Pre-1979

The following is a list of events relevant to Nickelodeon that happened before the channel's official launch in 1979.

1911

• February 1: Vernon Roberts (actor on Drake & Josh) is born

1914

• November 6: Jonathan Harris (voice actor on The Angry Beavers) is born

1915

• June 19: Pat Buttram (voice actor on Rugrats) is born

1916

• March 31: Lucille Bliss (voice actress on Avatar: The Last Airbender and Invader Zim) is born

1917

• January 24: Ernest Borgnine (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• July 17: Phyllis Diller (voice actress on The Wild Thornberrys and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• September 18: June Foray (voice actress on Rugrats and Random! Cartoons) is born

1919

• February 17: Kathleen Freeman (voice actress on Rugrats and As Told By Ginger) is born
• September 4: Howard Morris (voice actor on All Grown Up! and The Wild Thornberrys) is born

1920

• November 25: Ricardo Montalbán (guest star on Dora the Explorer) is born

1921

• February 24: Abe Vigoda (actor in Good Burger) is born

1922

• January 17: Betty White (actress on The Wild Thornberrys and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• March 20: Carl Reiner (actor on The Penguins of Madagascar and Shimmer and Shine) is born
• June 24: Jack Carter (voice actor on The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born
• July 27: Norman Lear (executive producer on Man of the House) is born

1923

• August 9: John Stephenson (voice actor on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• December 12: Bob Barker (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born

1924

• August 31: Buddy Hackett (guest star on All That) is born
• November 18: Les Lye (actor on You Can't Do That on Television) is born

1925

• November 11: Jonathan Winters (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born

1926

• February 6: Walker Edmiston (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• June 28: Mel Brooks (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and Dora the Explorer) is born

1927

• January 17: Eartha Kitt (actress on Harriet the Spy, The Wild Thornberrys, Wonder Pets!, and My Life as a Teenage Robot) is born
• February 15: Harvey Korman (voice actor on Hey Arnold! and The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• June 8: Jerry Stiller (voice actor on Wonder Pets!) is born

1928

• April 4: Estelle Harris (actress on iCarly and voice actress on Fanboy and Chum Chum) is born
• June 9: Jackie Mason (comedian and guest star on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• June 22: Ralph Waite (actor on Rocket Power) is born
• September 19: Adam West (voice actor on Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents) is born
• October 25: Marion Ross (voice actress on SpongeBob SquarePants and The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• November 23: Elmarie Wendel (voice actress and singer on The Angry Beavers) is born

1929

• January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. (guest star on Rugrats) is born
• February 22: James Hong (actor on Zoey 101, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) is born
• June 11: Cyril Schneider (President of Nickelodeon from 1980-1984) is born
• October 28: Joan Plowright (actress in The Spiderwick Chronicles) is born
• November 15: Ed Asner (voice actor on The Angry Beavers, The Wild Thornberrys and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• November 30: Dick Clark (voice actor on The Angry Beavers) is born
• December 1: David Doyle (voice actor on Rugrats) is born

1930

• June 1: Pat Corley (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
• September 23: Ray Charles (voice actor and singer on Blue's Clues) is born
• October 24: Jack Angel (voice actor on Hey Arnold!, The Wild Thornberrys, Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Life as a Teenage Robot and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and ChalkZone) is born

1931

• January 13: Charles Nelson Reilly (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• February 6: Rip Torn (actor on Yours, Mine & Ours) is born
• March 26: Leonard Nimoy (host of Standby...Lights! Camera! Action! and voice actor on Monsters vs. Aliens) is born
• May 18: Robert Morse (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, and The Legend of Korra) is born
• June 29: Ed Gilbert (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• July 2: Robert Ito (actor and voice artist on The Wild Thornberrys, All Grown Up!, and Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• December 11: Rita Moreno (actress, singer, and dancer on Nicky Deuce) is born

1932

• February 8: John Williams (composer on The Adventures of Tintin and The Rugrats Movie) is born
• April 1: Debbie Reynolds (voice actress on Rugrats) is born
• April 27: Casey Kasem (voice actor on Blue's Clues and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie) is born
• June 28: Pat Morita (actor on The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• August 5: Billie Hayes (voice actress on Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and Bubble Guppies) is born
• November 13: Richard Mulligan (actor on The Angry Beavers and Hey Arnold!) is born

1933

• February 2: Tony Jay (voice actor on Rugrats and Hey Arnold!) is born
• April 5: Frank Gorshin (actor and voice actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born
• August 1: Dom DeLuise (guest voice on The Ren & Stimpy Show and Rugrats) is born
• September 18: Fred Willard (voice actor on Hey Arnold! and The Loud House) is born
• December 1: Lou Rawls (voice actor on Hey Arnold! and singer on The Rugrats Movie) is born
• December 10: Mako Iwamatsu (voice actor in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• December 15: Tim Conway (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born

1934

• February 13: George Segal (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• May 10: Gary Owens (voice actor on The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born
• June 16: Bill Cobbs (actor on The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats) is born
• June 30: Aron Tager (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1992)) is born
• November 13: Garry Marshall (voice actor on Rugratsand actor on See Dad Run) is born

1935

• April 4: Kenneth Mars (voice actor on The Angry Beavers) is born
• September 21: Henry Gibson (voice actor on Rocket Power, The Wild Thornberrys, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, and All Grown Up!) is born
• December 30: Jack Riley (voice actor on Rugrats and All Grown Up!, and actor of Mr. O'Reilly on The Secret World of Alex Mack) is born

1936

• April 21: Jim Ryan (writer on Hey Arnold!) is born
• May 23: Charles Kimbrough (voice actor on The Angry Beavers) is born
• August 18: Robert Redford (actor on Charlotte's Web) is born
• December 8: David Carradine (voice actor on Danny Phantom) is born
• December 22: Héctor Elizondo (actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, and The Wild Thornberrys) is born

1937

• April 20: George Takei (actor on Space Cases and Supah Ninjas, and voice actor on Hey Arnold!, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The X's, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank) is born
• June 3: Edward Winter is born
• July 2: Jim Duffy (writer on Rugrats and Rocket Power) is born
• July 6: Ned Beatty (voice actor in Rango) is born
• July 12: Bill Cosby (creator of Little Bill) is born
• August 8: Dustin Hoffman (actor in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) is born
• September 6: Sergio Aragonés (voice actor on The Casagrandes) is born
• November 6: Eugene Pitt (singer of "Nick Nick Nick") is born
• December 14: Jerry Eisenberg is born

1938

• February 1: Sherman Hemsley (guest star on ALl That and panelist on Figure It Out) is born
• February 22: Barry Dennen (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• July 28: Ronny Cox (actor in Imagine That) is born
• July 30: Michael Bell (actor, voice actor, and voice director on Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Oh Yeah! Cartoons and The Mighty B!) is born
• September 2: Mary Jo Catlett (voice actress on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born

1939

• March 25: D. C. Fontana is born
• April 13: Paul Sorvino (voice actor in Hey Arnold!: The Movie) is born
• June 26: Stu Rosen is born
• August 30: Elizabeth Ashley (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
• October 27: John Cleese (voice actor in Charlotte's Web is born
• November 5: Isela Vega (actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold is born

1940

• July 13: Patrick Stewart (voice actor in Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• July 22 : Alex Trebek (guest voice on U-Pick Live and Rugrats) is born
• July 28 : Phil Proctor (voice actor on Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Barnyard, and actor in Charlotte's Web) is born
• December 21: Frank Zappa (voice actor on The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born

1941

• August 29: Robin Leach (actor on Space Cases) is born

1942

• May 29: Kevin Conway (voice actor on Welcome to the Wayne) is born
• August 20: Isaac Hayes (singer, songwriter, actor, and producer of "Chuckie Chan (Martial Arts Expert of Reptarland)" in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie) is born
• October 31: David Ogden Stiers (voice actor on The Angry Beavers and The Wild Thornberrys) is born

1943

• March 28: Conchata Ferrell (voice actress on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• July 3: Kurtwood Smith (actor and voice actor on ChalkZone, Robot and Monster, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket) is born
• August 18: Martin Mull (actor and comedian on The Wild Thornberrys and Danny Phantom) is born

1944

• March 24: R. Lee Ermey (voice actor on Rocket Power) is born
• May 16: Danny Trejo (voice actor on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, The Casagrandes, and The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run) is born
• July 8: Jeffrey Tambor (voice actor in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and Robot and Monster) is born
• August 15: Linda Ellerbee (host of Nick News) is born
• October 4: Kate McGregor-Stewart is born
• October 8: Dale Dye is born
• December 31: Neil Ross (voice actor on My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and Rugrats) is born

1945

• October 19: John Lithgow (voice actor in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie) is born
• October 30: Henry Winkler (voice actor on Oswald) is born
• October 31: Brian Doyle-Murray (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• November 27: James Avery (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys) is born

1946

• March 12: Frank Welker (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, The Rugrats Movie, and The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• April 19: Tim Curry (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys and The Rugrats Movie) is born
• July 11: Julie Payne (voice actress on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• October 26: Pat Sajak (guest voice on Rugrats) is born

1947

• January 8: David Bowie (guest star on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• January 31: Jonathan Banks (guest star on The Casagrandes) is born
• April 18: James Woods (guest star on iCarly) is born
• May 19: Geraldine Laybourne (president of Nickelodeon from 1984 to 1996) is born
• July 1: Albie Hecht is born
• September 6: Keone Young (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender, The X's, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and The Mighty B!) is born
• November 24: Dwight Schultz (voice actor on CatDog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Harvey Beaks) is born
• December 16: Ben Cross (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) in born

1948

• February 15: Tino Insana (voice actor on Bubble Guppies and Back at the Barnyard) is born
• July 5: William Hootkins (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• September 24: Phil Hartman (guest voice on The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born
• September 27: A Martinez (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born
• November 10: Bill Southworth (actor on A Loud House Christmas) is born
• November 11: Vincent Schiavelli (voice actor in Hey Arnold!: The Movie) is born
• November 18: Dom Irrera (voice actor in Hey Arnold!, Back at the Barnyard, and Rocko's Modern Life) is born
• December 15: Melanie Chartoff (voice actor on Rugrats) is born

1949

• June 29: Greg Burson (voice actor on CatDog and The Angry Beavers) is born
• July 21: Greg Salata is born
• August 21: Loretta Devine (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• September 16: Ed Begley Jr. (actor in Big Time Rush and Bixler High Private Eye and voice actor on Rugrats) is born
• November 27: Arlene Klasky (co-founder of Klasky Csupo) is born
• December 18: Jeffrey Price is born

1950

• April 13: Ron Perlman (voice actor on Hey Arnold!, Danny Phantom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
• April 28: Jay Leno (guest voice on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• March 17: Larry Drake (voice actor on As Told by Ginger) is born
• May 10: Dale Wilson is born
• May 18: Mark Mothersbaugh (composer on Rugrats) is born
• June 12: Sonia Manzano (voice actor on The Loud House and The Casagrandes) is born
• June 21: Enn Reitel (actor in The Thundermans and voice actor in The Adventures of Tintin, Fanboy & Chum Chum, and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) is born
• December 10: Gregg Berger (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• December 29: Jon Polito (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, and Robot and Monster) is born

1951

• May 30: Stephen Tobolowsky (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• June 20: Tress MacNeille (voice actor on Rugrats) is born
• September 13: Jean Smart is born
• September 15: Fred Seibert (creator of Oh Yeah! Cartoons) is born
• September 25: Mark Hamill (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Danny Phantom, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Lucky, and actor on Space Cases) is born
• October 26: Peter S. Seaman is born
• November 11: Marc Summers (host of Double Dare) is born
• November 17: Stephen Root (voice actor on Random! Cartoons) is born
• November 20: Rodger Bumpass (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• December 1: Obba Babatundé is born

1952

• April 15: Glenn Shadix (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rugrats, and Rocket Power) is born
• April 16: Billy West (voice actor on Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born
• April 17: Joe Alaskey (voice actor on Rugrats) is born
• June 30: Patrick Pinney (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger, and The Angry Beavers) is born
• July 16: Stewart Copeland (composer for Good Burger) is born
• August 26: Michael Jeter (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold!) is born
• September 29: Gabor Csupo (co-founder of Klasky Csupo) is born
• November 3: Jim Cummings (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, CatDog, and ChalkZone) is born
• November 14: Bill Farmer (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• November 15: Randy Savage (voice actor on The X's) is born
• November 18: Hardy Rawls (actor on The Adventures of Pete and Pete and panelist on Figure It Out) is born
• December 9: Michael Dorn (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Danny Phantom, Winx Club, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• December 20: Ray Bumatai (voice actor on Rocket Power and The Wild Thornberrys) is born

1953

• May 24: Alfred Molina (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys, Rango, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, Welcome to the Wayne, and Santiago of the Seas) is born
• July 11: Angélica Aragón (voice actor on The Casagrandes) is born
• July 17: Elizabeth Hess (actress on Clarissa Explains It All) is born
• August 8: Jim Jinkins (creator of Doug) is born
• November 27: Curtis Armstrong (actor on iCarly, All That, and The Amanda Show, and voice actor on Pinky Malinky, Robot and Monster, The Loud House, It's Pony, Rocket Power, and Rugrats) is born

1954

• June 15: James Belushi (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• August 13: Peter Hannan (creator of CatDog) is born
• August 23: Jeannie Elias (voice actor on As Told by Ginger, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, CatDog, and Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• September 9: Jeffery Combs (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• October 9: John O'Hurley (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants and Hey Arnold!, and actor on Drake & Josh) is born
• December 2: Dan Butler (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
• AFN's television service is launched, experimentally broadcast from an Air Force base in Maine

1955

• January 9: J. K. Simmons (actor on The Adventures of Pete & Pete and voice actor on The Legend of Korra and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• January 10: Lauri Fraser (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers, Rugrats, Invader Zim, The Loud House, and The Casagrandes) is born
• May 15: Pat Irwin (composer for Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• May 17: Marc Weiner (voice actor on Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go!, and Dora and the Lost City of Gold) is born
• June 26: Gedde Watanabe (voice actor on Rugrats) is born
• July 3: Jesse Corti (actor on Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, The Angry Beavers, As Told by Ginger, All Grown Up!, and NFL Rush Zone) is born
• August 3: Corey Burton (voice actor in Nicktoons MLB) is born
• December 18: Mitch Schauer (creator of The Angry Beavers) is born

1956

• January 26: Pat Musick (voice actress on Rugrats and All Grown Up!) is born
• January 27: Susanne Blakeslee (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents and The Loud House) is born
• February 28: Lloyd Sherr (voice actor on Back at the Barnyard and Tak & the Power of Juju) is born
• March 11: Rob Paulsen (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Loud House) is born
• May 7: S. Scott Bullock (voice actor on Danny Phantom, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Back at the Barnyard, Rugrats, Breadwinners, Tak and the Power of Juju, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• June 4: Keith David (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
• September 20: Gary Cole (voice actor The Penguins of Madagascar and The Legend of Korra) is born
• October 2: Charlie Adler (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• October 18: Craig Bartlett (creator of Hey Arnold!) is born
• December 3: Michael Gough (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and Danny Phantom) is born

1957

• January 11: Herb Scannell (president of Nickelodeon from 1996-2006) is born
• March 6: Eddie Deezen (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• March 23: Teresa Ganzel (voice actor on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• October 4: Bill Fagerbakke (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• October 24: John Kassir (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Rocket Power, The Amanda Show, As Told by Ginger, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Back at the Barnyard, Tak and the Power of Juju, Random! Cartoons, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breadwinners, and It's Pony) is born
• October 25: Nancy Cartwright (voice actor on Rugrats) is born
• October 29: Dan Castellaneta (voice actor on Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, As Told by Ginger, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and My Life as a Teenage Robot) is born
• November 3: Dolph Lundgren (guest star on Sanjay and Craig) is born
• November 6: Cam Clarke (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
• December 10: Michael Clarke Duncan (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and The Fairly OddParents) is born
• December 13: Steve Buscemi (actor on The Adventures of Pete and Pete, and voice actor in Charlotte's Web and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born

1958

• January 20: Lorenzo Lamas (actor on Big Time Rush) is born
• March 30: Maurice LaMarche (voice actor on Hey Arnold!, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Catscratch, Tak and the Power of Juju, The Legend of Korra, and It's Pony) is born
• March 31: Tony Cox (actor in A Fairly Odd Christmas) is born
• April 3: Alec Baldwin (guest voice on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• May 31: Tim Hill (writer, director, and storyboard artist for Rocko's Modern Life, KaBlam!, and SpongeBob SquarePants') is born
• June 22: Bruce Campbell (guest voice on My Life as a Teenage Robot and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) is born
• August 15: Rondell Sheridan (actor on Cousin Skeeter and Kenan & Kel) is born
• August 28: Scott Hamilton (guest voice on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• December 25: Cheryl Chase (voice actor on Rugrats) is born

1959

• Keith Chapman (creator of PAW Patrol) is born
• January 5: Clancy Brown (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• April 15: Thomas F. Wilson (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• May 2: Brian Tochi (voice actor on All Grown Up!, As Told by Ginger, and Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• May 19: Jim Ward (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• May 20: Bronson Pinchot (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers, Hey Arnold!, The Wild Thornberrys, and All Grown Up!) is born
• June 6: Paul Germain (co-creator of Rugrats) is born
• July 16: Bob Joles is born
• August 28: Arthur Holden is born
• September 10: Jim Meskimen (voice actor on All Grown Up!, Back at the Barnyard, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, The Loud House, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
• September 18: Kirk Fogg (host of Legends of the Hidden Temple) is born
• October 8: Nick Bakay (voice actor on The Angry Beavers) is born

