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January Sterling Holloway (Sterling Price Holloway, Jr.) (January 4, 1905–November 22, 1992) (voice actor) born in Cedartown, Georgia. |
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February Lev Atamanov (Lev Konstantinovich Atamanov, Лев Атаманов) (February 21, 1905-February 12, 1981) (director, producer) born in Moscow. (Russia) |
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March Paul Grimault (director, animator, producer) (March 23, 1905-March 29, 1994) born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. (France) |
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June Art Davis (Arthur Davis) (animator, director) born in Yonkers, New York. |
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September Eric Larson (Eric Cleon Larson) (September 3, 1905–October 25, 1988) (animator, director) born in Cleveland, Utah. |
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January Wilfred Jackson (director, animator) born in Chicago, Illinois. |
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April Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (ss), James Stuart Blackton /Vitagraph. (animated black board drawings) Bea Benaderet (voice actor) born in New York, New York. |
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April The Hand of the Artist (ss), Walter R. Booth /Urban Trading Company. (Great Britain) (animated black board drawings) |
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August Friz Freleng (Isadore Friz Freling) (director, producer, animator) born in Kansas City, Missouri. |
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November Mary Ellen Bute (director) born in Houston, Texas. |
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no date Wan Chaochen (director, animator, producer) born in Nanching. (China) |
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January Connie Rasinski (J. Conrad Rasinski) (January 28, 1907-October 13, 1965) (director, animator) born in Torrington, Connecticut. |
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April Václav Trojan (April 24, 1907 – July 5, 1983) (composer) born in Plzni. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic]) |
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August Virgil Ross (Virgil Walter Ross) (August 7, 1907-May 17, 1996) (animator) born in Watertown, New York. Alan Reed (Edward Bergman) (August 20, 1907-June 14, 1977) (voice actor) born in New York, New York. |
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October Art Babbitt (Arthur Babbitt) (October 8, 1907–March 4, 1992) (animator, director) born in Omaha, Nebraska. |
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November Les Clark (Leslie James Clark) (November 17, 1907-September 12, 1979) (animator, director, inbetweener) born in Ogden, Utah. |
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no date La Silhouette Animee (ss), Segundo de Chomon /Pathe. (France) (silhouette animation, some live action) |
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February A Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Dream (ss), Edison. (clay animation, part live action) Tex Avery (Fred Avery, Frederick Bean Avery) (February 26, 1908–August 26, 1980) (director, animator, voice actor) born in Taylor, Texas. Michael Maltese (writer, storyboard artist) (February 6, 1908-February 22, 1981) born in New York. |
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February Dreams of Toyland (ss), Arthur Melbourne-Cooper /Alpha. (Great Britain) (model animation) George Pal (Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) (February 1, 1908–May 2, 1980) (director, producer, animator) born in Cegled. (Austria-Hungary [Hungary]) |
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March Seymour Kneitel (Seymour Holtzer Kneitel) (March 16, 1908-July 30, 1964) (director, animator, producer, writer) born in New York. |
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April Myron Waldman (April 23, 1908 - February 4, 2006) (animator, director, producer) born in Brroklyn, New York. |
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May The Sculptor's Nightmare (ss), Biograph. (clay animation, part live action) Mel Blanc (Melvin Jerome Blanc) (voice actor) born in San Francisco, California. Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 - May 6, 2005) (writer, character designer, director, animator) born in New York, New York. Jack Zander (May 1908 - December 17, 2007) (producer, director, animator) born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
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June Bud Collyer (Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr.) (voice actor) born in New York, New York. |
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September Mae Questel (voice actress) (September 13, 1908 - January 4, 1908) born in the Bronx, New York. |
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October Preston Blair (Preston Erwin Blair) (October 24, 1908 - April 19, 1995) (animator, charcter designer, writer) born in Los Angeles, California. |
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November Shamus Culhane (Jimmie Culhane, James H. Culhane) (November 12, 1908—February 2, 1996) (animator, director, producer) born in Warre, Massachusetts. |
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no date Humpty Dumpty Circus (ss), James Blackton and Albert Smith /Vitagraph. (model animation) |
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February Al Eugster (Alfred Eugster) (February 11, 1909–January 1, 1997) (animator, director) born in Hauppauge, New York. |
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March Milt Kahl (Milton Erwin Kahl) (March 22, 1909-April 19, 1987) (animator, director, character designer) born in San Francisco, California. Jack Kinney (March 29, 1909 –February 9, 1992) (director, animator, writer) born in Utah. Winston Sharples (March 1, 1909-April 1978) (composer) born. |
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March Jules Engel (designer, producer, director, animator, teacher) born in Budapest. (Austria-Hungary [Hungary]) |
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April Irv Spence (Irven Spence) (animator) born. |
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April Les Joyeux Microbes (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France) (drawn animation) |
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May Clair de lune espagnol ("Spanish Moonlight") (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France) The Sporting Mice (ss), Charles Armstrong /Cumberland Works. (Great Britain) |
May Ryuichi Yokoyama (Yokoyama Ryuichi) (director, producer, animator) born in Kochi City. |
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June Monsieur Clown chez les liliputiens ("Mr. Clown Among Liliputians") (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France) (model animation) Woolie Reitherman (Wolfgang Reitherman) (June 26, 1909–May 22, 1985) (director, animator, producer) born in Munich. (Germany) |
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July The Magic Fountain Pen (ss), James Blackton /Vitagraph. (drawn animation) Bob Cannon (Bobe Cannon, Robert Cannon)) (July 16, 1909-June 9, 1964) (director, animator) born in Ohio. |
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August Dave Tendlar (David Tendlar) (August 8, 1909-September 9, 1993) (animator, director) born in Dayton, Ohio.
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