List of Famous people who born in 1948

Franklin de Sousa Martins is a Brazilian journalist who served as Press Secretary for the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil.

Ronnie Chan Chi-chung is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman.

Henry Fan Hung Ling, SBS, JP was the managing director of CITIC Pacific and the vice-chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways. He is now the chairman of Hospital Authority. He was the non-official member of Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2009. He is the elder brother of Fanny Law, a former Hong Kong Government official. He graduated from University of Hong Kong and Peking University.

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL is an East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop. His religious life openly denounced the brutal Indonesian occupation of his country. In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".

Julia Möller Roche is a Uruguayan television presenter and former model. She is a granddaughter of the late Communist senator Julia Arévalo de Roche.

Jürgen Rynio is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Gelsenkirchen, Rynio played in the Bundesliga for Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Dortmund, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC St. Pauli and Hannover 96, appearing in over 450 games in the top two tiers of German football during his career.

Martin Hohmann is a German lawyer and politician. He was a member of the German Parliament ("Bundestag") for the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), from 1998 until 2005. Since 2017 he has again been a member of the German Parliament for the AfD.

Jean-Yves Le Gallou is a French politician. He served as a member of the European Parliament since the 1994 election.

Jean-Michel Wilmotte is a French architect.

Haruhiko Jō is a Japanese actor, theatre director and voice actor currently affiliated with Engekikurabu Za.