Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Guilherme Paraense
Brazilian sport shooter (1884-1968).
Born June 25th, 1884 in Belém.
Died April 18th, 1968 at 83 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Konrad Johannesson
Canadian ice hockey defenceman.
Born August 10th, 1896 in Manitoba.
Died October 28th, 1968 at 72 years old in Winnipeg.
Peter Mohr Dam
Faroe islands politician (1898-1968).
Born August 11th, 1898 in Skopun.
Died November 8th, 1968 at 70 years old in Tórshavn.
Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
Russian mathematician.
Born March 5th, 1880 in Odesa. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1968 at 88 years old in Moscow.
Yosef Baratz
Israeli politician.
Born May 8th, 1890 in Coșnița.
Died December 14th, 1968 at 78 years old in Northern District.
Virgilio Levratto
Italian footballer and manager (1904-1968).
Born October 26th, 1904 in Carcare.
Died September 18th, 1968 at 63 years old in Genoa.
Ugo Frigerio
Athletics competitor.
Born September 16th, 1901 in Milan.
Died July 7th, 1968 at 66 years old in Garda.
Xavier Lesage
Equestrian (1885-1968).
Born October 25th, 1885 in Moret-sur-Loing.
Died August 3rd, 1968 at 82 years old in Gisors.
Jan Rypka
Czech academic, literature historian, orientalist, translator and university educator.
Born May 28th, 1886 in Kroměříž. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1968 at 82 years old in Prague. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 459
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi