1973 in Brazil

Events in the year 1973 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: General Emílio Médici
 * Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

Governors

 * Acre: Vacant
 * Alagoas: Afrânio Lages
 * Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade
 * Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
 * Ceará: César Cals
 * Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos
 * Goiás: Leonino Caiado
 * Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas
 * Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana
 * Mato Grosso: José Fragelli
 * Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco
 * Pará: Fernando Guilhon
 * Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro
 * Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes
 * Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros
 * Piauí: Alberto Silva
 * Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches
 * Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles
 * São Paulo: Laudo Natel
 * Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes

Vice governors

 * Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa
 * Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares
 * Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
 * Bahia: Menandro Minahim
 * Ceará: Francisco Humberto Bezerra
 * Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti
 * Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão
 * Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira
 * Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo
 * Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado
 * Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira
 * Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti
 * Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior (from 11 August)
 * Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães
 * Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal
 * Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter
 * Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana
 * São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho
 * Sergipe: Adalberto Moura

January

 * 11 January: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

February

 * 11 February: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

April

 * 26 April: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the Treaty of Itaipu in Brasilia, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the Paraná River.

June

 * 18 June: The president of Petrobras, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.

July

 * 11 July: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.

January

 * 1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player


 * 22 January: Rogério Ceni, retired footballer and coach

February

 * 2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter
 * 22 February: Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
 * 22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer

April

 * 10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer
 * 18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model
 * 15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player

May

 * 8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighter

June

 * 16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist

July

 * 19 July: Aílton, footballer

August

 * 4 August: Marcos, footballer
 * 6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress
 * 10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer

September

 * 24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer
 * 26 September: Leandro Hassum, actor, comedian, writer & producer

October

 * 7 October: Dida, footballer
 * 20 October: Rodrigo Faro, TV host, actor & singer

November

 * 22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer
 * 30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman

December

 * December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyer

January

 * 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist (b. 1886).

July

 * 11 July:
 * Jörg Bruder, sailor and geology professor (b. 1937)
 * Júlio Delamare, sports journalist (b. 1928)
 * Filinto Müller, politician (b. 1900)
 * Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of bossa nova (b. 1932)