Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1942

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

• March 1 George S. Rentz

  American commander (b. 1882)

• March 3 Prince Amedeo

  Duke of Aosta, a member of the Italian royal family with historical significance in Ethiopia during the colonial period.

• March 4 Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg

  Composer dies at 62

• March 7 Lucy Parsons

  American anarchist, communist, and labor organizer (born in 1853)

• March 8 José Raúl Capablanca

  Cuban chess player (b. 1888)

• March 10 Wilbur Scoville

  Created the Scoville scale for measuring the spiciness of peppers.

• March 12 Sir William Henry Bragg

  Nobel Prize laureate for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays

• March 12 Enrique Morera

  Composer dies at 76

• March 12 Robert Bosch

  German industrialist and engineer who invented the spark plug and magneto in automobiles. his firm also produced many precision machines and electrical equipment in plants around the world.

• March 15 Rachel Field

  American author and poet (b. 1894)

• March 17 Nada Dimić

  People's hero of yugoslavia, victim of genocide of serbs

• March 19 Clinton Hart Merriam

  American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)

• March 20 Theodoro Valcarcel

  Composer dies at 41

• March 22 Frederick Cuming

  English cricketer (d. 1942)

• March 22 William Donne

  English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)

• March 25 William Carr

  American rower (b. 1876)

• March 26 Carolyn Wells

  American novelist and poet (b. 1862)

• March 26 Jimmy Burke

  American baseball manager and player (d. 1942).

• March 27 Julio González

  Catalan sculptor and painter (b. 1876)

• March 28 Miguel Hernández

  Renowned Spanish poet and playwright of the Generation of '27, known for his powerful and passionate poetry during the Spanish Civil War era.

• March 28 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert

  Spanish poet (viento del pueblo), dies at 31

• March 28 Herman A van Karnebeek

  Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at age 67.

• March 30 Alfred Coville

  French historian (lesson premier valois), dies at age 81.