George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
3
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
4
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
5
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
6
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
7
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
8
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
9
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
10
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
11
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
12
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
13
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
14
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
15
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
16
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
17
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
18
Virginia Lee Corbin (1910-1942)
19
Gabriel Terra (1873-1942)
World Leader
20
Edward Bartlett Cormack (1898-1942)
Screenwriter
21
Ralph Rainger (1901-1942)
22
William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
23
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
25
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
26
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
27
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
Politician
28
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
29
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
30
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
31
Will James (1892-1942)
32
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
33
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
34
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
35
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
36
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
37
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
38
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
39
Graham McNamee (1888-1942)
Sportscaster
40
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
41
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
42
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
43
Leon Jessel (1871-1942)
44
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
45
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
46
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
47
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
Comedian
48
