In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Kamisaka Sekka
Japanese artist (1866-1942).
Born February 26th, 1866 in Kyoto.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 75 years old in Kyoto. [ref]
Nurken Abdirov
Soviet military pilot (1919-1942).
Born August 9th, 1919 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 23 years old
Marcellin Boule
French paleontologist, paleoanthropologist and geologist (1861–1942).
Born January 1st, 1861 in Montsalvy.
Died July 4th, 1942 at 81 years old in Montsalvy.
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Yugawara (pneumonia).
Staf De Clercq
Belgian politician (1884-1942).
Born September 16th, 1884 in Everbeek.
Died October 22nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Ghent.
Andrew Forsyth
British mathematician (1858-1942).
Born June 18th, 1858 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Virginia Lee Corbin
American actress (1910-1942).
Born December 5th, 1910 in Prescott.
Died June 5th, 1942 at 31 years old in Chicago (tuberculosis).
Stanisław Zaremba
Polish mathematician (1863-1942).
Born October 3rd, 1863 in Romanivka.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 79 years old in Kraków.
Murdock MacQuarrie
Actor (1878-1942).
Born August 25th, 1878 in San Francisco.
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Martin Kirschner
German surgeon (1879–1942).
Born October 28th, 1879 in Wrocław.
Died August 30th, 1942 at 62 years old in Heidelberg.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 499
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson