List of Famous people who born in 1946

Lawrence Yu Kam-kee MBE, BBS, JP is a prominent Hong Kong businessman.

Pere Tàpias was a singer and a food writer in Catalonia, Spain. He resided in Vilanova i la Geltrú at the time of his death in April 2017. He was the host of the Catalunya Ràdio program, Tàpies Variades. He was the 2005–2006 Ambassor of Xató.

Romani Rose is a Romany activist and head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma. He lost 13 relatives in the Holocaust.

Mary-Claire King is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits. She studies the interaction of genetics and environmental influences and their effects on human conditions such as breast and ovarian cancer, inherited deafness, schizophrenia, HIV, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. She has been the American Cancer Society Professor of the Department of Genome Sciences and of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington since 1995.

Tomojiro Toda, known as Haguroiwa Tomomi, was a sumo wrestler from Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. He made his professional debut in May 1961, and reached the top division in January 1967. His highest rank was komusubi. He withdrew from active competition in January 1978 and remained in the Japan Sumo Association as an elder under the name Ikazuchi. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 65, and left the Sumo Association in June 2011.

Otto Sirgo is an actor of Cuban and Mexican nationalities, and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales, also an actress, until her death in 2020. He starred in Recien Cazado along with Jaime Camil and Gabriela Vargas.

Paul Joseph Schrader is an American screenwriter, director, and film critic. He wrote or co-wrote screenplays for four Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999).

Josef Augusta was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach, and a silver medalist from the 1976 Winter Olympics. He is the father of former hockey player Patrik Augusta.

Bruno Bich was a French businessman. He headed the eponymous Société Bic, the world's leading producer of ballpoint pens, from 1993 to 2006 and was its non-executive Chairman until 2018. His father Marcel Bich was the founder of the company. He and his family held 43% of the group's capital.

Marc Chapiteau is a French actor.