1952

«	1952	»

The year 1952 (MCMLII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by thirty-two years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Non-Fiction

Events

• Hasbro has its first major success with a toy named Mr. Potato Head.
• NTV is founded.

Births

• ???? — Alec Willows, Ikuo Miyazoe, Jussi Wahlgren, Christy Marx, Jorge Barcellos, Liu Xirui

January

• January 4 — Maurizio Reti
• January 8 — Dan Woren
• January 19 — Beau Weaver
• January 20 — Dave Fennoy

February

• February 8 — Daisuke Gōri
• February 14 — Andreas Müller
• February 17 — Garry Chalk
• February 21 — Mari Yokō
• February 22 — Jacques Bouanich
• February 29 — Nelson Yomtov

March

• March 15 — Enzo Draghi
• March 16 — Alvin Sanders

April

• April 5 — Mitch Pileggi
• April 13 — Yasuyoshi Hara, Zhang Wenyu, Achille Orsoni
• April 16 — Billy West
• April 23 — Jorge Roldán

May

• May 7 — Jeffrey Scott
• May 12 — Christopher Gaze
• May 15 — Uli Pleßmann
• May 18 — Diane Duane, Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
• May 20 — Jung Goo Lee
• May 27 — Johan Wahlström

June

• June 2 — Miguel Ángel Jenner
• June 12 — Ryōji Fujiwara
• June 20 — John Goodman
• June 30 — Bruno Bulté

July

• July 7 — Rick Hoberg
• July 12 — Kazue Komiya
• July 14 — Jerry Houser
• July 25 — Oliviero Corbetta

August

• August 5 — Júlio César
• August 15 — Marek Obertyn
• August 26 — Franco Zucca
• August 28 — Guy Nadon

September

• September 1 — Rodolfo Bianchi
• September 5 — Michael Horton
• September 10 — Gerry Conway, Martín Soto
• September 12 — Yukitoshi Hori
• September 14 — Sylvain Lemarié
• September 16 — Jesús Brock

October

• October 3 — Hwan Jin Kim
• October 10 — Jesse Conde
• October 14 — Katsuyoshi Toya
• October 18 — Michael Pan

November

• November 3 — Jim Cummings, Joachim Kaps
• November 19 — Axel Lutter
• November 25 — Guillermo Coria

December

• December 2 — Keith Szarabajka
• December 9 — Michael Dorn