Famous people born in 1948
The best-known people born in 1948, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Charles IIIKing of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
November 14
Photo: White House, Public domain
Al GoreVice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)
March 31
Photo: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer, Public domain
Svetlana AlexievichBelarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)
May 31
Photo: A.Savin, FAL
George R. R. MartinAmerican writer and television producer (born 1948)
September 20
Photo: Henry Söderlund, CC BY 4.0
Ozzy OsbourneEnglish musician and television personality (1948–2025)
December 3 · d. 2025
Photo: F darkbladeus, Public domain
Sauli NiinistöFinnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024)
August 24
Photo: Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith, Public domain
Ichirō MizukiJapanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)
January 7 · d. 2022
Photo: Georges Seguin ( Okki ), CC BY-SA 3.0
Abdulrazak GurnahTanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)
December 20
Photo: Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0
John de LancieAmerican actor (born 1948)
March 20
Photo: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0
Jeremy IronsBritish actor (born 1948)
September 19
Photo: Cast_of_Margin_Call_(Berlin_Film_Festival_2011)_2.jpg : Siebbi derivative work: César, CC BY 3.0
Kathy BatesAmerican film actress and director
June 28
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Richard SimmonsAmerican fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024)
July 12 · d. 2024
Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0
Elizabeth BlackburnAustralian-American biological researcher
November 26
Photo: Conrad Erb, CC BY-SA 3.0
Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 2022
September 7 · d. 2022
Photo: Casa Rosada Argentina, CC BY-SA 2.5
Steven ChuAmerican physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate
February 28
Photo: Department of Energy, Public domain
Olivia Newton-JohnBritish and Australian singer (1948–2022)
September 26 · d. 2022
Photo: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0
Marcelo Rebelo de SousaPortuguese politician and academic, former President of Portugal
December 12
Photo: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0
Hema MaliniIndian actress, dancer, and politician
October 16
Photo: https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/, CC BY 3.0
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January
- January 14 · Carl Weathers, American actor and football player (1948–2024)
- January 14 · Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (1948–1981)
- January 16 · John Carpenter, American filmmaker, composer and actor (born 1948)
- January 17 · Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician
- January 27 · Mikhail Baryshnikov, Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor
- January 30 · Akira Yoshino, Japanese engineer and researcher (1948-), known as an inventor of lithium-ion battery
February
- February 3 · Henning Mankell, Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist (1948–2015)
- February 3 · Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Roman Catholic bishop
- February 4 · Ram Baran Yadav, former President of Nepal
- February 5 · Tom Wilkinson, English actor (1948–2023)
- February 5 · Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager (1948–2024)
- February 16 · Eckhart Tolle, German spiritual teacher and author
March
- March 12 · James Taylor, American singer and guitarist
- March 14 · Billy Crystal, American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and television presenter (born 1948)
- March 17 · William Gibson, American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)
- March 22 · Andrew Lloyd Webber, British theatre composer (born 1948)
- March 26 · Steven Tyler, American singer
- March 28 · Dianne Wiest, American actress
April
- April 3 · Carlos Salinas de Gortari, 60th President of Mexico
- April 4 · Abdullah Öcalan, founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
- April 9 · Jaya Bachchan, Indian politician and actress
- April 12 · Marcello Lippi, Italian association football player and manager (born 1948)
- April 12 · Joschka Fischer, German politician
- April 27 · Frank Abagnale, Jr., American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist
May
- May 4 · George Tupou V of Tonga, King of Tonga
- May 15 · Brian Eno, British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
- May 19 · Grace Jones, Jamaican singer, model and actress
- May 25 · Klaus Meine, German singer
- May 26 · Stevie Nicks, American singer and songwriter born 1948
- May 31 · John Bonham, English drummer (1948–1980)
June
- June 12 · István Sándorfi, Hungarian artist (1948–2007)
- June 19 · Nick Drake, British musician (1948–1974)
- June 21 · Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish novelist (born 1948)
- June 21 · Ian McEwan, British author (born 1948)
- June 23 · Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991
- June 30 · Raymond Leo Burke, American Catholic cardinal
July
- July 6 · Nathalie Baye, French actress (1948–2026)
- July 16 · Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish association football player and manager
- July 18 · Hartmut Michel, German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize)
- July 19 · Wang Qishan, 10th Vice President of the People's Republic of China from 2018 to 2023
- July 21 · Beppe Grillo, Italian comedian, actor, blogger, and politician (born 1948)
- July 27 · Hans Rosling, Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker (1948–2017)
August
- August 3 · Jean-Pierre Raffarin, 94th Prime Minister of France
- August 4 · Giorgio Parisi, Italian physicist (1948-)
- August 5 · Ray Clemence, English association football player (1948–2020)
- August 7 · James P. Allison, American immunologist and Nobel laureate (born 1948)
- August 11 · Jan Palach, Czech student who killed himself by self-immolation in protest (1948–1969)
- August 20 · John Noble, Australian actor and director
September
- September 2 · Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut
- September 3 · Levy Mwanawasa, former President of Zambia (1948-2008)
- September 10 · Charles Simonyi, Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
- September 10 · Tony Gatlif, French film director, actor and screenwriter
- September 20 · Mahesh Bhatt, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
- September 24 · Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter (1948-1998)
October
- October 8 · Claude Jade, French actress (1948-2006)
- October 9 · Oliver Hart, British-born American economist
- October 9 · Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter
- October 13 · Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali (1948-1997)
- October 17 · George Wendt, American actor (1948–2025)
- October 17 · Margot Kidder, Canadian and American actress and activist (1948–2018)
November
- November 4 · Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician
- November 5 · William Daniel Phillips, physics Nobel laureate
- November 5 · Bernard-Henri Lévy, French film director and philosopher
- November 6 · Glenn Frey, American rock musician (1948–2016)
- November 9 · Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian association football player and manager
- November 20 · John Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948)
December
- December 2 · Antonín Panenka, Czech footballer
- December 6 · Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver
- December 14 · Dee Wallace, American actress
- December 20 · Alan Parsons, British audio engineer, musician, and record producer
- December 22 · Nicolae Timofti, 4th President of Moldova (r. 2012–2016)
- December 30 · Randy Schekman, Nobel prize winning American cell biologist
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