenjanin
  Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" was a partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946....
  
  

Former:

• Svetozarevo was the name of Jagodina
  Jagodina
  Jagodina is a city and municipality located in central Serbia, 136 km south of Belgrade, on the banks of Belica River. Its name stems from the word for strawberry in Serbian. It is the administrative centre of the Pomoravlje District of Serbia...
  
   – Svetozar Marković
  Svetozar Markovic
  Svetozar Marković was an influential Serbian political activist and literary critic. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change.-Early life:...
  
  
• Rankovicevo was the name of Kraljevo
  Kraljevo
  Kraljevo is a city and municipality in central Serbia, built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Western Morava. It is located in the midst of an upland valley, between the mountains of Kotlenik in the north, and Stolovi in the south.In 2011 the city has population of...
  
   – Aleksandar Rankovic
  Aleksandar Rankovic
  Aleksandar "Leka" Ranković was a Yugoslav communist politician of Serbian origin considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after Josip Broz Tito and Edvard Kardelj....
  
  
• Titova Mitrovica was the name of Kosovska Mitrovica
  Kosovska Mitrovica
  Kosovska Mitrovica , is a city and municipality in northern Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district....
  
  
• Titovo Užice was the name of Užice
  Užice
  Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
  
  

South Africa

• Alexandra
  Alexandra, Gauteng
  Alexandra or Alex for short, nicknamed Gomora is a township located in Gauteng province, South Africa. It is part of Johannesburg, close to the wealthy suburb of Sandton and is bounded by Wynberg on the west, Marlboro and Kelvin on the north, Kew, Lombardy West and Lombardy East on the south...
  
   – Alexandra Papenfus (wife of farmer)
• Athlone
  Athlone, Cape Town
  Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town located to the east of the city centre on the Cape Flats to the south of the N2 highway. It is named after Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone who was Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1930...
  
   – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
  Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
  Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , was a close relative of the shared British and Canadian royal family, as well as a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the...
  
  
• Bellville – Charles Davidson Bell
  Charles Davidson Bell
  Charles Davidson Bell was the Surveyor-General in the Cape, an artist, heraldist, and designer of Cape medals and stamps.-Life history:...
  
  
• Deneysville
  Deneysville
  Deneysville is a small town on the banks of the Vaal Dam in the Free State province of South Africa. It has been dubbed the "Inland Water Mecca of South Africa"....
  
   – Deneys Reitz
• Douglas
  Douglas, Northern Cape
  Douglas is a town situated near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. On this fertile soil nestles the town of Douglas. The town itself is a green patchwork of dramatic contrast - space for the solitary and activity for the energetic...
  
   – Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Douglas
• Durban
  Durban
  Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
  
   – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
  Benjamin d'Urban
  Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban, GCB, KCH, KCTS was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony .-Early career:...
  
  
• Durbanville – Sir Benjamin d'Urban
  Benjamin d'Urban
  Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban, GCB, KCH, KCTS was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony .-Early career:...
  
  
• Gordon's Bay
  Gordon's Bay
  Gordon's Bay is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, close to Strand. It is situated on the northeastern corner of False Bay about 50 km from Cape Town to the south of the N2 national road and is named after Robert Jacob Gordon , the Dutch explorer of Scottish descent...
  
   – Robert Jacob Gordon
  Robert Jacob Gordon
  Robert Jacob Gordon , was a Dutch explorer, soldier, artist, naturalist and linguist of Scottish descent.-Life:...
  
  
• Harrismith
  Harrismith
  Harrismith, named after Sir Harry Smith, is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated on the N3 highway approximately midway between Johannesburg, about 300 km north-east, and Durban. The town is at the junction with the N5 highway, which continues west towards the...
  
   – Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
• Johannesburg
  Johannesburg
  Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
  
   – Johannes Rissk; Johannes Meyer
  Johannes Meyer
  Johannes Meyer , was a Danish film actor.He debuted in the theater in 1905.-Filmography:*De blaa drenge - 1933*Så til søs - 1933*Flugten fra millionerne - 1934*Lynet - 1934*Nøddebo Præstegård - 1934...
  
  
• Kimberley
  Kimberley, Northern Cape
  Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...
  
   – John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
  John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
  John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...
  
  
• Krugersdorp – Paul Kruger
  Paul Kruger
  Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul was State President of the South African Republic...
  
  
• Ladysmith
  Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
  Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is north-west of Durban and south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile and tyre production...
  
   – Lady Smith
  Lady Smith
  Anne Mather Smith, Lady Smith is a Scottish lawyer, and a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.-Early life:Anne Mather was educated at Cheadle Girls’ Grammar School, before attending the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated with an LL.B....
  
  , wife of Sir Harry Smith
• La Lucia – Lucia Michel
• Louis Trichardt – Louis Trichardt
• Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality – Nelson Mandela
  Nelson Mandela
  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
  
  
• Pietermaritzburg
  Pietermaritzburg
  Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...
  
   – Two theories exist.
  • In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of Voortrekker
    Voortrekkers
    The Voortrekkers were emigrants during the 1830s and 1840s who left the Cape Colony moving into the interior of what is now South Africa...
    
     leaders Piet Retief
    Piet Retief
    Pieter Mauritz Retief was a South African Boer leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory...
    
     and Gert Maritz
    Gerrit Maritz
    Gert Maritz was a Voortrekker pioneer and leader.-See also:*Graaff-Reinet: Gerrit Maritz, Great Trek Leader after whom Pietermaritzburg was partly named was a wagon-maker in the town....
    
    .
  • 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 governor Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
  Rufane Shaw Donkin
  Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin GCH KCB , was a British army officer of the Napoleonic era and later Member of Parliament.-Family:Rufane Donkin came of a military family and was the eldest child...
  
  )
• Pretoria
  Pretoria
  Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
  
   – Andries Pretorius
  Andries Pretorius
  Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa....
  
  
• Simon's Town
  Simon's Town
  Simon's Town , sometimes spelled Simonstown; is a town in South Africa, near Cape Town which is home to the South African Navy. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been an important naval base and harbour...
  
   – Simon van der Stel
  Simon van der Stel
  Simon van der Stel was the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.-Background:...
  
  
• Somerset West – Lord Charles Henry Somerset
• Stellenbosch – Simon van der Stel
  Simon van der Stel
  Simon van der Stel was the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.-Background:...
  
  
• Sutherland
  Sutherland, Northern Cape
  - External links :* * *...
  
   – Henry Sutherland, a pastor who established the church around which the settlement grew
• Swellendam
  Swellendam
  Swellendam is the third oldest town in the Republic of South Africa, a town with 28,072 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 National monuments most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture....
  
   – Hendrik Swellengrebel
• Upington
  Upington, Northern Cape
  Upington is a town founded in 1884 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. The town was named after Sir Thomas Upington, Attorney-General and then Prime Minister of the Cape. It originated as a mission station established in 1875 and run by...
  
