Celebrity Deaths in 1942
49 notable figures died in 1942. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Alexander Beliayev
1884 – 1942 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Carole Lombard
1908 – 1942 · Actresses Jan 16 -
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1856 – 1942 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
Anton Hulman, Sr
1864 – 1942 Feb 2 -
John Metz “J.M.” Schneider
1859 – 1942 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
Martha McChesney Berry
1866 – 1942 Feb 2 -
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Robert Bosch
1861 – 1942 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
Frank Abbundando
1910 – 1942 · Gangster Feb 19 -
Harry Maione
1908 – 1942 · Gangster Feb 19 -
Stefan Zweig
1881 – 1942 · Celebrities, Musicians Feb 22 -
Ashton Dearholt
1894 – 1942 · Actors Apr 4 -
Monte “Sonny” Brewer
1932 – 1942 · Actors Apr 4 -
Jean-Baptiste Perrin
1870 – 1942 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Apr 17 -
Elías Isaac Alippi
1883 – 1942 · Actors May 5 -
Hale Rice Hamilton
1883 – 1942 · Actors May 5 -
John Sidney Barrymore
1882 – 1942 · Actors May 5 -
James Fawcett
1906 – 1942 · Actors Jun 6 -
Virginia Lee Corbin
1911 – 1942 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Charles Dalton
1869 – 1942 Jun 11 -
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Edwin Cooper
1874 – 1942 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
Mattie Eliza Howard Coleman
1870 – 1942 Jul 7 -
Moses Annenberg
1878 – 1942 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Roberto Arlt
1900 – 1942 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
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Thomas Whitaker Trenchard
1863 – 1942 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7 -
Jimmy Blanton
1918 – 1942 · Musicians and Composers Jul 30 -
James Cruze
1884 – 1942 · Actors Aug 3 -
Jeanette Loff
1906 – 1942 · Actresses, Singer Aug 4 -
Jorge Cuesta
1903 – 1942 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
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Michel Fokine
1880 – 1942 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Rafaela Ottiano
1888 – 1942 · Actresses Aug 8 -
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Geoffrey Nares
1917 – 1942 Aug 20 -
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Emil Frei, Sr
1869 – 1942 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
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Ralph Adams Cram
1863 – 1942 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
Margaret Greville
1863 – 1942 · Philanthropists, Socialite Sep 15 -
Yoshiharu Iwamoto
1863 – 1942 Oct 10 -
May Robson
1858 – 1942 · Actresses Oct 20 -
Edna Oliver
1883 – 1942 · Actresses Nov 9 -
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Billy DeBeck
1890 – 1942 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Edna May Oliver
1883 – 1942 · Actresses Nov 11 -
John Avery McIlhenny
1867 – 1942 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Joseph A. Faurot
1872 – 1942 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Nov 11 -
Laura Hope Crews
1879 – 1942 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Sidney Fox
1907 – 1942 · Actresses Nov 11 -
William Stamps Farish, II
1881 – 1942 Nov 11 -
Ben Reitman
1879 – 1942 · Physician Nov 16 -
Hannah Solomon
1858 – 1942 · Social Reformers Dec 7 -
Albert Kahn
1869 – 1942 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Konstantin Balmont
1867 – 1942 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Viola Adele Porter
1879 – 1942 · Actresses Dec 12