1927 in Brazil

Events in the year 1927 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Washington Luís
• Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana

Governors

• Alagoas: Pedro da Costa Rego
• Amazonas: Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales
• Bahia: Góis Calmon
• Ceará: José Moreira da Rocha
• Goiás: Brasil Caiado
• Maranhão: José Magalhães de Almeida
• Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa
• Minas Gerais: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada
• Pará: Dionísio Bentes
• Paraíba: João Suassuna
• Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• Pernambuco: Estácio Coimbra
• Piauí: Matias Olímpio de Melo
• Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 11 June - The Brazilian submarine Humaytá is launched at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard at La Spezia, Italy.
• date unknown - The Brazilian Chess Championship is held for the first time, in Rio de Janeiro.
• 25 October - Rio Grande do Norte becomes the first Brazilian state to legalize female suffrage.

Arts and culture

Books

• Oswald de Andrade - Estrela de absinto

Films

• Rien que les heures, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti on location in France

Births

March

• 3 March - Teixeirinha, musician (died 1985)
• 23 March - Osvaldo Lacerda, composer (died 2011)

June

• 5 June — Ladjane Bandeira, journalist and artist (died 1999)^[1]
• 16 June - Ariano Suassuna, playwright, author (died 2014)^[2]

August

• 13 August - Péricles Azambuja, historian, writer and journalist (died 2012)

September

• 4 September - Antônio Carlos Magalhães, diplomat and politician (died 2007)
• 13 September - Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress
• 29 September -
  • Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and TV presenter
  • Adhemar da Silva, athlete (died 2001)^[3]

November

• 14 November - Fernando Torres, actor (died 2008)

Deaths

• February - Paulo do Rio Branco, French-born rugby player, son of José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (born 1876)
• 27 April - Carlos de Campos, politician and incumbent president of the state of São Paulo (born 1866)^[4]
• 12 July - José Augusto do Amaral, Brazilian serial killer (born 1871)