April 2, 1948

1948Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator^[†]

Roald Als is a Danish cartoonist best known for his editorial cartoons in Danish newspapers Weekendavisen and Politiken.

1948Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (died 2012)^[†]

Dimitris Mitropanos was a Greek singer. He was renowned for his mastery of laïkó, a Greek music style.

1948Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author^[†]

Daniel Okrent is an American writer and editor. He is best known for having served as the first public editor of The New York Times newspaper, inventing Rotisserie League Baseball, and for writing several books. In November 2011, Last Call won the Albert J. Beveridge prize, awarded by the American Historical Association to the year's best book of American history. His most recent book, published May 2019, is The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America.

1948Joan D. Vinge, American author^[†]

Joan D. Vinge is an American science fiction author. She is known for her Hugo Award–winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author of The Random House Book of Greek Myths (1999).