List of Famous people who died in 1968

Nahum Nir

First Name Nahum
Last Name Nir
Born on March 17, 1884
Died on July 10, 1968 (aged 84)

Nahum Nir-Rafalkes was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. He was the only Speaker of the Knesset not to have been a member of the ruling party until Benny Gantz in 2020.

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Doris Mable Cochran

First Name Doris
Last Name Cochran
Died on May 22, 1968

Doris Mable Cochran was an American herpetologist and custodian of the American Natural Collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for many years.

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Donough O'Brien, 16th Baron Inchiquin

Donough Edward Foster O'Brien
First Name Donough
Born on January 5, 1897
Died on October 19, 1968 (aged 71)

Donough Edward Foster O'Brien, 16th Baron Inchiquin was an Irish peer and 29th indirect descendant of Brian Boru.

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Donald Wolfit

First Name Donald
Last Name Wolfit
Born on April 20, 1902
Died on February 17, 1968 (aged 65)

Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE was an English actor-manager, known for his touring wartime productions of Shakespeare. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of King Lear.

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Earl D. Eisenhower

First Name Earl
Last Name Eisenhower
Born on February 1, 1898
Died on December 18, 1968 (aged 70)

Earl Dewey Eisenhower was an American electrical engineer and legislator, as well as the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Francis McDonald

First Name Francis
Last Name McDonald
Born on August 22, 1891
Died on September 18, 1968 (aged 77)

Francis McDonald was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years.

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Edric Connor

First Name Edric
Born on August 2, 1913
Died on October 13, 1968 (aged 55)

Edric Esclus Connor was a Caribbean singer, folklorist and actor who was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He was a performer of calypso in the United Kingdom, where he migrated in 1944 and chiefly lived and worked for the rest of his life until he died following a stroke in London, at the age of 55.

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Eduardo Cansino, Sr.

First Name Eduardo
Last Name Sr.
Born on March 2, 1895
Died on December 24, 1968 (aged 73)
Born in Spain, Andalusia

Eduardo Cansino Reina was a Spanish-born American dancer and actor, and the father of actress Rita Hayworth.

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Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin

First Name Edward
Last Name Elgin
Died on November 27, 1968

Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine KT, CMG, TD, CD, JP was the son of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin who became Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary State for the Colonies (1908–11) and a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Bice Valerian

First Name Bice
Last Name Valerian
Born on May 8, 1886
Died on November 30, 1968 (aged 82)
Born in Italy, Lazio

Bice Valerian was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the wife of the actor and director Roberto Roberti and the mother of Sergio Leone.

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