1939 in Brazil
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Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: Osman Laurel
- 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: Argemiro de Figueiredo
- 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 June – The municipality of Canoas obtains city status.
- 30 November – Serra dos Órgãos National Park is created
- 5 December – The Imperial Mausoleum is officially inaugurated at the Cathedral of Petrópolis.[1]
Arts and culture
Births
- 2 February - Maximira Figueiredo, actress (died 2018)
- 8 February - Jonas Bloch, actor
- 14 March - Glauber Rocha, film director, actor and writer (died 1981).[2]
- 30 April - Axel Schmidt-Preben, Olympic sailor[3] (died 2018)
- 13 June - Antônio Pitanga, actor
- 26 July - Heloísa Teixeira, writer (died 2025)
- 16 October - Suely Franco, actress and entertainer
