List of Famous people who died in 1968
Camille Huysmans
Jean Joseph Camille Huysmans was a Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1946 to 1947.
Georg A. Mathey
George Hoyningen-Huene
Baron George Hoyningen-Huene was a fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Russia to Baltic German and American parents and spent his working life in France, England and the United States.
George Marion, Jr.
George Marion Jr. was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 106 films between 1920 and 1940. He also wrote lyrics for at least one Broadway musical revue: 1943's "Early To Bed" with music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. Collaborating with Karl Farkas, Marion wrote the libretto for Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán's 1945 operetta Marinka.
Gertrud Woker
Gertrud Johanna Woker was a Swiss suffragette, biochemist and toxicologist, and peace activist. She wrote for over twenty years itemizing the dangers of chemical substances on the human body. She campaigned against the use of poison gas in warfare.
Giuseppe Amato
Giuseppe Amato was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961. He was born in Naples and died in Rome from a heart attack. He is especially known for Bicycle Thieves.
Friedrich Klingner
Friedrich Klingner was a German Classical Philologist. He worked at increasingly senior levels as a university professor, successively at the universities of Hamburg (1925–1930), Leipzig (1930–1947) and Munich (1947–1963). Viewed by admirers as one of the leading latinists of his generation, he advanced the study of Latin literature, producing important studies of Sallust, Virgil, Horace and Tibullus which continue to engage scholars.
Fay Bainter
Fay Okell Bainter was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mortimer R. Proctor
Mortimer Robinson Proctor, known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 61st Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945, and as the 66th Governor of Vermont from 1945 to 1947.