1966

## Theme parks

* June 20 - Shires' River Country opens at Michael Shires World Resort.
* October 1 - Michael Shires World Resort and the Magic Kingdom celebrates its 5th anniversary.

## People

### Births

* ? - Grant Bardsley (actor)
* January 9 - Hiroshi Hatanaka (actor and voice actor)
* January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
* February 3 - Frank Coraci (director, producer, and screenwriter)
* February 11 - Jennifer L. Hughes (voice actress and production assistant)
* February 13 - Neal McDonough (actor and voice actor)
* February 22 - Rachel Dratch (actress, comedian, producer, and writer)
* February 24 - Billy Zane (actor, voice actor, and producer)
* February 25 - Alexis Denisof (actor)
* March 3 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
* March 5 - Aasif Mandvi (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
* March 14 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* April 8 - Robin Wright (actress and director)
* May 1 - Charlie Schlatter (actor, voice actor, and writer)
* May 12 - Stephen Baldwin (actor and producer)
* May 16 - Janet Jackson (singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer)
* May 25 - Rick Logan (actor, voice actor, and signer)
* May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
* May 28 - Roger Kumble (director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright)
* June 7
	+ Tom McCarthy (actor, director, and screenwriter)
	+ Ayumi Kida (Japanese voice actress)
* June 8 - Julianna Margulies (actress, voice actress, and producer)
* June 10 - Laura Silverman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
* June 27 - J. J. Abrams (film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer)
* June 28 - John Cusack (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
* July 2 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
* July 6 - Brian Posehn (actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian)
* July 7 - Jim Gaffigan (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* July 9 - Pamela Adlon (actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer, and director)
* July 11 - Greg Grunberg (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* July 18 - Lori Alan (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
* July 25 - Wataru Takagi (Japanese actor and voice actor)
* July 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* August 1 - Daniel Gerson (screenwriter and voice actor)
* August 5 - James Gunn (director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author, and musician)
* August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (voice actor)
* August 14 - Halle Berry (actress, model, producer, and director)
* August 31 - Matthew O'Callaghan (animator, director, and screenwriter)
* September 2 - Salma Hayek (actress, director, and producer)
* September 7 - Toby Jones (English actor)
* September 9 - Adam Sandler (actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and producer)
* September 28 - Maria Canals-Barrera (actress, voice actress, and singer)
* October 6 - Jacqueline Obradors (actress and voice actress)
* October 9 - Tim Herlihy (screenwriter, producer, and actor)
* October 11 - Luke Perry (actor and voice actor)
* October 16 - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (voice actress, singer-songwriter, ADR director, and ADR writer)
* October 17 - Mark Gatiss (actor, screenwriter, television producer, comedian, novelist, and director)
* October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter)
* October 26 - Steve Valentine (actor, voice actor, musician, and magician)
* October 28 - Andy Richter (actor, writer, comedian, and talk show host)
* November 2 - David Schwimmer (actor, comedian, producer, and director)
* November 8 - Gordon Ramsay (chef, restauranter, and television personality)
* November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
* November 23
	+ Jerome Ranft (sculptor and voice actor)
	+ Michelle Gomez (actress and voice actress)
* November 26 - Kristin Bauer van Straten (actress)
* November 28 - Martin Sherman (actor, voice actor, voice director, and writer)
* December 1 - Andrew Adamson (director, producer, and screenwriter)
* December 3 - Adam Berry (composer and songwriter)
* December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)
* December 24 - Diedrich Bader (actor, voice actor, and comedian)

### Deaths

* June 19
	+ Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
	+ Pat McNalley (make-up artist)
* July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
* July 23 - Donald Novis (singer and actor)
* July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
* December 14 - Verna Felton (actress and voice actress)
* December 15 - Walt Disney (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)