1868 births

Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)

the 14th and last Emperor of Russia (1894–1917)

American physicist (1868–1953)

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)

former World Chess champion (1868–1941)

Jewish-Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate

Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)

German physicist (1868-1951)

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

Regent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944 (1868-1957)

French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)

Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941

American astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921)

United States chemist (1868–1928)

King of Greece (r. 1913–17; 1920–22)

last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)

British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

Irish republican, trade unionist and socialist revolutionary

Canadian-American actress (1868-1934)

Catalan linguist (1868–1948)

German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)

German architect and designer (1868-1940)

Austrian writer and translator (1868-1932)

English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)

French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (1868–1914)

French author and journalist (1868–1927)

French painter (1868-1941)

Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist (1868-1928)

Japanese karateka (1868–1957)

French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)

wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1868–1914)

German physician and sexologist (1868–1935)

Egyptian former King and former Sultan

German mathematician (*1868 – †1942)

French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer

French philosopher (1868–1951)

French poet (1868-1938)

President of Brazil (1868-1966)

American novelist (1868–1920)

Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe

American astronomer (1868-1938)

French painter (1868-1940)

Egyptian poet and dramatist (1868–1932)

American triple jumper (1868-1957)

German prince (1868–1940)

English writer

American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (1868–1944)

29th Prime Minister of Japan (1868-1948)

Italian economist and political figure (1868–1953)

Polish writer, playwright and journalist (1868–1927)

Danish chemist

Chilean politician and President (1868–1950)

American writer (1868–1950)

British banker and zoologist (1868–1937)

admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (1868-1952)

German automobile engineer (1868–1951)

fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark (1868-1935)

Austrian artist and designer (1868–1918)

Estonian politician and lawyer (1868–1941)