George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
Painter
3
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
4
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
5
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
6
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
7
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
8
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
9
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
10
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
11
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
12
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
13
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
14
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
15
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
16
Will James (1892-1942)
17
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
Politician
18
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
19
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
20
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
21
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
22
Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942)
Photographer
23
Billy Bennett (1887-1942)
Comedian
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Alan Blumlein (1903-1942)
Entrepreneur
25
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
26
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
27
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
28
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
29
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
30
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942)
31
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
32
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
33
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
34
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
35
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
36
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
37
Titus Brandsma (1881-1942)
38
John Goodall (1863-1942)
Soccer Player
39
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
40
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
41
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
42
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
43
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
44
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
45
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
46
William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
47
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
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