1946

Feature films

 * April 20 - Make Mine Music (premiered in New York City, New York)
 * August 15 - Make Mine Music
 * September 1 - Fantasia (first re-release; general release version)
 * November 12 - Song of the South premiered on Atlanta, Georgia.
 * November 20 - Song of the South

Shorts

 * February 5 - The ABC of Hand Tools
 * February 14 - The Building of a Tire
 * March 8 - A Knight for a Day
 * March 12 - Bathing Time for Baby
 * April 2 - Planning for Good Eating
 * April 3 - Environmental Sanitation
 * 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
 * The Story of Menstruation
 * December 20 - Double Dribble

Births

 * January 5 - Diane Keaton (actress)
 * January 19
 * Dolly Parton (singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, voice actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist)
 * Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard (costume designer)
 * February 2 - Blake Clark (stand-up comedian, actor, and voice actor)
 * February 7 - Pete Postlethwaite (actor)
 * February 20
 * Sandy Duncan (actress, dancer, and singer)
 * Brenda Blethyn (actress)
 * February 21
 * Anthony Daniels (actor, voice actor, and mime artist)
 * Alan Rickman (actor)
 * February 24 - Barry Bostwick (actor)
 * March 1 - Lana Wood (actress and producer)
 * March 12
 * Frank Welker (voice actor)
 * Liza Minnelli (actress and singer)
 * Dean Cundey (cinematographer and director)
 * 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 2 - David Suchet (actor)
 * May 9 - Candice Bergen (actress and daughter of Edgar Bergen)
 * June 2 - Lasse Hallström (director, screenwriter)
 * June 3 - Penelope Wilton (English actress of stage, film, and TV)
 * June 14 - Donald Drumpf (bussinessman and United States President)
 * June 28 - Gilda Radner (comedienne and actress)
 * July 6 - Sylvester Stallone (actor)
 * July 8 - Robert Knepper (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)
 * July 27 - Rade Šerbedžija (actor)
 * August 1 - Karen Pendleton (Mouseketeer)
 * August 16 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress and singer)
 * August 19
 * Christopher Malcolm (television and film actor, director, and producer)
 * Bill Clinton (42nd President of the United States)
 * September 5
 * Dennis Dugan (actor, director, and comedian)
 * Loudon Wainwright III (folk singer, humorist, and actor)
 * September 15 - Oliver Stone film director, screenwriter, producer, and military veteran)
 * 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 6 - Sally Field (actress)
 * November 20 - Samuel E. Wright (actor and voice actor)
 * December 17 - Eugene Levy (actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, director, musician, and writer)
 * December 18 - Steven Spielberg (director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * December 23 - Susan Lucci (actress, television host, author, singer, and entrepreneur)
 * December 25 - Stuart Wilson (actor)
 * December 30 - Patti Smith (singer-songwriter, artist, and poet)

Deaths

 * August 13 - H.G. Wells (novelist, teacher, historian, and journalist)

Character debuts

 * April 20 - Casey, Peter, Peter's grandfather, Sasha, Sonia, Ivan, Wolf, Misha, Yasha, and Vladimir, Willie the Whale, Tetti-Tatti, Egret Couple, Ladies from the Stand, Teenagers, Johnny Fedora, Alice Blue Bonnet, Whitey, Tetti-Tatti's sailors
 * November 12 - Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, Br'er Bear, Mr. Bluebird, Uncle Remus, Johnny, Ginny Favers, Jake and Joe Favers, Br'er Terrapin