Events from the year 1946 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 6 January â John Duignan, economist and writer (died 2019)
- 16 January â Graham Masterton, horror author
- 30 January â Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, Lord Advocate
- 28 February â Robin Cook, Labour MP and Foreign Secretary (died 2005)
- 12 April â George Robertson, politician, Secretary General of NATO
- May â Jock Brown, solicitor and football commentator
- 10 May â Donovan, singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 13 May â Bill Torrance, broadcaster
- 1 June â Brian Cox, actor
- 15 June â Michael Lynch), historian
- 9 June â James Kelman, novelist
- 9 July â Bon Scott, hard rock musician (AC/DC) in Australia (died 1980 in London)
- 10 July â Stuart Christie, anarchist (died 2020)
- 16 July â Charles McKean, Professor of Scottish Architectural History (died 2013)
- 29 July â Bill Forsyth, film director
- 19 August â Christopher Malcolm, television and film actor (died 2014 in London)
- 25 August â Gavin Clydesdale Reid, economist
- 27 August â Peter Tobin, serial killer and sex offender
- 14 September â Pete Agnew, rock bassist and backing vocalist
- 14 October â Dan McCafferty, rock singer-songwriter (died 2022)
- 27 October â Margaret Bennett, ethnologist
- 6 November â George Young, rock musician in Australia (died 2017)
- 18 November
- Andrea Allan, actress
- Chris Rainbow (born Christopher James Harley), pop rock singer and musician (died 2015)
- 14 December â Peter Lorimer, international footballer (died 2021)
- Louise Martin, sports administrator
- Gordeanna McCulloch, folk singer with The Clutha
- Ronald Rae, sculptor
Deaths
- 17 February â Sir George Pirie, painter (born 1863)
- 18 February â Catherine Carswell, biographer and journalist (born 1879)
- 20 May â Jane Findlater, novelist (born 1866)
- 5 June â James Craig Annan, photographer (born 1864)
- 14 June â John Logie Baird, television pioneer (born 1888; died in England)
- 15 July â Binnie Dunlop, editor and advocate of eugenics (born 1874)
- 23 July â James Maxton, MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party (born 1885)
- 6 August â Benny Lynch, flyweight boxer (born 1913)
- 18 August â Marion Angus, Scots language poet (born 1865 in England)
- 9 September â Violet Jacob, historical novelist (born 1863)
Arts and literature
See also
References