In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
Amelia Peláez
Cuban artist (1896-1968).
Born January 5th, 1896 in Yaguajay.
Died April 8th, 1968 at 72 years old in Havana.
Rudolph Dirks
Cartoonist (1877–1968).
Born February 26th, 1877 in Heide.
Died April 20th, 1968 at 91 years old in New York City.
Gertrude W. Hoffmann
Character actress (1871-1968).
Born May 17th, 1871 in Heidelberg.
Died February 13th, 1968 at 96 years old in Hollywood.
Akmal Khan
Pakistani actor and singer (1929–1968).
Born November 11th, 1929 in Lahore.
Died June 11th, 1968 at 38 years old in Muslim Town.
Albert Lewin
American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1894-1968).
Born September 23rd, 1894 in Brooklyn.
Died May 9th, 1968 at 73 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Alexander Hall
American film director and film editor (1894-1968).
Born January 11th, 1894 in Boston.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 74 years old in San Francisco (stroke).
Valentine Hugo
French painter, draftsman, and illustrator (1887-1968).
Born March 16th, 1887 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 81 years old in Paris.
Shangguan Yunzhu
Chinese actress (1920-1968).
Born March 2nd, 1920 in Jiangyin.
Died November 23rd, 1968 at 48 years old in Shanghai (falling from height).
Käthe Kruse
Dollmaker (1883-1968).
Born September 17th, 1883 in Dąbrowa. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1968 at 84 years old in Murnau am Staffelsee. [ref]
Kōkichi Tsuburaya
Japanese long-distance runner (track and field)(1940–1968).
Born May 13th, 1940 in Sukagawa.
Died January 9th, 1968 at 27 years old in Asaka (exsanguination).
Gunnar Ekelöf
Swedish writer (1907–1968).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Stockholm.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 60 years old in Sigtuna.
James McIlroy
British surgeon (1879–1968).
Born November 3rd, 1879 in Ulster.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 88 years old in London Borough of Sutton.
James Leonard Brierley Smith
South african ichthyologist (1897–1968).
Born October 26th, 1897 in Graaff-Reinet.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 70 years old in Makhanda (cyanide poisoning).
Xiong Shili
Chinese philosopher.
Born February 18th, 1885 in Huangzhou District.
Died May 23rd, 1968 at 83 years old in Shanghai.
Joseph Keilberth
German conductor (1908–1968).
Born April 19th, 1908 in Karlsruhe.
Died July 20th, 1968 at 60 years old in Munich.
Ivy Close
British actress (1890-1968).
Born June 15th, 1890 in Stockton-on-Tees.
Died December 4th, 1968 at 78 years old in Goring-on-Thames.
Fakih Usman
Indonesian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Gresik.
Died October 3rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Indonesia.
John George
Syrian-american actor (1898-1968).
Born January 20th, 1898 in Aleppo.
Died August 25th, 1968 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Jón Leifs
Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968).
Born May 1st, 1899 in Northwestern Region.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 69 years old in Reykjavík (lung cancer).
Ivan Pyryev
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1901-1968).
Born November 17th, 1901 in Kamen-na-Obi.
Died February 7th, 1968 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Antonio Pietrangeli
Italian film director and screenwriter (1919–1968).
Born January 19th, 1919 in Rome.
Died July 12th, 1968 at 49 years old in Gaeta (drowning).
Bruno Paul
German architect (1874-1968).
Born January 19th, 1874 in Seifhennersdorf. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1968 at 94 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Chana Orloff
Ukrainian-born french and israeli sculptor (1888–1968).
Born July 12th, 1888 in Kamianka.
Died December 18th, 1968 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv.
Jean Murat
French actor (1888–1968).
Born July 13th, 1888 in Périgueux.
Died January 5th, 1968 at 79 years old in Aix-en-Provence (myocardial infarction).
Albert Betz
German physicist (1885–1968).
Born December 25th, 1885 in Schweinfurt.
Died April 16th, 1968 at 82 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 563
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