List of places in Brazil named after people

This is a list of places in Brazil which are named after people :

Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
Assis Brasil - Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil (Brazilian lawyer, politician, diplomat, writer and poet)
Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
Blumenau - Hermann Blumenau (German founder of colony)
Brodowski, São Paulo - Aleksander Brodowski (Polish engineer)
Campos Sales - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
Duque de Caxias - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
Epitaciolândia, Acre - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
Florianópolis - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
Francisco Alves - Brazilian singer Francisco Alves (1898 - 1952)
Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
João Pessoa, Paraíba - João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, governor of the state of Paraíba
Mâncio Lima - Mâncio Antonio Rodrigues Lima (1875–1950) (founder of a town)
Manoel Urbano - Manoel Urbano (died 1897), an Amazonian mestizo from the Manacapurú region who had explored the Purus River
Marechal Deodoro, Amazonas - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
Nilo Peçanha, Brazil, Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
Nilópolis, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
Petrópolis, Brazil - Pedro II, emperor of Brazil
Porto Walter - Walter do Carvalho (early resident of Acre)
Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Epitácio, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil - João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)
Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazu Médici (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Prudente and Prudente de Morais, Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)
Presidente Tancredo Neves - Tancredo Neves (a Brazilian President who died in 1985)
Presidente Sarney, Maranhão - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)
Rio Branco, Acre - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
Rondonópolis and Rondolândia, Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
Salesópolis - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
Salvador, Brazil - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
Santos Dumont, Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft
Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont
São Paulo - Saint Paul
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent
São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil - Saint Sebastian
Senador Guiomard - José Guiomard dos Santos (1907 - 1983), (Brazilian senator)
Sud Mennucci, São Paulo, Brazil - journalist and educator Sud Mennucci
Teresina, Piauí, Brazil - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II

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