1938 in Brazil
Events in the year 1938 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: Osman Laurel
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia: Antônio Fernandes Dantas then Landulfo Alves
- Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
- Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
- Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller
- Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
- Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
- Paraíba: Argemiro de Figueiredo
- Paraná: Manuel Ribas
- Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
- Piauí: Leônidas Melo
- Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- * till 19 January: Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho
- * 19 January-4 March: Joaquim Maurício Cardoso
- * from 4 March: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
- Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
- São Paulo:
- * till 25 April: José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto
- * 25 April-27 April: Francisco José da Silva Júnior
- * from 27 April: Ademar de Barros
- Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho
Vice governors
- Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
- São Paulo: no vice governor
Events
- 2 January - The governmental radio program Hora do Brasil begins to be broadcast throughout the country.
- 3 January - The presidential election is not held due to Getúlio Vargas' coup d'état.
- May – The Brazilian integralist movement attempt a coup d'état, supported by the Axis powers. The failure of the "Pajama Putsch" leads to the dissolution of the AIB.
- 28 July – Folk hero Lampião and his band are ambushed in one of his hideouts, the Angicos farm, in the state of Sergipe.
- date unknown
- *Michel Bernanos visits Brazil for the first time.
- *Mário de Andrade takes up a post at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Arts and culture
Films
- Alma e Corpo de uma Raça
- Aruanã
- Maridinho de Luxo
- ''Tererê Não Resolve''
Births
January
- 16 January: Jô Soares, comedian and talk show host
- 27 January: Raul Gil, television presenter and singer
April
5 April: Marly Marley, actress and vedetteJune
- 6 June: Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne
July
- 23 July: Menalton Braff, novelist and short story writer
- 25 July: Sérgio Ferro, painter
August
- 18 August: Orestes Quércia, politician
November
- 5 November: Enéas Carneiro, politician
- 25 November: Luiz Henrique Rosa, musician and soccer player
Deaths
- 28 July:
- *Lampião, bandit
- *Maria Bonita, bandit