Capital Cities Named After People

Can you name these capital cities that were named after real people? A short description of every person in this list and the continents on which the cities are located are given as hints.

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Make sure that you enter the names of the capital cities, and not the people they were named after

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Hint	Continent	Answer	Country	Person
Sultan and Minister of Defence	Asia	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III (Begawan)
Boer Leader	Africa	Pretoria	South Africa	Johannes Pretorius
Italian-French Explorer	Africa	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
French Marshal and Marquis	North America	Castries	Saint Lucia	Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries
King of the United Kingdom	South America	Georgetown	Guyana	King George III
U.S. President (1)	North America	Washington D.C.	United States	George Washington
Prince of Orange	North America	Nassau	Bahamas	William the Silent (Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg)
French King	Africa	Port Louis	Mauritius	King Louis XV
British Naval Officer	Oceania	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	Fairfax Moresby
Christian Saint (1), Married to Mary	North America	San José	Costa Rica	Saint Joseph
Christian Saint (2), Stonemason by Profession	Europe	San Marino	San Marino	Saint Marinus
Central figure of Christianity	North America	San Salvador	El Salvador	Jesus
Christian Saint (3), One of the Twelve Apostles	South America	Santiago	Chile	Saint James
Christian Saint (4), Founder of the Order of Preachers	North America	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Saint Dominic
Christian Saint (5), Known in Greek as Didymus	Africa	Sao Tomé	Sao Tomé and Principé	Saint Thomas
Christian Saint (6), Soldier of the Roman Army	North America	St. George's	Grenada	Saint George
Christian Saint (7), Preacher in Judea	North America	St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John
British Queen	Africa	Victoria	Seychelles	Queen Victoria
U.S. President (2)	Africa	Monrovia	Liberia	James Monroe
British Commander	Oceania	Wellington	New Zealand	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
President and Independence Leader	South America	Sucre	Bolivia	Antonio José de Sucre
Politician, Lawyer, and Public Official	Asia	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte	Sri Lanka	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Kgosi (King) of the Tlokwa	Africa	Gaborone	Botswana	Kgosi Gaborone
French Nobleman and Knight Hospitaller	Europe	Valletta	Malta	Jean Parisot de Valette

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21 Comments

Level 66

Apr 6, 2023

A very interesting quiz. I did terribly, but appreciated what I learned!

Level 71

Apr 10, 2023

Thank you. I did not even know half of these people's names before I made this, let alone their relation to capital cities. Learning that was definitely a fun part of making this quiz!

Level 82

Sep 4, 2023

You might want to add Sucre, one of the two capitals of Bolivia, which was named after the independence general Antonio José de Sucre ! Otherwise it is indeed a very fun concept for a quiz :)

Level 71

Sep 5, 2023

Thanks, I appreciate it. I have added your suggestion now

Level 83

Sep 4, 2023

I’ll be honest, I did terribly but went through and read the answers and explanations afterwards. Very educational! But… what’s with William of Orange? I don’t know much about Danish/English kings. How’s that city named after him?

Level 89

Sep 4, 2023

Because the house of Orange is more properly the House of Orange-Nassau. (And hence, William is the Prince of Orange-Nassau.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau

Level 76

Jun 6, 2025

Danish? Did you mean Dutch?

Level 89

Sep 4, 2023

Washington... named after Monroe? But fun quiz!

Level 71

Sep 5, 2023

Thanks, fixed!

Level 82

Sep 4, 2023

Good quiz! Think Monroe should be Washington in the first US President one

Level 71

Sep 5, 2023

Thanks, fixed!

Level 67

Sep 5, 2023

It's missing Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka, named after Junius Richard Jayewardene.

Level 71

Sep 5, 2023

Thanks, added now

Level 76

Oct 11, 2023

Nicely done! I think Gaborone is also named after a real person, might wanna add that too.

Level 71

Oct 11, 2023

Good one, thanks. I have added that answer to the quiz.

Level 55

May 23, 2025

Valletta, capital city of Malta is named after Jean de la Valette, Gran Master of the order of Malta

Level 71

May 23, 2025

Thank you. Added!

Level 76

Jun 6, 2025

Interesting! deserves to be featured. I knew several of these were named after people, but was not aware of all of them.

Somehow I missed Washington (which is at 94%) but did get Sri etc (which surprisingly is at only 12%)

Level 36

Nov 9, 2025

Actually, there's also Rome, that according to a very popular legend in Italy, Romulus founded it.

By the way very good quiz!

Level 36

Nov 9, 2025

I don't know if a legend counts though

Level 71

Nov 11, 2025

Thanks! It's an interesting question that you raise. I've done a little bit of research and it seems that most contemporary scholars reject the hypothesis that Rome was founded by (and named after) Romulus. It's more likely the other way around: the mythical Romulus might very well be named after the city. Anyway, a fun thing to consider.