George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
3
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
Painter
4
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
5
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
6
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
7
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
8
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
9
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
10
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
11
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
12
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
Politician
13
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
14
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
15
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
16
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
17
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
18
Will James (1892-1942)
19
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
20
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
21
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
22
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
23
Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942)
Photographer
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Billy Bennett (1887-1942)
Comedian
25
Alan Blumlein (1903-1942)
Entrepreneur
26
Victor Vance (1889-1942)
Jazz Singer
27
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
28
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
29
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
30
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
31
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942)
32
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
33
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
34
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
35
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
36
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
37
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
38
Titus Brandsma (1881-1942)
39
John Goodall (1863-1942)
Soccer Player
40
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
41
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
42
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
43
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
44
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
45
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
46
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
47
William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
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