1948

Feature films

 * May 27 - Melody Time
 * November 29 - So Dear to My Heart (Chicago, Illinois)

Shorts

 * January 23 - They're Off
 * February 6 - The Big Wash
 * February 20 - Little Hiawatha (re-release)
 * March 5 - Drip Dippy Donald
 * March 19 - Mickey Down Under
 * April 2 - Alpine Climbers (re-release)
 * April 16 - Daddy Duck
 * April 30 - Bone Bandit
 * May 21 - Donald's Dream Voice
 * July 9 - Pluto's Purchase
 * July 30 - The Trial of Donald Duck
 * August 13 - Cat Nap Pluto
 * August 27 - Inferior Decorator
 * September 10 - Pluto's Fledgling
 * September 17 - The Three Little Pigs (re-release)
 * October 15 - Soup's On
 * November 2 - Three for Breakfast
 * December 3 - Mickey and the Seal
 * December 24 - Tea for Two Hundred

Character debuts

 * January - Gladstone Gander
 * May 27 - Johnny Appleseed, Johnny's Angel, Little Toot, Big Toot, Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue, Widowmaker, Joe, Jenny
 * August 27 - Spike the Bee
 * November 29 - Jeremiah Kincaid, Granny Kincaid, Tildy, Uncle Hiram, Owl, Danny, Pete Grundy, Grampa Meeker, Mr. Burns

Births

 * January 7 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
 * January 14 - Carl Weathers (actor and former professional football player)
 * January 18 - M.C. Gainey (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * January 25 - Haruhiko Jō (actor, theater director, and voice actor)
 * January 27 - Mikhail Baryshnikov (dancer, choreographer, and actor)
 * January 18 - M. C. Gainey (actor)
 * February 4 - Alice Cooper (singer, songwriter, and musician)
 * February 5
 * Barbara Hershey (actress)
 * Tom Wilkinson (actor)
 * February 14 - Teller (comedian, magician, and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
 * February 15 - Tino Insana (actor, voice actor, writer, and film producer)
 * February 28 - Bernadette Peters (actress, singer, and author)
 * March 4 - Brian Cummings (voice actor)
 * March 6 - Stephen Schwartz (composer and musical theatre lyricist)
 * March 12 - James Taylor (singer and guitarist)
 * March 14 - Billy Crystal (voice actor)
 * April 22 - Larry Groce (singer-songwriter and radio host)
 * April 28 - Marcia Strassman (actress and singer)
 * May 5 - Peter Young (screenwriter)
 * May 14 - Rich Correll (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * May 21 - Leo Sayer (singer)
 * May 24 - James Cosmo (Scottish actor)
 * June 1 - Powers Boothe (actor)
 * June 6 - Peter Mansbridge (newscaster)
 * June 8 - Mike Jittlov (animator)
 * June 19 - Phylicia Rashad (actress)
 * June 28 - Kathy Bates (actress and director)
 * July 12
 * Ben Burtt (sound designer and voice actor)
 * Jay Thomas (actor, comedian, and radio talk show host)
 * Richard Simmons (fitness personality, actor, and political activist)
 * July 16 - Ruben Blades (actor, singer, songwriter, actor, musician, activist, and politician)
 * July 25 - Eren Ozker (puppeteer)
 * July 30 - Jean Reno (actor)
 * August 19 - Ian McElhinney (actor)
 * August 30 - Lewis Black (stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic, and actor)
 * September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (actor)
 * September 17 - John Ritter (actor)
 * September 19 - Jeremy Irons (actor)
 * September 24 - Phil Hartman (actor, voice actor, comedian, graphic artist, and screenwriter)
 * October 17
 * George Wendt (actor and comedian)
 * Margot Kidder (actress)
 * October 28 - Telma Hopkins (actress and singer)
 * November 28 - Agnieszka Holland (director and screenwriter)
 * December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer, songwriter, television personality, and actor)
 * December 15 - David Gwillim (actor)
 * December 21
 * Samuel L. Jackson (actor and film producer)
 * Barry Gordon (actor, voice actor, television host, television producer, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild)
 * December 22 - Lynne Thigpen (actress)
 * December 27 - Gérard Depardieu (actor and filmmaker)
 * December 31 - Donna Summer (singer, songwriter, and artist)