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In the year 1948

1,626 Notable birthdays

Oliver Hart

British-born american economist.

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

Claude Le Roy

French football manager (born 1948).

Born February 6th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Bois-Normand-près-Lyre.

Adrian Piper

American artist (b. 1948).

Born September 20th, 1948 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Mike Conaway

Former u.s. representative from texas.

Born June 11th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Borger.

Geoff Nicholls

British guitarist and keyboardist (1948–2017).

Born February 29th, 1948 in Birmingham.

Died January 28th, 2017 at 68 years old (lung cancer).

Robert Tarjan

American computer scientist.

Born April 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Pomona. [ref]

Pavel Grachev

Russian general.

Born January 1st, 1948 in Rvy.

Died September 23rd, 2012 at 64 years old in Krasnogorsk (infectious disease). [ref]

Don Nickles

American businessperson, former republican united states senator from oklahoma.

Born December 6th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Ponca City.

Altamas Kabir

39th chief justice of india (1948–2017).

Born July 19th, 1948 in Kolkata.

Died February 19th, 2017 at 68 years old in Kolkata (kidney failure). [ref]

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Japanese artist and photographer (born 1948).

Born February 23rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Tokyo.

Jonathan Sacks

British rabbi (1948–2020), chief rabbi of the united hebrew congregations of the commonwealth (1991-2013) and member of the house of lords lord temporal (2009-2020).

Born March 8th, 1948 in Lambeth.

Died November 7th, 2020 at 72 years old in London (cancer).

Steve Wilhite

American theoretical computer scientist (1948–2022).

Born March 3rd, 1948 in West Chester Township. [ref]

Died March 14th, 2022 at 74 years old in Cincinnati (COVID-19). [ref]

Abdulqawi Yusuf

Somali judge.

Born September 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Eyl.

Larry Lloyd

English association football player (1948–2024).

Born October 6th, 1948 in Bristol.

Died March 28th, 2024 at 75 years old in Nottingham. [ref]

Akira Yoshino

Japanese engineer and researcher (1948-), known as an inventor of lithium-ion battery.

Born January 30th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Suita. [ref]

Carlos Colón, Sr.

Puerto rican professional wrestler and promoter.

Born July 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Santa Isabel.

Sheila Jeffreys

British feminist.

Born May 13th, 1948 (age 77 years) in United Kingdom.

Delfin Lorenzana

Philippine politician.

Born October 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Midsayap. [ref]

Arie Haan

Dutch footballer and manager.

Born November 16th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Finsterwolde.

Doug Moench

American comic book writer.

Born February 23rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Chicago.

Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings

Former first lady of ghana (1948 - 2025).

Born November 17th, 1948 in Ghana.

Died October 23rd, 2025 at 76 years old in Greater Accra Regional Hospital. [ref]

Deborah Moggach

English writer.

Born July 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Hertfordshire.

Genevieve Waite

South african singer and actress.

Born February 13th, 1948 in Cape Town.

Died May 18th, 2019 at 71 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Ken Boothe

Jamaican musician.

Born March 22nd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Kingston.

Jeanne Córdova

American writer (1948-2016).

Born July 18th, 1948 in Bremerhaven.

Died January 10th, 2016 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer). [ref]

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