   – Thomas Upington
  Thomas Upington
  Thomas Upington , born in Cork, Ireland, was a British administrator in South Africa. He was premier of Cape Colony between 1884 and 1886. The town of Upington in South Africa is named after him....
  
  

Former:

• Ellisras was the name of Lephalale
  Lephalale
  Ellisras or Lephalale is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately north of the Waterberg Massif. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after the original farm owners, Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the...
  
   – Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus (farm owners)
• Pietersburg was the name of Polokwane
  Polokwane
  Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. The population...
  
   – Petrus Jacobus Joubert
  Petrus Jacobus Joubert
  Petrus Jacobus Joubert , better known as Piet Joubert was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.-Early life:...
  
  
• Potgietersrus was the name of Mokopane
  Mokopane
  Mokopane , is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town was established by the Voortrekkers and named Potgietersrus after the slain Voortrekker leader Piet Potgieter...
  
   – Piet Potgieter
• Stanger was the name of KwaDukuza – William Stanger (Surveyor-General of Natal)
• Verwoerdburg was the name of Centurion
  Centurion, Gauteng
  Centurion is an area with 279,430 inhabitants in Gauteng Province of South Africa, located between Pretoria and Midrand . Formerly an independent municipality, with its own town council, it is now part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality...
  
   – Hendrik Verwoerd

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• King Edward Point
  King Edward Point
  King Edward Point is a promontory and settlement with port facilities on the northeastern coast of the island of South Georgia. It is located at in Cumberland East Bay...
  
   – Edward VII of the United Kingdom
  Edward VII of the United Kingdom
  Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
  
  

Former:

• Prince Olav Harbour
  Prince Olav Harbour
  Prince Olav Harbour is small harbour in the south west portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia.-Background:...
  
   – Crown Prince Olav of Norway
  Olav V of Norway
  Olav V was the king of Norway from 1957 until his death. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Olav was born in the United Kingdom as the son of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud of Norway...
  
  

Spain

• Barcelona
  Barcelona
  Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
  
   (Carthaginian: Barcino) – Hamilcar Barca
  Hamilcar Barca
  Hamilcar Barca or Barcas was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair....
  
   (etymology disputed)
• Betancuria
  Betancuria
  Betancuria is a Canarian municipality in the northern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Spanish province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands....
  
   – Jean de Béthencourt
  Jean de Béthencourt
  Jean de Béthencourt was a French explorer who, in 1402, led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote...
  
  
• Lanzarote
  Lanzarote
  Lanzarote , a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands...
  
   – Lancelotto Malocello
  Lancelotto Malocello
  Lancelotto Malocello was a Genoese navigator , who gave his name to the island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands....
  
   
• Medellín
  Medellín (Spain)
  Medellín is a village in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, notable as the birthplace of Hernán Cortés in 1485 and the site of the Battle of Medellín, during the Peninsular War...
  
    – Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
  Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
  Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a pro-Sullan politician and general. He was named Pius because of his 99 BC petition to return his father from exile and was true to his cognomen for the constance and inflexibility with which he always fought for his father's rehabilitation and return to...
  
   (founder)
• Pamplona
  Pamplona
  Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...
  
    – Pompey the Great (founder)
• San Sebastián
  San Sebastián
  Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
  
   – Saint Sebastian
• Santiago de Compostela
  Santiago de Compostela
  Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
  
   – Saint James the Great
  Saint James the Great
  James, son of Zebedee was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of John the Apostle...
  
  
• Valladolid
  Valladolid
  Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
  
    – Al-Walid I
• Zaragoza
  Zaragoza
  Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
  
    – Emperor Augustus
  Augustus
  Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
  
  

Former:

• El Ferrol del Caudillo – Francisco Franco
  Francisco Franco
  Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
  
   birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol)
• Barbate de Franco – one of the many towns Francisco Franco
  Francisco Franco
  Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
  
   spent his holidays.

Sweden

• Borstahusen
  Borstahusen
  Borstahusen is a fishing village just north of Landskrona in southernmost Sweden. It was founded in 1776 by the brothers Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, after whom the area is named for....
  
   – Rasmus Andersson Borste och Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
• Charlottenberg
  Charlottenberg
  Charlottenberg is a locality and the seat of Eda Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 2,048 inhabitants in 2005.Situated some 7 km from the Norwegian border, the town has a population of around 3,000. Charlottenberg railway station is the last station in Sweden before the Norwegian border,...
  
   – Charlotta Larsson (wife of the founder of the industry)
• Dorotea
  Dorotea
  Dorotea is a locality and the seat of Dorotea Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with 1,571 inhabitants in 2005...
  
   – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
• Eskilstuna
  Eskilstuna
  Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population....
  
   – Saint Eskil
  Saint Eskil
  Saint Eskil was an Anglo-Saxon monk particularly venerated during the end of the 11th century in the Province of Södermanland, Sweden. He was the founder of the first Diocese of the lands surrounding Lake Mälaren, today the Diocese of Strängnäs...
  
  
• Filipstad
  Filipstad
  Filipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 6,177 inhabitants in 2005.Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip .After a major fire destroyed forest and town in 1694, Filipstad...
  
   – Karl Filip, the son of King Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
  
  
• Flemingsberg
  Flemingsberg
  Flemingsberg a southern suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, located in Huddinge Municipality in the south-western part of the contiguous Stockholm urban area....
  
   – Henrik Klasson Fleming, Lord Marshal, owner, 16th century.
• Fredrika
  Fredrika
  Fredrika is a locality situated in Åsele Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 254 inhabitants in 2005....
  
   – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
• Gustavsberg – Gustaf Oxenstierna, father of the owner
  Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Baron Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman.Born either in Tyresö, Sweden, or in Reval , he was the son of Privy Councillor Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke...
  
  , 17th century.
• Jakobsberg
  Jakobsberg
  Jakobsberg is a suburban area within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the 1940s, blocks of flats were built and the municipal council moved its offices...
  
   – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century.
• Karlsborg
  Karlsborg
  Karlsborg is a locality and the seat of Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,574 inhabitants in 2005. This garrison town lies at the shore of lake Vättern in Västergötland.-History:...
  
   (Västra Götaland) – King Charles XIV John of Sweden
  Charles XIV John of Sweden
  Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...
  
  

• Karlshamn
  Karlshamn
  Karlshamn is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,957 inhabitants of the city core and 30 918 in the municipality ....
  
   – King Charles X Gustav of Sweden
  Charles X Gustav of Sweden
  Charles X Gustav also Carl Gustav, was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's death he also succeeded him as Pfalzgraf. He was married to Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, who...
  
  
• Karlskoga
  Karlskoga
  Karlskoga is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden with 27,500 inhabitants in 2005.-Geography:It is located at the northern shore of lake Möckeln, and the small settlement was initially called Möckelns bodar...
  
   – King Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
  
  
• Karlskrona
  Karlskrona
  Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...
  
   – King Charles XI of Sweden
  Charles XI of Sweden
  Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....
  
  
• Karlstad
  Karlstad
  Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
  
   – King Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
  
  
• Kristianstad
  Kristianstad
  Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 35,711 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the town of Vä...
  
   – King Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV of Denmark
  Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
  
  
• Kristinehamn
  Kristinehamn
  Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 17,836 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern...
  
   – Queen Christina of Sweden
  Christina of Sweden
  Christina , later adopted the name Christina Alexandra, was Queen regnant of Swedes, Goths and Vandals, Grand Princess of Finland, and Duchess of Ingria, Estonia, Livonia and Karelia, from 1633 to 1654. She was the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustav II Adolph and his wife Maria Eleonora...
  
  
• Mariefred
  Mariefred
  Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,813 inhabitants in 2005.The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary"...
  
   – Mary, mother of Jesus
• Mariestad
  Mariestad
  Mariestad is a locality and the seat of Mariestad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,448 inhabitants in 2005. It was until 1997 the capital of the former Skaraborg County and an episcopal see in the Church of Sweden between 1583 and 1646....
  
   – Queen Mary, wife of Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
  
  
• Örnsköldsvik
  Örnsköldsvik
  Örnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 28,617 inhabitants in 2005.Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of paper products...
  
   – Per Abraham Örnsköld
  Per Abraham Örnsköld
  Per Abraham Örnsköld was a Swedish nobleman, with the title of count, whose notability in his country's history stems from his dedication to the able management of Sweden's regional subdivisions which he administered in his capacity as governor.In 1762, the year of his forty-second birthday, he...
  
  , Governor 1762–1769
• Oskarshamn
  Oskarshamn
  Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The location of Oskarshamn was known as Döderhultsvik since the Medieval age...
  
   – King Oscar I of Sweden
  Oscar I of Sweden
  Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...
  
  
• Ulricehamn
  Ulricehamn
  Ulricehamn is a locality and the seat of Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 9,250 inhabitants in 2005.-History:Ulricehamn, originally known as Bogesund has been populated at least since the Middle Ages. The town has had city privileges since at least the 15th century...
  
   – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
  Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
  Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor , also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 5 December 1718 to 29 February 1720, and then Queen consort until her death....
  
  
• Vilhelmina
  Vilhelmina
  Vilhelmina is a locality and the seat of Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 3,633 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
   – Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.

Switzerland

• Augst
  Augst
  Augst is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.It was known as Augusta Raurica in roman times-History:...
  
   (near the ancient city of Augusta Raurica
  Augusta Raurica
  Augusta Raurica is a Roman archaeological site and an open-air museum in Switzerland. Located on the south bank of the Rhine river about 20 km east of Basel near the villages of Augst and Kaiseraugst, it is the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine....
  
  ) – Roman Emperor Augustus
  Augustus
  Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
  
  
• Kaiseraugst
  Kaiseraugst
  Kaiseraugst is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is named for the Ancient Roman city of Augusta Raurica whose ruins are situated nearby...
  
   (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus
• St. Gallen
  St. Gallen
  St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
  
   – Saint Gall
  Saint Gall
  Saint Gall, Gallen, or Gallus was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. Saint Deicolus is called an older brother of Gall.-Biography:...
  
  

Syria

• Apamea (Syria)
  Apamea (Syria)
  Apamea was a treasure city and stud-depot of the Seleucid kings, was capital of Apamene, on the right bank of the Orontes River. . Its site is found about to the northwest of Hama, Syria, overlooking the Ghab valley...
  
   – Apama
  Apama
  Apama , sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I was the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC...
  
  , wife of Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
  
  
• Arwad
  Arwad
  Arwad – formerly known as Arado , Arados , Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, and Antiochia in Pieria , also called Ruad Island – located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island...
  
  , formerly Antiochia in Pieria – Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
  
  
• Latakia
  Latakia
  Latakia, or Latakiyah , is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages...
  
  , formerly Laodicea – Laodice of Macedonia
  Laodice of Macedonia
  Laodice was a Greek noblewoman and wife of Antiochus , a general of distinction in the service of Philip II of Macedon. She was the mother of Seleucus, the founder of the Seleucid Empire and Seleucus' sister Didymeia. It was pretended, in consequence of a dream which she had, that Apollo was the...
  
  , mother of Seleucus I Nicator

Former:

• Laodicea ad Libanum
  Laodicea ad Libanum
  Laodicea ad Libanum – ), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Cabrosa, Scabrosa and Cabiosa Laodiceia – was an ancient Hellenistic city on the Orontes in Coele-Syria, the remains of which are found approximately 25 km southwest of Homs, Syria. The city is mentioned by...
  
  was the name of a Hellenistic settlement – a woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
• Seleucia ad Belum
  Seleucia ad Belum
  Seleucia ad Belum – also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, or Seleukheia, and later Seleucopolis or Seleukobelos – was an ancient city on the Orontes river Apamene, Syria; the site is located some kilometres west of the city of Apamea , in modern Syria.The city is of Hellenistic...
  
  was the name of a Hellenistic settlement – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty

Tajikistan

• Chkalovsk
  Chkalovsk, Tajikistan
  Chkalovsk is a town in northern Tajikistan. It is located in Ghafurov district of Sughd Province, between the cities of Khujand and Ghafurov...
  
   – Soviet aircraft pilot Valery Chkalov
  Valery Chkalov
  Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union .-Early life:...
  
  .
• Ghafurov
  Ghafurov
  Ghafurov is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It has a population of 15,700 , down from 18,900 in the 1989 census. The town was created in 1965, and until 1978 had the name Sovetabad...
  
   – Soviet Tajik party leader Bobojon Ghafurov
  Bobojon Ghafurov
  Bobojon Ghafurovich Ghafurov was a Tajik historian, academician, and the author of several books published in Russian and Tajik, including History of Tajikistan and The Tajiks. He was born in the village of Isfisar near Khujand in Tajikistan...
  
  .
• Tursunzoda – Soviet Tajik poet Mirzo Tursunzoda
  Mirzo Tursunzoda
  Mirzo Tursunzoda - was an important poet and a prominent politic figure. Today Tursunzoda has been elevated to the level of a national hero of Tajikistan. Tursunzoda's face appears on the front of the one Somoni note. The town of Tursunzoda is named in his honor. He was awarded the Stalin...
  
  .

Former:

• Alexandria Eschate
  Alexandria Eschate
  Alexandria Eschate or Alexandria Eskhata was founded by Alexander the Great in August 329 BCE as his most northerly base in Central Asia...
  
  was the name of Khujand
  Khujand
  Khujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley...
  
   in antiquity – Alexander the Great
• Leninabad was the name of Khujand
  Khujand
  Khujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley...
  
   from 1936–1991 – Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Lenin
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
  
  
• Stalinabad was the name of Dushanbe
  Dushanbe
  -Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...
  
   from 1929–1961 – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  

Turkey

• Adana
  Adana
  Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...
  
