List of Famous people who died in 1942

Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud was a Maltese politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Malta under British home rule, and the first to serve a full term in power. He held office from 1924 to 1927 and from 1932 to 1933. He was a member of the Nationalist Party and the Maltese Italian community.

František Mareš was a Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy, and nationalist politician. He was rector of the Charles University in 1920-21, and member of the National Democrats.

Jakob Edmund Speyer was a high-ranking German university lecturer and chemist of Jewish descent. He was persecuted during the National Socialist era, losing his profession and his livelihood. In 1942, he was deported to the Lodz ghetto, where he died shortly after.

Emanuel Feuermann was an internationally celebrated cellist in the first half of the 20th century.

Walter Steinbeck was a German film actor.