1960

• January 4: April Winchell (voice actor on CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, Tak and the Power of Juju, Robot and Monster, Breadwinners, The X's, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, and Monsters vs. Aliens) is born
• February 28: Lim Kay Siu (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born
• March 18: Richard Biggs (guest star on Drake & Josh) is born
• April 29: Steve Blum (voice actor on The Legend of Korra, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Breadwinners is born
• July 10: Jeff Bergman (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants, Doug, and Rugrats) is born
• July 19: Steve Viksten (writer on Hey Arnold!) is born
• July 23: Ruben Garfias (voice actor on The Loud House and The Casagrandes) is born
• July 26: Bob Mittenthal (co-creator of Double Dare, producer of Think Fast and Make the Grade, creator of Welcome Freshmen, devloper of Weinerville,. and writer for The Adventures of Pete & Pete, KaBlam!, Crybaby Lane, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, The Naked Brothers Band, Bubble Guppies, The Loud House, Welcome to the Wayne, and It's Pony) is born
• September 27: Debi Derryberry (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• October 21: Paul Rugg (voice actor on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Pig Goat Banana Cricket) is born
• November 8: Megan Cavanagh (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and The Loud House) is born
• December 9: Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (director on Rocko's Modern Life) is born
• December 25: Bobbi J.G. Weiss is born

1961

• January 9: Candi Milo (voice actress on ChalkZone, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Pig, Goat, Banana, Cricket, Planet Sheen, My Life as a Teenage Robot, All Grown Up!, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Blaze and the Monster Machines, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Hey Arnold!, Bubble Guppies, As Told by Ginger, Glitch Techs, Invader Zim, The Adventures of Kid Danger, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, The Angry Beavers, and The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• April 23: George Lopez (voice actor on The Casagrandes) is born
• May 3: Joe Murray (creator of Rocko's Modern Life) is born
• May 6: Wally Wingert (voice actor in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie) is born
• May 12: Robert Cait (voice actor on ChalkZone and The Fairly OddParents) is born (voice actor on ChalkZone and The Fairly OddParents)
• May 16: Kevin McDonald (voice actor on Invader Zim and Catscratch) is born
• June 5: Mary Kay Bergman (voice actor on Oh Yeah! Cartoons) is born
• July 23: David Kaufman (voice actor on Danny Phantom) is born
• August 4: Lauren Tom (voice actor on As Told by Ginger, All Grown Up! and The Loud House) is born
• August 7: Ileen Getz (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
• August 19: Tony Longo is born
• August 20: William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (storyboard artist on Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and SpongeBob SquarePants, director on Hey Arnold! and The Fairly OddParents, layout artist on The Ren & Stimpy Show, creative consultant on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, storyboard revisionist on The Mighty B!) is born
• August 21: Stephen Hillenburg (creator of SpongeBob SquarePants and writer on Rocko's Modern Life) is born
• August 25: Billy Ray Cyrus (voice actor on Blaze and the Monster Machines) is born
• September 2: Eugenio Derbez (actor in Dora and the Lost City of Gold and voice actor on The Casagrandes) is born
• September 11: Elizabeth Daily (voice actor on Rugrats) is born
• September 18: James Gandolfini (actor in Nicky Deuce) is born
• September 23: Chi McBride is born
• October 10: Jodi Benson (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• November 27: Steve Oedekerk (executive producer of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron and director for Back at the Barnyard) is born

1962

• February 5: Jennifer Jason Leigh (voice actor in Hey Arnold!: The Movie) is born
• April 15: Tom Kane (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys) is born
• May 17: Craig Ferguson (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys and The Angry Beavers and actor in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) is born
• June 5:
  • Ken Hudson Campbell is born
  • Jeff Garlin (guest star on SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• June 23: Mark DeCarlo (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• July 13: Tom Kenny (voice actor on Rocko's Modern Life, CatDog, and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• July 20: Carlos Alazraqui (voice actor on Rocko's Modern Life, The Fairly OddParents, The Loud House, and The Casagrandes) is born
• August 24: David Koechner (voice actor in Barnyard and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) is born
• August 29: Ian James Corlett (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• August 31: Dee Bradley Baker (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• September 26: Patrick Bristow (actor on The Amanda Show, Zoey 101, and Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures) is born
• October 2: Jeff Bennett (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• November 14: Harland Williams (voice actor on Robot and Monster) is born
• December 4: Julie Lemieux (voice actor on Max & Ruby and PAW Patrol) is born
• December 19: Jill Talley (voice actress on SpongeBob SquarePants and The Loud House) is born

