Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Novelist
1
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Movie Actress
2
Tony Sarg (1880-1942)
Puppeteer
3
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Stage Actor
4
Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Painter
5
Louis Sebert (1886-1942)
Runner
6
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
7
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Chess Player
8
Jack Dillon (1891-1942)
Boxer
9
Helmuth Hubener (1925-1942)
War Hero
10
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883-1942)
Politician
11
Wilbur Scoville (1865-1942)
Doctor
12
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
Poet
13
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
14
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
15
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942)
Religious Leader
16
Charlie Christian (1916-1942)
Guitarist
17
Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
18
Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942)
19
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
20
Buck Jones (1891-1942)
Movie Actor
21
Bunny Berigan (1908-1942)
Trumpet Player
22
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
23
Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Songwriter
24
Helga Estby (1860-1942)
25
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
26
Will James (1892-1942)
27
Franklin Brockson (1865-1942)
28
Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Anthropologist
29
Brian Lane (1917-1942)
30
James F. Hanley (1892-1942)
31
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942)
Bassist
32
Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
Pianist
33
Ado Birk (1883-1942)
34
Yanka Kupala (1882-1942)
35
William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)
Physicist
36
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)
Entrepreneur
37
Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)
38
Amos Rusie (1871-1942)
Baseball Player
39
Clarence Tinker (1887-1942)
40
Oscar V. Peterson (1899-1942)
41
Ross Gregory (1916-1942)
Cricketer
42
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)
43
Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867-1942)
Architect
44
Rachel Field (1894-1942)
45
Richard Willstatter (1872-1942)
Chemist
46
Ralph Rainger (1901-1942)
47
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
48
Celebrities Born in 1942
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