There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
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This is a listofplaces in the United States which are namedafterpeople. If not cited here, the etymology is generally referenced in the article about...
This is a listof foods and dishes namedafterpeople. Poularde Adelina Patti – named for 19th-century opera singer Adelina Patti. Woodcock salmis Agnès...
This listof chemical elements namedafterpeople includes elements named for people both directly and indirectly. Of the 118 elements, 19 are connected...
This is a listofplacesnamedafter famous people in Australia: Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Alice Springs, Northern Territory...
This is a listof minor planets namedafterpeople, both real and fictional. 340 Eduarda (Heinrich Eduard von Lade, German) 792 Metcalfia (Joel Hastings...
This listof chemical elements namedafterplaces includes elements named both directly and indirectly for places. 41 of the 118 chemical elements have...
This is a listof awards that are namedafterpeople. Contents: Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z When the Copa del Rey was established...
This is a listofplaces which are named or renamed after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin. Some or all of the locations in former...
of foods namedafterplaces have been compiled by writers, sometimes on travel websites or food-oriented websites, as well as in books. Since all of these...
There are many places in South Africa namedafterpeople. Albertinia – Johannes Rudolph Albertyn Athlone – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone Beaufort...
The following drinks were namedafterplaces. Americano, diluted espresso, popularly believed to be after the habit of American soldiers in Italy in WW...
This is a listof islands known to be namedafter individual people. It details the nameof the island, its location and eponym. Former: Isla de Apodaca...
a listofplacesnamedafter Captain James Cook (1728–1779), the British explorer. Cook Islands Cook County, New South Wales, Australia Division of Cook...
This listof eponymous laws provides links to articles on laws, principles, adages, and other succinct observations or predictions namedafter a person...
This is a listofplacesnamedafter Horatio Nelson (Lord Nelson) (1758-1805), the British admiral. Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Nelson, New Zealand...
Many places which were once in the former British Empire were namedafter the British monarch who reigned over it for the greater part of its most dominant...