  , formerly Antiochia in Cilicia and Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Alabanda
  Alabanda
  Alabanda – also hê Alabanda, ta Alabanda, Alabandeus, Alabandensis, Alabandenus, and for a time, Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – was an ancient city of Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is now located near Doğanyurt , Aydin Province, in the Asian part of Turkey.The city is located in...
  
  , formerly Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – Antiochus III
• Antakya
  Antakya
  Antakya is the seat of the Hatay Province in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. The mayor is Lütfü Savaş.Known as Antioch in ancient times, the city has historical significance for Christianity, as it was the place where the followers of Jesus Christ were called Christians for the first...
  
  , formerly Antiochia – Antiochus
  Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
  Antiochus was a Macedonian man that lived during the time of Philip II of Macedon, who ruled from 359 BC-336 BC. He originally came from Orestis, Macedonia....
  
  , father of Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
  
  
• Antioch, Pisidia
  Antioch, Pisidia
  Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch and in Roman Empire, Latin: Antiochia Caesareia or Antiochia Caesaria – is a city in the Turkish Lakes Region, which is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Aegean and Central Anatolian regions, and formerly...
  
   – Antiochus, father of Seleucus
• Antioch on the Maeander
  Antioch on the Maeander
  Antiochia on the Maeander also Antioch on the Maeander , earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia. The city was situated between the Maeander and Orsinus rivers near their confluence and, though it was the site of a bridge over the Maeander had "little or no individual history"...
  
   – Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
  
  
• Antiochia, Lydia
  Antiochia, Lydia
  Antiochia in Lydia was a Hellenistic city founded by Antiochus IV in Lydia, Anatolia . It is mentioned by the ancient geographer Stephanos Byzantinos as being located in Lydia, but its precise location is not currently known....
  
   – Antiochus IV
• Antiochia Lamotis
  Antiochia Lamotis
  Antiochia Lamotis or Antiochia in Isauria is a Hellenistic city in Cilicia, Anatolia at the mouth of Lamos river. The site is on the coast a few km southwest of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. During Roman times, it was capital of the Lamotis Region, Cilicia....
  
   – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia ad Cragum
  Antiochia ad Cragum
  Antiochia ad Cragum also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva is an ancient Hellenistic city on Cragus mountain overlooking the Mediterranean coast, in the region of Cilicia Trachea, in Anatolia...
  
   – Antiochus IV
• Antiochia ad Pyramum
  Antiochia ad Pyramum
  Antiochia ad Pyramum was an ancient coastal city of Cilicia, on the Pyramus river, in Anatolia. The location of the city is on the Karataş Peninsula, Adana Province, Turkey, a few km from the city of Karataş...
  
   – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia ad Taurum
  Antiochia ad Taurum
  Antiochia ad Taurum was an ancient city of Hellenistic foundation in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia , Anatolia. Most modern scholars locate Antiochia ad Taurum at or near Gaziantep, Gaziantep Province, Turkey , , although past scholars tried to associate it with Aleppo , Syria...
  
   – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia Paraliou
  Antiochia Paraliou
  Antiochia Parliou is an ancient city known only from its coinage which bears the legend "ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ". Although the location is considered unknown, some numismatists equate the city with Antiochia ad Cragum, but the association is not universally accepted....
  
   – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Antiochia in Mesopotamia
  Antiochia in Mesopotamia
  Antiochia in Mesopotamia, Antiochia in Arabia, Antiochia Arabis was an ancient city founded after the death of Alexander the Great. It was described by Pliny...
  
   also known as Antiochia in Arabia:
  • named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
  • later named Antoninopolis – one of the Antonines, probably Antoninus Pius
    Antoninus Pius
    Antoninus Pius , also known as Antoninus, was Roman Emperor from 138 to 161. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty and the Aurelii. He did not possess the sobriquet "Pius" until after his accession to the throne...
    
    
  • yet later named Constantia and Constantina – Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus
    Constantius Chlorus
    Constantius I , commonly known as Constantius Chlorus, was Roman Emperor from 293 to 306. He was the father of Constantine the Great and founder of the Constantinian dynasty. As Caesar he defeated the usurper Allectus in Britain and campaigned extensively along the Rhine frontier, defeating the...
    
    
  • yet later named Maximianopolis – Roman emperor Maximian
    Maximian
    Maximian was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn. Maximian established his residence at Trier but spent...
    
    
• Apamea (Euphrates)
  Apamea (Euphrates)
  Apamea or Apameia was a Hellenistic city on the left bank of the Euphrates, opposite the famous city of Zeugma, at the end of a bridge of boats connecting the two, founded by Seleucus I Nicator . The city was rebuilt by Seleucus I...
  
   – Apama
  Apama
  Apama , sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I was the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC...
  
  , wife of Seleucus I Nicator
• Apamea (Phrygia)
  Apamea (Phrygia)
  Apamea or Apameia – previously, Kibotos , hê Kibôtos or Cibotus – was an ancient city in Phrygia, Anatolia, founded by Antiochus I Soter , near, but on lower ground than, Celaenae .-Geography:It overlooks the Ghab valley and the site is now partly occupied by the city of...
  
   – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
• Apamea Myrlea
  Apamea Myrlea
  Apamea Myrlea, or Apamea Myrleon, was an ancient city on the Sea of Marmara, in Bithynia, Anatolia; the ruins are now found a few kilometers south of Mudanya, Bursa Province in the Asian part of Turkey.-Names:...
  
  :
  • named for Apama, wife of King Prusias I of Bithynia
    Prusias I of Bithynia
    Prusias I Cholus was a king of Bithynia...
    
    
  • later site of Roman colony, Colonia Iulia Concordia – Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar
    Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
    
    
• Aydın
  Aydin
  Aydın is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River at a commanding position for the region extending from the uplands of the valley down to the seacoast...
  
  :
  • 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
• Cebrene
  Cebrene
  Cebrene – also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin, and for a time called Alexandria and Antiochia in Troad – was an ancient city in the Troad, a region of northwest Anatolia...
  
  :
  • formerly Alexandria – Alexander the Great
  • formerly Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter
• Edirne
  Edirne
  Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1365 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's new capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of the Edirne...
  
  , formerly Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor Hadrian
  Hadrian
  Hadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...
  
  
• Eski Stambul:
  • formerly Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas – Augustus
    Augustus
    Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
    
     and Alexander the Great
  • formerly Alexandria Troas
    Alexandria Troas
    Alexandria Troas is an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos . It is located in the modern Turkish province of Çanakkale...
    
    – Alexander the Great
  • formerly Antigonia Troas – Antigonus I Monophthalmus
    Antigonus I Monophthalmus
    Antigonus I Monophthalmus , son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. During his early life he served under Philip II, and he was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and...
    
