NOTE: San Francisco's name during the time California belonged to the Spanish was Yerba Buena, and Alcalde is Spanish for "mayor".

AHERN Way - Francis "Frank" J. Ahern: SF Chief of Police, 1955-1958

ALVARADO Street - Juan Bautista Alvarado: Mexican Governor of California from 1836 to 1842, who joined Castro and Pico in Mexican opposition to occupation by the United States.

ANZA Street - Captain Juan Bautista de Anza: leader of the group which established the Presidio, 1776 and was instrumental in the birth of Yerba Buena.

ARGUELLO Street - Don Luis Antonio Arguello: second governor of (Mexican) California, 1825.

ARTHUR Avenue - Chestur A. Arthur: twenty-first President of the United States.

BAKER Street - Colonel Edward Dickenson Baker: soldier, lawyer and orator instrumental in keeping California allied with the Union during the Civil War.

BALBOA Street - Vasco Nunez de Balboa: explorer who "discovered" the Pacific Ocean.

BARTLETT Street - Lieutenant Washington A. Bartlett: the first United States citizen to serve as Alcalde. He is also responsible for the City being called San Francisco on January 30, 1847.

BATTERY Street - Named so because this street once led to a battery erected by Lieutenant Misroon at Clark's Point.

BEALE Street - Edward F. Beale: naval officer who, in the Summer of 1848, was sent to Washington to officially report the California gold discovery.

BERNAL HEIGHTS Boulevard - Juan Francisco Bernal: soldier in Anza's expedition of 1776.

BLUXOME Street - Isaac Bluxome, Jr.: pioneer merchant and Secretary of the Vigilante Committees of 1851 and 1856.

BOALT Street - John Henry Boalt: engineer and lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

BRANNAN Street - Sam Brannan: newspaper publisher and leader in vigilante activities.

BRENHAM Place - Charles J. Brenham: San Francisco's second mayor, 1851.

BRET HARTE Terrace - Bret Harte: American poet and Secretary of the US Mint in San Francisco, 1865.

BRODERICK Street - David D. Broderick: US Senator from California who vigorously opposed slavery.

BRYANT Street - Edwin Bryant: famous American author who served as the second Alcalde under American rule.

BUCHANAN Street - John C. Buchanan: auctioneer and clerk to Alcaldes Bryant and Hyde.

BUSH Street - J.P. Bush: cabin boy on the whaler Margaret, who assisted Jasper O'Farrell in making the first map of the City, for which O'Farrell rewarded him by naming this street after him. (Most likely unrelated to the Presidential Bush family.)

CABRILLO Street - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: famous navigator who commanded an expedition to cross the Gulf of California in 1542

CAMERON Way - Miss Donaldina Cameron: Presbyterian humanitarian in Chinatown, who was known for having rescued many young Chinese girls from brothels.

CARROLL Avenue - Charles Carroll: signatory to The Declaration of Independence.

CASTRO Street - Jose Castro: descendant of a soldier in Anza's company who was active in resisting United States rule after Yerba Buena was taken by American forces.

CESAR CHAVEZ Street - Cesar Chavez: famous labor activist and leader of the United Farm Workers.

CLAY Street - Henry Clay: nineteenth-century American statesman and orator.

COLE Street - Cornelius Cole: miner, lawyer, publisher and early organizer for the Republican party.

COLUMBUS Avenue - Christopher Columbus: Spanish explorer.

CUSTER Avenue - George Armstrong Custer: General who was killed in the famous Sitting Bull battle with the Sioux in Montana, 1876.

CYRIL MAGNIN Street - Cyril Magnin: last of the Magnin family, who owned and operated large retail department stores.

DAVIDSON Avenue - George B. Davidson: English geographer.

DE HARO Street - Francisco de Haro: first Alcalde of the Pueblo of Yerba Buena (what is now called San Francisco.)

DIVISADERO Street - Spanish for "Divider": because it divides the City in half

DOLORES Street - Named for the Mission Dolores, which was one of the original twenty-one California missions of Junipero Serra.

DONAHUE Street - Peter Donahue: founder of the San Francisco Gas Company, which later became Pacific Gas and Electric.

EDDY Street - William M. Eddy: Surveyor General of California, 1847.

