1937 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas

  Governors

• :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe|Sergipe:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|São Paulo:

  Events

• May 7 - One of the leaders of the communist revolution, Luis Carlos Prestes, is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.
• June 10 - National Democratic Union, ahead of support for the candidacy of Armando Sales de Oliveira for president in the 1938 elections is created.
• June 14 - President Getúlio Vargas signed the decree establishing the Itatiaia National Park, the first national park in Brazil.
• August 13 - The National Union of Students is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
• November 10 - The fourth Brazilian Constitution is granted by President Vargas, starting the Estado Novo.
• December 2 - President Vargas signs the ordinance which extinguishes all political parties in the country.

  Arts and culture

Books

• Cyro dos Anjos - O Amauense Belmiro

  Births

• January 27 – João Antônio, journalist and short story writer
• June 4 – Hugo Carvana, actor
• June 11 – Reginaldo Faria, actor and film director
• June 17 – Clodovil Hernandes, fashion designer, television presenter and politician
• August 22 – Ary Toledo, Brazilian humorist, singer, lyricist and actor
• October 23 – Carlos Lamarca, military turned guerrilla leader

  Deaths

• May 4 - Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter
• November 9 - Estácio Coimbra, lawyer and politician