1942 suicides

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

German mathematician (*1868 – †1942)

Polish politician (1880–1942)

American composer (1901-1942)

American actor (1884-1942)

Spanish politician

Polish painter (1898-1942)

Norwegian general (1883–1942)

German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer (1908–1942)

German writer (1903–1942)

German-born American songwriter, Tin Pan Alley music publisher

Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1942)

Spanish journalist (1909-1942)

Swiss painter (1886-1942)

Hero of the Russian Federation (1922–1942)

German physicist (1862–1942)

Finnish composer

German internist (1862–1942)

French anarchist

American professional magician (1907-1942)

Mexican chemist and writer (1903–1942)

Journalist and German Resistance fighter (1903-1942)

Yugoslav pilot (1911–1942)

Chinese actress

German writer (1870–1942)

Polish-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter

Polish journalist and writer (1876-1942)

German flying ace (1922–1942)

Austrian sculptor (1880-1942)

chemist and science historian (1883–1942)

Polish Jew, physician of and professor of physiology at the University of Lemberg (1863–1942)

American sculptor (1895–1942)

Russian athletics competitor (1906-1942)

British, Welsh composer

Czech warrior

Moldovan Jewish leader