List of Famous people who born in 1948

Vladimír Remek is a Czech politician and diplomat as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union. Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. From 2014 to 2018 he was the Czech Ambassador to Russia.

Jürgen Sparwasser is a retired German football player and later briefly a football manager.

Adriana Blanca Cristina Muñoz d'Albora is a Chilean sociologist and politician who serves as a member of the Senate of Chile, representing the 4th constituency of the Coquimbo Region. She previously served as president of the Senate of Chile.

Hernán Giraldo Serna, also known as the "Lord of the Sierra", is the leader of the Colombian paramilitary organization Tayrona Resistance Block, a 1,166-member armed group, part of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Colombian prosecutors have labeled Giraldo “One of the riches narco paramilitaries”.In the Justice and Peace process, he accepted responsibility for 35 acts of gender-based violence — some committed by his subordinates — including the rape of 11 girls ages 17. A Colombian court sentenced him to 20 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 20 workers; His son Cristhian Giovanni Giraldo Cadavid 27 years of age. Born in Colombia, raised in Brooklyn, New York. Living in Madrid, Spain, Was captured in 2017 with family members with over 28 million dollars. Colombian Authorities Considered him to be one of the up coming biggest drug lords in Colombia if he partakes and takes control up after his father. He is also suspected in the murder of two narcotics agents and in the killings of Kankuamo Indians as part of his war against Marxist rebels, and the abduction of Colombian senator Jose Gnecco.

Robert Morgan Hyatt is an American computer scientist and programmer. He co-authored the computer chess programs Crafty and Cray Blitz which won two World Computer Chess Championships in the 1980s. Hyatt was a computer science professor at the University of Southern Mississippi (1970–1985) and University of Alabama at Birmingham (1988–2016).

Anna Maria Alvim Buarque de Hollanda was the Minister of Culture of Brazil from 2011 to 2012. She worked as a singer before, and is the sister of singer-songwriter Chico Buarque and daughter of sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda.

Bernard Boucault is a French public official. He was previously director of the École nationale d'administration. He was head of the Paris police from 2012 until 2015. He has been involved in several high-profile police actions, involving protestors in 2013 and the Football Championship of France concerning Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in 2013.

Jean-François Mancel is a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Oise's 2nd constituency from 2002 to 2017, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Mikhail Anatolyevich Taratuta is a Russian journalist, analyst and chronicler of American life. Author and presenter of the popular TV program America with Mikhail Taratuta.

Antoni Macierewicz is a Polish politician and the former Minister of National Defence. He previously served as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, and Minister of State in the Ministry of National Defence.