Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

Tião Viana Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana ( Rio Branco, February 9, 1961), is a doctor and Brazilian politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in ...

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

Teotônio Vilela Filho Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho ( Viçosa, Alagoas, January 29, 1951) is a Brazilian economist, politician and Governor of Alagoas from 2007 to 2015. He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration ...

Renan Filho José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros Filho (born December 8, 1979) is a Brazilian economist and politician. He is a former governor of Alagoas, who served from January 2015 to April 2022. He is affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement. He ...

Waldez Góes Antônio Waldez Góes da Silva (born October 29, 1961) is a Brazilian politician. He serves as governor of Amapá Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and ...

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

Rui Costa Rui Manuel César Costa (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors. ...

Cid Gomes Cid Ferreira Gomes (born 27 April 1963) is a Brazilian politician who serves as a Senator for the state of Ceará since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) since 2015, and is the brother of fellow Brazilian politician Cir ...

Camilo Santana Camilo Sobreira de Santana (born 3 June 1968) is a Brazilian agricultural engineer and politician, affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He has a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Ceará and a mast ...

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

Renato Casagrande Jose Renato Casagrande is the Governor of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. He was initially governor from 1 January 2011, until 1 January 2015. Then, he was elected to a new term as governor in 2018 and was reelected to a third term in 202 ...

Paulo Hartung Paulo Cesar Hartung Gomes (born April 21, 1957) is a Brazilian politician and was the Governor of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo from 2003 until 2010. He served as Governor of Espírito Santo for a third, nonconsecutive term from January ...

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

Marconi Perillo Marconi Ferreira Perillo Júnior (born in Goiânia, March 7, 1963) is a Brazilian politician, affiliate to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He is the former governor of the state of Goiás (1999–2002; 2003–2006; 2011–2018). ...

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

Flávio Dino Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney, politician and teacher. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006, serving a four-year term until 2011, representing the state of Ma ...

Pedro Taques José Pedro Gonçalves Taques (born March 15, 1968) is a Brazilian teacher and politician. He has previously as governor of Mato Grosso and senator for the same state.Mato Grosso do Sul:

André Puccinelli André Puccinelli (born 2 July 1948) is an Italian-Brazilian physician and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). He was the first foreigner to be List of mayors of Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul), mayor of Campo Gr ...

(until 1 January),

Reinaldo Azambuja Reinaldo Azambuja Silva (born May 13, 1963) is a Brazilian agriculturalist and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, is the current governor of Mato Grosso do Sul since 2015, a position he will hold until January 1, 2 ...

(starting 1 January) *

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

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Fernando Damata Pimentel Fernando Damata Pimentel (born 31 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician and economist. He is a member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was the Mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in ...

(starting 1 January) *

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...

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Simão Jatene Simão Robison Oliveira Jatene is the former Governor of the Brazilian state of Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Toca ...

* Paraíba:

Ricardo Coutinho Ricardo Vieira Coutinho (born November 18, 1960, in João Pessoa) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 50th governor of the Brazilian state of Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Bra ...

* Paraná:

Beto Richa Carlos Alberto "Beto" Richa (born June 29, 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was the Governor of the Brazilian state of Paraná until April 6, 2018, when he resigned to run for a seat at the Brazilian Senate. He was succeeded by C ...

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Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

: João Lyra Neto (until 1 January), Paulo Câmara (starting 1 January) * Piauí: Zé Filho (until 1 January),

Wellington Dias José Wellington Barroso de Araújo Dias, known as Wellington Dias, (born 5 March 1962, in Oeiras, Piauí) is a Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí, and a former federal Senator representing Piauí. He is a member of the Workers' Part ...

(starting 1 January) *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

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Luiz Fernando Pezão Luiz Fernando de Souza, commonly known as Luiz Fernando Pezão or even Pezão (English: ''Bigfoot'') (born 29 March 1958) is an entrepreneur, politician and former governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He was succeeded by acting Governor Fran ...

