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In the year 1946

1,765 Notable birthdays

Viivi Luik

Estonian writer (born 1946).

Born November 6th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Tänassilma.

Yoon Jeung-hyun

Minister of strategy and finance.

Born September 19th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Masan.

Catherine Bréchignac

French physicist.

Born June 12th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Paris.

Hans Pirkner

Austrian footballer (1946–2025).

Born March 25th, 1946 in Vienna.

Died February 26th, 2025 at 78 years old [ref]

Jean-Michel Baylet

French politician.

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

Maurice Krafft

French volcanologist.

Born March 25th, 1946 in Mulhouse.

Died June 3rd, 1991 at 45 years old in Mount Unzen (volcanic eruption, pyroclastic flow).

Zinaida Turchyna

Ukrainian handball player.

Born May 17th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Kyiv.

Achim Mentzel

German television presenter and musician.

Born July 15th, 1946 in Berlin.

Died January 4th, 2016 at 69 years old in Cottbus (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jørgen Kristensen

Danish footballer.

Born December 12th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Hedehusene.

José Claramunt

Spanish footballer.

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

Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias

Spanish jurist (1946–2019).

Born May 26th, 1946 in Gijón.

Died January 17th, 2019 at 72 years old in Madrid.

Simeon Simeonov

Bulgarian footballer (1946-2000).

Born April 26th, 1946 in Sofia.

Died November 2nd, 2000 at 54 years old in Sofia.

Marilyn Ramenofsky

American swimmer and ornithologist.

Born August 20th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Phoenix.

Kyongae Chang

South korean astrophysicist.

Born September 5th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Seoul.

Andrej Hoteev

Russian pianist (1946–2021).

Born December 2nd, 1946 in Saint Petersburg.

Died November 28th, 2021 at 74 years old [ref]

Yehezkel Chazom

Israeli footballer (1946–2023).

Born November 30th, 1946 in Iraq.

Died March 21st, 2023 at 76 years old [ref]

Pierre Dørge

Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer.

Born February 28th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Copenhagen.

Jacques Sylla

Prime minister of madagascar (1946-2009).

Born July 22nd, 1946 in Toamasina, Nosy Boraha.

Died December 26th, 2009 at 63 years old in Antananarivo. [ref]

Gert Jonke

Austrian writer (1946–2009).

Born February 8th, 1946 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Died January 4th, 2009 at 62 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]

Charles Asati

Kenyan sprinter.

Born March 3rd, 1946 (age 80 years) in Kisii.

Kresten Bjerre

Danish football palyer and coach (1946-2014).

Born February 22nd, 1946 in Copenhagen.

Died February 19th, 2014 at 67 years old in Frederikssund (cancer). [ref]

Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek

Polish-german weightlifter (1946-2023).

Born June 21st, 1946 in Tarnowskie Góry.

Died May 15th, 2023 at 76 years old in Hanover. [ref]

Yoshito Sengoku

Japanese politician (1946-2018).

Born January 15th, 1946 in Tokushima.

Died October 11th, 2018 at 72 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).

Stephen Rerych

American swimmer.

Born May 14th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Philadelphia.

Augustine Kasujja

Ugandan apostolic nuncio and retired archbishop.

Born August 13th, 1946 (age 79 years).

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