Rocco Buttiglione

Italian politician.

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

Franciszek Smuda

Polish football player and manager (1948–2024).

Born June 22nd, 1948 in Lubomia.

Died August 18th, 2024 at 76 years old in Kraków (cancer). ^[ref]

Karlos Arguiñano

Spanish chef, businessman, writer and television presenter.

Born September 6th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Gipuzkoa, Beasain.

Hayat Al-Fahad

Kuwaiti actress, broadcaster, writer and producer (born 1948).

Born April 15th, 1948 in Rumaithiya.

Died April 21st, 2026 at 78 years old in Rumaithiya. ^[ref]

Dennis Marion Schnurr

Catholic archbishop (born 1948).

Born June 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Sheldon.

Bernard Thévenet

French cyclist.

Born January 10th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Saint-Julien-de-Civry.

Mamoru Mohri

Japanese astronaut.

Born January 29th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Yoichi.

Joaquín Almunia

Spanish politician.

Born June 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bilbao.

Marleen Gorris

Dutch writer and director (born 1948).

Born December 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Roermond.

Dragoslav Stepanović

Serbian footballer (1948-).

Born August 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Rekovac Municipality, Rekovac.

Lonnie Thompson

American paleoclimatologist.

Born July 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Huntington.

Dimitri Nanopoulos

Greek physicist.

Born September 13th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Athens.

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018).

Born March 12th, 1948 in Nibe.

Died February 2nd, 2018 at 69 years old in Tuse Næs (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Sharon Draper

American children's writer.

Born August 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Cleveland.

Cecilia Vicuña

Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker (born 1948).

Born July 22nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Santiago.

Jean-Pierre Monseré

Cyclist (1948-1971).

Born September 8th, 1948 in Roeselare.

Died March 15th, 1971 at 22 years old in Lille.

Pascal Quignard

French writer.

Born April 23rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Verneuil-sur-Avre.

Takashi Kawamura

Japanese politician (born 1948).

Born November 3rd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Higashi-ku.

Víctor Galíndez

Argentine boxer (1948-1980).

Born November 2nd, 1948 in Vedia, Buenos Aires.

Died October 25th, 1980 at 31 years old in 25 de Mayo (traffic collision).

Horace Engdahl

Swedish literary historian, permanent secretary of the swedish academy.

Born December 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Karlskrona.

Delia Boccardo

Italian actress (born 1948).

Born January 29th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Genoa.

Chi-Huey Wong

Taiwanese biochemist.

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

Józef Wesołowski

Polish roman catholic archbishop and nuncio (1948–2015).

Born July 15th, 1948 in Nowy Targ.

Died August 28th, 2015 at 67 years old in Vatican City.

Madeline Manning

American athletics competitor.

Born February 11th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Cleveland.

Jesper Juul

Danish writer (1948–2019).

Born April 18th, 1948 in Vordingborg.

Died July 25th, 2019 at 71 years old in Odder (infection). ^[ref]