Who Was Walt Disney

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Elias, was a construction worker and an entrepreneur. His mother was a schoolteacher but gave up her career to raise her children. He had three older brothers, Herbert, Raymond, and Roy, and one younger sister, Ruth.

Walt’s family moved to Missouri to live on a farm, where Walt loved being close to nature and farm animals. He spent his childhood observing and exploring outside and learning to draw. He spent many hours making pictures and was so talented that his neighbor commissioned a picture of his horse.

Walt loved entertaining others and making people laugh. He also liked acting. He once saw a performance of Peter Pan and wanted to recreate it in a school production where he could play the main character. Walt loved the idea of a world of wonders where children could be imaginative and never grow up. He convinced his brother Roy to help him create a rope system that would pull him up in the air, to appear as if he were flying during the school play.

From a very young age, Walt demonstrated several characteristics that would later allow him to become an icon in the entertainment industry: He was creative, liked exploring the world, was good at drawing, and loved to tell stories to make people laugh.