Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was a prominent pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and soldier. In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee, to Kentucky (then part of Virginia), where he founded the village of Boonesborough. As a militia officer during the American Revolution, Boone fought notable battles against the Shawnee, a British-backed Indian tribe. Boone served three terms in the Virginia General Assembly, and later worked as a surveyor and merchant. After his business ventures failed, he left Kentucky for Missouri (not yet part of the United States) in 1800 and lived out his life there.

There are many apocryphal folk stories about Boone which have obscured the details of his real life in the public imagination.

Daniel Boone in The Disunited States of America
In an alternate where the United States disintegrated in the early 19th century, there was an independent nation-state named after Daniel Boone.

Literary comment
Although Daniel Boone is not actually mentioned, the fact that the nation-state of Boone is based around Kentucky strongly implies he is the namesake.