1940 in Brazil

Events in the year 1940 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

 * Alagoas:
 * Osman Laurel (until 31 October)
 * José Maria Correia das Neves (from 31 October)
 * Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
 * Bahia: Landulfo Alves
 * Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
 * Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
 * Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
 * Maranhão:
 * Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller
 * Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
 * Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
 * Paraíba:
 * till 29 July: Argemiro de Figueiredo
 * 29 July-16 August: Antônio Galdino Guedes
 * starting 16 August: Rui Carneiro
 * Paraná: Manuel Ribas
 * Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
 * Piauí: Leônidas Melo
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
 * Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
 * São Paulo: Ademar de Barros
 * Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho

Vice governors

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

Events

 * 27 April - The Estádio do Pacaembu is inaugurated, at a ceremony attended by President Getúlio Vargas.

May

 * 1 May: President Getúlio Vargas signs a decree, establishing the country's minimum wage.
 * 12 May - The Interlagos Circuit is inaugurated in São Paulo.
 * 5 June - President Vargas approves broad military collaboration between Brazil and the United States.


 * date unknown - The minority Baenan language becomes extinct.

Films

 * Argila, directed by Humberto Mauro

Births

 * 22 February - Aracy Balabanian, actress (died 2023)
 * 29 March - Astrud Gilberto, singer-songwriter (died 2023)
 * 15 May - Oscar Castro-Neves, guitarist, arranger, and composer (died 2013)
 * 19 May - Carlos Diegues, film director
 * 23 June - Sérgio Reis, singer and actor
 * 21 July - Marco Maciel, politician (died 2021)
 * 23 September - Michel Temer, politician
 * 23 October - Pelé, footballer (died 2022)
 * 16 December - Adelaide Neri, teacher and politician.

Deaths

 * 29 January - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, born second-in-line to the Imperial throne of Brazil (born 1875)
 * 6 October - Adolfo Lutz, physician and epidemiologist (born 1855)
 * 8 November - Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist (born 1905; air crash)
 * date unknown - Manuel F. Araujo, actor (born 1880)