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) and Almost Angels
 * November 7 - The Legend of Lobo
 * December 21 - In Search of the Castaways

Shorts

 * December 19 - A Symposium on Popular Songs

Theme park happenings

 * November 18 - Swiss Family Treehouse opens at Disneyland

Births

 * January 7 - Hallie Todd (actress)
 * January 17 - Jim Carrey (actor)
 * February 5 - Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress)
 * February 7 - Garth Brooks (country music artist) and Eddie Izzard (voice artist)
 * February 11 - Sheryl Crow (singer and actress)
 * March 11 - Jeffrey Nordling (actor) and Barbara Alyn Woods (actress)
 * March 12 - Chris Sanders (screenwriter and voice actor)
 * March 12 - Julia Campbell (actress)
 * March 21 - Matthew Broderick (actor) and Rosie O'Donnell (actress, comedian and singer)
 * March 26 - Eric Allan Kramer (actor)
 * April 2 - Clark Gregg (actor, screenwriter, and director)
 * April 15 - Tom Kane (voice artist)
 * April 16 - Anna Dello Russo (fashion designer)
 * April 18 - Jeff Dunham (comedian and ventriloquist)
 * May 5 - Manoj Sood (actor)
 * May 12 - Emilio Estevez (actor, film director, and writer)
 * May 17 - Craig Ferguson (television host, stand-up comedian, writer, and actor)
 * May 21 - Cam Brainard (voice actor, narrator, and radio personality)
 * May 23 - Karen Duffy (actress, model, and TV personality)
 * May 26 - Bobcat Goldthwait (actor, comedian and director)
 * June 5 - Jeff Garlin (actor and comedian)
 * June 10 - Carolyn Hennesy (actress, author, and zoo advocate)
 * June 19 - Paula Abdul (singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality)
 * July 1 - Dominic Keating (British television, film and theatre actor)
 * July 13 - Tom Kenny (voice artist)
 * 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, singer, songwriter)
 * September 24 - Nia Vardalos (actress, screenwriter, director, producer)
 * 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) and 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) and Gerard Horan (actor)
 * November 12 - Mariella Frostrup (British journalist and television presenter)
 * November 14 - Harland Williams (actor, comedian, musician and radio personality)
 * November 19 - Jodie Foster (actress)
 * November 28 - Jane Sibbett (actress)
 * November 28 - Jon Stewart (comedian, talk-show host)
 * November 30 - Brian Henson (director, producer, writer, performer and son of Jim Henson)
 * December 9 - Felicity Huffman (film, stage and television actress)
 * December 19 - Jill Talley (actress)

Deaths

 * February 6 - Roy Atwell (comedian and composer)
 * February 17 - Joseph Kearns (actor)
 * June 24 - Lucile Watson (actress)
 * December 15 - Charles Laughton (actor, screenwriter, producer and director)