page_title: 1946
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1946 / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: English: Steven Spielberg speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.
context_section_description: December 1 – Jonathan Katz, American comedian, actor and voice actor
  December 2 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
  December 3
  Marjana Lipovšek, Slovenian singer, actress
  Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
  December 4
  Sherry Alberoni, American actress, voice artist
  Yō Inoue, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003)
  Karina, Spanish singer/actress
  December 5
  José Carreras, Spanish tenor
  Eva-Britt Svensson, Swedish politician
  December 6
  Roger Hoy, English footballer (d. 2018)
  Nancy Brinker, American health activist, diplomat
  December 8
  Jacques Bourboulon, French photographer
  John Rubinstein, American actor
  Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress
  December 9 – Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician
  December 10
  Chrystos, American poet
  Thomas Lux, American poet
  December 11
  Rhoma Irama, Indonesian dangdut musician, actor and politician
  Susan Kyle, American writer
  Ellen Meloy, American writer (d. 2004)
  December 12
  Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing car driver
  Gloria Loring, American singer
  Don Gummer, American sculptor
  December 13
  Nicholas Kollerstrom, British writer
  Heather North, American television, voice actress (d. 2017)
  December 14
  Antony Beevor, English historian
  Jane Birkin, English actress, singer
  Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)
  Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress
  December 16
  Benny Andersson, Swedish rock singer, songwriter (ABBA)
  Alice Aycock, American sculptor
  Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichordist, conductor
  December 17
  Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, comedian and director (Second City Television)
  Bel Mooney, English broadcast journalist
  Jayne Eastwood, Canadian actress, voice actress
  Suresh Oberoi, Indian actor
  December 18
  Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1977)
  Nina Škottová, Czech politician, member of the European Parliament
  Steven Spielberg, American film director (Jaws)
  December 19
  Candace Pert, American neuroscientist
  Robert Urich, American actor (Vega$) (d. 2002)
  December 20
  Uri Geller, Israeli illusionist
  Lesley Judd, English television presenter
  Sonny Perdue, American politician, 81st Governor of Georgia, 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
  John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)
  Dick Wolf, American television producer
  December 21
  Brian Davison, Rhodesian cricketer, Tasmanian politician
  Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998)
  December 23
  Edita Gruberová, Slovakian soprano
  Susan Lucci, American actress (General Hospital)
  John Sullivan, English television scriptwriter (d. 2011)
  December 24
  Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist (Focus)
  Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French politician, member of the European Parliament
  Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005)
  Jeff Sessions, American politician, United States Attorney General
  December 25
  Jimmy Buffett, American rock singer, songwriter ("Margaritaville")
  Larry Csonka, American football player
  Gene Lamont, American baseball player, manager
  December 27
  Lenny Kaye, American guitarist
  Janet Street-Porter, English broadcast journalist
  December 28
  Mike Beebe, American politician, attorney
  Edgar Winter, American rock musician ("Frankenstein")
  December 29
  Marianne Faithfull, English singer, actress
  Ruth Shady, Peruvian archaeologist
  December 30
  Patti Smith, American poet, singer
  Berti Vogts, German football player, manager
  December 31 – Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
caption: Steven Spielberg
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