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Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, popularly known as Yasser Arafat or by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist, he was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.

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United States Senator Robert Byrd represented the U.S. state of West Virginia as a Democrat in the United States Senate. During his tenure as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Byrd secured billions of dollars of Federal funds for projects throughout West Virginia, many of which bear his name. Byrd served four terms as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee: January 3, 1989 through January 3, 1995; January 3, 2001 through January 20, 2001; June 6, 2001 through January 3, 2003; and January 3, 2007, through January 3, 2009. As a New Deal Democrat, Byrd used his position as chairman to battle persistent poverty in his home state of West Virginia, which he referred to as “one of the rock bottomest of states.” "I lost no opportunity to promote funding for programs and projects of benefit to the people back home," said Byrd.“ Within two years of his chairmanship, Byrd surpassed his announced five-year goal of making sure more than $1 billion in Federal funds was sent back to West Virginia. In referring to his economic contributions to West Virginia, Byrd said in 2000, "West Virginia has always had four friends: God Almighty, Sears Roebuck, Carter's Liver Pills and Robert C. Byrd."

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The following is a list of things named for Henry Clay, as well as monuments and memorials in his honor.

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This is a list of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette, a French General in the American Revolutionary War. Many of these places were named for him during his 1824–1825 visit to the United States.

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The following is a list of memorials to and things named in honor of Albert Gallatin.

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The following is a partial list of monuments and memorials to Sam Houston, Governor of Tennessee (1827–29), President of the Republic of Texas, and Governor of Texas (1859–61).

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The following is a list of memorials to and things named in honor of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863), who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

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Pope John Paul II was celebrated during his lifetime and later posthumously with several honours and as the namesake of several places and institutions. Such places often bear the name John Paul II but newer institutions are using the name John Paul the Great.

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Tadeusz Kościuszko is one of the most honored persons in Polish history, in terms of places and events named in his honor.

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This is a list of places named after Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. He had more places named after him than any other Revolutionary War soldier, with the exception of George Washington.Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina Fort Marion Francis Marion Military Academy, Ocala, Florida Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina Francis Marion Intermediate School, Marion, Iowa Francis Marion High School, Marion, Alabama Francis Marion Park, Georgetown, South Carolina Marion, Alabama Marion, Connecticut Marion, Georgia Marion, Idaho Marion, Illinois Marion, Indiana Marion, Iowa Marion, Louisiana Marion, Kansas Marion, Kentucky Marion, Maine Marion Station, Maryland Marion, Massachusetts Marion, Michigan Marion Military Institute, Marion, Al. Marion, Minnesota Marion, Mississippi Marionville, Missouri Marion, Montana Marion, Nebraska Marion, New Jersey East Marion, New York Marion, New York Mount Marion, New York Marion, North Carolina Marion, North Dakota Marion, Ohio Marion, Oregon Marion, Pennsylvania Marion Center, Pennsylvania Marion Heights, Pennsylvania Point Marion, Pennsylvania Marion, South Carolina Marion, South Dakota Marion, Virginia Marion, Wisconsin Marion County, Alabama Marion County, Arkansas Marion County, Florida Marion County, Georgia Marion County, Illinois

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During Joseph Stalin's rule (1922–1953), many places, mostly cities, in the Soviet Union and other communist countries were named or renamed in honour of him as part of the cult of personality surrounding him. Most of these places had their names changed back to the original ones shortly after the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956, or after the beginning of destalinisation in 1961.

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During Josip Broz Tito's presidency and in the years following his death in 1980, several places in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and across the world were named or renamed in honor of him as part of his cult of personality. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, several towns and squares in the former nation have reverted their names. Numerous streets were also named after Tito, both in former Yugoslavia as well as elsewhere as an honour to a foreign dignitary.

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This is a partial list of places named in honor of Franjo Tuđman, the 1st President of the independent Republic of Croatia from 1990 until 1999:

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Many places which were once in the former British Empire were named after the British monarch who reigned over it for the greater part of its most dominant period, Queen Victoria. As such, Victoria is one of the most commemorated individuals in place-names around the world.

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE, born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. He also rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden) Bengali type in 1780. He is considered the "father of Bengali prose"..

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This is a list of places and things named for Anthony Wayne, a general in the U.S. Army.

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The following is a list of things named for Daniel Webster.