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 2 Charlie Christian
March 2 Said Hajji
March 2 Filippo Crispolti
March 3 Prince Amedeo
Duke of Aosta, a member of the Italian royal family with historical significance in Ethiopia during the colonial period.
March 5 George Plant Executed Irish Republican (b. 1904)
March 5 Dmitrij Pavlovič Romanov
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 William Henry Bragg
English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1862).
March 15 Rachel Field
American author and poet (b. 1894).
March 15 Alexander von Zemlinsky
March 15 Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
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 19 Jan Włodarkiewicz
March 20 Theodoro Valcárcel
March 22 William Donne
English captain and cricketer (b. 1875).
March 22 Frederick Cuming
English cricketer (d. 1942).
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 26 Alojzije Stjepan Mišić
March 26 Gustav Hinrichs
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...
March 30 Giovanni Gentile