In the year 1942
584 Notable deaths
Signe Brander
Finnish photographer (1869-1942).
Born April 15th, 1869 in Parkano.
Died May 17th, 1942 at 73 years old in Nikkilä Hospital (starvation).
Thomas Xenakis
Greek gymnast (1875–1942).
Born March 30th, 1875 in Naxos Island.
Died July 7th, 1942 at 67 years old in Orange.
Roman Sitko
Polish catholic priest (1880–1942).
Born March 30th, 1880 in Czarna Sędziszowska.
Died October 12th, 1942 at 62 years old in Auschwitz.
Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff
Dutch scientist (1860-1942).
Born February 27th, 1860 in Nijmegen.
Died March 26th, 1942 at 82 years old in Wassenaar.
Ferdinand Albin Pax
German botanist and university teacher (1858–1942).
Born July 26th, 1858 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem.
Died March 1st, 1942 at 83 years old in Wrocław.
Belisario Porras Barahona
President of panama (1856-1942).
Born November 27th, 1856 in Las Tablas.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 85 years old in Panama City.
Josef Svatopluk Machar
Czech politician, poet, publicist, politician and politic writer (1864-1942).
Born February 29th, 1864 in Kolín. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1942 at 78 years old in Střešovice (angina pectoris). [ref]
Oskari Mantere
Finnish politician (1874-1942).
Born September 18th, 1874 in Hausjärvi.
Died December 9th, 1942 at 68 years old in Helsinki.
Louis Gauchat
Swiss linguist (1866-1942).
Born January 12th, 1866 in Les Brenets.
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 76 years old in Lenzerheide.
Claire Beck Loos
Czech writer and photographer.
Born November 4th, 1904 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1942 at 37 years old in Riga, extermination camp. [ref]
Wassili Kalafati
Russian composer and pedagogue (1869–1942).
Born February 10th, 1869 in Yevpatoriia.
Died March 20th, 1942 at 73 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Ernest Pérochon
French writer (1885-1942).
Born February 24th, 1885 in Deux-Sèvres.
Died February 10th, 1942 at 56 years old in Niort.
Friedrich Klose
Opera composer (1862-1942).
Born November 29th, 1862 in Karlsruhe.
Died December 24th, 1942 at 80 years old in Muralto.
Vera Timanova
Russian pianist (1855–1942).
Born February 18th, 1855 in Ufa.
Died February 22nd, 1942 at 87 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Ernest Chuard
Member of the swiss federal council (1857-1942).
Born July 31st, 1857 in Corcelles-près-Payerne.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in Lausanne.
Ivan Golubets
Soviet sailor, hero of the soviet union (1916–1942).
Born May 8th, 1916 in Taganrog.
Died March 25th, 1942 at 25 years old in Sevastopol.
Lorenzo Aguirre
Spanish painter (1884-1942).
Born November 14th, 1884 in Pamplona.
Died October 6th, 1942 at 57 years old in Madrid (garrote).
Elena Shirman
Soviet writer and poet (1908-1942).
Born February 3rd, 1908 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died August 10th, 1942 at 34 years old in Remontnoe (gunshot wound).
Nikolai Rynin
Russian civil engineer (1877–1942).
Born December 23rd, 1877 in Moscow.
Died July 28th, 1942 at 64 years old in Kazan.
Harald Tammer
Estonian weightlifter, journalist and politician (1899-1942).
Born January 9th, 1899 in Tallinn.
Died June 6th, 1942 at 43 years old in Unzhlag.
Gertrud Adelborg
Women's rights activist.
Born September 10th, 1853 in Karlskrona city community. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1942 at 88 years old in Gagnef parish.
Charles Willy Kayser
German actor (1881–1942).
Born January 28th, 1881 in Metz.
Died July 10th, 1942 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Cyril Gardner
American actor and director (1898-1942).
Died December 30th, 1942 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
William Carr
American rower (1876-1942).
Born June 17th, 1876 in County Donegal.
Died March 25th, 1942 at 65 years old in Philadelphia.
Tatyana Marinenko
Soviet partisan, heroine of the soviet union (1920–1942).
Born January 25th, 1920 in Suchi Bor.
Died August 2nd, 1942 at 22 years old in Žarcy (gunshot wound).
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore