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In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Anton Schmid
Austrian soldier and righteous among the nations (1900–1942).
Born January 9th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died April 13th, 1942 at 42 years old in Vilnius (gunshot wound).
Erwin Schulhoff
Czech composer and pianist (1894-1942).
Born June 8th, 1894 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1942 at 48 years old in Wülzburg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Alfred Wallis
English fisherman and artist (1855-1942).
Born August 18th, 1855 in Devonport. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1942 at 87 years old in Madron. [ref]
Joseph Larmor
Irish physicist and mathematician (1857-1942).
Born July 11th, 1857 in Belfast. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1942 at 84 years old in Holywood. [ref]
Cecilia Beaux
American artist (1855-1942).
Born May 1st, 1855 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1942 at 87 years old in Gloucester. [ref]
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Marshal of france (1856-1942).
Born May 25th, 1856 in Mostaganem. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1942 at 86 years old in Albi. [ref]
Valdemar Poulsen
Danish engineer (1869-1942).
Born November 23rd, 1869 in Copenhagen.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 72 years old in Gentofte.
Phillips Holmes
American actor.
Born July 22nd, 1907 in Grand Rapids.
Died August 12th, 1942 at 35 years old in Ontario.
Hugh Samuel Johnson
American administrator.
Born August 5th, 1882 in Bourbon County. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1942 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Jure Francetić
Croatian ustasha leader.
Born July 3rd, 1912 in Otočac.
Died December 28th, 1942 at 30 years old in Slunj (killed in action).
Leopold Mandić
Catholic priest; saint (1866-1942).
Born May 12th, 1866 in Herceg Novi.
Died July 30th, 1942 at 76 years old in Padua (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Arnold Genthe
American photographer (1869-1942).
Born January 8th, 1869 in Berlin.
Died August 9th, 1942 at 73 years old in New Milford.
Walther von Lüttwitz
German general (1859-1942).
Born February 2nd, 1859 in Kluczbork.
Died September 20th, 1942 at 83 years old in Wrocław.
Bibb Graves
Governor of alabama (1873–1942).
Born April 1st, 1873 in Hope Hull.
Died March 14th, 1942 at 68 years old in Sarasota.
Mohammad Ali Foroughi
Iranian politician.
Born August 1st, 1877 in Tehran.
Died November 27th, 1942 at 65 years old in Tehran.
José Díaz
Spanish politician.
Born May 3rd, 1895 in Seville. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1942 at 46 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Teófilo Yldefonso
Filipino swimmer (1902–1942).
Born November 11th, 1902 in Piddig. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1942 at 39 years old in Capas.
Kiyonao Ichiki
Japanese general (1892–1942).
Born October 16th, 1892 in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Died August 21st, 1942 at 49 years old in Guadalcanal.
Olga Benário Prestes
German-brazilian communist militant (1908-1942).
Born February 12th, 1908 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1942 at 34 years old in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre. [ref]
Adolf Opálka
Czech soldier (1915-1942).
Born January 4th, 1915 in Rešice. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 27 years old in Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral. [ref]
Libertas Schulze-Boysen
German opponent of the nazis who belonged to the red orchestra (1913-1942).
Born November 20th, 1913 in Paris.
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 29 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Leonetto Cappiello
Italian poster art designer who lived in paris (1875-1942).
Born April 9th, 1875 in Livorno. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 66 years old in Cannes. [ref]
Charles Robert Ashbee
English (jewelry) designer and entrepreneur (1863-1942).
Born May 17th, 1863 in London, Isleworth. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1942 at 79 years old in Sevenoaks. [ref]
Dorando Pietri
Italian distance runner (1885–1942).
Born October 16th, 1885 in Correggio.
Died February 7th, 1942 at 56 years old in Sanremo (myocardial infarction).
Helen Westley
American actress (1875–1942).
Born March 28th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died December 12th, 1942 at 67 years old in Middlebush (disease).
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After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer