In the year 1942
584 Notable deaths
Käthe Loewenthal
German painter and holocaust victim (1877-1942).
Born March 27th, 1877 in Berlin.
Died April 26th, 1942 at 65 years old in Izbica (Lublin Voivodeship) Ghetto.
Berta Pīpiņa
Latvian politician, writer and journalist (1883-1942).
Born September 28th, 1883 in Code Parish.
Died November 14th, 1942 at 59 years old in Siberia. [ref]
Roberto Marcelino Ortiz
Former president of argentina (1886-1942).
Born September 24th, 1886 in Buenos Aires.
Died July 15th, 1942 at 55 years old in Buenos Aires (diabetes).
Odo Bujwid
Polish biologist and esperantist (1857–1942).
Born November 30th, 1857 in Vilnius.
Died December 26th, 1942 at 85 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Albert Siklós
Hungarian composer (1878-1942).
Born June 26th, 1878 in Budapest.
Died April 3rd, 1942 at 63 years old in Budapest.
Yvonne Prévost
French tennis player.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Kingdom of France.
Died March 3rd, 1942 at 63 years old in Paris.
Eugenie Goldstern
Austrian geographer (1884–1942).
Born May 1st, 1884 in Odesa. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1942 at 58 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Hermann Kobold
German astronomer (1858-1942).
Born August 5th, 1858 in Hanover.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 83 years old in Kiel.
Ekaterina Lermontova
Russian paleontologist (1889-1942).
Born February 11th, 1889 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1942 at 52 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Antonín Hudeček
Czech painter (1872-1941).
Born January 14th, 1872 in Loucká, Redhost. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1942 at 70 years old in Častolovice. [ref]
Giuseppe Castelli
Italian athletics competitor (1907–1942).
Born October 5th, 1907 in Frugarolo.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 35 years old in Milan.
Albert Duval
French sailor.
Born November 29th, 1867 in Paris.
Died August 18th, 1942 at 74 years old in Gouvieux.
Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde
German botanist (1873-1942).
Born June 30th, 1873 in Wrocław.
Died March 14th, 1942 at 68 years old in Dahlem.
Jonas Smilgevičius
Lithuanian politician (1870-1942).
Born February 12th, 1870 in Šoniai.
Died September 27th, 1942 at 72 years old in Kaunas.
Pierre Versteegh
Dutch equestrian (1888-1942).
Born June 6th, 1888 in Kedungbanteng.
Died May 3rd, 1942 at 53 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp (gunshot wound).
Alexandre Volkoff
Russian actor and film director (1885-1942).
Born December 27th, 1885 in Moscow.
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 56 years old in Rome.
Heinz Körvers
German handball player.
Born July 3rd, 1915 in Bönninghardt.
Died December 29th, 1942 at 27 years old in Volgograd.
Gustav Wegner
German track and field athlete.
Born January 4th, 1903 in Jarocin.
Died June 7th, 1942 at 39 years old
François Rom
Fencer (1882–1942).
Born April 8th, 1882 in Antwerp.
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 59 years old
Eugen Freiherr von Lotzbeck
Equestrian (1882-1942).
Born February 24th, 1882 in Munich.
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 60 years old in Assenhausen.
Gustav Jonson
Estonian military personnel (1880–1942).
Born January 7th, 1880 in Viljandi County. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1942 at 62 years old in Chelyabinsk. [ref]
Carl Jensen
Danish wrestler (1882-1942).
Born September 13th, 1882 in Dronninglund.
Died April 4th, 1942 at 59 years old in Frederiksberg.
Birger Cederin
Fencer (1895-1942).
Born April 20th, 1895 in Jönköping.
Died March 22nd, 1942 at 46 years old in Stockholm.
Oscar Geier
Bobsledder (1882-1942).
Born August 19th, 1882 in Zurich.
Died November 5th, 1942 at 60 years old in Mountain Lakes.
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