List of Famous people who died in 1942

Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri was a Basque by nationality and Soviet commander of the 100th Machine Gun Company of an independent training battalion of the 35th guards rifle division of the 62nd army of the Stalingrad Front. He was posthumously awarded the rank of captain of the Guards unit, and also 2 times the Order of the Red Banner. By the decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin. He was a Lieutenant of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. The asteroid 2423 Ibarruri was named in his honour at 1972. He died valiantly in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Edna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

Andrey Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky was a Russian entomologist specializing in beetles. He was the son of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky.

Léon Georges Jean-Baptiste Carré was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator, noted for illustrating the book, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.

Lauri Kristian Relander was the second President of Finland (1925–1931). A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as President.

Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.

Count Henri de Baillet-Latour was a Belgian aristocrat and the third President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Michael Fokine was a groundbreaking Imperial Russian choreographer and dancer.