14 Ernest Bevin, British labour leader, politician and statesman (b. 1881) Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881) April 16 – Adolph Bolm, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1881) April 18 – Óscar Carmona, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869) April 19 – Frank Hopkins, American professional horseman, soldier (b. 1865) April 20 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician and statesman, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873) April 21 – Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus, Dutch lepidopterist (b. 1894) April 22 – Horace Donisthorpe, British myrmecologist (b. 1870) April 23 – Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) April 25 – Shyam, Hindi actor (b. 1920) April 26 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b. 1868) April 29 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher (b. 1889) May May 1 – Klymentiy Sheptytsky, Soviet Orthodox priest, martyr and blessed (b. 1869) May 2 Alphonse de Châteaubriant, French writer (b. 1877) Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi politician (b. 1921) May 3 – Homero Manzi, Argentine Tango lyricist and author (b. 1907) May 5 Eddie Dunn, American actor (b. 1896) John Flynn, Australian medical services pioneer (b. 1880) Andronicus Rudenko, Greek Orthodox priest and blessed (b. 1874) May 6 – Henri Carton de Wiart, 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1869) May 7 – Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889) May 8 – Pat Hartigan, American actor and director (b. 1881) May 10 – Nikola Mushanov, 23rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1872) May 16 – François Hussenot, French engineer (b. 1912) May 17 William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, British field marshal (b. 1865) Mary Emelia Moore, New Zealand Presbyterian missionary in China (b. 1869) Empress Teimei of Japan, Empress consort of Emperor Taishō (b. 1884) May 18 – Gaspar Agüero Barreras, Cuban composer, pianist and composer (b. 1873) May 20 – Marguerite Merington, English-American author (b. 1857) May 23 – Antonio Gandusio, Italian actor (b. 1875) May 25 Franz Klebusch, German actor (b. 1887) Paula von Preradović, Austrian poet and writer (b. 1887) May 27 – Sir Thomas Blamey, Australian field marshal (b. 1884) May 29 Fanny Brice, American entertainer (b. 1891) Antonio Mosca, Italian painter (b. 1870) May 30 Hermann Broch, Austrian author (b. 1886) Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, British admiral (b. 1870) June June 1 José Alejandrino, Filipino general (b. 1870) Rafael Altamira y Crevea,