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In the year 1948

1,630 Notable birthdays

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

7th leader of the republican people's party.

Born December 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Nazımiye.

Vanisri

Indian actress.

Born August 3rd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Nellore.

Nate Archibald

American basketball player (born 1948).

Born September 2nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in New York City. [ref]

Ray Clemence

English association football player (1948–2020).

Born August 5th, 1948 in Skegness.

Died November 15th, 2020 at 72 years old in Desborough (prostate cancer). [ref]

Garry Trudeau

American cartoonist (born 1948).

Born July 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Steve Goodman

American folk music singer-songwriter.

Born July 25th, 1948 in Chicago.

Died September 20th, 1984 at 36 years old in Seattle (leukemia).

Lester Bangs

American music critic and journalist.

Born December 13th, 1948 in Escondido.

Died April 30th, 1982 at 33 years old in New York City (drug overdose).

Richard Riehle

American actor.

Born May 12th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Menomonee Falls. [ref]

Mark Farner

American singer and guitarist.

Born September 29th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Flint.

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator (1948–2017).

Born October 27th, 1948 in Baltimore. [ref]

Died March 18th, 2017 at 68 years old in Austin (brain tumor). [ref]

M.C. Gainey

American actor.

Born January 18th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Jackson.

Michael Des Barres

British actor and singer.

Born January 24th, 1948 (age 78 years) in London, Greater London.

Dave Cowens

American basketball player and coach.

Born October 25th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Newport. [ref]

Pim Fortuyn

Dutch politician (1948–2002).

Born February 19th, 1948 in Velsen.

Died May 6th, 2002 at 54 years old in Hilversum (gunshot wound).

Anita Pointer

American singer-songwriter (1948–2022).

Born January 23rd, 1948 in Oakland.

Died December 31st, 2022 at 74 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]

Jeffrey Osborne

American singer.

Born March 9th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Providence.

Larry Carlton

American guitarist (born 1948).

Born March 2nd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Torrance.

Andy Fairweather Low

Welsh singer and guitarist.

Born August 2nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Cardiff. [ref]

Greg Chappell

Australian cricketer.

Born August 7th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Unley.

Charles Simonyi

Hungarian-american computer software executive (born 1948).

Born September 10th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Budapest.

Paul LePage

74th governor of maine.

Born October 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Lewiston.

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter.

Born January 5th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Oakland.

Nathalie Baye

French actress (1948–2026).

Born July 6th, 1948 in Mainneville.

Died April 17th, 2026 at 77 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (dementia with Lewy bodies). [ref]

Jimi Heselden

British businessman (1948-2010).

Born March 27th, 1948 in Leeds.

Died September 26th, 2010 at 62 years old in West Yorkshire (falling from height). [ref]

Steven Chu

American physicist, former united states secretary of energy, nobel laureate.

Born February 28th, 1948 (age 78 years) in St. Louis.

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