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In the year 1946

1,636 Notable birthdays

Aynsley Dunbar

British musician.

Born January 10th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Liverpool.

John T. Walton

American war veteran; son of walmart founder sam walton (1946–2005).

Born October 8th, 1946 in Newport.

Died June 27th, 2005 at 58 years old in Jackson (aircraft crash).

Syreeta Wright

American singer-songwriter (1946–2004).

Born February 28th, 1946 in Pittsburgh.

Died July 6th, 2004 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (breast cancer).

Carol S. Dweck

American psychologist.

Born October 17th, 1946 (age 79 years). [ref]

Arrigo Sacchi

Italian association football manager.

Born April 1st, 1946 (age 80 years) in Fusignano.

John Getz

American actor.

Born October 15th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Davenport.

Ellison Onizuka

American astronaut from kealakekua, kona, hawaii, first asian american to reach space, later died in the space shuttle challenger accident.

Born June 24th, 1946 in Kailua-Kona.

Died January 28th, 1986 at 39 years old in Cape Canaveral (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).

Robert Louis-Dreyfus

French/swiss billionaire (1946-2009).

Born June 14th, 1946 in Paris.

Died July 4th, 2009 at 63 years old in Zürich (leukemia). [ref]

Frankie Beverly

American musician (1946–2024).

Born December 6th, 1946 in Philadelphia.

Died September 10th, 2024 at 77 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]

Michael Chaplin

American actor.

Born March 7th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Santa Monica. [ref]

Margaret Travolta

American actress.

Born December 31st, 1946 (age 79 years) in Englewood.

Gerard John Schaefer

American serial killer (1946–1995).

Born March 25th, 1946 in Wisconsin.

Died December 3rd, 1995 at 49 years old in Raiford (stabbing).

Peter Egan

British actor.

Born September 28th, 1946 (age 79 years) in London.

Edwina Currie

British politician (born 1946).

Born October 13th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Liverpool.

Tim O'Brien

American novelist.

Born October 1st, 1946 (age 79 years) in Austin.

Graham Gouldman

English singer/ songwriter; member of 10cc.

Born May 10th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Salford.

J. Geils

American musician (1946–2017).

Born February 20th, 1946 in New York City. [ref]

Died April 11th, 2017 at 71 years old in Groton. [ref]

Randy Gardner

American sleeplessness world record holder.

Born October 19th, 1946 (age 79 years) in San Diego.

Andreas Katsulas

Actor (1946-2006).

Born May 18th, 1946 in St. Louis.

Died February 13th, 2006 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]

Marsha Hunt

American singer, novelist, actress and model.

Born April 15th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Philadelphia.

Dan O'Bannon

American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009).

Born September 30th, 1946 in St. Louis.

Died December 17th, 2009 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (Crohn's disease). [ref]

Claire Denis

French film director (born 1946).

Born April 21st, 1946 (age 80 years) in Paris.

Mireille Mathieu

French singer.

Born July 22nd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Avignon.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet

Submersible pilot; former head of france's deep submersible program.

Born March 2nd, 1946 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. [ref]

Died June 18th, 2023 at 77 years old in wreck of the RMS Titanic (Titan submersible implosion). [ref]

Rick Hurst

American actor and voice artist.

Born January 1st, 1946 in Houston.

Died June 26th, 2025 at 79 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

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