In the year 1942
584 Notable deaths
Ants Laikmaa
Estonian painter (1866-1942).
Born May 5th, 1866 in Fellin County, Vigala Rural Municipality.
Died November 19th, 1942 at 76 years old in Kadarpiku.
Paul Follot
French designer (1877–1942).
Born July 17th, 1877 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1942 at 64 years old in Sainte-Maxime, Nice. [ref]
Käthe Leichter
Austrian writer (1895–1942).
Born August 20th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 46 years old in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre.
Bento António Gonçalves
Portuguese politician (1902-1942).
Born March 2nd, 1902 in Montalegre.
Died September 11th, 1942 at 40 years old in Tarrafal camp.
Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer (1861-1942).
Born August 9th, 1861 in San Francisco.
Died October 5th, 1942 at 81 years old in San Francisco.
Nina Onilova
Soviet machine gunner, awarded titles of hero of the soviet union and the order of lenin (1921–1942).
Born April 10th, 1921 in Novomykolaivka.
Died March 8th, 1942 at 20 years old in Sevastopol (gunshot wound).
Jan Maria Michał Kowalski
First minister generalis of the mariavites (1871-1942).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Latowicz.
Died May 26th, 1942 at 70 years old in Dachau concentration camp, Hartheim Euthanasia Centre (lethal injection).
Alfred Tauber
Hungarian-born austrian mathematician (1866-1942).
Born November 5th, 1866 in Bratislava.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 75 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto.
Františka Plamínková
Czechoslovak politician, feminist and publicist (1875-1942).
Born February 5th, 1875 in Prague. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1942 at 67 years old in Kobylisy Shooting Range (gunshot wound). [ref]
Einar Lönnberg
Swedish scientist (1865-1942).
Born December 24th, 1865 in Norrköping's Östra Eneby parish. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1942 at 76 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Mykhailo Kravchuk
Ukrainian mathematician (1892–1942).
Born September 27th, 1892 in Chovnytsia.
Died March 9th, 1942 at 49 years old in Kolyma.
Arthur Michael
American chemist (1853–1942).
Born August 7th, 1853 in Buffalo.
Died February 8th, 1942 at 88 years old in Orlando.
John Willard
American playwright (1885-1942).
Born November 28th, 1885 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1942 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Žarko Zrenjanin
Yugoslav partisan (1902-1942).
Born September 11th, 1902 in Izbište.
Died November 4th, 1942 at 40 years old in Pavliš.
Charles Seignobos
French historian (1854-1942).
Born September 10th, 1854 in Lamastre. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1942 at 87 years old in Ploubazlanec. [ref]
Petar Dobrović
Artist and politician (1890-1942).
Born January 14th, 1890 in Pécs.
Died January 27th, 1942 at 52 years old in Belgrade.
Jean Gilbert
German composer and conductor (1879–1942).
Born February 11th, 1879 in Hamburg.
Died December 20th, 1942 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ludwig Siebert
Former member of nazi party (1874-1942).
Born October 17th, 1874 in Ludwigshafen.
Died November 1st, 1942 at 68 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.
Carl Röver
German politician (nsdap).
Born February 12th, 1889 in Lemwerder.
Died May 15th, 1942 at 53 years old in Berlin.
Nikolai Miliutin
Russian trade unionist.
Born December 8th, 1889 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 15th, 1942 at 52 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Laura Papo Bohoreta
Bosnian jewish feminist, writer, and translator.
Born March 15th, 1891 in Sarajevo.
Died June 12th, 1942 at 51 years old in Sarajevo.
Victor Margueritte
French writer (1866–1942).
Born December 1st, 1866 in Blida.
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 75 years old in Monestier.
Hamad I of Bahrain
Hakim of bahrain (1872–1942).
Born February 6th, 1872 in Al-Muharraq.
Died February 20th, 1942 at 70 years old in Bahrain.
Friedrich Münzer
German historian and classical philologist (1868–1942).
Born April 22nd, 1869 in Opole.
Died October 21st, 1942 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Charlotte Burton
American actress (1881-1942).
Born May 30th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died March 28th, 1942 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
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Death? Be as proud as you want: bore me later, because Love is sovereign here. Life never ends. Joy comes in the morning. Glory hallelujah. And let it be so. Anne Lamott