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Famous People Born in 1946
Born in 1946? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
Turning 80 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Dog
The 1940s
The most famous people born in 194686
b. 1946Donald Trump
Businessman and reality TV star who became the 45th and 47th President of the United States, serving two non-consecutive terms
PoliticsAge 80
Photo: Daniel Torok · Public domain
b. 1946George W. Bush
43rd US President who led the country after the 11 September attacks and launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
PoliticsAge 80
Photo: Eric Draper · Public domain
b. 1946Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, who presided over a long economic boom and survived impeachment
PoliticsAge 80
Photo: Bob McNeely, The White House [ 1 ] · Public domain
1946–1991Freddie Mercury
Lead singer of Queen, born in Zanzibar, who wrote Bohemian Rhapsody and became one of rock's greatest showmen
MusicWould be 80
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
b. 1946Steven Spielberg
American film director of Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park and Schindler's List, the most commercially successful director in history
FilmAge 79
Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0
b. 1946Charlotte Rampling
English actress of The Night Porter and Swimming Pool, a star of European cinema nominated for an Oscar for 45 Years
FilmAge 80
Photo: Siebbi · CC BY-SA 3.0
b. 1946Elfriede Jelinek
Austrian novelist and playwright of The Piano Teacher who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her musical, unsparing work
LiteratureAge 80
Photo: The original uploader was Ghuengsberg at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
b. 1946Sylvester Stallone
American actor and writer who created and played Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, earning Oscar nominations for writing and acting
FilmAge 80
Photo: Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Born in 1946, month by month
- January
- Rivelino (January 1) · Brazilian footballer who won the 1970 World Cup
- John Paul Jones (January 3) · Bassist and keyboard player for the influential rock band Led Zeppelin
- Diane Keaton (January 5) · Oscar-winning actress known for Annie Hall and The Godfather trilogy
- Syd Barrett (January 6) · Founding member and original frontman of the rock band Pink Floyd
- Dolly Parton (January 19)
- Julian Barnes (January 19) · Booker Prize-winning English novelist and short story writer
- David Lynch (January 20) · Filmmaker known for his surrealist works such as Twin Peaks
- Boris Berezovsky (January 23) · Russian businessman and influential political figure during the 1990s
- February
- Blake Clark (February 2) · American actor and comedian known for roles in Adam Sandler films
- Isaias Afwerki (February 2) · First President of Eritrea and former independence movement leader
- Charlotte Rampling (February 5) · English actress of The Night Porter and Swimming Pool, a star of European cinema nominated for an Oscar for 45 Years
- Karen Silkwood (February 19)
- Alan Rickman (February 21) · British actor famous for playing Severus Snape and Hans Gruber
- Ahmed Zewail (February 26) · Nobel Prize-winning scientist known as the father of femtochemistry
- March
- Liza Minnelli (March 12) · Oscar-winning actress and singer famous for the film Cabaret
- Bruce Buck (March 12)
- Robert J. Shiller (March 29) · Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on housing market bubbles
- April
- Ed O'Neill (April 12) · American actor known for Married... with Children and Modern Family
- Georges J. F. Köhler (April 17) · Nobel Prize-winning biologist who co-developed monoclonal antibody technology
- Irene Fernandez (April 18)
- Tim Curry (April 19) · Actor known for playing Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky (April 25) · Controversial Russian politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Talia Shire (April 25) · Actress famous for her roles in Rocky and The Godfather
- Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (April 30) · Longest-reigning monarch in the history of Sweden
- May
- David Suchet (May 2) · British actor best known for playing detective Hercule Poirot
- Candice Bergen (May 9) · Emmy-winning actress best known for starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown
- Claudia Goldin (May 14) · Nobel Prize-winning economist who studied the female labour market
- Robert Fripp (May 16)
- Cher (May 20) · American singer and actress known as the Goddess of Pop, from Sonny & Cher to Believe, who won an Oscar for Moonstruck
- George Best (May 22) · Northern Irish footballer who played for Manchester United
- Tansu Çiller (May 24) · Academic and politician who served as Turkey's only female prime minister
- June
- Donald Trump (June 14) · Businessman and reality TV star who became the 45th and 47th President of the United States, serving two non-consecutive terms
- Demis Roussos (June 15) · Greek singer known for global hits like Forever and Ever
- Fabio Capello (June 18) · Football manager who won league titles with four different European clubs
- Xanana Gusmão (June 20) · Resistance leader and first President of East Timor
- July
- Richard Axel (July 2) · Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist who discovered how the sense of smell works
- Gerard 't Hooft (July 5) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for his work on gauge theories
- George W. Bush (July 6) · 43rd US President who led the country after the 11 September attacks and launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Sylvester Stallone (July 6) · American actor and writer who created and played Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, earning Oscar nominations for writing and acting
- Peter Singer (July 6) · Influential moral philosopher known for his work on animal ethics
- Bon Scott (July 9)
- Robert Fisk (July 12) · British journalist and author known for reporting on the Middle East
- Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei (July 15) · Long-reigning Sultan and Prime Minister of Brunei
- Linda Ronstadt (July 15) · Award-winning singer who performed across rock, country and opera
- Ilie Năstase (July 19) · Former world number one tennis player and Grand Slam champion
- Mireille Mathieu (July 22) · French singer who has sold millions of records worldwide
- Danny Glover (July 22) · Actor best known for his role in the Lethal Weapon films
- Gallagher (July 24) · American comedian known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer
- August
- John C. Mather (August 7) · Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who studied the cosmic microwave background
- Janet Yellen (August 13) · First woman to serve as the United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Masoud Barzani (August 16) · Kurdish leader and first President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Bill Clinton (August 19) · 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, who presided over a long economic boom and survived impeachment
- Laurent Fabius (August 20) · French politician who served as the country's youngest Prime Minister
- Dimitris Christofias (August 29) · President of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013
- Bob Beamon (August 29) · American athlete who set a long-standing world long jump record
- September
- Roh Moo-hyun (September 1) · Former President of South Korea who championed human rights
- Freddie Mercury (September 5) · Lead singer of Queen, born in Zanzibar, who wrote Bohemian Rhapsody and became one of rock's greatest showmen
- Aziz Sancar (September 8) · Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist who mapped how cells repair DNA
- Oliver Stone (September 15) · Oscar-winning director of Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July
- Tommy Lee Jones (September 15) · Oscar-winning American actor known for The Fugitive and Men in Black
- Andrea Dworkin (September 26) · Radical feminist writer and activist known for challenging pornography
- October
- Susan Sarandon (October 4) · Oscar-winning actress known for Thelma & Louise and Dead Man Walking
- Catharine MacKinnon (October 7)
- Hanan Ashrawi (October 8)
- Naoto Kan (October 10) · Former Prime Minister of Japan during the 2011 nuclear disaster
- Charles Dance (October 10) · British actor known for playing Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones
- Philip Pullman (October 19) · English author best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials
- Elfriede Jelinek (October 20) · Austrian novelist and playwright of The Piano Teacher who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her musical, unsparing work
- November
- Laura Bush (November 4) · Former First Lady of the United States and education advocate
- Sally Field (November 6) · Double Oscar-winning actress known for Norma Rae and Forrest Gump
- Guus Hiddink (November 8) · Successful Dutch football manager who coached several national teams
- Kirill (November 20) · Patriarch of Moscow and head of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Ted Bundy (November 24) · Infamous American serial killer active during the 1970s
- Marina Abramović (November 30) · Performance artist known for testing the limits of human endurance
- December
- Gianni Versace (December 2) · Italian fashion designer who founded the luxury house Versace
- José Carreras (December 5) · Spanish operatic tenor and member of the Three Tenors
- Sonia Gandhi (December 9) · Long-serving President of the Indian National Congress party
- Emerson Fittipaldi (December 12) · Brazilian racing driver and double Formula One world champion
- Jane Birkin (December 14) · Singer and actress who inspired the Hermès Birkin bag
- Patty Duke (December 14) · Youngest person at the time to win an Oscar for acting
- Benny Andersson (December 16) · Swedish musician and composer best known as a member of ABBA
- Steven Spielberg (December 18) · American film director of Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park and Schindler's List, the most commercially successful director in history
- Steve Biko (December 18) · Anti-apartheid activist and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement
- Marianne Faithfull (December 29) · Singer and actress associated with the 1960s London scene
- Patti Smith (December 30) · Influential American singer and poet known as the Godmother of Punk
- Berti Vogts (December 30) · World Cup-winning German footballer and successful national team manager