Director Herbert Wilcox born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1977)
11 May
Actress Margaret Rutherford born in Balham, London (d. 1972)
1893
15 January
Composer, performer, writer and actor Ivor Novello born in Cardiff (d. 1951)
3 April
Leslie Howard born Leslie Howard Steiner in Forest Hill, London.
16 September
Producer, director and studio head Alexander Korda born Sándor Laszlo Kellner in Turkeve, Hungary (d. 1956)
1895
March
Birt Acres films the Boat Race
May
Birt Acres films the Derby
June
Birt Acres films the opening of the Kiel Canal
28 December
Louis and Auguste Lumière present first projected film performance for a paying audience at the Grand Café, Paris.
1896
January
Birt Acres demonstrates moving image camera and projector at Royal Photographic Society, with film of 1895 Oxford / Cambridge boat race and Epsom Derby.
February
Lumière brothers exhibit at Polytechnic Hall, Regent Street, London and subsequently move to the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square.
March
R.W. Paul begins film shows at the Alhambra.
19 May
Producer and studio head Michael Balcon born in Birmingham.
30 August
Actor Raymond Massey born in Toronto, Canada (d. 1893)
19 November
Actor Anton Walbrook born Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, Austria (d. 1967)
The Soldier's Courtship (d. R.W. Paul): first British fiction film.
Actress Margaret Rutherford born in Balham, London (d. 1972)
Leslie Howard born Leslie Howard Steiner in Forest Hill, London. 
Birt Acres films the opening of the Kiel Canal
Producer and studio head Michael Balcon born in Birmingham. 
Actor Anton Walbrook born Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, Austria (d. 1967)