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In the year 1946

1,764 Notable birthdays

Antonio González Pacheco

Spanish police officer and torturer.

Born October 10th, 1946 in Aldea del Cano.

Died May 7th, 2020 at 73 years old in Madrid (COVID-19). [ref]

Lyudmila Pakhomova

Soviet ice dancer (1946–1986).

Born December 31st, 1946 in Moscow.

Died May 17th, 1986 at 39 years old in Moscow (leukemia, lymphoma).

Richard N. Richards

American astronaut.

Born August 24th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Key West.

Franco Malerba

Italian astronaut.

Born October 10th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Busalla.

Viktor Kazantsev

Russian general (1946-2021).

Born February 22nd, 1946 in Kochanava.

Died September 14th, 2021 at 75 years old in Krasnodar.

Franz Xaver Kroetz

German writer and actor (born 1946).

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

Oleg Kagan

Russian violinist (1946–1990).

Born November 22nd, 1946 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Died July 15th, 1990 at 43 years old in Munich (cancer).

Takashi Ishii

Japanese cartoonist, screenwriter and film director (1946-2022).

Born July 11th, 1946 in Sendai.

Died May 22nd, 2022 at 75 years old in Tokyo (cancer).

Louise Fréchette

Canadian diplomat and public servant.

Born July 16th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Montreal.

Joseph Deiss

Swiss economist, member of the swiss federal council.

Born January 18th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Fribourg.

Élisabeth Guigou

French politician.

Born August 6th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Marrakesh.

Stanisław Barańczak

Polish poet (1946-2014).

Born November 13th, 1946 in Poznań.

Died December 26th, 2014 at 68 years old in Newtonville (pneumonia).

Mikael Wiehe

Swedish singer, musician and songwriter.

Born April 10th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Stockholm.

Adriaan van Dis

Dutch author (born 1946).

Born December 16th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Bergen aan Zee. [ref]

Alexander Varshavsky

American biochemist.

Born November 8th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Moscow.

Daniel Bensaïd

French philosopher (1946-2010).

Born March 25th, 1946 in Toulouse.

Died January 12th, 2010 at 63 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (cancer, HIV/AIDS). [ref]

Jürgen Rieger

German politician (1946–2009).

Born May 11th, 1946 in Blexen.

Died October 29th, 2009 at 63 years old in Berlin (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]

Bernard Dowiyogo

Nauruan politician (1946-2003).

Born February 14th, 1946 in Nauru, Ubenide Constituency.

Died March 9th, 2003 at 57 years old in Washington, D.C. (diabetes).

Dave Holland

British jazz musician.

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

Claudio Roditi

Brazilian musician (1946–2020).

Born May 28th, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died January 18th, 2020 at 73 years old in New Jersey (cancer). [ref]

Răducanu Necula

Romanian footballer.

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

Dariusz Rosati

Polish economist.

Born August 8th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Radom.

Nikitas Kaklamanis

Greek doctor and politician.

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

Hopkinson Smith

American lutenist and specialist in early music.

Born December 7th, 1946 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Cemil Çiçek

Turkish attorney and statesperson (born 1946).

Born November 4th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Yozgat.

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