List of Famous people who born in 1948

Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen is a Faroese artist, illustrator and postage stamp designer. As a scientific illustrator, she specialises in marine animals.

David Cross is an English electric violinist and keyboardist best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson from 1972–1974. He appears on their albums Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Starless and Bible Black. Cross also plays on numerous live recordings from his time in the band that have been released in the decades since by Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile label.

Rosa María Bianchi is an Argentinean-born Mexican actress.

Régis Wargnier is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film Indochine won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. His 1995 A French Woman was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver St. George for the Direction.

Michael Figgis is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers online community Shooting People.

Jan Mojto is a film producer and international distributor of TV- and theatre rights and operates several classical music channels in Europe.

Francis Chouat is a French historian and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since winning a by-election in 2018, representing Essonne's 1st constituency.

Kōji Makaino is a Japanese pop music composer, arranger, and musician. He is the elder brother of composer Shunichi Makaino.

Huang Chen-tai is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He was vice minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 1991 to 1994, before assuming the same position at the Ministry of Education until 1995. Subsequently, he was named president of Feng Chia University, where he served until his 1998 appointment as minister of the National Science Council. Huang stepped down from the position in 2000 and became active in the John Tung Foundation. In 2008, Huang left the FCU faculty and became the president of Soochow University. He was named commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2012 and served until his resignation in 2014.

Hartmut Lademacher is a German entrepreneur.