1972

Feature films

 * January - Song of the South (re-issue)
 * March 22 - The Biscuit Eater
 * July 5 - Napoleon and Samantha
 * July 12 - Now You See Him, Now You Don't
 * October 11 - Dumbo (re-issue)
 * October 18 - Run, Cougar, Run
 * November 26 - Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
 * December 20 - Snowball Express and The Sword in the Stone (re-issue)

Television

 * January 26 - The Mouse Factory premieres in syndication.

Theme park happenings

 * March 24 - Country Bear Jamboree opens at Disneyland.
 * June 5 - If You Had Wings opens at Magic Kingdom
 * December 15 - Construction of Space Mountain begins at Magic Kingdom.

Births

 * Christophe Beck (television and film composer)
 * Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo (radio personality)
 * January 11 - Christian Jacobs (musician, television producer, voice actor, actor)
 * January 21 - Glen Drake (actor)
 * January 30 - Jennifer Hale (voice actress)
 * February 8 - Paul Wight (professional wrestler)
 * February 9 - Crispin Freeman (voice actor, ADR director and script writer)
 * February 26 - Keith Ferguson (voice actor)
 * March 18 - Dane Cook (stand-up comedian and actor)
 * March 24 - Tony Leondis (Director, writer, story artist and voice actor)
 * March 26 - Leslie Mann (actress)
 * April 3 - Leigh-Allyn Baker (actress)
 * April 15 - Lou Romano (voice actor and animation production artist)
 * April 17 - Jennifer Garner (actress and film producer)
 * May 2 - Dwayne Johnson (actor)
 * June 2 - Wayne Brady (actor, singer, comedian and television personality)
 * June 14 - Aliki Theofilopoulous Grafft (television writer, storyboard artist and voice actress)
 * July 10 - John Viener (actor, voice actor, writer and comedian)
 * July 29 - Wil Wheaton (actor, blogger and writer)
 * August 15 - Matthew Wood (sound engineer, voice actor): Ben Affleck (actor)
 * August 18 - Leo Ku (Hong Kong voice actor)
 * August 27 - Dalip Rana (professional wrestler, actor and powerlifter)
 * August 30 - Cameron Diaz (actress)
 * September 6 - Idris Elba (actor, singer, and rapper); Anika Noni Rose (voice actress and singer)
 * September 13 - Kelly Chen (Hong Kong voice actress)
 * September 27 - Gwyneth Paltrow (actress)
 * October 22 - Saffron Burrows (actress)
 * October 28 - Brad Paisley (singer)
 * November 7 - Christopher Daniel Barnes (voice actor)
 * November 14 - Josh Duhamel (actor)
 * December 3 - Ethan Sandler (actor)
 * December 19 - Alyssa Milano (voice actress)
 * December 28 - Thomas Bromhead (actor, voice actor, comedian and musician)

Deaths

 * January 1 - Maurice Chevalier (actor, singer and entertainer)
 * February 3 - John Litel (actor)
 * April 25 - George Sanders (voice actor)
 * May 5 - Frank Tashlin (animator, screenwriter and film director)
 * October 16 - Leo G. Carroll (English actor)
 * November 5 - Reginald Owen (actor)
 * November 29 - Carl Stalling (composer)
 * December 6 - Janet Munro (actress)
 * December 26 - Harry S. Truman (33rd President of the United States)

Events

 * May 14 - The first auction of Disney memorabilia takes place at Sothby's in Los Angeles, California.