Pre-1988

The following is an overview of Barney-related information that occurred in the years before 1988.

Major Events[]

1985[]

January ?: Sheryl Leach retired from teaching and got married. She became pregnant with her eldest son, Patrick.

1986[]

Unknown Date: Sheryl Leach struggles to keep her growing son entertained at home.
Unknown Date: The Lyons Group was formed as a division of DLM, Inc., an educational company owned by Richard C. Leach.

1987[]

May ?: Sheryl Leach decided to create her very own video series after her son outgrew "Wee Sing Together". She recruited help from Kathy Parker.
Unknown: Debbie Ries was welcomed into Sheryl Leach's focus group and Barney was originally pitched as a blanket.
October ?: After visiting a museum, Invasion of the Robot Dinosaurs with Sheryl Leach's son, Patrick Leach, she decided that the Barney character would be a dinosaur.

People[]

Born[]

1920s[]

May 8, 1922 - Patsy Goldwater (actress)
August 6, 1924 - Ella Jenkins (actress)
October 21, 1925 - Frank Baker (actor)
October 27, 1925 - Irene Corey (costume designer)
November 12, 1926 - Frank H. Olsen (writer)
January 30, 1927 - Max Vaughan (actor)
August 24, 1927 - Richard C. Leach (producer)
November 20, 1928 - Henry Hammack (actor)
April 25, 1929 - Susan Largo (actress)
July 17, 1929 - William Garber (actor)

1930s[]

May 27, 1932 - Steve Franken (actor)
July 29, 1932 - Jeanne Cairns (actress)
April 2, 1934 - Shirley Douglas (actor)
June 18, 1934 - George Hearn (actor)
July 16, 1934 - Sandy Walper (actor)
September 15, 1934 - Tomie dePaola (book author and illustrator)
June 19, 1935 - Grant James (actor)
January 3, 1936 - Brice Armstrong (voice actor)
February 10, 1937 - Gene Raye Price (actress)
September 24, 1939 - Mark Elliott (voice-over artist)

1940s[]

September 4, 1940 - Jim Rowley (director)
January 4, 1941 - Debbie Boyle Perry (writer)
November 18, 1941 - Sandra Gilpin (teacher)
May 26, 1942 - Blas García (actor)
December 6, 1942 - Nancy MacKenzie (actress)
January 3, 1943 - Van Dyke Parks (songwriter, music director)
April 18, 1944 - Barbara Lowin (actress)
November 2, 1944 - Todd Everett (actor)
December 11, 1944 - Teri Garr (former actress)
January 15, 1945 - Jess Nelson (production designer, puppeteer)
July 13, 1945 - Mark S. Bernthal (writer)
February 20, 1946 - Sandy Duncan (actress)
June 16, 1946 - Mark Ritts (actor)
October 31, 1946 - Alfonso Ramírez (voice actor)
November 21, 1946 - David J. Courtney (actor)
April 1, 1947 - Philip Parker (songwriter, music director)
November 14, 1947 - Robert Sweatmon (actor)
February 28, 1948 - Bernadette Peters (actress)
April 23, 1948 - Essra Mohawk (songwriter)
June 1, 1948 - Karl Geurs (writer)
January 30, 1949 - Rick Wetzel (actor)
September 3, 1949 - R. Bruce Elliott (Actor, Voice Actor, Dubbing Director, and Scriptwriter)
December 2, 1949 - Douglas Booth (writer)
December 15, 1949 - Dave Tanner (actor)

1950s[]

March 29, 1950 - Barry Pearl (actor)
May 20, 1950 - J.D. Mosley (actress)
September 26, 1950 - David M. Boothe (editor)
October 17, 1950 - Suzanne Lockridge (costume designer)
February 4, 1951 - Fred Holmes (director and writer)
March 24, 1951 - Ken Reightler (astronaut)
June 15, 1951 - Mitch Lobrovich (writer)
June 21, 1951 - Joe Scruggs (songwriter)
November 12, 1951 - Charles Edward Hall (actor)
February 17, 1952 - Angelo Natalie (songwriter)
April 8, 1952 - Willy Welch (songwriter)
April 16, 1952 - Mary Ann Brewer (actor)/Martha Datema Lipscomb (producer)
May 14, 1952 - Vicky Córdova (voice actress)
July 1, 1952 - Larry Haron (actor)
August 26, 1952 - Jamie Ruth Conner (director)
August 31, 1952 - Eli Gorenstein (actor, voice actor, director, singer and cellist)
September 3, 1952 - Stephen White (head writer)
November 16, 1952 - Dean Stefan (writer)
December 30, 1952 - Bob Singleton (songwriter, music director)
December 31, 1952 - Sheryl Leach (creator)
January 24, 1953 - Maru Guzmán (actress)
May 1, 1953 - Vasilis Kailas (actor)
July 19, 1953 - Michelle McCarel (actress)
August 2, 1953 - Stephen Bates Baltes (songwriter, music director)
August 4, 1953 - Lee Bernstein (author)
January 21, 1954 - John McDonough (actor)
February 22, 1954 - Eric Norberg (director)
March 14, 1954 - Kathy Parker (co-creator)
May 11, 1954 - Norma Dell'Agnese (voice actress)
June 24, 1954 - Debbie Gonzales (teacher)
September 7, 1954 - Earl Fisher (actor)
October 13, 1954 - Sky McDougall (actor)
December 23, 1955 - Jim Lewis (writer)
June 25, 1956 - Bob West (voice actor)
November 30, 1956 - Rebecca Self Snider (writer)
April 5, 1957 - Carter Crocker (head writer)
April 12, 1957 - Cheryl Ammeter (writer)
July 30, 1957 - John Grable (director)
August 25, 1957 - Kai Taschner (actor)
December 1, 1957 - Leslie Alexander (actress)
December 16, 1957 - Bob Reed (actor)
August 1, 1958 - Greta Muller (actress)
August 18, 1958 - Holly Doubet (songwriter)
November 16, 1958 - Julie Johnson (voice actress)
May 25, 1959 - Ashley Wood (actor)
July 1, 1959 - Phyllis Cicero (actor)
July 10, 1959 - Heidi B. Kirby (writer)
July 31, 1959 - Patty Wirtz (voice actress)
August 7, 1959 - Joseph Phillips (songwriter, music director)
September 19, 1959 - Carolyn McCormick (actress)
November 8, 1959 - Jeff Brooks (actor)
December 4, 1959 - David Bernard Wolf (songwriter, music director)

1960s[]

