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