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
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948)
Novelist
6
Carole Landis (1919-1948)
Movie Actress
7
Hugo Boss (1885-1948)
Fashion Designer
8
Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)
Activist
9
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Painter
10
Michael Roberts (1902-1948)
Poet
11
Mileva Maric (1875-1948)
Physicist
12
Alice Brown (1857-1948)
13
Witold Pilecki (1901-1948)
War Hero
14
DW Griffith (1875-1948)
Director
15
Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898-1948)
16
James Baskett (1904-1948)
Movie Actor
17
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948)
First Lady
18
Richard Atwater (1892-1948)
Children's Author
19
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
20
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948)
Supreme Court Justice
21
Anna Jarvis (1864-1948)
22
Manuel Roxas (1892-1948)
23
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948)
Playwright
24
Celebrities Born in 1948
Deaths by Year
Ferdinand I Of Bulgaria (1861-1948)
King
25
Louis Lumiere (1864-1948)
Film Producer
26
Warren William (1894-1948)
27
Charles Williams Nash (1864-1948)
Entrepreneur
28
Ruth Benedict (1887-1948)
Anthropologist
29
John J. Pershing (1860-1948)
30
Jessie Lincoln (1875-1948)
Family Member
31
Hack Wilson (1900-1948)
32
Mordecai Brown (1876-1948)
33
Harry Dexter White (1892-1948)
Economist
34
Harry Brearley (1871-1948)
35
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948)
36
Jake Powell (1908-1948)
37
Viola Allen (1867-1948)
38
Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948)
39
Prosper Montagne (1865-1948)
Chef
40
Gil Dobie (1879-1948)
Football Coach
41
Bessie Jackson (1897-1948)
Blues Singer
42
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
43
Adolf Behne (1885-1948)
Architect
44
Harry Greenwood (1881-1948)
45
Harry Kent (1879-1948)
Soccer Player
46
Emily Bissell (1861-1948)
47
Leo White (1873-1948)
48
