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Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, United States and died on December 15, 1966, aged 65.
December 5, 1901
Walt Disney died aged 65.
Died: December 15, 1966
Source:
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- Birthplace
- Chicago, United States
- Professions
- illustrator, comics artist, director, film producer, manufacturer, writer, actor, caricaturist, designer, draftsperson, television presenter, film director, animator, producer, voice actor, film actor, inventor, painter
- Citizenship
- United States
More about Walt Disney
- Zodiac sign
- Sagittarius
- Birth name
- Walter Elias Disney
- Pseudonyms
- Disney, Walter Elias
Family
- Sibling
- Roy O. Disney
- Spouse
- Lillian Disney
- Child
- Diane Disney Miller
- Father
- Elias Disney
All birth date sources
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- Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
- Nationalencyklopedin
- Internet Broadway Database
- SNAC
- Who's Who in Animated Cartoon
- Roglo
- Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
- Disney, Walt (05 December 1901–15 December 1966), animator and motion picture producer
- Find a Grave
- BnF authorities
- Babelio
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Lambiek Comiclopedia
- The Fine Art Archive Db
- Disney, Walt(er Elias)
- Integrated Authority File
- Proleksis Encyclopedia
- BD Gest'
- RKDartists
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists
- Munzinger Personen
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- GeneaStar
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Questions people ask
How old was Walt Disney when they died?
Walt Disney died aged 65.
When is Walt Disney’s birthday?
Walt Disney’s recorded birthday is December 5.
Where was Walt Disney born?
Walt Disney was born in Chicago, United States.
What was Walt Disney’s name at birth?
Walt Disney’s recorded birth name is Walter Elias Disney.
When did Walt Disney die?
Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966.