* 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 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor

In France, 1948, Garry Davis began an unauthorized speech calling for a world government from the balcony of the UN General Assembly, until he was dragged away by the guards.

Garry George McDonald, AO ( born 30 October 1948 ) is an Australian stage and screen actor, well known for his portrayal of the character Norman Gunston and for his role of Arthur Beare in the television series Mother and Son.

The WSA was founded by Garry Davis, a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot, who renounced his U. S. citizenship in 1948 to live as a " citizen of the world ".

* 1948 – Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress, author, and photographer

Margaret Joan Sinclair Trudeau Kemper ( born September 10, 1948 ) is the former wife of Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada.

He ran for the Liberal leadership three times, in 1948, in 1958 and 1968, but was defeated at all three Liberal leadership conventions, first by Louis St. Laurent, then by Lester B. Pearson, then by Pierre Trudeau.

In 1947 and 1948 the necessity of massive coordinated efforts to achieve economic recovery led to the formation of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation to supervise and coordinate the uses of American aid under the Marshall Plan.

* 1948 – Cliff Branch, American football player

* 1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Terry Adams, American pianist and composer ( NRBQ )

* 1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player

* 1948 – Sue Monk Kidd, American author

* 1871 – Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Gerald McRaney, American actor

* 1948 – Tipper Gore, American author and photographer, co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center

* 1948 – Rudy Ruettigerr, American football player

* 1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.

* 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American writer and editor

* 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author

* 1948 – Vonda McIntyre, American author