1963

• February 2: Kirk Baily (actor on Salute Your Shorts) is born
• March 19: Mary Scheer (actress on iCarly and voice actor on The Penguins of Madagascar) is born
• April 18: Conan O'Brien (guest star on The Backyardigans and The Penguins of Madagascar) is born
• May 11: Roark Critchlow (actor on Drake & Josh) is born
• June 6: Jason Isaacs (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra) is born
• August 16: Christine Cavanaugh (voice actor on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) is born
• September 18: Dan Povenmire (writer on Rocko's Modern Life) is born
• November 22: Brian Robbins (producer of All That and founder of AwesomenessTV) is born
• December 23: Jess Harnell (voice actor on Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, The Fairly OddParents, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Blaze and the Monster Machines, The Loud House, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) is born

1964

• January 17: Michelle Obama is born
• February 15: Chris Farley (guest star on All That) is born
• March 30: Ian Ziering (guest star on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and The Thundermans) is born
• April 4: Robbie Rist (voice actor on As Told by Ginger and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
• April 24: Cedric the Entertainer (actor in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and voice actor in Charlotte's Web) is born
• May 6: Dana Hill (voice actress on Rugrats) is born
• May 12: Josh Selig (creator of Oobi and Wonder Pets! is born
• June 23: Bill Motz (writer for El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Penguins of Madagascar, Rufus, Rufus 2, Breadwinners, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Lucky) is born
• August 7: Tom McGrath (creator, writer, creative consultant, and voice actor on The Penguins of Madagascar, and storyboard artist on The Ren & Stimpy Show) is born
• September 28: Janeane Garofalo (actress on The Adventures of Pete & Pete) is born
• October 10: Quinton Flynn (voice actor on My Life as a Teenage Robot) is born
• October 25: Kevin Michael Richardson (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom) is born
• November 1: Daran Norris (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• November 14: Patrick Warburton (voice actor on The X's and The Fairly OddParents) is born
• November 24: Chris Reccardi (director, animator, character designer, producer, writer and storyboard artist on The Ren & Stimpy Show and SpongeBob SquarePants and co-creator of The Modifyers) is born
• December 4: Jonathan Goldstein (actor on Drake & Josh and director on iCarly) is born

1965

• January 10: Butch Hartman (creator of The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen is a Beast!) is born
• April 4: Robert Downey Jr. (host of the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
• May 19: Maile Flanagan (voice actor on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Back at the Barnyard, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket) is born
• May 20: Dan Yaccarino (creator of Oswald) is born
• June 23: Andy Houts (writer for Rugrats and Rocko's Modern Life) is born
• June 25: Julia Pistor (producer of Clockstoppers, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Snow Day, Nacho Libre, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and The Spiderwick Chronicles) is born
• August 22: Tom Gibis is born
• November 12: Lex Lang is born

1966

• January 14: Dan Schneider is born
• January 27: Tamlyn Tomita (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born
• May 1: Charlie Schlatter (voice actor on Rugrats, The Fairly OddParents, The Loud House, and Big Nate) is born
• May 21: Lisa Edelstein is born
• July 6: Pamela Adlon is born
• July 13: Richard Tatum is born
• July 18: Lori Alan is born
• July 29: Richard Steven Horvitz (voice actor on The Angry Beavers, Invader Zim, and The Loud House) is born
• August 10: André Sogliuzzo is born
• September 22: Michelle Ruff is born
• September 28: Maria Canals Barrera is born
• October 19: Jon Favreau is born
• October 28: Andy Richter is born
• November 23: Michelle Gomez (voice actress in The Loud House Movie) is born
• December 3: Adam Berry is born
• December 4: Fred Armisen is born
• December 9: Toby Huss is born
• December 24: Diedrich Bader is born

1967

• January 24: Phil LaMarr (voice actor on Invader Zim, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Hey Arnold!, The Wild Thornberrys, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, The Fairly OddParents, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, and The Casagrandes) is born
• February 13: Carolyn Lawrence (voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and The Fairly OddParents) is born
• February 20: Kath Soucie (voice actor on Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, Danny Phantom, and All Grown Up!) is born
• April 20: Lara Jill Miller (voice actress on The Loud House) is born
• May 15: Ron Pardo is born
• June 15: Fred Tatasciore (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Back at the Barnyard, Making Fiends, Random! Cartoons, Planet Sheen, Invader Zim, The Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breadwinners, and The Loud House) is born
• September 6: Macy Gray (actress and singer on Blue's Clues and As Told by Ginger) is born
• September 12: Rob Renzetti (creator of My Life as a Teenage Robot) is born
• September 22: Michelle Ruff is born
• September 25: Audrey Wasilewski is born
• September 27: Debi Derryberry (voice actor on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• October 7: Tony Braxton (singer on Blue's Clues) is born
• October 18: Eric Stuart is born
• October 31: Adam Schlesinger is born
• November 13: Jimmy Kimmel is born

1968

• February 8: Gary Coleman (actor on Drake and Josh) is born
• February 13: Kelly Hu (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
• May 12: Tony Hawk (guest star on All That, Yo Gabba Gabba!, The Naked Brothers Band, Drake and Josh, Rocket Power and The Casagrandes) is born
• June 13: Fred Tatasciore (voice actor on Breadwinners) is born
• August 4: Daniel Dae Kim (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born
• August 8: Kimberly Brooks (voice actress on As Told By Ginger, Rugrats, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Danny Phantom, Winx Club, The Loud House, Sanjay and Craig, Shimmer and Shine, It's Pony, and Baby Shark's Big Show) is born
• September 4: John DiMaggio (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• Septeber 22: Megan Hollingshead is born
• November 21: Sean Schemmel is born
• December 22: Adam Beechen (writer for Rocket Power) is born

1969

• January 1: Doug Lawrence (writer and voice actor on Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants) is born
• February 5: Derek Stephen Prince is born
• March 23: Kelly Perine is born
• April 21: Traci Page Johnson is born
• May 14: Kate Boutilier is born
• June 8: J. P. Manoux is born
• June 11: Cristina Pucelli (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• June 14: Kyle Hebert is born
• July 1: Rino Romano is born
• July 7: Cree Summer (voice actor on Rugrats, Danny Phantom, and The Loud House) is born
• July 13: Ken Jeong is born
• July 22: James Arnold Taylor (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• August 5: Kim Mai Guest is born
• August 6: Chris Edgerly (voice actor in Nicktoons MLB) is born
• August 10: Brian Drummond is born
• August 16: Kate Higgins is born
• August 25: Steve Staley is born
• September 13: Tyler Perry is born
• September 25: Hal Sparks is born
• October 4: Abraham Benrubi is born
• October 17: Nancy Sullivan is born
• October 18: Ted Lewis is born
• Octeber 19: Vanessa Marshall is born
• October 25: Nika Futterman (voice actor on The Loud House) is born

1970

• January 21: Kenneth Leung (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born
• April 4: Janice Kawaye (voice actress on My Life as a Teenage Robot) is born
• April 21: Nicole Sullivan is born
• May 25: Jamie Kennedy is born
• September 3: Maria Bamford is born
• September 8: Rosearik Rikki Simons (voice actor on Invader Zim) is born
• September 22: Chris Tallman is born
• September 30: Tony Hale is born
• October 29: Michael Dangerfield is born
• October 30: Nia Long (voice actress on Blaze and the Monster Machines)
• October 31: Nolan North is born
• November 9: Chris Jericho is born
• December 20: Melissa Disney (voice actress on As Told by Ginger) is born
• December 24: Keith Silverstein is born

1971

• February 1: Hynden Walch (voice actor on ChalkZone) is born
• February 6: Brian Stepanek (voice actor on The Loud House) is born
• February 12: Scott Menville (voice actor in Rugrats, All Grown Up!, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run) is born
• February 25: Sean Astin (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Loud House) is born
• March 5: Yuri Lowenthal is born
• April 18: David Tennant (voice actor in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Loud House Movie) is born
• April 19: Scott McCord is born
• June 30: Megan Fahlenbock is born
• July 30: Christine Taylor is born
• September 15: Colleen Villard is born
• October 2: Chris Savino (creator of The Loud House) is born
• October 5: Samuel Vincent is born
• November 22: Crystal Scales (voice actress on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• December 30: C. S. Lee (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born

1972

• February 9: Crispin Freeman is born
• February 26: Keith Ferguson is born
• April 4: Jonathan Galkin is born
• April 27: David Lascher is born
• May 2: Dwayne Johnson is born
• May 16: Khary Payton is born
• July 29
  • Wil Wheaton is born
  • Raymond McLeod is born
• August 13: Michael Sinterniklaas is born
• August 16: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series) is born
• October 17: C.H. Greenblatt (creator of Harvey Beaks) is born
• October 28: Brad Paisley is born
• November 10: Trevor Devall is born
• December 19: Rosa Blasi is born
• December 28: Greg Coolidge is born

1973

• February 12: Tara Strong (voice actor on Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents) is born
• June 15: Neil Patrick Harris is born
• August 24: Grey DeLisle (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and The Loud House) is born
• August 28: Kirby Morrow is born
• August 29: Jason Spisak is born
• October 9: Steve Burns (actor on Blue's Clues and Blue's Clues & You!) is born
• September 22: Blake Sennett is born
• October 3:
  • Hedy Burress is born
  • Richard Ian Cox is born
  • Neve Campbell is born
• November 14: Dana Snyder (guest voice on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• December 1: Lombardo Boyar is born
• December 27: Wilson Cruz is born

