1962

Theatrical releases

 * January 18 - Pinocchio (re-release)
 * April 5 - Moon Pilot
 * May 17 - Bon Voyage!
 * June 6 - Big Red
 * September 26 - Lady and the Tramp (re-release) and Almost Angels
 * November 7 - The Legend of Lobo
 * December 21 - In Search of the Castaways

Theme park happenings

 * November 18 - Swiss Family Treehouse opens at Disneyland

Births

 * January 17 - Jim Carrey (actor)
 * February 7 - Garth Brooks (country music artist)
 * February 7 - Eddie Izzard (voice artist)
 * February 11 - Sheryl Crow (singer and actress)
 * March 12 - Chris Sanders (screenwriter and voice actor)
 * March 21 - Matthew Broderick (actor)
 * March 21 - Rosie O'Donnell (actress, comedian and singer)
 * March 26 - Eric Allan Kramer (actor)
 * April 2 - Clark Gregg (actor, screenwriter, and director)
 * April 15 - Tom Kane (voice artist)
 * April 16 - Anna Dello Russo (fashion designer)
 * April 18 - Jeff Dunham (comedian and ventriloquist)
 * May 12 - Emilio Estevez (actor, film director, and writer)
 * May 17 - Craig Ferguson (actor)
 * May 23 - Karen Duffy (actress, model, and TV personality)
 * May 26 - Bobcat Goldthwait (actor, comedian and director)
 * June 5 - Jeff Garlin (actor and comedian)
 * June 19 - Paula Abdul (singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality)
 * July 1 - Dominic Keating (British television, film and theatre actor)
 * July 13 - Sandy Fox (voice actress)
 * July 13 - Tom Kenny (voice artist)
 * July 18 - Lee Arenberg (film and television actor)
 * July 19 - Anthony Edwards (actor and director)
 * July 20 - Carlos Alazraqui (voice artist)
 * August 11 - Rob Minkoff (filmmaker, film director, film producer, animator and screenwriter)
 * August 16 - Steve Carell (comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer and director)
 * August 31 - Dee Bradley Baker (voice artist)
 * September 29 - Roger Bart (actor and singer)
 * October 2 - Jeff Bennett (voice artist)
 * October 11 - Joan Cusack (actress)
 * October 13 - T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (actress, director, producer comedian and writer)
 * October 13 - Kelly Preston (actress and former model)
 * October 19 - Evander Holyfield (professional boxer)
 * October 26 - Cary Elwes (actor)
 * November 11 - Demi Moore (actress)
 * November 14 - Harland Williams (actor, comedian, musician and radio personality)
 * November 19 - Jodie Foster (actress)
 * November 30 - Brian Henson (director, producer, writer, performer)
 * December 9 - Felicity Huffman (film, stage and television actress)

Deaths

 * February 6 - Roy Atwell (comedian and composer)
 * February 17 - Joseph Kearns (actor)
 * June 24 - Lucile Watson (actress)
 * December 15 - Charles Laughton (actor, screenwriter, producer and director)