* 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 – Mike Figgis, English director

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

He began his career in New Orleans in 1948, earning a gig at the Caldonia Club, where the owner, Mike Tessitore, bestowed Longhair with his stage name ( due to Byrd's shaggy coiffure ).

She played Mike in the 1948 Western film Yellow Sky with Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark.

Michael Stephen " Mike " Levey ( May 28, 1948 – August 2, 2003 ) was an American infomercial host.

* Mike Edwards ( musician ) ( 1948 – 2010 ), cellist of the band Electric Light Orchestra

Mike Jittlov ( born June 8, 1948 ) is an American animator and the creator of short films and one feature length film using forms of special effects animation, including stop-motion animation, rotoscoping, and pixilation.

* Mike Nagy ( born 1948 ), baseball pitcher

* Mike Hendrick, English cricketer was born there in 1948

Mike Lange ( born March 3, 1948 in Sacramento, California ) is the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Michael ( Mike ) Moran ( born 4 March 1948, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England ) is a keyboard musician, songwriter and record producer.

It was later published in one of its several modern versions in Western Folklore, by the California Folklore Society ( 1948 ), Mike and Peggy, Seeger's, American Folk Songs for Children ( 1948 ), and The Growing Family: A Guide for Parents by Maxwell Slutz Stewart ( 1955 ).

* Mike Smith ( Louisiana politician ) ( born 1948 ), former Louisiana state senator from Winnfield

* Mike Kelly ( Pennsylvania ) ( born 1948 ), politician and U. S. Representative from Pennsylvania

* Mike Kelly ( American football coach ) ( born 1948 ), University of Dayton football coach, 1981 – 2007

Gerald Michael " Mike " Gabbard ( born January 15, 1948 ) is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 19th District since 2006.

* Mike Moran, English keyboard musician and producer, b. 1948

* Mike Parkinson ( 1948 – 2009 ), New Zealand All Black

* Mike Tompkins ( b. 1948 ), U. S. politician

Kenneth Michael " Mike " Conaway, ( born June 11, 1948 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 2005.

* Mike Pratt ( basketball ) ( born 1948 ), American basketball player

Michael " Mike " Figgis ( born 28 February 1948 ) is an English film director, writer, and composer.

Marc Singer ( born January 29, 1948 ) is a Canadian-born American actor best known for his roles in the Beastmaster film series and as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series V.