By your age · 237 milestones
By 68, they had…
What 223 of the world’s most notable people had done by age 68. Every one links to their profile.
Won 69
Boris PasternakWon the Nobel Prize in Literature
Henri BergsonWon the Nobel Prize in Literature
Nadine GordimerWon the Nobel Prize in Literature
Miguel Ángel AsturiasWon the Nobel Prize in Literature
Jean-Marie Gustave Le ClézioWon the Nobel Prize in Literature
Odysseas ElytisWon the Nobel Prize in Literature
Founded 21
Took office 102
Pius XBecame Pope
William Henry HarrisonBecame President of the United States
Charles de GaulleBecame President of the French Republic
Neville ChamberlainBecame Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Tarō AsōBecame Prime Minister of Japan
Yuri AndropovBecame General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
