Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
1
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
2
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
3
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
4
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
5
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
6
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
7
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
8
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
Poet
9
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
10
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
11
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
War Hero
12
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
13
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
14
Will James (1892-1942)
15
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
16
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
17
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
Comedian
18
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
19
George Buckston (1881-1942)
Cricketer
20
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
21
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
Politician
22
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
23
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
25
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
26
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
27
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
28
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
29
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
30
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
31
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
32
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
33
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
34
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
35
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
36
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
37
Amos Rusie (1871-1942)
Baseball Player
38
Clarence Tinker (1887-1942)
39
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
40
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
41
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
42
Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
Pianist
43
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
44
Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867-1942)
Architect
45
Richard Willstatter (1872-1942)
Chemist
46
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
47
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
48
