1976

Feature Films

 * February 5 - No Deposit, No Return
 * March 26 -
 * Dumbo (re-release)
 * Ride a Wild Pony
 * May 26 - Escape for the Dark
 * June 18 - Peter Pan (re-release)
 * July 1 - Treasure of Matecumbe
 * July 7 - Gus
 * December 17 -
 * Freaky Friday (Los Angeles, California)
 * The Shaggy D.A.

Shorts

 * February 11 - The Three Little Pigs (re-release)

Theme park happenings

 * June 20 - Disney's River Country opens
 * Winnie the Pooh for President promotional campaign

Television

 * September 5 - The Muppet Show premieres in syndication. The series was not created by Disney, but has been owned by Disney along with the Muppets themselves since 2004.

Births

 * January 4 - Seth Grahame-Smith (best-selling author, screenwriter, director and producer of film and television)
 * January 18 - Derek Richardson (actor)
 * January 19 - Marsha Thomason (actress)
 * January 21 - Emma Bunton (English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter and fashion designer)
 * February 3 - Isla Fisher (actress)
 * February 13 - Feist (singer-songwriter)
 * February 23 - Kelly Macdonald (voice actress)
 * February 25 - Rashida Jones (actress)
 * March 8 - Freddie Prinze, Jr. (actor)
 * March 14 - Corey Stoll (actor)
 * March 19 - Nicholas Stoller (screenwriter and director)
 * March 21 - Rachael MacFarlane (actress and singer)
 * March 22 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
 * March 23 - Keri Russell (actress)
 * April 1 - Troy Baker (actor, voice actor)
 * April 2 - Aaron Lohr (actor and singer)
 * April 6 - Jason Michas (voice actor and actor)
 * April 9 - Blayne Weaver (actor and writer)
 * April 13 - Jonathan Brandis (actor, director and screenwriter)
 * April 17 - Jason J. Lewis (actor and voice actor)
 * April 18 - Sean Maguire (actor)
 * April 18 - Melissa Joan Hart (actor, director, producer, writer, singer, businesswoman)
 * April 20 - Joey Lawrence (voice actor)
 * May 28 - Liam O'Brien (voice actor, writer, director)
 * May 25 - Cillian Murphy (actor)
 * May 31 - Colin Farrell (actor)
 * June 29 - Bret McKenzie (comedian, actor, Academy Award-winning musician and producer)
 * July 3 - Andrea Barber (actress)
 * July 5 - Jamie Elman (actor)
 * July 9 - Fred Savage (actor, comedian, director, and producer)
 * July 15 -
 * Gabriel Iglesias (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and voice actor)
 * Diane Kruger (actress)
 * July 18 - Elsa Pataky (actress)
 * July 19 - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor, producer)
 * July 21 - Jaime Murray (actress)
 * August 6 - Soleil Moon Frye (actress)
 * August 10 - Joanna Bacalso (actress)
 * August 11 -
 * Will Friedle (voice actor)
 * Tabitha St. Germain (voice actress)
 * August 27 - Sarah Chalke (actress)
 * September 19 - Alison Sweeney (actress, reality show host, director and author)
 * September 20 - Ryan Fleck (filmmaker)
 * October 4 - Alicia Silverstone (actress)
 * October 9 - Sam Riegel (voice actor, voice director, writer, singer)
 * October 11 - Emily Deschanel (actress, television producer, and film producer)
 * October 21 - Andrew Scott (actor)
 * October 23 - Cat Deeley (television presenter, actress, singer and model)
 * October 26 - Florence Kasumba (actress)
 * October 31 - Piper Perabo (actress)
 * November 12 - Tevin Campbell (singer, songwriter and actor)
 * November 17 - Brian T. Delaney (actor and voice actor)
 * November 27 - Jaleel White (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
 * November 28 - Ryan Kwanten (actor)
 * November 29 - Anna Faris (actress and producer)
 * December 5 - Amy Acker (actress)
 * December 6 - Lindsay Price (actress)

Deaths

 * February 13 - John Lounsbery (animator)
 * March 3 - Ray Gilbert (lyricist)
 * March 24 - E.H. Shepard (illustrator)
 * April 11 - Liam Dunn (actor)
 * May 27 - Ruth McDevitt (stage, film, radio and television actress)
 * August 8 - Winston Hibler (screenwriter, film producer and director)
 * August 19 - Alastair Sim (Scottish actor)
 * September 24 - Romney Brent (actor, director and dramatist)
 * November 7 - Roy Williams (Disney animator and mouseketeer)
 * December 20 -
 * Walter Fitzgerald (character actor)
 * Ned Washington (lyricist)
 * December 25 - Frankie Darro (actor)

Artists Joined

 * Tom Ferriter - Coordinating Animator on The Little Mermaid, The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective.