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In the year 1948

1,628 Notable birthdays

Mirosław Justek

Polish footballer (1948-1998).

Born September 23rd, 1948 in Słupsk.

Died January 24th, 1998 at 49 years old in Poznań.

Eladio Reyes

Peruvian footballer.

Born January 8th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Chincha Alta.

Yuri Filatov

Canoe racer.

Born July 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Nova Ushytsia.

Jaime Huélamo

Spanish racing cyclist.

Born November 17th, 1948 in Cuenca. [ref]

Died January 31st, 2014 at 65 years old in Cuenca (cancer).

Heinrich Strasser

Austrian association football player.

Born October 26th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Vienna.

Werner Klatt

East german rower (1948–2022).

Born December 21st, 1948 in Schönberg.

Died April 3rd, 2022 at 73 years old

Anatoli Krikun

Estonian basketball player and coach (born 1948).

Born March 24th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Tartu.

Javier Fernández Fernández

Spanish politician.

Born January 7th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Mieres.

Juan Morales

Cuban hurdler and sprinter.

Born July 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Santiago de Cuba.

Ken Hill

Botanist notable for work on eucalypts and cycads (1948-2010).

Born August 6th, 1948 in Armidale. [ref]

Died August 4th, 2010 at 61 years old in Sydney. [ref]

Ilda Figueiredo

Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic.

Born October 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Troviscal.

Britt Lafforgue

French alpine skier.

Born November 5th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Bagnères-de-Luchon.

Gert Heidler

East german footballer.

Born January 30th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Doberschau-Gaußig.

Lisbeth Korsmo

Norwegian speed skater and bicycle racer (1948–2017).

Born January 14th, 1948 in Oslo.

Died January 22nd, 2017 at 69 years old in Oslo. [ref]

Georgi Pirinski, Jr.

Bulgarian politician (1948).

Born September 10th, 1948 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Andrzej Szymczak

Polish handball player (1948–2016).

Born September 8th, 1948 in Konstantynów Łódzki.

Died September 6th, 2016 at 67 years old in Konstantynów Łódzki. [ref]

Takashi Kuwahara

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born May 5th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Fujieda.

Enrique Regüeiferos

Cuban boxer (1948-2002).

Born July 15th, 1948 in Havana.

Died June 20th, 2002 at 53 years old in Santiago de Cuba.

Karel Neffe

Czech rower born 1948.

Born July 6th, 1948 in Prague.

Died February 13th, 2020 at 71 years old in Prague. [ref]

Michèle Rakotoson

Malagasy writer.

Born June 14th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Antananarivo.

Johannes Lebech

Danish politician.

Born September 12th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Skive.

Fuad Poladov

Azerbaijani actor (1948–2018).

Born May 24th, 1948 in Baku.

Died May 4th, 2018 at 69 years old in Baku (cancer). [ref]

Mauro Simonetti

Road bicycle racer.

Born July 14th, 1948 in Livorno.

Died December 31st, 1986 at 38 years old [ref]

Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová

Olympic gymnast.

Born June 1st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Košice.

Arto Nilsson

Finnish boxer (1948-2019).

Born March 19th, 1948 in Helsinki.

Died July 11th, 2019 at 71 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

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