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In the year 1948

1,626 Notable birthdays

Jacob Litzman

Israeli politician.

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

Garrick Ohlsson

American pianist.

Born April 3rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in New York City.

Frank Lampard

English footballer (born 1948).

Born September 20th, 1948 (age 77 years) in East Ham.

Bob Hill

American basketball coach.

Born November 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Columbus.

Murad Ebrahim

Filipino politician.

Born May 2nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Maguindanao.

William Daniel Phillips

Physics nobel laureate.

Born November 5th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Wilkes-Barre.

Winfried Kretschmann

German politician (born 1948).

Born May 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Spaichingen. [ref]

Mike Pinera

American guitarist (1948–2024).

Born September 29th, 1948 in Tampa.

Died November 20th, 2024 at 76 years old (liver failure). [ref]

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

Roman catholic bishop.

Born February 3rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Baucau.

Tim Ingold

British anthropologist (born 1948).

Born November 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Kent.

Robert Plomin

American psychologist and geneticist.

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

Josef Ackermann

Swiss banker.

Born February 7th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Walenstadt.

Jerry L. Ross

American astronaut.

Born January 20th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Crown Point.

Chi Coltrane

American singer.

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

Ichirō Mizuki

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022).

Born January 7th, 1948 in Setagaya.

Died December 6th, 2022 at 74 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).

Gunnar Nilsson

Swedish racing driver.

Born November 20th, 1948 in Helsingborg.

Died October 20th, 1978 at 29 years old in London (testicular cancer).

Banu Mushtaq

Indian writer and activist (born 1948).

Born April 3rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Hassan. [ref]

Alfonso Cano

Colombian revolutionary (1948–2011).

Born July 22nd, 1948 in Bogotá.

Died November 4th, 2011 at 63 years old in Suárez (gunshot wound).

Roger Griffin

British historian.

Born January 31st, 1948 (age 78 years).

Richard Franklin

Australian film director (1948–2007).

Born July 15th, 1948 in Melbourne.

Died July 11th, 2007 at 58 years old in Melbourne (prostate cancer).

John M. McHugh

United states secretary of the army and a former republican politician.

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

Edzard Ernst

British-german academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of alternative medicine..

Born January 30th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Wiesbaden.

Mark Kurlansky

American journalist and writer.

Born December 7th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Hartford.

Charlie Scott

American basketball player.

Born December 15th, 1948 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Mate Parlov

Croatian boxer and olympic gold medalist (1948–2008).

Born November 16th, 1948 in Split.

Died July 29th, 2008 at 59 years old in Pula (lung cancer). [ref]

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