23rd President of Venezuela (b. 1839) February 18 – James Lane Allen, American writer (b. 1849) February 21 – Fernando De Lucia, Italian tenor (b. 1860) February 23 Samuel Berger, American Olympic boxer (b. 1884) James H. Wilson, American Union Army major general (b. 1837) February 24 – Hjalmar Branting, 19th Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860) February 25 – Louis Feuillade, French silent film director (b. 1873) February 28 – Friedrich Ebert, 1st President of Germany (1919–1945) (b. 1871) March March 1 – Homer Plessy, American political activist (b. 1862 or 1863) March 2 William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician (b. 1839) Luigj Gurakuqi, Albanian writer and politician (b. 1879) March 4 Moritz Moszkowski, Polish composer (b. 1854) James Ward, British philosopher and psychologist (b. 1843) John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1860) March 7 – Georgy Lvov, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1861) March 8 Manuel Míguez González, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1831) Juliette Wytsman, Belgian painter (b. 1866) March 10 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American track athlete (b. 1878) March 12 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician, politician and revolutionary (b. 1866) March 13 – Lucille Ricksen, American silent film actress (b. 1910) March 14 – Walter Camp, American football coach (b. 1859) March 19 – Nariman Narimanov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1870) March 20 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India (b. 1859) March 28 – Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, British general (b. 1864) March 30 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (b. 1861) April April 7 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1865) April 13 – Elwood Haynes, American inventor (b. 1857) April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist (b. 1856) April 15 August Endell, German architect (b. 1871) Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (executed) (b. 1879) April 16 – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg, German prince (b. 1852) April 17 – Wong Fei-hung, Chinese healer and revolutionary (b. 1847) April 19 – John Walter Smith, American politician (b. 1845) April 20 – Herbert Lawford, British tennis player (b. 1851) April 22 – André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878) May May 2 Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848) Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian poet (b. 1898) May 3 – Clément Ader, French Army Captain and aviation pioneer (b. 1841) May