1947 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

• *Antonio Guedes de Miranda
• *Silvestre Pericles Amazonas:
• *Siseno Sarmento
• * João Nogueira da Mata
• * Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves Bahia:
• *Cândido Caldas
• *Otávio Mangabeira Ceará:
• *José Machado Lopes
• * José Feliciano de Ataíde
• * Faustino de Albuquerque Espírito Santo:
• *Moacir Ubirajara da Silva
• * Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg Goiás:
• *Joaquim Machado de Araújo
• *Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno Maranhão: Saturnino BelloMato Grosso:
• *Jose Marcelo Moreira
• *Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo Minas Gerais:
• *Alcides Lins
• *Milton Soares Campos Pará:
• *José Faustino Santos
• *Luís de Moura Carvalho Paraíba:
• *José Gomes da Silva
• *Osvaldo Trigueiro Paraná:
• * Mário Gomes
• *Antônio Augusto de Carvalho Chaves
• *Moisés Lupion Pernambuco: Demerval PeixotoRio de Janeiro: Hugo Silva Rio Grande do Norte:
• * Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo
• * Orestes da Rocha Lima
• * José Augusto Varela Rio Grande do Sul:
• *Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa
• * Walter Só Jobim Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva São Paulo:
• *José Carlos de Macedo Soares
• *Ademar de Barros Sergipe:
• * Antônio de Freitas Brandão
• * Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro
• * Jose Rollemberg

Vice governors

Events

January

• 19 January: Parliamentary elections are held, for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state, and for all state governors and legislatures. The Brazilian Communist Party win nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.

May

• 7 May:
• *President Eurico Gaspar Dutra signs a decree-law, suspending the functioning of the General Command of Workers.
• *The Superior Electoral Court decides to cancel the registration of the Communist Party of Brazil.
• 31 May: The South American Basketball Championship 1947 begins in Rio de Janeiro.

June

• 17 June: The South American Basketball Championship 1947 ends in Rio de Janeiro.

August

• 6 August: The Brazilian Socialist Party is founded.

October

• 2 October: Journalist Assis Chateaubriand and painter Pietro Maria Bardi open the São Paulo Museum of Art to the public.

December

• 22 December: The airline Lóide Aéreo Nacional is founded by Ruy Vacani.

Arts and culture

Books

• Mario de Andrade - ''Contos Novos''

Films

• The End of the River, directed by Derek Twist

Music

• Valdir Azevedo - "Brasileirinho"

Births

January

• 1 January - Miriam Batucada, singer
• 8 January - Rosa Magalhães, professor and artist
• 25 January - Tostão, footballer

February

• 4 February - Garibaldi Alves Filho, politician
• 5 February - Regina Duarte, actress and politician
• 21 February - Renata Sorrah, actress

June

• 18 June - Antonio Galves, mathematician
• 30 June - Fuad Noman, writer and politician

July

• 16 July - Valnice Milhomens, pastor, apostle, author and televangelist
• 26 July - Siron Franco, painter, designer and sculptor

August

• 24 August - Paulo Coelho, novelist

October

• 17 October - Nuno Leal Maia, actor

December

• 14 December - Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil
• 31 December - Rita Lee, singer

Deaths

January

• 12 January - Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, physician, politician and writer

April

• 21 April - Heitor da Silva Costa, civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro

July

• 21 July - Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian Jesuit leader