    
• Istanbul
  Istanbul
  Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
  
  , formerly Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople – Constantine I
  Constantine I
  Constantine the Great , also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all...
  
  
• Ladik
  Ladik
  Lâdik or Inanjids was a Anatolian beylik with its capital in Denizli. It was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm...
  
  , formerly Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named Laodice
• Laodicea on the Lycus
  Laodicea on the Lycus
  Laodicea on the Lycus was the ancient metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana , built on the river Lycus , in Anatolia near the modern village of Eskihisar , Denizli Province,...
  
   – Laodice I
  Laodice I
  Laodice I was an Anatolian noblewoman who was a close relative of the early Seleucid Dynasty and was the first wife of the Seleucid Greek King Antiochus II Theos. -Family Background:...
  
  , wife of Antiochus II
• Laodicea Combusta
  Laodicea Combusta
  Laodicea or Laodicea Combusta – ), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Laodikeia Katakekaumenê and Λαοδίκεια Κεκαυμένη; later Claudiolaodicea – was a Hellenistic city in central Anatolia, in the region of Pisidia; its site is currently occupied by Ladik, Konya Province,...
  
   – Laodice of Macedonia
  Laodice of Macedonia
  Laodice was a Greek noblewoman and wife of Antiochus , a general of distinction in the service of Philip II of Macedon. She was the mother of Seleucus, the founder of the Seleucid Empire and Seleucus' sister Didymeia. It was pretended, in consequence of a dream which she had, that Apollo was the...
  
  , mother of Seleucus I Nicator
• Lysimachia
  Lysimachia (Thrace)
  Lysimachia was an important Hellenistic Greek town on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese in what is now the European part of Turkey, not far from the bay of Melas .- History :...
  
   – Lysimachus
  Lysimachus
  Lysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
  
  
• Mopsuestia
  Mopsuestia
  Mopsuestia , later Mamistra, is the ancient city of Cilicia Campestris on the Pyramus river located approximately 20 km east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia .The founding of this city is attributed in legend to the soothsayer, Mopsus, who lived before the Trojan war, although...
  
  :
  • formerly named Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator
  • formerly named Hadria – Hadrian
  • formerly named Decia – Roman emperor Decius
    Decius
    Trajan Decius , was Roman Emperor from 249 to 251. In the last year of his reign, he co-ruled with his son Herennius Etruscus until they were both killed in the Battle of Abrittus.-Early life and rise to power:...
    
    
• Nusaybin, formerly Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I Soter
• Samosata
  Samosata
  Samosata was an ancient city on the right bank of the Euphrates whose ruins existed at the modern city of Samsat, Adıyaman Province, Turkey until the site was flooded by the newly-constructed Atatürk Dam....
  
  , formerly Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
• Şanlıurfa
  Sanliurfa
  Şanlıurfa, , often simply known as Urfa in daily language , in ancient times Edessa, is a city with 482,323 inhabitants Şanlıurfa, , often simply known as Urfa in daily language (Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ Urhoy,Armenian Ուռհա Owr'ha, Arabic الرها ar-Ruhā), in ancient times Edessa, is a city with 482,323...
  
  :
  • formerly Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV
  • formerly Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor Justinian
• Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia above Zeugma
  Seleucia above Zeugma
  Seleucia epi tou Zeugmatos – , also transliterated Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos, – was a Hellenistic city - or rather, fortified town - in the present Republic of Turkey, on the left, or south, bank of the Euphrates, across from ancient Samosata and not far from it.It is mentioned in...
  
   – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia (Pamphylia)
  Seleucia (Pamphylia)
  Seleucia – also transliterated as Seleukeia or Seleukheia – was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side; the site is currently about 1k north of the village of Bucakşeyhler , approximately 12 km northeast of...
  
   – Seleucus I Nicator
• Seleucia Sidera
  Seleucia Sidera
  Seleucia Sidera – , also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; Σελεύκεια η Σίδηρα, Seleukeia hê Sidêra; and later Claudioseleucia, Claudioseleuceia, Klaudiaseleukeôn or Klaudisseleukeôn – was an ancient city in the northern part of Pisidia, Anatolia, currently the site of...
  
  :
  • named for Seleucus I Nicator
  • later called Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor Claudius
    Claudius
    Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...
    
    
• Silifke
  Silifke
  -Antiquity:Located a few miles from the mouth of the Calycadnus River, Seleucia was founded by Seleucus I Nicator in the early 3rd century BCE, one of several cities he named after himself. It is probable that there were already towns called Olbia and Hyria and that Seleucus I merely united them...
  
  , formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator
• Sinop – Sinope
  Sinope (mythology)
  In Greek Mythology, Sinope was one of the daughters of Asopus and thought to be an eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea.According to Corinna and Diodorus Siculus, Sinope was seized by the god Apollo and carried over to the place where later stood the city honouring her name...
  
   – contested
• Stratonicea (Lydia)
  Stratonicea (Lydia)
  Stratonicea – also transliterated as Stratoniceia and Stratonikeia, earlier Indi, and later for a time Hadrianapolis – was an ancient city in the valley of the Caicus river, between Germe and Acrasus, in Lydia, Anatolia; its site is currently near the village of Siledik, in the...
  
  :
  • named for a royal wife named Stratonice
    Stratonice
    Stratonice is a name that may refer to:* Stratonice , name of four Greek mythological women- Women of Ancient Macedonia :* Stratonice , the wife of Antigonus Monophthalmus...
    
    , possibly the wife of Eumenes II
    Eumenes II
    Eumenes II of Pergamon was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. The son of king Attalus I and queen Apollonis, he followed in his father's footsteps and collaborated with the Romans to oppose first Macedonian, then Seleucid expansion towards the Aegean, leading to the defeat of...
    
    
  • later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
• Stratonicea (Caria):
  • named for Stratonice of Syria
    Stratonice of Syria
    For other persons with the same name, see StratoniceStratonice of Syria was the daughter of king Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila, the daughter of Antipater...
    
    
  • later named Hadrianopolis – Hadrian
• Tarsus
  Tarsus (city)
  Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million...
  
  , formerly Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV
• Zeugma, formerly Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator

Former:

• Antioch
  Antioch
  Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the...
  
  was the name of an antique city near today's Antakya
  Antakya
  Antakya is the seat of the Hatay Province in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. The mayor is Lütfü Savaş.Known as Antioch in ancient times, the city has historical significance for Christianity, as it was the place where the followers of Jesus Christ were called Christians for the first...
  
   – Antiochus

Turkmenistan

• Merv
  Merv
  Merv , formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria and Antiochia in Margiana , was a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary in Turkmenistan. Several cities have existed on this site, which is significant for the interchange of...
  
  :
  • formerly named Alexandria – Alexander the Great
  • formerly named Antiochia in Margiana – Antiochus I Soter
    Antiochus I Soter
    Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
    
    
• Turkmenbashi – Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
  Saparmurat Niyazov
  Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; , was a Turkmen politician who served as President of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006...
  
  

Uganda

• Fort Portal
  Fort Portal
  Fort Portal is a town in Western Uganda. It is the seat of both Kabarole District and Toro Kingdom.-Location:Fort Portal is located approximately by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on an all-tarmac two-lane highway...
  
   – Sir Gerald Portal (British commissioner)
• Port Bell
  Port Bell
  Port Bell is a small industrial centre in the greater metropolitan Kampala area, in Uganda. Port Bell has a rail link and a rail/road ferry wharf used for International traffic across Lake Victoria to Tanzania and Kenya.-Location:...
  
   – Sir Hesketh Bell
  Henry Hesketh Bell
  Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell GCMG was a British colonial administrator and author.He began his career in the colonial service in the Bahamas with a minor position but was promoted to Administrator of Dominica within a few years...
  
   (British commissioner)

Ukraine

• Artemivsk
  Artemivsk
  Artemivsk or Artemovsk is a city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Artemivsky Raion. It is located on the Bahmutka River about 89 km away from the administrative center of the Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk. As of 2005, its population is 80,655.-History:There is...
  
   – revolutionary Artem
• Dniprodzerzhynsk
  Dniprodzerzhynsk
  Dniprodzerzhynsk is an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River.-History:The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Dniprodzerzhynsk appeared in 1750. At that time the villages of Romankovo and Kamianske, which make the modern city,...
  
   – Felix Dzerzhinsky
• Dnipropetrovsk
  Dnipropetrovsk
  Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
  
   – bolshevik Grigory Petrovsky
  Grigory Petrovsky
  Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky was one of the most prominent Russian revolutionaries of Ukrainian origin, who was the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR from December 30, 1922, to January 12, 1938....
  
   who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in 20's–30's
• Illichivsk
  Illichivsk
  Illichivsk is a port city in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .-Geography:...
  
   – Vladimir Illich Lenin
• Ivano-Frankivsk
  Ivano-Frankivsk
  Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
  
   – writer Ivan Franko
  Ivan Franko
  Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....
  
  
• Khmelnytskyi
  Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
  Khmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...
  
   – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
  Bohdan Khmelnytsky
  Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...
  
  
• Kirovohrad
  Kirovohrad
  Kirovohrad , formerly Yelisavetgrad, is a city in central Ukraine. It is located on the Inhul River. It is a motorway junction. Pop. 239,400 ....
  
   – Sergey Kirov
  Sergey Kirov
  Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
  
  
• Lviv
  Lviv
  Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
  
   – Leo I of Halych
  Leo I of Halych
  Lev I of Galicia became in turn Knyaz of Belz , Knyaz of Peremyshl, king of Halych and King of Rus' , Grand Prince of Kiev .-Family:...
  
  
• Mariupol
  Mariupol
  Mariupol , formerly known as Zhdanov , is a port city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Mariupol is the largest city in Priazovye - a geographical region around Azov Sea, divided by Russia and Ukraine - and is also a popular sea...
  
   – St.Mary
  Mary (mother of Jesus)
  Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...
  
   or tsarine Maria Fyodorovna of Russia
• Mykolaiv
  Mykolaiv
  Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...
  
   – Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
  
  
• Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi
  Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi
  Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is a town located where Alta River flows into Trubizh River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion , the town itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
  
   – Bohdan Khmelnytsky
  Bohdan Khmelnytsky
  Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...
  
  
• Stakhanov
  Stakhanov, Ukraine
  Stakhanov is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast.The current estimated population is around 90,152 .-History:...
  
   – famous miner Aleksei Stakhanov
  Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov
  Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov was a miner in the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor , and a member of the CPSU . He became a celebrity in 1935 as part of a movement that was intended to increase worker productivity and demonstrate the superiority of the socialist economic system.Stakhanov was...
  
  
• Torez
  Torez
  Thorez is a city of oblast subordinance in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population - 72,346 . Most residents living here are working in the mine industry, although now declining...
  
   – Maurice Thorez
  Maurice Thorez
  thumb|A Soviet stamp depicting Maurice Thorez.Maurice Thorez was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party from 1930 until his death. He also served as vice premier of France from 1946 to 1947....
  
  

Former:

• Aleksandrovsk was the name of Zaporizhia
  Zaporizhia
  Zaporizhia or Zaporozhye [formerly Alexandrovsk ] is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast...
  
   – tsar Alexander I
  Alexander I of Russia
  Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
  
  
• Stalino was the name of Donetsk
  Donetsk
  Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
  
   – Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Stalin
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
  
  
• Stanisławów,Stanyslaviv was the name of Ivano-Frankivsk
  Ivano-Frankivsk
  Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
  
   – Polish magnate Stanisław Potocki
• Voroshilovgrad was the name of Luhansk
  Luhansk
  Luhansk also known as Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast . The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast...
  
   – Kliment Voroshilov
  Kliment Voroshilov
  Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman...
  
  
• Yekaterinoslav was the name of Dnipropetrovsk
  Dnipropetrovsk
  Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
  
   – Catherine the Great
  Catherine II of Russia
  Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...
  
  
• Yelizavetgrad was the name of Kirovohrad
  Kirovohrad
  Kirovohrad , formerly Yelisavetgrad, is a city in central Ukraine. It is located on the Inhul River. It is a motorway junction. Pop. 239,400 ....
  
   – Saint Elizabeth
  Elizabeth (Biblical person)
  Elizabeth is also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva...
  
   and tsarine Elizabeth of Russia
• Yuzovka was the name of Donetsk
  Donetsk
  Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
  
   – British businessman John Hughes
  John Hughes (businessman)
  John James Hughes was a Welsh engineer, businessman and founder of a city in Ukraine. The city was originally named Yuzovka or Hughesovka after Hughes, but was renamed Stalino in 1924 .-Biography:Hughes was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales,...
  
  
• Zhdanov was the name of Mariupol
  Mariupol
  Mariupol , formerly known as Zhdanov , is a port city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Mariupol is the largest city in Priazovye - a geographical region around Azov Sea, divided by Russia and Ukraine - and is also a popular sea...
  
   – Andrey Zhdanov
• Zinovievsk was the name of Kirovohrad
  Kirovohrad
  Kirovohrad , formerly Yelisavetgrad, is a city in central Ukraine. It is located on the Inhul River. It is a motorway junction. Pop. 239,400 ....
  
   – Grigory Zinoviev
  Grigory Zinoviev
  Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev , born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky Apfelbaum , was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician...
  
  

Great Britain

• Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr
  Edmund the Martyr
  St Edmund the Martyr was a king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.D'Evelyn, Charlotte, and Mill, Anna J., , 1956. Reprinted 1967...
  
  , King of East Anglia
• Fort William, Scotland
  Fort William, Scotland
  Fort William is the second largest settlement in the highlands of Scotland and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the north and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles...
  
   – William Of Orange
  William III of England
  William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
  
  
  • renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
• Kingston upon Hull
  Kingston upon Hull
  Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
  
   – Edward I of England
  Edward I of England
  Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...
  
  
• Kirkcudbright
  Kirkcudbright
  Kirkcudbright, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea...
  
   – St Cuthbert
• Knutsford
  Knutsford
  Knutsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in North West England...
  
   – King Canute
• Ormskirk
  Ormskirk
  Ormskirk is a market town in West Lancashire, England. It is situated north of Liverpool city centre, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston.-Geography and administration:...
  
   – Orme, a Viking
  Viking
  The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
  
   chief
• Peterlee
  Peterlee
  Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...
  
   – Peter Lee
  Peter Lee (miner)
  Peter Lee was a miner's leader, county councillor and Methodist local preacher, born in Trimdon Grange, County Durham. He started working in a colliery at the age of ten. He became the chairman of England's first Labour county council at Durham in 1919. He also served as general secretary and then...
  
  , a miners' leader
• Saltaire
  Saltaire
  Saltaire is a Victorian model village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal...
  
   – Sir Titus Salt
  Titus Salt
  Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet , born in Morley, near Leeds, was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. His father Daniel Salt was a businessman and was sent Titus to Batley Grammar School...
  
  
• St Albans
  St Albans
  St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...
  
   – St Alban
• St Andrews
  St Andrews
  St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
  
   – St Andrew
• St Davids – St David
• St Ives, Cambridgeshire
  St Ives, Cambridgeshire
  St Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
  
   – Saint Ivo
• Telford
  Telford
  Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, approximately east of Shrewsbury, and west of Birmingham...
  
   – Thomas Telford
  Thomas Telford
  Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.-Early career:...
  
  
• Victoria, London
  Victoria, London
  Victoria is a commercial and residential area of inner city London, lying wholly within the City of Westminster, and named after Queen Victoria....
  
   – Queen Victoria
• Wednesfield
  Wednesfield
  Wednesfield lies at , and is located to the northeast of Wolverhampton city centre on the northern fringe of the West Midlands conurbation...
  
   – Woden
  Woden
  Woden or Wodan is a major deity of Anglo-Saxon and Continental Germanic polytheism. Together with his Norse counterpart Odin, Woden represents a development of the Proto-Germanic god *Wōdanaz....
  
  
• Wolverhampton
  Wolverhampton
  Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
  
   – Wulfrun
  Wulfrun
  Wulfrun was an Anglo-Saxon noble woman and landowner, who established a landed estate at Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England in 985. Contemporary knowledge of her comes from several text sources:...
  
  

Northern Ireland

• County Tyrone
  County Tyrone
  Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...
  
   – after Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages
  Niall of the Nine Hostages
  Niall Noígíallach , or in English, Niall of the Nine Hostages, son of Eochaid Mugmedón, was an Irish king, the eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill kindred who dominated Ireland from the 6th century to the 10th century...
  
  
• Craigavon
  Craigavon
  Craigavon is a settlement in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement that was begun in 1965 and named after Northern Ireland's first Prime Minister — James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be a linear city incorporating Lurgan and Portadown, but this plan...
  
   – after Lord Craigavon, a former Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
  The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone...
  
  
• Helen's Bay
  Helen's Bay
  Helen's Bay is a village on the northern coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballygrot , between Holywood, Crawfordsburn and Bangor. It is served by a railway station and had a population of 1,362 in the 2001 Census...
  
   – after Lady Helen Dufferin
• Randalstown
  Randalstown
  Randalstown is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Antrim and Toome. It had a population of 4,956 people in the 2001 Census. It has a very prominent disused railway viaduct and lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate...
  
   – after Randal MacDonnell

United States

For a longer list, please see List of American places named after people.

• Austin, Texas
  Austin, Texas
  Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
  
   – Stephen F. Austin
  Stephen F. Austin
  Stephen Fuller Austin was born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. He was known as the Father of Texas, led the second, but first legal and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. The capital of Texas, Austin in Travis County,...
  
  
• Baltimore, Maryland
  Baltimore
  Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
  
   – Lord Baltimore
  Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, 1st Proprietor and 1st Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 9th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland , was an English peer who was the first proprietor of the Province of Maryland. He received the proprietorship after the death of his father, George Calvert, the...
  
  
• Charlotte, North Carolina
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
  
   – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
  
  
• Dallas, Texas – George M. Dallas
  George M. Dallas
  George Mifflin Dallas was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States , serving under James K. Polk.-Family and early life:...
  
  
• Houston, Texas – Sam Houston
  Sam Houston
  Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...
  
  
• Jacksonville, Florida
  Jacksonville, Florida
  Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
  
   – Andrew Jackson
  Andrew Jackson
  Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
  
  
• Los Angeles, California – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
  Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)
  Roman Catholic veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary is based on Holy Scripture: In the fullness of time, God sent his son, born of a virgin. The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God through Mary thus signifies her honour as Mother of God...
  
  
• New York City, New York – James of York and Albany
  James II of England
  James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
  
  
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – William Pitt the Elder
  William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
  William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC was a British Whig statesman who led Britain during the Seven Years' War...
  
  
• San Antonio, Texas – Saint Anthony of Padua
  Anthony of Padua
  Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, O.F.M., was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, Italy, he was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, which is where he was raised...
  
  
• San Diego, California – Didacus of Alcalá
  Didacus of Alcalá
  Saint Didacus of Alcalá, , Saint Diego, was a lay brother of the Order of Friars Minor who died at Alcalá de Henares, Spain, November 12, 1463.-History:...
  
  , better known as San Diego
• San Francisco, California – Saint Francis
  Francis of Assisi
  Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
  
  
• San Jose, California
  San Jose, California
  San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
  
   – Saint Joseph
  Saint Joseph
  Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
  
  
• Seattle, Washington – Chief Seattle
  Chief Seattle
  Chief Seattle , was a Dkhw’Duw’Absh chief, also known as Sealth, Seathle, Seathl, or See-ahth. A prominent figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with David Swinson "Doc" Maynard. Seattle, Washington was named after him...
  
  
• Washington, D.C. – George Washington
  George Washington
  George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
  
  

United States Virgin Islands

• Charlotte Amalie
  Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands
  -Education:St. Thomas-St. John School District serves the community. and Charlotte Amalie High School serve the area.-Gallery:-See also:* Anna's Retreat* Cruz Bay* Saint Thomas* Water Island-External links:* *...
  
   – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)

Uruguay

• Andresito
  Andresito, Uruguay
  Andresito is a village in the north of Flores Department of Uruguay. It is located on Km. 238 of Route 3 and close to its junctions with Route 14. A bridge passes Route 3 over Arroyo Grande to national park Parque Bartolome Hidalgo northwest from the village and then, after another , another...
  
