Aged 42
Famous people who died at 42
85 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 42, including Elvis Presley, Søren Kierkegaard and Nikolai Gogol.
- Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor · 1935–1977
- Søren KierkegaardDanish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic · 1813–1855
- Nikolai GogolRussian writer of Ukrainian origin · 1809–1852
- Guy de MaupassantFrench writer · 1850–1893
- Vladimir VysotskySoviet singer-songwriter and actor · 1938–1980
- Mary IQueen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 · 1516–1558
- Anders CelsiusSwedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist · 1701–1744
- José MartíCuban poet, philosopher and nationalist · 1853–1895
- Robert F. KennedyAmerican politician and lawyer · 1925–1968
- Lesya UkrainkaUkrainian poet, writer and feminist · 1871–1913
- Modest Petrovich MussorgskyRussian composer · 1839–1881
- Anthony van DyckFlemish Baroque artist · 1599–1641
- Ted BundyAmerican serial killer · 1946–1989
- Teresa TengTaiwanese ROC singer · 1953–1995
- John Duns ScotusPriest, friar, philosopher, theologian, college teacher · c. 1266–1308
- Philip III of SpainKing of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal · 1578–1621
- John IVPope · c. AD 600–642
- Charles V of FranceKing of France from 1364 to 1380 · 1338–1380
- Clement IIHead of the Catholic Church from 1046 to 1047 · c. 1005–1047
- Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MirabeauFrench writer, orator and statesman · 1749–1791
- Sergius IVPope from 1009 to 1012 · c. 970–1012
- Madame de PompadourChief mistress of Louis XV of France · 1721–1764
- Gary ColemanAmerican actor · 1968–2010
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and GothaConsort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 · 1819–1861
- Michael Servetus ↗Spanish physician and theologian · 1511–1553
- Anne of Cleves ↗Queen consort of England · 1515–1557
- Émilie du Châtelet ↗Era chiná physicist, and author · 1706–1749
- Justinian II ↗Byzantine Emperor from 685 to 695 and from 705 to 711 · c. AD 669–711
- James I of Scotland ↗King of Scots from 1406 to 1437 · 1394–1437
- Klaus Mann ↗German writer · 1906–1949
- Frederick V of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1723–1766
- Manuel II of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1889–1932
- Christian Morgenstern ↗German author · 1871–1914
- Karl Schwarzschild ↗German physicist, astronomer and mathematician · 1873–1916
- Lydia Koidula ↗Estonian poet · 1843–1886
- Hassan al-Banna ↗Egyptian Islamist leader and politician · 1906–1949
- Ofra Haza ↗Israeli singer · 1957–2000
- Güyük Khan ↗Third Great Khan of the Mongol Empire · 1206–1248
- Ivan Cankar ↗Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist · 1876–1918
- Romanos IV Diogenes ↗Byzantine emperor · c. 1030–1072
- Albert II of Germany ↗King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia · 1397–1439
- F. W. Murnau ↗German film director · 1888–1931
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ↗Umayyad caliph · c. AD 675–717
- Aleksandr Zakharchenko ↗Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic · 1976–2018
- Totila ↗King of the Ostrogoths and King of Italy · c. AD 510–552
- Dorothy Dandridge ↗American actress and singer · 1922–1965
- Hugo Wolf ↗Austrian composer · 1860–1903
- John Cazale ↗American actor · 1935–1978
- Philip III of Macedon ↗King of Macedonia · c. 359–317 BC
- Eugène de Beauharnais ↗French statesman and military officer · 1781–1824
- Nikolai Vatutin ↗Soviet general · 1901–1944
- Peter Tosh ↗Jamaican reggae singer and musician · 1944–1987
- Gary Speed ↗Welsh association football player and manager · 1969–2011
- Daniel of Moscow ↗Russian prince and saint · c. 1261–1303
- Arsinoe III of Egypt ↗Queen of Egypt from 220 BC to 204 BC · c. 246–204 BC
- Boran ↗25th Sasanian Emperor · c. AD 590–632
- Divine ↗American actor, singer and drag queen · 1945–1988
- Gregor Strasser ↗German politician, rival of Adolf Hitler inside the Nazi Party · 1892–1934
- Ian Murdock ↗American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur · 1973–2015
- Matthew Gregory Lewis ↗English novelist and dramatist · 1775–1818
- Olof Skötkonung ↗King of Sweden from c.995 to 1022 · c. 980–1022
- Abbas I of Egypt ↗Wāli of Egypt from 1848 to 1854 · 1812–1854
- Andreas Hofer ↗Leader of armed resistance by the people of Tirol against Napoleonic and Bavarian invasion · 1767–1810
- Georg Elser ↗German opponent of Nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939 · 1903–1945
- Jacqueline du Pré ↗British cellist · 1945–1987
- Papa Bouba Diop ↗Senegalese footballer · 1978–2020
- Seleucus IV Philopator ↗2nd-century BC Hellenistic king in the Near East · c. 217–175 BC
- Denys Monastyrskyi ↗Ukrainian lawyer and politician · 1980–2023
- Reccared I ↗Visigothic King · c. AD 559–601
- Magnus VI of Norway ↗King of Norway · 1238–1280
- Walter Schellenberg ↗German police and SS general, head of the military secret services and convicted war criminal · 1910–1952
- Charlotte of Savoy ↗French queen · 1441–1483
- Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ↗Roman general, politician, and assassin of Julius Caesar · c. 85–43 BC
- Henry of Flanders ↗Emperor of Constantinople · c. 1174–1216
- Huey Long ↗American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator · 1893–1935
- Mildred Harris ↗American actress · 1901–1944
- George Bellows ↗American painter · 1882–1925
- Gilda Radner ↗American actress and comedian · 1946–1989
- Lajos Batthyány ↗Hungarian politician · 1807–1849
- Michel Micombero ↗President of Burundi · 1940–1983
- Antigonus III Doson ↗King of Macedonia · c. 263–221 BC
- Anund Jacob ↗King of Sweden from 1022 until 1050 · 1008–1050
- Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ↗Duke of Bavaria · 1636–1679
- Louise of the Netherlands ↗Queen Consort of Sweden and Queen Consort of Norway from 1859 to 1871 · 1828–1871
- Margaux Hemingway ↗American fashion model and actress · 1954–1996
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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