April 12, 1948

1948Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (died 2008)^[†]

Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle MBE was an English television and radio presenter, writer and producer. From the 1980s to the late 1990s he was a regular face on British television, and in two years appeared in 50 weeks of the year.

1948Joschka Fischer, German academic and politician^[†]

Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German former politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in the German Greens since the 1970s, and according to opinion polls, he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the Schröder government's duration. Following the September 2005 election, in which the Schröder government was defeated, he left office on 22 November 2005. In September 2010, he supported the creation of the Spinelli Group, a Europarliamentarian initiative founded with a view to reinvigorate efforts to federalise the European Union.

1948Christos Iakovou, Greek weightlifter^[†]

Christos Iakovou is a Greek weightlifter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He was named the 1975 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

1948Marcello Lippi, Italian footballer, manager, and coach^[†]

Marcello Romeo Lippi is an Italian former professional football player and manager, who led the Italy national team to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.