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In the year 1946

1,636 Notable birthdays

Bolo Yeung

Hong kong actor.

Born February 27th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Meixian District.

Connie Chung

American journalist from the united states.

Born August 20th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Washington, D.C..

Steve Biko

South african anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977).

Born December 18th, 1946 in Tarkastad, Qonce.

Died September 12th, 1977 at 30 years old in Pretoria.

Susan Lucci

American actress (born 1946).

Born December 23rd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Scarsdale.

Mahmood Mamdani

Ugandan academic (born 1946).

Born April 23rd, 1946 (age 80 years) in Mumbai.

Stephen Rea

Irish actor.

Born October 31st, 1946 (age 79 years) in Belfast.

Duane Allman

American guitarist (1946–1971).

Born November 20th, 1946 in Nashville.

Died October 29th, 1971 at 24 years old in Macon (motorcycle accident).

Terry Kath

American guitarist and singer (1946–1978).

Born January 31st, 1946 in Chicago.

Died January 23rd, 1978 at 31 years old in Woodland Hills (gunshot wound).

Pamela Courson

American artist and common-law wife of jim morrison.

Born December 22nd, 1946 in Weed.

Died April 25th, 1974 at 27 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).

Naveen Patnaik

14th chief minister of odisha.

Born October 16th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Cuttack. [ref]

Robert Fripp

English guitarist, composer and record producer.

Born May 16th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Wimborne Minster.

Lesley Gore

American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015).

Born May 2nd, 1946 in Brooklyn.

Died February 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]

Robert Mapplethorpe

American photographer (1946–1989).

Born November 4th, 1946 in Floral Park.

Died March 9th, 1989 at 42 years old in Boston (death from AIDS-related complications).

Richard Blumenthal

United states senator from connecticut since 2011.

Born February 13th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Brooklyn.

Lana Wood

American actress.

Born March 1st, 1946 (age 80 years) in Santa Monica.

John Spencer

American actor (1946–2005).

Born December 20th, 1946 in New York City.

Died December 16th, 2005 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Ravi Zacharias

Canadian-american christian apologist (1946–2020).

Born March 26th, 1946 in Chennai.

Died May 19th, 2020 at 74 years old in Atlanta (Spinal cord cancer).

John Woo

Hong kong film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Born September 22nd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Guangzhou. [ref]

Anthony Daniels

English actor.

Born February 21st, 1946 (age 80 years) in Salisbury.

Dan White

American politician, assassin of moscone and milk (1946-1985).

Born September 2nd, 1946 in Long Beach.

Died October 21st, 1985 at 39 years old in San Francisco (asphyxia).

John Dunsworth

Canadian actor and director (1946–2017).

Born April 12th, 1946 in Bridgewater.

Died October 16th, 2017 at 71 years old in Halifax. [ref]

Jane Asher

English actress and author.

Born April 5th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Willesden.

Felicity Kendal

British actress.

Born September 25th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Olton.

Paul Schrader

American screenwriter and film director.

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

Mick Ronson

English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and record producer.

Born May 26th, 1946 in Kingston upon Hull. [ref]

Died April 29th, 1993 at 46 years old in London (liver cancer). [ref]

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