Events in the year 1931 in Brazil .
Governors
Alagoas :
till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
Amazonas : Álvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia : Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral , then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa , then Juracy Magalhães
Ceará :
till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
Goiás : Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão :
till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
Mato Grosso : Antonino Mena Gonçalves , then Artur Antunes Maciel
Minas Gerais : Olegário Maciel
Pará : Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
Paraíba : Antenor de França Navarro
Paraná :
Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
João Perneta
Pernambuco : Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
Piauí :
till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
29 January - May 21: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
from 21 May: Landry Sales
Rio Grande do Norte :
till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
Rio Grande do Sul : José Antônio Flores da Cunha
Santa Catarina :
São Paulo :
Sergipe :
12 October: Statue of Christ the Redeemer
8 January – Ozires Silva , entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
19 January – Ottomar Pinto , politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007 )
10 February – Cauby Peixoto , singer (died 2016)
14 February – Newton de Sordi , footballer (died 2013)
16 March – Augusto Boal , theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009 )[6]
2 March – Ruth Rocha , writer
31 March – Ary Fernandes , playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)[7]
28 April – Nair Bello , actress and comedian (died 2007)
8 May – Etty Fraser , actress (died 2018)[8]
10 June – João Gilberto , singer and guitarist (died 2019)
13 June – Moysés Baumstein , holographer and artist (died 1991)
18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso , 34th President of Brazil[9]
29 June – Palmirinha Onofre , cook and television presenter (died 2023)[10]
9 August – Mário Zagallo , footballer and manager (died 2024)[11]
3 September – Paulo Maluf , politician
16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva , football player (died 1973)
17 October – José Alencar , politician (died 2011 )[12]
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Ted George Goertzel (1999). Fernando Henrique Cardoso : reinventing democracy in Brazil . Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 9781555878313 .
"Necrologies". Bulletin of the Pan American Union . 65 . The Union: 322. 1931.
"Oscar Cox" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010 .