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<html> <head> <title>Died in 1968</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died in 1968 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000173653/">Babe Adams</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/825/000108501/">Nick Adams</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>Johnny Yuma on The Rebel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000173546/">Tommy Armour</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Winner of 3 Majors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/053/000206432/">Peter Arno</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>The New Yorker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000137437/">Anthony Asquith</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>Pygmalion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000167576/">Harold D. Babcock</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Solar radiation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000063882/">Fay Bainter</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Jezebel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/990/000047849/">Tallulah Bankhead</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>Lifeboat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/755/000207134/">Harry Elmer Barnes</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>American conspiracy theorist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000117936/">Karl Barth</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>Church Dogmatics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/904/000161421/">Bob Bartlett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Alaska, 1959-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000130971/">Scotty Beckett</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Child star train wreck</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000103367/">Bea Benaderet</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Voice of Betty Rubble</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/110/000054945/">Francis Biddle</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>US Attorney General, 1941-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000117580/">Edwin G. Boring</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>A History of Experimental Psychology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000162641/">Fletcher Bowron</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/707/000091434/">Max Brod</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>The Redemption of Tycho Brahe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000165640/">Chester Carlson</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Invented Xerography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000085940/">Neal Cassady</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>The Holy Goof</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000282327/">Whitman Chambers</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Hard-boiled mystery novelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/842/000086584/">Randolph Churchill</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Son of Winston Churchill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000132721/">Fred Clark</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>A Place in the Sun</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000174008/">June Collyer</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>The Stu Erwin Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/779/000092503/">Wendell Corey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>Desert Fury</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000161233/">Finlay Currie</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Great Expectations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000128086/">Henry Dale</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000089039/">Donald Davidson</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Agrarian, Southern American poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000043635/">Albert Dekker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1968</tt></td> <td>The Wild Bunch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000071126/">Carl Theodor Dreyer</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Greatest Danish film director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/733/000110403/">Bobby Driscoll</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Child actor, succumbed to drugs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/028/000196437/">Paddy Driscoll</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Halfback</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000065946/">Marcel Duchamp</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Lead proponent of Dadaism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000092333/">Dan Duryea</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>The Little Foxes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000073172/">Edna Ferber</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Show Boat and Giant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000114268/">Dudley Fitts</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Translator of Greek literature</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/038/000128651/">Howard Florey</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>Isolated penicillin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000051094/">Red Foley</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Country crooner, wrote Old Shep</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000043520/">Kay Francis</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>Trouble in Paradise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/557/000160077/">Charles E. Fuller</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Co-Founder, Fuller Theological Seminary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000026588/">Yuri Gagarin</a></td> <td><center>Astronaut</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>First person to orbit earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/349/000099052/">George Gamow</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>Proponent of Big Bang Theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/660/000135255/">Dorothy Gish</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Orphans of the Storm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000165130/">Romano Guardini</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/445/000091172/">Alice Guy</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>First female film director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000278107/">Hugo Haas</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>King Solomon's Mines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000099887/">Otto Hahn</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Demonstrated fission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/381/000134976/">Alexander Hall</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Here Comes Mr. Jordan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/718/000101415/">Tony Hancock</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Hancock's Half Hour</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000128315/">Corneille Heymans</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000130413/">Julius C. Holmes</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000209900/">Robert A. Hurley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000104902/">Charles R. Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>The Lost Weekend</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/715/000070505/">Little Willie John</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Fever</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/954/000354889/">Duke Kahanamoku</a></td> <td><center>Swimmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1968</tt></td> <td>Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000046933/">Helen Keller</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Deaf and blind activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/220/000022154/">Robert F. Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Slain Presidential candidate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/973/000024901/">Husband E. Kimmel</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Admiral, demoted after Pearl Harbor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000028998/">Martin Luther King</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Pacifist civil rights activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/793/000099496/">Lev Landau</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Superfluidity of helium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000207034/">Rose Wilder Lane</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>The Discovery of Freedom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000044168/">Robert Z. Leonard</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>The Divorcee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000091196/">Trygve Lie</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>UN Secretary General, 1946-52</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/612/000092336/">Howard Lindsay</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>The Sound of Music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/500/000135095/">Doris Lloyd</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1968</tt></td> <td>British-American character actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/614/000161131/">Marion Lorne</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Aunt Clara on Bewitched</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000109536/">Frankie Lymon</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/184/000133782/">Mae Marsh</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>The Birth of a Nation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/083/000119723/">Joseph W. Martin, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1933-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000044207/">Archie Mayo</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>The Adventures of Marco Polo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000168104/">Jim Nance McCord</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Governor of Tennessee, 1945-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000118516/">John Gordon Mein</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000099063/">Lise Meitner</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Discovered nuclear fission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/686/000114344/">Thomas Merton</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>The Seven Storey Mountain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/465/000136057/">Gerald Mohr</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/646/000086388/">Wes Montgomery</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Superb jazz guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000196513/">Charles Münch</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/076/000164581/">Walter Nash</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1957-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000043372/">Tommy Noonan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>A Star is Born</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000066165/">Ramon Novarro</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Ben-Hur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/721/000114379/">Edwin O'Connor</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>The Last Hurrah</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000136483/">Dennis O'Keefe</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>Brewster's Millions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/464/000163972/">貀stein Ore</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>Ring theorist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000159317/">Erwin Panofsky</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Studies in Iconology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000117907/">George Papandreou</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>Former Prime Minister of Greece</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000113840/">Mervyn Peake</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>Titus Groan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/770/000113431/">Salvatore Quasimodo</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Acque e terre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000206776/">Oscar Rennebohm</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Governor of Wisconsin, 1947-51</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000102633/">Conrad Richter</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>The Awakening Land</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000172614/">Oscar Riddle</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>Prolactin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000167428/">William Scholl</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Dr Scholl's shoe pads</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/443/000059266/">Jouett Shouse</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Kansas, 1915-19</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000024585/">Upton Sinclair</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>The Jungle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000167338/">Elmo Smith</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Governor of Oregon, 1956-57</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000031753/">John Steinbeck</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>The Grapes of Wrath</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/639/000024567/">Arthur Hays Sulzberger</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>New York Times Publisher, 1935-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000279072/">Basil Sydney</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1968</tt></td> <td>English stage actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000136346/">William Talman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td>Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/873/000205258/">Norman Thomas</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>American Socialist Party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/429/000043300/">Franchot Tone</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Advise and Consent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/647/000043518/">Lee Tracy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Crashing Hollywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/602/000278765/">Helen Walker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Call Northside 777</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/268/000032172/">Lurleen Burns Wallace</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Wife and surrogate governor of George Wallace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/479/000074257/">Walter Wanger</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td 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