(starting 1 January) *

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", re ...

: Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado (until 1 January), Robinson Faria (starting 1 January) * Rio Grande do Sul: Tarso Genro (until 1 January),

José Ivo Sartori José Ivo Sartori (born 25 February 1948) is a Brazilian politician. He is a former city councilor and former mayor of Caxias do Sul and belongs to PMDB. He is married to Maria Helena Sartori, with whom he has two sons, Marcos and Carolina. He w ...

(starting 1 January) * Rondônia:

Confúcio Moura Confúcio Aires Moura (born May 16, 1948 Dianópolis, Tocantins) is a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMBD). He served as the Governor of Rondônia between January 1, 2011 and April 6, 2018. In 2018 ...

* Roraima: Suely Campos * Santa Catarina:

Raimundo Colombo The name Raimundo may refer to: * Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (1907–1986) * Raimundo Calcagno, Spanish screenwriter * Raimundo Rolón, brief President of Paraguay * Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian footballer * Raimundo Diosdado Caballero, Catho ...

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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

: Geraldo Alckmin *

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...

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Jackson Barreto Jackson Barreto de Lima (born May 6, 1944) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician, and member of the PMDB. Barreto has served as the Governor of Sergipe since December 2, 2013, following the death of his predecessor, Governor Marcelo Déda, who di ...

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Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...

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Sandoval Cardoso Sandoval is a habitational surname of Spanish language, Spanish origin. It primarily originates from Sandoval de la Reina, Spain, earlier called ''Sannoval'', which is a blend word of Latin ''saltus'' (meaning 'grove' or 'wood') and Latin ''novalis ...

(until 1 January), Marcelo Miranda (starting 1 January)

Vice governors

* Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias (until 1 January), Maria Nazareth Melo de Araújo Lambert (starting 1 January) *

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

: José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto (until 1 January), José Luciano Barbosa da Silva (starting 1 January) * Amapá: Doralice Nascimento de Souza (until 1 January), João Bosco Papaléo Paes (starting 1 January) * Amazonas: José Melo de Oliveira (until 1 January), José Henrique Oliveira (starting 1 January) *

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

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Otto Alencar Otto Alencar (born August 28, 1947) is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Bahia in the Federal Senate since 2015. Previously he was vice-governor and governor of Bahia. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party The name Social ...

(until 1 January),

João Leão João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão (born 15 February 1974) is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal, sworn in on 15 June 2020 ...

(starting 1 January) * Ceará: Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho (until 1 January), Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho (starting 1 January) *

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

: Givaldo Vieira da Silva (until 1 January), César Roberto Colnago (starting 1 January) *

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

: José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior *

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

: Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira (until 1 January), Carlos Orleans Brandão Júnior (starting 1 January) * Mato Grosso: Francisco Tarquínio Daltro (until 1 January), Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro (starting 1 January) * Mato Grosso do Sul:

Simone Tebet Simone Nassar Tebet (; born 27 February 1970) is a Brazilian academic, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Federal Senate for Mato Grosso do Sul since 2015, she was previously mayor of Três Lagoas from 2005 to 2010. She is a member of the ...

(until 1 January), Rose Modesto (starting 1 January) *

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

: Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior (until 1 January), Antônio Eustáquio Andrade Ferreira (starting 1 January) *

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...

: Helenilson Cunha Pontes (until 1 January), José da Cruz Marinho (starting 1 January) * Paraíba: Rômulo José de Gouveia (until 1 January),

Lígia Feliciano Ana Lígia Costa Feliciano (born 21 April 1957) is a Brazilian doctor, businesswoman, and politician who served as the vice-governor of Paraíba from 2015 to 2023. She served as vice-governor under governors Ricardo Coutinho and João Azevêdo. S ...

