Named after individual people

Connected Sites: 113

Excluding saints.

Connected Sites

  • Lord Howe Island
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.53
    15
    5
    Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
  • Luther Memorials
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.61
    207
    12
    Reformer Martin Luther
  • Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.66
    175
    8
    Ir. D.F. Wouda, head engineer and designer
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.68
    79
    7
    Queen mother Romula of the Roman tetrarch Galerius
  • Victoria Falls
    Victoria Falls
    Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1989
    4.47
    134
    5
    British Queen Victoria
  • Pienza
    Pienza
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.07
    192
    9
    Pope Pius II
  • Karlskrona
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.25
    113
    6
    King Charles XI of Sweden
  • Sydney Opera House
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.49
    289
    8
    British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
  • Split
    Split
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.53
    359
    11
    Roman Emperor Diocletian (refers to full name of the site:Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian)
  • Crespi d'Adda
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.40
    154
    7
    Cristoforo Benigno Crespi, founder and cotton manufacturer
  • Island of Saint-Louis
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.07
    45
    2
    "Saint Louis (French: Saint-Louis) is named after Louis IX, a canonized 13th-century king of France.[4] Obliquely, the name also honored Louis XIV, the reigning king of France at the time of the island's settlement in 1659." (wiki)
  • L'viv
    L'viv
    Ukraine
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.61
    132
    7
    Leo the great
  • Sulaiman-Too
    Sulaiman-Too
    Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.23
    63
    3
    A 16th century moslem prophet named Sulayman
  • Cienfuegos
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.72
    106
    4
    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!
    See www.encyclopedia.com
  • St. George, Bermuda
    St. George, Bermuda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.68
    34
    4
    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
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.84
    242
    13
    built for banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet
  • Timbuktu
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
    Buktu, the woman who was in charge of guarding the village when it was established
  • Zamość
    Zamość
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.04
    113
    6
    named after its creator Jan Zamysky
  • Engelsberg Ironworks
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.45
    92
    11
    "The works gets its name from Englika, a homesteader of German origin, who came here in the 14th century"
    See www.ekomuseum.se
  • Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.96
    179
    10
    Named after bishop Euphrasius
  • Old Town Lunenburg
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.10
    100
    9
    "The town was named in honour of the King of Great Britain and Ireland,George August of Hanover who was also the Duke of Braunschweig-Luneburg" (Wiki)
  • Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.31
    28
    2
    "The town was named after Graham Hoare Barber (1835-1888) who discovered a rich gold-bearing reef there in 1884" - Wiki
  • Archaeological Site of Aigai
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.52
    123
    11
    Vergina (part of full name): The name Vergina was a suggestion by the metropolitan of Veroia, chosen for a legendary queen Vergina (Bergina) who was said to have ruled somewhere north of the Haliacmon and to have had her summer palace near Palatitsia
  • Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.62
    10
    2
    "The temple is known for its significant sculptural art, hence named after the main sculptor of the temple- Ramappa" (nom file)
  • Jaipur City, Rajasthan
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.40
    207
    3
    Jaipur was founded in 1727 by the Kacchawa Rajput ruler Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amer, after whom the city is named. (wiki)
  • Joya de Ceren
    Joya de Ceren
    El Salvador
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.77
    57
    6
    Joya de Ceren ("Jewel" or) Fertile Valley of Cerén" in Spanish, Cerén is a surname of the former landowner) is located on the periphery of the Mayan realm."
    See www.wondermondo.com
  • Champaner-Pavagadh
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.84
    40
    3
    "Champaner was founded by Vanraj Chavda, the most prominent king of the Chavda Dynasty, in the 8th century. He named it after his friend and general Champa, also known later as Champaraj" (wiki)
  • Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.36
    101
    8
    Ho Quy Ly
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Villa d'Este
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.27
    244
    9
    The Villa was named after and commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1509–1572) (wiki)
  • Qutb Minar
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.45
    208
    6
    After Qutb ud-Din Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate (wiki: "It is usually thought that the tower is named for Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who began it. It is also possible that it is named after Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki a 13th-century sufi saint, because Shamsuddin Iltutmish was a devotee of his.")
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
    Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
    Canada, United States of America
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.91
    129
    8
    Waterton Lakes NP was named after Charles Waterton (June 3, 1782 - May 27, 1865), an English naturalist and explorer.
  • Inscribed: 2000
    2.94
    2
    1
    Prof. Noel Kempff Mercado
  • Ogasawara Islands
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3
    Sadoyori Ogasawara: "in honor of Ogasawara Sadayori, a supposed ancestor of the ronin Ogasawara Sadatō fictitiously credited with the discovery of the chain" (wiki)
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.21
    74
    18
    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."
  • San Miguel de Allende
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.31
    115
    9
    the birthplace of Ignacio Allende, whose surname was added to the town's name in 1826 (wiki)
  • Morelia
    Morelia
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.75
    89
    6
    After Jose Maria Morelos, an Independence fighter
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Peninsula Valdes
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.55
    57
    10
    Antonio Valdés y Baz
  • Chief Roi Mata's Domain
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.16
    20
    5
    Vanuatu's last paramount chief, Roi Mata.
  • Heard and McDonald Islands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.08
    1
    0
    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
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.36
    79
    6
    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.
  • Inscribed: 2023
    2.07
    16
    3
    Rashid Karami, a Lebanese statesman
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.31
    260
    10
    Christoffel Plantin and his son-in-law, Jan Moretus, both printers
  • Inscribed: 1997
    3.75
    5
    0
    Colonel Lachlan Macquarie
  • Kunta Kinteh Island
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.07
    43
    5
    "Kunta Kinte (sic)- the fictional, or possibly genuine, Mandinka slave ancestor of Alex Haley as described in "Roots - the Saga of an American Family"
  • Hospicio Cabañas
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.50
    81
    7
    Bishop Juan Ruiz de Cabañas who was appointed to the see of Guadalajara
  • Henderson Island
    Henderson Island
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.49
    3
    0
    British Capt. Henderson of the British East India Company ship Hercules, who re-discovered the island in 1819
  • Inscribed: 2012
    2.72
    11
    3
    "Built in AD1006 for Qabus ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati" (UNESCO Web site). See
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Eisinga Planetarium
    Inscribed: 2023
    3.52
    110
    5
    Eise Eisinga, a Frisian amateur astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.73
    375
    29
    Le Corbusier
  • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.16
    26
    3
    German Naturalist and explorer 1769 - 1859
  • Yaroslavl
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.71
    70
    5
    Yaroslav I
  • Wrangel Island
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.53
    2
    1
    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)
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.11
    552
    18
    Architect Antonio Gaudí
  • Willemstad
    Willemstad
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.03
    79
    4
    William II, Prince of Orange
  • Van Nellefabriek
    Van Nellefabriek
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.48
    196
    9
    The Van Nelle Company was founded in 1782 by Johannes and Hendrica van Nelle. It was originally a small shop in Rotterdam that sold tobacco, coffee, and tea.
  • Valletta
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.76
    382
    10
    Grandmaster Jean de la Vallette
  • Tugendhat Villa
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    169
    16
    Fritz Tugendhat, owner of a Brno textile factory and owner of this villa
  • Tomb of Askia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.22
    6
    1
    Askia Mohammad I, first Emperor of Songhai
  • Thessalonika
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.97
    243
    9
    Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the great.
  • Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.28
    76
    7
    Confucius 551 BCE ? 479 BCE) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.95
    88
    7
    Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - October 10, 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant.
  • Taj Mahal
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.25
    248
    7
    Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal (which actually is a title, "the exalted one of the palace")
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Sucre
    Sucre
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.86
    91
    7
    Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
    Struve Geodetic Arc
    Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2005
    1.92
    212
    18
    German-born Russian scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
  • Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.62
    31
    6
    Roberto Burle Marx, a Brazilian landscape architect
  • Inscribed: 1982
    3.50
    25
    4
    Frederick Courteney Selous DSO (31 December 1851 - 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, hunter, and conservationist famous for his exploits in Southern Africa.
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.47
    114
    4
    After Sultan Selim II who commissioned it.
  • São Luis
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.72
    36
    5
    After Saint Louis IX of France as a compliment to King Louis XIII
  • Santa Cruz de Mompox
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.72
    34
    4
    After its (disputed) founder, Juan de Santa Cruz, Governor of Cartagena (AB ev)
  • Saltaire
    Saltaire
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.28
    133
    13
    Titus Salt, the town's founder.
  • Saint-Emilion
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.01
    187
    8
    Named after the monk Emilion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century.
  • Rohtas Fort
    Rohtas Fort
    Pakistan
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.92
    32
    16
    The fort was named by Sher Shah after the famous Rohtas Garh fort in Shahabad District near Baharkunda in Bihar (India), which he captured from the Raja of Rohtas Hari Krishna Rai in 1539. Rohtas Garh is situated on the upper course of the river Son. It was built by Harish Chandra of the Solar dynasty (see link) and was named after his son Rohitsava after whom the fort Rohtas Garh was named
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.07
    223
    12
    Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder
  • Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.76
    73
    17
    Philip of Spain
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.34
    58
    4
    ..the town of Pythagorio, formerly known as Tigani. The town was renamed in 1955 to honour the locally born mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras. (wiki)
  • Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.84
    50
    3
    Nelson Mandela
  • Moravian Church Settlements
    Moravian Church Settlements
    Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    1.91
    193
    15
    named after the Danish king Christian VII
  • Monticello
    Monticello
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.22
    162
    12
    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"
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.36
    108
    8
    Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier Mehmed Pa?a Sokolovic
  • Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
    Central African Republic
    Inscribed: 1988
    0
    2
    Named in July 1940 after Henri Bouvard de Saint Floris (1888-1937). Inspector of Hunting in French Equatorial Africa and writer of several books articles on Africa
    See www.persee.fr
  • Major Town Houses
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.95
    304
    8
    Victor Baron Horta, Belgian architect
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.77
    103
    10
    Luis Barragán, Mexican 20th century architect
  • Lorentz National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.34
    4
    1
    Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through the area on his 1909-1910 expedition.
  • Le Havre
    Le Havre
    France
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.62
    201
    10
    Auguste Perret, chief architect and city planner (refers to full name of the site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret)
  • Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.53
    171
    11
    Named after its founder, Mikolaj Zebrzydowski, at the time governor of Krakow.
  • Jodrell Bank Observatory
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.65
    89
    9
    Named after “William Jauderell”, an archer who fought with the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356
  • Humayun's Tomb
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.35
    205
    8
    Humayun, second Mughal Emperor of India
  • Huascaran National Park
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.77
    67
    7
    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".
    See www.adventuresportsholidays.com
  • Gwynedd Castles
    Gwynedd Castles
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.39
    178
    10
    King Edward (I)
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.55
    8
    3
    Charles Gough, who reputedly rediscovered the island in 1731.
  • K’gari (formerly Fraser Island)
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.92
    90
    8
    Eliza Fraser, a survivor of the shipwrecked Sterling Castle and the wife of its captain, Captain James Fraser
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.28
    305
    13
    Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Fortifications of Vauban
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    264
    18
  • Fasil Ghebbi
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.13
    57
    3
    Ghebbi Fortress founded in the 17th century by Emperor Fasilides. "Ghebbi" = "Enclosure" in Amharic ... so "Fasil's enclosure" (Fasilides (Ge'ez: ፋሲልደስ; Fāsīladas; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil, Basilide, or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to his death on 18 October 1667) (Wiki)
  • Donana National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.83
    111
    7
    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, Dona Ana Gomez 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.
  • Dolomites
    Inscribed: 2009
    4.08
    251
    7
    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
  • Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.44
    115
    8
    Grotte Chauvet - after one of its first explorers, Jean-Marie Chauvet
  • Church of Atlántida
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.54
    38
    3
    Eladio Dieste (in full name): an Uruguayan engineer who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, most of them in Uruguay and all of exceptional elegance. (wiki)
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.99
    131
    10
    Named after 17th century local King Chhatrapati Shiraji, and its former name Victoria Termus is Queen Victoria of England
  • Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.17
    49
    5
    the sculptor Constantin Brâncuși
  • Bahá’i Holy Places
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.69
    160
    9
    After Bahá'u'lláh
  • Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.66
    4
    1
    Don Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the 53rd viceroy of New Spain 1740-99
  • Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.34
    71
    9
    Francisco de Tembleque, a franciscan friar
  • Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.56
    169
    6
    Named after Mathilde Karoline von Bayern, the wife of Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse.
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Hopewell
    Hopewell
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.23
    42
    7
    "The [Hopewell] mound group was named after Mordecai Hopewell, whose family then owned the property where the earthworks are sited." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Via Appia
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.19
    165
    4
    "The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who, during the Samnite Wars, began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC" (wiki)
  • Melaka and George Town
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    243
    8
    George Town is named after the British King George III
  • Ahmadabad
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.60
    69
    6
    Ahmad Shah I of the Gujarat Sultanate transferred its capital from Anhilvada to Ashaval in 1411 CE; as was custom, the city was subsequently renamed Ahmedabad after the Sultan (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Sewell Mining Town
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.85
    33
    8
    Braden Copper Company's first president, Mr. Barton Sewell
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.20
    42
    7
    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.
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.39
    67
    4
    Khodja Ahmed Yasawi is the most prominent religious figure in the history of Sufism.
  • Gorham's Cave Complex
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.21
    86
    9
    "The cave is named after Captain A. Gorham of the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers who discovered it in 1907, when opening a fissure at the rear of a sea cavern. Gorham inscribed his name and the date of his discovery in lamp-black on the wall of the cave, which has borne his name ever since." (wiki)
  • Fray Bentos
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.79
    36
    5
    "The name “Fray Bentos” entails a certain kind of uncertainty; nevertheless, it is generally agreed that it might derive from the surname of a Friar Bentos. It seems that this hermit religious monk settled down in the area today called Rincón de Haedo, where there is now a village bearing the same name. According to historians, he founded a settlement in this place which had to be abandoned in two opportunities due to the violent Indian raids led by a native called Iramundi. Historical versions lead us to justify the subsequent self-reclusion of the religious man in a grotto found in the area of Caracoles Creek, to the South of the site where the City of Fray Bentos stands today" (The town was originally created as "Villa Independencia" in 1859)
    See www.welcomeuruguay.com