Walt Disney (President Disney)

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1971) served as the 37th President as well a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, philanthropist. Disney before his Presidency, was famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created a number of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse. He received fifty-nine Academy Award nominations and won twenty-six Oscars, including a record four in one year[2], and thus holds the record for the individual with the most awards and the most nominations. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, Japan, France, and China.

Disney died of lung cancer on March 31, 1971, leaving the Presidency to his Vice President, Ronald Reagan.