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1946: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Dog 🐕 · Born in 1946 turn 80 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.21

Median home

$5,150

Minimum wage

$0.40/hr

US population

2.41B

US president

Harry S. Truman

Top song

"Prisoner of Love" — Perry Como

Top film

The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Picture

The Best Years of Our Lives

In the news: United Nations holds its first General Assembly

What happened in 1946

1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.

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Born in 1946

285 people in our data · most viewed first

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

1946–2025 · January 5

American actress

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

b. 1946 · August 19

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

b. 1946 · January 19

American singer-songwriter

Cher

Cher

b. 1946 · May 20

American singer and actress

David Lynch

David Lynch

1946–2025 · January 20

American filmmaker

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

1946–2016 · February 21

English actor

Brian Cox (actor)

Brian Cox (actor)

b. 1946 · June 1

Scottish actor

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

b. 1946 · May 9

American actress

Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb

b. 1946 · September 1

British musician

André the Giant

André the Giant

1946–1993 · May 19

French wrestler and actor

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill

b. 1946 · April 12

American actor

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

b. 1946 · February 5

English actress

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

b. 1946 · July 22

American actor

Charles Dance

Charles Dance

b. 1946 · October 10

British actor

Bon Scott

Bon Scott

1946–1980 · July 9

Australian singer

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

b. 1946 · May 1

Indian-born British actress

Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills

b. 1946 · April 18

English actress and singer

Al Green

Al Green

b. 1946 · April 13

American soul singer, songwriter and pastor

Billy Preston

Billy Preston

1946–2006 · September 2

American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter

David Suchet

David Suchet

b. 1946 · May 2

English actor

Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka

1946–1986 · June 24

American astronaut and engineer

Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson

b. 1946 · December 16

Swedish musician and composer

Jane Asher

Jane Asher

b. 1946 · April 5

English actress and author

Carl XVI Gustaf

Carl XVI Gustaf

b. 1946 · April 30

King of Sweden since 1973

Died in 1946

  • Hermann Göring1893–1946 · German Nazi politician and military leader
  • Amon Göth1908–1946 · Austrian military officer and war criminal
  • Alfred Rosenberg1893–1946 · Nazi theorist and war criminal
  • Gertrude Stein1874–1946 · American author
  • Alfred Jodl1890–1946 · German general and war criminal
  • Ernst Kaltenbrunner1903–1946 · Austrian SS official
  • Ananda Mahidol1925–1946 · King of Thailand from 1935 to 1946
  • Alfred Stieglitz1864–1946 · American photographer
  • Draža Mihailović1893–1946 · Leader of the Chetniks in WWII
  • Alexander Alekhine1892–1946 · Russian-French chess player
  • Harry Hopkins1890–1946 · American New Deal administrator and WWII diplomat
  • Damon Runyon1880–1946 · American writer
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