1950

## Books

* *Matthew Mouse's Picnic*
* *Douglas Duck's Toy Train*

* January 16 - Debbie Allen (actress, choreographer, dancer, television director, and television producer)
* February 5
	+ Jonathan Freeman (actor, voice actor, singer, and puppeteer)
	+ Jordan Kerner (producer)
* February 8 - Ron Husband (animator)
* February 17 - Alan Burnett (animator, producer, director, storyboard artist, and screenwriter)
* February 18 - John Hughes (producer, director, and screenwriter)
* February 22 - Julie Walters (actress, voice actress, and novelist)
* February 24 - George Thorogood (vocalist and guitarist)
* March 8 - Dan Read (background artist)
* March 13 - William H. Macy (actor, screenwriter, teacher, and theater director)
* March 20 - William Hurt (actor)
* March 26
	+ Martin Short (comedian, actor, voice artist, writer, singer, and producer)
	+ Alan Silvestri (composer)
* March 30 - Robbie Coltrane (actor, voice actor, comedian, and author)
* April 11 - Bill Irwin (actor, clown, and comedian)
* April 12 - David Cassidy (actor, singer, and musician)
* April 13 - Ron Perlman (actor and voice actor)
* April 18 - Kenny Ortega (producer, director, and choreographer)
* April 28 - Jay Leno (comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, producer, and television host)
* May 12 - Bruce Boxleitner (actor)
* May 13
	+ Stevie Wonder (singer and musician)
	+ Joe Johnston (film director and former special effects artist for Industrial Light and Magic)
* May 17 - Howard Ashman (playwright, lyricist, libretto, and musician)
* May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh (composer)
* May 25 - Bill Rogers (voice actor)
* June 10 - Ed Naha (writer, producer, and screenwriter)
* July 5 - Huey Lewis (musician, songwriter, and actor)
* July 10 - Nick Jameson (actor, voice actor, songwriter, composer, musician, and producer)
* August 3 - Jo Marie Payton (actress, voice actress, and singer)
* August 6 - Dorian Harewood (actor and voice actor)
* August 13 - Jane Carr (actress and voice actress)
* August 27 - Charles Fleischer (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and musician)
* September 21 - Bill Murray (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
* September 29 - Tetsuo Kanao (Japanese actor and voice actor)
* October 1 - Randy Quaid (actor and voice actor)
* October 5 - Jeff Conaway (actor)
* October 7 - Hugh Fraser (actor, theatre director, and author)
* October 10 - Jerry Tondo (actor and voice actor)
* October 20
	+ Tom Petty (singer, songwriter, and voice actor)
	+ William Russ (actor and television director)
	+ Tom Schulman (screenwriter, producer, and director)
* October 22 - Patricia Parris (voice actress and actress)
* October 31 - John Candy (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* November 4 - John Vickery (actor and singer)
* November 10 - Peter Schneider (film and theatrical producer and former Disney President)
* November 14 - Roger Birnbaum (film producer)
* November 16 - David Leisure (actor and voice actor)
* November 28 - Ed Harris (actor, voice actor, producer, director, and screenwriter)
* December 10 - Gregg Berger (voice actor and comedian)
* December 12 - Darleen Carr (actress and voice actress)
* December 13 - Wendie Malick (actress, voice actress, comedian, and model)
* December 18 - Leonard Maltin (film critic, historian, and author)
* December 21 - Jeffrey Katzenberg (film producer and former chairman of Walt Disney Studios)
* December 29 - Jon Polito (actor and voice actor)

### Deaths

* March 19 - Edgar Rice Burroughs (author)
* March 26 - Dink Trout (actor and radio personality)