1966

Feature films

 * February 16 - The Ugly Daschund
 * July 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
 * October 1 - The Fighting Prince of Donegal
 * December 1 - Follow Me, Boys!

Shorts

 * February 4 - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

​Theme park happenings

 * May 28 - It's a Small World opens at Disneyland
 * June - Thomas Guy Cleveland attempted to sneak into Disneyland's Grad Nite by climbing onto the monorail track, struck and killed by a monorail train, which literally tore his body to shreds.

Character Debuts

 * February 16 - Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Gopher, The Bees, Piglet

Births

 * Pat McGrath (make-up artist)
 * January 9 - Candi Milo (voice actress)
 * January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
 * January 31 - Dexter Fletcher (British actor)
 * February 20 - Cindy Crawford (actress and model)
 * February 24 - Billy Zane (actor)
 * March 3 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
 * March 5 - Aasif Mandvi (actor and comedian)
 * March 14 - Gary Anthony Williams (Stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, comedian)
 * April 8 - Robin Wright (actress)
 * May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
 * June 7 - Ayumi Kida (Japanese voice actress)
 * June 8 - Julianna Margulies (actress and producer)
 * June 19 - Samuel West (actor and director)
 * June 27 - J.J. Abrams (Director, producer, screenwriter, actor, composer)
 * July 6 - Brian Posehn (actor, writer and comedian)
 * July 9 - Pamela Adlon (voice actress)
 * July 18 - Lori Alan (voice actress)
 * July 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz (voice actor)
 * September 2 - Salma Hayek (actress, producer, and director)
 * September 7 - Toby Jones (English actor)
 * September 9 - Adam Sandler (actor)
 * September 20 - Amy Farrington (actress and model)
 * September 25 - Jason Flemyng (actor)
 * September 28 - María Canals Barrera (actress, voice actress and singer)
 * October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter and comedian)
 * November 17 - Thomas McHugh (voice actor)
 * November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor and martial artist)
 * November 26 - Kristin Bauer van Straten (actress)
 * November 28 - Martin Sherman (actor and voice actor)
 * December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor and director)
 * December 30 - Eric Kot (Hong Kong voice actor)

Deaths

 * February 1 - Buster Keaton (actor)
 * March 25 - Colin Campbell (voice actor)
 * June 19 - Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
 * July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer)
 * July 23 - Donald Novis (English actor and tenor)
 * July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
 * December 4 - Crahan Denton (stage and television actor)
 * December 14 - Verna Felton (actress)
 * December 15 - Walt Disney (co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)