1951

Theatrical releases

 * July 28 - Alice in Wonderland

Character debuts

 * July 28 - Alice, Alice's sister, Dinah, White Rabbit, The Doorknob, Dodo, Bill the Lizard, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and March Hare, The Queen of Hearts (and the King)
 * October 21 - Max Goof (known at the time as Goofy Jr.)

Births

 * January 9 - Crystal Gayle (singer)
 * January 12 - Kirstie Alley (actress)
 * January 30 - Phil Collins (musician)
 * February 3 - Byron Erickson (comics editor)
 * February 10 - Bob Iger (cEO of The Walt Disney Company)
 * February 15 - Melissa Manchester (singer-songwriter and actress)
 * February 24 - Debra Jo Rupp (film and television actress)
 * March 17 - Kurt Russell (actor)
 * March 26 - Robert Shields (mime and dancer)
 * April 13 - Peabo Bryson (singer)
 * April 18 - Bruce Gordon (Imagineer)
 * June 13 - Stellan Skarsgård (actor)
 * June 20 - Tress MacNeille (voice actress)
 * July 6 - Geoffrey Rush (actor)
 * July 8 - Anjelica Huston (actress)
 * July 9 - Chris Cooper (actor)
 * July 12 - Cheryl Ladd (actress, singer and author)
 * July 21 - Robin Williams (voice actor)
 * July 23 - Edie McClurg (character actress)
 * July 24 - Lynda Carter (actress)
 * July 28 - Danny Mann (voice actor, writer, singer, musician and production manager)
 * August 17 - Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
 * September 2 - Mark Harmon (actor)
 * September 5 - Michael Keaton (voice actor)
 * September 13 - Jean Smart (actress)
 * September 25 - Mark Hamill (actor)
 * October 2 - Sting (singer)
 * October 18 - Pam Dawber (actress)
 * November 20 - Rodger Bumpass (actor)
 * December 7 - Daniel Branca (Argentine comic artist)
 * John Pomeroy (animator)

Deaths

 * Larry Grey (voice actor and magician)