(starting 1 January) * Paraná: Flávio José Arns (until 1 January), Maria Aparecida Borghetti (starting 1 January) *

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

: João Soares Lyra Neto (until 1 January) Raul Jean Louis Henry Júnior (starting 1 January) * Piaui: Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho (until 1 January) Margarete de Castro Coelho (starting 1 January) *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

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Francisco Dornelles Francisco Dornelles (born January 7, 1935) is a Brazilian lawyer, economist and politician. He was the vice governor of Rio de Janeiro from 2015 to 2019 and was the interim Governor during March and October 2016 after the illness of governor Luiz ...

(starting January 1) *

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", re ...

: Robinson Faria (until 1 January), Fábio Dantas (starting 1 January) * Rio Grande do Sul: Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill (until 1 January) José Paulo Dornelles Cairoli (starting 1 January) * Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz (until 1 January), (starting 1 January) * Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (until 1 January), Paulo César Justo Quartiero (starting 1 January) * Santa Catarina:

Eduardo Pinho Moreira Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ...

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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

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Guilherme Afif Domingos Guilherme Afif Domingos (born 18 September 1943) is a Brazilian company administrator, entrepreneur, and politician of Lebanon, Lebanese descent, member of the Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011), Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was Vice Go ...

(until 1 January), Márcio França (starting 1 January) *

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...

: Jackson Barreto de Lima (until 1 January), Belivaldo Chagas Silva (starting 1 January) *

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...

: Cláudia Telles de Menezes Pires Martins Lelis (starting 1 January)

Events

January

* January 6 - Two commuter trains collide at

Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro Mesquita (, , Portuguese for "mosque") is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 176,569 (2020) and its area is . The municipality contains part of the Mendanha State Park The Mendanha State Park ( p ...

, injuring 158 people.

February

* February 24 - The judge in the insider trading trial of

Eike Batista Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian-German serial entrepreneur who made and lost a fortune in mining and oil and gas industries. He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure with large-scale project ...

is videotaped driving one of his seized vehicles.

March

* March 15 **Hundreds of thousands of people in Brazil

protest A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooper ...

against corruption and denounce the government of President

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...

. **51 people die in a bus accident near

Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a ...

.

September

* September 17 - The Supreme Court of Brazil ruled that campaign donations from businesses should be illegal.

November

* November 5 - An iron ore tailings dam in Bento Rodrigues, a subdistrict of

Mariana Mariana may refer to: Literature * ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens * ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson * ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz Music *"Mariana", a so ...

, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, causing flooding, killing 17 and injuring 16.

Arts and culture

* 2014–15 Brazil network television schedule * 2015–16 Brazil network television schedule *

2015 in Brazilian television This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 2015. Events *7 April - Cézar Lima wins the fifteenth season of ''Big Brother Brasil''. *6 December - Actress Viviane Araújo and her partner Marcelo Grangeiro win the twelfth season ...

*

List of Brazilian films of 2015 This is a list of Brazilian films scheduled for release in 2015 in film, 2015. 2015 January–March April–June July–September October–December Unknown release dates * ''Éden'' by Bruno Safadi * ''Entre Abelhas '' by Ian SBF * '' ...

Sports

* 2015 in Brazilian football *

Brazil at the 2015 Pan American Games Brazil competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Hamilton, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. The Brazilian Olympic Committee selected a team of 590 athletes, 314 men and 276 women. This is the 17th appearance of the country in the Pan Amer ...

* UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir

Deaths

*January 4 – Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

,

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

). *January 12 – Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

), European champion ( 2009). *January 16 – Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991). *January 20 – Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot. *January 24 – Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (''

Brasileiras e Brasileiros ''Brasileiros e Brasileiras'' is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a c ...

''), pulmonary edema. *January 29 – José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Porto Velho Porto Velho (, ''Old Port'') is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin, and a Catholic Metropolitan Archbishopric. The population is 548,952 people (as of the IBGE 2021 estimation). Located on the border of ...

