Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
1
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
2
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
3
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
4
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
Painter
5
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
War Hero
6
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
7
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
8
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
9
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
10
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
11
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
12
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
13
Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
Pianist
14
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
Composer
15
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
16
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
17
Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867-1942)
Architect
18
Richard Willstatter (1872-1942)
Chemist
19
Ralph Rainger (1901-1942)
20
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
21
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
22
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
23
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
24
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
25
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Religious Leader
26
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
27
Will James (1892-1942)
28
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
Comedian
29
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
Politician
30
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
31
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
32
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
33
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
34
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
35
Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942)
Photographer
36
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
37
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
38
Oscar V. Peterson (1899-1942)
39
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
40
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
41
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
42
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
43
Victor Vance (1889-1942)
Jazz Singer
44
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
45
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
46
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
47
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942)
48
Celebrities Born in 1942
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