Famous People Born In 1868
Discover the most famous people born in 1868. The list includes people like W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Falcon Scott, Scott Joplin, Fritz Haber, Maxim Gorky and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, political leaders, playwrights and novelists born in 1868. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
W. E. B. Du Bois23rd February, Ghanaian
Civil Rights Activists
Gertrude Bell14th July, British
Writer, Diplomat
Florence Foster Jenkins19th July, American
Socialite
Robert Falcon Scott6th June, British
Explorer
Scott Joplin24th November, American
Composer and Pianist
Fritz Haber9th December, German
Chemist
Maxim Gorky28th March, Russian
Writer & Dramatist
Miklós Horthy18th June, Hungarian
Military Leader
James Connolly5th June, British
Socialist Leader
John Nance Garner22nd November, American
32nd Vice President of the United States
Constantine I2nd August, Greek
King of Greece
Charles Rennie Mackintosh7th June, British, Scottish
Architect
Marie Dressler9th November, Canadian, American
Actress
Henrietta Swan Leavitt4th July, American
Astronomer
Robert Andrews Millikan22nd March, American
Physicist
Karl Landsteiner14th June, American
Physician
Nicholas II18th May, Russian
Arnold Sommerfeld5th December, German
Physicist
Emily Murphy14th March, Canadian
First Female Magistrate in Canada
Aleksa Šantić27th May, Bosnian
Poet
Theodore William Richards31st January, American
Chemist
Cuno Amiet28th March, Swiss
Painter, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor
Victoria Cross1st October, British
Writer
John Rogan16th February, American
Second tallest person in history
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg1st March, Czech, German
Lady-in-waiting
Magnus Hirschfeld14th May, German
Physician, Writer, Psychologist, Screenwriter,
Tom Dempsey20th January, American
Actor
Paul Claudel6th August, French
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Fuad I of Egypt26th March, Egyptian
Monarch, King
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild8th February, British
Biologist, Banker, Politician, Zoologist,
Gaston Leroux6th May, French
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
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Edward S. Curtis16th February, American
Photographer, Anthropologist
Charles Maurras20th April, French
Author
Edmond Rostand1st April, French
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Gichin Funakoshi10th November, Japanese
Karateka
Édouard Vuillard11th November, French
Painter
Abdülmecid II29th May, French
Caliph
George Arliss10th April, British
Writer, Playwright, Film director, Autobiographer,
Mary Parker Follett3rd September, American
Social Woker
Alexandra David-Néel24th October, Belgian, French
Explorer
Peter Behrens14th April, German
Poster artist, Architect, Typographer, Painter,
August Horch12th October, German
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Racecar driver
Alfred Weber30th July, German
Economist, Educationist, Sociologist, University
William Allen White10th February, American
Editor
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford12th August, British
British statesman
Stefan George12th June, German
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Felix Hausdorff8th November, German, Polish
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Eleanor H. Porter19th December, American
Novelist
George Ellery Hale29th June, American
Astronomer, Journalist
Olga Knipper21st September, Russian
Actress
Felix Hoffmann21st January, German
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Gustav Noske9th July, German
Politician
Henri Bourassa1st September, Canadian
Politician
Patty Hill27th March, American
Composer
Robert Robinson Taylor8th June, American
Architect
Edgar Lee Masters23rd August, American
American attorney
Elzy Lay25th November, American
Outlaw
Émile Bernard28th April, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Gustav Meyrink19th January, Austrian
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Science fiction
Cai Yuanpei11th January, Chinese
Philosopher
Paul Otlet23rd August, Belgian
Writer, Lawyer, Librarian, Scientist, Inventor,
Hugo Eckener10th August, German
Aeronautical engineer
Pierina Legnani30th September, Italian
Ballerina
Robert W. Wood2nd May, American
Physicist
Ahmad Dahlan1st August, Indonesian
Islamic revivalist
Frederick W. Lanchester23rd October, British
Engineer
Heinrich Schenker19th June, Polish
Music theorist
W.E.B. Du Bois30th November, American
Journalist, Educator, Civil Rights Activist
José Félix Uriburu20th July, Argentinian
Politician
Harvey Samuel Firestone20th December, American
Entrepreneur
Paul P. Harris19th April, American
Jurist, Lawyer
Granville Bantock7th August, British
Composer
Keisuke Okada14th February, Japanese
Politician, Prime Minister
Reynold A. Nicholson18th August, British
Translator
Francesco Saverio Nitti19th July, Italian
Prime Minister, Economist
Stanisław Przybyszewski7th May, Polish
Novelist
Ștefan Luchian1st February, Romanian
painter, pastelist, watercolourist
Yokoyama Taikan18th September, Japanese
Painter
Ozaki Kōyō10th January, Japanese
Author
Mikhail Pokrovsky29th August, Russian
Historian
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.7th July, American
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere26th April, British
Publisher
Senda Berenson19th March, Lithuanian, Russian
Author
Bernarr MacFadden16th August, American
Publisher
John Hope2nd June, American
Educator
Frank McKinney Hubbard1st September, American
George Norman Douglas8th December, British