* 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 ).

Patrika Darbo ( born April 6, 1948 ) is an American actress.

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

* 1948 – Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model

* 1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

* 1948 – Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, and model ( d. 2001 )

Berinthia " Berry " Berenson Perkins ( April 14, 1948 – September 11, 2001 ) was an American photographer, actress, and model.

* 1948 – Melanie Chartoff, American actress

* 1948 – Cassandra Harris, Australian actress ( d. 1991 )

* 1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress

* 2006 – Claude Jade, French actress ( b. 1948 )

* 1948 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress ( d. 2003 )

* 1948 – Dee Wallace, American actress

Eli Wallach has been married to stage actress Anne Jackson ( born 1926 ) since March 5, 1948, and they have three children:

* 1948 – J. Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician

* 1948 – Barbara Hershey, American actress

* 1948 – Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer

* 1948 – Mercedes Ruehl, American actress

* 1948 – Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress

* 1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress

* 1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Susan Blu, American voice actress

* 1948 – Georgia Engel, American actress

* 1948 – Sally Struthers, American actress

* 1948 – Teresa Graves, American actress and singer ( d. 2002 )

* 1948 – Beverly Archer, American actress

Weissmuller had five wives: band and club singer Bobbe Arnst ( married 1931 – divorced 1933 ); actress Lupe Vélez ( married 1933 – divorced 1938 ); Beryl Scott ( married 1939 – divorced 1948 ); Allene Gates ( married 1948 – divorced 1962 ); and Maria Baumann ( married 1963 – his death 1984 ).