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Fummy Not counting places/objects named after people (e.g. St Peter’s Basilica, St Petersburg). Not counting occupations (e.g. Bishop of Urgell, The Pope). Not counting scholars/linguists who suggested the etymology of the name. [Square Brackets].
Albania – Lord Progon Andorra – Polybius Austria – Napoleon Bonaparte Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko Belgium – Julius Caesar Bosnia and Herzegovina – Constantine VII Bulgaria – King Teres I Croatia – King Petar Kresimir IV Cyprus – Alexander the Great Czech Republic – Duke Wenceslaus I Denmark – Dan (Dan being the mythological founder of the Danes. Gorm the Old is the next person named.) Estonia – Ingvar of Sweden Finland – King John III of Sweden France – King Louis XIV Germany – Julius Caesar Greece – Alexander the Great Hungary – Prince Arpad Iceland – Ingolfr Arnarson Ireland – Charles Stewart Parnell Italy – Leonardo da Vinci Kosovo – Stefan Nemanja (Former President Ibrahim Rugova mentioned.) Latvia – Karlis Ulmanis Liechtenstein – Julius Caesar Lithuania – King Mindaugas Luxembourg – Siegfried I Macedonia – Darius the Great (Dutch linguist Robert S P Beekes mentioned) Malta – King George VI Moldova – Prince Dragos (Scholar Dimitrie Cantemir mentioned.) Montenegro – Stefan Vojislav Netherlands – Julius Caesar Norway – King Harald V Poland – Duke Mieszko I Portugal – King Alfonso I Romania – Herodotus (evolutionary Tudor Vladimirescu mentioned.) Russia – Pytheas San Marino – Saint Marinus Serbia – Constantine the Great (Polish linguist Stanislaw Rospond mentioned. Also Constantine was born in Serbia but was Roman) Slovakia – King Samo Slovenia – Augustus Caesar (Archaeologist Srecko Brodar mentioned.) Spain – King Felipe VI Sweden – Tacitus (Beowulf is mentioned earlier. But refers to a poem.) Switzerland – Julius Caesar Turkey – Alexander the Great Ukraine – Viktor Yanukovych United Kingdom – Queen Elizabeth II (Scotland – King James VI, England – Venerable Bede, Wales – Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Northen Ireland – David Trimble) Vatican City – Agrippina the Elder
