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In the year 1948

1,471 Notable birthdays

Deborah Shelton

American actress and beauty queen.

Born November 21st, 1948 (age 77 years) in Washington, D.C..

Austin Carr

American basketball player.

Born March 10th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Washington, D.C.. [ref]

Kathleen Battle

American opera singer.

Born August 13th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Portsmouth.

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

Ghanaian cardinal of the roman catholic church (1948-).

Born October 11th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Nsuta Wassa.

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Zulu king (1948-2021).

Born July 14th, 1948 in Nongoma.

Died March 12th, 2021 at 72 years old in KwaZulu-Natal (diabetes, COVID-19). [ref]

Patrick Moraz

Swiss musician.

Born June 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Morges.

Kishore Mahbubani

Singaporean diplomat.

Born October 24th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Singapore.

Len Wein

American comic book writer and editor.

Born June 12th, 1948 in New York City. [ref]

Died September 10th, 2017 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Pinchas Zukerman

Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor.

Born July 16th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Tel Aviv.

William Hootkins

American actor.

Born July 5th, 1948 in Dallas.

Died October 23rd, 2005 at 57 years old in Santa Monica (cancer, pancreatic cancer).

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