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In the year 1948

1,626 Notable birthdays

Robert Pittenger

American politician.

Born August 15th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Dallas.

Mikhail Shufutinsky

Russian singer.

Born April 13th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Moscow.

Stefania Casini

Italian actress and film director.

Born September 4th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Villa di Chiavenna.

Tom Scott

American jazz musician (born 1948).

Born May 19th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Los Angeles.

Jayne Ann Krentz

American novelist.

Born March 28th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Cobb.

Don Page

Canadian physicist.

Born December 31st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bethel.

Marc Racicot

American politician.

Born July 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Thompson Falls.

Michael Karoli

German musician (1948-2001).

Born April 29th, 1948 in Essen.

Died November 17th, 2001 at 53 years old in Essen (cancer).

David Quammen

American science author.

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

Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan

Acting prime minister of thailand from 7 to 22 may 2014.

Born January 25th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Phra Nakhon Province.

Carol Bartz

American businesswoman.

Born August 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Winona.

Radislav Krstić

Bosnian serb officer.

Born February 15th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Vlasenica.

Paquito D'Rivera

Cuban musician.

Born June 4th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Havana.

Dick Gaughan

British musician.

Born May 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Glasgow.

Antoni Macierewicz

Polish politician, historian.

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

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th prime minister of france.

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

Erik Schinegger

Austrian alpine skier.

Born June 19th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Sankt Urban.

Christophoros A. Pissarides

British-cypriot economist.

Born February 20th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Nicosia.

Pascal Bruckner

French writer.

Born December 15th, 1948 (age 77 years) in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Geoff Petrie

American former basketball player (born 1948).

Born April 17th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Darby. [ref]

Nabarun Bhattacharya

Indian writer and poet.

Born June 23rd, 1948 in Berhampore.

Died July 31st, 2014 at 66 years old in Kolkata (pancreatic cancer).

Randy Smith

American basketball player (1948–2009).

Born December 12th, 1948 in Bellport. [ref]

Died June 4th, 2009 at 60 years old in Norwich (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Stephen Hui

Chinese actor from hong kong (1948–2025).

Born November 4th, 1948 in British Hong Kong.

Died October 28th, 2025 at 76 years old in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. [ref]

Carole Laure

Canadian actress and singer.

Born August 5th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Shawinigan. [ref]

Sandy Jardine

Scottish association football player and manager (1948-2014).

Born December 31st, 1948 in Edinburgh.

Died April 24th, 2014 at 65 years old in Edinburgh (liver cancer).

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