1974

• January 18: Maulik Pancholy is born
• March 23: Randall Park is born
• July 4: Mick Wingert (voice actor on Kung Fu Panda: Legend of Awesomeness) is born
• July 18: Michael Dante DiMartino (co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• September 1: Jhonen Vasquez (creator of Invader Zim) is born
• October 7: Alexander Polinksky is born

1975

• January 2: Dax Shepard is born
• January 3: Jason Marsden (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents) is born
• January 31: Jorge R. Gutiérrez (co-creator of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and guest voice on The Casagrandes) is born
• February 12: Michael Ray Bower is born
• April 15: Cal Brunker is born
• June 1: Bryan Konietzko is born
• June 4: Russell Brand is born
• June 25: Linda Cardellini is born
• July 10: Stefán Karl Stefánsson is born
• August 11: Roger Craig Smith is born
• August 25: Ross Hull is born
• August 29: Dante Basco (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
• October 3:
  • Alanna Ubach (voice actress on Wallykazam, Rango, Welcome to the Wayne, and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, and actress on See Dad Run) is born
  • India Arie (singer and actress on Blue's Clues) is born
• November 2: Danny Cooksey is born
• November 29: Sean O'Neal is born
• December 1: David Hornsby is born

1976

• February 2: Lori Beth Denberg (actress on All That) is born
• February 16: Janet Varney is born
• April 13: Jonathan Brandis is born
• April 17: Melissa Joan Hart (actress on Clarissa Explains It All and voice actress on The Casagrandes) is born
• April 26: Thurop Van Orman is born
• July 15: Gabriel Iglesias is born
• August 6: Soleil Moon Frye is born
• August 11: Will Friedle is born
• August 17: Scott Halberstadt is born
• November 18: Dominic Armato is born
• Unknown date: Dr. Vivian Horner and Sandy Kavanaugh are hired to develop the Pinwheel series, becoming the first two employees of Nickelodeon

1977

• January 21: Jerry Trainor (actor on iCarly and host of Tooned In) is born
• February 2: Shakira is born
• March 14: Katie Matilla (writer on The Loud House, Avatar the Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, 100 Things to Do Before High School, and Harvey Beaks) is born
• March 15: Brian Tee is born
• April 10: Stephanie Sheh is born
• April 23: Kal Penn (voice actor on Sanjay and Craig and It's Pony, and actor and singer on Blue's Clues & You!) is born
• May 3: Jeffrey Garcia (voice actor on Back at the Barnyard and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
• May 19: Kelly Sheridan is born
• June 1: Danielle Harris is born
• June 3: Heidi Lucas is born
• July 13: Kari Wahlgren (actress and voice actress on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Breadwinners, Bunsen is a Beast, The Fairly OddParents, Tak and the Power of JuJu, The Penguins of Madagascar, Random! Cartoons, Back at the Barnyard, Robot and Monster, Winx Club, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Monsters VS Aliens, Bubble Guppies, Harvey Beaks, Pig, Goat, Banana, Cricket, The Casagrandes, The Adventures of Kid Danger, and The Loud House) is born
• July 27: Jason Zimbler is born
• September 26: Sirena Irwin is born
• September 27: Michael C. Maronna is born
• December 1: Pinwheel premieres on Channel C-3 of QUBE, an experimental local cable system in Ohio. Channel C-3 and Pinwheel would later move to national television in April 1979, when Nickelodeon was officially launched.

1978

• March 1: Donovan Patton (actor on Blue's Clues and Blue's Clues & You!, and voice actor on Team Umizoomi) is born
• May 10: Kenan Thompson (actor on All That, Kenan & Kel, and Good Burger, panelist on Figure It Out, host on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, guest star on The Amanda Show, Cousin Skeeter, and iCarly, voice actor on The Mighty B! and Wonder Park, presented on the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards, executive producer on All That and host of the 2021 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
• June 9: Brian Patrick Wade (actor in A Loud House Christmas) is born
• June 18: Tara Platt is born
• August 9: Brad Breeck (composer on Robot and Monster, Fanboy and Chum Chum, and Glitch Techs) is born
• August 23: Kobe Bryant (guest star on All That) is born
• August 25: Kel Mitchell (actor on All That and Kenan and Kel) is born
• October 7: Omar Benson Miller (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Rugrats (2021)) is born
• October 20: Dionne Quan (voice actress on Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents) is born
• November 19: Chad Doreck (voice actor on My Life as a Teenage Robot) is born

Timeline

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