Famous People Born in 1948 (Part 3)

Birthdays 401 - 600 of 872

• Jun 9 Nathaniel Rosen, American cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978), born in Altadena California
• Jun 9 Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician (Feminist Initiative), born in Täby, Sweden

• Jun 11 Anthony Nelson, British Labour politician, born in Hamburg, Germany
• Jun 11 Skip Alan, English drummer (Them - "G-L-O-R-I-A", Pretty Things - "S.F. Sorrow"), born in Westminster, London
• Jun 11 Stephen Schnetzer, American actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Jun 11 Lynsey de Paul, British singer and actress (Sugar Me), born in London (d. 2014)
• Jun 11 Bob Roetker, American jazz guitarist (Jazz Ambassadors), and teacher (Armed Forces School of Music), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Jun 12 Barry Bailey, American rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section), born in Decatur, Georgia
• Jun 12 Norbert Phillip, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 28 wickets), born in Bioche, Dominica
• Jun 12 Hans Binder, Austrian auto racer (European Formula Ford C'ship 1972), born in Innsbruck, Austria
• Jun 12 Lyn Collins [Gloria Lavern Collins], American soul singer (Think About It), born in Dime Box, Texas (d. 2005)
• Jun 13 Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive, born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2001)
• Jun 13 Joe Roth, American film executive, producer and film director (America's Sweethearts), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 14 Stephen John Hunter, American guitarist, born in Decatur, Illinois
• Jun 14 Aleksandr Kabanov, Russian water polo player (Olympic gold 1972, 80; World C'ship gold 1975, 82) and coach (Russian men's & women's teams), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2020)
• Jun 15 Champ Summers, baseball player


• Jun 15 Mike Holmgren, American NFL coach and executive (Super Bowl 1996, Green Bay Packers; Seattle Seahawks; Cleveland Browns), born in San Francisco, California
• Jun 15 Leah Kunkel (née Cohen), American singer-songwriter (Coyote Sisters), session vocalist (Jackson Browne; Art Garfunkel), and entertaimnet lawyer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Jun 16 Ron LeFlore, American baseball player
• Jun 17 Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds), born in Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
• Jun 18 Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary
• Jun 19 Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter (Pink Moon), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1974)
• Jun 19 Phylicia Rashad, American actress and singer (The Cosby Show, One Life to Live), born in Houston, Texas
• Jun 20 Nigel Morris, rocker (Isotope)
• Jun 20 Alan Longmuir, Scottish pop-rock musician (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2018)
• Jun 20 Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
• Jun 21 Ian McEwan, English writer (Atonement), born in Aldershot, England
• Jun 21 Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (1st Indigenous Australian to win a world title), born in Drouin, Victoria (d. 2011)
• Jun 21 Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer (The Witcher), born in Łódź, Poland
• Jun 22 Nolan Clarke, Barbados cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
• Jun 22 Sue Roberts, American golfer (4 LPGA titles), born in Oak Park, Illinois
• Jun 22 Todd Rundgren, American rock singer-songwriter ("We Gotta Get You A Woman"; "Hello It's Me"; "Bang The Drum All Day"), multi-instrumentalist and producer (The Tubes; XTC; Grand Funk Railroad), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Jun 23 Myles Goodwyn, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Jun 23 Nigel Osborne, British composer, teacher and music therapist, born in Manchester, England
• Jun 23 Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author


• Jun 23 Joaquin Avila, American lawyer and civil rights champion who advocated against voter discrimination, born in Compton, California (d. 2018)
• Jun 24 Patrick Moraz, Swiss progressive rock keyboard player (Yes, 1974-77; The Moody Blues, 1978-91), born in Morges, Switzerland
• Jun 25 Michael Lembeck, American actor (Max-One Day at a Time), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jun 27 Angel Penna Jr., horse trainer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Jun 27 Camile Baudoin, American guitarist (The Radiators), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jun 27 Bill Summers, American jazz, fusion, and Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist and conguero (Herbie Hancock's Headhunters; Sonny Rollins; Quincy Jones), born in Detroit, Michigan

• Jun 29 Dervin Gordon, British musician (The Equals), born in Jamaica
• Jun 29 Bill Kirchen, American singer and guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln"), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Jun 29 Charles McCorquodale, art historian, born in Edinburgh (d. 1996)
• Jun 29 Fred Grandy, American actor (The Love Boat) and politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa), born in Sioux City, Iowa
• Jun 29 Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer (White Snake; Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"), born in Nottingham, England
• Jul 1 Wang Qishan, Chinese Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, born in Qingdao, Shandong
• Jul 2 Saul Rubinek, Canadian film actor
• Jul 3 Peter Ruzicka, German composer and conductor, born in Dusseldorf, Germany
• Jul 3 Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist (Mämmilä), born in Orivesi, Finland
• Jul 3 Paul Barrere, American rock guitarist (Little Feat - "Time Loves a Hero"), born in Burbank, California (d. 2019)
• Jul 4 Ed Armbrister, Bahamian baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), born in Nassau, Bahamas
• Jul 4 Jeremy Spencer, British rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac - "Oh Well"), born in Hartlepool, County Durham, England
• Jul 4 René Arnoux, French formula-1 racer (6th place-1980), born in Pontcharra, Isère, France


• Jul 5 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American author and the youngest daughter of Richard Nixon, born in Washington, D.C.
• Jul 5 William Hootkins, American actor, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2005)
• Jul 6 Brad Park, Canadian NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Jul 6 Nathalie Baye, French actress (Beau Pere, Honeymoon), born in Mainneville, France
• Jul 6 Wadih Sa'adeh, Lebanese-Australian poet (Laysa Lil Massa’ Ikhwah), born in Lebanon
• Jul 6 Tom Curley, American media executive (President of the Associated Press), born in Easton, Pennsylvania
• Jul 7 Fred Brown, NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic)
• Jul 7 Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2012)
• Jul 7 Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor (Jeremy Hunter-All My Children), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Jul 8 Kim Darby, American actress (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man), born in Hollywood, California
• Jul 8 Raffi [Cavoukian], Armenian-Canadian children's singer and lyricist ("Baby Beluga"), born in Cairo, Egypt,
• Jul 9 Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician (15th Foreign Minister of Indonesia), born in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
• Jul 11 Martin Rushent, British sound engineer (Gentle Giant; Shirley Bassey), and record producer (Buzzcocks; The Human League), born in Enfield, England (d. 2011)
• Jul 12 Richard Simmons, American exercise guru (CHiPs, Deal-a-Meal), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jul 12 Walter Egan, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Magnet And Steel"; "Hot Summer Nights"), born in Queens, New York City
• Jul 12 Ben Burtt Jr., American sound designer, born in Jamesville, New York
• Jul 12 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown), born in Kermit, Texas (d. 2017)
• Jul 13 Alf Hansen, Norwegian rower Olympic gold, double sculls 1976; World C'ship gold double sculls 1975, 78, 79, 82), born in Oslo, Norway
• Jul 13 Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place)
• Jul 13 Don Sweet, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montreal, Green Bay), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Jul 13 Linda Ann Simon, airline capt
• Jul 13 Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam)
• Jul 13 Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)
• Jul 13 Tony Kornheiser, American sports journalist
• Jul 14 Akua Dixon, American jazz cellist, arranger, composer, and educator, (Quartette Indigo), born in New York City


• Jul 15 Alicia Bridges, American pop singer ("I Love The Nightlife"), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Jul 15 Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete, and first woman to light the Olympic Cauldron (Mexico City, 1968), born in Mexicali, Baja California (d. 2019)
• Jul 15 (Thomas) "Artemis" Pyle, American rock drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Gimme Three Steps"), and plane crash survivor, born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Jul 16 Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli-American violinist (Leventritt Prize, 1967), conductor (St. Paul Chamber, 1980-87; National Arts Centre (Canada), 1999-2015), and pedagogue, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
• Jul 16 Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor, born in Panama City, Panama
• Jul 17 Brian Glascock, English rock drummer (Motels - "Only The Lonely"), born in Islington, England
• Jul 17 Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1964), born in Stockton, California
• Jul 17 Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director, born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 2015)
• Jul 17 Phillip Harris, rocker
• Jul 17 Ron Asheton, American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter (The Stooges), born in Washington DC (d. 2009)
• Jul 18 Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring - "Radar Love"), born in The Hague, Netherlands
• Jul 18 Phil Harris, British rocker (Ace), born in Muswell Hill, London
• Jul 18 Hartmut Michel, German chemist (Nobel 1988 - determination of the structure of certain proteins that are essential for photosynthesis), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany
• Jul 18 Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler, born in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
• Jul 19 Beverly Archer, American actress (Iola-Mama's Family), born in Oak Park, Illinois
• Jul 19 Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 - "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1980)
• Jul 20 Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )

• Jul 21 Art Hindle, actor (Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Jul 21 Garry Trudeau, American political cartoonist (Doonesbury), born in New York City
• Jul 21 Ed Hinton, American sportswriter, born in Laurel, Mississippi
• Jul 21 John Hart, American Major League Baseball executive (Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves), born in Tampa, Florida
• Jul 22 S. E. Hinton, American author
• Jul 22 Otto Waalkes, German comedian
• Jul 23 John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland


• Jul 24 Marvin the Martian, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Haredevil Hare"
• Jul 25 Brian Stableford, British sci-fi author (Day of Wrath), born in Shipley, Yorkshire, England
• Jul 25 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter ("City of New Orleans"; "You Never Even Called Me by My Name"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
• Jul 26 Allen Doyle, American golfer (4 PGA Senior major titles; US Senior Open 2005-06), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
• Jul 26 Norair Nurikian, Armenian-Bulgarian bantam weightlifter (Olympic gold 1972, 76), born in Sliven, Bulgaria
• Jul 27 Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist and singer (Doe Maar), born in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
• Jul 27 Peggy Fleming, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1968, 3-time world champion), born in San Jose, California
• Jul 27 Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Electric Theseus), born in Athens (d. 1990)
• Jul 28 Georgia Engel, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Georgette"; Hot In Cleveland), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)
• Jul 28 Sergei Bodrov, Russian director (Katala, Somebody to Love), born in Khabarovsk, Russia
• Jul 28 Gerald Casale, American musician and director (founding member of Devo), born in Ravenna, Ohio
• Jul 28 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), born in Dublin (d. 2020)
• Jul 30 Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor (22 Bullets), born in Casablanca, Morocco
• Jul 31 Leaveil Degree, rocker (Whispers)
• Aug 1 Bob Spink, British politician (MP for Castle Point in Essex), born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire
• Aug 1 Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2014 - present), born in Constantine, Algeria
• Aug 2 Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), born in Hythe, England (d. 2009)
• Aug 2 Andy Fairweather Low, British guitarist (Amen Corner), born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales
• Aug 2 Chris Bennett, American musician (The Theme from Midnight Express), born in Marshall, Illinois
• Aug 3 Pierre Lacroix, Canadian NHL executive (Quebec Nordiques; Stanley Cup 1996, 2001 Colorado Avalanche), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2020)
• Aug 4 James C Slattery, (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983- )
• Aug 5 Tony DiCicco, US women's soccer coach (Olympics 1996), born in Wethersfield, Connecticut
• Aug 5 Ray Clemence MBE, English soccer goalkeeper (England 61 caps, Liverpool, Tottenham), born in Skegness, Lincolnshire (d. 2020)
• Aug 6 Michael Peters, choreographer (What's Love Got to Do with It)
• Aug 7 James Allison, American immunologist (Noble Prize for Medicine 2018), born in Alice, Texas


• Aug 7 Greg Chappell, Australian Cricket Batsman and captain (87 Tests; 7,110 @ 53.86), born in Adelaide, South Australia
• Aug 7 Marty Appel, American public relations executive and author, born in Brooklyn, New York
• Aug 8 Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A)
• Aug 9 Bill Campbell, American baseball player
• Aug 10 Pal Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (Olympic bronze 1972, 80)
• Aug 10 Patti Austin, soul singer/actress (Real Me)
• Aug 11 Don Boyd, Scottish director and producer (Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock), born in Nairn
• Aug 11 Jan Palach, Czech student protester (d. 1969)
• Aug 12 Graham Zellick, principal (Queen Mary & Westfield College London)
• Aug 13 Cliff Fish, English bassist (Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died), born in Ripley, Derbyshire
• Aug 13 Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano (Shephard-Tannhäuser), born in Portsmouth, Ohio
• Aug 13 Mosiuoa Lekota, South African UDF/ANC leader, born in Kroonstad, South Africa
• Aug 13 Tony Santini [Scott Powell], American rocker (Sha Na Na), born in Dallas, Texas
• Aug 14 Terry Adams, American piano player and composer (NRBQ - Me And The Boys), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Aug 14 Joseph Marcell, British actor (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), born in Castries, Saint Lucia
• Aug 15 Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer (It'll All Come Around), born in Campbellton, New Brunswick
• Aug 15 George Ryton, British engineer, born in Singapore
• Aug 15 Charles Thomas "Tom" Johnston, American guitarist and vocalist (The Doobie Brothers), born in Visalia, California
• Aug 16 Barry Hay, Dutch singer, guitarist, flute and saxophone player (Golden Earring - "Radar Love"), born in Faizabad, India
• Aug 16 Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player
• Aug 16 Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher
• Aug 17 Bo Rucker, American actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up), born in Tampa, Florida
• Aug 17 Rod MacDonald, American singer-songwriter, born in Southington, Connecticut
• Aug 17 Alexander Ivashkin, Russian cellist, conductor, and sitar player, born in Blagoveshchensk, Russia (d. 2014)
• Aug 18 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesian badminton star (All-England tennis champ), born in Surabaya, Indonesia


• Aug 19 Tipper Gore, wife of US Vice President Al Gore (1993-01)
• Aug 19 Susan Jacks [Pesklevits], Canadian singer and songwriter), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

• Aug 20 John Noble, Australian actor (Dr. Walter Bishop-Fringe) and theatre director, born in Port Pirie, Australia
• Aug 21 Robert Hazard [Rimato], American singer-songwriter (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
• Aug 22 Rob Buckman, British broadcaster and actor (Pink Medicine Show), born in London
• Aug 22 Eleonora Brown, Italian actress (The Sailor from Gibraltar), born in Naples, Italy
• Aug 23 Ron Blomberg, American 1st baseman (NY Yankees) and 1st designated hitter, born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Aug 23 Andrei Pleşu, Romanian writer and essayist, born in Bucharest, Romania
• Aug 23 Daniel Ruettiger "Rudy", University of Notre Dame football legend, born in Joliet, Illinois
• Aug 24 Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician (Oxygène), born in Lyon
• Aug 24 Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force, born in Jinhae, South Gyeongsang
• Aug 27 Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler, born in Meeker County, Minnesota
• Aug 28 Daniel "Danny" Seraphine, American rock drummer (Chicago, 1969-90 - "25 or 6 to 4"), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Aug 28 Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer (brother of John Three Tests for NZ 1976), born in Dannevirke, Manawatu, New Zealand
• Aug 28 Vonda N. McIntyre, American sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Aug 28 Fred Cole, American rock artist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2017)
• Aug 29 Charles David Walker, American engineer and astronaut (STS 12 STS 16 STS 23), born in Bedford, Indiana
• Aug 30 Lewis Black, American stand-up comedian (Lewis Black's Root of All Evil), born in Washington, D.C.
• Aug 30 Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
• Aug 31 Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)
• Aug 31 Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter
• Aug 31 Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
• Aug 31 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist (Scorpions-Virgin Killer), born in Hildesheim, Germany
• Sep 1 Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher


• Sep 1 James Rebhorn, PA, actor (White Collar, Homeland), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
• Sep 2 Christa McAuliffe, American teacher who died in Challenger space shuttle disaster, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
• Sep 2 Terry Bradshaw, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)
• Sep 2 Linda "Tui" Tillery, American singer-songwriter (The Loading Zone), born in San Francisco
• Sep 3 Don Brewer, American rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"), born in Flint, Michigan
• Sep 3 Ronald W Harris, American lightweight boxer (Olympic gold 1968), born in Canton, Ohio
• Sep 3 Tara Singh Varma, Dutch politcian (1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber), born in Springlands, British Guiana
• Sep 3 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (3rd President of Zambia), born in Mufulira, Zambia (d. 2008)
• Sep 4 Samuel Hui, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer-songwriter, born in Xiguan, Guangzhou, Republic of China
• Sep 5 Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician, born in Salzburg, Austria
• Sep 6 Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (Kool & The Gang), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2006)
• Sep 6 Jo Baker, American blues-rock vocalist (Elvin Bishop), born in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
• Sep 7 Susan Blakely, American actress (Rich Man Poor Man), born in Frankfurt, Germany
• Sep 7 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (2004-present), born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Sep 7 Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, American rock drummer (MC5 -"Kick Out the Jams"), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Sep 8 Great Kabuki [Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera], Japanese wrestler (NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS), born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
• Sep 8 Lynn [Lorraine] Abbey, American sci-fi author (Black Flame), born in Peekskill, New York
• Sep 10 Judy Geeson, English actress (To Sir With Love, Berserk), born in Arundel, England
• Sep 10 Margaret Trudeau, Canadian 1st lady, born in Vancouver, British Columbia

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