List of Famous people who died in 1942

Henry W. Kiel was the 32nd Mayor of Saint Louis, serving from 1913 to 1925.

Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston was an English academic and clergyman who served as President of Trinity College, Oxford, and as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

Sakutarō Hagiwara was a Japanese writer of free verse, active in the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the "father of modern colloquial poetry in Japan". He published many volumes of essays, literary and cultural criticism, and aphorisms over his long career. His unique style of verse expressed his doubts about existence, and his fears, ennui, and anger through the use of dark images and unambiguous wording.

Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan was a French paediatrician.

Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield was an American lawyer, academic and public official. He was president of Williams College and supervised the United States Fuel Administration during World War I. He was a son of President James A. Garfield.

Staf Declercq was a Flemish nationalist collaborator, co-founder and leader of the Flemish nationalist Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond.

August von Gödrich was a German racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.