George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
3
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
4
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
5
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
6
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
7
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
Painter
8
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
9
Victor Vance (1889-1942)
Jazz Singer
10
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
11
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
12
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
13
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
14
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
15
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
16
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
17
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
Politician
18
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
19
Ednamay Oliver (1883-1942)
Stage Actress
20
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Will James (1892-1942)
21
Ralph Rainger (1901-1942)
22
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942)
23
George Buckston (1881-1942)
Cricketer
24
Kaarel Eenpalu (1888-1942)
25
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
26
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
27
Kazys Binkis (1893-1942)
28
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
29
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
30
Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867-1942)
Architect
31
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Religious Leader
32
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
33
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
34
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
35
Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942)
36
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
37
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
38
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
39
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
40
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
41
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
42
Edward Bartlett Cormack (1898-1942)
Screenwriter
43
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
44
Billy Bennett (1887-1942)
Comedian
45
Krisjanis Berkis (1884-1942)
46
Otto Liiv (1905-1942)
Historian
47
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
48
