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 )

* 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian writer

* 1942 – Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer ( Earth Opera and Old and in the Way )

* 1942 – Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer

In the final Wimsey story, the 1942 short story " Talboys ", Peter and Harriet are enjoying rural domestic bliss with their three sons when Bredon, their first-born, is accused of the theft of prize peaches from the neighbour's tree.

* 1942 – Peter Guber, American film producer

* 2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist ( b. 1942 )

Peter Tork ( born Peter Halsten Thorkelson, February 13, 1942 ) is an American musician and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees.

Peter died in 1942 while flying for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

* Peter Tomarken ( 1942 – 2006 ) of Olean, host of Press Your Luck

Peter Greenaway, CBE ( born 5 April 1942 ) is a British film director.

* Peter Liske ( born 1942 ), former professional football player.

The brothers and sisters were Jørgine Caroline ( 1854 – 1879 ), Mathilde Sophie ( born 1856 ), Karen Marie ( 1857 – 1876 ), Jørgen Peter ( born 1859 ) emigrated to Australia, Johan Sophus ( 1861 – 1942 ) emigrated to USA, Christian Albert ( born 1863 ) emigrated to USA, Carl August ( 1865 – 1931 ), Anders Jacob ( born 1867 ) emigrated to USA, Helene Christine Louise ( born 1869 ) emigrated to USA, Valdemar Emil ( 1871 – 1965 ), Julie Christine ( born 1872 ), Anna Dusine ( 8 January to 2 April 1875 ). All the children bore the surname Nielsen despite regulations by the Ministry of Church Affairs.

* Peter Gent, born 1942 ; Michigan State University basketball player and National Football League wide receiver.

This was followed by Raider's Dawn and other poems ( 1942 ) ( in which he makes a reference to Saints Peter and Paul ).

* Witte, Peter, and Tyas, Stephen, “ A New Document on the Deportation and Murder of Jews during ‘ Einsatz Reinhardt 1942 ’”, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Vol.

* In the Teeth of the Evidence ( 1939 ) ( editions published after 1942 usually add Talboys, the last story Sayers wrote with Lord and Lady Peter Wimsey )

She made a landing near Cannes in 1942, where she made contact with her supervisor, Peter Churchill.

He is best known for his Warner Bros. films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ) and Casablanca ( 1942 ).

Fairleigh Dickinson University was founded in 1942 as a junior college by Dr. Peter Sammartino and wife Sally, and was named after an early benefactor Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson, co-founder of Becton Dickinson.

* Peter Bartlett ( actor ) ( b. 1942 ), American actor

* Peter Taylor ( cricketer, born 1942 ), former cricketer for Bedfordshire

SOE agent Peter Churchill had arrived in January 1942 to evaluate the usefulness of the Carte network.

* Peter Phillips ( athlete ) ( born 1942 ), Australian former shot putter and weightlifter