In the year 1942
584 Notable deaths
Juhan Kukk
Estonian politician (1885-1942).
Born April 13th, 1885 in Käru.
Died December 4th, 1942 at 57 years old in Soviet Union.
Hnat Khotkevych
Ukrainian writer, ethnographer, playwright, composer, musicologist, and bandurist.
Born December 31st, 1876 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1942 at 65 years old in Soviet Union.
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp
German world war ii general (1890–1942).
Born March 29th, 1890 in Karlsruhe.
Died October 3rd, 1942 at 52 years old in Storozhevoye.
Bruno Bauch
German philosopher (1877–1942).
Born January 19th, 1877 in Osina Wielka.
Died February 27th, 1942 at 65 years old in Jena.
George de Relwyskow
British wrestler (1887-1942).
Born June 18th, 1887 in London.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 55 years old [ref]
Annie Vivanti
Italian poet and writer (1866–1942).
Born April 7th, 1866 in London.
Died February 20th, 1942 at 75 years old in Turin (disease).
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger
German language lyricist and holocaust victim (1924-1942).
Born August 15th, 1924 in Chernivtsi.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 18 years old in Mykhaylivka (typhus).
Majer Samuel Bałaban
Polish historian (1877–1942).
Born February 20th, 1877 in Lviv.
Died December 26th, 1942 at 65 years old in Warsaw Ghetto.
Robert Kosch
German officer (1856–1942).
Born April 5th, 1856 in Kłodzko.
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 86 years old in Berlin.
Tadeusz Pruszkowski
Polish artist (1888-1942).
Born April 5th, 1888 in Borucice, Łódź Voivodeship.
Died August 1st, 1942 at 54 years old in Warsaw, Lviv.
Bjørn Bjørnson
Norwegian actor and director (1859-1942).
Born November 15th, 1859 in Christiania.
Died May 14th, 1942 at 82 years old in Oslo.
Danail Nikolaev
Bulgarian general (1852-1942).
Born December 30th, 1852 in Bolhrad.
Died August 29th, 1942 at 89 years old in Bankya.
Dmitry Ushakov
Russian philologist (1873–1942).
Born January 24th, 1873 in Moscow.
Died April 17th, 1942 at 69 years old in Tashkent.
Ludwig von Höhnel
Austrian explorer (1857–1942).
Born August 6th, 1857 in Bratislava.
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 84 years old in Vienna.
Pranas Dovydaitis
Lithuanian politician (1886-1942).
Born December 2nd, 1886 in Runkiai.
Died November 4th, 1942 at 55 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Ćiro Truhelka
Croatian archaeologist (1865-1942).
Born February 2nd, 1865 in Osijek.
Died September 18th, 1942 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Romà Forns
Spanish footballer (1885-1942).
Born September 9th, 1885 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1942 at 56 years old in Barcelona.
Gerhard Berthold
German general and knight's cross recipient (1891–1942).
Born March 12th, 1891 in Schneeberg.
Died April 14th, 1942 at 51 years old
Jules de Gaultier
French philosopher (1858–1942).
Born June 2nd, 1858 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1942 at 83 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Georg Häfner
German priest and martyr (1900–1942).
Born October 19th, 1900 in Würzburg.
Died August 20th, 1942 at 41 years old in Dachau.
Glover Morrill Allen
American zoologist (1879-1942).
Born February 8th, 1879 in Walpole.
Died February 14th, 1942 at 63 years old in Cambridge.
Jack Parkinson
English footballer (1883-1942).
Born September 21st, 1883 in Bootle. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1942 at 58 years old
Abraham A. Manievich
American artist (1881-1942).
Born November 25th, 1881 in Mscislaŭ.
Died June 30th, 1942 at 60 years old in The Bronx.
Zofia Zamenhof
Polish esperantist (1889-1942).
Born December 13th, 1889 in Kaunas.
Died September 12th, 1942 at 52 years old in Treblinka extermination camp. [ref]
Deaths 376 to 400 of 584
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown