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): Ashia Hansen • Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Frank Wilson (musician) • Hans Hellmut Kirst • John Altman (composer) • Nunnally Johnson • President of Nicaragua • Ralf Dujmovits • Semi Ojeleye • Tina Charles (basketball) • Walt McPherson

Born in the same month (December 1901): Andre Kostelanetz • Eliot Porter • Elmar Muuk • Fritz Mauruschat • Glenn Hartranft • Harald Kaarmann • Henri Cochet • Ilona Fehér • Irene Handl • Jean Mermoz • Karl-August Fagerholm • Margaret Mead • Marlene Dietrich • Mildred Wiley • Milton H. Erickson • Nikos Ploumpidis • Olev Roomet • Oliver La Farge • Paul of Greece • Raimundo Orsi • Robert J. Van de Graaff • Werner Heisenberg • Ödön von Horváth