In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Mordechai Gebirtig
Yiddish writer (1877–1942).
Born April 4th, 1877 in Kraków. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1942 at 65 years old in Kraków Ghetto.
Vladislav Vančura
Czech writer, film director, playwright and screenwriter.
Born June 23rd, 1891 in Háj ve Slezsku. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1942 at 50 years old in Kobylisy (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri
Spanish hero of the ussr (1920–1942).
Born January 9th, 1920 in Muskiz.
Died September 3rd, 1942 at 22 years old in Srednyaya Akhtuba.
Nada Dimić
Yugoslav partisan (1923-1942).
Born September 6th, 1923 in Divoselo.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 18 years old in Stara Gradiška concentration camp.
Jean Dunand
French artist.
Born May 20th, 1877 in Lancy. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1942 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Heber Doust Curtis
American astronomer (1872-1942).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Muskegon.
Died January 9th, 1942 at 69 years old in Ann Arbor.
Georg Alexander Pick
Austrian mathematician, holocaust victim.
Born August 10th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 82 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Herbert Baum
German resistance fighter (1912-1942).
Born February 10th, 1912 in Mosina.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 30 years old in Berlin (torture).
Fyodor Shcherbatskoy
Russian academic and indologist (1866–1942).
Born September 19th, 1866 in Kielce. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1942 at 75 years old in Burabay.
Georg von Bismarck
German general and knight's cross recipient (1891-1942).
Born February 15th, 1891 in Namyślin.
Died August 31st, 1942 at 51 years old in El Alamein.
Olha Kobylianska
Ukrainian writer and feminist (1863–1942).
Born November 27th, 1863 in Gura Humorului.
Died March 21st, 1942 at 78 years old in Chernivtsi. [ref]
James W. Horne
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881–1942).
Born December 14th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died June 29th, 1942 at 60 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Mladen Stojanović
Serbian partisan (1896–1942).
Born April 7th, 1896 in Prijedor.
Died April 2nd, 1942 at 45 years old in Jošavka Gornja.
Yevgeny Petrov
Soviet writer (1902–1942).
Born December 13th, 1903 in Odesa.
Died July 2nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Rostov Oblast.
Marion Wallace Dunlop
British artist and suffragette (1864-1942).
Born December 22nd, 1865 in Inverness.
Died September 12th, 1942 at 76 years old in Guildford.
Olena Teliha
Ukrainian poet.
Born July 21st, 1906 in Moscow Oblast. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1942 at 35 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Vladimir Burtsev
Russian revolutionary activist (1862-1942).
Born November 29th, 1862 in Fort-Shevchenko.
Died August 21st, 1942 at 79 years old in Paris (sepsis).
Kaneko Kentarō
Japanese politician, one of the drafters of the meiji constitution (1853–1942).
Born March 13th, 1853 in Fukuoka.
Died May 16th, 1942 at 89 years old in Hayama.
Alberto Franchetti
Italian opera composer (1860–1942).
Born September 18th, 1860 in Turin.
Died August 4th, 1942 at 81 years old in Viareggio.
Jessie Tarbox Beals
American photographer (1870–1942).
Born December 23rd, 1870 in Hamilton.
Died May 30th, 1942 at 71 years old in New York City.
Guglielmo Ferrero
Italian historian and writer (1871-1942).
Born June 21st, 1871 in Portici.
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 71 years old in Geneva.
Norbert Jokl
Austrian albanologist (1877-1942).
Born February 25th, 1877 in Bzenec.
Died May 6th, 1942 at 65 years old in Maly Trostenets.
Károly Zipernowsky
Hungarian engineer (1853–1942).
Born April 4th, 1853 in Vienna.
Died November 29th, 1942 at 89 years old in Budapest.
Mel Sheppard
American athlete.
Born September 5th, 1883 in Deptford Township.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 58 years old in Queens.
Ewald von Lochow
German general (1855–1942).
Born April 1st, 1855 in Petkus.
Died April 11th, 1942 at 87 years old in Charlottenburg.
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To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan