Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
1
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
2
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
3
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
4
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
5
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
6
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
War Hero
7
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
8
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
9
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
10
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
Poet
11
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
12
Leon Jessel (1871-1942)
13
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
14
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
15
Will James (1892-1942)
16
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
Politician
17
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
18
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
19
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
20
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
21
Harry Champion (1865-1942)
Comedian
22
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
23
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
24
Celebrities Born in 1942
Deaths by Year
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
25
George Buckston (1881-1942)
Cricketer
26
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
27
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
28
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
29
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
30
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
31
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
32
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
33
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
34
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
35
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
36
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
37
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
38
Amos Rusie (1871-1942)
Baseball Player
39
Clarence Tinker (1887-1942)
40
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
41
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
42
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
43
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
44
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
45
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868-1942)
46
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
47
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
48
