Theatrical releases

• The fifth Disney animated feature, Bambi, premieres.
• Saludos Amigos opens in Brazil.

People

Births

• January 5 - Dany Saval (French actress)
• January 8 - Yvette Mimieux (actress)
• January 21 - Mac Davis (singer, songwriter and actor)
• February 1 - Terry Jones (comedian, screenwriter, actor, director, and author)
• March 7 - Michael Eisner (former CEO of the Walt Disney Company)
• March 25 - Richard O'Brien (actor and voice artist)
• March 27 - Michael York (actor)
• May 11 - Terry McGovern (voice actor)
• June 10 - Chantal Goya (actress and singer)
• June 18 - Roger Ebert (journalist, film critic, and screenwriter)
• June 23 - Ralph Grierson (pianist and composer)
• July 13 - Harrison Ford (actor)
• July 24 - Chris Sarandon (actor)
• July 27 - Susan Silo (actress and voice actress)
• August 28 - Peter Bartlett (actor)
• September 11 - Lola Falana (singer, dancer and actress)
• September 18 - Marco Rota (Italian cartoonist)
• September 29 - Madeline Kahn (actress)
• September 29 - Ian McShane (actor)
• October 22 - Annette Funicello (actress)
• October 26 - Bob Hoskins (actor)
• October 31 - David Ogden Stiers (actor and voice artist)
• November 2 - Stefanie Powers (film and television actress)
• November 24 - Billy Connolly (actor)

Deaths

• March 4 - Albert Hurter (sketch artist)
• May 14 - Frank Churchill (composer)

Character debuts

• August 13 - Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Friend Owl, The Great Prince of the Forest, Bambi's mother, Thumper's sisters, Miss Bunny, Bluebelle, Faline, Man, Hunter Dogs, Ronno, Ronno's mother, Mrs. Quail, Pheasant
• December 16 - Pete Junior