1948 in Spain

Incumbents

• Caudillo: Francisco Franco

  Births

• January 2 – Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo, politician
• February 26 – Miguel [Ángel Cascallana], handball player
• March 5 – Paquirri, bullfighter
• March 16 – Picanyol, comic artist.
• March 29 – Daniel Astrain, footballer
• July 16 – Rita Barberá, politician, Mayor of Valencia
• December 29 – Ventura Pérez Mariño, judge and politician

  Deaths

• January 7 - Maria de Maeztu Whitney, Spanish educator, feminist
• May 18 - Francisco Alonso, Spanish composer