List of Famous people who born in 1948

David Harold Bailey is a mathematician and computer scientist. He received his B.S. in mathematics from Brigham Young University in 1972 and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Stanford University in 1976. He worked for 14 years as a computer scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, and then from 1998 to 2013 as a Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is now retired from the Berkeley Lab, but continues as a Research Associate at the University of California, Davis, Department of Computer Science.

Velko Velev is a Bulgarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Neal I. Koblitz is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington. He is also an adjunct professor with the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research at the University of Waterloo. He is the creator of hyperelliptic curve cryptography and the independent co-creator of elliptic curve cryptography. He was hired as a consultant to Ethereum and advised Vitalik Buterin in Ethereum's early days.

Arlene Perly Rae is a Canadian journalist, literary critic and author. She is married to Canadian politician Bob Rae.

Awang Faroek Ishak is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Awang Faroek assumed office in December 2008. Originally his tenure ended in December 2018, but he resigned on 4 September 2018 because he wants to run in 2019 Legislative Election competing for a seat in the People's Representative Council from East Kalimantan and then got elected.

Katya Wyeth is a model and actress notable for her roles in several classic horror films of the 1960s and 1970s. Her name sometimes appears as 'Katya Wyath' or 'Kathja Wyeth'. She was frequently typecast in roles requiring an attractive blonde woman.She was married to British actor Michael Bangerter.