Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
3
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
4
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
5
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
6
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
War Hero
7
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
Composer
8
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
9
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
10
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
11
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
12
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
13
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
Politician
14
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
15
Amos Rusie (1871-1942)
Baseball Player
16
Clarence Tinker (1887-1942)
17
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
18
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
19
Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
Pianist
20
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
21
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
22
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
23
Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867-1942)
Architect
24
Richard Willstatter (1872-1942)
Chemist
25
Ralph Rainger (1901-1942)
26
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
27
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
28
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
29
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Religious Leader
30
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
31
Will James (1892-1942)
32
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
33
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
34
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
35
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
36
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
37
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
38
Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942)
Photographer
39
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
40
Oscar V. Peterson (1899-1942)
41
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
42
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
43
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
44
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
45
Victor Vance (1889-1942)
Jazz Singer
46
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
47
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
48
Celebrities Born in 1942
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