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In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Hakushū Kitahara
Japanese tanka poet (1885–1942).
Born January 25th, 1885 in Nankan.
Died November 2nd, 1942 at 57 years old in Asagaya (diabetes, kidney disease). [ref]
Jean Perrin
French physicist (1870–1942).
Born September 30th, 1870 in Lille.
Died April 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in New York City.
Andy Ducat
English cricket player (1886-1942).
Born February 16th, 1886 in London.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 56 years old in London.
Grigol Peradze
Georgian theologian (1899–1942).
Born September 13th, 1899 in Bakurtsikhe.
Died December 6th, 1942 at 43 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Hale Hamilton
American actor (1879-1942).
Born February 28th, 1883 in Topeka.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 59 years old in Hollywood.
Alfred Flatow
German gymnast (1869–1942).
Born October 3rd, 1869 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1942 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Leon Jessel
German composer (1871-1942).
Born January 22nd, 1871 in Szczecin.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 70 years old in Berlin (torture).
Pasquale Amato
Italian opera singer (1878–1942).
Born March 21st, 1878 in Naples.
Died August 13th, 1942 at 64 years old in New York City, Jackson Heights.
Stanislav Binički
Composer.
Born July 27th, 1872 in Kruševac.
Died February 15th, 1942 at 69 years old in Belgrade.
Vladimir Petlyakov
Soviet aerospace engineer.
Born June 27th, 1891 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 12th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kazan.
Frederick Stock
German composer (1872–1942).
Born November 11th, 1872 in Jülich.
Died October 20th, 1942 at 69 years old in Chicago.
Charles-Eugène Guye
Swiss physicist (1866-1942).
Born October 15th, 1866 in Champvent.
Died July 15th, 1942 at 75 years old in Geneva.
Ahmad II of Tunis
Bey of tunis (1929-1942).
Born April 13th, 1862 in La Marsa. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1942 at 80 years old in La Marsa. [ref]
Toshio Ōta
Japanese flying ace (1919–1942).
Born March 20th, 1919 in Nagasaki.
Died October 21st, 1942 at 23 years old in Guadalcanal.
Miguel White
Filipino athlete (1909–1942).
Born October 9th, 1909 in Legazpi.
Died August 30th, 1942 at 32 years old
Kamisaka Sekka
Japanese artist (1866-1942).
Born February 26th, 1866 in Kyoto.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 75 years old in Kyoto.
Nurken Abdirov
Soviet military pilot (1919-1942).
Born August 9th, 1919 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 23 years old
Marcellin Boule
French paleontologist, paleoanthropologist and geologist (1861–1942).
Born January 1st, 1861 in Montsalvy.
Died July 4th, 1942 at 81 years old in Montsalvy.
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Yugawara (pneumonia).
Staf De Clercq
Belgian politician (1884-1942).
Born September 16th, 1884 in Everbeek.
Died October 22nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Ghent.
Andrew Forsyth
British mathematician (1858-1942).
Born June 18th, 1858 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Virginia Lee Corbin
American actress (1910-1942).
Born December 5th, 1910 in Prescott.
Died June 5th, 1942 at 31 years old in Chicago (tuberculosis).
Stanisław Zaremba
Polish mathematician (1863-1942).
Born October 3rd, 1863 in Romanivka.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 79 years old in Kraków.
Murdock MacQuarrie
Actor (1878-1942).
Born August 25th, 1878 in San Francisco.
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
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