Curated category
1968 births
- Gábor BeteghGábor Betegh was born on the 20th of June 1968 in Hungary. He began his academic journey at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.
- Bryan BurkBryan Burk was born on the 30th of December 1968 into a Jewish family. He grew up hearing stories that shaped his identity and later influenced his creative…
- Naomi WattsNaomi Ellen Watts was born on the 28th of September 1968 in Shoreham, Kent, England, to a road manager and audio engineer who worked with Pink Floyd.
- Will SmithWill Smith was born on the 25th of September 1968 in Philadelphia, and before he turned thirty, he had already won Grammy Awards as a rapper, anchored a hit…
- Sam RockwellSam Rockwell was ten years old when he stepped onto a stage in an East Village improv sketch and played Humphrey Bogart opposite his mother.
- Robert RodriguezRobert Rodriguez made his first feature film for $7,000. That budget covered the entire production of El Mariachi, an action film shot in Spanish in 1992.
- Didier DeschampsDidier Deschamps was once called "the water-carrier" by a former teammate, and it was not a compliment. Eric Cantona, the flamboyant Manchester United star…
- Simon P. KeefeSimon Patrick Keefe was born on the 24th of December 1968 in Leicester. His path through higher education took him from Cambridge to Boston University and…
- Davor ŠukerDavor Šuker was born on the 1st of January 1968 to a Bosnian Croat family from Livno. He began playing football for his hometown club NK Osijek in 1984 at…
- LL Cool JLL Cool J was four years old when he walked in on his father's act of violence. James Todd Smith found his mother and grandfather shot and bleeding inside…
- Chris Perkins (game designer)On the 1st of May 1988, a writer named Christopher Zarathustra published an adventure called Wards of Witching Ways. This story appeared in Dungeon magazine…
- John SingletonJohn Daniel Singleton walked into the Cannes Film Festival in 1991 as a 23-year-old first-time director, his debut feature Boyz n the Hood already drawing…
- Shawn LevyShawn Adam Levy was born on the 23rd of July 1968 in Montreal, Quebec. He grew up in a Jewish family with two sisters named Jodi and Debby.
- Junot DíazJunot Díaz was born on the last day of 1968, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Rafael and Virtudes Díaz. He was the third of seven children.
- Kylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue was born on the 28th of May 1968 at Bethlehem Hospital in Caulfield South, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
- Akira YamaokaAkira Yamaoka was born in Niigata on the 6th of February 1968. He initially sought to become a designer rather than a musician.
- The Lady of RageThe Lady of Rage was born Robin Yvette Allen on the 6th of February, 1968, and she would go on to appear on two of the most influential rap albums ever made…
- Toni KukočToni Kukoč grew up in Split, Croatia, where his father played football as a goalkeeper for a lower-ranked local club. Young Toni possessed excellent motor…
- Joseph HenrichJoseph Henrich began his adult life not in a university laboratory but in an aerospace engineering role at General Electric Aerospace in Springfield…
- Vlade DivacVlade Divac began playing basketball in his home town Prijepolje for the team KK Elan. He started his professional career in Yugoslavia with Sloga from…