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No. Take
B=[0,1]×{0}⊂R2.
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It contains more than one point and has the fixed-point property of a closed interval, but it is not homeomorphic to the closed unit disc. Indeed, deleting any point (t,0) with 0<t<1 disconnects B, so such a point is a cut point. Deleting one point from a two-dimensional closed disc leaves a path-connected space. Since being a cut point is preserved by homeomorphisms, the two spaces cannot be homeomorphic. This gives the required counterexample.

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