October 20, 1946

1946Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic^[†]

Diana Gittins, is a former associate lecturer in creative writing for the Open University and a published writer of fiction and non-fiction books.

1946Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author (died 1994)^[†]

Lewis McDonald Grizzard Jr. was an American writer and humorist, known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South. Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sports writer and editor, becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he is much better known for his humorous newspaper columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular stand-up comedian and lecturer.

1946Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors to write in German and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power". She is considered to be among the most important living playwrights of the German language.

1946Richard Loncraine, English director and screenwriter^[†]

Richard Loncraine is a British film and television director.

1946Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist^[†]

Lucien Van Impe is a former Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France.

1946Chris Woodhead, English civil servant and academic (died 2015)^[†]

Sir Christopher Anthony Woodhead was a British educationalist. He was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England from 1994 to 2000, and was one of the most controversial figures in debates on the direction of English education policy. He was Chairman of Cognita, a company dedicated to fostering private education, from 2004 to 2013.