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In the year 1946

1,636 Notable birthdays

Terry Branstad

American politician.

Born November 17th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Leland.

Victor Banerjee

Indian actor.

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

Christine Todd Whitman

American politician and author (born 1946).

Born September 26th, 1946 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band the cramps (1946–2009).

Born October 21st, 1946 in Akron.

Died February 4th, 2009 at 62 years old in Glendale (aortic dissection). [ref]

Jack Straw

British politician (born 1946).

Born August 3rd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Buckhurst Hill. [ref]

Catfish Hunter

American baseball player (1946-1999).

Born April 8th, 1946 in Hertford.

Died September 9th, 1999 at 53 years old in Hertford (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).

George Duke

American musician (1946–2013).

Born January 12th, 1946 in San Rafael.

Died August 5th, 2013 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia). [ref]

Lynne Marie Stewart

American actress (1946–2025).

Born December 14th, 1946 in Lynwood.

Died February 21st, 2025 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer, gallbladder cancer). [ref]

Robin Cook

British labour party politician (1946-2005).

Born February 28th, 1946 in Bellshill.

Died August 6th, 2005 at 59 years old in Inverness (hypertensive heart disease). [ref]

Robert Mercer

American computer scientist and businessman.

Born July 11th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Santa Clara. [ref]

John Trudell

Native american rights activist, musician, poet, and actor (1946-2015).

Born February 15th, 1946 in Omaha.

Died December 8th, 2015 at 69 years old in Santa Clara (cancer). [ref]

Thelma Houston

American singer.

Born May 7th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Leland.

Julian Barnes

English writer (born 1946).

Born January 19th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Leicester.

Ravi Chopra

Indian movie producer and director (1946-2014).

Born September 27th, 1946 in Mumbai.

Died November 12th, 2014 at 68 years old in Mumbai (lung cancer).

André De Shields

American entertainer.

Born January 12th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Baltimore.

Carolyn Maloney

U.s. representative from new york.

Born February 19th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Greensboro. [ref]

Ian McDonald

English musician, co-founder of king crimson and foreigner (1946–2022).

Born June 25th, 1946 in Osterley. [ref]

Died February 9th, 2022 at 75 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]

Mark Metcalf

American actor.

Born March 11th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Findlay.

Alexandra Bastedo

British actress (1946–2014).

Born March 9th, 1946 in Hove.

Died January 12th, 2014 at 67 years old in Worthing (cancer).

Jo Jo White

American basketball player (1946-2018).

Born November 16th, 1946 in St. Louis. [ref]

Died January 16th, 2018 at 71 years old in Boston (pneumonia). [ref]

Roméo Dallaire

Canadian humanitarian, author, and retired senator and general.

Born June 25th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Denekamp.

Bobby Rush

American politician.

Born November 23rd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Albany.

László Polgár

Hungarian chess teacher.

Born May 11th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Gyöngyös.

Dan McCafferty

British singer (1946–2022).

Born October 14th, 1946 in Dunfermline.

Died November 8th, 2022 at 76 years old [ref]

Stan Winston

American special effects artist (1946–2008).

Born April 7th, 1946 in Richmond.

Died June 16th, 2008 at 62 years old in Malibu (multiple myeloma). [ref]

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