Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1948

Giacomo Albanese was an Italian mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry. He took a permanent position in the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1936.

Frederick Liedtke, conocido por su seudónimo Fred Niblo, fue un productor y director de cine mudo y sonoro, autor de numerosos clásicos como La marca del Zorro, Sangre y arena o Ben-Hur.

Tony Garnier fue un arquitecto y urbanista francés. Fue alumno de la École des Beaux-Arts y obtuvo el Gran Prix de Roma. Tony Garnier es considerado el primer arquitecto urbanista del siglo XX.

Kurt Schwitters fue un artista alemán, pintor, escultor, poeta y diseñador gráfico, nacido en Hannover. Excluido del movimiento Dadá berlinés, reaccionó fundando Dadá Hannover. Este movimiento se fundó sobre el apoliticismo, lo fantástico y el constructivismo. Sus principales pilares eran la revista Merz y el arte del mismo nombre.

Guinn Terrell Williams was an American banker and politician. A Democrat, he served in the Texas State Senate, and is most notable for his service in the U.S. Representative from Texas.

Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh was a Swedish palaeontologist and geologist. Säve-Söderbergh was born at Falun, the son of the neurologist Gotthard Söderbergh and Inga Säve. He passed his G.C.E. at Gothenburg in 1928 and took bachelor's and licentiate's degrees at Uppsala University in 1931 and 1933, respectively. He was appointed professor of geology, historical geology in particular, at Uppsala in 1937.

Johann Jakob "Hans" Opel was a German industrialist from the Opel family.

Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 to 1931, including as Chief Justice from 1930.