Films

• June 8 - The Great Locomotive Chase
• July 18 - Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
• November 6 - Secrets of Life
• December 20 - Westward Ho, the Wagons!

People

Births

• January 3 - Mel Gibson (actor)
• January 21 - Robby Benson (voice artist)
• January 27 - Susanne Blakeslee (voice artist)
• February 3 - Nathan Lane (actor)
• February 12 - Arsenio Hall (actor, comedian and former talk show host)
• March 11 - Rob Paulsen (voice actor)
• March 25 - Matthew Garber (actor)
• April 7 - Christopher Darden (lawyer, writer, lecturer and practicing attorney)
• April 12 - Andy García (actor)
• April 27 - Kevin McNally (actor)
• May 7 - S. Scott Bullock (voice actor)
• May 10 - Paige O'Hara (voice artist)
• May 10 - Jonathan Roberts (screenwriter, television producer and author)
• June 4 - Keith David (voice artist)
• June 23 - Randy Jackson (singer, television personality and host)
• June 30 - David Alan Grier (actor and comedian)
• July 9 - Tom Hanks (voice artist)
• August 4 - Mika Doi (Japanese voice actress)
• August 28 - Luis Guzmán (Puerto Rican American actor)
• September 10 - Jim Jackman (actor)
• September 11 - Cathy Horyn (fashion journalist)
• September 20 - Gary Cole (actor)
• October 2 - Charlie Adler (voice actor and voice director)
• October 18 - Cindy O'Callaghan (actress)
• October 29 - Darrell Van Citters (director, animator and author)
• November 1 - Pat Musick (voice actress)
• November 21 - Timothy Stack (actor and screenwriter)
• November 22 - Richard Kind (voice artist)
• November 26 - Don Lake (actor, writer and producer)
• November 27 - William Fichtner (actor)
• December 3 - Michael Gough (voice artist)
• December 30 - Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress and singer)
• Louise Gold (actress and puppeteer)
• Ed Grier (president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)

Deaths

• January 31 - A.A. Milne (writer)
• April 14 - Christian Rub (actor)

Character debuts

• Flintheart Glomgold