Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 7 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-issue; with new credits replacing the original RKO credits)
- May 14 - Peter Pan (re-issue)
- July 8 - The Light in the Forest
- August 12 - White Wilderness
- December 25 - Tonka
Shorts
- August 1 - Paul Bunyan
- November 26 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- December 17 - Grand Canyon
Theme park happenings
- June 14 - The Alice in Wonderland attraction opens at Disneyland
People
Births
- January 4 - Matt Frewer (actor)
- January 19 - Thomas Kinkade (painter)
- January 20 - Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
- January 21 - Michael Wincott (actor)
- January 26 - Ellen DeGeneres (voice actress and comedian)
- February 13 - Donal Gibson (actor)
- February 26 - Chris Phillips (voice actor, singer, songwriter and producer) and Greg Germann (actor, voice actor and TV personality)
- March 3 - Miranda Richardson (English stage, film and television actress)
- March 5 - Bill Timoney (actor, voice actor, director, script writer and producer)
- March 6 - Eddie Deezen (actor and comedian)
- March 7 - Rik Mayall (comedian, actor and writer)
- March 10 - Sharon Stone (actress, film producer and fashion model)
- March 20 - Holly Hunter (actress)
- March 20 - Louis Sachar (author)
- March 21 - Gary Oldman (actor)
- March 30 - Maurice LaMarche (voice actor)
- March 31 - Tony Cox (actor)
- April 3 - Alec Baldwin (actor)
- April 4 - Constance Shulman (actress)
- April 7 - Shinobu Adachi (Japanese voice actress)
- April 10 - Yefim Bronfman (pianist)
- April 21 - Andie MacDowell (model and actress)
- April 26 - Giancarlo Esposito (actor, director, and producer)
- April 29 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress)
- May 12 - Kim Greist (actress)
- May 17 - Paul Whitehouse (British actor, writer and comedian)
- May 20 - Judy Kuhn (actress and singer)
- May 23 - Drew Carey (actor, comedian, sports executive, and game show host)
- June 3 - Suzie Plakson (actress, singer, writer, poet, and artist)
- June 7 - Prince (singer, songwriter, musician and actor)
- June 17 - Kerry Shale (actor, voice actor and writer)
- June 22 - Bruce Campbell (film and television actor, director, writer, producer and author)
- July 6 - Jennifer Saunders (actress)
- July 20 - Billy Mays (television actor)
- August 16 - Angela Bassett (actress and comedienne) and Madonna (singer, actress and dancer)
- August 24 - Steve Guttenberg (actor and comedian)
- August 25 - Tim Burton (film director, film producer, writer and artist)
- August 29 - Michael Jackson (singer and actor)
- August 31 - Julie Brown (actress)
- September 6 - Michael Winslow (actor and comedian) and Jeff Foxworthy (stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio personality, author, and voice artist)
- September 16 - Jennifer Tilly (actress)
- September 22 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
- October 5 - Domenick Allen (musician and singer)
- October 5 - Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science communicator)
- October 7 - Rosalyn Landor (film, television and stage actress and audio book narrator)
- October 16 - Tim Robbins (actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist and musician)
- November 8 - Phil Fondacaro (actor)
- November 12 - Megan Mullally (stage and screen actress and singer)
- November 22 - Jamie Lee Curtis (actress)
- December 16 - Katie Leigh (voice actress)
- December 31 - Bebe Neuwirth (actress, musician and dancer)
- Ron Mueck
Deaths
- April 10 - Jack King (animator)
- April 18 - Edward H. Plumb (film composer)
- August 22 - Ted Sears (animator)
1958