LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Barrymore	Actor	14-Feb-1882	29-May-1942	Romeo and Juliet
Bunny Berigan	Jazz Musician	2-Nov-1908	2-Jun-1942	Jazz trumpeter great
Jimmy Blanton	Jazz Musician	5-Oct-1918	30-Jul-1942	Bassist, The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Alan Blumlein	Inventor	29-Jun-1903	7-Jun-1942	Stereophonic recording
Franz Boas	Anthropologist	9-Jul-1858	22-Dec-1942	Father of American Anthropology
Robert Bosch	Business	23-Sep-1861	9-Mar-1942	Founder of Bosch GmbH
William Bragg	Physicist	2-Jul-1862	12-Mar-1942	Analyzed crystal structures
Charlie Christian	Guitarist	29-Jul-1916	2-Mar-1942	The original guitar hero
George M. Cohan	Composer	3-Jul-1878	5-Nov-1942	Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cruze	Film Director	27-Mar-1884	3-Aug-1942	If I Had a Million
Emanuel Feuermann	Cellist	22-Nov-1902	25-May-1942	Cellist
Arvid Harnack	Spy	24-May-1901	22-Dec-1942	Executed for espionage
Miguel Hernández	Poet	30-Oct-1910	28-Mar-1942	El rayo que no cesa
Reinhard Heydrich	Military	7-Mar-1904	4-Jun-1942	Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
Buck Jones	Actor	4-Dec-1889	30-Nov-1942	Cowboy actor died at Cocoanut Grove
Carole Lombard	Actor	6-Oct-1908	16-Jan-1942	My Man Godfrey
Bronislaw Malinowski	Anthropologist	7-Apr-1884	16-May-1942	Founder of social anthropology
Lucy Maud Montgomery	Novelist	30-Nov-1874	24-Apr-1942	Anne of Green Gables
Robert Musil	Novelist	6-Nov-1880	15-Apr-1942	Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften
Condé Nast	Business	26-Mar-1873	19-Sep-1942	Founder of Condé Nast Publications
Edna May Oliver	Actor	9-Nov-1883	9-Nov-1942	Drums Along the Mohawk
Lucy Parsons	Anarchist	1853	7-Mar-1942	Anarchist labor organizer
Jean Perrin	Physicist	30-Sep-1870	17-Apr-1942	Verified atomic nature of matter
Gerard Philips	Business	9-Oct-1858	25-Jan-1942	Founder of Philips Electronics
Alice Hegan Rice	Novelist	11-Jan-1870	10-Feb-1942	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
May Robson	Actor	19-Apr-1858	20-Oct-1942	Lady for a Day
Amos Rusie	Baseball	30-May-1871	6-Dec-1942	The Hoosier Thunderbolt
Wilbur Scoville	Scientist	1865	1942	Scoville heat units
Otis Skinner	Actor	28-Jun-1858	4-Jan-1942	American stage actor
Avraham Stern	Military	23-Dec-1907	12-Feb-1942	Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel
George Sutherland	Judge	25-Mar-1862	18-Jul-1942	US Supreme Court Justice, 1922-38
Fritz Todt	Government	4-Sep-1891	8-Feb-1942	Nazi engineer, finished the Autobahn
John W. Troy	Politician	31-Oct-1868	2-May-1942	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39
Walther von Reichenau	Military	16-Aug-1884	17-Jan-1942	Nazi general, encouraged atrocities
Arthur Edward Waite	Paranormal	2-Oct-1857	19-May-1942	Created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney	Business	9-Jan-1875	18-Apr-1942	Whitney Museum of American Art
Richard Willstätter	Chemist	13-Aug-1872	3-Aug-1942	Invented chromatography
Grant Wood	Painter	13-Feb-1892	12-Feb-1942	American Gothic
Hubert Work	Government	3-Jul-1860	14-Dec-1942	US Interior Secretary, 1923-28

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