Death year 1942 celebrities
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Prince George, Duke of Kent KG KT GCMG GCVO (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son and fifth child of King George V and Queen Mary, and younger brother of King
Fritz Todt (4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German engineer and senior Nazi figure, the founder of Organisation Todt. He died in a plane crash during World War II.
Irena Bobowska (3 September 1920 – 27 September 1942) was a Polish poet and member of the Polish resistance. Her callsign was “Otter”. Though paralyzed from the waist down by childhood illness she participated in the resistance to the German occupati
Baron Samu Hazai (German: Samuel Freiherr von Hazai, 26 December 1851 – 10 February 1942) was a Hungarian military officer and politician of Jewish origin, who served as Minister of Defence of Hungary between 1910 and 1917.
James Cruze (March 27, 1884 near Ogden, Utah – August 3, 1942 in Hollywood, California) was a silent film actor and film director.
Edward Joseph Leonski (December 12, 1917 – November 9, 1942) was a United States Army soldier during World War II. He was also a serial killer responsible for the strangling murders of three women in Melbourne, Australia. Leonski was known as both
Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855 – September 7, 1942) was an American society portraitist, in the manner of John Singer Sargent. She was a near-contemporary of American artist Mary Cassatt and also received her training in Philadelphia and France. Her sy
Valentine John Picinich (September 8, 1896 – December 5, 1942) born in New York, New York was a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1916–17), Washington Senators (1918–22), Boston Red Sox (1923–25), Cincinnati Reds (1926–28), Brooklyn R
Ed Brady (December 6, 1889 – March 31, 1942) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 350 films between 1911 and 1942.
Emmy Wyda (2 March 1876 – 22 January 1942) was a German actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1913 to 1941.
Ormi Hawley (February 21, 1889, Holyoke, Massachusetts – June 3, 1942, Rome, New York) was an American actress.