Pre-1922

Events before 1922 which have relevance to the Walt Disney Company.

1412

• January 6 - Joan of Arc is born.

1431

• May 30 - Joan of Arc dies.

1452

• April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci is born.

1519

• May 2 - Leonardo da Vinci dies.

1564

• April 26 - William Shakespeare is baptized (actual birth date unknown).

1616

• April 23 - William Shakespeare dies.

1743

• April 13 - Thomas Jefferson is born.

1769

• August 15 - Napoleon Bonaparte is born.

1785

• January 4 - Jacob Grimm is born.

1786

• February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm is born.

1802

• July 24 - Alexandre Dumas is born.

1805

• April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen is born.

1809

• January 19 - Edgar Allan Poe is born.
• February 12 - Abraham Lincoln is born.

1819

• June 20 - Jacques Offenbach is born.

1820

• May 12 - Florence Nightingale is born.

1821

• May 5 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies.

1826

• July 4 - Thomas Jefferson dies.

1828

• February 9 - Jules Verne is born.

1835

• November 30 - Mark Twain is born.

1849

• October 7 - Edgar Allan Poe dies.

1863

• September 20 - Jacob Grimm dies.

1866

• September 21 - H.G. Wells is born.

1867

• April 16 - Wilbur Wright is born.

1868

• April 22 - Flora Disney is born.

1870

• December 5 - Alexandre Dumas dies.

1871

• August 19 - Orville Wright is born.

1872

• November 8 - Lucille La Verne is born.

1874

• March 24 - Harry Houdini is born.

1875

• August 4 - Hans Christian Andersen dies.
• September 1 - Edgar Rice Burroughs is born.

1877

• July 27 - Florence Gill is born.

1879

• March 14 - Albert Einstein is born.

1880

• September 14 - Earl Hurd is born.
• October 5 - Jacques Offenbach dies.

1881

• August 28 - Ferdinand Hovarth is born.

1883

• May 11 - Albert Hurter is born.

1885

• December 22 - Deems Taylor is born.

1886

• November 9 - Ed Wynn is born.

1887

• August 5 - Reginald Owen is born.
• August 6 - Oliver Wallace is born.

1888

• September 12 - Maurice Chevalier is born.

1889

• June 10 - Sessue Hayakawa is born.
• November 5 - Charles Mintz is born.

1890

• July 20 - Verna Felton is born.
• November 29 - Hilda Plowright is born.

1892

• April 8 - Mary Pickford is born.
• September 11 - Pinto Colvig is born.

1893

• June 24 - Roy O. Disney is born.

1894

• September 12 - Billy Gilbert is born.
• September 24 - Billy Bletcher is born.

1895

• April 11 - Jack King is born.
• April 22 - Margaret J. Winkler is born.
• June 14 - Cliff Edwards is born.

1896

• May 3 - Dodie Smith is born.

1897

• ? - Cy Young is born.

1898

• January 2 - Dick Huemer is born.
• January 14 - Lewis Carroll is born.
• April 2 - Earl Duvall is born.

1899

• February 15 - Lillian Disney is born.
• July 1 - Charles Laughton is born.

1900

• January 23 - David Hand is born.
• February 6 - Ted Osborne is born.
• February 17 - Ruth Clifford is born.
• September 1 - Don Wilson is born.
• October 9 - Alastair Sim is born.
• October 10 - Helen Hayes is born.
• October 15 - Fritz Feld is born.
• November 20 - Chester Gould is born.

1901

• March 24 - Ub Iwerks is born.
• March 27 - Carl Barks is born.
• June 12 - Clyde Geronimi is born.
• August 15 - Ned Washington is born.
• September 28 - Ed Sullivan is born.
• October 20 - Frank Churchill is born.
• December 5 - Walt Disney is born.
• December 7 - Harry Stanton is born.

1902

• January 20 - Leon Ames is born.
• January 26 - Romney Brent is born.
• September 2 - Norman Ferguson is born.
• October 12 - Anthony Eustrel is born.
• October 31 - Eduard Franz is born.
• December 27 - Carman Maxwell is born.

