In the year 1968

474 Notable deaths

Samad Behrangi

Iranian writer and social critic.

Born June 24th, 1939 in Tabriz.

Died August 31st, 1968 at 29 years old in Tabriz (drowning).

Virginia Valli

American actress.

Born June 10th, 1898 in Chicago. [ref]

Died September 24th, 1968 at 70 years old in Palm Springs (stroke). [ref]

Leopold Infeld

Polish physicist.

Born August 20th, 1898 in Kraków. [ref]

Died January 15th, 1968 at 69 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

Martin Noth

German theologian.

Born August 3rd, 1902 in Dresden. [ref]

Died May 30th, 1968 at 65 years old in Shivta. [ref]

Bob Bartlett

American politician (1904-1968).

Born April 20th, 1904 in Seattle. [ref]

Died December 11th, 1968 at 64 years old in Cleveland (surgical complications). [ref]

Bill Tytla

American animator (1904–1968).

Born October 25th, 1904 in Yonkers.

Died December 31st, 1968 at 64 years old in East Lyme.

Ramón Menéndez Pidal

Spanish philologist (1869-1968).

Born March 13th, 1869 in A Coruña. [ref]

Died November 14th, 1968 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]

Øystein Ore

Norwegian mathematician (1899–1968).

Born October 7th, 1899 in Oslo, Christiania.

Died August 13th, 1968 at 68 years old in Bærum Municipality.

Alfred Baeumler

German philosopher (1887-1968).

Born November 19th, 1887 in Nové Město pod Smrkem. [ref]

Died March 19th, 1968 at 80 years old in Eningen unter Achalm. [ref]

Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges

Former elected state president of south africa who died before being able to take office.

Born March 8th, 1898 in Klerksdorp. [ref]

Died January 10th, 1968 at 69 years old in Cape Town (cerebrovascular disease).

Deaths 181 to 190 of 474

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