* 1948 – Patrika Darbo, American actress

* 1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach

* 1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 1948 – Joschka Fischer, German politician, Vice Chancellor of Germany

* 1948 – Lois Reeves, American singer ( Martha and the Vandellas )

* 1948 – In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.

* 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Perry King, American actor

* 1948 – Alexander Onassis, American Greek socialite, son of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis ( d. 1973 )

* 1948 – Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive

* 1948 – John Mehler, American drummer ( Love Song )

* 1948 – Sgt.

* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Bill Campbell, American baseball player

* 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano

* 1948 – Scott Powell, American singer ( Sha Na Na )

In 1948 Australia set new standards, completely outplaying their hosts to win 4 – 0 with one draw.

* 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Amen Corner and Fair Weather )

* 1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1948 – Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player

Early films, including those from the silent era, which feature the station include Traffic in Souls ( 1913 ), which starred Matt Moore ; The Yellow Passport ( 1916 ), starring Clara Kimball Young ; My Boy ( 1921 ), starring Jackie Coogan ; Frank Capra's The Strong Man ( 1926 ), starring Harry Langdon ; We Americans ( 1928 ), starring John Boles ; The Mating Call ( film ), 1928, co-starring Thomas Meighan and Renée Adorée ; Ellis Island ( 1936 ), starring Donald Cook ; Paddy O ' Day ( 1936 ), starring Jane Withers ; Gateway ( 1938 ), starring Don Ameche ; Exile Express ( 1939 ), which starred Anna Sten ; I, Jane Doe ( 1948 ), starring Ruth Hussey and Vera Ralston, and Gambling House ( 1951 ), starring Victor Mature

* 1948 – Frank McKenna, Canadian politician

* Mayer, Thomas ( 1982 ) " The Military Force of Islam: The Society of the Muslim Brethren and the Palestine Question, 1945 – 1948 " In Kedourie, Elie and Haim, Sylvia G. ( 1982 ) Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel Frank Cass, London, pp. 100 – 117, ISBN 0-7146-3169-8

* 1948 – Frank Worthington, English footballer

* Frank Stanford ( 1948 – 1978 ), American poet

Officially the kinetoscope entered Europe when the rich American Businessman Irving T. Bush ( 1869 – 1948 ) bought from the Continental Commerce Company of Frank Z. Maguire and Joseph D. Baucus a dozen machines.

A fifth film with Hepburn came in 1948, Frank Capra's political drama State of the Union.

The 1948 Mann Act prosecution of Frank LaSalle for abducting Florence Sally Horner is believed to have been an inspiration for Vladimir Nabokov in writing his novel Lolita, whose protagonist Humbert Humbert seeks to escape watchful eyes and bind 13-year-old Dolores Haze more closely to him by taking the girl on a multistate road trip.

Buchanan received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1948, where he was much influenced by Frank H. Knight.

On November 13, 1948, there was an all-Brahms program, including the Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor ( Mischa Mischakoff, violin ; Frank Miller, cello ); Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op.

Francis Joseph " Frank " McKenna, PC, OC, ONB, QC ( born January 19, 1948 ) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat.

* 1947 – 1948 – Frank J. Sampson

* Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House ( with Melvin Frank ) ( 1948 )

In 1948 he joined ICI as Personal Technical Assistant to Sir Frank Smith where he remained for around 18 months, working on the production lines for various products such as zip fasteners, paints and leathercloth with a view to improving efficiency and reducing production costs.

From 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the successful BBC Radio comedy programme Take it from Here with Frank Muir.

Frank William Abagnale, Jr. (, ; born April 27, 1948 ) is an American security consultant known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist.

Carl's brother, Socialist Frank P. Zeidler later became mayor of Milwaukee from 1948 to 1960.

Frank Paul Zeidler ( September 20, 1912 – July 7, 2006 ) was an American Socialist politician and Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving three terms from April 20, 1948 to April 18, 1960.

In 1948 Frank Zeidler ran for mayor in a crowded field of fourteen candidates and won, undoubtedly aided by the familiarity of his surname.

He earned two postseason All-Star First Team selections and one Second Team selection as a defenseman — the first American NHL All-Star since Frank Brimsek in 1948.

In 1948 a group of former pro bike racers, with money donated by Schwinn Bicycle Co. ( then ) owner Frank W. Schwinn, organized the exhumation and relocation of Taylor's remains to a more prominent part of Mount Glenwood Cemetery in Bloom Township, Illinois, near Chicago.

Vance published a series of historical and biographical works: National Portraits ( 1941 ), A G Stephens: His Life and Work ( 1941 ), Frank Wilmot ( 1942 ) and Louis Esson and the Australian Theatre ( 1948 ).

The final Socialist mayor, Frank P. Zeidler, was elected in 1948 and served three terms, ending in 1960.