1903

• February 16 - Edgar Bergen is born.
• May 12 - Wilfrid Hyde-White is born.
• May 29 - Bob Hope is born.
• August 7 - Rudolf Ising is born.
• August 31 - Hugh Harman is born.
• October 16 - Hamilton Luske is born.
• December 10
  • George J. Lewis is born.
  • Mary Norton is born.
  • Una Merkel is born.

1904

• January 10 - Ray Bolger is born.
• February 11 - José Oliveira is born.
• March 15 - J. Pat O'Malley is born.
• May 6 - Raymond Bailey is born.
• June 14 - Gil Lamb is born.
• June 24 - Phil Harris is born.
• August 22 - Jay Novello is born.
• September 19 - Elvia Allman is born
• September 21 - Alexander Key is born.
• September 29 - Greer Garson is born.
• October 25 - Vladimir "Bill" Tytla is born.
• December 7 - Clarence Nash is born.

1905

• January 4
  • Sterling Holloway is born.
  • Arthur Gould-Porter is born.
• January 26 - Charles Lane is born.
• March 24 - Jules Verne dies.
• March 31 - Robert Stevenson is born.
• June 5 - John Abbott is born.
• August 29 - Al Taliaferro is born.
• September 3 - Eric Larson is born.
• October 7 - Andy Devine is born.
• November 19 - Eleanor Audley is born.
• December 7 - Leonard H. Goldenson is born.

1906

• ? - The Disney family moves to Marceline.
• January 24 - Wilfred Jackson is born.
• February 27 - Carlo Vinci is born.
• May 19 - Jimmy MacDonald is born.
• July 3 - George Sanders is born.
• August 21 - Friz Freleng is born.
• October 30 - Paul Smith is born.
• November 25 - Larry Clemmons is born.
• December 9 - Freddy Martin is born.

1907

• February 5 - Samuel W. Taylor is born.
• February 15 - Cesar Romero is born.
• March 5 - Thomas McKimson is born.
• March 26 - Leigh Harline is born.
• April 23 - James Hayter is born.
• June 6 - Edward H. Plumb is born.
• June 15 - James Robertson Justice is born.
• June 16 - Jack Albertson is born.
• June 27 - John McIntire is born.
• August 14 - Dick Lundy is born.
• October 8 - Art Babbitt is born.
• November 16 - Burgess Meredith is born.
• November 17 - Les Clark is born.
• December 20 - Al Rinker is born.
• December 25 - Andrew Cruickshank is born.

1908

• January 10 - Bernard Lee is born.
• January 19 - Jack Cutting is born.
• February 13 - Patrick Barr is born.
• February 22 - John Mills is born.
• April 2 - Buddy Ebsen is born.
• May 15 - Joe Grant is born.
• May 26 - Robert Morley is born.
• May 30 - Mel Blanc is born.
• June 7 - Ken O'Connor is born.
• June 29 - John Hench is born.
• August 30 - Fred MacMurray is born.
• September 13 - Mae Questel is born.
• September 30 - Judge Whitaker is born.
• October 24 - Preston Blair is born.
• November 12 - Shamus Culhane is born.

1909

• March 17 - Ken Anderson is born.
• March 22 - Milt Kahl is born.
• March 25 - Jerry Livingston is born.
• March 29 - Jack Kinney is born.
• June 7 - Jessica Tandy is born.
• June 26 - Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman is born.
• September 11 - Anne Seymour is born.
• December 20 - Amby Paliwoda is born.

1910

• March 1 - David Niven is born.
• March 28 - Jimmie Dodd is born.
• April 21 - Mark Twain dies.
• June 13 - Mary Wickes is born.
• July 3 - Marcellite Garner is born.
• July 26 - Kenneth Muse is born.
• July 28 - Judd Conlon is born.
• August 12 - Jane Wyatt is born.
• August 13 - Florence Nightingale dies.
• August 16 - Gloria Blondell is born.
• September 3 - Yale Gracey is born.
• September 7 - Ben Stahl is born.
• September 11 - John Sutherland is born.
• September 15 - Charles A. Nichols is born.
• October 8 - Winston Hibler is born.
• October 13 - Robert McKimson is born.
• October 25 - Tyrus Wong is born.
• December 7 - Louis Prima is born.
• December 20 - Carl Urbano is born.
• December 21 - Marvin Davis is born.

