In the year 1942

453 Notable deaths

Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany

Austrian archduke and tuscan heir (1872-1942).

Born May 24th, 1872 in Salzburg.

Died August 28th, 1942 at 70 years old in Vienna.

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942).

Born October 28th, 1856 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died February 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in San Francisco. [ref]

Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa

Ruler of bahrain.

Born February 6th, 1872 in Muharraq.

Died February 20th, 1942 at 70 years old in Kuwait.

Noah Adamia

Soviet sniper (1917-1942).

Born December 21st, 1917 in Tiflis Governorate.

Died July 3rd, 1942 at 24 years old in Sevastopol.

Jack Greenwell

English footballer and manager (1884-1942).

Born January 2nd, 1884 in Crook.

Died November 20th, 1942 at 58 years old in Bogotá (myocardial infarction).

Emma Calvé

French operatic soprano (1858-1942).

Born August 15th, 1858 in Decazeville. [ref]

Died January 6th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montpellier, Millau (disease).

Lev Nussimbaum

Jewish writer.

Born October 20th, 1905 in Kyiv.

Died August 27th, 1942 at 36 years old in Positano (disease).

Konstantin Balmont

Russian poet.

Born June 15th, 1867. [ref]

Died December 24th, 1942 at 75 years old in Noisy-le-Grand (pneumonia). [ref]

Alexander Belyayev

Soviet writer.

Born March 16th, 1884 in Smolensk. [ref]

Died January 6th, 1942 at 57 years old in Pushkin. [ref]

Saint Paulina

Austro-hungarian immigrant to brazil, foundress and saint.

Born December 16th, 1865 in Vigolo Vattaro.

Died July 9th, 1942 at 76 years old in Ipiranga District (diabetes).

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