Personalities who died at 42

Famous people grouped by age of death

There are 27 personalities from all nationalities who died at the age of 42
Among them, are for example Elvis Presley, Gary Coleman, Margaux Hemingway, Jacques Mesrine, Prodigy, Christine Pascal, Jean-Marc Reiser, Dodi Al-Fayed, Peter Tosh, Guy de Maupassant, Robert Francis Kennedy, Madame de Pompadour, ...

† at 42 years

1955 • 1997

† at 42 years

1866 • 1908

† at 42 years

1935 • 1978

† at 42 years

1701 • 1744

† at 42 years

1918 • 1961

† at 42 years

1968 • 2010

Dorothy Dandridge

† at 42 years

Dorothy Dandridge

1922 • 1965

Godefroy de Bouillon

† at ~42 years

Godefroy de Bouillon

~1058 • 1100

Nobility and royalty

Guy de Maupassant

† at 42 years

Guy de Maupassant

1850 • 1893

Robert Francis Kennedy

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 42 years

Robert Francis Kennedy

1925 • 1968

† at 42 years

1809 • 1852

Margaux Hemingway

† at 42 years

Margaux Hemingway

1954 • 1996

† at 42 years

1516 • 1558

Queens of England

Søren Kierkegaard

† at 42 years

Søren Kierkegaard

1813 • 1855

† at ~42 years

~1524 • 1566

Madame de Pompadour

† at 42 years

Madame de Pompadour

1721 • 1764

Nobility and royalty

Jacques Mesrine

† at 42 years

Jacques Mesrine

1936 • 1979

Christine Pascal

† at 42 years

Christine Pascal

1953 • 1996

† at 42 years

1949 • 1992

† at 42 years

1935 • 1977

† at 42 years

1974 • 2017

Jean-Marc Reiser

† at 42 years

Jean-Marc Reiser

1941 • 1983

Press designers

Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau

† at 42 years

Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau

1749 • 1791

† at 42 years

1944 • 1987

Charles V le Sage

† at 42 years

Charles V le Sage

1338 • 1380

French monarchs

Antoine van Dyck

† at 42 years

Antoine van Dyck

1599 • 1641

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

† at 42 years

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

1888 • 1931