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
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Novelist
9
Bea Benaderet (1906-1968)
TV Actress
10
Jim Clark (1936-1968)
Race Car Driver
11
Pio Of Pietrelcina (1887-1968)
Religious Leader
12
Portia White (1911-1968)
Opera Singer
13
Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968)
14
Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968)
Journalist
15
Scotty Beckett (1929-1968)
16
Weegee (1899-1968)
Photographer
17
Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968)
Surfer
18
Wes Montgomery (1923-1968)
Guitarist
19
Charles R. Jackson (1903-1968)
20
Bobby Hutton (1950-1968)
21
James Ford (1911-1968)
22
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
23
Jack Pierce (1889-1968)
Makeup Artist
24
Celebrities Born in 1968
Deaths by Year
Little Walter (1930-1968)
Blues Singer
25
Red Foley (1910-1968)
Country Singer
26
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
27
Howard Florey (1898-1968)
Pharmacologist
28
Helen Walker (1920-1968)
29
Harry Woods (1889-1968)
Movie Actor
30
Ugo Frigerio (1901-1968)
Race Walker
31
Lurleen Wallace (1926-1968)
32
Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)
Dancer
33
Hans Heysen (1877-1968)
34
Franchot Tone (1905-1968)
35
Amelia Peláez (1896-1968)
36
Kay Francis (1905-1968)
37
Albert Dekker (1905-1968)
38
Juanita Hall (1901-1968)
Stage Actress
39
Dennis O'keefe (1908-1968)
40
Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Philosopher
41
Jean Hyppolite (1907-1968)
42
Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968)
43
Jan Johansson (1931-1968)
Pianist
44
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968)
Poet
45
William Talman Jr. (1915-1968)
46
Walter Tewksbury (1876-1968)
Runner
47
Dorothy Gish (1898-1968)
48
