1903) January 12 Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, Thai Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1895) Juliette Atkinson, American tennis champion (b. 1873) January 13 – King Yuhi V of Rwanda (b. 1883) January 14 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer (b. 1869) January 18 – Léon Brunschvicg, French philosopher (b. 1869) January 20 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860) January 21 – Yoshimi Nishida, Japanese general (b. 1892) January 23 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863) January 25 – Teresa Grillo Michel, Italian Roman Catholic nun and blessed (b. 1855) January 29 – William Allen White, American journalist (b. 1868) January 31 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (b. 1896) February February 1 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter (b. 1872) February 3 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867) February 7 – Robert E. Park, American sociologist (b. 1864) February 9 – Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux, British poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1857) February 11 – Carl Meinhof, German linguist (b. 1857) February 12 Kenneth Gandar-Dower, English sportsman, aviator, explorer and author (b. 1908) Margaret Woodrow Wilson, American singer; Presidential daughter (b. 1886) February 13 – Edgar Selwyn, American screenwriter (b. 1875) February 16 Carl August Ehrensvärd, Swedish admiral (b. 1858) Henri Nathansen, Danish writer and director (b. 1868) February 21 – Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873) February 23 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-born American chemist (b. 1863) February 29 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish politician, 1st Prime Minister and 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861) March March 3 – Paul-Émile Janson, Belgian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1872) March 4 – Louis Buchalter, Jewish-born American mobster, head of Murder, Inc. (executed) (b. 1897) March 5 Max Jacob, French poet (b. 1876) Neel E. Kearby, American fighter ace (killed in action) (b. 1911) March 8 - Xu Zonghan, Chinese medical doctor, politician and revolutionary (b. 1877) March 9 – Demetrios Capetanakis, Greek poet, essayist and critic (b. 1912) March 11 Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-born American historian, journalist and writer (b. 1882) Irvin S. Cobb, American writer (b. 1876) March 15 Otto von Below, German general (b. 1857) Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Soviet national hero (b. 1905) March 17 – Mario Bravo, Argentinian politician and writer (b. 1882) March 19 Giuseppe de Liguoro, Italian actor and director (b. 1869) Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, French general (b. 1851)