Famous people and celebrities who died in January 1942

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in January 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

• Jan. 1 Jaroslav Jezek

  Composer dies at 35

• Jan. 4 Jeanette Loff

  Jeanette Loff was a prominent American actress and singer during the silent and early sound film era, appearing in several Hollywood productions throughout the 1920s and early 1930s.

• Jan. 4 Otis Skinner

  American playwright and actor known for his contributions to the theater.

• Jan. 5 Tina Modotti

  Italian model, actress, photographer and revolutionary political activist (born in 1896).

• Jan. 6 Emma Calvé

  French soprano and actress (b. 1858)

• Jan. 6 Henri de Baillet-Latour

  Belgian businessman, 3rd president of the international olympic committee (b. 1876)

• Jan. 7 Henry

  Prince of great britain, the sixth child of frederick, prince of wales and augusta of saxe-gotha, and a younger brother of george iii.

• Jan. 8 Joseph Franklin Rutherford

  American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)

• Jan. 8 Arvo Hannikainen

  Composer dies at 44

• Jan. 9 Heber Curtis

  Heber Curtis was an American astronomer known for his studies of the Milky Way and the nature of spiral nebulae.

• Jan. 14 Porfirio Barba-Jacob

  Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)

• Jan. 15 Melvin Winfield Sheppard

  Runner (1908/12 olympics - gold medalist), he dies at 58

• Jan. 16 Carole Lombard

  Iconic Hollywood screwball comedy actress of the 1930s who was married to Clark Gable and tragically died in a plane crash during a war bond tour in 1942.

• Jan. 16 Prince Arthur

  Duke of connaught and strathearn (b. 1850)

• Jan. 16 Ernst Scheller

  German lawyer and politician, mayor of marburg (b. 1899)

• Jan. 16 Villem Grünthal-Ridala

  Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)

• Jan. 17 Walther von Reichenau

  German field marshal (born 1884)

• Jan. 17 Frederick Jerome Work

  Composer dies at 61

• Jan. 21 Henryk Opienski

  Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at age 72.

• Jan. 22 Reimond Tollenaere

  Flemish national front leader, dies at the age of 81.

• Jan. 22 Walter Richard Sickert

  British painter (free house!) ), is buried at 81

• Jan. 25 Eugene Samuel-Holeman

  Composer dies at 78

• Jan. 26 Felix Hausdorff

  Renowned for his contributions to set theory and topology.

• Jan. 26 Gerard L F Philips

  Philips, a dutch manufacturer, dies at the age of 83.

• Jan. 27 Kaarel Eenpalu

  Estonian journalist and politician, prime minister of estonia (b. 1888)

• Jan. 28 Edward Siegler

  American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)

• Jan. 31 Henry Larkin

  American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)