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In the year 1948

1,628 Notable birthdays

Larysa Khorolets

Ukrainian actress.

Born August 25th, 1948 in Kyiv.

Died April 12th, 2022 at 73 years old

Patrice Rio

French footballer.

Born August 15th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Le Petit-Quevilly.

Luigi Bonazzi

Italian archbishop (1948-2025).

Born June 19th, 1948 in Gazzaniga.

Died December 3rd, 2025 at 77 years old [ref]

Stefan Dörflinger

Swiss motorcycle racer.

Born December 23rd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Nagold.

Veli-Pekka Ketola

Finnish ice hockey player.

Born March 28th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Pori.

Christine Petit

Human geneticist.

Born February 4th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Laignes.

Ștefan Birtalan

Romanian handball player and couch (1948–2024).

Born September 25th, 1948 in Zalău.

Died May 27th, 2024 at 75 years old in Bucharest. [ref]

Luciano Sušanj

Croatian athlete and politician (1948–2024).

Born November 10th, 1948 in Rijeka.

Died April 14th, 2024 at 75 years old in Rijeka. [ref]

Boris Berman

Russian-american pianist and teacher.

Born April 3rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Moscow.

Péter Andorai

Hungarian actor (1948–2020).

Born April 25th, 1948 in Budapest.

Died February 1st, 2020 at 71 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Ognjen Petrović

Serbian footballer (1948-2000).

Born January 2nd, 1948 in Kruševac.

Died September 21st, 2000 at 52 years old in Belgrade.

Viktor Afanasyev

Soviet and russian cosmonaut and military pilot.

Born December 31st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bryansk.

Élie Doté

Prime minister of central african republic.

Born July 9th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bangui.

Marie Benešová

Czech lawyer and politician.

Born April 17th, 1948 in Prague.

Died November 11th, 2024 at 76 years old [ref]

Yevhen Arzhanov

Ukrainian athlete.

Born February 9th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Kalush.

Joyanti Chutia

Indian physicist.

Born August 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Sivasagar.

Emilio Pérez Touriño

Spanish politician.

Born August 8th, 1948 (age 77 years) in A Coruña.

Víctor Víctor

Dominican composer, singer and percussionist (1948-2020).

Born December 11th, 1948 in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Died July 16th, 2020 at 71 years old in Santo Domingo (COVID-19). [ref]

Jorge Carrascosa

Argentine association football player.

Born August 15th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Valentín Alsina.

Marcela Lagarde

Mexican academic, author, researcher, anthropologist, feminist activist and politician.

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

Raffaello Martinelli

Italian bishop.

Born June 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Villa d'Almè.

Jürgen Fassbender

German tennis player.

Born May 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Wesseling.

Andrei Oișteanu

Romanian academic.

Born September 18th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bucharest.

Julius Sang

Kenyan athlete (1948–2004).

Born September 19th, 1948 in Kapsabet.

Died April 9th, 2004 at 55 years old in Eldoret.

Manfred Kokot

East german sprinter.

Born January 3rd, 1948 (age 78 years) in Templin.

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