In the year 1942
584 Notable deaths
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.
William B. Pine
American politician (1877-1942).
Born December 30th, 1877 in Bluffs.
Died August 25th, 1942 at 64 years old in Okmulgee.
Alexey Troitsky
Russian chess player (1866-1942).
Born March 14th, 1866 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Józef Kowalski
Polish saint.
Born March 13th, 1911 in Gmina Lubień.
Died July 4th, 1942 at 31 years old in Auschwitz.
Magomet Gadzhiyev
Soviet submarine commander (1907-1942).
Born December 20th, 1907 in Megeb.
Died May 12th, 1942 at 34 years old in Barents Sea.
Ludwig Aschoff
German physician/pathologist (1866–1942).
Born January 10th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died June 24th, 1942 at 76 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (myocardial infarction).
Hernando Siles Reyes
President of bolivia (1882-1942).
Born August 5th, 1882 in Sucre.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 60 years old in Lima.
Stefania Wilczyńska
Polish teacher.
Born May 26th, 1886 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1942 at 56 years old in Treblinka extermination camp. [ref]
Fritz von Lossberg
German general (1868–1942).
Born April 30th, 1868 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
Died May 4th, 1942 at 74 years old in Lübeck.
Otto Ritter von Dandl
German politician (1868-1942).
Born May 13th, 1868 in Straubing.
Died May 20th, 1942 at 74 years old
Andrievs Niedra
Latvian politician (1871-1942).
Born February 8th, 1871 in Tirza Parish. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Riga.
Kaarel Eenpalu
Estonian politician (1888–1942).
Born May 28th, 1888 in Vesneri Rural Municipality. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1942 at 53 years old in Vyatlag.
Ludvig Puusepp
Estonian medical researcher and physician (1875-1942).
Born December 3rd, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1942 at 66 years old in Tartu (stomach cancer). [ref]
Jochen Klepper
German writer (1903–1942).
Born March 22nd, 1903 in Bytom Odrzański. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1942 at 39 years old in Berlin (asphyxia).
Vladimir Varićak
Croatian mathematician (1865–1942).
Born March 1st, 1865 in Švica.
Died January 18th, 1942 at 76 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud
Prime minister of malta (1889-1942).
Born September 12th, 1889 in Valletta.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 52 years old in Valletta (myocardial infarction).
Sergey Chaplygin
Russian mathematician (1869–1942).
Born April 5th, 1869 in Chaplygin.
Died October 8th, 1942 at 73 years old in Novosibirsk (stroke).
Racho Petrov
Bulgarian general (1861-1942).
Born March 3rd, 1861 in Shumen.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 80 years old in Belovo.
Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis
German general.
Born September 13th, 1886 in Szubin.
Died August 27th, 1942 at 55 years old in Magdeburg (gunshot wound).
Otto Herschmann
Swimmer, fencer, and lawyer (1877–1942).
Born January 4th, 1877 in Vienna.
Died June 14th, 1942 at 65 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp (poison).
Ashton Dearholt
Actor (1894-1942).
Born April 4th, 1894 in Milwaukee.
Died April 27th, 1942 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Franz Blei
Playwright (1871–1942).
Born January 18th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died July 10th, 1942 at 71 years old in Westbury.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan