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