List of Famous people who born in 1948

Jørgen Lindegaard is a Danish businessman. He has held several major posts in large Danish and Scandinavian companies. Most famously, he was CEO of the SAS Group from May 2001 – late 2006.

Kathleen de la Peña McCook is a library scholar, librarian, and activist. Much of her work centers around social justice, human rights, First Amendment issues, and the freedom of information.

Masao Doi is a Professor Emeritus at Nagoya University and The University of Tokyo. He is a Fellow of the Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute. In 1978 and 1979 he wrote a series of papers with Sir Sam Edwards expanding on the concept of reptation introduced by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes in 1971. In 1996 he authored the textbook Introduction to Polymer Physics.

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is a Ghanaian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 24 October 2009 to 1 January 2017. From 2017 to 2021 he was prefect of the newly created Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, which consolidated several areas under one administration including, environment, ecology, ethics, dignity of all people, poverty, and economics. In 2022 he was named chancellor of the Pontifical Academies for Sciences and for Social Sciences. He was Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

Leron Lee is a former left fielder. He played 8 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was the inspiration for the 1992 film Mr. Baseball, as Leron was the first Major League player to move to Japan at the height of his career and to wed a Japanese woman. His nephew Derrek Lee also played in the MLB.

Wang Xibin is a former general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as President of the PLA National Defense University from 2007 to 2013.

Lewis William Killcross Booth CBE is a British accountant and business executive. He is currently on the board of directors for Rolls Royce, for Mondelez International, Inc, and Gentherm Inc. He previously had a 34-year career at Ford Motor Company where he rose to the rank of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, responsible for Ford's financial operations, including the Controller's Office, Treasury and Investor Relations, a position he held from November 2008 until April 2012.

Semiramis Pekkan is a Turkish retired film actress and singer.