In the year 1942
501 Notable deaths
Milan Rešetar
Linguist from dubrovnik (1860-1942).
Born February 1st, 1860 in Dubrovnik. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1942 at 81 years old in Florence. [ref]
Frank Irons
Athletics competitor (1886-1942).
Born March 23rd, 1886 in Des Moines.
Died June 19th, 1942 at 56 years old in Palatine.
Louis Bernacchi
Australian physicist and astronomer (1876-1942).
Born November 8th, 1876 in Schaerbeek.
Died April 24th, 1942 at 65 years old in London.
Robert Remak
German mathematician (1888-1942).
Born February 14th, 1888 in Berlin.
Died November 13th, 1942 at 54 years old in Auschwitz.
Paul Kornfeld
Playwright (1889–1942).
Born December 11th, 1889 in Prague.
Died April 25th, 1942 at 52 years old in Łódź Ghetto.
Kazimierz Sichulski
Polish painter (1879-1942).
Born January 17th, 1879 in Lviv.
Died November 6th, 1942 at 63 years old in Lviv.
Jüri Jaakson
Estonian politician (1870–1942).
Born January 16th, 1870 in Kokaviidika.
Died April 20th, 1942 at 72 years old in Sverdlovsk Oblast (gunshot wound).
Vera Kharuzhaya
Soviet partisan, journalist (1903-1942) and heroine of the soviet union.
Born September 27th, 1903 in Babruysk.
Died December 4th, 1942 at 39 years old in Vitebsk (gunshot wound).
Herman Auerbach
Polish mathematician (1901-1942).
Born October 26th, 1901 in Ternopil.
Died August 17th, 1942 at 40 years old in Belzec extermination camp (intoxication).
Arthur Berson
German scientist.
Born August 6th, 1859 in Nowy Sącz.
Died December 3rd, 1942 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 371 to 380 of 501
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld