Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1948

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão fue un zoólogo brasileño, considerado el fundador de la Aracnología en América del Sur: 198 artículos publicados por el hablan sobre la taxonomía de los arácnidos. Él también estuvo implicado en la educación, escribió libros para los cursos universitarios y ha contribuido a la biogeografía, con estudios sobre la distribución de los arácnidos en el continente sudamericano.

Carl Harleman fue un gimnasta artístico sueco, campeón olímpico en Londres 1908 en el concurso por equipos.

Simon Moulijn was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. He was one of the eminent visual artists of his time and became especially well known for his lithographic works.

Edith Vere Dent née Annesley (1863–1948) was an amateur botanist and wild flower enthusiast who is remembered as founder of the UK Wild Flower Society. She was also an organiser for the Red Cross and her work in the First World War was recognised with an OBE.

Patrick A. Powers fue un empresario de ascendencia irlandesa, estuvo dedicado a la animación entre los años 20 y 30.

Major Sir Edward Seymour, was a British Army officer and courtier.

Field Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob, was a British Indian Army officer. He served in the First World War as commander of the Dehra Dun Brigade, as General Officer Commanding 21st Division and as General Officer Commanding II Corps in the Fifth Army. During the Battle of the Somme, his corps undertook the British attack during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge in September 1916 and the subsequent assault on St Pierre Divion during the Battle of the Ancre in November 1916. He remained in command of II Corps for the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917. After the War he commanded a corps of the British Army of the Rhine during the occupation there and then served as Chief of the General Staff in India. He went on to be General Officer Commanding Northern Command in India before temporarily becoming Commander-in-Chief, India and then taking over as Military Secretary to the India Office.

Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford fue una dama de la alta sociedad británica, famosa por ser partidaria de Adolf Hitler. Tanto en Gran Bretaña como en Alemania, Unity mostró abiertamente su apoyo al nazismo, al fascismo y al antisemitismo, formando parte del círculo íntimo de Hitler. Tras el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Mitford intentó suicidarse en Múnich, permitiéndosele abandonar el país de manera oficial para regresar a Inglaterra en condición de inválida, no llegando a recuperarse jamás.

Mary Dimmick Harrison fue la segunda esposa del 23.º presidente de Estados Unidos Benjamin Harrison. Era casi 25 años más joven que Harrison, y sobrina de su primera mujer.

Lajos Bíró was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London.