Babe Ruth (1895-1948)
Baseball Player
1
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Civil Rights Leader
2
Orville Wright (1871-1948)
Inventor
3
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948)
World Leader
4
Hideki Tojo (1884-1948)
Politician
5
Hugo Boss (1885-1948)
Fashion Designer
6
John J. Pershing (1860-1948)
War Hero
7
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948)
First Lady
8
James Baskett (1904-1948)
Movie Actor
9
Mileva Maric (1875-1948)
Physicist
10
Harry Dexter White (1892-1948)
Economist
11
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948)
Painter
12
Mordecai Brown (1876-1948)
13
Leo White (1873-1948)
14
DW Griffith (1875-1948)
Director
15
Carole Landis (1919-1948)
Movie Actress
16
Jessie Lincoln (1875-1948)
Family Member
17
Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898-1948)
18
Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)
Activist
19
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948)
Playwright
20
Ferdinand I Of Bulgaria (1861-1948)
King
21
Richard Atwater (1892-1948)
Children's Author
22
Anna Jarvis (1864-1948)
23
Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948)
Race Car Driver
24
Harry Greenwood (1881-1948)
25
Manuel Roxas (1892-1948)
26
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
Poet
27
Witold Pilecki (1901-1948)
28
Michael Roberts (1902-1948)
29
Hack Wilson (1900-1948)
30
Harry Brearley (1871-1948)
Entrepreneur
31
Alice Brown (1857-1948)
Novelist
32
Bessie Jackson (1897-1948)
Blues Singer
33
Jake Powell (1908-1948)
34
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
35
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948)
Supreme Court Justice
36
Viola Allen (1867-1948)
37
Herb Pennock (1894-1948)
38
Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948)
39
Charles Williams Nash (1864-1948)
40
Prosper Montagne (1865-1948)
Chef
41
Gil Dobie (1879-1948)
Football Coach
42
Louis Lumiere (1864-1948)
Film Producer
43
Warren William (1894-1948)
44
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948)
45
Gregg Toland (1904-1948)
Cinematographer
46
Sonnyboy Williamson I (1914-1948)
47
Lewis Schwellenbach (1894-1948)
48
Celebrities Born in 1948
Deaths by Year
