1931 in Brazil
Years 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
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Vargas Era
Year of Constitution: 1891

Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Alagoas:
- till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
- 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
- from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães
Ceará:
- till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
- 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
- from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão:
- till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
- 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
- 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
- from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel
Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel
Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro
Paraná:
- Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
- João Perneta
Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
Piauí:
- till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
- 29 January - May 21: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
- from 21 May: Landry Sales
Rio Grande do Norte:
- till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
- 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
- from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

Events

15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on December 17. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas.^[1]
16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.^[2]
12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.^[3]^[4]
date unknown
- The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.

Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"^[5]

8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007)
10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013)
16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)^[6]
2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)^[7]
28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)^[8]
10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil^[9]
29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)^[10]
9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024)^[11]
3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)^[12]

26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)^[13]
9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)^[14]
24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)^[15]

v t e 1931 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands