Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1968

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1968. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Sept. 3 Juan José Castro
• Sept. 3 Carl Pedersen
• Sept. 6 Nikolaj Pavlovič Akimov
• Sept. 7 Lucio Fontana

  Italian painter and sculptor known for his spatial concept art.

• Sept. 10 Erna Mohr

  German zoologist (b. 1894).

• Sept. 11 René Cogny

  French division general who was a World War II veteran and survived the Buchenwald-Gusen concentration camps, representing a significant...

• Sept. 12 Tommy Armour

  Scottish-american golfer and journalist (b. 1894).

• Sept. 13 Maner Lualdi
• Sept. 18 Franchot Tone

  Franchot Tone was an American actor best known for his work in both film and theater during Hollywood's Golden Age. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in the film 'Mutiny on the Bounty' (1935). [bio]

• Sept. 18 Francis McDonald
• Sept. 19 Chester Carlson

  Pioneering American inventor who developed xerography, revolutionizing document reproduction technology and laying the groundwork for modern...

• Sept. 19 Red Foley

  American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910).

• Sept. 22 Giuseppe Andaloro
• Sept. 22 Tommaso Leone Marchesano
• Sept. 23 Pio of Pietrelcina

  Italian priest and saint (b. 1887).

• Sept. 23 Kōgo Noda
• Sept. 23 Pieter van Senus
• Sept. 25 Cornell Woolrich

  Cornell Woolrich was a pioneering American crime fiction writer who significantly influenced the noir genre.

• Sept. 25 Hans F. K. Günther

  German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891).

• Sept. 26 Daniel Johnson Sr.

  Daniel Johnson Sr.

• Sept. 26 Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin

  Polish-israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902).

• Sept. 26 Bengt Morberg
• Sept. 27 William Hume-Rothery
• Sept. 28 Carlo Concina
• Sept. 28 Norman Brookes
• Sept. 30 Francesco Cecioni