1937 in Brazil

Events in the year 1937 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

 * Alagoas: Osman Laurel
 * Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
 * Bahia: Juracy Magalhães then Antônio Fernandes Dantas
 * Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
 * Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
 * Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
 * Maranhão:
 * Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa then Manuel Ari da Silva Pires then Júlio Strübing Müller
 * Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
 * Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
 * Paraíba: Argemiro de Figueiredo
 * Paraná: Manuel Ribas
 * Pernambuco:
 * till 10 November: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
 * 10 November-3 December: Amaro de Azambuja Vila Nova
 * from 3 December: Agamenon Magalhães
 * Piauí: Leônidas Melo
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
 * Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha (till 17 October); Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho (from 17 October)
 * Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
 * São Paulo: Henrique Smith Baima (till 5 January); José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto (from 5 January)
 * Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
 * São Paulo: no vice governor

Events

 * January 13 - The National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro is established.
 * 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.

Books

 * Cyro dos Anjos - O Amauense Belmiro

Births

 * January 27 – João Antônio, journalist and short story writer (died 1996)
 * June 4 – Hugo Carvana, actor (died 2014)
 * June 11 – Reginaldo Faria, actor and film director
 * June 17 – Clodovil Hernandes, fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009)
 * August 22 – Ary Toledo, Brazilian humorist, singer, lyricist and actor
 * October 23 – Carlos Lamarca, military turned guerrilla leader (died 1971)

January

 * January 5: Alberto de Oliveira, poet (born 1857)

May

 * May 4: Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter (born 1910)

November

 * November 9: Estácio Coimbra, lawyer and politician (born 1872)