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 – Barry Levinson, American producer and director

* 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 )

Brian Wilson Kernighan (; born 1942 ) is a Canadian computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and contributed to the development of Unix.

* 1969 – Brian Jones, English musician, composer, and producer ( The Rolling Stones ) ( b. 1942 )

* 1942 – Brian Cole, American bass player ( The Association ) ( d. 1972 )

* July 3 – Brian Jones, British rock musician ( The Rolling Stones ) ( b. 1942 )

Brian Douglas Wilson ( born June 20, 1942 ) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys.

They had two children ; the second, a daughter, suffered from spina bifida and died in 1942 aged three, by which time O ' Brian had left the family in their remote country cottage and returned to London, where he worked throughout the war.

* Brian Phelan ( born 1942 ), NJ State Elected Officials Hall of Fame.

* Brian " Blinky " Davison: Drums, percussion — ( born 25 May 1942, Leicester, Leicestershire-died 15 April 2008 )

It was established in 1942 by Brian Walker when 5, 466 houses were built.

Desert Combat ( DC ) is a mod for the first-person shooter ( FPS ) computer game Battlefield 1942, created by Frank Delise, Brian Holinka, Tim Brophy, and Stephen Wells.

Brian Donlevy appeared in a Philip Morris Playhouse radio adaptation in 1942 on the CBS radio network, the August 27, 1945 episode of The Screen Guild Theater and in the April 20, 1946 episode of Academy Award Theater.

* Brian Jenkins ( politician ) ( born 1942 ), British Labour Party politician, MP for Tamworth

* Brian Michael Jenkins ( born 1942 ), U. S. terrorism expert

* Rust, Brian and Debus, Allen G .-The Complete Entertainment Discography from 1897 to 1942, ( 2nd Edition ) Da Capo Press 1989

Alfred Brian Peckford, PC ( born August 27, 1942 ) served as the third Premier of Newfoundland.

William Brian Little ( 1942

Sandover Medallists: ( 11 total ) 1922: Harold Boyd, 1924: Jim Gosnell, 1927: Jim Craig, 1930: Ted Flemming, 1940: Terence O ' Keefe, 1942: Laurie Bowen, 1946: John Loughridge, 1951: Fred Buttsworth, 1959: Brian Foley, 1992: Robert West, 1993: Neil Mildenhall

* Brian Williams ( politician ) ( born 1942 ), member of the US state of Ohio's House of Representatives

John Henry Rostill ( 16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973 ) was an English bassist and composer, recruited by The Shadows to replace Brian Locking.

* Brian Keenan ( Irish republican ) ( 1942 – 2008 ), Provisional Irish Republican Army member

* Brian Lane ( pilot ) ( 1917 – 1942 ), World War 2, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader and fighter ace

* William Brian Little ( 1942 – 2000 ), founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company, a private equity firm

Brian Arthur Roland Binley ( born 1 April 1942 ) is a British Conservative politician, and the Member of Parliament for Northampton South.