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Isoroku Yamamoto
1884 – 1943
Military officer, Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku; April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
1873 – 1943
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Musicologist, Virtuoso
Here is a revised and improved memorial biography of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, based strictly on verifiable facts from reliable sources: Sergei Vasilyev…
Sophie Scholl
1921 – 1943
University student, Resistance fighter, Student
Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance g…
David Hilbert
1862 – 1943
Mathematician, University teacher, Philosopher, Physicist, Logician, Philosopher of mathematics
David Hilbert (; German: [ˈdaːvɪt ˈhɪlbɐt]; 23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics and one of the most i…
Nikola Tesla
1856 – 1943
Inventor, Electrical engineer, Physicist, Electrician, Mechanical engineer, Futurist
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the mod…
Bijay Chandra Majumdar
1861 – 1942
Poet, Writer, Translator, Linguist, Historian, Archaeologist
Bijay Chandra Majumdar (Bengali: বিজয়চন্দ্র মজুমদার) (27 October 1861 – 30 December 1942) was an Indian Bengali poet, linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist a…
Jyoti Prakash
— – 1942
Actor
Bangladesh-associated historical figure. Imported from the user-provided death-anniversary catalogue; biographical enrichment can be added after verification.
Edith Stein
1891 – 1942
Translator, Philosopher, Writer, Linguist, University teacher, Nun
Edith Stein (German: [ʃtaɪn]; religious name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German philosopher who converted to Catholici…
Janusz Korczak
1878 – 1942
Pedagogue, Pediatrician, Children's writer, Screenwriter, Educator, Human rights defender
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878, or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and peda…
Yanka Kupala
1882 – 1942
Poet, Playwright, Translator, Writer, Journalist, Opinion journalist
Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich (Belarusian: Іван Дамінікавіч Луцэвіч, romanized: Ivan Daminikavič Łucevič, Polish: Iwan Daminikawicz Łucewicz; 7 July [O.S. 25 June…
Reinhard Heydrich
1904 – 1942
Politician, Military personnel, Fencer, Aircraft pilot, Soldier, Gestapo employee
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (; German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈtʁɪstan ˈʔɔʏɡn̩ ˈhaɪdʁɪç] ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking SS and police official in Nazi…
Sarat Chandra Roy
1871 – 1942
Anthropologist, Ethnographer, Writer, Ethnologist
Sarat Chandra Roy (4 November 1871 – 30 April 1942) was an Indian scholar of anthropology. He is sometimes regarded as the 'father of Indian ethnography', the '…
Jean Perrin
1870 – 1942
Physicist, University teacher, Composer, Chemist, Theoretical physicist
Jean Baptiste Perrin (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɛʁɛ̃]; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute…
Robert Musil
1880 – 1942
Writer, Librarian, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Essayist
Robert Mathias Musil (; Austrian German: [ˈroːbɛrt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer of novels, short stories and…
William Henry Bragg
1862 – 1942
Physicist, Chemist, Lacrosse player, University teacher, Mathematician, Crystallographer
Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was a British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1…
José Raúl Capablanca
1888 – 1942
Chess player, Non-fiction writer, Diplomat
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess pro…
Somen Chanda
1920 – 1942
Writer, Politician, Labor leader
Somen Chanda (Bengali: সোমেন চন্দ; 24 May 1920 – 8 March 1942) was a Marxist activist, writer and trade union leader of Bengal. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.…
Stefan Zweig
1881 – 1942
Writer, Translator, Journalist, Playwright, Poet, Literary critic
Stefan Zweig ( ZWYGHE, SWYGHE; German: [ˈʃtɛfan t͡svaɪ̯k] or Austrian German: [t͡svaɪ̯g]; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the h…
Satyananda Das
1863 – 1942
Teacher, Writer, Social activist, Editor
সত্যানন্দ দাশ (১৮৬৩–১৯৪২) একজন বাঙালি স্কুলশিক্ষক, প্রবন্ধকার, সমাজসেবক ও ব্রাহ্ম ধর্ম প্রচারক ছিলেন। তিনি প্রখ্যাত বাঙালি কবি জীবনানন্দ দাশ এর বাবা ও কবি কুসুম…
Walther Nernst
1864 – 1941
Chemist, Physicist, University teacher
Walther Hermann Nernst (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈnɛʁnst] ; 25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German physical chemist known for his work in thermodyn…