List of Famous people who born in 1948

Franz Jakob is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1975 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia.

Cengiz Çandar is a Turkish journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is the author of bestseller Mezopotamya Ekspresi- Bir Tarih Yolculugu (2012), which has been translated into various languages, including Kurdish (Sorani) and Arabic.

Kenneth "Kenta" Ohlsson is a Swedish former football player and manager. He represented Hammarby IF throughout his whole playing career, as a one club man, and holds the club record for most league appearances in total (396). Ohlsson also made one appearance for Sweden, in 1978.

John Orus Bennett III is a former New Jersey Republican politician who served as State Senator and between 2002 and 2004 as President of the State Senate. Bennett served as Acting Governor of New Jersey for four days in January 2002.