List of Famous people who died in 1948

Enrico Sibilia was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and former Nuncio to Austria.

Aldo Leopold was an American author, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has sold more than two million copies.

Michael Rackl was Roman Catholic Bishop of Eichstätt from 1935 until his death in 1948.

Antonio Anastasio Rossi was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate.

Gordon Sylvester Bradshaw Mack (1898-1948), was a male badminton player from Ireland.

Heinrich Matthias Konen was a German physicist who specialized in spectroscopy. He was a founder and organizer of the Emergency Association of German Science, and he was a member of the "Senate" of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, the Reich Physical and Technical Institute, and the Reich Chemical and Technical Institute. When he was forced out of academia in 1933 due to his opposition to National Socialism, he became an advisor in the industrial sector, especially the Troisdorf Works. After World War II, Konen became rector of University of Bonn and then headed the Culture Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Yûnis Reuf known as Dildar, was a Kurdish poet and political activist, best known as the author of the Kurdish national anthem.

Hermann Johann Heinrich Behrends was a Nazi Party member and SS official with the rank of lieutenant general (Gruppenführer).

Ragnar Sohlman was a Swedish chemical engineer, manager, civil servant, and creator of the Nobel Foundation.

Richard Tauber was an Austrian tenor and film actor.