Events in the year 2014 in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

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

Vice President A vice president or 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 vi ...

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 1 January 2019. He took office after the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impe ...

Governors

Acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one Chain (unit), ch ...

Tião Viana Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana ( Rio Branco, February 9, 1961), is a doctor and Brazilian politician. He was formerly Governor of Acre and is a member of the Workers' Party. He served as interim President of the ...

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

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 a ...

Amapá Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...

Camilo Capiberibe Carlos Camilo Góes Capiberibe (born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian politician. He was the Governor of the Brazilian state of Amapá from 2011 to 2015 Personal life Capiberibe is the son of zoologist João Capiberibe and teacher Janete Capiberibe ...

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Omar Aziz Omar José Abdel Aziz (; born November 9, 1958) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas from March 31, 2010, to 2014, following the resignation of his predecessor, Eduardo Braga, to become a Senato ...

(until 4 April) ** José Melo (from 4 April) *

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

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 yout ...

Ceará Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...

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 Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) since 2024, and is the brother of fellow Brazilian politician Ciro ...

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 attracti ...

Renato Casagrande José 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 20 ...

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...

Marconi Perillo Marconi Ferreira Perillo Júnior (born in Goiânia Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-We ...

Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...

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Roseana Sarney Roseana Sarney Murad (born 1 June 1953) is a Brazilian politician and sociologist, who previously served as the Governor of Maranhão from 1995 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2014. Sarney served as a Senator from 2003 to 2009 and a member of the Cham ...

(until 10 December) **

Arnaldo Melo Arnaldo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Arnaldo Abrantes (born 1986), Portuguese track and field sprinter * Arnaldo Alonso (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer * Arnaldo André (born 1943), soap-opera Paraguayan actor * Ar ...

(from 10 December) *

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...

: Silval da Cunha *

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul ( ) is one of Federative units of Brazil, Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso (to the north), Goiás and ...

André Puccinelli André Puccinelli (born 2 July 1948) is an Italian-Brazilian physician and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), being the first Italian and the first foreigner to become mayor of a city in Brazilian history. He was ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

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Antônio Anastasia Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia (born 9 May 1961) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, affiliated to the Social Democratic Party. He graduated with a bachelor's and later a master's from the Federal University of Minas Gerais's Law School. H ...

(until 4 April) ** Alberto Pinto Coelho (from 4 April) *

Pará Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...

: Ricardo Coutinho *

Paraíba Paraíba ( , ; ) is a states of Brazil, state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba i ...

: Simão Jatene *

Paraná Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology * Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province In Brazil *Paraná (state), a state ...

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 Cid ...

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 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...

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Eduardo Campos Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos (10 August 1965 – 13 August 2014) was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco. Camp ...

(until 3 April) ** João Lyra Neto (from 3 April) *

Piauí Piauí ( ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piauí has the shortest coastline of any coas ...

: ** Wilson Martins (until 4 April) ** Ze Filho (from 4 April) *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

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Sérgio Cabral Filho Sérgio de Oliveira Cabral Santos Filho (born January 27, 1963) is a Brazilian politician and journalist who served as the governor of Rio de Janeiro from 2007 to 2014. A member of MDB, he previously served as the president of the Legislativ ...

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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 (state), Rio de Janeiro. He was succeede ...

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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", refe ...

: Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado *

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...

Tarso Genro Tarso Fernando Herz Genro (born 6 March 1947) is a Brazilian politician from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. An associate of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Genro was a leader of the Workers' Party (PT) in the 2000s. Biography Early ye ...

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). It is bordered by Acre (state), Acre in the west, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ...

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 Roraima ( ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas t ...

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José de Anchieta Júnior José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''J ...

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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 ...

(4 April-1 December) * Santa Catarina: Raimundo Colombo *

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

Geraldo Alckmin Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho (; born 7 November 1952) is a Brazilian physician and politician currently serving as 26th vice president of Brazil. He previously was the List of governors of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo (state), S� ...

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region along the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geogra ...

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 died i ...

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 2014 ...

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José Wilson Siqueira Campos José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

(until 9 May) ** Sandoval Cardoso (from 9 May)

Vice governors

Carlos César Correia de Messias Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

: José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto *

: Doralice Nascimento de Souza * Amazonas:

José Melo de Oliveira José Melo de Oliveira (born September 26, 1946) is a Brazilian politician and was governor of state of Amazonas, Brazil. Melo graduated with a degree in economics from the Federal University of Amazonas in 1967. He began public life while stil ...

Otto Alencar Otto Roberto Mendonça de Alencar (born August 28, 1947) is a Brazilian politician and physician. He has represented Bahia in the Federal Senate since 2015, being re-elected for another 8-year term in the 2022 Brazilian general election. He earne ...

: Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho *

: Givaldo Vieira da Silva *

José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

: Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira *

Francisco Tarquínio Daltro Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...

Simone Tebet Simone Nassar Tebet (; born 22 February 1970) is a Brazilian academic, lawyer, and politician who has served as the Brazilian Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management (Brazil), Minister of Planning and Budget since 5 January 2023. She previo ...

Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior (3 October 1945 – 20 November 2023) was a Brazilian administrator and politician. A member of the Progressistas, Coelho served as Governor of Minas Gerais from 2014 to 2015. Coelho died in Belo Horizonte Bel ...

: Helenilson Cunha Pontes *

: Rômulo José de Gouveia *

: Flávio José Arns *

João Soares Lyra Neto João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the s ...

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Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho, commonly known as Zé Filho, (born February 13, 1970 Parnaíba, Piauí) is a Brazilian businessman and politician. He served as Governor of the state of Piauí Piauí ( ) is one of the states of Brazil, ...

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Robinson Faria Robinson Mesquita de Faria is a Brazilian politician. He had served as governor of Rio Grande do Norte state in Brazil (2015–2018). Biography and early career Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, on April 12, 1959, Robinson Mesquita de Far ...

: Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill *

: Airton Pedro Gurgacz *

: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues * Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira *

Guilherme Afif Domingos Guilherme Afif Domingos (born 18 September 1943) is a Brazilian company administrator, entrepreneur, and politician of Lebanese descent, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was Vice Governor of São Paulo between 2011 and 2014, and ...

: Jackson Barreto de Lima *

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João Oliveira de Sousa João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the s ...

(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). ‘Call me the World Cup and invest in me’†. A commentary on Brazil’s recent street protests against the World Cup and the Olympic Games. ...

July

3 July Events Pre-1600 * 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. * 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Rev ...

: An overpass collapses onto a busy carriageway in Belo Horizonte, killing two people and leaving 22 injured. * 14-

16 July Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouran ...

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 fiv ...

August

13 August Events Pre-1600 *29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Empe ...

: A Cessna aircraft crashes in the residential area of

Santos Santos may refer to: People *Santos (surname) * Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter * Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War Places *Santos, São Paulo, a municipality in São Paulo ...

, killing seven people, including Pernambuco Governor

; a candidate in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election. It would also spark a large fire. *

19 August Events Pre-1600 * 295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

: After escaping in 2011, former doctor

Roger Abdelmassih Roger Abdelmassih (born 3 October 1943) is a Brazilian former physician, an expert on human reproduction, and one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in Brazil. In early 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing sedated patients. Abdelmassi ...

, 70 years old, is captured by the Paraguayan police with the support of the

Brazilian Federal Police The Federal Police of Brazil () or Department of Federal Police () is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and One of the most know nationals Polices forces of the Executive Power of Brazil. Besides with Polícia Rodoviária Federal (Feder ...

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

September

14 September Events Pre-1600 *AD 81 – Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. * 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birt ...

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

is charged with

insider trading Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider informati ...

and manipulating the stock price of OGX. * 27 September:

Miss Brazil 2014 The Miss Brazil 2014 was the 60th edition of the Miss Brazil pageant, held in Centro de Eventos do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Jakelyne Oliveira of Mato Grosso, crowned her successor Melissa Gurgel of Ceará. Delegates from each state and the Fe ...

October

5 October Events Pre-1600 * 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor. * 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. * 869 – The Fourth Cou ...

: The first round of general elections in the country is held.

and

Aécio Neves Aécio Neves da Cunha (; born 10 March 1960) is a Brazilian economist, politician and former president of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was the 17th List of Governors of Minas Gerais, Governor of Minas Gerais from 1 January 20 ...

move into the second round of the presidential election. *

18 October Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philo ...

: Eike Batista's insider trading trial begins. * 19 October: Brazilian

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

Imazon Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment, ) is a non-profit organisation based in Belém, Pará, Brazil, that is dedicated to conserving the Amazon rainforest. It has published many reports on aspects of conserving the Amazon environm ...

releases figures that show deforestation in the Amazon has surged 190% over the same month in 2013, a year which itself showed a 29% increase in deforestation. *

26 October Events Pre-1600 * 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. *1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally be ...

: The second round of general elections in the country is held, with

winning re-election by a narrow margin, 51.6% to Neves' 48.4%.

December

10 December Events Pre-1600 *1317 – The Nyköping Banquet: King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle. * 1508 – The League o ...

: 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) and the list of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014 (Brazil).

Alberto da Costa e Silva Alberto da Costa e Silva (12 May 1931 – 26 November 2023) was a Brazilian historian, poet, and diplomat. He won the 2014 Camões Prize The Camões Prize (, ), named after Luís de Camões, is the most prestigious prize for literature in the P ...

won the

Camões Prize The Camões Prize (, ), named after Luís de Camões, is the most prestigious prize for literature in the Portuguese language. The prize was established in 1989 and is supported by the governments of Brazil and Portugal. It is awarded annually to ...

Sports

Brazil hosted the

2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for list of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil fr ...

2014 Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship The 2014 Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the sixth official edition of the men's volleyball tournament, played by eight teams over 19–23 February 2014 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The best placed team except 2014 FIVB Volle ...

, 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 to 9 February 2014 in São 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. The ...

and

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

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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

, see

2014 in Brazilian football The following article presents a summary of the 2014 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 113th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on Apri ...

. For motorsport, see 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo season,

2014 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 2014 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the ninth edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (''International Challenge of the Stars''), the races scheduled for 10–12 January 2014 at Kartódromo do Beto Carrero World at Penha, Santa Catar ...

2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil season The 2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil season was the eighth Fórmula 3 Brasil season and the first since 1995, replacing the Formula 3 Sudamericana series as the highest-profile single-seater championship on the continent. The championship was dominated b ...

2014 Formula 3 Brazil Open The 2014 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the fifth Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 16–19, 2014. Drivers and teams * All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. Classificatio ...

, 2014 Fórmula Truck season,

2014 Brasileiro de Marcas season The 2014 Copa Petrobrás de Marcas season was the fourth season of the Brasileiro de Marcas. It began on April 6 at Tarumã and ended on November 23 at Brasília, after fifteen races. JLM Racing driver Ricardo Maurício won his third consecuti ...

and

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

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

Deaths

January

*January 5:

Nelson Ned Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known ...

, 66, singer, pneumonia. *January 10:

Marly Marley Marly Marley (5 April 1938 – 10 January 2014) was a Brazilian actress. Marly Marley died from pancreatic cancer on 10 January 2014, aged 75, in São Paulo, São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is ...

, 75, vedette and actress, pancreatic cancer.

February

*February 2:

Eduardo Coutinho Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho (May 11, 1933 – February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian documentary filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film producer and former reporter, known as one of the most important documentarists in Brazil. He directed and wro ...

, 80, film director, stabbed. *February 8: Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, 25, footballer, traffic collision. *February 22: Arduíno Colassanti, 78, Italian-born Brazilian actor.

March

*March 6: Sérgio Guerra, 66, 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 Australian Senate ** The Brazilian Senate * ...

(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 child ...

, 81, 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 greatest central defenders ever. Biography During his career he pla ...

, 83, 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 thir ...

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

), complications from a heart attack. *March 24: Paulo Schroeber, 40, guitarist (

Almah In Biblical Hebrew, the words ''almah'' (; ) and ''alamot'' (; ), drawn from a Semitic root implying the vigour of puberty, refer to a young woman who is sexually ripe for marriage. Although the concept is central to the account of the virgin ...

), heart failure.

April

*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, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest coun ...

, 89, 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, ani ...

(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 c ...

(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, actor (''

Medicine Man A medicine man (from Ojibwe ''mashkikiiwinini'') or medicine woman (from Ojibwe ''mashkikiiwininiikwe'') is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Each culture has its own name i ...

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

Maurício Alves Peruchi Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name). Sportspeople with the name include: * Maurício Assoline, Braziian footballer *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name) Mauricio ...

, 24, footballer, traffic collision. *April 17: Henry Maksoud, 85, businessman, cardiac arrest. *April 19:

Luciano do Valle Luciano do Valle Queirós (4 July 1947 – 19 April 2014) was a Brazilian sports commentator, television presenter, journalist and entrepreneur. He worked on several broadcasts on television—Rede Globo from 1971 to 1982, Rede Record f ...

, 66, sports commentator. *April 25:

Paulo Malhães Paulo Malhães was a Brazilian Army officer who died during a home invasion and robbery. Shortly before his death Malhães had acknowledged he had tortured and killed dissidents during the Military dictatorship (Brazil), Brazilian military dictato ...

, 76-77, soldier. *April 26: ** José Moreira Bastos Neto, 61, 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 Garci ...

(since 2009), heart attack. **

Aloísio Roque Oppermann Aloísio Roque Oppermann (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, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is ...

, 77, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Uberaba Uberaba () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state c ...

(1996–2012). (body discovered on this date)

May

*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, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

(1967–1998). *May 8: **

Homero Leite Meira Homero Leite Meira (December 2, 1931 – May 8, 2014) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1955, Leite Meira was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Itabuna in 1978. He was transferred as bishop of the Irecê D ...

, 82, 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 total ...

(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-pr ...

(1980–1983). **

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, musician and singer, heart attack. *May 10: Yeso Amalfi, 88, footballer (

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

). *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 coadju ...

, 86, 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. Geography It is located approximately in the center of the state at a distance of 60 ...

(1976–1995) and

Itumbiara Itumbiara () is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southern part of the state of Goiás, on the border with Minas Gerais. It is a "sister city" to the Minas Gerais municipality of Araporã. The city lies south of the state capital, Goiâ ...

(1995–1998). *May 13: Altamiro Rossato, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (1985–1989), Archbishop of

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

(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, 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, footballer (

), 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, 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 Quadr ...

, 74, physician, cancer. *May 31:

Marinho Chagas Francisco das Chagas Marinho (8 February 1952 – 31 May 2014), generally known as Marinho Chagas or Francisco Marinho, was a Brazilian professional footballer. One of the best left-backs of his era, he is best known for his flowing curly blon ...

, 62, 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 M ...

), gastrointestinal bleeding.

June

*June 7: ** Fernandão, 36, footballer (

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre, a cidade do Grêmio or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional Association football, football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Campeonato Bras ...

), helicopter crash. ** Helcio Milito, 83, musician. *June 10: **

Marcello Alencar Marcello Nunes de Alencar (August 23, 1925 – June 10, 2014) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. Alencar served as the Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 until 1999, as well as two tenures as Mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 1983 t ...

, 88, politician and lawyer,

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

(1995–1999),

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, 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 responsibilitie ...

(1983–1986, 1989–1993). **

Vital João Geraldo Wilderink Vital João Geraldo Wilderink (November 30, 1931 in Deventer, Netherlands – June 10, 2014) was a Dutch-born Brazilian who presides as the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itaguaí, Brazil. Ordained to the priesthood ...

, 82, Dutch-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Itaguaí Itaguaí () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and contains several important iron ore loading ports of the world including Ilha Guaiba. Its population was 134,819 in 2020 and its area is 273 km2. The city wa ...

(1980–1998). *June 14: Alex Chandre de Oliveira, 36, footballer (

Hangzhou Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang and currently known as Zhejiang F.C. Greentown () for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, that co ...

), heart attack. *June 15:

Moise Safra Moise Yacoub Safra ( ; April 5, 1934 – June 15, 2014) was a Lebanese-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist of Syrian descent. He co-founded Banco Safra with his brothers Edmond Safra and Joseph Safra. Early life Moise Safra was born on Ap ...

, 79, Syrian-born Brazilian billionaire financier, founder and chairman of

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

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

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras The 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 an ...

). *June 21: ** Rose Marie Muraro, 83, sociologist. **

Irajá Damiani Pinto Irajá Damiani Pinto (July 3, 1919 – June 21, 2014), was a Brazilian paleontologist and professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS in Portuguese), a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, and a two time president of t ...

, 94, 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, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...

(since 2004), heart attack. *June 27: Amaro Macedo, 100, botanist and plant collector.

July

*July 6: Benedito de Assis da Silva, 61, footballer (

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 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 Brazi ...

, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Santo Ângelo Santo Ângelo is a municipality located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It has about 77,568 inhabitants (according to 2020 IBGE estimate) and the total area of the municipality is about 679 km2. It borders Giruá to the nor ...

(1973–2004), multiple organ failure. *July 8: Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, 83, jurist and politician, bone cancer. *July 9: Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, 63, 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, '' cronista'', novelist, playwright, beer sommelier, and feminist and LGBT rights a ...

, 51, 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, writer, pulmonary embolism. *July 19: ** Rubem Alves, 80, writer, philosopher and theologian, multiple organ failure due to pneumonia. **

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 Odebrecht was born on October 9, 1920, in Recife, Brazil. He was the son of the pione ...

, 93, engineer, founder of

Odebrecht Odebrecht S.A. (), officially known as Novonor, is a Brazilian conglomerate, headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, consisting of diversified businesses in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals. The company w ...

and the

Odebrecht Foundation The Odebrecht Foundation ( Portuguese ''Fundação Odebrecht'') is a private Brazilian institution created in 1965. It was launched by Norberto Odebrecht, a Brazilian engineer and businessman, who in 1944 founded the Odebrecht company, in order to ...

, 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. Four ...

, 87, writer, cardiac arrest as a complication from a stroke. *July 25:

Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (25 May 1935 – 25 July 2014) was a Brazilian astronomer and the founder of the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins) (MAST), as well as a researcher and titular part ...

, 79, astronomer. *July 26:

Spiridon Mattar Spiridon Mattar (March 1, 1921 – July 26, 2014) was an Egyptian-born Brazilian Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo. Biography Mattar was born in Alexandria, Egypt fro ...

, 93, Lebanese-born Brazilian Melkite Catholic 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 (portraying its titular "Renato") and the original guitarist of parod ...

, 35, humorist (

Hermes & Renato Hermes & Renato, known as Banana Mecânica from 2010 to 2013 due to trademark issues with MTV Brasil, 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 Antô ...

) and guitarist (

Massacration Massacration is a fictional American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band created by Brazilian humorists and musicians Bruno Sutter (singer), Bruno Sutter (as vocalist Detonator), Fausto Fanti (as lead guitarist Blondie Hammett), Marco Antônio A ...

), suicide by hanging.

August

*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, Brazil and ordained a priest on December 8, 1948. Vieira was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roma ...

, 93, 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 clu ...

, 57, football player and coach, heart attack. *August 11: Armando Círio, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Cascavel Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 364.104 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2024 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers b ...

(1978–1995). *August 13:

, 49, politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of

(2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate,

plane crash An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that results serious injury, death, or significant destruction. An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety but does not escalate into an aviation accident. Pre ...

. *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, businessman, CEO of the

Votorantim Group Votorantim S.A. is a permanently capitalized investment holding company, with a long-term investment approach. Its portfolio companies operate in 16 countries and in different economic sectors, as building materials, finance, aluminum, clean and r ...

, heart failure.

September

*September 1: Sérgio Rodrigues, 86, architect and designer. *September 11: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana, 79, politician,

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

(1987–1991), Mayor of

Porto Velho Porto Velho (, ''Old Port'') is the capital (political), capital of the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is 460,434 people (as of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, ...

(1986). *September 13:

Iberê Ferreira Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza (February 27, 1944 – September 13, 2014) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. Ferreira served as the Governor of Rio Grande do Norte from March 31, 2010, until January 1, 2011, as well as the Vice Governor of ...

, 70, 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 List of Christian denominations by number of ...

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

(1965–1975). *September 30:

Jadir Ambrósio Jadir Ambrósio (December 8, 1922 – September 30, 2014) was a Brazilian musician. He took a course on piano, singing, and chorus at the Conservatório Mineiro de Música in Belo Horizonte. It was the Conservatory the place chosen for the mu ...

, 91, musician and composer.

October

*October 3: Lori Sandri, 65, 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, actor (''

Entranced Earth ''Entranced Earth'' ( , "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 Theatre of Rio de ...

'', ''

Antonio das Mortes ''Antonio das Mortes'' ( - ; lit. "The Dragon of Wickedness Against the Holy Warrior") is a 1969 Brazilian revisionist western film directed by Glauber Rocha. It features return of the character Antonio das Mortes, now as the protagonist, with ...

'') and director (''

Casa da Mãe Joana ''Casa da Mãe Joana'' is a 2008 Brazilian comedy film directed by Hugo Carvana. The film was released in Brazil on September 19, 2008. Its sequel, ''Casa da Mãe Joana 2'', was released on September 6, 2013. Cast * José Wilker as Juca * Pau ...

''). *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, B ...

, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Campos (1990–1995).

November

*November 1: ** Edson Décimo Alves Araújo, 27, footballer ( Atlético-PR), shot. **

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, officially the Federative R ...

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

Dourados Dourados is a city and municipality, situated in the Brazilian 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 ( ...

(1990–2001). *November 11: Caetano Lima dos Santos, 98, bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. *November 13:

Manoel de Barros Manoel Wenceslau Leite de Barros (December 19, 1916 – November 13, 2014) was a Brazilian poet. He won many awards for his work, including twice the Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize"), the most important literary award in Brazil. Barros was b ...

, 97, poet. *November 14: Adib Jatene, 85, cardiologist and politician,

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

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

Márcio Thomaz Bastos Márcio Thomaz Bastos (30 July 1935, in Cruzeiro, São Paulo – 20 November 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 on chil ...

, 79, politician,

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

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

December

*December 3:

Alfredo Ernest Novak Alfred Ernest Novak, C.Ss.R. (Portuguese: Alfredo Ernesto Novak)(June 2, 1930 – December 3, 2014) was an American member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly referred to as the Redemptorists, who worked as a missionary in ...

, 84, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Paranaguá Paranaguá (Tupi language, Tupi, 'Great Round Sea') is a city in the state of Paraná (state), 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, ...

(1989–2006). *December 9: José Feghali, 53, pianist, suicide by gunshot. *December 23: João Nílson Zunino, 68, 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 b ...

(2002–2013).

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