July 29, 1946

1946Ximena Armas, Chilean painter^[†]

Ximena Armas is a Chilean painter.

1946Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver^[†]

Stig Lennart Blomqvist is a retired Swedish rally driver. He made his international breakthrough in 1981. Driving an Audi Quattro for the Audi factory team, Blomqvist won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1984 and finished runner-up in 1985. He won his home event, the Swedish Rally, seven times.

1946Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer^[†]

REO Speedwagon, or simply REO, was an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1966, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. Their best-selling album, Hi Infidelity (1980), contained four US Top 40 hits and sold more than 10 million copies.

1946Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer^[†]

Alessandro Gogna is a mountaineer, adventurer and mountain guide from Italy.

1946Diane Keen, English actress^[†]

Diane Keen is an English actress. With a career spanning numerous decades, she has appeared in various television series, films and stage productions. Keen's notable roles include Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom The Cuckoo Waltz, Sandy Bennett in Rings on Their Fingers, Jenny Burden in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Julia Parsons on the BBC soap opera Doctors. Keen also appeared in Nescafé advertisements from 1980 to 1989.

1946Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player^[†]

Aleksei Tammiste is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1971 EuroBasket Championship held in West Germany. During his career Tammiste won 10 Estonian league titles, the most domestic titles won by and Estonian basketball player. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010.