1940 in Brazil
Events in the year 1940 in Brazil.Incumbents
- 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:
- :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
- :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|São Paulo:
- 27 April - The Estádio do Pacaembu is inaugurated, at a ceremony attended by President Getúlio Vargas.
- date unknown - The minority Baenan language becomes extinct.
Arts and culture
Films
- Argila, directed by Humberto Mauro
Births
- 15 May - Oscar Castro-Neves, guitarist, arranger, and composer
- 19 May - Carlos Diegues, film director
- 23 June - Sérgio Reis, singer and actor
- 21 July - Marco Maciel, politician
- 23 September - Michel Temer, politician
- 21 or 23 October - Pelé, footballer
Deaths
- 29 January - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, born second-in-line to the Imperial throne of Brazil
- 8 November - Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist
- date unknown - Manuel F. Araujo, actor
