- Feb 4 Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies
- Mar 3 George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
- Mar 9 Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
- Apr 8 Richard Sears, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
- Jun 15 Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies
- Jul 21 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 42
- Jul 27 Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (1st Currie Cup-winning captain), dies
- Jul 27 H B G Austin, cricketer (capt of 1923 WI team to England), dies
- Jul 31 Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp
- Aug 6 Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
- Aug 14 Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
- Sep 17 Dick Tyldesley, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
- Sep 28 Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in South Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies
- Oct 14 Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
- Nov 23 Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies
- Dec 28 Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)