Sun-Yung Alice Chang

American mathematician.

Born March 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Xi'an.

Christian Redl

German actor and musician.

Born April 20th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Schleswig.

Honesto Ongtioco

Filipino bishop.

Born October 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in San Fernando. ^[ref]

Jack Sepkoski

American paleontologist (1948-1999).

Born July 26th, 1948 in Presque Isle.

Died May 1st, 1999 at 50 years old in Chicago.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born May 27th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Horlivka.

Mark Coleridge

Australian archbishop.

Born September 25th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Melbourne.

Mao Chi-kuo

Taiwanese politician.

Born October 4th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Fenghua District.

Elsa Fornero

Italian academic and politician.

Born May 7th, 1948 (age 77 years) in San Carlo Canavese.

Natalya Gundareva

Soviet and russian actress.

Born August 28th, 1948 in Moscow. ^[ref]

Died May 15th, 2005 at 56 years old in Moscow (stroke). ^[ref]

Caio Fernando Abreu

Brazilian writer (1948–1996).

Born September 12th, 1948 in Santiago.

Died February 25th, 1996 at 47 years old in Porto Alegre (death from AIDS-related complications).