1931 in Brazil

Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
 * Vice President: none

Governors

 * Alagoas:
 * till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
 * 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
 * from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
 * Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
 * Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães
 * Ceará:
 * till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
 * 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
 * from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
 * Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
 * Maranhão:
 * till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
 * 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
 * 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
 * from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
 * Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel
 * Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel
 * Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
 * Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro
 * Paraná:
 * Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
 * João Perneta
 * Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
 * Piauí:
 * till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
 * 29 January - May 21: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
 * from 21 May: Landry Sales
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
 * 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
 * from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
 * Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
 * Santa Catarina:
 * São Paulo:
 * Sergipe:

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * São Paulo:

Events

 * 15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on December 17. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas.
 * 16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.
 * 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.
 * date unknown
 * The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.

Books

 * Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival)
 * Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira

Films

 * Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto

Music

 * Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"

Births

 * 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
 * 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007)
 * 10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
 * 14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013)
 * 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)
 * 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
 * 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)
 * 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
 * 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)
 * 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
 * 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
 * 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil
 * 29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)
 * 9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024)
 * 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
 * 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
 * 17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)

Deaths

 * 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)
 * 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)
 * 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
 * 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
 * 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)