Theatrical releases

• May 27 - Melody Time

Character debuts

• January - Gladstone Gander
• May - Spike the Bee

People

Births

• January 7 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
• January 27 - Mikhail Baryshnikov (dancer and actor)
• January 18 - M. C. Gainey (actor)
• February 4 - Alice Cooper (singer, songwriter and musician)
• February 14 - Teller (comedian, magician and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
• February 28 - Bernadette Peters (actress and singer)
• March 4 - Brian Cummings (voice actor)
• March 6 - Stephen Schwartz (composer and musical theatre lyricist)
• March 12 - James Taylor (singer and guitarist)
• March 14 - Billy Crystal (voice actor)
• May 5 - Peter Young (screenwriter)
• May 21 - Leo Sayer (singer)
• June 28 - Kathy Bates (actress and director)
• July 12 - Ben Burtt (sound designer and voice actor)
• July 12 - Jay Thomas (actor, comedian and radio talk show host)
• July 25 - Eren Ozker (puppeteer)
• July 28 - Sally Struthers (voice actor)
• July 30 - Jean Reno (actor)
• September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (actor)
• September 19 - Jeremy Irons (voice actor)
• September 24 - Phil Hartman (voice actor)
• October 19 - Mimi Gibson (actress)
• November 27 - James Avery (voice actor)
• December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer and actor)
• December 15 - David Gwillim (actor)
• December 21 - Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
• December 27 - Gérard Depardieu (actor and filmmaker)

Deaths

• July 9 - James Baskett (actor)
• December 31 - Merrill De Maris (writer)