1962 in Brazil

Events in the year 1962 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: João Goulart
 * Prime Minister:
 * Tancredo Neves (until 12 July)
 * Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha (from 12 July to 18 September)
 * Hermes Lima (starting 18 September)
 * Vice President: Vacant

Governors

 * Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante
 * Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
 * Bahia:	Juracy Magalhães
 * Ceará: Parsifal Barroso
 * Espírito Santo:
 * Raul Giuberti (until 6 July)
 * Hélsio Pinheiro Cordeiro (6 July-5 August)
 * Asdrúbal Martins Soares (from 5 August)
 * Goiás: Mauro Borges
 * Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
 * Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
 * Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
 * Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
 * Pará: Aurélio do Carmo
 * Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
 * Paraná: Nei Braga
 * Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio
 * Piauí:
 * Chagas Rodrigues (until 3 July)
 * Tibério Nunes (from 3 July)
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Celso Peçanha (until 7 July)
 * José Janotti (from 7 July)
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
 * Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos
 * São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
 * Sergipe:
 * Luís Garcia (until 6 July)
 * Dionísio Machado (from 6 July)

Vice governors

 * Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela
 * Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
 * Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
 * Espírito Santo:
 * Raul Giuberti (until 6 July)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 6 July)
 * Goiás: Antônio Rezende Monteiro
 * Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe
 * Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
 * Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
 * Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
 * Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
 * Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira
 * Piauí:
 * Tibério Nunes (until 6 July)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 6 July)
 * Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * Walfredo Gurgel (until 31 January)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
 * Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
 * São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
 * Sergipe:
 * Dionísio Machado (until 6 July)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 6 July)

April

 * April 4: Brazilian President João Goulart is received by US President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, DC.
 * April 21: The University of Brasília is established.

May

 * May 23: O Pagador de Promessas is the first Brazilian film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, in France.

June

 * June 15: The territory of Acre becomes the country's 22nd state. A star representing Acre would be added to the flag of Brazil six years later.
 * June 17: Brazil defeats Czechoslovakia 3–1 to win the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final in Chile. Brazil wins its second FIFA World Cup.

July

 * July 13: President João Goulart signs a law establishing the 13th salary.

October

 * October 11: Santos FC wins its first Intercontinental Cup after beating Portuguese club Benfica 5-2 at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, as well as the first Brazilian club to win the championship.

January

 * 4 January: Norton Nascimento, actor (died 2007)

February

 * 13 February: Jackie Silva, volleyball player

April

 * 19 April: Eduardo Galvão, actor (died 2020)

October

 * 31 October: Raphael Rabello, guitarist (died 1995)

December

 * 31 December: Pedro Cardoso, actor

February

 * 6 February: Candido Portinari, painter (born 1903)

August

 * 29 August: Georgina de Albuquerque, painter (born 1885)

September

 * 26 September: Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)