logician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1872) February 3 – Italo Gariboldi, Italian general (b. 1879) February 7 – Abe Attell, American boxer (b. 1883) February 14 Arthur Edeson, American cinematographer (b. 1891) Harry Stradling, American cinematographer (b. 1901) February 15 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, British RAF Fighter Commander during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882) February 16 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1879) February 17 Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900) February 19 – Jules Munshin, American actor (b. 1915) February 20 Café Filho, Brazilian politician, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899) Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885) February 22 – Dora Boothby, English tennis champion (b. 1881) February 24 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897) March–April March 6 – William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915) March 11 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American crime writer (b. 1889) March 15 – Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (b. 1908) March 16 – Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945) March 18 – William Beaudine, American film director (b. 1892) March 21 – Marlen Haushofer, Austrian author (b. 1920) March 29 – Vera Brittain, British writer (b. 1893) March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, German academic and politician, 21st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885) March 31 – Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) April 1 – Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician (b. 1897) Ludolf von Alvensleben, German Nazi functionary, SS and Police Leader (b. 1901) April 5 Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877) Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891) April 6 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933) April 8 Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, consort of Grand Duchess Charlotte (b. 1893) Julius Pokorny, Austrian-born Czech linguist (b. 1887) April 11 – Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923) April 16 – Richard Neutra, Austrian-born American architect (b. 1892) April 17 – Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (b. 1877) April 18 – Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (b. 1899) April 26 Francisco Cunha Leal, Portuguese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1888) Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911) April 27 – Arthur Shields, Irish actor (b. 1896) April 28 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901) April 30 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)