   – Andrés Guazurary
• Artigas
  Artigas, Uruguay
  Artigas is the capital of the Artigas Department of Uruguay. The name Artigas comes from that of the national hero, Jose Gervasio Artigas, who fought for the emancipation of the River Plate, and sought to create a federative nation from these colonies...
  
   – José Artigas
• Baltasar Brum
  Baltasar Brum, Artigas
  Baltasar Brum is a town in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay. It is located south of the hill Cuchilla Guaviyú on the road that separates from Route 3 in an eastward direction towards the spa town Termas del Arapey in Salto Department, northeast of the spa...
  
   – Baltasar Brum
  Baltasar Brum
  Baltasar Brum Rodríguez was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay from 1919 to 1923.-Background:...
  
  
• Bernabe Rivera
  Bernabe Rivera
  Bernabe Rivera is a town in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay.Its population in 2004 was 524.-External links:*...
  
  
• Brigadier General Diego Lamas
  Brigadier General Diego Lamas
  Brigadier General Diego Lamas is a the name given to a train station in a rural area of the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay, by decree Ley No. 11.857. During the census of 2004, no population was recorded in this location. In the satelite image of 8/10/2003 , about 30 small buildings appear...
  
  
• Florencio Sánchez
  Florencio Sánchez, Uruguay
  Florencio Sánchez is a town of the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay. It is located on the junction of Route 2 with Route 12, and is named after the Uruguayan writer and politician Florencio Sánchez. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" category on 2 November 1929 by decree Ley No. 8.482...
  
   – Florencio Sánchez
  Florencio Sánchez
  Florencio Sánchez was a Uruguayan playwright, journalist and political figure. His artistic work unfolded in the River Plate region...
  
  
• Flores Department
  Flores Department
  -History and cultural heritage:The department, created by President Máximo Santos, is named after the former Colorado Party leader, Venancio Flores, who was born in Trinidad in the nineteenth century.The department has many sites of prehistoric rock art...
  
   – Venancio Flores
  Venancio Flores
  Venancio Flores Barrios was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 and from 1865 to 1868.-Background and early career:...
  
  
• Ismael Cortinas
  Ismael Cortinas
  Ismael Cortinas is a town in the Flores Department of Uruguay. It is located on the junction of Route 23 with Route 12, at southwest edge of the department and borders the departments of Soriano, Colonia and San José. It was elevated to "Pueblo" category on 15 November 1963 by decree Ley No...
  
  
• Javier de Viana
  Javier de Viana
  Javier de Viana is a town in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay. It is located on Route 30, about west of the city of Artigas and northeast of the stream Arroyo Tres Cruces. The town was named after the Uruguayan writer Javier de Viana....
  
  
• Juan Lacaze
  Juan Lacaze
  Juan Lacaze, or Juan L. Lacaze, is a city located in southwestern Uruguay, within the Colonia Department. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 8 May 1953 by decree Ley No. 11.934.- Geography :...
  
   – Juan Luis Lacaze
• Lavalleja Department
  Lavalleja Department
  The Department of Lavalleja is a department of Uruguay. The capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres to the east with Rocha, to the south with Canelones and Maldonado, and to the west to Florida.The department is...
  
   – Juan Antonio Lavalleja
  Juan Antonio Lavalleja
  Juan Antonio Lavalleja was an Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure. Today's Lavalleja Department is named after him.-Pre-Independence role:...
  
  
• Ombúes de Lavalle
  Ombúes de Lavalle
  Ombúes de Lavalle is a small town located in the north of Colonia Department in southwestern Uruguay. It is located near the border with the Soriano Department on Route 55, south of its intersection with Route 12, west-southwest of Cardona and east of Nueva Palmira.- Origin of name :The town is...
  
   – Juan Lavalle
  Juan Lavalle
  Juan Galo de Lavalle was an Argentine military and political figure.-Biography:Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires to María Mercedes González Bordallo and Manuel José de La Vallée y Cortés, general accountant of rents and tobacco for the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.In 1799, the family moved to...
  
  
• Rivera
  Rivera
  Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. It is located at the north end of Route 5, on the border with Brazil. The Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento is right across the border, only a street away of it...
  
   – Fructuoso Rivera
  Fructuoso Rivera
  José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana was an Uruguayan general and patriot who assisted in the efforts to force Brazilians out of the Banda Oriental.-Founder of Colorado Party and President of Uruguay:...
  
  
• San José Department
  San José Department
  San José Department is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is San José de Mayo.-Population and Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 103,104 people and 33,063 households in the department. The average household size was 3.0...
  
   – Saint Joseph
  Saint Joseph
  Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
  
  
• Santiago Vázquez
• Tomas Gomensoro
  Tomas Gomensoro
  Tomás Gomensoro is a village in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay. It is located on a road that joins Route 3 with Route 30, about southeast of Bella Unión...
  
   – Tomás Gomensoro Albín
  Tomás Gomensoro Albín
  -Background:Born in Dolores, Soriano, he was a member of the Colorado Party .In March 1872, President of Uruguay Lorenzo Batlle stepped down from office.-President of Uruguay :...
  
  

Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh City
  Ho Chi Minh City
  Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
  
   – Ho Chi Minh
  Ho Chi Minh
  Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
  
  
• Trần Văn Thời District and Trần Văn Thời
  Trần Văn Thời
  Trần Văn Thời is a township and capital town of Trần Văn Thời District, Ca Mau Province, in Vietnam....
  
   town – local communist
• Dương Minh Châu District and Duong Minh Chau
  Duong Minh Chau
  Dương Minh Châu is a rual district of Tay Ninh province in the Southeastern region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 99,230. The district covers an area of 407 km². The district capital lies at Duong Minh Chau. It is the third largest district in the province after Tan Bien...
  
   town – communist lawyer

Former:

• Thanh Thai Phien was the name of Da Nang
  Da Nang
  Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...
  
   in 1945 – revolutionary Thái Phiên
  Thai Phien
  Thái Phiên , was a Vietnamese scholar and revolutionary from Quang Nam Province, also known by the alias Nam Xương. He was an associate of Phan Bội Châu, and was involved in both the Vietnam Restoration League and the Dong Du movement...
  
  

Zambia

• Livingstone
  Livingstone, Zambia
  Livingstone or Maramba is a historic colonial city and present capital of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls lying north of the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls...
  
   – doctor David Livingstone
  David Livingstone
  David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
  
  
• Victoria falls
  Victoria Falls
  The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.-Introduction:...
  
   – Queen Victoria

See also

• Lists of places named after people
  • List of countries named after people
  • List of country subdivisions named after people
  • List of lakes named after people
  • List of islands named after people
• Buildings and structures named after people
  • List of eponyms of airports
  • List of eponyms of stadiums
  • List of convention centers named after people
  • List of railway stations named after people
• List of colleges and universities named after people
• Lists of places by eponym
• List of eponyms
• Lists of etymologies