1962

Feature films

 * January 18 - Pinocchio (re-release)
 * April 5 - Moon Pilot
 * May 17 - Bon Voyage!
 * June 6 - Big Red
 * September 26
 * Lady and the Tramp (re-release)
 * Almost Angels
 * November 7 - The Legend of Lobo
 * December 21 - In Search of the Castaways

Shorts

 * April 15 - Disneyland After Dark
 * December 19 - A Symposium on Popular Songs

Character debuts

 * December 21 - Jacques Paganel, Thomas Ayerton, Bill Gaye

Theme parks

 * November 18 - Swiss Family Treehouse opens at Disneyland

Births

 * January 7 - Hallie Todd (actress)
 * January 17 - Jim Carrey (actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer)
 * January 29 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
 * February 5 - Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress)
 * February 7
 * Garth Brooks (country music artist)
 * Eddie Izzard (voice artist)
 * February 14 - Kirk Thatcher (director, producer, screenwriter, and production designer)
 * February 17 - Lou Diamond Phillips (actor)
 * March 11
 * Barbara Alyn Woods (actress)
 * Jeffrey Nordling (actor)
 * March 12 - Chris Sanders (screenwriter and voice actor)
 * March 20 - Stephen Sommers (director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * March 21
 * Matthew Broderick (actor, voice actor, and singer)
 * Rosie O'Donnell (comedian, actress, voice actress, author, and television personality)
 * March 25 - Marcia Cross (actress)
 * March 26 - Eric Allan Kramer (actor)
 * April 2
 * Clark Gregg (actor, screenwriter, and director)
 * Michael Rooney (choreographer)
 * April 15 - Tom Kane (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * April 16 - Anna Dello Russo (fashion editor)
 * April 18 - Jeff Dunham ventriloquist, comedian, producer, and actor)
 * April 21 - Carmen Osbahr (puppeteer)
 * May 5 - Manoj Sood (actor)
 * May 9 - Sean McNamara (director, screenwriter, producer, and actor)
 * May 12 - Emilio Estevez (actor, film director, and writer)
 * May 17 - Craig Ferguson (television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer, and voice actor)
 * May 18 - Nathaniel Parker (actor)
 * May 21 - Cam Brainard (voice actor, narrator, and radio personality)
 * May 23 - Karen Duffy (actress, voice actress, model, and television personality)
 * May 26 - Bobcat Goldthwait (actor, comedian, and director)
 * May 27 - Steven Brill (director, producer, screenwriter, and actor)
 * June 5 - Jeff Garlin (stand-up comedian, actor, producer, voice artist, director, screenwriter, and author)
 * June 10
 * Carolyn Hennesy (actress, author, and zoo advocate)
 * Tzi Ma (actor)
 * June 19 - Paula Abdul (singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality)
 * July 1 - Dominic Keating (actor and voice actor)
 * July 3 - Tom Cruise (actor and producer)
 * July 13 - Tom Kenny (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * July 18 - Lee Arenberg (film and television actor)
 * July 19 - Anthony Edwards (actor and director)
 * July 20 - Carlos Alazraqui (voice artist)
 * July 21 - Ike Eisenmann (actor)
 * August 11 - Rob Minkoff (filmmaker, film director, film producer, animator, and screenwriter)
 * August 16 - Steve Carell (comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director)
 * August 24 - David Koechner (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * August 29 - Ian James Corlett (actor, producer, and author)
 * August 31 - Dee Bradley Baker (voice artist)
 * September 8 - Thomas Kretschmann (actor)
 * September 12 - Amy Yasbeck (actress)
 * September 21 - Rob Morrow (actor, director, producer, singer, and songwriter)
 * September 24 - Nia Vardalos (actress, voice actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and singer)
 * September 26 - Patrick Bristow (actor and comedian)
 * September 28 - Kathleen Marshall (choreographer, dancer, theatre director)
 * September 29 - Roger Bart (actor and singer)
 * October 2 - Jeff Bennett (voice artist)
 * October 11 - Joan Cusack (actress)
 * October 13
 * T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (actress, director, producer comedian, and writer)
 * Kelly Preston (actress and former model)
 * October 14 - Trevor Goddard (boxer and actor)
 * October 19 - Evander Holyfield (professional boxer)
 * October 22 - Bob Odenkirk (actor)
 * October 25 - Darlene Vogel (actress)
 * October 26 - Cary Elwes (actor)
 * November 11
 * Demi Moore (actress)
 * Gerard Horan (actor)
 * November 12 - Mariella Frostrup (British journalist and television presenter)
 * November 14
 * Harland Williams (actor, comedian, musician, and radio personality)
 * Laura San Giacomo (actress)
 * November 19 - Jodie Foster (actress)
 * November 28
 * Jon Stewart (comedian and talk-show host)
 * Jane Sibbett (actress)
 * November 30 - Brian Henson (director, producer, writer, performer, and son of Jim Henson)
 * December 9 - Felicity Huffman (actress)
 * December 19 - Jill Talley (actress)
 * December 22 - Ralph Fiennes (actor, voice actor, director, and producer)
 * December 31 - Lance Reddick (actor, voice actor, and musician)

Deaths

 * December 15 - Charles Laughton (actor, screenwriter, producer, and director)