1911

• January 29 - Bryan Coleman is born.
• February 6 - Ronald Reagan is born.
• March 5 - Bob Karp is born.
• March 9 - John Lounsbery is born.
• March 16 - Harper Goff is born.
• March 18 - William Lava is born.
• March 24 - Joseph Barbera is born.
• March 26 - T. Hee is born.
• April 2 - Bill Days is born.
• May 27 - Vincent Price is born.
• July 6 - LaVerne Sophia Andrews is born.
• July 14 - Terry-Thomas is born.
• July 16 - Ginger Rogers is born.
• July 18 - Bernard Wolf is born.
• September 2 - Eileen Way is born.
• September 7 - Fred Moore is born.
• September 11 - Phil DeLara is born.
• September 20 - Frank De Vol is born.
• October 11 - Michael Hordern is born.
• October 14 - Thor Putnam is born.
• October 21 - Mary Blair is born.
• November 10 - Marjorie Ralston is born.
• November 21 - Andy Engman is born.
• November 25 - Paul Murry is born.
• December 18 - David Hilberman is born
• December 30 - Jeanette Nolan is born.

1912

• March 23 - Jeff York is born.
• May 29 - Iris Adrian is born.
• June 11 - James Algar is born.
• July 5 - Mack David is born.
• July 15 - Al Bertino is born.
• August 23
  • Ed Benedict is born.
  • Gene Kelly is born.
• September 5
  • Ray Gilbert is born.
  • Frank Thomas is born.
• September 13 - Reta Shaw is born.
• September 21 - Chuck Jones is born.
• October 5 - Riley Thomson is born.
• October 31 - Ollie Johnston is born.

1913

• January 5 - Jack Hannah is born.
• January 17 - Claude Coats is born.
• January 18 - Danny Kaye is born.
• February 19 - Frank Tashlin is born.
• February 25 - Jim Backus is born.
• March 3 - Manuel Gonzales is born.
• March 12 - Loulie Jean Norman is born.
• March 16 - Lou Nova is born.
• March 22 - James Westerfield is born.
• March 30 - Marc Davis is born.
• April 16 - Les Tremayne is born.
• May 5 - Hal King is born.
• May 8 - Bob Clampett is born.
• May 11 - Salvatore Camarata is born.
• May 24 - Peter Ellenshaw is born.
• July 8 - Bill Thompson is born.
• August 1 - Hal Ambro is born.
• August 10 - Noah Beery, Jr. is born.
• August 25 - Walt Kelly is born.
• October 28
  • Douglas Seale is born.
  • Don Lusk is born.
• November 2 - Burt Lancaster is born.
• December 25 - Candy Candido is born.
• December 28 - Henry Rowland is born.

1914

• February 6 - Thurl Ravenscroft is born.
• February 9 - Bill Justice is born.
• March 4 - Ward Kimball is born.
• April 2 - Alec Guinness is born.
• July 3 - George Bruns is born.
• July 14 - Hubert Gregg is born.
• October 9 - Edward Andrews is born.
• October 19 - Juanita Moore is born.
• October 26 - Jackie Coogan is born.
• October 28 - Dody Goodman is born
• November 6 - Jonathan Harris is born.
• December 19 - Mel Shaw is born.
• December 27 - Jack Bradbury is born.

1915

• January 21
  • Alan Hewitt is born.
  • Ray Erlenborn is born.
• January 29 - Bill Peet is born.
• February 16 - Elton Hayes is born.
• April 10 - Harry Morgan is born.
• May 1 - Art Stevens is born.
• May 5 - Ben Wright is born.
• May 6 - Orson Welles is born.
• May 12 - Tony Strobl is born.
• May 20 - Peter Copley is born.
• June 19 - Pat Buttram is born.
• June 25 - Peter Lind Hayes is born.
• September 10 - Edmond O'Brien is born.
• October 3 - Anthony Forwood is born.
• November 14 - Martha Tilton is born.
• November 23 - John Dehner is born.
• December 7 - Eli Wallach is born.
• December 12 - Frank Sinatra is born.
• December 19 - Ken O'Brien is born.

