List of places in Brazil named after people explained
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 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 (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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