1942 deaths

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

British scientist (1862–1942)

Belarusian writer (1882–1942)

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

French physicist (1870–1942)

Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)

German Nazi SS and Gestapo police official and main architect of the Holocaust Genocide (1904-1942)

Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)

Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)

German-American anthropologist

German chemist (1872–1942)

Canadian writer (1874–1942)

Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and the USA (1884–1942)

American actress (1908-1942)

Polish novelist and painter (1892-1942)

American actor (1882–1942)

German politician (1884-1942)

Russian writer (1905–1942)

Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)

American painter (1891–1942)

Prime Minister of Latvia and agronomist (1877-1942)

German industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942)

Soviet writer (1884–1942)

Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1880–1942)

Finnish politician; the 2nd President of Finland (1883–1942)

German mathematician (*1868 – †1942)

German field marshal (1884–1942)

German engineer and senior Nazi figure (1891-1942)

French novelist (1903–1942)

Russian artist (1862-1942)

British Egyptologist (1853–1942)

French admiral (1881-1942)

Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1879–1942)

illustrator (1876-1942)

Spanish poet (1910–1942)

Prince George, Duke of Kent, was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and a younger brother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI. He served in the Royal Navy during the 1920s before briefly working as a civil servant, and in 1934 was created Duke of Kent. That same year he married Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, with whom he had three children: Edward, Alexandra and Michael.

Ukrainian Soviet scientist (1897–1942)

British prince (1850–1942), Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916

Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts (1885–1942)

American lawyer, Watch Tower Society president (1869–1942)

Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (1863-1942)

Italian photographer, activist and actress (1896–1942)

Prime Minister of Denmark (1873–1942)

Belgian sports executive (1876-1942)

British army explorer (1863–1942)

Japanese politician (1850-1942)

American pharmacist (1865–1942)

Austrian Jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942)

American astronomer (1872-1942)

French architect (1867–1942)

German officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1919–1942)

Ukrainian writer and feminist (1863–1942)

Grand Duchess consort and regent of Luxembourg (1861-1942)

Irish physicist and mathematician (1857-1942)

Argentine politician, former president of Argentina (1868-1942)

Hungarian writer (1879-1942)

Swiss writer, journalist and photographer (1908–1942)

Austro-Hungarian politician (1863-1942)

Australian-born American actress (1858-1942)

Prime Minister of Lithuania (1883-1942)