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

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