Events in the year 2014 in

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 ...

Incumbents

Federal government

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 ...

Governors

* Acre:

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 ...

* Amapá: Camilo Capiberibe * Amazonas:

Omar Aziz Omar José Abdel Aziz (born November 9, 1958) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the Governor of the Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of au ...

(until 4 April), José Melo (starting 4 April) *

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 ...

Jaques Wagner Jaques Wagner (born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015 and Minister of Defence in 2015. Wagner, whose parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1951. In his youth, ...

* Ceará:

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roseana Sarney Roseana Sarney Murad (born 1 June 1953) is a Brazilian politician and sociologist. She was the governor of the Brazilian state of Maranhão from 1995 to 2002 and again from 2009 to 2014. She is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Part ...

(until 10 December), Arnaldo Melo (starting 10 December) * Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha * 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 ...

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 ...

: Antônio Anastasia (until 4 April), Alberto Pinto Coelho (starting 4 April) *

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 ...

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 ...

* Paraíba:

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 ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

: Eduardo Campos (until 3 April), João Lyra Neto (starting 3 April) * Piauí:

Wilson Martins Wilson Nunes Martins (born May 17, 1953, in Santa Cruz do Piauí, Piauí) is a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He served as Governor of Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the ...

(until 4 April), Ze Filho (starting 4 April) *

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 ...

: *

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 * Rio Grande do Sul: Tarso Genro * 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: ** until 4 April: José de Anchieta Júnior ** 4 April-1 December:

Chico Rodrigues Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (born 23 April 1951) better known as Chico Rodrigues, is a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Roraima. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political career representing Roraima, and was prev ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 9 May),

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 ...

(starting 9 May)

Vice governors

* Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias *

: José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto * Amapá: Doralice Nascimento de Souza * Amazonas: José Melo de Oliveira *

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 ...

* Ceará: Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho *

: Givaldo Vieira da Silva *

: José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior *

: Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira * Mato Grosso: Francisco Tarquínio Daltro * 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 ...

: Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior *

: Helenilson Cunha Pontes * Paraíba: Rômulo José de Gouveia * Paraná: Flávio José Arns *

: João Soares Lyra Neto * Piaui: Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho *

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 ...

(until 3 April), vacant thereafter (starting 3 April) *

: Robinson Faria * Rio Grande do Sul: Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill * Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz * Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues * 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 ...

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 ...

: Jackson Barreto de Lima *

: João Oliveira de Sousa (until 3 April), vacant thereafter

Events

2014 protests in Brazil The 2014 protests in Brazil, also known as There won't be a Cup or Fifa go homeSILVA, Geraldo (2013).doi:10.1080/19420676.2013.846533, ‘Call me the World Cup and invest in me’†. A commentary on Brazil’s recent street protests against the W ...

* August 13 - Governor Eduardo Campos, a candidate in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election, dies in a plane crash in Santos, São Paulo, together with six other people on board the aircraft. It also sparks a large fire. * July -

6th BRICS summit The 6th BRICS summit was the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five ...

* July 3 - Belo Horizonte overpass collapse * August 13 - 2014 Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ crash * September 14 -

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 ...

charged with insider trading and manipulating the stock price of OGX. * September 27 - Miss Brasil 2014 * October 5 & 26 - Brazilian general election, 2014 * October 18 - insider trading trial of

begins. * Brazilian NGO Imazon said that deforestation in the Amazon had surged 190% over the same month in 2013, a year which itself showed a 29% increase in deforestation. * December 10 – 26 year old Sailson José das Graças is arrested for the serial murder as many as 41 people in a string of suspected racist hate crimes.

Arts and culture

For Brazilian films first released in 2014, see the list of Brazilian films of 2014. In music, see the

list of number-one pop hits of 2014 (Brazil) This is a list of number one singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard Brasil, Brasil Hot 100 chart in 2014. Note that ''Billboard'' published a monthly chart. Since April 2014, the Brazilian Billboard began publishing on its Br ...

and the

list of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014 (Brazil) This is a list of number one singles on the ''Billboard'' Brasil Hot 100 chart in 2014. Note that ''Billboard'' publishes a monthly chart. Since April 2014, the Brazilian Billboard began publishing on its Brazilian site, the weekly Hot 100, as it ...

. Alberto da Costa e Silva won the

Camões Prize The Camões Prize (Portuguese, ''Prémio Camões'', ), named after Luís de Camões, is the most important prize for literature in the Portuguese language. It is awarded annually by the Portuguese ''Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bi ...

Sports

Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship, the

2014 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship The 2014 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the sixth official edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by eight teams from 5 – 9 February 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. SESI São Paulo won the 2014 edition qualif ...

and the

2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil from 5 to 10 May 2014. The Russian club Belogorie Belgorod won the title for the first time. Qualification Pools ...

. In international multi-sport events, Brazil participated in the Winter Olympics, in the

Winter Paralympics The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Th ...

and

also Also or ALSO may refer to: *Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO), a program developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) * Alsó-Fehér County, a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary * ALSO Gr ...

in the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...

. For events in

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

, see 2014 in Brazilian football. For motorsport, see 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo season, 2014 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas, 2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil season, 2014 Formula 3 Brazil Open, 2014 Fórmula Truck season, 2014 Brasileiro de Marcas season and

2014 Stock Car Brasil season The 2014 Circuito Nova Schin Stock Car Brasil season was the thirty-sixth season of the Stock Car Brasil. Teams and drivers Team changes *Stock Car Brasil driver Júlio Campos and businessman Edson Casagrande purchased the vacancies of Gram ...

. Other sport events include the 2014 Brasil Open and the UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi.

Deaths

*January 5 – Nelson Ned, 66, Brazilian singer, pneumonia. *January 10 – Marly Marley, 75, Brazilian vedette and actress, pancreatic cancer. *February 2 – Eduardo Coutinho, 80, Brazilian film director, stabbed. *February 8 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, 25, Brazilian footballer, traffic collision. *February 22 – Arduíno Colassanti, 78, Italian-born Brazilian actor. *March 6 – Sérgio Guerra, 66, Brazilian economist and politician, member of the

Federal Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. Senate or the Senate may also refer to: * Any one of the national senates in the world, including ** The Brazilian Senate ** The United States Sen ...

(2003–2011). *March 13 –

Paulo Goulart Paulo Afonso Miessa, better known by his stage name Paulo Goulart (9 January 1933 – 13 March 2014) was a Brazilian actor. Family He was married to Brazilian actress Nicette Bruno from 1958 until his death in 2014; the couple had three childr ...

, 81, Brazilian actor, cancer. *March 20 –

Hilderaldo Bellini Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini (7 June 1930 – 20 March 2014) was a Brazilian footballer of Italian origin who played as a defender and was known in Brazil as one of the nation's most solid central defenders ever. Biography During his career he pla ...

, 83, Brazilian footballer, two-time World Cup winner (

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 from a heart attack. *March 24 –

Paulo Schroeber Paulo Schroeber (August 18, 1973 – March 24, 2014) was a Brazilian guitarist, most known for his work with Almah. He was also in the bands Astafix, Hammer 67, Burning in Hell and Fear Ritual. Early years Paulo was born in Caxias do Sul, Braz ...

, 40, Brazilian guitarist (

Almah ''Almah'' ( ''‘almā'', plural: ''‘ălāmōṯ''), from a root implying the vigour of puberty, is a Hebrew word meaning a young woman ripe for marriage; despite its importance to the account of the virgin birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Ma ...

), heart failure. *April 3 –

Pedro Fré Pedro Fré CSsR (August 30, 1924 – April 3, 2014) was a Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1950, Fré was named bishop of the Diocese of Corumbá, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Po ...

, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Corumbá Corumbá is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 112,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, anima ...

(1985–1989) and

Barretos Barretos is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has approximately 122,833 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and an area of 1566.1 km². Barretos belongs to the Mesoregion of Ribeirão Preto. History The ...

(1989–2000). *April 5 –

José Wilker José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like '' Roque Santeiro'' (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, ...

, 66, Brazilian actor (''

Medicine Man A medicine man or medicine woman is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Individual cultures have their own names, in their respective languages, for spiritual healers and cerem ...

'') and director, heart attack. *April 12 –

Maurício Alves Peruchi Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name). The diminutive is Maurinho. Sportspeople with the name include: *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior, Brazilian footballer in Greece * Maurício Copertino, Brazilian footballer *Mauríc ...

, 24, Brazilian footballer, traffic collision. *April 17 – Henry Maksoud, 85, Brazilian businessman, cardiac arrest. *April 19 – Luciano do Valle, 66, Brazilian sports commentator. *April 25 – Paulo Malhães, 76-77, Brazilian soldier. *April 26 –

José Moreira Bastos Neto José Moreira Bastos Neto (January 25, 1953 – April 26, 2014) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1979, Bastos Neto was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul Mat ...

, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Três Lagoas Três Lagoas ("Three Ponds") is a municipality in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It is the third most populous city in that state. Founded in 1915, colonization began in 1880 by Luís Correia Neves Filho, Antônio Trajano dos Santos e Protásio Garc ...

(since 2009), heart attack. *April 26 –

Aloísio Roque Oppermann Aloísio Roque Opperman (June 19, 1936 – April 26, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, he was named bishop of the Diocese of Ituitaba, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic ...

, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Uberaba Uberaba () is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, southeast Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at above sea level on the Uberaba River, and away from the state capital, Belo Horizonte. The city status was granted in 1856, and i ...

(1996–2012). (body discovered on this date) *May 2 –

Tomás Balduino Tomás Balduíno, O.P. (born Paulo Balduino de Sousa Décio, December 31, 1922 – May 2, 2014) was a diocesan bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Biography Tomás Balduíno was born in Posse, Goiás, and was ordained a priest on July 4, ...

, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

(1967–1998). *May 8 – Homero Leite Meira, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Itabuna Itabuna is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. It is the 6th largest city in Bahia by population after Salvador, Feira de Santana, Camaçari, Vitória da Conquista, and Juazeiro. It had an estimated 214,123 residents in 2021. Itabuna covers a tota ...

(1978–1980) and

Irecê Irecê is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. it had a population of 73,524 people. by road northwest of Salvador.Located in the northern region of Chapada Diamantina. It is an agricultural town known for growing black beans and being a wine-prod ...

(1980–1983). *May 8 –

Jair Rodrigues Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira (February 6, 1939 – May 8, 2014) was a Brazilian musician and singer. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians. Biography Born in Igarapava, Rodr ...

, 75, Brazilian musician and singer, heart attack. *May 10 – Yeso Amalfi, 88, Brazilian footballer ( Olympique de Marseille). *May 11 –

Celso Pereira de Almeida Celso Pereira de Almeida (March 7, 1928 – May 11, 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, Pereira de Almeida was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Porto Nacional in 1972. He was appointed coadjut ...

, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Porto Nacional Porto Nacional is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Tocantins. The population was 53,316 (2020) in an area of , including both rural and urban areas. Location It is located approximately in the center of the state at a distance of 60 k ...

(1976–1995) and

Itumbiara Itumbiara is a municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was of 105,809 in a total area of 2,461,3 km2 (2020). Itumbiara is one of the most prosperous cities in Goiás and is a major producer ...

(1995–1998). *May 13 –

Altamiro Rossato Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. He was Archbishop of Porto Alegre from 1991 till 2001. Biography Rossato was born in Campi ...

, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (1985–1989), Archbishop 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 ...

(1991–2001). *May 21 –

João Filgueiras Lima João Filgueiras Lima (June 19, 1931 – May 21, 2014) was a Brazilian architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection wit ...

, 82, Brazilian architect, prostate cancer. *May 23 –

Joel Camargo Joel Camargo (18 September 1946 – 23 May 2014) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Joel played for Portuguese Santista, Santos, Paris Saint-Germain, and Saad during his 10-year career. He played ...

, 67, Brazilian footballer ( Santos), renal failure. *May 25 –

Washington César Santos Washington César Santos (January 3, 1960 – May 25, 2014) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Valença, Bahia State, and died in Curitiba. In his career (1980–1996) he played for several clubs: Galícia (19 ...

, 54, Brazilian footballer (

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 ...

), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. *May 28 –

Ciro de Quadros Ciro Carlos Araujo de Quadros (January 30, 1940 – May 28, 2014) was a Brazilian leader in the field of Public Health, in particular, the area of vaccines and preventable diseases. He was born in Rio Pardo, Brazil. Eradication of polio De Quadros ...

, 74, Brazilian physician, cancer. *May 31 – Marinho Chagas, 62, Brazilian footballer (

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood ('' bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of ...

), gastrointestinal bleeding. *June 7 – Fernandão, 36, Brazilian footballer (

Sport Club 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 ...

), helicopter crash. *June 7 – Helcio Milito, 83, Brazilian musician. *June 10 – Marcello Alencar, 88, Brazilian politician and lawyer,

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

(1995–1999),

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

(1983–1986, 1989–1993). *June 10 – Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, 82, Dutch-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itaguaí (1980–1998). *June 14 –

Alex Chandre de Oliveira Alex Chandre de Oliveira or simply Tico (21 December 1977 – 14 June 2014) was a Brazilian football player who played as a striker. He played for Zhejiang Greentown between 2006 and 2007. He died of a heart attack at his home in Curitiba ...

, 36, Brazilian footballer ( Hangzhou Greentown), heart attack. *June 15 – Moise Safra, 79, Syrian-born Brazilian billionaire financier, founder and chairman of

Banco Safra Banco Safra is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the seventh largest banking institution in Brazil, and the nineteenth largest in Latin America. It provides services in investment banking, priva ...

, Parkinson's disease. *June 18 – Márcio Moreira, 67, Brazilian advertising executive. *June 20 – Oberdan Cattani, 95, Brazilian footballer (

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

). *June 21 – Rose Marie Muraro, 83, Brazilian sociologist. *June 21 – Irajá Damiani Pinto, 94, Brazilian paleontologist. *June 26 –

Moacyr José Vitti Moacyr José Vitti (November 30, 1940 – June 26, 2014) was a Catholic archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1967, Vitti was named titular bishop of ''Sita'' and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba, Brazil ...

, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...

(since 2004), heart attack. *June 27 – Amaro Macedo, 100, Brazilian botanist and plant collector. *July 6 – Benedito de Assis da Silva, 61, Brazilian footballer (

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...

), multiple organ failure. *July 7 –

Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz (July 1, 1928 – July 6, 2014) was a Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, Kreutz was named titular bishop of ''Maranana'' and auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Santo Angelo, Brazil Braz ...

, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Ângelo (1973–2004), multiple organ failure. *July 8 – Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, 83, Brazilian jurist and politician, bone cancer. *July 9 – Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, 63, Brazilian geologist and mineral dealer. *July 14 –

Vange Leonel Maria Evangelina Leonel Gandolfo (4 May 1963 – 14 July 2014), known as Vange Leonel, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, journalist, blogger, chronicler, novelist, playwright, beer sommelier, and feminist and LGBT rights act ...

, 51, Brazilian singer, writer, feminist and LGBT activist, ovarian cancer. *July 18 –

João Ubaldo Ribeiro João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the B ...

, 73, Brazilian writer, pulmonary embolism. *July 19 –

Rubem Alves Rubem Azevedo Alves (15 September 1933 – 19 July 2014) was a Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst. Alves was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. Life Alves was born on September 15, 1933, ...

, 80, Brazilian writer, philosopher and theologian, multiple organ failure due to pneumonia. *July 19 –

Norberto Odebrecht Norberto Odebrecht () (October 9, 1920 – July 19, 2014) was a Brazilian engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Odebrecht. Early life Norberto Odebrecht was born on October 9, 1920 in Recife, Brazil. He was the son of th ...

, 93, Brazilian engineer, founder of

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and the Odebrecht Foundation, cardiac complications. *July 23 –

Ariano Suassuna Ariano Vilar Suassuna (; 16 June 1927 – 23 July 2014) was a Brazilian playwright and author. He was the driving force behind the creation of the ''Movimento Armorial''. He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco. Fo ...

, 87, Brazilian writer, cardiac arrest as a complication from a stroke. *July 25 – Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão, 79, Brazilian astronomer. *July 26 – Spiridon Mattar, 93, Lebanese-born Brazilian

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hierarch, Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (1978–1990). *July 30 –

Fausto Fanti Fausto Fanti Jasmin (October 20, 1978 – July 30, 2014) was a Brazilian actor, humorist and musician. He was one of the founding members of the comedy troupe Hermes & Renato and the original guitarist of parodic heavy metal band Massacration u ...

, 35, Brazilian humorist (

Hermes & Renato Hermes & Renato, known as Banana Mecânica from 2010 to 2013, is a Brazilian comedy troupe formed in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro in 1999 (and based in São Paulo as of 2002) by childhood friends Marco Antônio Alves, Fausto Fanti, Adriano Silva ( ...

) and guitarist (

Massacration Massacration is a fictional American heavy metal band created by Brazilian humorists and musicians Bruno Sutter (as vocalist Detonator), Fausto Fanti (as lead guitarist Blondie Hammett), Marco Antônio Alves (as bassist Metal Avenger), Adriano ...

), suicide by hanging. *August 3 –

Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, (October 9, 1920 – August 3, 2014) was a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Vieira was born in Mococa Mococa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 68,980 (2020 est.) ...

, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

(1978–1996). *August 11 –

Djalma Cavalcante Djalma Cavalcante (born 1957 in Brazil) was a Brazilian football player and coach. Cavalcante died of a heart attack on August 11, 2014. Coaching career During his coaching career, Djalma Cavalcante has managed one of the top South African club ...

, 57, Brazilian football player and coach, heart attack. *August 11 –

Armando Círio Armando Círio, O.S.I. (April 30, 1916 – August 11, 2014) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At his death he was one of oldest bishops in the Catholic Church and the oldest Brazilian bishop. Círio born in Calamandrana, Italy ...

, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Cascavel Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 332,333 residents, according to IBGE, a government agency. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by f ...

(1978–1995). *August 13 – Eduardo Campos, 49, Brazilian politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of

(2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate,

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. *August 24 –

Antônio Ermírio de Moraes Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (June 4, 1928 – August 24, 2014) was a Brazilian billionaire businessman and the chairman of the Votorantim Group, one of the country's largest companies, focused on metals, paper, cement and frozen orange juice. He ...

, 86, Brazilian businessman, CEO of the

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, heart failure. *September 1 – Sérgio Rodrigues, 86, Brazilian architect and designer. *September 11 – Jerônimo Garcia de Santana, 79, Brazilian politician, Governor of Rondônia (1987–1991), Mayor 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 ...

(1986). *September 13 – Iberê Ferreira, 70, Brazilian politician, Governor of Rio Grande do Norte (2010–2011). *September 14 –

Servílio Conti Servílio Conti, I.M.C. (October 19, 1916 – September 14, 2014) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion ...

, 97, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roraima (1965–1975). *September 30 – Jadir Ambrósio, 91, Brazilian musician and composer. *October 3 –

Lori Sandri Lori Paulo Sandri (29 January 1949 – 3 October 2014) was a Brazilian football manager. Coaching career He previously managed Atlético Paranaense, Criciúma, Santa Cruz, Guarani, Al-Shabab, Al-Ettifaq, Internacional, Coritiba, Al Ain, ...

, 65, Brazilian football manager, brain tumor. *October 4 –

Hugo Carvana Hugo Carvana de Hollanda (4 June 1937 – 4 October 2014) was a Brazilian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films and television shows between 1954 and 2014. Selected filmography Film *1955: ''Trabalhou Bem, Genival' ...

, 77, Brazilian actor (''

Entranced Earth ''Entranced Earth'' ( pt, Terra em Transe , "World in a Trance", also called ''Land in Anguish'' or ''Earth Entranced'') is a 1967 Brazilian ''Cinema Novo'' drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was shot in Parque Lage and at the Municipal T ...

'', ''

Antonio das Mortes ''Antonio das Mortes'' ( pt, O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro, lit. "The Dragon of Wickedness Against the Holy Warrior") is a 1969 Brazilian western film directed by Glauber Rocha. It is often cited as the last installment of Rocha's ...

'') and director ('' Casa da Mãe Joana''). *October 15 –

João Corso João Corso, S.D.B. (March 30, 1928 – October 15, 2014) was a Brazilian salesian who led the Diocese of Campos from 1990 to 1995. Ordained to the priesthood August 30, 1953, he was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Campos, Br ...

, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Campos (1990–1995). *November 1 – Edson Décimo Alves Araújo, 27, Brazilian footballer (

Atlético-PR Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

), shot. *November 1 –

Alberto Johannes Först Alberto Johannes Först (November 26, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was a Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1952, Först was named coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Dourados, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officiall ...

, 87, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Dourados Dourados is a Brazilian municipality, situated in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Southwest of Campo Grande (the state's capital). It has a population of about 225,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in arable agriculture (particu ...

(1990–2001). *November 11 – Caetano Lima dos Santos, 98, Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. *November 13 – Manoel de Barros, 97, Brazilian poet. *November 14 – Adib Jatene, 85, Brazilian cardiologist and politician,

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(1992, 1995–1996), heart attack. *November 20 –

Márcio Thomaz Bastos Márcio Thomaz Bastos (born July 30, 1935, in Cruzeiro, São Paulo – November 20, 2014, in São Paulo) was a Brazilian jurist who served as the Ministry of Justice (Brazil), Minister of Justice of Brazil from 2003 to 2007."Brazil to crack down o ...

, 79, Brazilian politician,

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(2003–2007), lung failure. *November 20 – Samuel Klein, 91, Polish-born Brazilian magnate (

Casas Bahia Casas Bahia ( English: Bahia Houses) is a Brazilian retail chain specializing in furniture and home appliances. Currently, it is one of the largest retail chain in Brazil, the other being Magazine Luiza and Americanas. It was founded in 1952 ...

). *December 3 – Alfredo Ernest Novak, 84, American-born 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 ...

(1989–2006). *December 9 –

José Feghali José Feghali (March 28, 1961 – December 9, 2014,) was a Brazilian pianist, who, until his death, was an Artist-in-Residence at Texas Christian University's school of music in piano. He was the gold medalist winner of the Van Cliburn Internation ...

, 53, Brazilian pianist, suicide by gunshot. *December 23 – João Nílson Zunino, 68, Brazilian executive, President of

Avaí FC Avaí Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on 1 September 1923. Their home stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, also known as Ressacada, with a capacity of 17,800. They play in bl ...

(2002–2013).

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