1966

Feature films

 * February 4 - The Ugly Dachshund
 * March 25 - Bambi (re-release; this would be the last ever re-release of a film in Walt Disney's lifetime)
 * June 1 - Mary Poppins (re-release)
 * July 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN
 * October 1 - The Fighting Prince of Donegal
 * December 1 - Follow Me, Boys! (the last film to be released during Walt Disney's lifetime)
 * The Adventures of Donald Duck

Shorts

 * February 4 - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
 * May - Donald's Fire Survival Plan
 * Ferdinand the Bull (re-issue)

​Theme park happenings

 * May 28 - "It's a small world" opens at Disneyland
 * June 17 - Thomas Guy Cleveland attempted to sneak into Disneyland's Grad Nite by climbing onto the monorail track; he was struck and killed by an oncoming monorail train, which literally tore his body to shreds.

Character debuts

 * February 4 - Mark Garrison, Fran Garrison, The Dachsies, Dr. Pruitt, Brutus, Officer/Sgt. Carmody, Mel Chadwick, Mr. Toyama, Kenji, Judge, Milkman, Eddie
 * February 16 - Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Gopher, The Bees

Births

 * Mark McCorkle (screenwriter, television writer, and television producer)
 * January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
 * January 31 - Dexter Fletcher (actor and writer)
 * February 3 - Frank Coraci (director, producer, screenwriter, and actor)
 * February 11 - Jennifer L. Hughes (voice actress)
 * February 13 - Neal McDonough (actor and voice actor)
 * February 20 - Cindy Crawford (actress and model)
 * February 22 - Rachel Dratch (actress, comedian, producer, and writer)
 * February 24 - Billy Zane (actor, voice actor, and producer)
 * February 25 - Alexis Denisof (actor)
 * February 27 - Donal Logue (actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer)
 * March 3 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
 * March 5 - Aasif Mandvi (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
 * March 14 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * April 8 - Robin Wright (actress)
 * May 12 - Stephen Baldwin (actor and producer)
 * May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
 * June 7 - Ayumi Kida (Japanese voice actress)
 * June 8 - Julianna Margulies (actress and producer)
 * June 10 - Laura Silverman (actress, comedian, and voice actress)
 * June 19 - Samuel West (actor and director)
 * June 27 - J. J. Abrams (film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer)
 * June 30 - Wendy Davis (actress)
 * July 2 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
 * 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)
 * August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (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 - Maria Canals-Barrera (actress, voice actress, and singer)
 * October 6 - Jacqueline Obradors (actress)
 * October 11 - Luke Perry (actor)
 * October 17 - Mark Gatiss (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
 * October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian)
 * October 26 - Jane Hajduk (actress and voice actress)
 * October 28 - Andy Richter (actor, writer, comedian, and talk show)
 * November 2 - David Schwimmer (actor, comedian, producer, and director)
 * November 6 - Peter DeLuise (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * November 17 - Thomas McHugh (voice actor)
 * November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor and martial artist)
 * November 23 - Jerome Ranft (sculptor and voice actor)
 * November 26 - Kristin Bauer van Straten (actress)
 * November 28 - Martin Sherman (actor, voice actor, voice director, and writer)
 * December 8 - Matt Adler (actor and voice actor)
 * December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)

Deaths

 * June 19 - Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
 * July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
 * July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
 * December 14 - Verna Felton (actress)
 * December 15 - Walt Disney (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)