List of Famous people who born in 1968

Wadah Khanfar is the President of Al Sharq Forum, an independent network dedicated to developing long-term strategies for political development, social justice and economic prosperity of the people of the Middle East. He previously served as the Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network. He has been ranked by Foreign Policy Magazine in 2011 as the first in The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers, and in Fast Company as the first in the 100 Most Creative People in Business (2011) and as one of the most 'Powerful People in the World' by Forbes magazine (2009)., in 2008 World Economic Forum named Khanfar as one of the 'Young Global Leaders'. During his tenure Al Jazeera went from a single channel to a media network with multiple properties including the Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera's news websites, the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Al Jazeera Mubasher (Live), and Al Jazeera Mobile. On 20 September 2011, he stepped down as the head of Al Jazeera Network.

Anssi Kankkonen is a Finnish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.

Özcan Melkemichel is a Swedish football manager and former player, currently in charge of AFC Eskilstuna. He is of Syriac descent.

Liestiadi is an Indonesian former football player. He currently coached PSIM Yogyakarta.

Yang Yue is a Chinese politician, and the current head of the United Front Department of the Jiangsu provincial organization of the Communist Party of China. He previously held office as Communist Party Secretary of Fuzhou and Vice Governor of Jiangsu. Yang had extensive background in the Communist Youth League. He was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.