(b. 1891) February 9 – Lauri Kristian Relander, 2nd President of Finland (b. 1883) February 11 Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1889) Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1889) February 12 – Grant Wood, American painter (b. 1891) February 13 Otakar Batlička, Czechoslovakian adventurer and journalist (b. 1895) Epitácio Pessoa, Brazil jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865) February 14 – Mirosław Ferić, Polish WWII fighter pilot (b. 1915) February 16 – Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi, Italian ornithologist (b. 1867) February 19 – Frank Abbandando, American gangster (b. 1910) February 20 – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain (b. 1872) February 22 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (b. 1881) February 24 – Anton Drexler, German far-right politician (b. 1884) February 27 Robert William Chapman, Australian engineer and mathematician (b. 1866) Joseph Emile Harley, American army officer and politician (b. 1880) February 28 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889) March March 1 George S. Rentz, United States Navy Chaplain and Navy Cross winner (b. 1882) Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American military officer, inventor, and engineer (b. 1873) March 2 Gustave Anjou, Swedish genealogist (b. 1863) Sergei Solovyov, Soviet Orthodox priest and blessed (b. 1885) March 3 – Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Italian nobleman and military officer, Viceroy of Italian East Africa (b. 1898) March 4 – Gheorghe Adamescu, Romanian historian and bibliographer (b. 1869) March 7 – Pierre Semard, French Communist leader (b. 1887) March 8 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888) March 10 – Frederick Behre, American artist (b. 1863) March 11 José Camprubí, Spanish publisher (b. 1879) Raoul Dandurand, Canadian politician (b. 1861) March 12 Robert Bosch, German industrialist, engineer and inventor (b. 1861) Sir William Henry Bragg, British physicist, chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) Enric Morera i Viura, Andorran composer (b. 1865) March 14 René Bull, British illustrator and photographer (b. 1872) Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde, German botanist (b. 1873) March 15 – Vasile Demetrius, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, poet and translator (b. 1878) March 17 – Nada Dimić, Yugoslav Communist leader (b. 1923) March 20 – Vasily Kalafati, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1869) March 21 – J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian politician (b. 1874) Václav Morávek, Czech general and warrior (b. 1904) March 23 Ludwig von Höhnel, Austrian naval officer and explorer (b. 1857) Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, 20th President of Argentina