Named after individual people

Excluding saints.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Named after individual people':

  • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park German Naturalist and explorer 1769 - 1859
  • Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery Bagrati Cathedral: named after Bagrat III the first king of united Georgia
  • Bahá’i Holy Places After Bahá'u'lláh
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Named after 17th century local King Chhatrapati Shiraji, and its former name Victoria Termus is Queen Victoria of England
  • Chief Roi Mata's Domain Vanuatu's last paramount chief, Roi Mata.
  • Cienfuegos The original colony was called "Fernandina de Jagua" after the nearby Castilla de Jagua built by Spain in 1738. It (and the province within which it stands) was later renamed after Cuba's Spanish Captain General (Governor) Don José Cienfuego who had granted the right of settlement to the French-Louisianan émigré Louis de Clouet. NB: some books incorrectly state that it was named after one of Castro's fellow revolutionaries Camilo Cienfuegos!; link
  • Crespi d'Adda Cristoforo Benigno Crespi, founder and cotton manufacturer
  • Dolomites Derived from the famous French mineralogist D?odat Gratet de Dolomieu who was the first to describe the rock, dolomite, a type of carbonate rock which is responsible for the characteristic shapes and colour of these mountains
  • Donana National Park The name of this land is consolidated a century later, with the construction by the seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia a palace for his wife, Dońa Ana Gómez de Mendoza y Silva, in the heart of the mountain. The surrounding land soon begin to be known as the Forest of Dona Ana, Dona Ana Coto, etc. Until finally the name was shortened to know today.
  • Engelsberg Ironworks "The works gets its name from Englika, a homesteader of German origin, who came here in the 14th century"; link
  • Fortifications of Vauban
  • Fraser Island Eliza Fraser, a survivor of the shipwrecked Sterling Castle and the wife of its captain, Captain James Fraser
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana Queen mother Romula of the Roman tetrarch Galerius
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands Charles Gough, who reputedly rediscovered the island in 1731.
  • Heard and McDonald Islands Captain John Heard, American sealer who sighted the island on 25 November 1853 & Captain William McDonald, who discovered the McDonald Islands close to Heard Island six weeks later, on 4 January 1854
  • Henderson Island British Capt. Henderson of the British East India Company ship Hercules, who re-discovered the island in 1819
  • Hospicio Cabanas Juan Ruiz de Caba?as who was appointed to the see of Guadalajara
  • Huascaran National Park It is often suggested that Huascaran is named after the Inca emperor Huascar. But this is disputed: its original name was Huascan, which would mean "attractive" or "tempting".; link
  • Humayun's Tomb Humayun, second Mughal Emperor of India
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Named after the English chemical engineer James Thomas Humberstone. From 1875 he spent his entire career in the Peruvian/Chilean nitrate industry and is credited with introducing the improved "Shanks extraction process" around 1878 which enabled the mines to compete. He retired in 1925. In 1934 the plant was renamed in honour after him by a later owning company.
  • Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal Ir. D.F. Wouda, head engineer and designer
  • Island of Saint-Louis Louis XIV
  • Karlskrona King Charles XI of Sweden
  • Kunta Kinteh Island "Kunta Kinte (sic)- the fictional, or possibly genuine, Mandinka slave ancestor of Alex Haley as described in "Roots - the Saga of an American Family"
  • L'viv Leo the great
  • Le Havre Auguste Perret, chief architect and city planner (refers to full name of the site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret)
  • Lord Howe Island Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
  • Lorentz National Park Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through the area on his 1909-1910 expedition.
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio Luis Barrag?n, Mexican 20th century architect
  • Luther Memorials Reformer Martin Luther
  • Macquarie Island Colonel Lachlan Macquarie
  • Major Town Houses Victor Baron Horta, Belgian architect
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Khodja Ahmed Yasawi is the most prominent religious figure in the history of Sufism.
  • Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier Mehmed Pa?a Sokolovic
  • Melaka and George Town Georgetown is named after the British King George III
  • Monticello Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom; For "University of Virginia": Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth I of England the "Virgin Queen"
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park Prof. Noel Kempff Mercado
  • Peninsula Valdes Antonio Vald?s y Baz
  • Pienza Pope Pius II
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum Christoffel Plantin and his son-in-law, Jan Moretus, both printers
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River Wiki: The nearby city of the same name "was named after Princess Asunci?n, born in 1864 to Queen Isabella II and her consort, Francisco de C?diz. When the princess suffered an untimely death, the Queen changed the name to Puerto de la Princesa. Eventually, the name was reduced to Puerto Princesa as it is known today". "Spanish Colonizers founded the settlement on 4 March 1872 in the course of their exploration of the province."
  • Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras Philip of Spain
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis Mrs. Truus Schr?der-Schr?der
  • Saint-Emilion Named after the monk ?milion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century.
  • Saltaire Titus Salt, the town's founder.
  • Săo Luis After Saint Louis IX of France as a compliment to King Louis XIII
  • Selous Game Reserve Frederick Courteney Selous DSO (31 December 1851 - 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, hunter, and conservationist famous for his exploits in Southern Africa.
  • Sewell Mining Town Braden Copper Company's first president, Mr. Barton Sewell
  • Split Roman Emperor Diocletian (refers to full name of the site:Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian)
  • St. George, Bermuda St George Bermuda Bermuda was named after the Spanish navigator/explorer Juan de Bermudez who discovered it 1503. St George's was named in honour of the founder of the Bermuda colony, Admiral Sir George Somers
  • Stoclet House built for banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet
  • Struve Geodetic Arc German-born Russian scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
  • Sucre Antonio Jos? de Sucre, South American independence leader
  • Sulaiman-Too A 16th century moslem prophet named Sulayman
  • Sydney Opera House British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
  • Tasmanian Wilderness Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - October 10, 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant.
  • Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius Confucius 551 BCE ? 479 BCE) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher
  • Thessalonika Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the great.
  • Timbuktu Buktu, the woman who was in charge of guarding the village when it was established
  • Tomb of Askia Askia Mohammad I, first Emperor of Songhai
  • Tugendhat Villa Fritz Tugendhat, owner of a Brno textile factory and owner of this villa
  • Valletta Grandmaster Jean de la Vallette
  • Victoria Falls British Queen Victoria
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Regarding Vladimir there are 2 views. The "orthodox" one (Wiki) "attributes the founding of the city, and its name, to Vladimir Monomakh, who inherited the region as part of the Rostov-Suzdal principality in the 1093. In 1958, the 850th anniversary of the city foundation was celebrated, with many monuments from the celebrations adorning the city squares." The newer one is that "Scholars reinterpreted certain passages in the Hypatian Codex, which mentions that the region was visited by Vladimir the Great, the "father" of Russian Orthodoxy, in 990" and that the city foundation date was in that year.
  • Willemstad William II, Prince of Orange
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí Architect Antonio Gaud
  • Wrangel Island the island was named after Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797–1870), who, after reading Andreyev's report and hearing Chukchi stories of land at the island's coordinates, set off on an expedition (1820–1824) to discover the island, with no success (wiki)
  • Yaroslavl Yaroslav I
  • Zamosc named after its creator Jan Zamysky