1961

Feature films

 * January 25 - 101 Dalmatians
 * March 16 - The Absent-Minded Professor
 * June 21 - The Parent Trap
 * July 12 - Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
 * July 17 - Greyfriars Bobby
 * December 14 - Babes in Toyland

Shorts

 * June 21 - Donald and the Wheel
 * June 21 - The Litterbug
 * December 20 - Aquamania

Theme park happenings

 * The Disneyland Monorail System extends to the Disneyland Hotel.

Character debuts

 * September 24 - Ludwig Von Drake
 * December - Magica De Spell

Births

 * Alber Elbaz (fashion designer)
 * January 18 - Bob Peterson (animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor)
 * March 13 - Paul Berry (stop-motion animator and director)
 * March 24 - Mitsuru Ogata (Japanese voice actor)
 * March 29 - Amy Sedaris (actress and comedian)
 * April 3 - Eddie Murphy (actor and comedian)
 * April 13 - Liz Callaway (actress and singer)
 * April 14 - Mau Heymans (Dutch comics artist and writer)
 * April 14 - Robert Carlyle (Scottish actor)
 * April 23 - George Lopez (actor and comedian)
 * May 6 - George Clooney (actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * May 16 - Kevin McDonald (voice actor)
 * May 27 - Peri Gilpin (actress)
 * May 29 - Melissa Etheridge (singer)
 * June 5 - Mary Kay Bergman (voice actress)
 * June 9 - Michael J. Fox (voice actor)
 * June 15 - Jim Hanks (voice actor)
 * June 17 - Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist)
 * June 25 - Ricky Gervais (actor and comedian)
 * July 4 - Ted Elliott (Film writer and film producer)
 * July 10 - Jacky Cheung (Hong Kong actor)
 * July 30 - Elio (Italian musician and singer)
 * August 4 - Lauren Tom (voice actress)
 * August 5 - Janet McTeer (English actress)
 * August 17 - Takashi Aoyagi (Japanese scholar and voice actor of Mickey Mouse)
 * August 25 - Billy Ray Cyrus (actor)
 * August 28 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress and comedienne)
 * September 11 - Elizabeth Daily (voice actress)
 * September 15 - Noel MacNeal (puppeteer, writer, performer and director)
 * September 18 - James Gandolfini (actor)
 * September 22 - Bonnie Hunt (voice actress)
 * September 23 - Elizabeth Peña (actress and director), Chi McBride (actor, singer-songwriter)
 * September 25 - Heather Locklear (actress)
 * October 10 - Jodi Benson (actress and singer)
 * October 1 - Peter Jackson (film director, film producer, screenwriter)
 * November 2 - k.d. lang (singer and occasional actress)
 * November 14 - D. B. Sweeney (voice actor)

Deaths

 * March 26 - Ned Norton (film and voice actor)
 * November 13 - Wally Brown (actor, comedian and long-time partner of Alan Carney)
 * Bob Stevens (Member of The Mellomen)