In the year 1942
575 Notable deaths
Rudolf von Scheliha
German diplomat (1897-1942).
Born May 31st, 1897 in Cieśle, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 45 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
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.
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 83 years old in London.
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
American actor and director (1878–1942).
Born August 25th, 1878 in San Francisco.
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Martin Kirschner
German surgeon (1879–1942).
Born October 28th, 1879 in Wrocław.
Died August 30th, 1942 at 62 years old in Heidelberg.
Jaroslav Ježek
Czech conductor, esperantist, composer and jazz musician (1906–1942).
Born September 25th, 1906 in Žižkov. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1942 at 35 years old in New York City. [ref]
Boris Safonov
Soviet aviator.
Born August 26th, 1915.
Died May 30th, 1942 at 26 years old in Barents Sea.
Žikica Jovanović Španac
Yugoslav partisan (1914-1942).
Born March 17th, 1914 in Valjevo.
Died March 13th, 1942 at 27 years old in Kosjerić.
Jindřich Štyrský
Czech photographer, painter, writer and artist (1899-1942).
Born August 11th, 1899 in Dolní Čermná. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1942 at 42 years old in Smíchov. [ref]
Carl Sternheim
German writer and art collector (1878-1942).
Born April 1st, 1878 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1942 at 64 years old in Ixelles (pneumonia). [ref]
Edgar Chadwick
Association football player from england (1869–1942).
Born June 14th, 1869 in Blackburn.
Died February 14th, 1942 at 72 years old in Blackburn.
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.
U.s. mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist (1875–1942).
Born February 5th, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 67 years old in South Bend.
Ruth Maier
Austrian author and holocaust victim (1920–1942).
Born November 10th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1942 at 22 years old in Oświęcim, Auschwitz.
Ahatanhel Krymsky
Ukrainian academic (1871–1942).
Born January 15th, 1871 in Volodymyr.
Died January 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Kostanay.
Porfirio Barba-Jacob
Colombian poet and writer (1883-1942).
Born July 29th, 1883 in Santa Rosa de Osos.
Died January 14th, 1942 at 58 years old in Mexico City (tuberculosis).
William Henry Young
English mathematician (1863–1942).
Born October 20th, 1863 in London.
Died July 7th, 1942 at 78 years old in Lausanne, Chavornay.
Louis Soutter
Swiss artist (1871-1942).
Born June 4th, 1871 in Morges.
Died February 20th, 1942 at 70 years old in Ballaigues.
Neel Doff
Novelist (1858–1942).
Born January 27th, 1858 in Buggenum.
Died July 14th, 1942 at 84 years old in Ixelles (kidney failure).
Ants Piip
Estonian politician, diplomat and legal scholar (1884–1942).
Born February 28th, 1884 in Tuhalaane.
Died October 1st, 1942 at 58 years old in Perm Oblast.
Elisar von Kupffer
Baltic german painter and writer (1872-1942).
Born February 20th, 1872 in Tallinn.
Died October 31st, 1942 at 70 years old in Minusio.
Walter Serner
Czech writer (1889–1942).
Born January 15th, 1889 in Karlovy Vary.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 53 years old in Biķernieki forest.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 575
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