In the year 1942

453 Notable deaths

Friedrich Münzer

German historian and classical philologist (1868–1942).

Born April 22nd, 1869 in Opole. [ref]

Died October 21st, 1942 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp. [ref]

Charlotte Burton

American actress (1881-1942).

Born May 30th, 1881 in San Francisco.

Died March 28th, 1942 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

John Willard

American playwright (1885-1942).

Born November 28th, 1885 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died August 30th, 1942 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.

Carlo Bigatto

Italian footballer (1895-1942).

Born August 29th, 1895 in Balzola.

Died September 16th, 1942 at 47 years old in Turin.

Édouard Estaunié

French engineer (1862-1942).

Born February 4th, 1862 in Dijon. [ref]

Died April 2nd, 1942 at 80 years old in Paris.

Ludwig Siebert

Former member of nazi party (1874-1942).

Born October 17th, 1874 in Ludwigshafen.

Died November 1st, 1942 at 68 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.

Leonid Nikolayev

Russian musician.

Born August 13th, 1878 in Kyiv.

Died October 11th, 1942 at 64 years old in Tashkent (typhoid fever).

Mykhailo Kravchuk

Ukrainian mathematician.

Born September 27th, 1892 in Chovnytsia.

Died March 9th, 1942 at 49 years old in Kolyma.

Karl Pärsimägi

Estonian painter (1902-1942).

Born May 11th, 1902 in Oe.

Died July 27th, 1942 at 40 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]

Christiaan Cornelissen

Dutch economist (1864-1942).

Born August 30th, 1864 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Died January 21st, 1942 at 77 years old in Domme. [ref]

Deaths 301 to 310 of 453

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