List of lakes named after people

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This is a list of lakes named after people. It details the name of the lake or reservoir, its location and eponym.

Lake or reservoir	Location	Country/Continent	Eponym
Cass Lake	Michigan	United States	Lewis Cass
Cass Lake	Minnesota	United States	Lewis Cass
Glenn Cunningham Lake	Nebraska	United States	Glenn C. Cunningham
Lac Saint-Jean	Quebec	Canada	Jean de Quen
Lake Albert		Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo	Albert, Prince Consort
Lake Barkley	Kentucky	United States	Alben Barkley
Lake Brunner	South Island	New Zealand	Thomas Brunner
Lake Burton	Georgia	United States	Jeremiah Burton
Lake Calhoun	Minnesota	United States	John C. Calhoun
Lake Carnegie	New Jersey	United States	Andrew Carnegie
Lake Champlain		United States-Canada	Samuel de Champlain
Lake Pueyrredón/Cochrane		Chile-Argentina	Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (Chile)
Lake Drummond	Virginia	United States	William Drummond
Lake Edward		Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo	Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Lake George	Minnesota	United States	George Arbuckle (surveyor)
Lake George	New York	United States	George II of Great Britain
Lake George		Uganda	George V of the United Kingdom
Lake George	New South Wales	Australia	George III of the United Kingdom
Lake Buenos Aires/General Carrera		Chile-Argentina	José Miguel Carrera (Chile)
Lake Giulietti/Lake Afrera		Ethiopia	Giuseppe Maria Giulietti
Lake Gunn	South Island	New Zealand	Davy Gunn, a pioneer of the local tramping tourism industry
Lake Harriet	Minnesota	United States	Harriet Lovejoy
Lake Hayes	South Island	New Zealand	D. Hay rather than Captain "Bully" Hayes
Lake Lanier	Georgia	United States	Sidney Lanier
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	United States	Lyndon B. Johnson
Lake Mahinerangi	South Island	New Zealand	Olive Mahinerangi Barnett, daughter of William Barnett, mayor of Dunedin (1911-1912)
Lake Mead	Nevada-Arizona	United States	Elwood Mead
Lake Muhlenberg	Pennsylvania	United States	Henry Muhlenberg
Lake Nasser		Egypt-Sudan	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Lake Pat Cleburne	Texas	United States	Patrick Cleburne
Lake Presidente Ríos		Chile	Juan Antonio Ríos Morales
Lake Powell	Utah-Arizona	United States	John Wesley Powell
Lake Rhoda	Colorado	United States	Rhoda Krasner
Lake Strom Thurmond	Georgia-South Carolina	United States	Strom Thurmond
Lake Victoria		Africa	Queen Victoria
Nordenskjöld Lake		Chile	Otto Nordenskiöld
Lake O'Higgins/San Martín		Chile-Argentina	Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)/José de San Martín (Argentina)
Richard B. Russell Lake	Georgia-South Carolina	United States	Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt Lake	Arizona	United States	Theodore Roosevelt
Walter F. George Lake	Alabama-Georgia	United States	Walter F. George
Wolfgangsee	Salzkammergut	Austria	Wolfgang of Regensburg

[edit] Former names

• Hitlersee - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland
• Lake Margherita - now Lake Abaya, Ethiopia - named after Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I of Italy
• Lake Rudolf - now Lake Turkana, Ethiopia - named after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria

[edit] See also

• List of eponyms
• List of places named after people