July 1, 1960 - Mary-Margaret Pyeatt (actress)
August 12, 1960 - Irene Cortez (actress)
September 9, 1960 - Leticia Magana (actress)
September 21, 1960 - Sloan Coleman (producer)
October 9, 1960 - Carol Farabee (actress)
December 1, 1960 - Eddie Coker (singer and songwriter)
January 14, 1961 - Ruben Cerda (actor)
January 23, 1961 - Larry Baker (Assistant Director)
February 16, 1961 - Perri Verdino-Gates (writer)
February 19, 1961 - Gaitley Mathews (actor)
February 20, 1961 - Maurice Scott (actor)
March 20, 1961 - Isabel Martiñón (actress)
April 7, 1961 - Tony Peugh (songwriter)
December 7, 1961 - Takuma Suzuki (voice actor)
December 29, 1961 - Derrick J. Graves (actor)
January 31, 1962 - Charles L. Shaw (actor)
April 12, 1962 - Kevin S. Devine (songwriter)
May 4, 1962 - Jean Yoon (actress)
July 3, 1962 - Esteban Grossy Paradela (director and actor)
July 16, 1962 - Dao Knight (actress)
September 8, 1962 - David Franks (Producer, Editor, and Director)
December 5, 1962 - Frank Crim (actor)
June, 1963 - Cathey Miller (Set designer and painter)
June 10, 1963 - Rommy Mendoza (actress)
July 4, 1963 - David Joyner (actor)
July 9, 1963 - Alberto Ramirez, Jr (actor, cartoonist, and clown)
November 27, 1963 - Dennis DeShazer (co-creator)
January 30, 1964 - Cheryl Toma Sanders (actress)
May 8, 1964 - Melissa Gilbert (actress)
May 27, 1964 - Elsa Covian (actress)
October 18, 1964 - John Swasey (actor)
February 16, 1965 - Debra Haefling (hair stylist)
June 26, 1965 - Jeff Ayers (actor)
August 9, 1965 - Steven G. McAffe (actor)
July 4, 1966 - DeWayne Hambrick (actor)
November 27, 1966 - Eddie Glen (voice actor)
December 11, 1966 - Pat O'Connell (actor)
March 6, 1967 - Lori Wendt (educational researcher)
October 17, 1967 - Scott Erickson (songwriter)
October 18, 1967 - Maggie Vera (voice actress)
February 2, 1968 - Michael Anthony Steele (writer)
February 17, 1968 - Dean Wendt (voice actor)
February 24, 1968 - Jose Carlos Moreno (voice actor)
March 21, 1968 - Carey Stinson (actor)
June 6, 1968 - Rick Starkweather (actor) and David Voss (actor)
August 20, 1968 - Cho Jin-sook (voice actress)
March 20, 1969 - R. Shawn Kelly (songwriter)
May 5, 1969 - Love Santini (voice actress)
July 10, 1969 - Tim Dever (voice actor)
December 6, 1969 - Jeanne Simpson (writer)

1970s[]

June 25, 1970 - Duncan Brannan (actor)
January 6, 1971 - Antwaun Steele (actor)
March 30, 1971 - Iro Loupi (actress)
August 15, 1971 - Jeff Gittle (director)
October 27, 1972 - Holly Franklin (actress)
December 8, 1972 - Claudia Bramnfsette (actress)
July 20, 1973 - Saint Adeogba (actress)
August 24, 1973 - Grey DeLisle (voice actress)
November 18, 1973 - Maria Zervou (actress)
November 27, 1973 - Adam Brown (actor)
November 30, 1973 - Nicola Lambo (actress)
April 9, 1974 - Todd Duffey (actor)
April 12, 1974 - Lee Clark (actor)
June 3, 1974 - Vanessa Garcel (former voice actress)
February 25, 1975 - Chiemi Chiba (actress)
March 4, 1975 - Josh Martin (actor)
August 14, 1975 - Bo Barron (actor)
August 20, 1975 - Tiffany McEvers (actress)
September 19, 1975 - Kina Bale (casting director)
March 31, 1976 - Anne Marie Hurlbut (teacher)
March 14, 1977 - Scarlett McAlister (actress)
May 28, 1977 - Salim Grant (actor)
March 29, 1978 - Leah Montes (child actress)
June 5, 1978 - Pablo Glattli (artistic director and actor)
June 26, 1978 - Jerad Harris (actor)
July 2, 1978 - Kyle Nelson (actor)
November 9, 1978 - Irwin Daayán (voice actor)
November 25, 1978 - Sarah Vernon Swartz (actress)
January 6, 1979 - Alexander Jhin (child actor)
May 24, 1979 - Dave McRae (voice actor)
September 14, 1979 - Brian Eppes (child actor)

1980s[]

