1977 in Brazil

Events in the year 1977 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: General Ernesto Geisel
 * Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos

Governors

 * Acre: Vacant
 * Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
 * Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
 * Bahia: Roberto Santos
 * Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
 * Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares
 * Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr.
 * Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire
 * Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
 * Minas Gerais: Aureliano Chaves
 * Pará: Aloysio Chaves
 * Paraíba: Ivan Bichara
 * Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
 * Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti
 * Piauí: Dirceu Arcoverde
 * Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
 * Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
 * São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins
 * Sergipe: José Rollemberg

Vice governors

 * Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula
 * Alagoas: Vacant
 * Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima
 * Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia
 * Ceará: José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva
 * Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen
 * Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt
 * Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad
 * Mato Grosso: Cássio Leite de Barros
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
 * Minas Gerais: Levindo Ozanam Coelho
 * Pará: Clovis Silva de Morais Rego
 * Paraíba: Dorgival Terceiro Neto
 * Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior
 * Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha
 * Piauí: Djalma Martins Veloso
 * Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
 * Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa
 * Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler
 * São Paulo: Ferreira Filho
 * Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo

April

 * April 1: President Ernesto Geisel closes the National Congress of Brazil to control presidential succession as conflict erupts between him, the duristas, Congress, the Church, and the media.
 * April 14: President Geisel signs constitutional amendment n°8 and reopens the National Congress of Brazil.

June

 * June 23: In a second ballot by 226 votes in favor and 159 against; the National Congress of Brazil approves a constitutional amendment by Senators Nelson Carneiro and Acioli Filho, that legalizes divorce.

August

 * August 3: Writer Rachel de Queiroz becomes the first woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
 * August 17: Jorge Amado's novel Tieta do Agreste is published, which becomes one of his best-selling works.

October

 * October 1: Pelé, playing for the New York Cosmos, scores his last goal to defeat Santos FC 2-1, at Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. This would be his last official game, thus saying goodbye to his professional football career.
 * October 11: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law, creating the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

December

 * December 26: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law that legalizes and regulates divorce.

March

 * 27 March: Vítor Meira race car driver

April

 * 1 April: Vitor Belfort, MMA fighter

June

 * 8 June: Falcão, footballer

July

 * 20 July: Susana Werner, model and actress
 * 30 July: Fabrício Werdum, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner

August

 * 24 August: Denílson, footballer

September

 * 14 September: Alex, footballer

October

 * 31 October: Larissa Maciel, actress

November

 * 6 November: Demian Maia, mixed martial artist
 * 8 November: João Rodrigo Silva Santos soccer player (d. 2013)

December

 * December 12: Evangelista Santos, mixed martial arts fighter

January

 * 22 January: Maysa Matarazzo, singer (b. 1936)

February

 * 13 February: Carolina Maria de Jesus, memorialist (b. 1914)

March

 * 18 March: Carlos Pace, racing driver,(b. 1944)

July

 * 21 July: Zózimo, World Cup-winning footballer (b. 1932)

December

 * 9 December: Clarice Lispector, writer (b. 1920)