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 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