February 19, 1980 - Dave Kendall (actor)
May 20, 1980 - Jeffrey Lowe (child actor)
June 28, 1980 - Becky Swonke (child actress)
September 8, 1980 - Donna Kraft (child actress)
March 21, 1981 - Jennifer Kendall (actress)
April 19, 1981 - Lisa Michelle Cornelius (voice actress)
June 7, 1981 - Enzo Fortuny (voice actor)
September 30, 1981 - Audrea Ulmer (actress)
October 29, 1981 - Mariana Ortiz (voice actress)
November 9, 1981 - Rickey Carter (child actor)
January 8, 1982 - Pia Manalo (actress)
February 2, 1982 - Patrick McAlister (actor)
March 26, 1982 - Circe Luna (voice actress)
June 18, 1982 - Susannah Williams (child actress)
July 26, 1982 - Kalimba Marichal (actor, singer and songwriter)
August 16, 1982 - Todd Haberkorn (actor)
October 17, 1982 - Jessica Zucha (child actress)
October 29, 1982 - Tommy Avallone (director and producer)
November 1, 1982 - Michaela Dietz (voice actress)
November 9, 1982 - Christine Byrd (former voice actress)
January 12, 1983 - Alexis Harris (child actress)
September 2, 1983 - Rebecca Wilson (child actress)
November 10, 1983 - Jessica Angleskhan (actress)
March 25, 1984 - Ajay Reddy (child actor)
June 25, 1984 - Elizabeth Fry (child actress and understudy)
August 19, 1984 - Hope Cervantes (actor)
October 3, 1984 - Chris Rodriguez (child actor)
November 6, 1984 - John David Bennett II (child actor)
December 16, 1984 - Vanessa Lauren (child actress)
December 22, 1984 - Gaby Ugarte (voice actor)
December 25, 1984 - Kenny Cooper (child actor)
January 4, 1985 - Corey Lopez (child actor)
January 9, 1985 - Cecilia Gómez (voice actor)
February 3, 1985 - Antwaun Hobbs (child actor)
March 11, 1985 - Kurt Dykhuizen (child actor)
March 20, 1985 - Courtney Cook Chavera (child actress and singer)
March 27, 1985 - Michael Krost (child actor)
April 10, 1985 - Maurié Chandler (actress) and Monét Chandler (actress)
May 8, 1985 - Nathan Regan (child actor)
June 28, 1985 - Lauren King (child actress)
July 8, 1985 - Robert Hurtekant (child actor)
July 27, 1985 - Hilary Kinzler (intern and child supervisor)
September 28, 1985 - Etti Lijishal (child actress)
October 10, 1985 - Leyla Rangel (voice actress)
October 24, 1985 - Lauren Mayeux (actress)
January 15, 1986 - Sara Hickman (child actress)
January 20, 1986 - Dean DeLuna (actor)
February 4, 1986 - Erica Rhodes (actress)
March 16, 1986 - Lucien Douglas (child actor)
April 13, 1986 - Shira Senesh (child actress)
May 22, 1986 - Ran Bechor (actor)
June 23, 1986 - Nir Vaknin (child actor)
July 25, 1986 - Trent Gentry (child actor)
September 9, 1986 - Noy Ben-Ami (child actress)
September 16, 1986 - Kyla Pratt (actress)
October 3, 1986 - Erica Reynolds (child actress)
October 13, 1986 - Peli Grietzer (child actor)
November 10, 1986 - Yahav Shuster (child actress)
November 24, 1986 - Tom Baromer (child actor)
November 26, 1986 - Trevor Morgan (actor)
March 16, 1987 - Mera Baker (child actress)
April 16, 1987 - Alex Saxon (child actress)
April 24, 1987 - Yogev Ohayon (child actor)
May 12, 1987 - Gal Moja (child actor)
May 29, 1987 - Yana Kotlyar-Gal (child actress)
June 5, 1987 - Sam LaCroix (child actor)
June 16, 1987 - Marisa Kuers (child actress and dancer)
June 29, 1987 - Mallory Lineberger (child actress)
September 14, 1987 - Jordan Kaufman (child actor)
October 21, 1987 - Amir Lekner (musician, composer and musical director)
October 24, 1987 - Diana Rice (child actress)
December 17, 1987 - Jonathan Langdon (actor and producer)