The first issue of Uncle Scrooge.
Gyro Gearloose is introduced in Gladstone's Terrible Secret.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 13 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-issue)
- June 26 - The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Shorts
- January 4 - Father's Lion
- January 8 - Donald Applecore
- February 8 - Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- February 19 - Hello Aloha
- March 21 - Two Chips and a Miss
- April 4 - Man's Best Friend
- April 25 - Let's Stick Together
- May 16 - Two-Gun Goofy
- June 6 - Susie the Little Blue Coupe
- June 27 - Teachers are People
- July 18 - Uncle Donald's Ants
- August 8 -The Little House
- September 19 - Pluto's Party
- October 10 - Trick or Treat
- October 31 - Two Weeks Vacation
- November 21 - Pluto's Christmas Tree
- December 12 - How to Be a Detective
People
Births
- January 6 - Armelia McQueen (actress)
- January 19 - Beau Weaver (voice actor and narrator)
- January 25 - Shigeru Ushiyama (Japanese actor and voice actor)
- February 8 - Daisuke Gōri (Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor)
- February 14 - Anton Lesser (actor)
- March 11 - Douglas Adams (writer, humorist and dramatist)
- April 8 - Mary Stout (actress)
- April 15 - Glenn Shadix (actor and voice actor); Sam McMurray (actor and voice actor)
- April 16 - Billy West (voice actor, singer, comedian, musician, songwriter, radio personality)
- April 17 - Joe Alaskey (stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and comedian)
- May 2 - Christine Baranski (actress)
- May 6 - Fred Newman (voice actor and sound effects artist)
- May 15 - Chazz Palminteri (actor and writer)
- May 20 - Sherry Lynn (voice actress)
- June - Miguel Ángel Jenner (Spanish dub actor)
- June 7 - Liam Neeson (actor)
- June 18 - Carol Kane (actress); Miriam Flynn (actress)
- June 20 - John Goodman (actor)
- July 1 - Brian George (actor and voice actor); Dan Aykroyd (actor and comedian)
- July 14 - Jerry Houser (character actor and voice actor)
- July 15 - Terry O'Quinn (actor)
- July 17 - David Hasselhoff (actor, singer and businessman)
- August 16 - Reginald VelJohnson (actor and comedian)
- August 18 - Patrick Swayze (actor and singer)
- August 19 - Jonathan Frakes (actor, author, and director)
- August 20 - Dan Haskett (veteran animator)
- August 26 - Michael Jeter (actor)
- September 8 - David R. Ellis (director and stuntman)
- September 27 - Deanna Oliver (voice actress and writer)
- October 4 - Ray Harris (animator and illustrator)
- October 9 - Sharon Osbourne (actress, TV host, author)
- October 22 - Jeff Goldblum (actor)
- October 28 - Annie Potts (actress)
- November 3 - Roseanne Barr (actress)
- November 3 - Jim Cummings (voice actor)
- November 4 - Michael Shea (former child actor)
- November 8 - Alfre Woodard (actress)
- November 13 - Art Malik (actor)
- November 14 - Bill Farmer (voice actor); Maggie Roswell (voice actress)
- November 15 - Randy Savage
- November 30 - Mandy Patinkin (actor, singer, voice artist)
- December 9 - Michael Dorn (actor and voice artist)
- December 15 - Julie Taymor (director)
- December 19 - Linda Woolverton (screenwriter, author, and playwright)
- December 20 - Jenny Agutter (English actress)
- December 25 - David Hasselhoff
Deaths
- October 26 - Hattie McDaniel (actress)
- November 23 - Fred Moore (artist and character animator)
Character debuts
- March 21 - Clarice
- May - Gyro Gearloose
1952