George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
2
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
3
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
4
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
5
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
6
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
Composer
7
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
8
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
9
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
10
Will James (1892-1942)
11
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
12
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
13
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
14
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
15
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
16
Oleg Losev (1903-1942)
Engineer
17
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
18
Billy Bennett (1887-1942)
Comedian
19
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
20
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
21
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
22
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
23
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
25
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
26
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
Politician
27
Victor Vance (1889-1942)
Jazz Singer
28
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
29
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
30
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Religious Leader
31
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
32
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
33
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
34
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
35
George Sutherland (1862-1942)
Supreme Court Justice
36
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
37
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
38
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
39
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
40
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
41
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
42
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
43
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
44
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
45
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
46
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942)
47
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
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