Babe Ruth (1895-1948)
Baseball Player
1
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Civil Rights Leader
2
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948)
World Leader
3
Orville Wright (1871-1948)
Inventor
4
Hideki Tojo (1884-1948)
Politician
5
Hugo Boss (1885-1948)
Fashion Designer
6
Carole Landis (1919-1948)
Movie Actress
7
Mileva Maric (1875-1948)
Physicist
8
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948)
First Lady
9
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948)
Novelist
10
James Baskett (1904-1948)
Movie Actor
11
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948)
Supreme Court Justice
12
Michael Roberts (1902-1948)
Poet
13
Manuel Roxas (1892-1948)
14
Hack Wilson (1900-1948)
15
John J. Pershing (1860-1948)
War Hero
16
Jessie Lincoln (1875-1948)
Family Member
17
Harry Dexter White (1892-1948)
Economist
18
Richard Atwater (1892-1948)
Children's Author
19
Leo White (1873-1948)
20
Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898-1948)
Director
21
Harry Greenwood (1881-1948)
22
Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)
Activist
23
DW Griffith (1875-1948)
24
Mordecai Brown (1876-1948)
25
Anna Jarvis (1864-1948)
26
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948)
Playwright
27
Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948)
28
Adolf Behne (1885-1948)
Architect
29
Warren William (1894-1948)
30
Bessie Jackson (1897-1948)
Blues Singer
31
Gregg Toland (1904-1948)
Cinematographer
32
Edgar de Wahl (1867-1948)
Teacher
33
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
34
Louis Lumiere (1864-1948)
Film Producer
35
Harry Brearley (1871-1948)
Entrepreneur
36
Alice Brown (1857-1948)
37
Witold Pilecki (1901-1948)
38
Charles Williams Nash (1864-1948)
39
Ferdinand I Of Bulgaria (1861-1948)
King
40
Herb Pennock (1894-1948)
41
Viola Allen (1867-1948)
42
Ruth Benedict (1887-1948)
Anthropologist
43
Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948)
Race Car Driver
44
Prosper Montagne (1865-1948)
Chef
45
Gil Dobie (1879-1948)
Football Coach
46
Jake Powell (1908-1948)
47
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Painter
48
Celebrities Born in 1948
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