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In the year 1948

1,626 Notable birthdays

Sue Monk Kidd

Novelist.

Born August 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Sylvester.

William G. Boykin

Retired us army general and political official (born 1948).

Born April 19th, 1948 (age 78 years) in New Bern. [ref]

Valeri Kharlamov

Soviet ice hockey player (1948–1981).

Born January 14th, 1948 in Moscow. [ref]

Died August 27th, 1981 at 33 years old in Solnechnogorsky District (traffic collision). [ref]

Kate Bornstein

American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist.

Born March 15th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Neptune City.

John Foxx

English musician and singer.

Born September 26th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Chorley.

Roy Evans

English footballer and manager (born 1948).

Born October 4th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bootle.

George Kooymans

Dutch musician, songwriter.

Born March 11th, 1948 in The Hague.

Died July 23rd, 2025 at 77 years old in Rijkevorsel (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]

Sherry Turkle

American social scientist and psychologist.

Born June 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Devlet Bahçeli

Leader of the nationalist action party.

Born January 1st, 1948 (age 78 years) in Bahçe.

Barry Ryan

British male singer (1948–2021).

Born October 24th, 1948 in Leeds.

Died September 28th, 2021 at 72 years old (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Martin Birch

British record producer (1948–2020).

Born December 27th, 1948 in Woking. [ref]

Died August 9th, 2020 at 71 years old [ref]

Larry Bishop

American actor.

Born November 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Philadelphia.

Susana Dosamantes

Mexican actress (1948-2022).

Born January 9th, 1948 in Guadalajara.

Died July 2nd, 2022 at 74 years old in Miami (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Lionel Rose

Australian boxer (1948–2011).

Born June 21st, 1948 in Warragul.

Died May 8th, 2011 at 62 years old in Warragul. [ref]

Jim Byrnes

American musician and actor.

Born September 22nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in St. Louis.

Allan Warren

English photographer, writer and actor.

Born October 26th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Wimbledon. [ref]

Garnet Bailey

Canadian ice hockey player (1948-2001).

Born June 13th, 1948 in Lloydminster.

Died September 11th, 2001 at 53 years old in Two World Trade Center (United Airlines Flight 175).

Radomir Antić

Serbian footballer and manager (1948-2020).

Born November 22nd, 1948 in Žitište.

Died April 6th, 2020 at 71 years old in Madrid (pancreatitis). [ref]

T. Coraghessan Boyle

American novelist and short story writer (born 1948).

Born December 2nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Peekskill. [ref]

Darrell Castle

American politician.

Born October 11th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Kingsport.

Jerzy Kukuczka

Polish alpine and high-altitude climber (1948–1989).

Born March 24th, 1948 in Katowice.

Died October 24th, 1989 at 41 years old in Lhotse (falling from height).

Roger Williamson

British racing driver (1948–1973).

Born February 2nd, 1948 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Died July 29th, 1973 at 25 years old in Zandvoort (asphyxia).

Bill Nelson

English artist and musician.

Born December 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Wakefield.

Svetlana Savitskaya

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born August 8th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Moscow.

Gregor Gysi

German lawyer and left-wing politician.

Born January 16th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Berlin.

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