Famous people who died in 1942

Famous people who died in 1942

Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich (1904 - 1942)

German Nazi SS officer

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942)

American actress

John Barrymore

John Barrymore (1882 - 1942)

American actor

Franz Boas

Franz Boas (1858 - 1942)

German anthropologist

Grant Wood

Grant Wood (1891 - 1942)

American painter

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)

Canadian author

George M. Cohan

George M. Cohan (1878 - 1942)

American composer and playwright

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942)

Austrian author, playwright, and journalist

José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca (1888 - 1942)

Cuban chess player

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak (1878 - 1942)

Polish author and pediatrician

Edith Stein

Edith Stein (1891 - 1942)

German nun, philosopher, and saint

Robert Bosch

Robert Bosch (1861 - 1942)

German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH

Hans-Joachim Marseille

Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919 - 1942)

German pilot

Anton Drexler

Anton Drexler (1884 - 1942)

German political figure

Robert Musil

Robert Musil (1880 - 1942)

Austrian author

Hector Guimard

Hector Guimard (1867 - 1942)

French Art Nouveau architect and designer

Bruno Schulz

Bruno Schulz (1892 - 1942)

Polish writer and painter

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875 - 1942)

American sculptor

Bunny Berigan

Bunny Berigan (1908 - 1942)

Trumpeter, singer

Helga Estby

Helga Estby (1860 - 1942)

Roberto Arlt

Roberto Arlt (1900 - 1942)

Argentine writer

Rachel Field

Rachel Field (1894 - 1942)

Novelist, poet, children's author

Fred Fisher

Fred Fisher (1875 - 1942)

George S. Rentz

George S. Rentz (1882 - 1942)

United States Navy officer