page_title: 1948 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1948 in the United States / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: 2009 head shot of Tipper Gore, former Second Lady of the United States
context_page_description: Events from the year 1948 in the United States.
context_section_description: August 1 – Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (d. 2009)
  August 2 – Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host, author
  August 7 – James P. Allison, American immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018
  August 13 – Kathleen Battle, African-American soprano
  August 19
  Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States as wife of Al Gore
  Elliot Lurie, singer-songwriter and guitarist
  Gerald McRaney, actor, director, and producer
  Deana Martin, American singer and actress
  August 20 – Barbara Allen Rainey (b. Barbara Ann Allen), American aviator, first female pilot in the U.S. armed forces (d. 1982)
  August 27 – Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
  August 30
  Lewis Black, American comedian
  Fred Hampton, African-American activist (d. 1969)
  August 31 – Cyril Jordan, American musician
caption: Tipper Gore
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