Editing 1946 in science (section)

==Deaths==
* March 8 – [[Frederick W. Lanchester]] (born [[1868 in science|1868]]), English [[Automotive engineering|automotive engineer]].
* March 23 – [[Gilbert N. Lewis]] (born [[1875 in science|1875]]), American [[chemist]]; first to isolate [[deuterium]].
* March 26 – [[Gerhard Heilmann|Gerhard Heilman]] (born [[1859 in science|1859]]), Danish paleo-ornithologist.
* May 2 – [[Simon Flexner]] (born [[1863 in science|1863]]), American [[pathologist]] and [[bacteriologist]].
* June 14 – [[John Logie Baird]] (born [[1888 in science|1888]]), Scottish-born [[inventor]].
* August 13 – [[H. G. Wells]] (born [[1866 in science|1866]]), English novelist and scientific populariser.
* September 16 – [[James Jeans]] (born [[1877 in science|1877]]), English [[mathematician]] and [[scientist]].
* October 2 – [[Ignacy Mościcki]] (born [[1867 in science|1867]]), [[chemist]] and [[List of Presidents of Poland|President of Poland]].
* October 4 – [[Barney Oldfield]] (born [[1878 in science|1878]]), American automobile racer.
* December 2 – [[Hilda Lyon]] (born [[1896 in science|1896]]), English [[aeronautical engineer]].
* [[Israel Aharoni]] (born [[1882 in science|1882]]), Russian-born Jewish [[zoologist]].