- 1914: Producer Herbert Hirschman is born. Hirschman was executive producer of the Planet of the Apes TV series.
- 1923: Makeup artist Frank Westmore is born. Westmore worked as a makeup artist on the Planet of the Apes TV series.
- 1952: Actor Erick Avari is born in India. Avari played the role of Tival in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.
- 1992: Actor Eddie Fontaine passes away. Fontaine played a gorilla sergeant in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Gladiators".
- 2015: Comic book artist Herb Trimpe passes away. Trimpe was an artist for Marvel Comics' UK Planet of the Apes comic and Planet of the Apes Magazine.