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]

Jackie Mittoo

Jamaican-canadian keyboardist, songwriter and musical director.

Born March 3rd, 1948 in Brown's Town. ^[ref]

Died December 16th, 1990 at 42 years old in Toronto (cancer). ^[ref]

Scott E. Fahlman

Computer scientist at carnegie mellon university.

Born March 21st, 1948 (age 78 years) in Medina.

Viktor Rashnikov

Billionare who made fortune with magnitogorsk iron and steel works.

Born October 13th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Magnitogorsk.

Natalie Goldberg

American writer.

Born January 4th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Brooklyn.

Ahmed Rashid

Pakistani journalist.

Born June 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Rawalpindi.

Roy McFarland

English football player and manager (born 1948).

Born April 5th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Liverpool.

Eric Fischl

American artist.

Born March 9th, 1948 (age 78 years) in New York City. ^[ref]

Dimitris Mitropanos

Greek singer (1948–2012).

Born April 2nd, 1948 in Trikala.

Died April 17th, 2012 at 64 years old in Athens. ^[ref]

Michael Bruce

American rock musician and member of alice cooper.

Born March 16th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Kansas City.

Norman Lebrecht

English author, broadcaster, music critic, cultural commentator.

Born July 11th, 1948 (age 77 years) in London.

Bob Wise

American politician (born 1948).

Born January 6th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Washington, D.C..

Jack Dalrymple

32nd governor of north dakota.

Born October 16th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Minneapolis.

Kenneth R. Miller

American biologist.

Born July 14th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Rahway.

Linda Clifford

American singer.

Born June 14th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Brooklyn.

Mosiuoa Lekota

South african politician.

Born August 13th, 1948 in Kroonstad.

Died March 4th, 2026 at 77 years old in Johannesburg. ^[ref]

Fariborz Sahba

Canadian architect.

Born March 21st, 1948 (age 78 years) in Mashhad.

Duncan L. Hunter

American politician.

Born May 31st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Riverside.

Warren Truss

Australian politician, 16th deputy prime minister of australia.

Born October 8th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Kingaroy.

Vladimír Remek

Czech ambassador, astronaut and pilot.

Born September 26th, 1948 (age 77 years) in České Budějovice. ^[ref]

Ali Mohamed Shein

President of zanzibar.

Born March 13th, 1948 (age 78 years).

Richard Sinclair

British bassist.

Born June 6th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Herne Bay.

Dave Mattacks

English rock and folk drummer.

Born March 13th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Edgware.

Banjō Ginga

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

Born November 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Kofu.

Tom Sneva

American racecar driver.

Born June 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Spokane.