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 VII09 November 1841, British
Former King of the United Kingdom
Edward I of England17 June 1239, British
King of England
Johan Cruyff25 April 1947, Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer & Manager
Rita Hayworth17 October 1918, American
William Henry Harrison09 February 1773, American
Powers Boothe01 June 1948, American
Actor, Voice Actor
Alexandre Dumas24 July 1802, French
Josephine Baker03 June 1906, French
Dancer
Shel Silverstein25 September 1930, American
Poet
John C. Calhoun18 March 1782, American
7th Vice President of the U.S.A
Benny Hill21 January 1924, British
Louis XVIII of France17 November 1755, French
King of France
Edmund Burke12 January 1729, Irish, British
Statesman
William James11 January 1842, American
Philosopher, Psychologist
Merle Oberon19 February 1911, Indian, American
Actress
Frances Shand Kydd20 January 1936, British
Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Miguel de Cervantes29 September 1547, Spanish
Novelist
Thomas Robert Malthus13 February 1766, British
Political Economist
Ted Hughes17 August 1930, British
Poet and Children's Writer
Bill Shankly02 September 1913, British, Scottish
Scottish Footballer and Manager
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Haji Mastan01 March 1926, Indian
Gangster, Smuggler
Faisal of Saudi Arabia14 April 1906, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Robert Walpole26 August 1676, British
First Prime Minister of Great Britain
Mickey Deans24 September 1934, American
Musician
Maxim Gorky28 March 1868, Russian
Writer & Dramatist
Benjamin Ruggiero19 April 1926, American
Mobster
Mayer Amschel Rothschild23 February 1744, German
Banker
Thomas E. Dewey24 March 1902, American
Former Governor of New York
John Dryden09 August 1631, British
poet
Raja Raja Chola I0947 AD, Indian
Sovereign
Hayreddin Barbarossa1478 AD, Turkish
16th Century Naval Commander
William Clark01 August 1770, American
Explorer
Murray Rothbard02 March 1926, American
Economist
Andrei Sakharov21 May 1921, Russian
The Father of Soviet nuclear bomb’
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Meister Eckhart1260 AD, German
Philosopher, Theologian, Mystic
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina03 February 1525, Italian
Composer
Svante Arrhenius19 February 1859, Swedish
Scientist
William Cowper26 November 1731, British
Poet
John Geoghan04 June 1935, American
Serial Child Rapist
Elizabeth Bishop08 February 1911, American
Poet
Nicéphore Niépce07 March 1765, French
Creator of World's First Permanent Photographic
Leon Battista Alberti18 February 1404, Italian
Architect, Linguist
Ogden Nash19 August 1902, American
Poet
Jerome K. Jerome02 May 1859, British
Writer
Paul Hindemith16 November 1895, German
Composer
John Wesley Powell24 March 1834, American
Explorer, Geologist
Ranasinghe Premadasa23 June 1924, Sri Lankan
Third President of Sri Lanka
Ralph Bunche07 August 1903, American
American Political Scientist and Diplomat
D. S. Senanayake20 October 1883, Sri Lankan
First Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
H. E. Bates16 May 1905, British
Short Story Writer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox05 November 1850, American
Poet and Mystic Rosicrucian
Hussein Onn12 February 1922, Malaysian
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Caroline Chisholm30 May 1808, British
Immigrant Welfare Activist
Andrew Lang31 March 1844, Scottish
Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic
Ruth Chatterton24 December 1892, American
Actress
John Smeaton08 June 1724, British
Civil Engineer
Carl Stokes21 June 1927, American
Former Mayor of Cleveland
Frank Borzage23 April 1894, American
Film Director, Actor
Francis William Aston01 September 1877, British
Chemist & Physicist
Rene Magritte21 November 1898, Belgian
Hans Albers22 September 1891, German
Actor
Gustaf Dalén30 November 1869, Swedish
Inventor of Automatic Regulators, AGA Cookers,
George Seaton17 April 1911, American
Screenwriter, Film Director
Surin Pitsuwan28 October 1949, Thai
Politician
James Rainwater09 December 1917, American
Physicist
Allvar Gullstrand05 June 1862, Swedish
Ophthalmologist
Benjamin Cardozo24 May 1870, American
Jurist
Lord Acton10 January 1834, German, Italian, British
Lucius Annaeus Seneca0004 BC, Ancient Roman
Roman Philosopher & Statesman
Alfred Newman17 March 1901, American
American composer
Jack Johnson (Boxer)31 March 1878, American
William Howard Stein25 June 1911, American
Biochemist
Stanford Moore04 September 1913, American
Biochemist
Henry Gannett24 August 1846, American
Geographers, Explorers
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen06 April 1911, German
Biochemist
Dmitry Shostakovich25 September 1906, Russian
Composer
Guy De Chauliac1300 AD, French
Surgeon and Physician
C. Day Lewis27 April 1904, Irish, British
Poet
Michael Smith (Chemist)26 April 1932, Canadian
Biochemist
Timur09 April 1336, Uzbekistan
Military leader
Redd Foxx09 December 1922, American
Television actor, Actor
Osman I1258 AD, Turkish
Political leader
Ptolemy0100 AD, Egyptian
Writer
Tony Scott21 June 1944, British
Film director, Film producer
Seneca the Younger29 February 0004, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Roman statesman
Dmitri Shostakovich24 September 1906, Russian
Composer
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor1122 AD, Turkish
Emperor
Lesley Gore02 May 1946, American
Singer, Musician, Actor
Alan Hale Jr.08 March 1921, American
Actor
Rick Parfitt12 October 1948, British
Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Alvin Lee19 December 1944, British
Guitarist, Composer, Songwriter, Record producer,
Kangxi Emperor04 May 1654, Chinese
Emperor
Kathryn Kuhlman09 May 1907, American
Preacher
Richard E. Byrd25 October 1888, American
Explorer, Officer, Oceanographer, Aviator
Demis Roussos15 June 1946, Egyptian, Greek
Singer, Composer