List of places in Brazil named after people
This is a list of places in Brazil which are named after people :
- José de Anchieta
- Assis Brasil - Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil (Brazilian lawyer, politician, diplomat, writer and poet)
- Benjamin Constant(Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
- Blumenau - Hermann Blumenau (German founder of colony)
- Brodowski, São Paulo - Aleksander Brodowski (Polish engineer)
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales(a president of Brazil)
- Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
- Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
- 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)
- Antônio Gonçalves Dias(a Brazilian poet)
- 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
- 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)
- Artur da Silva Bernardes(a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
- Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa(a Brazilian president)
- 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)
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy(American president)
- Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazu Médici (a Brazilian president)
- 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)
- 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)
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales(a president of Brazil)
- Salvador, Brazil - Jesus(the Christian Savior)
- Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft
- Alberto Santos Dumont
- 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
- Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
- Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
See also
- List of places named after people
- Buildings and structures named after people
- Lists of places by eponym
- List of eponyms
- Lists of etymologies