* 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 ).

Daniel Eugene " Rudy " Ruettiger ( born August 23, 1948 ) is a motivational speaker and former collegiate football player for the University of Notre Dame, who is best known as the inspiration for the motion picture Rudy.

Hosted by " Rowdy " Rudy R. Moore ( a marionette puppet of a young boy, who looked a little like Howdy Doody ), and his pet goat Gogo ( a live action nanny goat ), the show featured a variety of cartoon short subjects from Turner Entertainment's library, including pre-July 1948 Warner Bros .' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, MGM cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Droopy, and Fleischer / Famous ' Popeye the Sailor.

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 – 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

This included the 1948 season, in which the Browns became the first unbeaten and untied team in professional football history, 24 years before the NFL's 1972 Miami Dolphins duplicated the feat.

The ground hosted several football games for the 1948 Summer Olympics.

* 1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish football manager

* 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager

* 1948 – Fritz Bohla, German football player and manager

* 1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch football manager

* 1948 – Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer and football manager

" Jock " Sutherland, American football coach ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager

* 1948 – Jack Tatum, American football player ( d. 2010 )

* 1948 – Radomir Antić, Serbian football manager

* 1948 – Cliff Harris, American football player

From 1948 – 95, the team logo was an eagle in flight carrying a football in its claws, although from ' 69 – 72, the eagle took on a more stylized look.

* 1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player

* 1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player

* Raymond Chester ( born 1948 ), retired American football tight end

Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948 ), in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish former football manager.

* John Swofford ( born 1948 ), since 1997 the Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ); coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) in college football.

* Rex Bumgardner: professional football player, Buffalo Bills ( 1948 – 1949 ) and Cleveland Browns ( 1950 – 1952 )

Among examples cited was the infamous 1948 Grey Cup game in which two trains of Stampeder football fans descended on Toronto and launched an unprecedented series of celebrations before, during and after the game that included riding a horse into the lobby of the Royal York Hotel.

Although during the years of segregation the Douglass Tigers football team was not allowed to play white teams, the Tigers won a Tennessee state football championship and a state basketball championship in 1946, and a state basketball championship in 1948.