George S. Rentz (1882-1942)
War Hero
1
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
2
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
3
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
4
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
5
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
6
Will James (1892-1942)
7
Billy Bennett (1887-1942)
Comedian
8
Oleg Losev (1903-1942)
Engineer
9
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
10
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
11
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
12
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
13
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
14
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
Politician
15
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Poet
16
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
17
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
18
Victor Vance (1889-1942)
Jazz Singer
19
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
20
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
21
Elisabeth Irwin (1880-1942)
22
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
23
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
25
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
26
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
27
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
28
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
29
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Religious Leader
30
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
31
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
32
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
33
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
34
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
35
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
36
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
37
George Sutherland (1862-1942)
Supreme Court Justice
38
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
39
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
40
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
41
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
42
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
43
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
44
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
45
Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942)
46
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
47
Kaarel Eenpalu (1888-1942)
48
