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.