| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Babe Adams |
Baseball |
18-May-1882 |
27-Jul-1968 |
Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Nick Adams |
Actor |
10-Jul-1931 |
7-Feb-1968 |
Johnny Yuma on The Rebel |
| Tommy Armour |
Golf |
24-Sep-1894 |
12-Sep-1968 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
| Peter Arno |
Cartoonist |
8-Jan-1904 |
22-Feb-1968 |
The New Yorker |
| Anthony Asquith |
Film Director |
9-Nov-1902 |
20-Feb-1968 |
Pygmalion |
| Harold D. Babcock |
Astronomer |
24-Jan-1882 |
8-Apr-1968 |
Solar radiation |
| Fay Bainter |
Actor |
7-Dec-1891 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Jezebel |
| Tallulah Bankhead |
Actor |
31-Jan-1902 |
12-Dec-1968 |
Lifeboat |
| Harry Elmer Barnes |
Historian |
15-Jun-1889 |
25-Aug-1968 |
American conspiracy theorist |
| Karl Barth |
Religion |
10-May-1886 |
9-Dec-1968 |
Church Dogmatics |
| Bob Bartlett |
Politician |
20-Apr-1904 |
11-Dec-1968 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1959-68 |
| Scotty Beckett |
Actor |
4-Oct-1929 |
10-May-1968 |
Child star train wreck |
| Bea Benaderet |
Actor |
4-Apr-1906 |
13-Oct-1968 |
Voice of Betty Rubble |
| Francis Biddle |
Government |
9-May-1886 |
4-Oct-1968 |
US Attorney General, 1941-45 |
| Edwin G. Boring |
Psychologist |
23-Oct-1886 |
1-Jul-1968 |
A History of Experimental Psychology |
| Fletcher Bowron |
Politician |
13-Aug-1887 |
11-Sep-1968 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53 |
| Max Brod |
Novelist |
27-May-1884 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Redemption of Tycho Brahe |
| Chester Carlson |
Inventor |
8-Feb-1906 |
19-Sep-1968 |
Invented Xerography |
| Neal Cassady |
Author |
8-Feb-1926 |
4-Feb-1968 |
The Holy Goof |
| Whitman Chambers |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1896 |
20-Jul-1968 |
Hard-boiled mystery novelist |
| Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
28-May-1911 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Son of Winston Churchill |
| Fred Clark |
Actor |
19-Mar-1914 |
5-Dec-1968 |
A Place in the Sun |
| June Collyer |
Actor |
19-Aug-1906 |
16-Mar-1968 |
The Stu Erwin Show |
| Wendell Corey |
Actor |
20-Mar-1914 |
8-Nov-1968 |
Desert Fury |
| Finlay Currie |
Actor |
20-Jan-1878 |
9-May-1968 |
Great Expectations |
| Henry Dale |
Scientist |
9-Jun-1875 |
23-Jul-1968 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Donald Davidson |
Poet |
8-Aug-1893 |
25-Apr-1968 |
Agrarian, Southern American poet |
| Albert Dekker |
Actor |
20-Dec-1905 |
5-May-1968 |
The Wild Bunch |
| Carl Theodor Dreyer |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1889 |
20-Mar-1968 |
Greatest Danish film director |
| Bobby Driscoll |
Actor |
3-Mar-1937 |
30-Mar-1968 |
Child actor, succumbed to drugs |
| Paddy Driscoll |
Football |
11-Jan-1895 |
28-Jun-1968 |
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Halfback |
| Marcel Duchamp |
Artist |
28-Jul-1887 |
2-Oct-1968 |
Lead proponent of Dadaism |
| Dan Duryea |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
7-Jun-1968 |
The Little Foxes |
| Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
| Dudley Fitts |
Scholar |
28-Apr-1903 |
10-Jul-1968 |
Translator of Greek literature |
| Howard Florey |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1898 |
21-Feb-1968 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Red Foley |
Country Musician |
17-Jun-1910 |
19-Sep-1968 |
Country crooner, wrote Old Shep |
| Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
| Charles E. Fuller |
Religion |
25-Apr-1887 |
18-Mar-1968 |
Co-Founder, Fuller Theological Seminary |
| Yuri Gagarin |
Astronaut |
9-Mar-1934 |
27-Mar-1968 |
First person to orbit earth |
| George Gamow |
Physicist |
4-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1968 |
Proponent of Big Bang Theory |
| Dorothy Gish |
Actor |
11-Mar-1898 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Orphans of the Storm |
| Romano Guardini |
Religion |
17-Feb-1885 |
1-Oct-1968 |
Roman Catholic theologian |
| Alice Guy |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1873 |
24-Mar-1968 |
First female film director |
| Hugo Haas |
Actor |
18-Feb-1901 |
1-Dec-1968 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Otto Hahn |
Chemist |
8-Mar-1879 |
28-Jul-1968 |
Demonstrated fission |
| Alexander Hall |
Film Director |
11-Jan-1894 |
30-Jul-1968 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Tony Hancock |
Radio Personality |
12-May-1924 |
25-Jun-1968 |
Hancock's Half Hour |
| Corneille Heymans |
Scientist |
28-Mar-1892 |
18-Jul-1968 |
Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors |
| Julius C. Holmes |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1899 |
15-Jul-1968 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65 |
| Robert A. Hurley |
Politician |
25-Aug-1895 |
3-May-1968 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43 |
| Charles R. Jackson |
Novelist |
6-Apr-1903 |
21-Sep-1968 |
The Lost Weekend |
| Little Willie John |
Singer |
15-Oct-1937 |
26-May-1968 |
Fever |
| Duke Kahanamoku |
Swimmer |
24-Aug-1890 |
22-Jan-1968 |
Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist |
| Helen Keller |
Activist |
27-Jun-1880 |
1-Jun-1968 |
Deaf and blind activist |
| Robert F. Kennedy |
Politician |
20-Nov-1925 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Slain Presidential candidate |
| Husband E. Kimmel |
Military |
26-Feb-1882 |
14-May-1968 |
Admiral, demoted after Pearl Harbor |
| Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
| Lev Landau |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1908 |
1-Apr-1968 |
Superfluidity of helium |
| Rose Wilder Lane |
Author |
5-Dec-1886 |
30-Oct-1968 |
The Discovery of Freedom |
| Robert Z. Leonard |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1889 |
27-Aug-1968 |
The Divorcee |
| Trygve Lie |
Diplomat |
16-Jul-1896 |
30-Dec-1968 |
UN Secretary General, 1946-52 |
| Howard Lindsay |
Playwright |
29-Mar-1889 |
11-Feb-1968 |
The Sound of Music |
| Doris Lloyd |
Actor |
3-Jul-1896 |
21-May-1968 |
British-American character actress |
| Marion Lorne |
Actor |
12-Aug-1883 |
9-May-1968 |
Aunt Clara on Bewitched |
| Frankie Lymon |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Sep-1942 |
28-Feb-1968 |
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers |
| Mae Marsh |
Actor |
9-Nov-1895 |
13-Feb-1968 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Joseph W. Martin, Jr. |
Politician |
3-Nov-1884 |
6-Mar-1968 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1933-67 |
| Archie Mayo |
Film Director |
29-Jan-1891 |
4-Dec-1968 |
The Adventures of Marco Polo |
| Jim Nance McCord |
Politician |
17-Mar-1879 |
2-Sep-1968 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1945-49 |
| John Gordon Mein |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
28-Aug-1968 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68 |
| Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered nuclear fission |
| Thomas Merton |
Author |
31-Jan-1915 |
10-Dec-1968 |
The Seven Storey Mountain |
| Gerald Mohr |
Actor |
11-Jun-1914 |
9-Nov-1968 |
American character actor |
| Wes Montgomery |
Jazz Musician |
6-Mar-1925 |
15-Jun-1968 |
Superb jazz guitarist |
| Charles Münch |
Conductor |
26-Sep-1891 |
6-Nov-1968 |
Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68 |
| Walter Nash |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1882 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1957-60 |
| Tommy Noonan |
Actor |
29-Apr-1922 |
24-Apr-1968 |
A Star is Born |
| Ramon Novarro |
Actor |
6-Feb-1899 |
30-Oct-1968 |
Ben-Hur |
| Edwin O'Connor |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1918 |
23-Mar-1968 |
The Last Hurrah |
| Dennis O'Keefe |
Actor |
29-Mar-1908 |
31-Aug-1968 |
Brewster's Millions |
| Øystein Ore |
Mathematician |
7-Oct-1899 |
13-Aug-1968 |
Ring theorist |
| Erwin Panofsky |
Historian |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Mar-1968 |
Studies in Iconology |
| George Papandreou |
Head of State |
18-Feb-1888 |
1-Nov-1968 |
Former Prime Minister of Greece |
| Mervyn Peake |
Novelist |
9-Jul-1911 |
17-Nov-1968 |
Titus Groan |
| Salvatore Quasimodo |
Poet |
20-Aug-1901 |
14-Jun-1968 |
Acque e terre |
| Oscar Rennebohm |
Politician |
25-May-1889 |
15-Oct-1968 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1947-51 |
| Conrad Richter |
Novelist |
13-Oct-1890 |
30-Oct-1968 |
The Awakening Land |
| Oscar Riddle |
Biologist |
27-Sep-1877 |
29-Nov-1968 |
Prolactin |
| William Scholl |
Business |
22-Jun-1882 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Dr Scholl's shoe pads |
| Jouett Shouse |
Politician |
10-Dec-1879 |
2-Jun-1968 |
Congressman from Kansas, 1915-19 |
| Upton Sinclair |
Novelist |
20-Sep-1878 |
25-Nov-1968 |
The Jungle |
| Elmo Smith |
Publisher |
19-Nov-1909 |
15-Jul-1968 |
Governor of Oregon, 1956-57 |
| John Steinbeck |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1902 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1891 |
11-Dec-1968 |
New York Times Publisher, 1935-61 |
| Basil Sydney |
Actor |
23-Apr-1894 |
10-Jan-1968 |
English stage actor |
| William Talman |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
30-Aug-1968 |
Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason |
| Norman Thomas |
Activist |
20-Nov-1884 |
19-Dec-1968 |
American Socialist Party |
| Franchot Tone |
Actor |
27-Feb-1905 |
18-Sep-1968 |
Advise and Consent |
| Lee Tracy |
Actor |
14-Apr-1898 |
18-Oct-1968 |
Crashing Hollywood |
| Helen Walker |
Actor |
17-Jul-1920 |
10-Mar-1968 |
Call Northside 777 |
| Lurleen Burns Wallace |
First Lady |
19-Sep-1926 |
7-May-1968 |
Wife and surrogate governor of George Wallace |
| Walter Wanger |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Jul-1894 |
18-Nov-1968 |
Joan of Arc |
| Weegee |
Photographer |
12-Jun-1899 |
26-Dec-1968 |
Crime photographer |
| Virginia Weidler |
Actor |
21-Mar-1927 |
1-Jul-1968 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Yvor Winters |
Poet |
17-Oct-1900 |
25-Jan-1968 |
Primitivism & Decadence |
| Donald Wolfit |
Actor |
20-Apr-1902 |
17-Feb-1968 |
Svengali |
| Craig Wood |
Golf |
18-Nov-1901 |
7-May-1968 |
Winner, 1941 Masters and US Open |
| Harry Woods |
Actor |
5-May-1889 |
28-Dec-1968 |
Perpetual Hollywood villain |
| Cornell Woolrich |
Novelist |
4-Dec-1903 |
25-Sep-1968 |
The Bride Wore Black |