1916

• January 3 - Maxene Angelyn Andrews is born.
• January 9 - Card Walker is born.
• February 14 - Edward Platt is born.
• February 23 - Retta Scott is born.
• March 31 - Lucille Bliss is born.
• April 26 - Eyvind Earle is born.
• May 16 - Adriana Caselotti is born.
• May 21 - Dennis Day is born.
• June 14 - Dorothy McGuire is born.
• June 17 - Terry Gilkyson is born.
• July 27 - Keenan Wynn is born.
• August 21 - Bill Lee is born.
• August 24 - Hal Smith is born.
• September 13 - Roald Dahl is born.
• September 17 - Mary Stewart is born.
• October 19 - David Lewis is born.
• November 4 - Walter Cronkite is born.
• November 12 - Liam Dunn is born.
• November 15 - Bill Melendez is born.
• November 16 - Daws Butler is born.
• November 23 - Michael Gough is born.
• December 6 - Judson Pratt is born.
• December 9 - Kirk Douglas is born.
• December 15 - Dick Kinney is born.
• ? - Van Arsdale France is born.

1917

• January 5 - Jane Wyman is born.
• January 24 - Ernest Borgnine is born.
• March 12 - Millard Kaufman is born.
• April 15 - Hans Conried is born.
• April 29 - Milton Reid is born.
• May 7 - David Tomlinson is born.
• June 30 - Lena Horne is born.
• July 17 - Phyllis Diller is born.
• August 28 - Jack Kirby is born.
• September 11 - Herbert Lom is born.
• September 18 - June Foray is born.

1918

• January 4 - Buddy Baker is born.
• January 26 - Vito Scotti is born.
• January 29 - John Forsythe is born.
• February 11 - Blaine Gibson is born.
• February 16 - Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews is born.
• February 22 - Don Pardo is born.
• March 1 - Roger Delgado is born.
• March 2 - Michael Rye is born.
• March 12 - Alan Dinehart is born.
• April 17 - Anne Shirley is born.
• May 11 - Sheila Burnford is born.
• May 25 - Henry Calvin is born.
• July 13 - Larry Taylor is born.
• August 19 - Floyd Huddleston is born.
• September 15 - Nipsey Russell is born.
• October 19 - Bob Sweeney is born.
• November 30 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is born.
• December 31 - Virginia Davis is born.

1919

• February 4 - Janet Waldo is born.
• February 11 - Eva Gabor is born.
• February 16 - Charlie Parlato is born.
• February 17 - Kathleen Freeman is born.
• February 20 - Dick Wesson is born.
• February 25 - John W. Dunn is born.
• April 29 - Gérard Oury is born.
• June 11 - Richard Todd is born.
• July 19 - Dallas McKennon is born.
• July 27 - David Swift is born.
• September 2 - Marge Champion is born.
• September 21 - Miriam Nelson is born
• September 27 - Jayne Meadows is born.
• October 5 - Donald Pleasence is born.
• November 19 - Alan Young is born.
• November 25 - Norman Tokar is born.
• December 17 - Ted Berman is born.

1920

• January 4 - Rosalie Crutchley is born.
• January 7 - Vincent Gardenia is born.
• January 24 - Jerry Maren is born
• January 30 - Michael Anderson is born.
• March 16 - Leo McKern is born.
• June 13 - Rex Everhart is born.
• June 22 - Paul Frees is born.
• June 29 - Ray Harryhausen is born.
• August 2 - Bill Scott is born.
• August 17 - Maureen O'Hara is born.
• August 22 - Ray Bradbury is born.
• September 9 - Wally Boag is born.
• September 18 - Jack Warden is born.
• September 20 - Jay Ward is born.
• September 23 - Mickey Rooney is born.
• November 25 - Ricardo Montalbán is born.
• December 31 - Rex Allen is born.

1921

• January 31 - Carol Channing is born.
• March 4 - Joan Greenwood is born.
• April 16 - Peter Ustinov is born.
• May 12 - Farley Mowat is born.
• May 14 - Richard Deacon is born.
• June 4 - Don Diamond is born.
• July 29 - Richard Egan is born.
• August 28 - Nancy Kulp is born.
• September 15 - Al Nalbandian is born.
• October 17 - Tom Poston is born.
• October 20 - Bob Gregory is born.
• November 1 - Retta Davidson is born.
• November 14 - Brian Keith is born.
• November 15 - Joaquin Garay is born.
• November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield is born.

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