1968 deaths

Hero of the Soviet Union (1908-1968)

American tennis player (1891-1968)

Estonian strongman and professional wrestler (1877–1968)

Norwegian writer (1889–1968)

British racing driver

German physicist and chemist (1895–1968)

American athlete (1885–1968)

Syrian philosopher (1899–1968)

Japanese tennis player (1890-1968)

cartoonist (1877–1968)

German astronomer (1892–1968)

American astronomer (1882–1968)

American actress (1906–1968)

Swedish botanist, geologist, chemist (1875-1968)

Italian fencer (1905–1968)

Belgian politician (1884-1968)

French musician (1891-1968)

Swedish racing cyclist (1893–1968)

American actor and politician (1905–1968)

American actor (1914–1968)

Austrian footballer (1903-1968)

movie director and stage actor (1891-1968)

American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)

French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher (1921-1968)

American swimmer, water polo player and coach (1891-1968)

Russian mathematician (1906–1968)

German-Finnish figure skater

Indian physician and legislator

Swiss architectural historian (1888–1968)

German Eugenicist (1891–1968)

Olympic wrestler (1882-1968)

Russian chemist (1877-1968)

American rower (1907-1968)

Japanese long-distance runner (track and field)(1940–1968)

Norwegian mathematician (1899–1968)

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American boxer (1881–1968)

American actress (1883–1968)

American Presbyterian minister and socialist (1884-1968)

British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

American actress (1898-1968)

Australian poet (1885–1968)

British tennis player (1883–1968)

Catholic cardinal (1879–1968)

French cyclist (1903–1968)

actor (1877-1968)

American dancer (1879-1968)

Italian film director and screenwriter (1919–1968)

Swedish footballer (1905–1968)

Spanish poet, anti-fascist (1884-1968)

Argentine athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.

Head of the House of Wettin (1893–1968)

Olympic wrestler (1904–1968)

American film director (1903-1968)

Swedish composer (1916–1968)

Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968)

South African ichthyologist (1897–1968)

Cassandre, pseudonym of Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron (24 January 1901 – 17 June 1968), was a French painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer.

Hungarian fencer (1895-1968)

Serbian footballer (1906-1968)