(b. 1885) April April 2 Biagio Biagetti, Italian painter (b. 1877) Baba Sawan Singh, Indian saint known as "The Great Master" (b. 1858) April 5 – Angelo Joseph Rossi, American political figure, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1878) April 7 – Isabel Andreu de Aguilar, Puerto Rican writer, educator, philanthropist and activist (b. 1887) April 8 – Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Palestinian Arab nationalist (b. 1907) April 9 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (assassinated) (b. 1903) April 14 – W. H. Ellis, American attorney and politician (b. 1867) April 15 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino statesman, 5th President of the Philippines (b. 1892) April 17 – Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868) April 19 – Mikhail Rostovtsev, Soviet actor (b. 1872) April 20 – Mitsumasa Yonai, Japanese admiral and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1880) April 21 – Carlos López Buchardo, Argentine composer (b. 1881) April 22 – Prosper Montagné, French chef and author (b. 1865) April 24 – Manuel Ponce, Mexican composer (b. 1882) April 25 – Gerardo Matos Rodriguez, Uruguayan composer, journalist and pianist (b. 1897) April 30 – Alfredo Miguel Aguayo Sánchez, Puerto Rican educator, writer (b. 1866) May May 9 – Viola Allen, American actress (b. 1867) May 13 Milan Begović, Yugoslavian writer (b. 1876) Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920) May 15 André Dauchez, French painter (b. 1870) Father Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-born American Roman Catholic priest, founder of Boys Town and monsignor (b. 1886) Toyoaki Horiuchi, Japanese general, Class B war criminal suspect (executed) (b. 1900) May 16 – Muhammad Habibullah, Indian politician (b. 1869) May 18 – Francisco Alonso, Spanish composer (b. 1887) May 19 – Maximilian Lenz, Austrian painter and sculptor (b. 1860) May 21 – Jacques Feyder, French filmmaker (b. 1885) May 22 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-born American writer and poet (b. 1889) May 25 – Witold Pilecki, Polish resistance leader (executed) (b. 1901) May 26 – Émile Gaston Chassinat, French egyptologist (b. 1868) May 28 – Unity Mitford, British socialite; friend of Adolf Hitler (b. 1914) May 29 – Dame May Whitty, British actress (b. 1865) May 30 – József Klekl, Slovene politician in Hungary (b. 1874) June June 1 – José Vianna da Motta, Portuguese pianist, teacher and composer (b. 1868) June 2 Viktor Brack, German doctor (executed) (b. 1904) Karl Brandt, German S.S. officer (executed) (b. 1904) Rudolf Brandt, German S.S.