1927 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

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

  Governors

• :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:

• :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe|Sergipe:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|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.

  Arts and culture

Books

• Oswald de Andrade - Estrela de absinto

  Films

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

  Births

• 3 March - Teixeirinha, musician
• 23 March - Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
• 13 August - Péricles Azambuja, historian, writer and journalist
• 13 September - Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress
• 29 September
• * Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and TV presenter
• * Adhemar da Silva, athlete
• 14 November - Fernando Torres, actor

  Deaths

• February - Paulo do Rio Branco, French-born rugby player, son of José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco
• 27 April - Carlos de Campos, politician and incumbent president of the state of São Paulo