In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Boris Safonov
Soviet aviator.
Born August 26th, 1915.
Died May 30th, 1942 at 26 years old in Barents Sea.
Jaroslav Ježek
Czech conductor, esperantist, composer and jazz musician.
Born September 25th, 1906 in Žižkov. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1942 at 35 years old in New York City. [ref]
Andrew Forsyth
British mathematician (1858-1942).
Born June 18th, 1858 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Kyoto.
Jindřich Štyrský
Czech photographer, painter, writer and artist (1899-1942).
Born August 11th, 1899 in Dolní Čermná. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1942 at 42 years old in Smíchov. [ref]
Marcellin Boule
French paleontologist, paleoanthropologist and geologist.
Born January 1st, 1861 in Montsalvy. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1942 at 81 years old in Montsalvy. [ref]
Louis Soutter
Swiss artist (1871-1942).
Born June 4th, 1871 in Morges. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1942 at 70 years old in Ballaigues. [ref]
Neel Doff
Novelist.
Born January 27th, 1858 in Buggenum. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1942 at 84 years old in Ixelles - Elsene (kidney failure). [ref]
Ruth Maier
Austrian author and holocaust victim.
Born November 10th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1942 at 22 years old in Auschwitz.
Walter Serner
Czech writer.
Born January 15th, 1889 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1942 at 53 years old in Biķernieki forest.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 453
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling