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In the year 1948

1,628 Notable birthdays

Evanivaldo Castro

Brazilian soccer player.

Born April 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Salvador.

Nikola Plećaš

Yugoslavian basketball player.

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

Sergio Cofferati

Politician from italy.

Born January 30th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Sesto ed Uniti.

Johan De Muynck

Cyclist.

Born May 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Evergem.

Jo Leinen

German politician.

Born April 6th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Bisten.

Friedrich Koncilia

Austrian association football player and manager.

Born February 25th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Pierre Rapsat

Belgian singer-songwriter (1948–2002).

Born May 28th, 1948 in Ixelles.

Died April 20th, 2002 at 53 years old in Verviers (cancer).

Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

Iranian writer, author of the novel the saddlebag.

Born February 24th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Iran.

Claudio Báez

Mexican actor (1948–2017).

Born March 23rd, 1948 in Guadalajara.

Died November 19th, 2017 at 69 years old in Mexico City (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]

Yohanna Ibrahim

Syriac orthodox archbishop of aleppo.

Born August 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Qamishli.

Fred Newhouse

American athletics competitor (1948–2025).

Born November 8th, 1948 in Honey Grove.

Died January 20th, 2025 at 76 years old in Houston. [ref]

Jocelyne Saab

Lebanese film director and journalist (1948–2019).

Born April 30th, 1948 in Beirut.

Died January 7th, 2019 at 70 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]

Vera Nikolić

Yugoslav middle distance runner (1948-2021).

Born September 23rd, 1948 in Grabovica, Despotovac.

Died June 27th, 2021 at 72 years old in Belgrade. [ref]

Snyder Rini

Prime minister of solomon islands.

Born July 27th, 1948 in Telina.

Died August 5th, 2025 at 77 years old [ref]

Sharon Stouder

American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1948-2013).

Born November 9th, 1948 in Altadena.

Died June 23rd, 2013 at 64 years old [ref]

György Cserhalmi

Hungarian actor.

Born February 17th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Budapest.

Damir Šolman

Olympic medalist in basketball.

Born September 7th, 1948 in Zagreb.

Died May 2nd, 2023 at 74 years old in Split. [ref]

Jean-Michel Bismut

French mathematician.

Born February 26th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Lisbon.

Fernando Tordo

Portuguese singer-songwriter.

Born March 29th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Lisbon.

Engin Arık

Turkish physicist (1948–2007).

Born October 14th, 1948 in Istanbul.

Died November 30th, 2007 at 59 years old in Keçiborlu district (aircraft crash). [ref]

David Masser

British mathematician.

Born November 8th, 1948 (age 77 years) in London. [ref]

Kim Hwang-sik

South korean lawyer and politician.

Born August 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Jangseong County.

Felix Kulov

Kyrgyz politician and former prime minister.

Born October 29th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bishkek.

Miklós Perényi

Hungarian cellist (born: 1948).

Born January 5th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Budapest.

Shamil Tarpishchev

Russian tennis coach and retired tennis player.

Born March 7th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Moscow.

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