A great deal of airports
these days are named after famous, usually dead, nationalistic figures.
Let's see who some of the world's biggest airports are named after:
| Location: | Name: | Career: |
| Algeria (Algiers) | Houari Boumedienne | Algerian President |
| Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) | Sir V.C. Bird | Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister |
| Australia (Sydney) | Charles Kingsford-Smith | Australian Fighter Pilot |
| Barbados | Sir Grantley Adams | Barbadian Premier |
| Brazil (Brasília) | Juscelino Kubitschek | Brazilian President |
| Canada (Ottawa) | McDonald / Cartier | Canadian Joint Premiers |
| Canada (Saskatoon) | John Diefenbaker | Canadian Prime Minister |
| Canada (Toronto) | Lester B. Pearson | Canadian Prime Minister |
| Canada (Owen Sound) | Billy Bishop | Canadian Fighter Pilot |
| Canada (Nanaimo) | Raymond Collishaw | Canadian Fighter Pilot |
| Cuba (Havana) | Juscelino Kubitschek | Brazilian President |
| Chile (Santiago) | José Martí | Cuban independence leader |
| Germany (Cologne) | Konrad Adenauer | German Chancellor |
| Ghana (Accra) | Emmanuel Kotoka | Ghanan coup leader |
| Guyana (Georgetown) | Cheddi Jagan | Guyanese President |
| France (Lyon) | Roger de Saint-Exupery | French Author |
| France (Paris) | Charles De Gaulle | French President |
| Greece (Athens) | Eleftherios Venizelos | Greek Prime Minister |
| India (Calcutta) | Subhas Chandra Bose | Indian independence fighter |
| India (Delhi) | Indira Ghandi | Indian Prime Minister |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) | Ben Gurion | Israeli Prime Minister |
| Italy (Rome) | Leonardo da Vinci | Italian Artist / Scientist |
| Italy (Genoa) | Christopher Columbus | Italian Explorer |
| Jamaica (Kingston) | Norman Manley | Jamaican Prime Minister |
| Kenya (Nairobi) | Jomo Kenyatta | Kenyan President |
| Mexico (Guadalajara) | Miguel Hidalgo | Mexican indendence leader |
| Nigeria (Lagos) | Murtala R. Muhammad | Nigerian President |
| Nigeria (Abuja) | Nnamdi Azikiwe | Nigerian President |
| Pakistan (Lahore) | Sir Mohammad Iqbal | Pakistani poet |
| Philippines (Manila) | Ninoy Aquino | Filipino Senator |
| Portugal (Porto) | Francisco Sá Carneiro | Portugese Prime Minister |
| Puerto Rico (San Juan) | Luiz Muñoz Marín | Puerto Rican Governor |
| Puerto Rico (Mayagüez) | Eugenio María de Hostos | Puerto Rican Governor |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Kitts) | Robert L. Bradshaw | Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier |
| Saint Lucia (Castries) | Sir George Charles | Saint Lucian Premier |
| Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) | King Abdul | Saudi King |
| Saudi Arabia (Riyadh ) | King Khalid | Saudi King |
| Saudi Arabia (Medinah) | Prince Mohammad | Saudi Prince |
| Senegal (Dakar) | Léopold Sédar Senghor | Senegalese President |
| Spain (Tenerife) | Queen Sofia | Spanish Queen |
| South Africa (Durban) | Louis Botha | South African Prime Minister |
| Suriname (Paramaribo) | Johan Adolf Pengel | Surinamese Prime Minister |
| Taiwan (Taipei) | Chiang Kai Shek | Chinese / Tiwanese President |
| Turkey (Izmir) | Adnan Menderes | Turkish Prime Minister |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) | Soekarno | Indonesian President |
| Venezuela (Caracas) | Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan President |
| UK (Liverpool) | John Lennon | British Musician |
| USA (New York) | Fiorello Languardia | Mayor of New York City |
| USA (Grand Rapids) | Gerald Ford | American President |
| USA (Houston) | George Bush | American President |
| USA (New York) | John Kennedy | American President |
| USA (Washington, DC) | Ronald Reagan | American President |
| USA (Washington, DC) | John Foster Dulles | American Secretary of State |
| USA (Oklahoma City) | Will Rogers | American Entertainer |
| USA (New Orleans) | Louis Armstrong | American Entertainer |
| USA (Irvine) | John Wayne | American Entertainer |
| USA (San Diego) | Charles Lindbergh | American Pilot |
| USA (Charleston) | Chuck Yeager | American Pilot |
| USA (Chicago) | Edward O'Hare | American Fighter Pilot |