List of Famous people who born in 1948

Keiko Chiba is the former justice minister of Japan.

Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean civil servant, a career diplomat and an academic. During his stint at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1971 to 2004, he served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and held the position of President of the United Nations Security Council between January 2001 and May 2002. Between 2004 and 2017, he served as Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore.

Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan is a Thai businessman and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Thailand following Yingluck Shinawatra's removal from office by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 May 2014 until his deposition in a coup d'état three weeks after taking office. Before becoming acting premier, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and before that managed the country's rice pledging scheme.

Shea Jia-dong is a Taiwanese politician.

Geoffrey Rowe, known by his stage name Jethro, was a British stand-up comedian and singer from Cornwall.

Maria Ilda da Costa Figueiredo is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party, part of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group.

Hidekazu Takayama is a Brazilian politician and pastor from Rolândia, having served as city councillor and state representative.