1852) Julio Sanchez Gardel, Argentine dramatist (b. 1870) March 20 Arthur Bernède, French writer, poet and playwright (b. 1870) Harry Vardon, English golf professional (b. 1870) March 22 Thorvald Aagaard, Danish composer (b. 1877) Alfred Dyke Acland, British military officer (b. 1858) Vladimir Maksimov, Soviet actor (b. 1880) Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, British aviator, ornithologist (plane crash) (b. 1865) March 25 – John Drinkwater, British poet, dramatist (b. 1882) March 27 – Victor Gustav Bloede, Swedish chemist (b. 1849) March 28 – Josef Klička, Czechoslovak organist, violinist and composer (b. 1855) March 29 Fyodor Keneman, Soviet pianist, composer (b. 1873) Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (b. 1882) Kim You-jeong, Korean novelist (b. 1908) March 31 – Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Turkish general (b. 1864) April April 2 – Nathan Birnbaum, Austrian writer, journalist (b. 1864) April 4 Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (b. 1875) Maria Teresa Casini, Italian Roman Catholic nun and blessed (b. 1864) April 5 – Jose Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (b. 1858) April 6 – Gyula Juhász, Hungarian poet (b. 1883) April 7 – Helen Burgess, American actress (b. 1916) April 8 – Billy Bassett, English association footballer (b. 1869) April 10 Ralph Ince, American film director (b. 1887) Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar, Indian sociologist, historian (b. 1884) April 14 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball manager, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1857) April 16 – Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer, politician and 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870) April 19 Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, British art critic, mountaineer (b. 1856) William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist (b. 1865) April 20 Gaston Chérau, French journalist (b. 1872) Josef Mařatka, Czech sculptor (b. 1874) April 21 – Saima Harmaja, Finnish poet (b. 1913) April 22 – Arthur Edmund Carewe, Armenian-American actor (b. 1884) April 23 – Caroline Harris, American actress (b. 1867) April 24 – Lucy Beaumont, British actress (b. 1869) April 25 – Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (b. 1857) April 27 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer, politician (b. 1891) April 29 Wallace Carothers, American chemist, inventor of nylon (b. 1896) William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) May May 1 Snitz Edwards, Hungarian actor (b. 1868) Herbert Hughes, Irish composer (b. 1882) May 2 – Takuji Iwasaki, Japanese meteorologist (b. 1869) May 4 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910) May 5 Camillo Berneri, Italian philosopher, anarchist (b. 1897) C.K.G. Billings, American horseman