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 )

* 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 )

His works for orchestra included Divertissement ; fue una vez, commissioned by Colonel de Basil for his original Ballet Russe and premiered at the Teatro Colón, in Buenos Aires, in 1942 ; and Suite Argentina which was performed in London, Paris, Barcelona, and Havana by the Ballet Español of Isabel Lopez.

Charles Horman ( May 15, 1942 – September 19, 1973 ) was an American journalist and was one of the victims of the 1973 Chilean coup d ' état led by General Augusto Pinochet, that deposed the socialist president, Salvador Allende, after bombing the Chilean presidential palace on September 11, 1973.

* 1942 – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean politician and engineer, 32nd President of Chile

Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (; born June 24, 1942 ) is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000.

* Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle ( born 1942 ), Chilean politician and civil engineer, president of Chile from 1994 to 2000, son of the above

Juan Antonio Ríos Morales ( November 10, 1888 – June 27, 1946 ) was a Chilean political figure, and President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II.

Up to 1942, Chile and Argentina had declined to sever relations with the Axis powers, and the Chilean election was viewed by many as critical during World War II.

Lonardi was appointed military attache to Chile during the presidency of Ramón Castillo in 1942, but shortly afterwards he was declared " persona non grata " by the Chilean government on accusations of espionage.

* HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, the Almirante Cochrane, launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942.

* Juan Antonio Ríos, Chilean politician and lawyer, President of Chile ( 1942 – 1946 )

* Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera ( born 1942 ), Chilean businessman and politician

* 1942 – Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor and author ( d. 2007 )

* 1942 – Howard Jacobson, English author and journalist

In the book of " Ainu life and legends " by author Kyōsuke Kindaichi ( published by the Japanese Tourist Board in 1942 ) contains the physical description of Ainu: Many have wavy hair, but some straight black hair.

* 1942 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author ( b. 1874 )

Other highlights of that decade included the 1942 debut of Fearless Fosdick as Abner's " ideel " ( hero ); the 1946 Lena the Hyena Contest, in which a hideous Lower Slobbovian gal was ultimately revealed in the harrowing winning entry ( as judged by Frank Sinatra, Boris Karloff and Salvador Dalí ) drawn by noted cartoonist Basil Wolverton ; and an ill-fated Sunday parody of Gone With the Wind that aroused anger and legal threats from author Margaret Mitchell, and led to a printed apology within the strip.

* 1942 – John Crowley, American author

* 1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident

During the classic era, his work, either as author or screenwriter, was the basis for seven films now widely regarded as film noirs, including three of the most famous: High Sierra ( 1941 ), This Gun for Hire ( 1942 ), and The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ).

Gary Edward " Garrison " Keillor ( born August 7, 1942 ) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality.

* 1942 – Roger Steffens, American actor, poet, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer and producer

* 1885 – Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and children's author ( d. 1942 )

* 1858 – Neel Doff, Dutch author ( d. 1942 )

* 1942 – Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and author

* 1878 – Janusz Korczak, Polish author and pediatrician ( d. 1942 )

* 1942 – Rachel Billington, English author

* 1942 – John Irving, American author

* 1942 – Shere Hite, American-German author

* 1942 – Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney

This idea was anticipated in part, down to the microscale, by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein in his 1942 story Waldo.

* 1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American author

* 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author

** Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author ( d. 1942 )

* January 27 – Cornelia Hubertina Doff ( Neel Doff ), French author of Dutch origin ( d. 1942 )