List of Famous people who born in 1948

Rodney Eric Bainbridge Atkinson is an English academic, political and economic commentator, journalist, author and businessman. He is the second eldest brother of the comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson.

Tom Gjelten is the Religion and Belief Correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) news. Gjelten has worked for NPR since 1982, when he joined the organization as a labor and education reporter. More recently he has covered diplomatic and national security issues, based at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Sam Goi Seng Hui, also known as Singapore's "Popiah King", is the chairman of Tee Yih Jia Foods. He is known for selling "popiah" (薄饼) skins, a soft, thin paper-like crepe or pancake made from wheat flour.

Souad Adel Faress is a Ghanaian stage, radio, television and film actress based in United Kingdom. She is best known for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC Radio 4 serial The Archers and for her role as the High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Christopher Michael Dawson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s.

Neil R. Portnow is an American music industry executive who served as the chairman and CEO of The Recording Academy and MusiCares from 2002 to 2019. Prior to that, Portnow was the vice-president of the West Coast division of Jive Records and Arista Records.

Kiyoshi Ueda is a Japanese politician currently serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Saitama at-large district after winning a by-election in 2019. He previously served as governor of Saitama Prefecture from 2003 to 2019, when he subsequently retired.

Peter David Robinson is a retired British politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. He has been involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 years, being a founding member of the DUP along with Ian Paisley.

Kenny A. Troutt was the founder of Excel Communications, a Texas-based telecommunications company that offered long distance phone service. Troutt became a billionaire in 1998 when Excel was sold to Teleglobe for $3.5 billion. As of 2014, his net worth was approx. US$1.5 billion.

James Connor Dornan is a Northern Irish obstetrician and gynecologist, who is also a professor and frequently lectures both nationally and internationally, holding the Chair in Fetal Medicine at Queens University Belfast and that in Health & Life Sciences at the Ulster University.