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In the year 1948

1,511 Notable birthdays

Pam Ferris

British actress.

Born May 11th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Hanover.

Eckhart Tolle

German spiritual teacher and author.

Born February 16th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Lünen.

Sinéad Cusack

Irish stage, television and film actress.

Born February 18th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Dalkey.

Powers Boothe

American actor (1948-2017).

Born June 1st, 1948 in Snyder.

Died May 14th, 2017 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]

Christa McAuliffe

American educator and astronaut.

Born September 2nd, 1948 in Boston.

Died January 28th, 1986 at 37 years old in Cape Canaveral (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).

Teller

American magician.

Born February 14th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Philadelphia.

Danny Denzongpa

Indian actor, singer and film director.

Born February 25th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Gangtok.

Pedro López

Colombian serial killer.

Born October 14th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Venadillo.

Jim Carter

English actor.

Born August 19th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Harrogate.

James Cosmo

Scottish actor.

Born May 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Clydebank.

Ina Garten

American author and television presenter.

Born February 2nd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Brooklyn.

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Swedish football manager (1948–2024).

Born February 5th, 1948 in Sunne. [ref]

Died August 26th, 2024 at 76 years old in Sunne (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Dennis Waterman

English actor and singer (1948–2022).

Born February 24th, 1948 in Clapham.

Died May 8th, 2022 at 74 years old in Madrid. [ref]

Rory Gallagher

Irish guitarist (1948–1995).

Born March 2nd, 1948 in Ballyshannon.

Died June 14th, 1995 at 47 years old in London (infectious disease).

Tipper Gore

American writer and photographer.

Born August 19th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Washington, D.C..

Donald Fagen

American recording artist, musician, best known as co-founder and lead singer of the rock band steely dan. (born 1948).

Born January 10th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Passaic.

Berry Berenson

American actress (1948–2001).

Born April 14th, 1948 in New York City.

Died September 11th, 2001 at 53 years old in 1 World Trade Center (American Airlines Flight 11).

Meg Foster

American actress.

Born May 10th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Reading.

Hassan Rouhani

7th president of the islamic republic of iran.

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

Babita Kapoor

Bollywood actress.

Born April 20th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Mumbai.

John Bolton

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948).

Born November 20th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Baltimore.

Lewis Black

American stand-up comedian, actor, author, playwright, and social critic.

Born August 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Silver Spring.

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948).

Born August 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Lyon.

Wolf Blitzer

American journalist and television news anchor (born 1948).

Born March 22nd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Augsburg.

John Oates

American musician and member of hall & oates.

Born April 7th, 1948 (age 78 years) in New York City.

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