The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film Steamboat Willie. The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon.

5 December 1901

Born on the same birth date (5 December 1901): Milton H. Erickson • Werner Heisenberg

Born on the same birth day (5 December): Brian Lewis (sprinter) • Bryan Murray (ice hockey) • Cam Fowler • Clinton Hart Merriam • Giuseppe Occhialini • Hans Hellmut Kirst • Helen Dettweiler • Ibrahim Maalouf • Joanna Rowsell • John Altman (composer) • Ken Downing • Lee Chapman • Lewis Pugh • Little Richard • Manish Malhotra • Moshe Katsav • Nick Stahl • Nikolai Uglanov • Olli Jokinen • Ondrej Duda • Paul Painlevé • Tina Charles (basketball) • Werner Heisenberg • Yury Vlasov • Zhu Wen

Born in the same month (December 1901): Harald Kaarmann • Henri Cochet • Irene Handl • Jean Mermoz • Karl-August Fagerholm • Mildred Wiley • Olev Roomet • Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester • Raimundo Orsi • Robert J. Van de Graaff • Werner Heisenberg