(1982–1997). *February 2 –

Dalmo Gaspar Dalmo Gaspar (19 October 1932 – 2 February 2015), simply known as Dalmo, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back. Dalmo started his career at hometown club Paulista and joined Santos from Guarani in 1957. He was The scorer of th ...

, 82, Brazilian footballer ( Santos). *February 4 –

Odete Lara Odete Lara (born Odete Righi Bertoluzzi; 17 April 1929 – 4 February 2015), was a Brazilian film actress. She appeared in 37 films between 1954 and 1994, including two films shown at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1957 she was awarded with P ...

, 85, Brazilian actress, heart attack. *February 12 –

Tomie Ohtake was a Japanese Brazilian visual artist. Her work includes paintings, prints and sculptures. She was one of the main representatives of informal abstractionism in Brazil. Biography Ohtake was born in 1913 in Kyoto. In 1936, when she was twen ...

, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure. *February 20 – , 78, Brazilian evangelist, founder of the

God is Love Pentecostal Church The God is Love Pentecostal Church (IPDA) ( pt, Igreja Pentecostal Deus É Amor) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Brazil. The headquarters are in São Paulo. History The Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor was founded in São Paulo in 196 ...

. *February 22 – Renato Rocha, 53, musician and songwriter (

Legião Urbana Legião Urbana (Portuguese for Urban Legion) was a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo (vocals, bass and keyboards), Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar) and Marcelo Bonfá (d ...

), cardiac arrest. *March 3 – Octávio Mobiglia, 83, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

,

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

). *March 8 –

Inezita Barroso Ignez Magdalena Aranha de Lima Barroso ( ''née'' Aranha de Lima; March 4, 1925 – March 8, 2015) was a Brazilian sertanejo singer, guitarist, actress, TV presenter, librarian, folklorist and teacher. Biography Inês Madalena Aranha de Lima w ...

, 90, Brazilian folk singer. *March 14 – Therezinha Zerbini, 86, Brazilian lawyer and feminist activist. *March 22 – , 74, Brazilian actor, pneumonia. *March 27 – Carlos Falchi, 70, Brazilian-born American accessories designer. *April 9 – João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Paranaguá Paranaguá (''Great Round Sea'', in Tupi) is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Founded in 1648, it is Paraná's oldest city. It is known for the Port of Paranaguá, which serves as both the sea link for Curitiba, to the west and the ca ...

. *April 10 – Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic. *April 12 –

Paulo Brossard Paulo Brossard de Souza Pinto (23 October 1924 – 12 April 2015) was a Brazilian jurist and politician. Born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, he graduated in Law and served several terms as a parliamentarian in his state and in the National Congr ...

, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician. *April 13 – Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Caetité Caetité is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia. It is located in the semi-arid ''sertão'' region in the interior of the state. It had an estimated 51,081 inhabitants as of 2020. It covers and is from the state capital, Salvador. Cae ...

(1981–2002). *April 20 – Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor. *April 20 – Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery. *April 23 – , 65, Brazilian television director and producer. *April 27 –

Inês Etienne Romeu Inês Etienne Romeu (December 18, 1942 – April 27, 2015) was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s. Romeu has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp. In ...

, 72, Brazilian political prisoner. *April 28 –

Antônio Abujamra Antônio Abujamra (15 September 1932 – 28 April 2015) was a Brazilian theatre and television director and actor. Having majored in journalism and philosophy at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in 1957, he started a car ...

, 82, Brazilian actor and director. *April 29 –

Valmir Louruz Valmir Louruz (Porto Alegre, March 13, 1944 – April 29, 2015) was a Brazilian football manager. Managerial statistics Honors Player ; Internacional * Campeonato Gaúcho: 1969, 1970, 1971 Manager ; CSA * Campeonato Alagoano: 1981 ; Vi ...

, 71, Brazilian football manager ( Juventude,

Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (''município''), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8&n ...

). *April 29 – Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian drug trafficker *May 2 – Sarah Correa, 22, Brazilian swimmer, struck by car. *May 4 – Vicente Joaquim Zico, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Archbishop (1980–1990) and Archbishop of

Belém do Pará Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

(1990–2004). *May 10 – Luiz Henrique da Silveira, 75, Brazilian politician, Senator (since 2011), Governor of Santa Catarina (2003–2006, 2007–2010), Minister of Science and Technology (1987–1988), heart attack. *May 14 – Geraldo Majela de Castro, 84, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1982–1988) and Archbishop of

Montes Claros Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The population is 413,487 (2020 est.) in an area of . It was made a seat of a municipality in 1831 and attained city status in 1857. History The region was originally in ...

(1988–2007). *May 16 –

Elias Gleizer Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor. Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife. He began his artistic ca ...

, 81, Brazilian actor, circulatory failure. *May 26 – Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins, 82, Brazilian entomologist. *June 8 – Aldo da Rosa, 97, Brazilian electrical engineer. *June 12 –

Fernando Brant Fernando Rocha Brant (October 9, 1946 – June 12, 2015) was a Brazilian poet, lyricist and journalist, born in Caldas, Minas Gerais. Brant's interest in music and literature began to increase while he studied law at Universidade Federal de Mina ...

, 68, Brazilian writer. *June 12 – José Messias, 86, Brazilian musician and television personality. *June 14 – Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

,

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

), complications of a stroke. *June 22 – Carlinhos, 77, Brazilian football player and coach. *June 24 – Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision. *June 24 – Clovis Bueno, 74, Brazilian art director ('' Kiss of the Spider Woman''). *July 21 – Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

(1997–2001). * August 2 – Içami Tiba, 74, Brazilian psychiatrist and writer. * August 26 – Carmelo Domênico Recchia, 93, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, last Territorial Abbot of

Claraval Claraval is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 4,853 people living in a total area of 210 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of ''Sul e Sudoeste de Minas'' and to the micr ...

(1976–1999). * September 4 – Joel Rufino dos Santos, 74, Brazilian historian and writer. * September 5 –

Alacid Nunes Alacid da Silva Nunes (25 November 1924 – 5 September 2015) was a Brazilian politician and retired military commander and colonel. Nunes served as the Governor of the Brazilian state of Pará for two nonconsecutive tenures: 1966 to 1971 and f ...

, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...

(1966–1971, 1979–1983). * September 13 – Betty Lago, 60, Brazilian actress, gallbladder cancer. * September 13 – Vivinho, 54, Brazilian footballer ( Vasco). * September 16 – Clovis Acosta Fernandes, 60, Brazilian celebrity, cancer. * September 30 – Caio César Ignácio Cardoso de Melo, 27, Brazilian voice actor ('' Harry Potter'') and policeman, shot. * October 4 – José Eduardo Dutra, 58, Brazilian businessman ( Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994). * October 4 – João Leithardt Neto, 57, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

), liver cancer. * October 7 – Maria Lúcia Prandi, 70, Brazilian academic and politician, cancer. * October 7 –

Jorge Andrade Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade (; born 9 April 1978) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional player who played as a central defender. After playing two years with Porto he went on to represent Deportivo (169 official ...

, 73, Brazilian footballer ( S. C. Internacional), cancer. * October 7 –

Ângelo da Cunha Pinto Ângelo da Cunha Pinto (2 December 1948 – 7 October 2015) was a Portuguese-Brazilian chemist and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Born in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal, Pinto was one of the more prominent national chemists wi ...

, 66, Brazilian-Portuguese chemist. * October 9 – , 83, Brazilian singer. * October 14 – , 77, Brazilian music producer and television director. * October 15 –

Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra (; 28 July 1932 – 15 October 2015) was a Brazilian army officer and politician who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army. Biography Born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Ustra was the head of the DOI-CO ...

, 83, Brazilian military officer, cancer. * October 18 – João Carlos Sobreira, 32, Brazilian motorcyclist (

Superbike A sport bike (sports motorcycle, or sports bike) is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfor ...

), race collision. * October 20 – Lourival de Almeida Filho, 74, Brazilian footballer ( Sport Club Corinthians Paulista). * October 20 –

Yoná Magalhães Yoná Magalhães Gonçalves Mendes da Costa (August 7, 1935 – October 20, 2015), known professionally as Yoná Magalhães, was a Brazilian actress.Sylvia Athayde, 75, Brazilian professor ( UFBA) and museologist. * October 25 – , 72, Brazilian politician and lawyer, MLA of Minas Gerais (1975–2000), helicopter crash. * October 27 –

Ada Chaseliov Ada Chaseliov (March 30, 1952 – October 27, 2015) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actress. Life Chaseliov was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1952. She studied at drama school before her film debut in 1973 in ''Um virgem na praça''. In 1 ...

, 63, Brazilian telenovela actress, lymphoma. * October 28 –

Jorge Scarso Jorge Scarso, OFMCap (August 13, 1916 – October 28, 2015) was the Italian-born Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Scarso was born in Modica, Italy, in the summer of 1916. He was ordained priest on June 28, 1942 for the Capuchin O ...

, 99, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Patos de Minas Patos de Minas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Geography According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the city is the main municipality in ...

(1967–1992). * October 29 – Wilson Campos, 65, Brazilian footballer ( Santos, Guarani), liver cancer. * October 29 – Lucídio Portela Nunes, 93, Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí (1979–1983). * October 29 – Harry Bernardo Schwarz, 91, Brazilian footballer (

SC Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

). * November 3 – , 53, Brazilian footballer (

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

), heart attack. * November 6 – , 102, Brazilian musician and tap dancer. * November 6 –

Beni Veras Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara, known by Beni Veras, (August 18, 1935 – November 6, 2015) was a Brazilian politician and businessman. He served as the Governor of Ceará from April 5, 2002, to January 1, 2003, following the resignation of ...

, 80, Brazilian politician, Governor of Ceará (2002). * November 7 – João Verle, 75, Brazilian politician, Mayor of

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...

(2002–2004). * November 9 – Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto, 75, Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (1990–1994) and Argentina (1999–2001), fall from building. * November 10 – , 61, Brazilian journalist (

TV Globo TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...

), cancer. * November 27 – José Benedito Simão, 64, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Assis Assis is a city and a municipality in the southwestern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 105,087 (2020 est.) in an area of 460.61 km. The town was founded on July 5, 1905, and became a municipality in 1917, when it ...

(since 2009). * November 28 – Nauro Machado, 80, Brazilian poet. * December 5 –

Marília Pêra Marília Soares Pêra (22 January 1943 – 5 December 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer, and stage director. Hailed as "one of the decade's 980sten best actresses" by Pauline Kael, Pêra won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Be ...

, 72, Brazilian actress (''

Pixote ''Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco'' (, lit. "Pixote (small child): The Law of the Weakest") is a 1980 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book ''A Infância dos M ...

'', '' Better Days Ahead''), lung cancer. * December 9 – Juvenal Juvêncio, 81, Brazilian lawyer and sports director. * December 19 – Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer. * December 21 –

Jupiter Apple Flávio Basso (26 January 1968 – 21 December 2015), better known by his stage name Júpiter Maçã and by its English-language variation Jupiter Apple, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker. Before beginning a ...

, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (

TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...

,

Os Cascavelletes Os Cascavelletes were a Brazilian rock group from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. One of the first rock bands from Rio Grande do Sul to acquire mainstream success nationwide alongside its "sister project" TNT, they were characterized by their ir ...

), multiple organ failure. * December 25 – , 61, Brazilian singer, gunshot.

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