Famous people and celebrities who died in April 1942

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in April 1942. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• April 2 Édouard Estaunié

  French novelist. estaunia(c), a scientist and engineer, became a novelist in 1891. he invented the term "telecommunication" in 1904. in 1923, he was elected to acada(c).mie franassaise. he was also a critic, reviewer, and homme d' lettres, as well as a novelist. he was killed in paris, april 2, 1942.

• April 3 Paul Gilson

  Belgian composer and musician. he was a prolific composer, but his most well-known works are his choral compositions.

• April 3 Albert Siklos

  Composer dies at 63

• April 8 Kostas Skarvelis

  Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)

• April 8 Alfred Mombert

  German poet and writer.

• April 10 Carl Schenstrøm

  Danish actor and director (b. 1881)

• April 12 Johannes E Akkeringa

  Dutch painter/etcher dies at age 80

• April 13 Anton Uesson

  Estonian engineer and politician, 17th mayor of tallinn (b. 1879)

• April 13 Henk Sneevliet

  Dutch politician (b. 1883)

• April 15 Robert Musil

  Austrian novelist. most famous for his three-volume "the man without qualities" (1923-1940). musil was considered by critics to be the greatest european writer of the 20th century, alongside franz kafka and james joyce. musil was a scientist with an imaginative and scientific mind. he was an expert in experimental psychology, theoretical physics and mechanical engineering. he studied philosophy and psychology …

• April 16 Denis St. George Daly

  Irish polo player (b. 1862)

• April 17 Jean Baptiste Perrin

  PHY - French-american physicist and chemist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1870)

• April 17 Jean Perrin

  French physicist and nobel prize laureate (born in 1870).

• April 18 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

  Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron, and the founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

• April 20 Jüri Jaakson

  Estonian businessman and politician, 6th state elder of estonia (b. 1870)

• April 23 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear

  President of argentina (1922-1928), dies at the age of 73.

• April 24 Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Canadian author (b. 1874)

• April 24 Karin Boye

  Swedish author (born 1900)

• April 25 Paul Kornfeld

  Writer dies at 52

• April 30 Catherine Murphy Urner

  Composer dies at 51

• April 30 J van Hoddis

  Writer dies at 54