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) * , Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist) * Blumenau, Brazil, - Hermann Blumenau (German founder of colony) * 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)