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In the year 1942
528 Notable deaths
Antoine Marfan
French pediatrician.
Born June 23rd, 1858 in Castelnaudary. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1942 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
British army general (1871-1942).
Born December 15th, 1871 in Blair Castle.
Died March 16th, 1942 at 70 years old in Perth.
Philip Wilson Steer
British artist (1860-1942).
Born December 28th, 1860 in Birkenhead.
Died March 18th, 1942 at 81 years old in London.
Emanuel Feuermann
Austrian musician (1902-1942).
Born November 22nd, 1902 in Kolomyia.
Died May 25th, 1942 at 39 years old in New York City.
Dimitri Amilakhvari
French military officer and lieutenant colonel of the french foreign legion (1906–1942).
Born October 31st, 1906 in Chermen.
Died October 24th, 1942 at 35 years old in El Alamein.
Gabriel Terra
President of uruguay (1873-1942).
Born August 1st, 1873 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1942 at 69 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Aritomo Gotō
Japanese admiral (1888-1942).
Born January 23rd, 1888 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died October 12th, 1942 at 54 years old in Solomon Islands.
Lilli Henoch
German track and field athlete (1899–1942).
Born October 26th, 1899 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1942 at 42 years old in Riga Ghetto (gunshot wound).
Georges Politzer
French philosopher, marxist theoretician and resistance member (1903-1942).
Born May 3rd, 1903 in Oradea. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1942 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Fritz Platten
Swiss politician (1883-1942).
Born July 8th, 1883 in Tablat.
Died April 22nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Arkhangelsk Oblast (ballistic trauma, execution).
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Swedish composer (1867-1942).
Born February 27th, 1867 in Kramfors Municipality.
Died December 3rd, 1942 at 75 years old in Östersund.
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
British architect (1851–1942).
Born December 12th, 1851 in London.
Died March 15th, 1942 at 90 years old in Wickham Bishops.
Richard Tucker
Actor (1884-1942).
Born June 4th, 1884 in Brooklyn.
Died December 5th, 1942 at 58 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Refik Saydam
Prime minister of turkey (1881-1942).
Born September 8th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 8th, 1942 at 60 years old in Istanbul.
Aurel Stodola
Slovak scientist.
Born May 10th, 1859 in Liptovský Mikuláš.
Died December 25th, 1942 at 83 years old in Zürich.
Camille du Gast
French racing driver (1868-1942).
Born May 30th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1942 at 73 years old [ref]
Leonid Kulik
Russian mineralogist (1883-1942).
Born August 31st, 1883 in Tartu. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1942 at 58 years old in Spas-Demensk (typhus).
Eusebio Ayala
President of paraguay (1875-1942).
Born August 14th, 1875 in Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1942 at 66 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Zsigmond Móricz
Hungarian writer.
Born July 2nd, 1879 in Tiszacsécse. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1942 at 63 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Arthur Housman
American actor (1889–1942).
Born October 10th, 1889 in New York City.
Died April 8th, 1942 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer (1886–1942).
Born November 1st, 1886 in Kitakuruwachō.
Died May 11th, 1942 at 55 years old in Daita (pneumonia).
Mary MacSwiney
Irish politician and educationalist (1872-1942).
Born March 27th, 1872 in London.
Died March 8th, 1942 at 69 years old in Cork.
Violet Hunt
British writer (1862-1942).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Durham.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 79 years old in Campden Hill.
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