In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
José Abad Santos
Fifth chief justice of the supreme court of the philippines and served as acting president of the philippines during world war ii.
Born February 19th, 1886 in San Fernando.
Died May 2nd, 1942 at 56 years old in Malabang.
Matangini Hazra
Martyr of india's independence movement.
Born October 19th, 1870 in Tamluk.
Died September 29th, 1942 at 71 years old (shootout).
John Archer Lejeune
United states marine corps commandant (1867–1942).
Born January 10th, 1867 in Pointe Coupee Parish.
Died November 20th, 1942 at 75 years old in Baltimore.
Prince Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta
Duke of aosta, commander in italian east africa (1898–1942).
Born October 21st, 1898 in Turin.
Died March 3rd, 1942 at 43 years old in Nairobi (malaria, tuberculosis).
Walter von Reichenau
German field marshal (1884–1942).
Born October 8th, 1884 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 17th, 1942 at 57 years old in Lviv (cerebral hemorrhage).
William Henry Bragg
British scientist.
Born July 2nd, 1862 in Wigton. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1942 at 79 years old in London. [ref]
Ivan Bilibin
Illustrator (1876-1942).
Born August 16th, 1876 in Tarkhovka. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1942 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Carola Neher
German actress (1900-1942).
Born November 2nd, 1900 in Munich.
Died June 26th, 1942 at 41 years old in Black Dolphin Prison.
Gerard Philips
Dutch industrialist (1858–1942).
Born November 9th, 1858 in Zaltbommel.
Died January 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in The Hague.
Stjepan Filipović
Yugoslav partisan (1916-1942).
Born January 27th, 1916 in Opuzen.
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 26 years old in Valjevo (hanging to death).
Kanaklata Barua
Indian freedom fighter from assam (1924-1942).
Born December 22nd, 1924 in Gohpur. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1942 at 17 years old in India. [ref]
Dwarkanath Kotnis
Indian physicians dispatched to china to provide medical assistance during the second sino-japanese war in 1938.
Born October 10th, 1910 in Solapur.
Died December 9th, 1942 at 32 years old in Tang County (seizure).
Buck Jones
American actor (1891-1942).
Born December 12th, 1890 in Vincennes.
Died November 30th, 1942 at 51 years old in Boston.
Hector Guimard
French architect (1867–1942).
Born March 10th, 1867 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1942 at 75 years old in Manhattan.
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Indian revolutionary.
Born April 3rd, 1893 in Varanasi, British Raj.
Died February 7th, 1942 at 48 years old in Gorakhpur.
May Robson
Australian-born american actress (1858-1942).
Born April 19th, 1858 in Melbourne, Moama.
Died October 20th, 1942 at 84 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Mahadev Desai
Indian independence activist, writer and mahatma gandhi's personal secretary (1892–1942).
Born January 1st, 1892.
Died August 15th, 1942 at 50 years old in Aga Khan Palace.
Kārlis Ulmanis
Prime minister of latvia (1877-1942).
Born September 4th, 1877 in Bērze.
Died September 20th, 1942 at 65 years old in Türkmenbaşy (dysentery).
Daniil Kharms
Russian writer (1905–1942).
Born January 12th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Swiss writer, journalist and photographer.
Born May 23rd, 1908 in Zürich. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1942 at 34 years old in Sils im Engadin/Segl (bicycle accident). [ref]
Daniel J. Callaghan
United states navy admiral and navy medal of honor recipient.
Born July 26th, 1890 in San Francisco.
Died November 13th, 1942 at 52 years old in Guadalcanal.
Francis Younghusband
British army explorer.
Born May 31st, 1863 in Murree. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1942 at 79 years old in Lytchett Minster (stroke). [ref]
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Austrian jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942).
Born October 14th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died March 16th, 1942 at 70 years old in Larchmont.
Georg Stumme
German general.
Born July 29th, 1886 in Halberstadt.
Died October 24th, 1942 at 56 years old in El Alamein (myocardial infarction).
Yuri Kondratyuk
Ukrainian soviet scientist.
Born June 21st, 1897 in Poltava.
Died February 23rd, 1942 at 44 years old in Kaluga. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid