* 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 – Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter ( The Doobie Brothers ) ( d. 2005 )

With Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller and Ernie Toshack, three of Australia's leading four bowlers from the 1948 Invincibles tour of England unavailable, Benaud bowled heavily in some matches.

In 1948, R. Keith Walden relocated the Farmers Investment Co. ( FICO ) from California to Arizona, buying the Continental Farm lands from the Queen.

In 1948, R. Keith Walden relocated the Farmers Investment Co. ( FICO ) from California to Arizona, buying the Continental Farm lands from the Queen.

Robert Keith " Bob " Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP ( born August 2, 1948 ) is a Canadian politician.

Keith Richard Godchaux ( July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980 ) was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.

One of the first published accounts involving a conviction based on bite marks as evidence was the “ Gorringe case ”, in 1948, in which pathologist Keith Simpson used bite marks on the breast of the victim to seal a murder conviction against Robert Gorringe for the murder of his wife Phyllis.

Born in Newmill, Banffshire in 1948, Adam went to Keith Grammar School.

Keith Ernest Darvill ( born May 28, 1948 ) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.

The cap worn by Sir Donald Bradman during his final season in 1948 sold in 2003 for A $ 425, 000, and the 1953 cap of Keith Miller sold at auction for A $ 35, 000.

* Ian Keith in both the 1935 and 1948 versions of The Three Musketeers

Coincidentally, Kevin O ' Donnell played alongside two more notable Australian cricketers ; Sam Loxton and Keith Miller, members of the legendary 1948 Invincibles.

: Keith Jarrett ( born 1948 ), rugby player.

** Keith Knudsen ( 1948 – 2005 ), musician, member of The Doobie Brothers

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