ELLIS Street - Alfred J. Ellis: owner of a popular saloon and boarding house on Montgomery Street, 1847.

EMBARCADERO - Spanish for "place where boats set sail".

EVANS Avenue - Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans: Navy shipbuilder, 1907.

FELL Street - William Fell: merchant from Denmark, 1849.

FLOOD Avenue - James Clair Flood: noted silver magnate.

FOLSOM Street - Joseph L. Folsom: Northern California area real estate investor, 1847-1855.

FRANKLIN Street - Silim Franklin: pioneer businessman.

FREMONT Street - General John Charles Fremont: leader of American forces during the Bear Flag Revolt.

FULTON Street - Robert Fulton: inventor of the steamboat.

FUNSTON Avenue - General Frederick Funston: Commander of the Army's Pacific Division in 1906 and important contributor to post-earthquake reconstruction.

GARRISON Avenue - Cornelius K. Garrison: fourth Mayor of San Francisco.

GEARY Street/Boulevard - John W. Geary: first postmaster of San Francisco.

GOUGH Street - Charles H. Gough: popular horseback milkman in the early 1850's who named this street after himself.

GUERRERO Street - Francisco Guerrero: Mexican landowner.

HAIGHT Street - Henry Huntly Haight: Governor of California, 1867 - 1871.

HARRISON Street - Edward H. Harrison: quartermaster's clerk, Stevenson's Regiment of First New York Volunteers, 1847.

HAYES Street - Colonel Thomas Hayes: San Francisco county clerk/landowner, 1853-1856.

HEARST Avenue - George Hearst: father of William Randolph Hearst, SF newspaper owner.

HOWARD Street - William D. M. Howard: early SF councilman/philanthropist

HYDE Street - George Hyde: Philadelphia lawyer and early Alcalde of Yerba Buena, 1845.

IRVING Street - Washington Irving: American author and historian

JENNINGS Street - Thomas Jennings, Sr.: San Francisco pioneer whose son served as mayor in the early 1900s.

JERROLD Avenue - Douglas William Jerrold: English dramatist and humorist.

JONES Street - Elbert P. Jones: proprietor of Yerba Buena's first hotel, the Portsmouth House, in the 1840s.

JUDAH Street - Theodore D. Judah: the man who conceived the transcontinental railroad.

KEITH Street - Sir William Keith: governor of the Pennsylvania and Delaware colonies in pre-Revolutionary days.

KEARNY Street - Major General Stephen Watts Kearny: officer in the United States Army who was active in the Mexican War.

LAGUNA Street - Said to be named for a pond called "Washerwoman's Lagoon".

LARKIN Street - Thomas O. Larkin: Early civic leader, 1840s-1850s

LEAVENWORTH Street - Reverend Thaddeus M. Leavenworth: Episcopalian minister and physician, and chaplain of Stevenson's First New York Volunteer Regiment, who also served as alcalde (Mayor) in 1848-1849.

LYON Street - Captain Nathaniel Lyon: West Point graduate who fought in the war with Mexico.

MARKET Street - Said to have borrowed the name from Philadelphia's Market Street.

MASON Street - Colonel Richard Barnes Mason, governor of California during the Gold Rush.

McALLISTER Street - Hall McAllister: leader of vigilante group called "The Hounds" in the 1850's.

McCOPPIN Street - Frank H. McCoppin: ninth mayor of San Francisco, 1867-1869 and general manager of the Market Street Railway Company.

McLAREN Avenue - John McLaren: Superintendant of Golden Gate Park.

MISSION Street - Named because it followed the path of the road connecting the waterfront to Mission Dolores.

MONTGOMERY Street - John B. Montgomery: commander of the U.S.S. Portsmouth, and the first to raise the Stars and Stripes over Yerba Buena, July 9, 1846.

MORAGA Street - Lieutenant Jose Joaquin Moraga: second in command of the Anza Expidition that founded Yerba Buena.

MUIR Loop - John Muir: founder of the Sierra Club in 1905.

NATOMA Street - Named for the Natoma, a Native American tribe on the American River.

NEWCOMB Avenue - Simon Newcomb: distinguished astronomer, 1835-1909.

