Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1968

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 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

• Feb. 2 Tullio Serafin

  Italian conductor known for his interpretations of opera.

• Feb. 4 Neal Cassady

  Key figure of the Beat Generation, Neal Cassady was a writer, countercultural icon, and inspiration for Jack Kerouac's novel 'On the Road'. He played a pivotal role in connecting the Beat and hippie movements of mid-20th century America.

• Feb. 4 Ed Baker

  Actor keystone kops, dies at 70 from emphysema

• Feb. 5 Luckey Roberts

  Composer dies at age 80

• Feb. 6 C Montague Shaw

  Actor (buck rogers planet outlaws), died at 85

• Feb. 7 Nick Adams

  American actor and screenwriter known for his roles in television and film during the 1950s and 1960s. He was particularly famous for his role in the TV series 'The Rebel' as Johnny Yuma. Adams tragically died young in 1968.

• Feb. 7 Stuart Foster

  Singer (galen drake show), dies at age 49.

• Feb. 9 Barbara Everest

  Actress (inquest, madeleine), dies at 77

• Feb. 10 Pitirim A Sorokin

  Russian/us socioologist dies at the age of 79.

• Feb. 11 Howard Lindsay

  American playwright state of the union, who was born in the united states, dies at the age of 78.

• Feb. 13 Mae Marsh

  American actress who started in silent film and continued acting until her retirement in 1967.

• Feb. 15 Little Walter

  Legendary blues harmonica player and singer who significantly influenced the Chicago blues scene and revolutionized harmonica playing techniques.

• Feb. 17 Donald Wolfit

  Renowned British theatre actor and director known for bringing Shakespeare to wider audiences and performing in numerous films during the mid-20th century. He was a significant figure in British theatre and cinema, with notable performances in films like 'Drake of England' and 'Svengali'. His career is believed to have inspired Albert Finney's character in 'The Dresser'.

• Feb. 18 Sigurd Erixon

  Etnologist (atlas "ver svensk folkkultur), dies at 79

• Feb. 19 Georg Hackenschmidt

  Estonian professional wrestler (born in 1878).

• Feb. 21 Howard Florey

  Howard Florey was an Australian pharmacologist who co-discovered penicillin and shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.

• Feb. 21 Sir Howard Walter Florey

  Nobel Prize laureate for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases

• Feb. 22 Peter Arno

  Renowned American cartoonist known for his distinctive style and contributions to The New Yorker magazine during the mid-20th century.

• Feb. 22 Omer CFL Tulippe

  Belgian geographer, dies at 71

• Feb. 23 Fannie Hurst

  American novelist and short-story writer. she was also the highest-paid female writer of her time. she was a specialist in human interest stories and became a social critic in her later years. she stated that she was passionately interested in awakening in all people a sense of smallness in 1931.

• Feb. 25 Camille Huysmans

  A socialist writer and statesman, he was also a leader of a moderate wing in the flemish nationalist movement's first decade of the 20th century. he was also prime minister of belgium between 1946 and 1947.

• Feb. 26 Eric Feldary

  Actor (16 fathoms deep), dies from burns at 55

• Feb. 27 Johannes Tralow

  Writer dies at 85

• Feb. 27 Ludvik Podest

  Composer dies at 46

• Feb. 28 Frankie Lymon

  Legendary early rock and roll singer known for his exceptional boy soprano voice with the group Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers.

• Feb. 28 Juanita Hall

  Actress captain billy, dies at 66

• Feb. 29 Tore Ørjasæter

  Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1886)

• Feb. 29 Lena Blackburne

  American baseball manager and player (born 1886).