George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
3
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
4
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
5
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
6
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
7
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
8
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
9
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
10
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
11
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
12
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Religious Leader
13
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
14
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
15
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
Politician
16
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
17
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
18
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
19
Virginia Lee Corbin (1910-1942)
20
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
21
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
22
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
23
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
25
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
26
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
27
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
28
Will James (1892-1942)
29
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
30
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
31
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
32
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
33
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
34
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
35
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
36
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
37
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
38
Graham McNamee (1888-1942)
Sportscaster
39
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
40
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
41
Gabriel Terra (1873-1942)
World Leader
42
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
43
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
Comedian
44
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
45
Ralph Rainger (1901-1942)
46
Bruno Schulz (1892-1942)
47
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
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