Paraguayan scientist and botanist (b. 1877) February 18 Lyman Gilmore, American aviation pioneer (b. 1874) Miloš Slovák, Czech painter (b. 1885) February 19 – André Gide, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) February 22 – Alfred Lindley, American Olympic rower - Men's eights (b. 1904) February 28 Henry W. Armstrong, American boxer and songwriter (b. 1879) Giannina Russ, Italian soprano (b. 1873) March March 1 – Maria Dickin, British social reformer (b. 1870) March 2 Cassiano Conzatti, Italian botanist, explorer and pteridologist (b. 1862) Al Taylor, American actor (b. 1887) March 4 Anna Berentine Anthoni, Norwegian trade unionist and politician (b. 1884) Zoltán Meszlényi, Hungarian Roman Catholic priest, bishop, martyr and blessed (b. 1892) March 6 Ivor Novello, British actor, musician and composer (b. 1893) Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright and artist, 1st Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880) March 7 – Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi (b. 1885) March 8 – Charles Coleman, American actor (b. 1885) March 10 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese diplomat, 31st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872) March 11 – János Zsupánek, Prekmurje Slovene poet and writer (b. 1861) March 12 – Alfred Hugenberg, German businessman and politician (b. 1865) March 13 – Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (b. 1917) March 14 – Val Lewton, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1904) March 16 – Janusz Jędrzejewicz, Polish politician and educator, 24th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1885) March 17 – Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (b. 1888) March 19 – Dmytro Doroshenko, Soviet political figure (b. 1882) March 20 – Alfredo Baquerizo, 19th President of Ecuador (b. 1859) March 21 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871) March 24 – José Enrique Varela, Spanish military officer (b. 1871) March 25 Eddie Collins, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1887) Oscar Micheaux, American filmmaker (b. 1884) March 31 – Ralph Forbes, American actor (b. 1896) April April 2 – Mikhail Vladimirsky, Soviet politician (b. 1874) April 4 – George Albert Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870) April 5 – Cường Để, Vietnamese revolutionary leader (b. 1882) April 6 – Robert Broom, British paleontologist (b. 1866) April 9 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862) April 11 Peter Enzenauer, Canadian politician (b. 1878) Joe King, American actor (b. 1883) April