In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Egbert van Kampen
Mathematician.
Born May 28th, 1908 in Berchem.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 33 years old in Baltimore (cerebrum cancer).
Carlo Bigatto
Italian footballer (1895-1942).
Born August 29th, 1895 in Balzola.
Died September 16th, 1942 at 47 years old in Turin.
Leonid Nikolayev
Russian musician.
Born August 13th, 1878 in Kyiv.
Died October 11th, 1942 at 64 years old in Tashkent (typhoid fever).
Nicholas Adontz
Historian (1871–1942).
Born January 22nd, 1871 in Brnakot.
Died January 27th, 1942 at 71 years old in City of Brussels.
Hans Behrendt
German film director and screenwriter (1889-1942).
Born September 28th, 1889 in Berlin.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 52 years old in Auschwitz.
Édouard Estaunié
French novelist and engineer (1862-1942).
Born February 4th, 1862 in Dijon.
Died April 2nd, 1942 at 80 years old in Paris.
Nikolai Reek
Estonian military personnel and politician (1890-1942).
Born February 1st, 1890 in Tallinn.
Died May 8th, 1942 at 52 years old in Usolye.
Isidor Isaak Sadger
Austrian sexologist (1867–1942).
Born October 29th, 1867 in Nowy Sącz.
Died December 21st, 1942 at 75 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Kārlis Zāle
Latvian sculptor (1888–1942).
Born October 28th, 1888 in Mažeikiai.
Died February 19th, 1942 at 53 years old in Inčukalns.
Else Berg
Dutch painter (1877-1942).
Born February 19th, 1877 in Racibórz. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1942 at 65 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Deaths 321 to 330 of 499
I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix