Pre-1929

Events before 1929 which have relevance to the Warner Bros. Animated Universe:
== 1876 == 
* 24 February - Victor Moore is born
== 1880 ==
* 17 September - Griff Jay is born
== 1884 ==
* 20 May - Leon Schlesinger is born
* 10 August - Hugh Herbert is born
* 25 August - James C. Morton is born
== 1885 ==
* 23 July - John Didrik Johnsen is born
== 1889 ==
* 2 June - Martha Wentworth is born
* 28 July - Billy Mitchell is born
== 1890 ==
* 29 August - Charles Thorson is born
== 1891 ==
* 3 March - Norman Spencer is born
* 10 November - Carl W. Stalling is born
== 1892 ==
* 16 August - Ray Katz is born
* 11 September - Pinto Colvig is born
== 1893 ==
* 18 January - Eddie Selzer is born
* 1 October - Cliff Friend is born
== 1894 ==
* 14 February - Jack Benny is born
* 24 September - Billy Bletcher is born
== 1895 ==
* 21 May - Ben Hardaway is born
* 4 November - Jack King is born
== 1897 ==
* 18 May - Frank Capra is born
* 11 July - Berneice Hansell is born
* 16 September - Milt Franklyn is born
== 1898 ==
* 27 February - Leo Watson is born
* 10 March - Cy Kendall is born
* 2 April - Earl Duvall is born
* 24 July - Bernard B. Brown is born
* 31 July - Ken Harris is born
* 25 October - Joe D'Igalo is born
* 28 October - Rollin Hamilton is born
* 4 November - Joe Dougherty is born
* 14 December - Lillian Randolph is born
== 1899 ==
* 8 May - Arthur Q. Bryan is born
* 13 May - A.C. Gamer is born
* 4 November - Treg Brown is born
* 25 December - Humphrey Bogart is born
== 1900 ==
* 6 May - Melvin Millar is born
== 1901 ==
* 24 March - Ub Iwerks is born
* 7 August 
** James Davis is born
** Sidney Sutherland is born
== 1902 ==
* 30 June - Tom Palmer is born
* 1 November - Vive Risto is born
* 27 December - Max Maxwell is born
== 1903 ==
* 7 August - Rudolf Ising is born
* 21 August - Hugh Harman is born
== 1904 ==
* 31 January - Cliff Nazarro is born
* 2 March - Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) is born
* 3 May - William L. Hendricks is born
* 30 May - Manny Gould is born
* 12 June - Johnny Murray is born
* 16 June - Pete Burness is born
* 13 July - Sid Marcus is born
* 4 September - Irv Wyner is born
* 19 September - Elvia Allman is born
* 24 October - Warren Foster is born
== 1905 ==
* 2 February - George Grandpré is born
* 11 March - George Hill is born
* 14 June - Arthur Davis is born
* 18 June - Kay Kyser is born
* 21 August - Friz Freleng is born
* 12 September - Cornett Wood is born
* 15 December - Michael Sasanoff is born
== 1906 ==
* 20 January - Russ Dyson is born
* 31 January - Nelson Demorest is born
* 1 February - Dave Hoffman is born
* 15 March - Paul J. Smith is born
* 16 March 
** Robert Gribbroek is born
** Henny Youngman is born
* 4 April - Bea Benaderet is born
* 21 April - Don Williams is born
* 17 May - Jack Carr is born
* 24 May - Danny Webb is born
* 12 August - Tedd Pierce is born
* 18 August - John W. Burton is born
* 12 December - Henry Binder is born
== 1907 ==
* 22 February - Sheldon Leonard is born
* 25 February - Wini Shaw is born
* 5 March - Thomas McKimson is born
* 11 March - Robert Bentley is born
* 19 April - Cecil Surry is born
* 20 May - Volney White is born
* 8 August - Virgil Ross is born
* 9 August- Richard Bickenbach is born
* 8 October - Art Babbitt is born
== 1908 ==
* 6 February - Michael Maltese is born
* 12 February - Ken Moore is born
* 26 February - Tex Avery is born
* 21 April - Frank Perkins is born
* 30 May - Mel Blanc is born
* 8 July - George Cannata is born
* 9 September - Ed Prentiss is born
* 12 November - Shamus Culhane is born
* 2 December - Cal Dalton is born
== 1909 ==
* 2 January - Lloyd Vaughan is born
* 26 February - Lou Lilly is born
* 24 April - Irven Spence is born
* 26 May - John Waltz is born
* 16 July - Robert Cannon is born
* 7 August - George Manuell is born
* 19 August - Frank Tipper is born
* 7 September - Fred Abranz is born
* 25 November - Phil Eastman is born
== 1910 ==
* 19 January - Izzy Ellis is born
* 23 January - Walter Greene is born
* 10 February - Philip DeGuard is born
* 17 February - Marc Lawrence is born
* 19 March - John McGrew is born
* 11 May - Johnnie Davis is born
* 10 October - Rod Scribner is born
* 13 October - Robert McKimson is born
== 1911 ==
* 28 January - Basil Davidovich is born
* 10 February - Norman McCabe is born
* 18 March - William Lava is born
* 24 March - Cal Howard is born
* 26 March - T. Hee is born
* 1 April - Harry Love is born
* 2 April - Bill Days is born
* 17 April - Gil Warren is born
* 1 May - Maurice Noble is born
* 27 May - Vincent Price is born
* 9 June - Hawley Pratt is born
* 26 June - Margaret Hill-Talbot is born
* 15 August - Ken Champin is born
* 1 September - Phil DeLara is born
* 2 September - Anatole Kirsanoff is born
* 5 November - Roy Rogers is born
== 1912 ==
* 30 April - Emery Hawkins is born
* 15 June - Ernie Nordli is born
* 23 June - Gerry Chiniquy is born
* 8 July - Bob Matz is born
* 12 July - Mack David is born
* 12 September - Sara Berner is born
* 21 September - Chuck Jones is born
* 17 November - Jack Lescoulie is born
* ? - Boris Gorelick is born
== 1913 ==
* 27 January - Jean Blanchard is born
* 19 February - Frank Tashlin is born
* 25 March - Herman Cohen is born
* 8 May - Bob Clampett is born
* 12 June - Ben Frommer is born
* 2 September - Alex Lovy is born
* 11 September
** Elmer Wait is born
** Gil Turner is born
* 17 November - Volus Jones is born
== 1914 ==
* 18 January - Ernest Gee is born
* 16 February - Thurl Ravenscroft is born
* 17 June - Manuel Perez is born
* 25 June - Paul Julian is born
* 3 July - Ben Shenkman is born
* 11 July - Irv Spector is born
* 20 July - Lu Guarnier is born
* 26 August - Richard Thompson is born
* 6 October - Robert C. Bruce is born
* 11 October - Hubie Karp is born
* 22 November - Frank Graham is born
* 24 November - Keith Darling is born
* 20 December - Charles McKimson is born
* 27 December - Jack Bradbury is born
== 1915 ==
* 3 January - Richard H. Thomas is born
* 13 February - Rev Chaney is born
* 17 March - Ben Washam is born
* 19 May - Irving Gertz is born
* 2 June- Walter Tetley is born
* 4 June - John Carey is born
* 19 June - Pat Buttram is born
* 25 June - Peter Lind Hayes is born
* 19 August - Herman Stein is born
== 1916 ==
* 12 February - Rudy Larriva is born
* 6 March - Rochelle Hudson is born
* 31 March - Lucille Bliss is born
* 6 July - Don Christensen is born
* 24 August - Hal Smith is born
* 13 September - Hal Geer is born
* 18 October - Lee Halpern is born
* 31 October - Phil Monroe is born
* 15 November - Bill Melendez is born
* 16 November - Daws Butler is born
* 30 November - Owen Fitzgerald is born
== 1917 ==
* 9 March - Jane Nordin is born
* 17 April - Martha Sigall is born
* 18 April - Warren Batchelder is born
* 26 April - Dick Nelson is born
* 10 May - Lenard Kester is born
* 11 May - Dean Elliott is born
* 28 May - John T. Smith is born
* 27 June - Ted Bonnicksen is born
* 18 September - June Foray is born
* 11 November - Herbert Klynn is born
== 1918 ==
* Warner Bros. Studios is founded
* 5 January - Frank Onaitis is born
* 13 February - Al Pabian is born
* 2 March - Bob Givens is born 
* 3 March - Dave Monahan is born
* 26 August - Dave Barry is born
== 1919 ==
* 25 February - John W. Dunn is born
* 19 July - Dallas McKennon is born
* 2 August - Tom Ray is born
* 23 December - Eugene Poddany is born
== 1920 ==
* 22 February - Pete Alvarado is born
* 11 May - Denver Pyle is born
* 22 June - Paul Frees is born
* 2 August - Bill Scott is born
== 1921 ==
* 22 April - Vivian Dandridge is born
* 2 November - Shepard Menken is born
* 18 December - Bill Roberts is born
== 1922 ==
* 3 February - Joe Siracusa is born
* 10 April - Marian Richman is born
* 2 July - Abe Levitow is born
== 1923 ==
* Warner Bros. Pictures is founded
* 8 January - Larry Storch is born
* 11 April - Dick Ung is born
* 7 July - Gladys Holland is born
* 31 July - Kent Rogers is born
* 8 September - Gloria Wood is born
* 13 October - "Alice's Wonderland" is released by a studio headed by animator Walt Disney and included several notable animators including Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising and Isadore "Friz" Freleng. Initially based in Kansas City, the studio would move to California and begin the Walt Disney Animation Studio signed under Charles Mintz.
* 24 December - Tom O'Loughlin is born
== 1925 ==
* 24 May - Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez is born
* 9 June - Bob Bransford is born
* 13 August- Jane Webb is born
* 13 September - Mel Torme is born
* 11 November - Jonathan Winters is born
== 1926 ==
* 29 January - Ray Aragon is born
* 8 April - David Detiege is born
* 7 August - Stan Freberg is born 
* 7 September - Don Messick is born
* 16 September - Tommy Bond is born
== 1927 ==
* 16 March - Dick Beals is born
* 22 March - Chuck Downs is born
* 12 September - Franco Latini is born
== 1928 ==
* 3 January - While working at Disney, Hugh Harman files a copyright registration for Bosko. Four months later, he would leave Disney's staff.https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig234libr/page/10/mode/2up?q=harman
* February - Charles Mintz forces Walt Disney out of his animation studio when he refused to take a portion of the profit for his own Oswald the Lucky Rabbit character which he created. As he and animator Ub Iwerks work to create a new character, the remaining animators work for the new "Winkler Studio" on the Oswald series. Seeing how Disney was prevented from keeping control of his own character, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising prepare their own "Bosko" character to keep full control regardless of the studio he would eventually be animated for.
* 1 March - Homer Jonas is born.
* 22 April - Estelle Harris is born
* 25 December - Dick Miller is born
== References ==
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