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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Kyoto.
Martin Kirschner
German surgeon (1879–1942).
Born October 28th, 1879 in Wrocław.
Died August 30th, 1942 at 62 years old in Heidelberg.
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]
Grigol Peradze
Georgian theologian (1899–1942).
Born September 13th, 1899 in Bakurtsikhe.
Died December 6th, 1942 at 43 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
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 (1920–1942).
Born November 10th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1942 at 22 years old in Oświęcim, Auschwitz.
Walter Serner
Czech writer.
Born January 15th, 1889 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1942 at 53 years old in Biķernieki forest.
Carl Sternheim
German writer and art collector (1878-1942).
Born April 1st, 1878 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1942 at 64 years old in Ixelles - Elsene. [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 472
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