In the year 1942
521 Notable deaths
Heber Doust Curtis
American astronomer (1872-1942).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Muskegon.
Died January 9th, 1942 at 69 years old in Ann Arbor.
Georg Alexander Pick
Austrian mathematician, holocaust victim.
Born August 10th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 82 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Herbert Baum
German resistance fighter (1912-1942).
Born February 10th, 1912 in Mosina.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 30 years old in Berlin (torture).
Fyodor Shcherbatskoy
Russian academic and indologist (1866–1942).
Born September 19th, 1866 in Kielce. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1942 at 75 years old in Burabay.
Georg von Bismarck
German general and knight's cross recipient (1891-1942).
Born February 15th, 1891 in Namyślin.
Died August 31st, 1942 at 51 years old in El Alamein.
Olha Kobylianska
Ukrainian writer and feminist (1863–1942).
Born November 27th, 1863 in Gura Humorului.
Died March 21st, 1942 at 78 years old in Chernivtsi. [ref]
James W. Horne
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881–1942).
Born December 14th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died June 29th, 1942 at 60 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Mladen Stojanović
Serbian partisan.
Born April 7th, 1896 in Prijedor.
Died April 2nd, 1942 at 45 years old in Jošavka Gornja.
Yevgeny Petrov
Soviet writer (1902–1942).
Born December 13th, 1903 in Odesa.
Died July 2nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Rostov Oblast.
Marion Wallace Dunlop
British artist and suffragette (1864-1942).
Born December 22nd, 1865 in Inverness.
Died September 12th, 1942 at 76 years old in Guildford.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 521
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius