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In the year 1946

1,764 Notable birthdays

Jan Kodeš

Czechoslovak tennis player.

Born March 1st, 1946 (age 80 years) in Prague. [ref]

Hubert Green

American golfer (1946–2018).

Born December 28th, 1946 in Birmingham. [ref]

Died June 19th, 2018 at 71 years old (head and neck cancer). [ref]

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946).

Born August 12th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Rovigo.

Léon Krier

Luxembourgian architect (1946–2025).

Born April 7th, 1946 in Luxembourg.

Died June 17th, 2025 at 79 years old in Palma (cancer). [ref]

Kourosh Yaghmaei

Iranian guitarist, singer and composer.

Born December 3rd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Shahrud.

David Christian

American historian.

Born December 8th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Brooklyn.

David Macaulay

British-born american illustrator and writer.

Born December 2nd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Lancashire, Burton upon Trent.

Nebojša Pavković

Serbian general.

Born April 10th, 1946 in Senjski Rudnik.

Died October 20th, 2025 at 79 years old in Belgrade. [ref]

Mireya Moscoso

Panama's first female president.

Born July 1st, 1946 (age 79 years) in Pedasí District.

Irena Szewińska

Polish sprinter and sports official (1946–2018).

Born May 24th, 1946 in Saint Petersburg.

Died June 29th, 2018 at 72 years old in Warsaw (breast cancer). [ref]

Ian Porterfield

Scottish footballer (1946–2007).

Born February 11th, 1946 in Dunfermline.

Died September 11th, 2007 at 61 years old in Surrey (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Willie Johnston

Scottish footballer (born 1946).

Born December 19th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Maryhill.

Sarah Joseph

Indian writer.

Born February 10th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Kuriyachira.

James Bamford

Author and journalist.

Born September 15th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Atlantic City.

Roland Duchâtelet

Businessman, football manager.

Born November 14th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Merksem.

Eliades Ochoa

Cuban singer and composer.

Born June 22nd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Songo-La Maya.

Ahmed Faras

Moroccan footballer.

Born December 7th, 1946 in Mohammedia. [ref]

Died July 16th, 2025 at 78 years old in Mohammedia. [ref]

Robert Sedgewick

American computer scientist.

Born December 20th, 1946 (age 79 years) in United States.

Patrick Manning

Politician from trinidad and tobago.

Born August 17th, 1946 in San Fernando.

Died July 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in San Fernando General Hospital (leukemia). [ref]

John Bach

New zealand actor.

Born June 5th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Cardiff.

Christophe Pierre

French cardinal and archbishop.

Born January 30th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Rennes. [ref]

Bob Seagren

Athletics competitor.

Born October 17th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Pomona.

Kamla Bhasin

Social scientist.

Born April 24th, 1946 in Shaheedanwali. [ref]

Died September 25th, 2021 at 75 years old in New Delhi. [ref]

Bingo Smith

American basketball player (1946–2023).

Born February 26th, 1946 in Memphis.

Died October 26th, 2023 at 77 years old [ref]

Mike Doyle

English footballer (1946-2011).

Born November 25th, 1946 in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Died June 27th, 2011 at 64 years old in Ashton-under-Lyne (liver disease). [ref]

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