Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
1
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
2
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
3
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
4
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
5
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
Poet
6
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
7
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
8
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
9
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
10
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
11
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
12
Will James (1892-1942)
13
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
Politician
14
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
15
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
16
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
Comedian
17
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
18
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
19
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
War Hero
20
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
21
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
22
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
23
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
24
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
25
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
26
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
27
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
28
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
29
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
30
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
31
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
32
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
33
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
34
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
35
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
36
Amos Rusie (1871-1942)
Baseball Player
37
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
38
Clarence Tinker (1887-1942)
39
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
40
Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
Pianist
41
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
42
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
43
Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867-1942)
Architect
44
Richard Willstatter (1872-1942)
Chemist
45
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
46
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
47
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
48
Celebrities Born in 1942
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