NEWHALL Street - Henry M. Newhall, auctioneer and landowner in the mid-1800s, after whom is also named the southern California town of Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita).

NOE Street - Jose de Jesus Noe, a large ranch owner and the last Alcalde under Mexican rule, whose rancho was in the center of what is now San Francisco.

O'FARRELL Street - Jasper O'Farrell: the first major cartographer of the City, 1847.

ORTEGA Street - Jose Francisco de Ortega: explorer who discovered San Francisco Bay on November 1, 1769.

O'SHAUGHNESSY Boulevard - Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy: San Francisco's Chief Engineer for 22 years, responsible for major work on the West Portal Tunnel, the Hetch-Hetchy water system and the streetcar system.

OTIS Street - James Otis: twelfth mayor of San Francisco, 1875.

PACHECO Street - Juan Salvio Pacheco: soldier under Anza and one of the founders of San Francisco.

PAGE Street - Robert C. Page: clerk to the Board of Assistant Alderman, 1851-1856.

PALOU Avenue - Fray Francisco Palou: historian who was active in establishing Mission Dolores and the Presidio.

PERALTA Avenue - Gabriel Peralta: corporal in Anza's forces, 1776, whose family became a major Bay Area landowner.

PERRY Street - Doctor Alexander Perry: major and surgeon in Colonel Stevenson's First New York Volunteer Regiment, 1847.

PHELAN Avenue - James Phelan: early SF merchant and banker.

POLK Street - James A. Polk: eleventh President of the United States.

POST Street - Gabriel B. Post: government economist and member of the Ayuntamiento, 1849.

POWELL Street - Dr. William J. Powell: naval surgeon who was active in the conquest of California.

RINGOLD Street - Lieutenant Cadwaler Ringold: U.S. naval officer and surveyor.

SANCHEZ Street - Antonio Sanchez: one-time commandante of the San Francisco Presido and major landowner.

SANSOME Street - Named by numerous Philadelphians active in local government after the Sansome Street in their home city.

SCOTT Street - General Winfield Scott: commander of the Union Army during the Civil War.

SHOTWELL Street - J.M. Shotwell: Bank cashier and secretary of the Merchants Exchange.

SLOAT Boulevard - Commodore John S. Sloat who commanded the U.S. Navy Squadron in Pacific waters. After the war with Mexico was declared, he took Monterey on July 7, 1848; then ordered Montgomery to take Yerba Buena two days later.

SPEAR Street - Nathan Spear: a merchant.

STANFORD Street - Leland Stanford: railroad baron and creator of Stanford University.

STARR KING Way - Reverend Thomas Starr King: Unitarian Minister in early San Francisco who was instrumental in keeping California in The Union when the Civil War was brewing.

STEVENSON Street - Colonel Jonathan Stevenson: first Grand Master of the Masonic Order in California.

STOCKTON Street - Commodore Robert F. Stockton: military leader who claimed California for the United States.

SUTRO Heights - Adolph Sutro: twenty-first mayor of San Francisco, 1895-1897.

SUTTER Street - John Augustus Sutter: owner of the California mill where the Gold Rush began, 1848.

TARAVAL Street - Taraval: a Native American guide for the Anza expedition.

TAYLOR Street - Zachary Taylor: twelfth president of the United States.

TOLAND Street - Doctor Hugh Toland: San Francisco surgeon famous for his correction of club-foot.

TOWNSEND Street - Doctor John Townsend: physician in early San Francisco who practiced for 66 years.

TREAT Avenue - George Treat: racehorse owner.

TURK Street - Frank Turk: Attorney and second Alcalde of Yerba Buena.

ULLOA Street - Antonio de Ulloa: first Spanish governor of Louisiana and scientific explorer of South America.

VALENCIA Street - Candelario Valencia: son of Jose Manuel Valencia, one of Anza's soldiers.

VALLEJO Street - Mariano de Guadalupe Vallejo: commander of the Yerba Buena Presido, Collector of Port, and Yerba Buena Alcalde in 1835.

VAN NESS Avenue - James Van Ness: sixth mayor of San Francisco, 1855-1856.

WALLER Street - R.H. Waller: SF city recorder in 1851 and 1854.

WEBSTER Street - Daniel Webster: leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period.