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In the year 1946

1,769 Notable birthdays

Robert Urich

Actor (1946-2002).

Born December 19th, 1946 in Toronto.

Died April 16th, 2002 at 55 years old in Thousand Oaks (cancer).

Deepak Chopra

Indian-born american author and alternative-medicine advocate, physician and public speaker.

Born October 22nd, 1946 (age 79 years) in New Delhi.

Rita Marley

Jamaican musician.

Born July 25th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province.

Johnny Crawford

American actor and singer (1946–2021).

Born March 26th, 1946 in Los Angeles.

Died April 29th, 2021 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (COVID-19). [ref]

Brenda Blethyn

British actress.

Born February 20th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Ramsgate.

Carl Wilson

American musician (1946–1998).

Born December 21st, 1946 in Hawthorne.

Died February 6th, 1998 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer, lung cancer).

Martin Kove

American actor.

Born March 6th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Brooklyn.

Ivan Reitman

Slovak–canadian filmmaker (1946–2022).

Born October 27th, 1946 in Komárno.

Died February 12th, 2022 at 75 years old in Montecito. [ref]

Billy Preston

American r&b musician (1946–2006).

Born September 2nd, 1946 in Houston.

Died June 6th, 2006 at 59 years old in Scottsdale (kidney failure, malignant hypertension). [ref]

Richard Carpenter

American pop musician.

Born October 15th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Yale – New Haven Hospital.

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-).

Born January 16th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Lahore.

Daryl Hall

American musician.

Born October 11th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Pottstown.

Pete Postlethwaite

English character actor (1946–2011).

Born February 7th, 1946 in Warrington. [ref]

Died January 2nd, 2011 at 64 years old in Shrewsbury (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Lesley Ann Warren

American actress.

Born August 16th, 1946 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Randy Meisner

American musician and founding member of the eagles (1946–2023).

Born March 8th, 1946 in Scottsbluff.

Died July 26th, 2023 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]

Robert Reich

American political economist (1946–).

Born June 24th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Scranton.

Phil Robertson

American professional hunter, businessman and reality television personality.

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

Died May 25th, 2025 at 79 years old in West Monroe. [ref]

Terence McKenna

American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000).

Born November 16th, 1946 in Paonia.

Died April 3rd, 2000 at 53 years old in San Rafael (brain cancer).

Penelope Wilton

English actress.

Born June 3rd, 1946 (age 80 years) in Scarborough.

Jean Todt

Former fia president, un sg's special envoy for road safety.

Born February 25th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Pierrefort.

Errol Musk

South african businessman (born 1946) of dutch-british descent.

Born May 25th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Pretoria.

Reggie Jackson

American baseball player and coach (born 1946).

Born May 18th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Abington Township.

Gustavo Gaviria

Colombian drug trafficker (1946–1990).

Born December 25th, 1946 in Pereira.

Died August 11th, 1990 at 43 years old in Medellín (gunshot wound). [ref]

Dick Wolf

American television producer (born 1946).

Born December 20th, 1946 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Gregory Hines

American actor and dancer (1946–2003).

Born February 14th, 1946 in New York City.

Died August 9th, 2003 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer).

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