1956

Feature films

 * February 7 - Fantasia (re-release)
 * June 8 - The Great Locomotive Chase
 * July 18 - Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
 * November 6 - Secrets of Life
 * December 20 - Westward Ho, the Wagons!
 * Song of the South (re-release)

Shorts

 * January 16 - Cow Dog
 * February 24 - Chips Ahoy
 * April 27 - Hooked Bear
 * July 8 - How to Have an Accident in the Home
 * July 18
 * Jack and Old Mac
 * Man in Space
 * July 27 - In the Bag
 * November 6 - A Cowboy Needs a Horse
 * December 20 - Disneyland, U.S.A.
 * December 25 - Samoa

Births

 * January 3 - Mel Gibson (actor)
 * January 9 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
 * January 21
 * Robby Benson (voice artist)
 * Geena Davis (actress, producer, model, and athlete)
 * January 26 - Pat Musick (voice actress and actress)
 * January 27 - Susanne Blakeslee (voice actress and stage actress)
 * February 3 - Nathan Lane (actor and writer)
 * February 6 - Jon Walmsley (multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, actor, and producer)
 * February 12 - Arsenio Hall (actor, comedian, and former talk show host)
 * February 17 - Richard Karn (actor, comedian, and TV host)
 * February 28 - Lloyd Sherr (comedian, voice actor, and actor)
 * March 1 - Tim Daly (actor and producer)
 * March 7 - Bryan Cranston (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, and producer)
 * March 11 - Rob Paulsen (voice actor)
 * March 25 - Matthew Garber (actor)
 * April 12 - Andy García (actor)
 * April 26 - Ron Donachie (actor)
 * April 27 - Kevin McNally (actor)
 * May 7 - S. Scott Bullock (voice actor)
 * May 10 - Paige O'Hara (voice artist)
 * May 13 - Kirk Thornton (voice actor and voice director)
 * June 4 - Keith David (voice artist)
 * June 23 - Randy Jackson (singer, television personality, and host)
 * June 30 - David Alan Grier (actor and comedian)
 * July 9 - Tom Hanks (voice artist)
 * July 12 - Spencer Peel (animation director and animator)
 * August 4 - Mika Doi (Japanese voice actress)
 * August 18 - John Debney (American composer)
 * August 19 - Louise Gold (actress and puppeteer)
 * August 20 - Joan Allen (actress)
 * August 28 - Luis Guzmán (Puerto Rican American actor)
 * September 10 - Jim Jackman (actor)
 * September 11 - Cathy Horyn (fashion journalist)
 * September 20 - Gary Cole (actor)
 * October 2 - Charlie Adler (voice actor and voice director)
 * October 14 - Greg Martin (illustrator)
 * October 18 - Cindy O'Callaghan (actress)
 * October 21 - Carrie Fisher (actress, novelist, screenwriter, and performance artist)
 * October 26 - Rita Wilson (actress, singer, and producer)
 * October 29 - Darrell Van Citters (director, animator, and author)
 * November 10 - Sinbad (stand-up comedian and actor)
 * November 15 - Jerry Rees (director, screenwriter, and animator)
 * November 21
 * Timothy Stack (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, and producer)
 * Cherry Jones (actress)
 * November 22 - Richard Kind (voice artist)
 * November 26 - Don Lake (actor, writer, and producer)
 * November 27 - William Fichtner (actor)
 * December 3 - Michael Gough (voice actor, singer, and musician)
 * December 15 - John Lee Hancock (screenwriter, director, and producer)
 * December 25 - Desirée Goyette (singer, composer, lyricist, and voice-over artist)
 * December 30 - Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress and singer)
 * Ed Grier (president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)

Character debuts

 * February 10 - Gideon McDuck
 * July 8 - J.J. Fate
 * October - Flintheart Glomgold