1946

Events

 * 13 August - H. G. Wells died.


 * 15 October - Hermann Goering committed suicide in his cell while awaiting trial for war crimes at Nuremberg.


 * 16 October - Joachim von Ribbentrop was executed for war crimes at Nuremberg.

January

 * 18 - Andrew Tourell was born.

February

 * 27 - Tom Chadbon was born.

March

 * 21 - Timothy Dalton was born.

April

 * 5 - Jane Asher was born.

May

 * 1 - Joanna Lumley was born.
 * 10 - Maureen Lipman was born.
 * 13 - Tim Pigott-Smith was born.

June

 * 3 - Penelope Wilton was born.
 * 15 - Roy Holder was born.
 * 16 - Simon Williams was born.
 * 18 - Luan Peters was born.

July

 * 18 - Dicken Ashworth was born.
 * 28 - Kenny McBain was born.

August

 * 13 - H. G. Wells died.
 * 27 - Peter Craze, who appeared numerous times on the original Doctor Who television series and was the brother of Michael Craze, was born.

September

 * 25 - Felicity Kendal was born.
 * 26 - Togo Igawa was born.

October

 * 4 - Roger Davenport was born.
 * 16 - Tariq Yunus was born.

November

 * 23 - Diana Quick was born.
 * 25 - Brian Hibbard was born.

December

 * 29 - Jon Pertwee made his TV acting debut in an early British TV production, Toad of Toad Hall.

Unknown date

 * Martin Cochrane was born.