1946

Feature films

 * April 20 - Make Mine Music (premiere)
 * August 15 - Make Mine Music (general release)
 * September 1 - Fantasia (first re-release; general release version)
 * November 12 - Song of the South

Shorts

 * March 8 - A Knight for a Day
 * April 12 - Pluto's Kid Brother
 * May 10 - In Dutch
 * June 7 - Squatter's Rights
 * June 28 - Donald's Double Trouble
 * July 19 - The Purloined Pup
 * August 7 - A Feather in His Collar
 * August 9 - Wet Paint
 * August 30 - Dumbell of the Yukon
 * September 20 - Lighthouse Keeping
 * October 11 - Bath Day
 * November 1 - Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive
 * December 20 - Double Dribble

Births
- Bill Clinton (42nd President of the United States)
 * January 5 - Diane Keaton (actress)
 * February 2 - Blake Clark (voice actor)
 * February 7 - Pete Postlethwaite (actor)
 * February 20 - Brenda Blethyn (actress)
 * February 20 - Sandy Duncan (voice actress and singer)
 * February 21 - Anthony Daniels (mime artist and actor); Alan Rickman (actor)
 * February 24 - Barry Bostwick (actor)
 * March 1 - Lana Wood (actress and producer)
 * March 12 - Liza Minnelli (actress and singer); Frank Welker (voice actor)
 * March 19 - Ruth Pointer (voice actress and singer)
 * March 26 - Johnny Crawford (actor, singer and musician)
 * April 8 - Stuart Pankin (film and television actor)
 * April 11 - Laurie Faso (television actor and occasional voice actor)
 * April 12 - Ed O'Neill (actor)
 * April 18 - Hayley Mills (actress)
 * April 19 - Tim Curry (actor and voice actor)
 * April 29 - Wayne Robson (television, film and stage actor)
 * May 9 - Candice Bergen (actress and daughter of Edgar Bergen)
 * June 3 - Penelope Wilton (English actress of stage, film, and TV)
 * June 3 - Tristan Rogers (actor)
 * June 28 - Gilda Radner (comedienne and actress)
 * July 6 - Sylvester Stallone (actor)
 * July 13 - Cheech Marin (voice actor)
 * July 14 - Cubby O'Brien (musician)
 * July 15 - Linda Ronstadt (music recording artist)
 * July 16 - Toshio Furukawa (Japanese voice actor); Dave Goelz (puppeteer); Richard LeParmentier (actor)
 * July 22 - Danny Glover (actor, director and activist)
 * August 1 - Karen Pendleton (Mouseketeer)
 * August 16 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress and singer)
 * August 19 - Christopher Malcolm (television and film actor, director and producer)
 * September 5 - Dennis Dugan (actor, director and comedian); Loudon Wainwright III (folk singer, humorist, and actor)
 * September 18 - Akira Kamiya (voice actor)
 * September 28 - Jeffrey Jones (actor)
 * September 30 - Fran Brill (actress and puppeteer)
 * October 4 - Susan Sarandon (voice actress)
 * October 10 - Ben Vereen (dancer, singer and actor)
 * October 16 - Suzanne Somers (actress, author and singer)
 * October 22 - Richard McGonagle (actor and voice actor)
 * October 30 - Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese voice actor and actor)
 * November 20 - Samuel E. Wright (actor and voice actor)
 * December 16 - Charles Dennis (voice actor)
 * December 17 - Eugene Levy (actor)
 * December 18 - Steven Spielberg (director, producer and screenwriter)
 * December 30 - Patti Smith (singer, artist and poet)

Deaths

 * January 5 - Slim Summerville (actor and director)
 * February 5 - George Arliss (actor)
 * August 13 - H.G. Wells (novelist, teacher, historian and journalist)
 * November 9 - Scotty Mattraw (voice actor)
 * December 25 - W.C. Fields (comedian and actor)

Character debuts

 * August 15 - Casey, Peter, Peter's grandfather, Sasha, Sonia, Ivan, Wolf, Misha, Yasha and Vladimir, Willie the Whale, Tetti-Tatti
 * November 12 - Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Mr. Bluebird, Brer Frog, Mother Possum, Uncle Remus