This is a list of places in Brazil which are named after people : * Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta * Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist) * Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil) * Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease) * Duque de Caxias, Brazil - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician * Epitaciolândia, Acre, Brazil - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president) * Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer) * Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil) * Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet) * João Pesso