* 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 – Ken Foree, American actor

* Miranda ( 1948 film ), a film by English director Ken Annakin

Referenced in Ken Burns ' monumental documentary The Civil War ; Knight's rebellion was also dramatized in the 1948 motion picture Tap Roots ( based on the book of the same name ), where in a few exterior scenes there are prominent mountains in the background – which do not exist in Mississippi.

* Ken James ( Australian actor ) ( born 1948 ), played Tony Wild in The Box and later played Mike O ' Brien in Sons and Daughters

Ken James ( born 16 November 1948 in Sydney, Australia ) is an actor known for regular roles in several popular television series.

* Ken Charlton – player ( RB / FW ), 1992 ( Saskatchewan Roughriders 1941, 1948 – 54 ; Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 1942 ; Regina All-Services Roughriders 1943 ; Ottawa Rough Riders 1945 – 47 ).

Miranda is a 1948 British comedy film, directed by Ken Annakin and written by Peter Blackmore, who also wrote the play of the same name from which the film was adapted.

* Ken McLeod ( born 1948 ), American Buddhist teacher, writer, translator

* Ken Brown ( ice hockey ) ( born 1948 ), Canadian ice hockey player

Ken Lerner ( born May 27, 1948 ) is an American television, stage and film actor who is perhaps best known for playing " Principal Flutie " in the first episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In 1948, Rosen played most of the year in minor leagues with the Kansas City Blues, before joining the Indians in September and winning a World Series ring as a reserve behind regular third baseman, Ken Keltner.

Some of these events include: Lou Gehrig's " Luckiest Man Alive " Speech ( July 4, 1939 ); Babe Ruth's " Final Visit to Yankee Stadium " ( June 11, 1948 ); Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling heavyweight title bout ( June 19, 1936, Schmeling won ), the 1958 NFL Championship between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts and Muhammad Ali's title defense against Ken Norton ( Sept. 28, 1976 ).

In 1948 Captain Ken Slater, who ran " Operation Fantast "-a trading operation which bought and swapped books and magazines-proposed the founding of a new national fan organisation, and thus the Science Fantasy Society was born.

Kentotis Alvin " Ken " Foree ( born February 29, 1948 ) is an American actor, perhaps best known as the protagonist Peter from the horror film Dawn of the Dead, and as Roger Rockmore on the Nickelodeon television sitcom Kenan & Kel.

* Paekakariki in the land of the Tiki ( cover of music to 1948 song, with photo of composer Ken Avery )

Kenneth " Ken " Cranston ( 20 October 1917 – 8 January 2007 ) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and eight times for England, in 1947 and 1948.

Kenneth Alven (" Ken ") Brett ( September 18, 1948 – November 18, 2003 ) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and the second of four Brett brothers who played professional baseball, the most notable being the youngest, George Brett. Ken played for 10 teams in his 14-year MLB career.

* Ken Clark ( punter ) ( born 1948 ), former CFL and NFL punter

Dr. Ken Yeang (: 杨经文 / 楊經文 ; pinyin: Yáng Jīngwén ; born 1948 ) is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer best known for advancing green design and planning, differentiated from other green architects by his comprehensive ecological approach.

In 1948, Ken Griffin recorded the song, first released as an instrumental and later with vocalist Jerry Wayne dubbing the lyrics, both of which became popular in releases by an independent company, Rondo Records.

* Ken Griffin ( vocal: Jerry Wayne ) ( 1948 )