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
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)
Astronaut
5
Frankie Lymon (1942-1968)
Rock Singer
6
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Novelist
7
Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968)
TV Actor
8
Jim Clark (1936-1968)
Race Car Driver
9
Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968)
10
Pio Of Pietrelcina (1887-1968)
Religious Leader
11
Portia White (1911-1968)
Opera Singer
12
Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968)
Journalist
13
Bea Benaderet (1906-1968)
TV Actress
14
Scotty Beckett (1929-1968)
15
Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)
Movie Actress
16
Wes Montgomery (1923-1968)
Guitarist
17
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
18
Howard Florey (1898-1968)
Pharmacologist
19
Red Foley (1910-1968)
Country Singer
20
Weegee (1899-1968)
Photographer
21
Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968)
Surfer
22
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
23
Bobby Hutton (1950-1968)
24
Celebrities Born in 1968
Deaths by Year
Lurleen Wallace (1926-1968)
25
Albert Dekker (1905-1968)
Movie Actor
26
Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968)
27
James Ford (1911-1968)
28
Franchot Tone (1905-1968)
29
Little Walter (1930-1968)
Blues Singer
30
Charles R. Jackson (1903-1968)
31
Dennis O'keefe (1908-1968)
32
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968)
Poet
33
Kay Francis (1905-1968)
34
Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)
Dancer
35
Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Philosopher
36
William Talman Jr. (1915-1968)
37
Jack Pierce (1889-1968)
Makeup Artist
38
Joseph William Martin (1884-1968)
39
Edna Ferber (1887-1968)
40
Amelia Peláez (1896-1968)
41
Virginia Weidler (1927-1968)
42
Fay Bainter (1893-1968)
43
Luther Perkins (1928-1968)
44
Kathleen Long (1896-1968)
Pianist
45
Juanita Hall (1901-1968)
Stage Actress
46
Jean Hyppolite (1907-1968)
47
Vern Stephens (1920-1968)
Baseball Player
48
