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.

• April 2 Gaetano Canelles
• April 4 George Cowl
• April 4 Vittorio Baravalle
• April 8 Kostas Skarvelis

  Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880).

• April 10 Carl Schenstrøm

  Danish actor and director (b. 1881).

• April 10 Simon Orlik
• April 12 VIII conte di Albemarle Arnold Keppel
• April 12 Egidio Gennari
• April 12 Vincenzo De Simone
• April 13 Henk Sneevliet

  Dutch politician (b. 1883).

• April 13 Anton Uesson

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

• April 13 Anton Schmid
• April 14 Gerhard Berthold
• April 15 Robert Musil

  Austrian novelist.

• April 16 Denis St. George Daly

  Irish polo player (b. 1862).

• April 16 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• April 16 Alessandra di Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha
• April 17 Jean Baptiste Perrin

  Prize laureate for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium.

• 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 18 Leonid Ivanovič Kubbel'
• April 19 Michail Grigor'evič Efremov
• April 20 Jüri Jaakson

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

• April 23 Olga Benario
• April 24 Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Canadian author (b. 1874).

• April 26 Lionello Perera
• April 30 Gioacchino Luigi Mellucci