Politicians and Statesmen
- 712 Boliviana (Simon Bolivar)
- 852 Wladilena (Vladimir Lenin)
- 886 Washingtonia (George Washington)
- 932 Hooveria and 1363 Herberta (Herbert Hoover)
- 944 Hidalgo (Miguel Hidalgo)
- 1841 Masaryk (Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st Czechoslovak president)
- 2351 O'Higgins (Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence leader)
- 3571 Milanštefánik (Milan Rastislav Štefánik)
- 4317 Garibaldi (Giuseppe Garibaldi)
- 4927 O'Connell (Daniel O'Connell)
- 5102 Benfranklin (Benjamin Franklin)
- 9275 Persson (Jöran Persson)
- 11830 Jessenius (Jan Jessenius)
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