1923 in Brazil
Events in the year 1923 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Artur Bernardes
- [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra
Governors
- Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima
- Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro
- Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra
- Ceará:
- * till 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa
- * from 12 July: Ildefonso Albano
- Goiás:
- * till 27 July: Eugênio Rodrigues Jardim
- * from 27 July: Miguel da Rocha Lima
- Maranhão:
- * till 20 January: Raul da Cunha Machado
- * from 20 January: Godofredo Mendes Viana
- Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais: Raul Soares
- Pará: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
- Paraíba: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
- Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
- Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
- Piauí: João Luís Ferreira
- Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa
- Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- São Paulo:
Events
- 3 May - Brazil sign the Pan-American Treaty.
- 13 August - Grand opening of the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro.date unknown
- * The Brazilian Society of Chemistry is founded.
- * Brazil's first radio broadcasting station, the Radio Society of Rio de Janeiro, is founded; it is still working under the name Rádio MEC.
- * Medeiros e Albuquerque becomes President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
- * Construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Belo Horizonte was completed.
Arts and culture
Films
- A Canção da Primavera, directed by Igino Bonfioli and Cyprien Segur.
- Augusto Anibal quer casar, directed by Luiz de Barros
- João da Mata, directed by and starring Amilar Alves
Births
- 11 January – Sérgio Porto, writer
- 22 January – Marcus Vinícius Dias, basketball player
- 19 April – Lygia Fagundes Telles, novelist and writer
- 16 August – Millôr Fernandes, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright
- 30 October – Lourdinha Bittencourt, actress
- 1 November – Newton Holanda Gurgel, Bishop of Crato 1993-2001
- 14 November – Cleyde Yáconis, actress
Deaths
- 1 March – Rui Barbosa, writer and politician
- 11 March – Júlia da Silva Bruhns, mother of Thomas Mann