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 - 1859Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery Bagrati Cathedral: named after Bagrat III the first king of united Georgia Bahá’i Holy Places After Bahá'u'lláhChhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Named after 17th century local King Chhatrapati Shiraji, and its former name Victoria Termus is Queen Victoria of EnglandChief 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!; linkCrespi d'Adda Cristoforo Benigno Crespi, founder and cotton manufacturerDolomites Derived from the famous French mineralogist Déodat 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 mountainsFortifications of Vauban Fraser Island Eliza Fraser, a survivor of the shipwrecked Sterling Castle and the wife of its captain, Captain James FraserGamzigrad-Romuliana Queen mother Romula of the Roman tetrarch GaleriusGough 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 1854Henderson Island British Capt. Henderson of the British East India Company ship Hercules, who re-discovered the island in 1819Hospicio Cabańas, Guadalajara Juan Ruiz de Cabańas who was appointed to the see of GuadalajaraHuascaran 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".; linkHumayun's Tomb Humayun, second Mughal Emperor of IndiaHumberstone 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 designerIsland of Saint-Louis Louis XIVJames Island The then (1664) Duke of York later King James II
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion Named after the monk Émilion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century. Karlskrona King Charles XI of SwedenL'viv Leo the greatLe 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 HoweLorentz National Park Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through the area on his 1909-1910 expedition.Luis Barragán House and Studio Luis Barragán, Mexican 20th century architectLuther Memorials Reformer Martin LutherMacquarie Island Colonel Lachlan MacquarieMajor Town Houses Victor Baron Horta, Belgian architectMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Khodja Ahmed Yasawi is the most prominent religious figure in the history of Sufism.Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša SokolovicMelaka and George Town Georgetown is named after the British King George IIIMonticello 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 MercadoPeninsula Valdes Antonio Valdés y BazánPienza Pope Pius IIPlantin-Moretus Museum Christoffel Plantin and his son-in-law, Jan Moretus, both printersPuerto-Princesa Subterranean River Wiki: The nearby city of the same name "was named after Princess Asunción, born in 1864 to Queen Isabella II and her consort, Francisco de Cádiz. 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 Schröder-SchräderSaltaire Titus Salt, the town's founder.Săo Luis After Saint Louis IX of France as a compliment to King Louis XIIISelous 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 SewellSplit 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 SomersStruve Geodetic Arc German-born Russian scientist Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von StruveSucre Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leaderSulamain-Too A 16th century moslem prophet named Sulayman Sydney Opera House British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord SydneyTasmanian 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 philosopherThessalonika Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the great.Tomb of Askia Askia Mohammad I, first Emperor of SonghaiTugendhat Villa Fritz Tugendhat, owner of a Brno textile factory and owner of this villaValetta Grandmaster Jean de la ValletteVictoria Falls British Queen VictoriaWhite 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 OrangeWorks of Antoni Gaudí Architect Antonio GaudíYaroslavl Yaroslav I
