Famous People Who Died At 68

The list of famous people who died at 68 includes Edward VII, Rita Hayworth, Edward I of England, Johan Cruyff, William Henry Harrison. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, emperors & kings and actors and from other domains of life. This list of celebrities who died at 68 includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Italy and many more countries.

Edward VIIEdward VII
British
Former King of the United Kingdom
Osman IOsman I
Turkish
Political Leader

Rita HayworthRita Hayworth
American
 

William Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry Harrison
American
 

John C. CalhounJohn C. Calhoun
American
7th Vice President of the U.S.A

Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas
French
 
Johan CruyffJohan Cruyff
Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer & Manager

Edward I of EnglandEdward I of England
British
King of England

TimurTimur
Uzbekistan
Monarch of the Timurid Empire
Charles HarrelsonCharles Harrelson
American
Criminal

Josephine BakerJosephine Baker
French
Dancer
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein
American
Poet

Benny HillBenny Hill
British
 

Mickey DeansMickey Deans
American
Musician

Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells
American
Journalist

Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke
Irish, British
Statesman
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes
Spanish
Novelist

Powers BoothePowers Boothe
American
Actor, Voice Actor

Haji MastanHaji Mastan
Indian
Gangster, Smuggler

Frances Shand KyddFrances Shand Kydd
British
Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Faisal of Saudi ArabiaFaisal of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia

William JamesWilliam James
American
Philosopher, Psychologist
Merle OberonMerle Oberon
Indian, American
Actress

McLean StevensonMcLean Stevenson
American
Actor

Frederick I, Holy Roman EmperorFrederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
German
Emperor
Ted HughesTed Hughes
British
Poet and Children's Writer

Thomas Robert MalthusThomas Robert Malthus
British
Political Economist
Gary PlaucheGary Plauche
American
Murderer

Louis XVIII of FranceLouis XVIII of France
French
King of France

Robert WalpoleRobert Walpole
British
First Prime Minister of Great Britain
Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorky
Russian
Writer & Dramatist

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Bill ShanklyBill Shankly
British, Scottish
Scottish Footballer and Manager
Thomas E. DeweyThomas E. Dewey
American
Former Governor of New York

Kangxi EmperorKangxi Emperor
Chinese
Emperor

Mayer Amschel RothschildMayer Amschel Rothschild
German
Banker

John DrydenJohn Dryden
British
poet
Murray RothbardMurray Rothbard
American
Economist
Maud of WalesMaud of Wales
Norwegian, British
Queen of Norway

Kathryn KuhlmanKathryn Kuhlman
American
Evangelist

Hayreddin BarbarossaHayreddin Barbarossa
Turkish
16th Century Naval Commander

Meister EckhartMeister Eckhart
German
Philosopher, Theologian, Mystic
Andrei SakharovAndrei Sakharov
Russian
The Father of Soviet nuclear bomb’

William ClarkWilliam Clark
American
Explorer

Benjamin RuggieroBenjamin Ruggiero
American
Mobster

John GeoghanJohn Geoghan
American
Serial Child Rapist

Fridtjof NansenFridtjof Nansen
Norwegian
Explorer
Heinrich SchliemannHeinrich Schliemann
German
Archaeologist

H. Rider HaggardH. Rider Haggard
British
Writer
Nicéphore NiépceNicéphore Niépce
French
Creator of World's First Permanent Photographic

Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian
Composer

Elizabeth BishopElizabeth Bishop
American
Poet
Leon Battista AlbertiLeon Battista Alberti
Italian
Architect, Linguist

William CowperWilliam Cowper
British
Poet
Ogden NashOgden Nash
American
Poet

Paul HindemithPaul Hindemith
German
Composer

Jerome K. JeromeJerome K. Jerome
British
Writer

G. David SchineG. David Schine
American
Hotelier

Svante ArrheniusSvante Arrhenius
Swedish
Scientist
Ruth ChattertonRuth Chatterton
American
Actress

George Herbert MeadGeorge Herbert Mead
American
Philosopher

John Wesely PowellJohn Wesley Powell
American
Explorer, Geologist

Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa
Sri Lankan
Third President of Sri Lanka
Pierre BalmainPierre Balmain
French
Fashion Designer

Andrew LangAndrew Lang
Scottish
Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic
Kōbō AbeKōbō Abe
Japanese
Writer

Hussein OnnHussein Onn
Malaysian
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia

Raja Raja Chola IRaja Raja Chola I
Indian
Sovereign
Ella Wheeler WilcoxElla Wheeler Wilcox
American
Poet and Mystic Rosicrucian

John SmeatonJohn Smeaton
British
Civil Engineer
H. E. BatesH. E. Bates
British
Short Story Writer

Caroline Jones ChisholmCaroline Chisholm
British
Immigrant Welfare Activist

Don Stephen SenanayakeD. S. Senanayake
Sri Lankan
First Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Frank BorzageFrank Borzage
American
Film Director, Actor

Carl StokesCarl Stokes
American
Former Mayor of Cleveland
Francis William AstonFrancis William Aston
British
Chemist & Physicist

Gustaf Dalén Gustaf Dalén
Swedish
Inventor of Automatic Regulators, AGA Cookers,

Hans AlbersHans Albers
German
Actor

George Seaton George Seaton
American
Screenwriter, Film Director
Benjamin CardozoBenjamin Cardozo
American
Jurist
Rene MagritteRene Magritte
Belgian
 

James RainwaterJames Rainwater
American
Physicist

Allvar GullstrandAllvar Gullstrand
Swedish
Ophthalmologist

Surin PitsuwanSurin Pitsuwan
Thai
Politician
Seneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca
Ancient Roman
Roman Philosopher & Statesman

Lord ActonLord Acton
German, Italian, British
 

Henry GannettHenry Gannett
American
Geographers, Explorers

William Howard SteinWilliam Howard Stein
American
Biochemist

Stanford Moore Stanford Moore
American
Biochemist
Alfred NewmanAlfred Newman
American
American composer

Jack Johnson (Boxer)Jack Johnson (Boxer)
American
 
Feodor LynenFeodor Felix Konrad Lynen
German
Biochemist

Dmitry ShostakovichDmitry Shostakovich
Russian
Composer
C. Day LewisC. Day Lewis
Irish, British
Poet
Michael SmithMichael Smith (Chemist)
Canadian
Biochemist