Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Civil Rights Leader
1
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Activist
2
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)
Politician
3
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Children's Author
4
Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)
Movie Actress
5
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)
Astronaut
6
Frankie Lymon (1942-1968)
Rock Singer
7
Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968)
TV Actor
8
Bea Benaderet (1906-1968)
TV Actress
9
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Novelist
10
Pio Of Pietrelcina (1887-1968)
Religious Leader
11
Portia White (1911-1968)
Opera Singer
12
Jim Clark (1936-1968)
Race Car Driver
13
Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968)
14
Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968)
Surfer
15
Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968)
Journalist
16
Weegee (1899-1968)
Photographer
17
Scotty Beckett (1929-1968)
18
Red Foley (1910-1968)
Country Singer
19
Wes Montgomery (1923-1968)
Guitarist
20
Charles R. Jackson (1903-1968)
21
Bobby Hutton (1950-1968)
22
James Ford (1911-1968)
23
Jack Pierce (1889-1968)
Makeup Artist
24
Celebrities Born in 1968
Deaths by Year
Little Walter (1930-1968)
Blues Singer
25
Amelia Peláez (1896-1968)
Painter
26
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
27
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
28
Howard Florey (1898-1968)
Pharmacologist
29
Helen Walker (1920-1968)
30
Harry Woods (1889-1968)
Movie Actor
31
Ugo Frigerio (1901-1968)
Race Walker
32
Lurleen Wallace (1926-1968)
33
Hans Heysen (1877-1968)
34
Franchot Tone (1905-1968)
35
Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)
Dancer
36
Albert Dekker (1905-1968)
37
Kay Francis (1905-1968)
38
Juanita Hall (1901-1968)
Stage Actress
39
Dennis O'keefe (1908-1968)
40
Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Philosopher
41
Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968)
42
Jan Johansson (1931-1968)
Pianist
43
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968)
Poet
44
William Talman Jr. (1915-1968)
45
Edna Ferber (1887-1968)
46
Dorothy Gish (1898-1968)
47
Sam Crawford (1880-1968)
Baseball Player
48
