List of Famous people who died in 1942

Ragnvald Anderson Nestos was the 13th Governor of North Dakota from 1921 to 1925.

Carlos Alberto Brenes Jarquín was the President of Nicaragua from 9 June 1936 to 1 January 1937. He was a member of the Nationalist Liberal Party. Brenes was the president of the lower chamber of National Congress of Nicaragua in 1933. He was installed as president by national guard commander Anastasio Somoza Garcia following a military coup on 9 June 1936, and remained in office until Somoza became president on January 1, 1937.

Robert Erich Remak was a German mathematician. He is chiefly remembered for his work in group theory. His other interests included algebraic number theory, mathematical economics and geometry of numbers. Robert Remak was the son of the neurologist Ernst Julius Remak and the grandson of the embryologist Robert Remak.