In the year 1942
584 Notable deaths
Stanisław Saks
Polish mathematician (1897–1942).
Born December 30th, 1897 in Kalisz.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 44 years old in Warsaw (political murder).
Egbert van Kampen
Mathematician (1908–1942).
Born May 28th, 1908 in Berchem.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 33 years old in Baltimore (cerebrum cancer).
Carlo Bigatto
Italian footballer (1895-1942).
Born August 29th, 1895 in Balzola.
Died September 16th, 1942 at 47 years old in Turin.
Charles Schuchert
American paleontologist (1858–1942).
Born July 3rd, 1858 in Cincinnati.
Died November 20th, 1942 at 84 years old in New Haven.
Leonid Nikolayev
Russian musician (1878–1942).
Born August 13th, 1878 in Kyiv.
Died October 11th, 1942 at 64 years old in Tashkent (typhoid fever).
Nicholas Adontz
Historian (1871–1942).
Born January 22nd, 1871 in Brnakot.
Died January 27th, 1942 at 71 years old in Brussels.
Hans Behrendt
German film director and screenwriter (1889-1942).
Born September 28th, 1889 in Berlin.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 52 years old in Auschwitz.
Édouard Estaunié
French novelist and engineer (1862-1942).
Born February 4th, 1862 in Dijon.
Died April 2nd, 1942 at 80 years old in Paris.
Nikolai Reek
Estonian military personnel and politician (1890-1942).
Born February 1st, 1890 in Tallinn.
Died May 8th, 1942 at 52 years old in Usolye.
Joan Peiró
Spanish politician and sindicalist (1887-1942).
Born February 18th, 1887 in Barcelona.
Died July 24th, 1942 at 55 years old in Paterna (gunshot wound).
Isidor Isaak Sadger
Austrian sexologist (1867–1942).
Born October 29th, 1867 in Nowy Sącz.
Died December 21st, 1942 at 75 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Kārlis Zāle
Latvian sculptor (1888–1942).
Born October 28th, 1888 in Mažeikiai.
Died February 19th, 1942 at 53 years old in Inčukalns.
Else Berg
Dutch painter (1877-1942).
Born February 19th, 1877 in Racibórz.
Died November 19th, 1942 at 65 years old in Auschwitz.
Karl Pärsimägi
Estonian painter (1902-1942).
Died July 27th, 1942 at 40 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Ilya Rabinovich
Russian chess player (1891-1942).
Born May 23rd, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 23rd, 1942 at 50 years old in Perm.
Frank Dawson Adams
Mcgill university, montreal, canada, geologist and petrologist, who studied the monteregian hills (1859-1942).
Born September 17th, 1859 in Montreal.
Died December 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montreal.
Jan Olieslagers
Belgian flying ace (1883-1942).
Born May 4th, 1883 in Antwerp.
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 58 years old in Berchem (cancer).
William Humphrey
American actor and film director (1875-1942).
Born January 2nd, 1875 in Hampden County. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1942 at 67 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Rudolf Hasse
German racing driver (1906–1942).
Born May 30th, 1906 in Mittweida.
Died August 12th, 1942 at 36 years old in Makiivka (dysentery).
Oskar Bolza
German mathematician (1857–1942).
Born May 12th, 1857 in Bad Bergzabern.
Died July 5th, 1942 at 85 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Albert Guillaume
French painter and cartoonist (1873-1942).
Born February 14th, 1873 in Paris.
Died August 10th, 1942 at 69 years old in Faux-en-Périgord.
Paul Gilson
Belgian composer (1865–1942).
Born June 15th, 1865 in Brussels.
Died April 3rd, 1942 at 76 years old in Brussels.
Samu Hazai
Hungarian politician (1851-1942).
Born December 26th, 1851 in Rimavská Sobota.
Died March 13th, 1942 at 90 years old in Budapest.
Christiaan Cornelissen
Dutch economist (1864-1942).
Born August 30th, 1864.
Died January 21st, 1942 at 77 years old in Domme.
Ado Birk
Estonian politician (1883-1942).
Born November 14th, 1883 in Tarvastu Rural Municipality.
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Sevurallag.
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