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(''' MCMXLVIII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar).
- Literature In the spring, playwright Arthur Miller writes "Death of a Salesman." He completes Act I in less than a day. Act II and the Requiem are completed in the next six weeks. He writes his new play in a small, freshly built studio that he constructed himself on his property in Roxbury, CT.
- Empire Windrush immigrant ship arrives in Britain
- Civil War in Costa Rica
- Civil war in Colombia
- Rope (film) released
- Porsche is founded.
- Miranda , the innermost Moon of Uranus , is discovered by Gerard Kuiper .
- Casimir Effect discovered by Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir .
- Tunnel of Vielha is opened in Val D'Aran , Spanish Pyrenees .
- Fresh Kills , world's largest Landfill , opens in Staten Island, New York .
- The law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is founded.
- Brandeis University is founded.
- Oakridge Transit Centre opened in Vancouver, British Columbia .
- a Slovak city's name was changed from Gúta to Kolárovo
- January 2 - Mary Archer , British scientist
- January 2 - Deborah Watling , British actress
- January 7 - Kenny Loggins , American singer
- January 10 - Donald Fagen , American keyboardist
- January 10 - Mischa Maisky , Latvian cellist
- January 14 - T-Bone Burnett , American record producer and musician
- January 14 - Carl Weathers , American football player and actor
- January 15 - Ronnie Van Zant , American musician (d. 1977 )
- January 16 - John Carpenter , American film director and composer
- January 17 - Davíð Oddsson , Prime Minister Of Iceland
- January 19 - Frank McKenna , Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador
- January 27 - Mikhail Baryshnikov , Russian-born dancer
- January 28 - Charles Taylor , Liberian president
- January 29 - Marc Singer , Canadian actor
- January 31 - Muneo Suzuki , Japanese politician
- February 1 - Elisabeth Sladen , British actress
- February 3 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo , East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- February 4 - Alice Cooper , American musician
- February 5 - Christopher Guest , American actor, writer, director, and composer
- February 6 - Jack Conway , musician, composer, arranger, guitarist
- February 6 - V. Alexander Stefan , American physicist, educator, and writer
- February 14 - Teller , American magician
- February 14 - Jackie Martling , American comedian and radio personality
- February 24 - J. Jayalalithaa , Indian politician
- February 25 - Danny Denzongpa , Indian actor
- February 28 - Steven Chu , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- February 28 - Mike Figgis , American director, writer, and composer
- February 28 - Bernadette Peters , American actress and singer
- February 28 - Mercedes Ruehl , American actress
- March 1 - Burning Spear , Jamaican singer and musician
- March 2 - R. T. Crowley , pioneer of electronic commerce
- March 2 - Jeff Kennett , Australian politician
- March 9 - Jeffrey Osborne , American singer
- March 11 - Dominique Sanda , French actress
- March 12 - James Taylor , American musician
- March 15 - Sérgio Vieira De Mello , Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003 )
- March 17 - William Gibson , Canadian writer
- March 20 - John De Lancie , American actor
- March 20 - Bobby Orr , Canadian hockey player
- March 22 - Wolf Blitzer , American television journalist
- March 22 - Andrew Lloyd Webber , English composer
- March 26 - Steven Tyler , American singer ( Aerosmith )
- March 28 - Dianne Wiest , American actress
- March 31 - Al Gore , former Vice President Of The United States
- March 31 - Rhea Perlman , American actress
- May 8 - Felicity Lott , English soprano
- May 11 - Shigeru Izumiya , Japanese musician
- May 12 - Steve Winwood , English singer
- May 14 - Bob Woolmer , British cricket coach
- May 15 - Brian Eno , English musician and record producer
- May 19 - Grace Jones , Jamaican singer and actress
- May 21 - Leo Sayer , English musician
- May 26 - Stevie Nicks , American singer and songwriter ( Fleetwood Mac )
- May 29 - Michael Berkeley , British composer
- May 31 - John Bonham , British drummer ( Led Zeppelin ) (d. 1980 )
- July 8 - Raffi Cavoukian , Egyptian-born singer
- July 16 - Pinchas Zukerman , Israeli violinist
- July 18 - Hartmut Michel , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 21 - Ed Hinton , American sportswriter
- July 21 - Cat Stevens , English musician
- July 21 - Garry Trudeau , American cartoonist
- July 23 - John Cushnahan , Northern Irish politician
- July 25 - Peggy Fleming , American figure skater
- July 28 - Sally Struthers , American actress
- July 30 - Jean Reno , French actor
- September 4 - Samuel Hui , Hong Kong singer
- September 5 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner , Austrian diplomat and politician
- September 10 - Bob Lanier , American basketball player
- September 10 - Margaret Trudeau , Estranged wife of former Prime Minister of Canada
- September 13 - Nell Carter , American singer and actress (d. 2003 )
- September 17 - John Ritter , American actor (d. 2003 )
- September 22 - Denis Burke , Australian politician
- September 24 - Heinz Chur , German composer
- September 27 - Michele Dotrice , English actor
- September 29 - Bryant Gumbel , American television broadcaster
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