A decade and a half later, the Polish anthropology student, Bronisław Malinowski ( 1884 – 1942 ), was beginning what he expected to be a brief period of fieldwork in the old model, collecting lists of cultural items, when the outbreak of the First World War stranded him in New Guinea.

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1942 – Carlos Reutemann, Argentine race car driver and politician

* 1942 – Jacob Zuma, African politician, President of South Africa

* 1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist ( Captain & Tennille )

* 1942 – Brian Peckford, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland

* 1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

* 1942 – George Jung, American convicted drug smuggler

* 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist ( d. 2012 )

* 1942 – Indian leader Mohanda Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

* 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1942 – Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer ( Gateway and Trio Beyond )

* 1942 – David Steinberg, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and author

* 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the " Development of Substitute Materials " project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

* 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate ( d. 1942 )

* 1942 – Isabel Allende, Chilean author

* 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1942 )

* 1942 – André Gagnon, Canadian pianist and composer

* 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage ) ( d. 1995 )

* 1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor

* 1942 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1872 )

In 1942, Chaplin had a brief affair with Joan Barry, whom he was considering for a starring role in a proposed film.

* 1942 – Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer ( The Dovells )

* Katz, Barry M. Foreign Intelligence: Research and Analysis in the Office of Strategic Services, 1942 – 1945 ( Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989 )

* Barry Hobart ( 1942 – 2011 ), a Dayton, Ohio television horror host, known as " Dr.

Chatterton's third and last husband was Barry Thomson, to whom she was married from 1942 to his death in 1960.

Barry Levinson ( born April 6, 1942 ) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television.

* John Barry Ryan ( 1874 – 1942 ), American author

In 1942 alone his salary at the Café Society went up from US $ 40 a week to US $ 450 ; he appeared on radio shows, opened in two Broadway shows ( Keep Them Laughing, Top-Notchers ), played at the Paramount Theatre, appeared in an MGM movie ( Du Barry Was a Lady ), and booked into La Martinique at US $ 4, 000 a week.

Barry B. LongyearBarry B. Longyear born 1942 is a US writer and novelist who resides in Maine.

In 1942, other concerns took precedence as Barry entered the Navy for service during World War II.

Barry Richard McCaffrey ( born November 17, 1942 ) is a retired United States Army general, news commentator, and business consultant.

After attending the University of Southern California, where he played baseball under coach Sam Barry and was member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, Beradino was a major league player from 1939 to 1953 ( except for three years of military service during World War II, from 1942 to 1945 ).

The eldest was financier and writer John Barry Ryan ( 1874 – 1942 ).

James Barry Munnik Hertzog, former Prime Minister ( 1866 – 1942 )

Barry Charles Diller ( born February 2, 1942 ) is the Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC / InterActiveCorp and the media executive responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting.

Barry Wellman, FRSC ( born 1942 ) is a Canadian-American sociologist, currently the director at NetLab as the S. D.

Barry chose his professional name in honor of John Barrymore and made his Broadway debut as Captain Paul Duval in the 1942 revival of Sigmund Romberg's The New Moon.

* Barry Swallow ( born 1942 ), British footballer

Barry Joseph Goldberg ( born December 25, 1942, Chicago, Illinois ) is a blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter and record producer.

Olney High School is also reputable for its many notable alumni such as Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Del Ennis ( 1942 ), comedy writer Barry S. Waronker ( 1965 ), local news reporter Sheila Washington ( 1982 ), and former Feltonville historian Dennis Dalbey ( 1994 ).