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Famous People Born in 1968
Born in 1968? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
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The most famous people born in 196881
Céline Dion
Canadian singer with one of pop's most powerful voices, famous for the Titanic theme My Heart Will Go On
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Will Smith
American rapper and actor of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Men in Black who won an Oscar for King Richard
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Kylie Minogue
Australian singer and Neighbours actress whose hits from I Should Be So Lucky to Can't Get You Out of My Head span four decades
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Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since his father Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014, a former Olympic sailor
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Marine Le Pen
French politician who led the National Rally and reached the presidential run-off in 2017 and 2022
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Larry Sanger
American philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 with Jimmy Wales and later criticised its direction
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Lila Downs
Mexican-American singer who blends Mexican folk, Indigenous languages and jazz, a multiple Latin Grammy winner
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Anastacia
American singer with a powerhouse voice whose hits I'm Outta Love and Left Outside Alone made her a star in Europe
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Born in 1968, month by month
- January
- Davor Šuker (January 1) · Record-breaking Croatian striker and winner of the 1998 World Cup Golden Boot
- Cuba Gooding Jr. (January 2) · Oscar-winning actor known for Jerry Maguire and Boyz n the Hood
- Benjamin List (January 11) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who co-developed asymmetric organocatalysis
- Felipe VI of Spain (January 30) · King of Spain since his father Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014, a former Olympic sailor
- February
- Lisa Marie Presley (February 1) · American singer and the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley
- Gary Coleman (February 8) · Child star best known for the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
- Josh Brolin (February 12) · Actor known for The Goonies and playing Thanos in Marvel films
- Jeffrey Ford (February 16)
- Wu'erkaixi (February 17)
- March
- Daniel Craig (March 2) · English actor who played James Bond in five films from Casino Royale to No Time to Die and stars as Benoit Blanc in Knives Out
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis (March 4) · Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the New Democracy party
- Gordon Bajnai (March 5) · Former Prime Minister of Hungary and businessman
- Moira Kelly (March 6) · Actress known for The Cutting Edge and One Tree Hill
- Youri Djorkaeff (March 9) · French World Cup-winning footballer and attacking midfielder
- Aaron Eckhart (March 12) · American actor known for playing Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight
- David MacMillan (March 16) · Nobel Prize-winning Scottish chemist who pioneered asymmetric organocatalysis
- Kazuya Maekawa (March 22) · Japanese international goalkeeper who played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- Fernando Hierro (March 23) · Spanish footballer who captained Real Madrid and the national team
- Lucy Lawless (March 29) · Actress who played the title character in Xena: Warrior Princess
- Céline Dion (March 30) · Canadian singer with one of pop's most powerful voices, famous for the Titanic theme My Heart Will Go On
- César Sampaio (March 31) · Brazilian defensive midfielder who played in two World Cups
- April
- Alexander Stubb (April 1) · Current President of Finland and former Prime Minister
- Ajay Devgn (April 2) · Award-winning Indian actor, director and producer in Hindi cinema
- Patricia Arquette (April 8) · Oscar-winning actress known for the film Boyhood and series Medium
- Margrethe Vestager (April 13) · Danish politician and former European Commissioner for Competition
- Mswati III (April 19) · King of Eswatini and Africa's last absolute monarch
- Ashley Judd (April 19) · American actress known for films such as Double Jeopardy and Heat
- Hashim Thaçi (April 24) · First Prime Minister and former President of Kosovo
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (April 29) · Croatian diplomat and former NATO assistant secretary general who served as Croatia's first female president from 2015 to 2020
- May
- Oliver Bierhoff (May 1) · German striker who scored the first golden goal in international football
- Boban Babunski (May 5) · Former Macedonian international footballer and professional coach
- Hisashi Kurosaki (May 8) · Japanese international striker and football manager
- Nataša Pirc Musar (May 9) · Slovenian lawyer and journalist who became the country’s first female president
- Scott Morrison (May 13) · Australian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022
- Igor Lediakhov (May 22) · Russian international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder
- Frederik X of Denmark (May 26) · King of Denmark who succeeded his mother, Queen Margrethe II
- Kylie Minogue (May 28) · Australian singer and Neighbours actress whose hits from I Should Be So Lucky to Can't Get You Out of My Head span four decades
- June
- Khurelsukh Ukhnaa (June 14) · Current President and former Prime Minister of Mongolia
- Mateusz Morawiecki (June 20) · Economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland
- Robert Rodriguez (June 20) · American filmmaker known for El Mariachi and the Spy Kids series
- Boris Gelfand (June 24) · Belarusian-Israeli chess grandmaster and former world championship challenger
- Paolo Maldini (June 26) · Legendary Italian defender who played for AC Milan
- Jovenel Moïse (June 26) · President of Haiti who was assassinated while in office
- Guðni Jóhannesson (June 26) · Former President of Iceland and professional historian
- July
- Polly Higgins (July 4)
- Susan Wojcicki (July 5) · Former CEO of YouTube and pioneering technology executive
- Danny Jacobs (July 7) · American voice actor known for King Julien in Madagascar
- Ashin Wirathu (July 10)
- Larry Sanger (July 16) · American philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 with Jimmy Wales and later criticised its direction
- August
- Marine Le Pen (August 5) · French politician who led the National Rally and reached the presidential run-off in 2017 and 2022
- Gillian Anderson (August 9) · Actress famous for playing Dana Scully in The X-Files
- Eric Bana (August 9) · Australian actor known for Hulk and Munich
- Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (August 10) · Japanese footballer who played as a midfielder for the national team
- Anna Gunn (August 11) · Actress best known for playing Skyler White in Breaking Bad
- Hajime Moriyasu (August 23) · Manager of the Japan national football team and former player
- Rachael Ray (August 25)
- September
- Marcel Desailly (September 7) · World Cup-winning French footballer and former Chelsea captain
- Lila Downs (September 9) · Mexican-American singer who blends Mexican folk, Indigenous languages and jazz, a multiple Latin Grammy winner
- Guy Ritchie (September 10) · British filmmaker known for crime comedies and action movies
- Marc Anthony (September 16) · Top-selling salsa artist and Grammy-winning singer and actor
- Anastacia (September 17) · American singer with a powerhouse voice whose hits I'm Outta Love and Left Outside Alone made her a star in Europe
- Tito Vilanova (September 17) · Spanish football manager who led Barcelona to a league title
- Van Jones (September 20)
- Will Smith (September 25) · American rapper and actor of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Men in Black who won an Oscar for King Richard
- Jim Caviezel (September 26) · American actor known for portraying Jesus in The Passion of the Christ
- Mari Kiviniemi (September 27) · Finnish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Finland
- Naomi Watts (September 28) · British-born actress known for Mulholland Drive and King Kong
- Mika Häkkinen (September 28) · Two-time Formula One world champion known as the Flying Finn
- October
- Jana Novotná (October 2) · Czech tennis player who won the Wimbledon singles title in 1998
- Thom Yorke (October 7) · Singer and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Radiohead
- Zvonimir Boban (October 8) · Croatian footballer and former captain of the national team
- Hugh Jackman (October 12) · Australian actor who played Wolverine for over two decades while winning Tony Awards and acclaim for musical theatre
- Didier Deschamps (October 15) · French football manager who won the World Cup
- Juan Orlando Hernández (October 28) · Former President of Honduras who was later convicted of drug crimes
- November
- Sam Rockwell (November 5) · Oscar-winning actor known for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Owen Wilson (November 18) · American actor known for comedies and Wes Anderson films
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake (November 24) · Politician who was elected as the ninth President of Sri Lanka
- December
- Lucy Liu (December 2) · American actress known for Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill
- Brendan Fraser (December 3) · Oscar-winning actor known for The Mummy and The Whale
- Sadyr Japarov (December 6) · Sixth President of Kyrgyzstan who took office in 2021
- Emmanuelle Charpentier (December 11) · Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist who co-developed CRISPR gene-editing technology