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
Robert Falcon Scott6th June, British
Explorer
Florence Foster Jenkins19th July, American
Socialite
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
Robert Andrews Millikan22nd March, American
Physicist
Henrietta Swan Leavitt4th July, American
Astronomer
Karl Landsteiner14th June, American
Physician
Arnold Sommerfeld5th December, German
Physicist
Nicholas II18th May, Russian
Marie Dressler9th November, Canadian, American
Actress
Emily Murphy14th March, Canadian
First Female Magistrate in Canada
Theodore William Richards31st January, American
Chemist
Aleksa Šantić27th May, Bosnian
Poet
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,
Paul Claudel6th August, French
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Fuad I of Egypt26th March, Egyptian
Monarch, King
Tom Dempsey20th January, American
Actor
Gaston Leroux6th May, French
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Edward S. Curtis16th February, American
Photographer, Anthropologist
Gichin Funakoshi10th November, Japanese
Karateka
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Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild8th February, British
Biologist, Banker, Politician, Zoologist,
Charles Maurras20th April, French
Author
Mary Parker Follett3rd September, American
Social Woker
George Arliss10th April, British
Writer, Playwright, Film director, Autobiographer,
Édouard Vuillard11th November, French
Painter
Edmond Rostand1st April, French
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Abdülmecid II29th May, French
Caliph
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
Paul P. Harris19th April, American
Jurist, Lawyer
William Allen White10th February, American
Editor
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford12th August, British
British statesman
Stefan George12th June, German
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Eleanor H. Porter19th December, American
Novelist
Felix Hausdorff8th November, German, Polish
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Felix Hoffmann21st January, German
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Gustav Noske9th July, German
Politician
Patty Hill27th March, American
Composer
Robert Robinson Taylor8th June, American
Architect
Henri Bourassa1st September, Canadian
Politician
Olga Knipper21st September, Russian
Actress
Elzy Lay25th November, American
Outlaw
Edgar Lee Masters23rd August, American
American attorney
George Ellery Hale29th June, American
Astronomer, Journalist
Émile Bernard28th April, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Gustav Meyrink19th January, Austrian
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Science fiction
Paul Otlet23rd August, Belgian
Writer, Lawyer, Librarian, Scientist, Inventor,
Ahmad Dahlan1st August, Indonesian
Islamic revivalist
W.E.B. Du Bois30th November, American
Journalist, Educator, Civil Rights Activist
Harvey Samuel Firestone20th December, American
Entrepreneur
Keisuke Okada14th February, Japanese
Politician, Prime Minister
Francesco Saverio Nitti19th July, Italian
Prime Minister, Economist
Ștefan Luchian1st February, Romanian
painter, pastelist, watercolourist
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.7th July, American
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere26th April, British
Publisher
Bernarr MacFadden16th August, American
Publisher
John Hope2nd June, American
Educator
Frank McKinney Hubbard1st September, American
George Norman Douglas8th December, British