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
Rita Hayworth17 October 1918, American
Edward I of England17 June 1239, British
King of England
Powers Boothe01 June 1948, American
Actor, Voice Actor
Johan Cruyff25 April 1947, Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer & Manager
William Henry Harrison09 February 1773, American
Benny Hill21 January 1924, British
Alexandre Dumas24 July 1802, French
Shel Silverstein25 September 1930, American
Poet
Josephine Baker03 June 1906, French
Dancer
Charles Harrelson23 July 1938, American
Criminal
William James11 January 1842, American
Philosopher, Psychologist
John C. Calhoun18 March 1782, American
7th Vice President of the U.S.A
Edmund Burke12 January 1729, Irish, British
Statesman
Faisal of Saudi Arabia14 April 1906, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
McLean Stevenson14 November 1927, American
Actor
Frances Shand Kydd20 January 1936, British
Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Ted Hughes17 August 1930, British
Poet and Children's Writer
Miguel de Cervantes29 September 1547, Spanish
Novelist
Merle Oberon19 February 1911, Indian, American
Actress
Louis XVIII of France17 November 1755, French
King of France
Robert Walpole26 August 1676, British
First Prime Minister of Great Britain
Thomas Robert Malthus13 February 1766, British
Political Economist
Haji Mastan01 March 1926, Indian
Gangster, Smuggler
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Benjamin Ruggiero19 April 1926, American
Mobster
Maxim Gorky28 March 1868, Russian
Writer & Dramatist
Mickey Deans24 September 1934, American
Musician
Mayer Amschel Rothschild23 February 1744, German
Banker
Bill Shankly02 September 1913, British, Scottish
Scottish Footballer and Manager
Svante Arrhenius19 February 1859, Swedish
Scientist
Murray Rothbard02 March 1926, American
Economist
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John Dryden09 August 1631, British
poet
Thomas E. Dewey24 March 1902, American
Former Governor of New York
Ruth Chatterton24 December 1892, American
Actress
Meister Eckhart1260 AD, German
Philosopher, Theologian, Mystic
Hayreddin Barbarossa1478 AD, Turkish
16th Century Naval Commander
Andrei Sakharov21 May 1921, Russian
The Father of Soviet nuclear bomb’
John Geoghan04 June 1935, American
Serial Child Rapist
William Clark01 August 1770, American
Explorer
William Cowper26 November 1731, British
Poet
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina03 February 1525, Italian
Composer
Leon Battista Alberti18 February 1404, Italian
Architect, Linguist
Jerome K. Jerome02 May 1859, British
Writer
Nicéphore Niépce07 March 1765, French
Creator of World's First Permanent Photographic
Ogden Nash19 August 1902, American
Poet
Elizabeth Bishop08 February 1911, American
Poet
John Wesley Powell24 March 1834, American
Explorer, Geologist
Ranasinghe Premadasa23 June 1924, Sri Lankan
Third President of Sri Lanka
Paul Hindemith16 November 1895, German
Composer
Raja Raja Chola I0947 AD, Indian
Sovereign
Hussein Onn12 February 1922, Malaysian
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Caroline Chisholm30 May 1808, British
Immigrant Welfare Activist
John Smeaton08 June 1724, British
Civil Engineer
Andrew Lang31 March 1844, Scottish
Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic
D. S. Senanayake20 October 1883, Sri Lankan
First Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Ella Wheeler Wilcox05 November 1850, American
Poet and Mystic Rosicrucian
H. E. Bates16 May 1905, British
Short Story Writer
Frank Borzage23 April 1894, American
Film Director, Actor
Carl Stokes21 June 1927, American
Former Mayor of Cleveland
Francis William Aston01 September 1877, British
Chemist & Physicist
Hans Albers22 September 1891, German
Actor
Gustaf Dalén30 November 1869, Swedish
Inventor of Automatic Regulators, AGA Cookers,
Rene Magritte21 November 1898, Belgian
Lord Acton10 January 1834, German, Italian, British
George Seaton17 April 1911, American
Screenwriter, Film Director
James Rainwater09 December 1917, American
Physicist
Allvar Gullstrand05 June 1862, Swedish
Ophthalmologist
Dmitry Shostakovich25 September 1906, Russian
Composer
Benjamin Cardozo24 May 1870, American
Jurist
Surin Pitsuwan28 October 1949, Thai
Politician
Lucius Annaeus Seneca0004 BC, Ancient Roman
Roman Philosopher & Statesman
Henry Gannett24 August 1846, American
Geographers, Explorers
Stanford Moore04 September 1913, American
Biochemist
William Howard Stein25 June 1911, American
Biochemist
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen06 April 1911, German
Biochemist
Alfred Newman17 March 1901, American
American composer
C. Day Lewis27 April 1904, Irish, British
Poet
Guy De Chauliac1300 AD, French
Surgeon and Physician
Jack Johnson (Boxer)31 March 1878, American
Michael Smith (Chemist)26 April 1932, Canadian
Biochemist
Robert Maxwell10 June 1923, British
Politician, Entrepreneur, Writer, Publisher,
Timur09 April 1336, Uzbekistan
Military leader
Tony Scott21 June 1944, British
Film director, Film producer
Redd Foxx09 December 1922, American
Television actor, Actor
Ptolemy0100 AD, Egyptian
Writer
Osman I1258 AD, Turkish
Political leader
Seneca the Younger29 February 0004, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Roman statesman
Dmitri Shostakovich24 September 1906, Russian
Composer
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor1122 AD, Turkish
Emperor
Gary Plauche10 November 1945, American
Murderers
Alan Hale Jr.08 March 1921, American
Actor
Cecilia Hart19 February 1948, American
Actress
Betty Cooper01 May 1910, British
Actress
Lesley Gore02 May 1946, American
Singer, Musician, Actor
Charles Krauthammer13 March 1950, Canadian, American
Columnist