List of Famous people who died in 1968

Syd Nathan

First Name Syd
Born on April 27, 1904
Died on March 5, 1968 (aged 63)

Sydney Nathan was an American music business executive who founded King Records, a leading independent record label, in 1943.

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Sir Godfrey Thomas, 10th Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on April 14, 1889
Died on March 4, 1968 (aged 78)

Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, 10th Baronet, was a British courtier who served as Assistant Private Secretary to Edward VIII in 1936.

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Sofia Dzerzhinskaya

First Name Sofia
Died on February 27, 1968

Sofia Sigizmundovna Dzerzhinskaya was a leading Polish Social Democrat and later Communist politician. During WWII, she was director of the Polish language Tadeusz Kościuszko radio station, broadcasting the communist message into occupied Poland.

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Sakari Ilmanen

First Name Sakari
Born on November 3, 1880
Died on February 16, 1968 (aged 87)

Sakari Ilmanen was a Finnish figure skater. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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Virginia Weidler

First Name Virginia
Last Name Weidler
Born on March 21, 1927
Died on July 1, 1968 (aged 41)

Virginia Anna Adeleid Weidler was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Sever Burada

Sever Burădescu
First Name Sever
Last Name Burada
Born on January 14, 1896
Died on September 3, 1968 (aged 72)
Born in Romania, Dolj County
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André Trousselier

André Émile Trousselier
First Name André
Last Name Trousselier
Born on May 29, 1887
Died on April 16, 1968 (aged 80)

André Trousselier was a French racing cyclist. He won the 1908 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

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Glauco Servadei

First Name Glauco
Born on July 27, 1913
Died on December 27, 1968 (aged 55)

Glauco Servadei was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Servadei won 6 stages in the Giro d'Italia and two in the Tour de France. He also competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki

First Name Stephen
Last Name Woznicki
Born on August 17, 1894
Died on December 10, 1968 (aged 74)

Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan from 1950 to 1968. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1937 to 1950.

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Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish
First Name Dorothy
Last Name Gish
Born on March 11, 1898
Died on June 4, 1968 (aged 70)

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.

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