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, 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) Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil) Francisco Alves - Brazilian singer Francisco Alves (1898 - 1952) Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet) João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil - 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, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil) Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - 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 I, emperor of Brazil Porto Walter - Walter do Carvalho (early resident of Acre) Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva 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, Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president) Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil