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In the year 1948

1,511 Notable birthdays

Chris Mulkey

American actor.

Born May 3rd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Viroqua.

Shobhaa De

Indian journalist and novelist (born 1948).

Born January 7th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Mumbai.

Kweisi Mfume

American politician.

Born October 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Baltimore.

Teresa Graves

American actress and singer (1948-2002).

Born January 10th, 1948 in Houston.

Died October 10th, 2002 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.

Edwige Fenech

French-italian actress.

Born December 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Annaba.

Tim Staffell

English rock musician.

Born February 24th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Ealing.

Richard Tandy

British keyboardist (1948–2024).

Born March 26th, 1948 in Birmingham.

Died May 1st, 2024 at 76 years old in Albany. [ref]

Jimmy Young

American boxer (1948–2005).

Born November 16th, 1948 in Philadelphia. [ref]

Died February 20th, 2005 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction).

Ana Mendieta

Cuban-american artist (1948–1985).

Born November 18th, 1948 in Havana.

Died September 8th, 1985 at 36 years old in New York City.

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian-born british writer, winner of the nobel prize in literature (2021) (born 1948).

Born December 20th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Zanzibar City.

Susanna Kaysen

American writer.

Born November 11th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Cambridge.

Beverly Archer

Actress from the united states.

Born July 19th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Oak Park.

Alain Wertheimer

French businessman.

Born September 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Paris. [ref]

Barry Gordon

American actor, television host, television producer, singer, president of the screen actors guild.

Born December 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Brookline.

Thawar Chand Gehlot

Indian politician.

Born May 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Ujjain.

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer.

Born March 6th, 1948 (age 78 years) in New York City.

William M. Daley

American lawyer and former banker.

Born August 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Chicago.

Tom Udall

United states senator.

Born May 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Tucson.

Calvin Murphy

American basketball player.

Born May 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Norwalk. [ref]

James P. Allison

American immunologist and professor.

Born August 7th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Alice. [ref]

Ben Burtt

American sound designer and film director.

Born July 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Jamesville.

John N. Gray

British political philosopher (born 1948).

Born April 17th, 1948 (age 78 years) in South Shields.

Michael Lembeck

American actor and director.

Born June 25th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Brooklyn.

Tom Jackson

Canadian singer and actor.

Born October 27th, 1948 (age 77 years) in One Arrow First Nation.

Wang Qishan

Vice president of the people's republic of china.

Born July 19th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Qingdao.

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