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In the year 1948

1,627 Notable birthdays

Stephen Turnbull

British historian of japan.

Born February 6th, 1948 (age 78 years) in United Kingdom.

Ivan Král

Czech-american musician (1948-2020).

Born May 12th, 1948 in Prague. [ref]

Died February 2nd, 2020 at 71 years old in Ann Arbor (cancer). [ref]

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev

Soviet and russian cosmonaut.

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

Ian Hodder

British archaeologist.

Born November 23rd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bristol.

Raman Parimala

Indian mathematician.

Born November 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Mayiladuthurai.

Dušan Kovačević

Serbian playwright and director.

Born July 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Mrđenovac.

Glória Perez

Brazilian writer.

Born September 25th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Rio Branco.

Michael David O'Brien

Canadian christian writer, artist and essayist (1948- ).

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

Catherine Millet

French art critic (born 1948).

Born April 1st, 1948 (age 78 years) in Bois-Colombes.

Yurii Yekhanurov

11th prime minister of ukraine.

Born August 23rd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Belkachi.

Anton Gill

English author.

Born October 22nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in United Kingdom.

Leonid Levin

Soviet-american mathematician and computer scientist.

Born November 2nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Dnipro.

Raúl Reyes

Colombian guerilla (1948–2008).

Born September 30th, 1948 in La Plata.

Died March 1st, 2008 at 59 years old in Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos. [ref]

Johan Boskamp

Dutch association football player and manager.

Born October 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Rotterdam.

Tomáš Halík

Czech catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian.

Born June 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Prague. [ref]

Mykola Avilov

Ukrainian soviet decathlete, gold medalist in 1972 olympics.

Born August 6th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Odesa.

Linda de Suza

French-portuguese singer.

Born March 22nd, 1948 in Beringel.

Died December 28th, 2022 at 74 years old in Gisors (COVID-19). [ref]

Andrea Feldman

American actress (1948-1972).

Born April 1st, 1948 in New York City.

Died August 8th, 1972 at 24 years old in New York City (falling).

Melih Gökçek

Former mayor of ankara.

Born October 20th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Keçiören district.

Yanti Somer

Finnish actress.

Born February 29th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Helsinki.

Robert Holdstock

British fantasy and science fiction author (1948-2009).

Born August 2nd, 1948 in Hythe.

Died November 29th, 2009 at 61 years old in London. [ref]

Charles D. Walker

American engineer.

Born August 29th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bedford.

Larry Elmore

American artist.

Born August 5th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Louisville.

Amani Abeid Karume

6th president of zanzibar (2000-2010).

Born November 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Sultanate of Zanzibar. [ref]

Michael Martin Hammer

American academic (1948–2008).

Born April 13th, 1948 in Annapolis.

Died September 3rd, 2008 at 60 years old in Boston. [ref]

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