1946

1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.

 Events 
 January 10 – First meeting of the United Nations.
 August 16 - Muslim League began "Direct Action Day" Riot That killed 10,000 people from Kolkata.
 December 19 - The First Indochina War begins.
 Date unknown 
 AIESEC starts.

 Births 
 January 3 - John Paul Jones, English bass guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
 January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer
 January 22 – Malcolm McLaren, music manager (d. 2010)
 March 8 - Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles) (d. 2023)
 March 12 – Frank Welker, American actor
 May 10- Donovan, Scottish musician
 June 14 - Donald Trump, American politician and businessman, forty-fifth and forty-seventh President of the United States 
 July 6 – George W. Bush, American politician, forty-third President of the United States
 July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer
 August 19 – Bill Clinton, American politician, forty-second President of the United States
 August 23 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
 September 1 – Barry Gibb, Singer/Songwriter (Bee Gees)
 September 5 — Freddie Mercury, British Singer/Songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991; AIDS)
 October 29 - Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) (d. 2020)
 November 4 – Laura Bush, 45th First Lady of the United States
 November 24 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989; executed)
 December 16 - Benny Andersson, Swedish pianist (ABBA)
 December 28 – Edgar Winter, Albino pop musician (The Edgar Winter Group)
 December 30 – Patti Smith, American singer and poet

 Deaths 
 June 27 – Wanda Gág
 August 13 – H.G. Wells
 December 25 – WC Fields