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.
Gertrude Bell14th July, British
Writer, Diplomat
W. E. B. Du Bois23rd February, Ghanaian
Civil Rights Activists
Florence Foster Jenkins19th July, American
Socialite
Scott Joplin24th November, American
Composer and Pianist
Robert Falcon Scott6th June, British
Explorer
Fritz Haber9th December, German
Chemist
Maxim Gorky28th March, Russian
Writer & Dramatist
James Connolly5th June, British
Socialist Leader
John Nance Garner22nd November, American
32nd Vice President of the United States
Robert Andrews Millikan22nd March, American
Physicist
Karl Landsteiner14th June, American
Physician
Nicholas II18th May, Russian
Arnold Sommerfeld5th December, German
Physicist
Marie Dressler9th November, Canadian, American
Actress
Henrietta Swan Leavitt4th July, American
Astronomer
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
Nicholas II of Russia18th May, Russian
Emperor
Victoria Cross1st October, British
Writer
John Rogan16th February, American
Second tallest person in history
Constantine I of Greece2nd August, Greek
Miklós Horthy18th June, Hungarian
Politician, Diplomat, Officer
Charles Rennie Mackintosh7th June, British
Architect, Painter, Designer, Sculptor
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg1st March, Czech, German
Lady-in-waiting
Magnus Hirschfeld14th May, German
Physician, Writer, Psychologist, Screenwriter,
Fuad I of Egypt26th March, Egyptian
Monarch, King
Tom Dempsey20th January, American
Actor
George Arliss10th April, British
Writer, Playwright, Film director, Autobiographer,
Edward S. Curtis16th February, American
Photographer, Anthropologist
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild8th February, British
Biologist, Banker, Politician, Zoologist,
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Gaston Leroux6th May, French
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Edmond Rostand1st April, French
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Gichin Funakoshi10th November, Japanese
Karateka
Abdülmecid II29th May, French
Caliph
Édouard Vuillard11th November, French
Painter
August Horch12th October, German
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Racecar driver
Peter Behrens14th April, German
Poster artist, Architect, Typographer, Painter,
Paul P. Harris19th April, American
Jurist, Lawyer
Paul Claudel6th August, French
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Alfred Weber30th July, German
Economist, Educationist, Sociologist, University
Stefan George12th June, German
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Felix Hausdorff8th November, German, Polish
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Felix Hoffmann21st January, German
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Robert Robinson Taylor8th June, American
Architect
Edgar Lee Masters23rd August, American
American attorney
George Ellery Hale29th June, American
Astronomer, Journalist
Gustav Meyrink19th January, Austrian
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Science fiction
Paul Otlet23rd August, Belgian
Writer, Lawyer, Librarian, Scientist, Inventor,
Émile Bernard28th April, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
W.E.B. Du Bois30th November, American
Journalist, Educator, Civil Rights Activist
Keisuke Okada14th February, Japanese
Politician, Prime Minister
Harvey Samuel Firestone20th December, American
Entrepreneur
Francesco Saverio Nitti19th July, Italian
Prime Minister, Economist
Ștefan Luchian1st February, Romanian
painter, pastelist, watercolourist
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.7th July, American
Bernarr MacFadden30th November
Activist, Writer
John Hope2nd June, American
Educator
Frank McKinney Hubbard1st September, American
George Norman Douglas8th December, British