Famous people died in 1968
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead was an American stage and screen actress
Henry Hallett Dale
Sir Henry Hallett Dale was a British physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1936
Trygve Lie
Trygve Lie was a Norwegian politician who holds the distinction of becoming the first Secretary-General of the United Nations
Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet, author, critic and translator
Nero
Nero was the last Roman emperor in the Julio-Claudian dynasty who ruled from 54 to 68 AD
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was a renowned Austrian scientist who worked with Otto Hahn to discover the phenomenon of nuclear fission
George Gamow
George Gamow was a renowned Russian theoretical physicist who did ground breaking work in the field of quantum tunneling and Big Bang Theory
Howard Florey
Howard Florey was an eminent Australian pathologist who is credited for making penicillin available to the world