Events in the year 1939 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Getúlio Vargas
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.Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 By Daryle Williams, p x
Arts and culture Films El Grito de la juventud (Argentine film directed by Brazilian director Raul Roulien)
Music Ary Barroso - "Aquarela do Brasil"
Births 2 February - Maximira Figueiredo, actress (died 2018) 8 February - Jonas Bloch, actor 14 March - Glauber Rocha, film director, actor and writer (died 1981). 30 April - Axel Schmidt-Preben, Olympic sailor (died 2018) 13 June - Antônio Pitanga, actor 26 July - Heloísa Teixeira, writer (died 2025) 16 October - Suely Franco, actress and entertainer
Deaths 19 April - Lucílio de Albuquerque, painter (born 1887).Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 By Daryle Williams, pg 263 16 October - Malvina Tavares, anarchist, poet, and educator (born 1866) 25 November - Odette Vidal de Oliveira, candidate for beatification (born 1930)."Beatification process of Brazilian girl begins", (AP), KHOU, Houston, Texas
References
See also 1939 in Brazilian football List of Brazilian films of 1939