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'''February 29''' is known as a ''[[leap day]]'' (or "leap year day"), which is periodically added as the last day of the month to the [[Julian calendar|Julian]] and [[Gregorian calendar]]s, as an [[intercalation (timekeeping)|intercalary date]], to create [[leap year]]s. Its main function is to keep the calendars aligned with the Earth's seasons, as the planet orbits the sun. 

In the older Julian calendar, leap days are added to every year that is evenly divisible by four. However, this causes the calendar to slowly become misaligned with the Earth's seasons, by about 3 days every 400 years.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/calendars | title= Introduction to Calendars | date=n.d.|publisher= [[United States Naval Observatory]] |accessdate=9 May 2022}}</ref> (The Julian calendar continues to be used in some places as the basis for their [[liturgical calendar]]).

The Gregorian calendar is the standard [[civil calendar]] used in most of the world, and is a slight modification of the Julian calendar. In this calendar, a [[wikt:centennial|centennial]] year does not have a February 29 (despite being evenly divisible by 4) unless it is also evenly divisible by 400. Thus, in contrast to the Julian calendar, the years 1700, 1800 and [[1900]] did not have leap year days but both calendars had a February 29 in the years 1600 and [[2000]]. 

The convention of adding a "February 29" to be the leap day was not widely used before the 15th century. Instead, beginning with Julius Caesar's calendar edict of 45 BC until the 16th century (formally), [[Bissextile day|February 24 was doubled]]{{snd}} two successive days had the same date.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Handbook of Dates for students of British History |editor-first= Christopher Robert  |editor-last=Cheney | others= Revised by Michael Jones |year= 2000 |orig-date=1945 |publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=9780521778459 |page=https://archive.org/details/cheney-handbook-of-dates/page/145/mode/1up 145}}</ref> 

February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year for both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is also the last day of [[meteorological winter]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] and the last day of [[meteorological summer]] in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] in leap years.

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 888|888]] &ndash; [[Odo of France|Odo]], [[count of Paris]], is crowned king of [[West Francia]] (France) by Archbishop [[Walter (archbishop of Sens)|Walter of Sens]] at [[Compiègne]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bradbury|first1=Jim | author-link=Jim Bradbury| title=The Capetians |date=2007 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=9780826435149 |pages=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAgDwx4pS0QC&pg=PA30}}</ref>
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] uses his knowledge of [[March 1504 lunar eclipse|a lunar eclipse that night]] to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bergreen |first1=Laurence |title=Columbus: The Four Voyages |date=2011 |publisher=Viking Penguin |isbn=9781101544327 |pages=836–837}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Abel Tasman]]'s second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in command of three ships.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Feeken |first1=Erwin |title=European Discovery and Exploration of Australia |date=2019 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781543401684 |pages=72–73}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abel Janszoon Tasman, 1603?–1659 |url=https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/tasman/tasman.html |publisher=Princeton University Library |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=2010 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809122538/https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/tasman/tasman.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1704]] &ndash; In [[Queen Anne's War]], French forces and [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]]s stage a [[Raid on Deerfield|raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]], killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melvoin |first1=Richard |title=New England Outpost: War and Society in Colonial Deerfield |date=1989 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393308082 |page=20}}</ref>
*[[1712]] &ndash; February 29 is followed by [[February 30]] in Sweden, in a move to abolish the [[Swedish calendar]] for a return to the [[Julian calendar]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hocken |first1=Vigdis |title=February 30 Was a Real Date |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/date/february-30.html |website=timeanddate.com |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden]] abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick I]] on March 24.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nauman |first1=Sari |title=Ulrika Eleonora d.y., drottning |url=https://skbl.se/en/article/UlrikaEleonoradydrottning |publisher=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=8 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; Polish nobles form the [[Bar Confederation]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daszyk |first1=Krzysztof Karol |title="To fight or not to fight?" The basic political dilemma of the Poles in the period of partitions (Interview) |url=https://www.polskietradycje.pl/enArticles/view/115 |website=polskietradycje.pl |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=30 October 2017 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314030131/https://www.polskietradycje.pl/enArticles/view/115 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; The [[Jay Treaty]] between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lillich |first1=Richard B. |title=The Jay Treaty Commissions |journal=St. John's Law Review |date=May 1963 |volume=37 |issue=2 |page=265 |url=https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4345&context=lawreview |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] is incorporated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunn |first1=Thomas Churchill |title=History repeats in St. Petersburg Series: MY VIEW: [CITY Edition] |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=12 March 1989 |page=2}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[James Madison University]] is founded at [[Harrisonburg, Virginia]], United States as The State Normal and Industrial School for Women by the [[Virginia General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/timeline.shtml|title=JMU Historical Timeline|year=2008|access-date=2023-08-19|publisher=JMU Centennial Office}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[Piedra Movediza]] (Moving Stone) of [[Tandil]] falls and breaks.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Rabassa |editor1-first=Jorge |title=Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in Argentina: Proceedings of the Seventh Argentine Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies Congress |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=9783030661618 |page=220}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Tokelau]] is annexed by the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokelau Act 1948 |url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1948/0024/latest/DLM247581.html |website=legislation.govt.nz |access-date=4 September 2021 |date=29 October 1948}}</ref>
*  1916 &ndash; In [[South Carolina]], the minimum [[working age]] for factory, mill and mine workers is [[Child labor|raised from 12 to 14 years old]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Bulletin, Issues 16-26 |date=1919 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYA_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA153 |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovak]] National Assembly adopts the [[Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920|Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 1920 Constitution |url=https://www.vlada.cz/en/media-centrum/aktualne/constitution-1920-68721/ |publisher=Government of the Czech Republic |access-date=4 September 2021 |date=25 February 2010}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[February 26 Incident]] in Tokyo ends.<ref>{{cite book |title=Modern Japan in archives |publisher=[[National Diet Library]] |url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/modern/e/cha4/description07.html |access-date=17 September 2021 |chapter=4-7 The 2.26 Incident of 1936}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; For her performance as Mammy in ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', [[Hattie McDaniel]] becomes the first [[African American]] to [[12th Academy Awards|win]] an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Carlton |title=Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel |date=1989 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781568330044 |pages=51–52}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; Finland initiates [[Winter War]] peace negotiations.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jussila |first1=Osmo |last2=Hentilä |first2=Seppo |last3=Nevakivi |first3=Jukka |title=From Grand Duchy to a Modern State: A Political History of Finland since 1809 |date=1999 |publisher=Hurst & Company |isbn=1850654212 |page=186}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; In a ceremony held in [[Berkeley, California]], physicist [[Ernest Lawrence]] receives the 1939 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] from Sweden's [[Consul General|consul general]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Childs |first1 = Herbert | title = An American Genius: The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence |publisher = E. P. Dutton |year = 1968 |isbn = 9780525054436 |oclc = 273351 |page=295}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Admiralty Islands]] are invaded in [[Operation Brewer]], led by American general [[Douglas MacArthur]], in World War II.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frierson |first1=William C. |title=The Admiralties: Operations of the 1st Cavalry Division, 29 February - 18 May 1944 |date=1990 |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |pages=15–23 |oclc=10663708}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; The 5.7&nbsp;{{M|w}} [[1960 Agadir earthquake|Agadir earthquake]] shakes coastal [[Morocco]] with a maximum perceived intensity of [[Mercalli intensity scale|X (''Extreme'')]], destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Lee Allyn |title=Natural Disasters |date=2008 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9781438118789 |page=77}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6]] crashes into the [[Glungezer]] mountain in the [[Tux Alps]] of Austria, killing all 75 people aboard.<ref name="Flight349">{{cite magazine |date=5 March 1964 |title=Tragedy at Innsbruck |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964%20-%200600.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Flight International |pages=349 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132351/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964%20-%200600.html |archivedate=6 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 15]] crashes [[Irkutsk Oblast]], [[Soviet Union]], due to a loss of control. Eighty-three of the 84 occupants onboard die. The exact cause of the accident is unknown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loss of control Accident Ilyushin Il-18D CCCP-74252, Thursday 29 February 1968 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/331915 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of an Ilyushin II-18D near Parchum: 83 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-ilyushin-ii-18d-near-parchum-83-killed |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from [[South Vietnam]] as part of [[Richard Nixon|Nixon's]] [[Vietnamization]] policy in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Bowman |editor1-first=John S. |title=The World Almanac of the Vietnam War |date=1986 |publisher=Pharos Books |isbn=0886872723 |page=301}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Gordie Howe]] of the [[Hartford Whalers]] makes [[National Hockey League|NHL]] history as he scores his 800th goal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kreiser |first1=John |title=Feb. 29: Howe scores 800th NHL goal |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/this-date-in-nhl-history-february-29/c-314226556 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Pierre Trudeau]] announces his retirement as [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] leader and [[Prime Minister of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite DCB|last=English |first=John |year=2015 |origyear=2007 |title=TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT |volume=XXII |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/trudeau_pierre_elliott_22E.html |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; South African archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-[[apartheid]] demonstration in [[Cape Town]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gish |first1=Steven |title=Desmond Tutu: A Biography |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313328602 |page=xv}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Svend Robinson]] becomes the first member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] to [[coming out|come out as gay]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zeidler |first1=Maryse |title=30 years after Canada's first MP came out, LGBT politicians still face challenges |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/svend-robinson-gay-mp-1.4548089 |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=CBC.ca |date=25 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; A referendum is begun in [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] for the [[Bosnian independence referendum, 1992|determination of Bosnian independence]].<ref>{{cite report |title = The Referendum on Independence in Bosnia-Herzegovina: February 29-March 1, 1992 |journal = Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe |date = 12 March 1992 |location = Washington D.C. |url = http://csce.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=250&ContentType=G&ContentRecordType=G&UserGroup_id=5&Subaction=ByDate |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522132353/http://csce.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=UserGroups.Home&ContentRecord_id=250&ContentType=G&ContentRecordType=G&UserGroup_id=5&Subaction=ByDate |archive-date = 22 May 2011}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Faucett Perú Flight 251]] crashes in [[the Andes]]; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.<ref>{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-222 OB-1451 Arequipa-Rodriguez Ballon Airport (AQP) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960229-0 |access-date=5 September 2021 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; The [[Siege of Sarajevo]] officially ends.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kidd |first1=James |title=The ghosts of Sarajevo: a journalist looks back at the enduring tragedy of the Balkan wars |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/the-ghosts-of-sarajevo-a-journalist-looks-back-at-the-enduring-tragedy-of-the-balkan-wars-1.76494 |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=30 March 2017}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; Chechens attack a guard post near Ulus Kert, eventually killing 84 Russian paratroopers during the [[Second Chechen War]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wilmoth |first1=Michael D. |last2=Tsouras |first2=Peter G. |date=July–August 2001 |title=ULUS-KERT: An airborne company's last stand |volume=81 |issue=4 |issn=0026-4148 |url= |magazine=Military Review |pages=91–94 |location= |publisher=Department of the Army Headquarters |access-date=}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] is removed as president of [[Haiti]] following [[2004 Haitian coup d'état|a coup]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Steve |last2=Curl |first2=Joseph |title=Aristide accuses U.S. of forcing his ouster |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/mar/2/20040302-124204-5668r/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=The Washington Times |date=2 March 2004}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; The United Kingdom's [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] withdraws [[Prince Harry]] from a [[Operation Herrick|tour of Afghanistan]] after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyall |first1=Sarah |title=Prince Harry Withdrawn From Afghanistan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/world/asia/28cnd-harry.html |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=29 February 2008}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Misha Defonseca]] admits to fabricating her memoir, ''[[Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years]]'', in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during [[the Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Belgian author of Holocaust survival story admits it's a fake |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23409904 |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=NBC News |agency=The Associated Press |date=29 February 2008}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] agrees to suspend [[uranium enrichment]] and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.<ref>{{cite news |title=North Korea halts nuclear programme |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2012/3/1/north-korea-halts-nuclear-programme |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=Al Jazeera |date=1 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; In the [[2016 Miqdadiyah bombing|Miqdadiyah bombing]]: at least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a [[suicide bombing]] by [[ISIL]] at a [[Shi'ite]] funeral in the city of [[Miqdadiyah]], [[Diyala Governorate|Diyala]], Iraq.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rasheed |first1=Ahmed |last2=Hameed |first2=Saif |last3=Kalin |first3=Stephen |title=Suicide bombings kill 40 in eastern Iraq, eight west of Baghdad |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-blast-idUSKCN0W21UA |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=Reuters |date=29 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[2020]]   &ndash; During a demonstration, pro-government [[Colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]] [[2020 Barquisimeto shooting|shoot]] at disputed President and Speaker of the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] [[Juan Guaidó]] and his supporters in [[Barquisimeto]], Venezuela, leaving five injured.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singer|first=Florantonia|date=2020-03-01|title=El ataque a una concentración de Juan Guaidó deja al menos cinco heridos|language=es|work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2020/03/01/america/1583026220_615376.html |access-date=2021-05-19|issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=29 February 2020|title=Colectivos chavistas atacaron una concentración convocada por Juan Guaidó en Barquisimeto|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/02/29/colectivos-chavistas-atacaron-una-concentracion-convocada-por-juan-guaido-en-barquisimeto/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=[[infobae]]|language=es}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; The [[United States]] and the [[Taliban]] sign the [[United States–Taliban deal|Doha Agreement]] for bringing peace to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Qazi |first=Shereena |title=Afghanistan's Taliban, US sign agreement aimed at ending war |date=February 29, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2021|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/afghanistan-taliban-sign-deal-america-longest-war-200213063412531.html |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al-Jazeera]]}}</ref>
* 2020  &ndash; [[Muhyiddin Yassin]] is appointed as the 8th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]], amid the [[2020 Malaysian political crisis]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/2/29/malaysias-king-appoints-muhyiddin-yassin-as-prime-minister | title=Malaysia's king appoints Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister }}</ref>
* 2020  &ndash; [[Luxembourg]] becomes the first country in the world to render [[Free public transport|public transport free]] nationwide.<ref>{{cite news |date= 29 February 2020 |title= Luxembourg makes public transport free |url= https://www.dw.com/en/luxembourg-makes-public-transport-free/a-52582998 |work= Deutsche Welle (DW) |access-date= 10 April 2020}}</ref>
* [[2024]] &ndash; The [[Flour Massacre]] took place in the [[Gaza Strip]]: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the [[Gaza war]], killing over 100 and wounding 750.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 February 2024 |title='Massacre': Dozens killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting food aid|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/29/dozens-killed-injured-by-israeli-fire-in-gaza-while-collecting-food-aid|work=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Salman |first1=Abeer |last2=Diamond|first2=Jeremy |date=29 February 2024|title=More than 100 killed as Israeli forces open fire in chaos at Gaza food lines, Palestinian health ministry says|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/middleeast/gaza-city-deaths-food-israel-intl|work=CNN |location= |access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1468]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul III]] (died 1549)<ref>{{cite CE1913 |wstitle=Pope Paul III|volume=11 |first1=James Francis |last1=Loughlin}}</ref>
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Albert V, Duke of Bavaria]] (died 1579)<ref>{{Schaff-Herzog|title=Albert V. of Bavaria and the Counter-Reformation of Bavaria |url=https://archive.org/details/newschaffherzog00unkngoog/page/n136/mode/1up?view=theater&q=albert+v |first=Walter |last=Goetz |accessdate=6 September 2021 |page=104 |volume=1 |no-prescript=1}}</ref>
*  1528   &ndash; [[Domingo Báñez]], Spanish theologian (died 1604)<ref>{{Cite CE1913|wstitle=Domingo Bañez|volume=2 |first1=John Raymund |last1=Volz}}</ref>
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon]] (died 1638)<ref>{{DNB |wstitle=Cecil, Edward|prescript=}}</ref>
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Antonio Neri]], Florentine priest and glassmaker (died 1614)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Lance |last2=McNeil |first2=Ian |title=Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology |date=1996 |publisher=Routledge |location=London and New York |isbn=0-203-02829-5 |page=896}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Keach]], [[Particular Baptist]] preacher and author whose name is given to [[Keach's Catechism]] (died 1704)<ref>{{DNB |prescript= |wstitle=Keach, Benjamin}}</ref>
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[John Byrom]], English poet and educator (died 1763)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Byrom |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Byrom |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Online |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Eva Marie Veigel]], Austrian-English dancer (died 1822)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Thomson |first1=Peter |title=Garrick [née Veigel], Eva Maria [performing name Violette] |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28330}}</ref>
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Ann Lee]], English-American religious leader, founder of the [[Shakers]] (died 1784)<ref>{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Lee, Ann}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Gioachino Rossini]], Italian composer (died 1868)<ref>{{cite book | last= Kendall| first= Alan| title=Gioacchino Rossini: The Reluctant Hero | year=1992 | location= London| publisher=Victor Gollancz | isbn=978-0-575-05178-2 | page=9 }}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[James Milne Wilson]], Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, eighth [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1880)<ref name="milne">{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=James|Last=Wilson|shortlink=0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html#wilson4|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Emmeline B. Wells]], American journalist, poet and activist (died 1921)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Madsen|first1=Carol|url=https://rsc.byu.edu/supporting-saints-life-stories-nineteenth-century-mormons/emmeline-b-wells|title=Supporting Saints: Life Stories of Nineteenth-Century Mormons – Emmeline B. Wells: Romantic Rebel|date=1985|publisher=Religious Studies Center|isbn=0-88494-565-0|location=Provo, Utah|pages=305–342|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Dickey Pearce]], American baseball player and manager (died 1908)<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pearcdi01.shtml Dickey Pearce] at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed November 18, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100805125955/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pearcdi01.shtml Archived] November 18, 2009.</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Theodor Leber]], German [[ophthalmologist]] (died 1917)<ref>M.Blum, P.G.Hykin, M.Sanders, H.E. Völcker: Theodor Leber: A founder of ophthalmic research. Survey of Ophthalmology 1992; 37:63-68</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Frank Gavan Duffy]], Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth [[Chief Justice of Australia]] (died 1936)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=H A |last=Finlay |year= 1981 |id2=duffy-sir-frank-gavan-6029 |title=Duffy, Sir Frank Gavan (1852–1936)  |access-date= 8 February 2017}}</ref>
*1852 &ndash; [[George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg|Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg]] (died 1912)<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg |url=https://royal.myorigins.org/p/George_Maximilianovich/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=royal.myorigins.org}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Herman Hollerith]], American statistician and businessman, co-founder of the [[Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company]] (died 1929)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hnf.de/en/museum/galerie-der-pioniere/herman-hollerith-1860-1929.html | title=Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) | date=April 18, 2012 | website=hnf.de | publisher=Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum | location=AUPaderborn | access-date=February 28, 2014 | archive-date=October 27, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027032725/http://www.hnf.de/en/museum/galerie-der-pioniere/herman-hollerith-1860-1929.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Richard S. Aldrich]], American lawyer and politician (died 1941)<ref>{{CongBio|A000084|name=ALDRICH, Richard Steere|inline=YES}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Augusta Savage]], American sculptor (died 1962)<ref>{{cite ANB |title=Savage, Augusta (1892-1962), sculptor |id=1700783 |last=Kalfatovic |first=Martin R. }}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Morarji Desai]], Indian civil servant and politician, fourth [[Prime Minister of India]] (died 1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-morarji-desai-1615165.html|title=Obituary: Morarji Desai|first1=Kuldip |last1=Singh|website=[[The Independent]]|date=10 April 1995|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
*  1896 &ndash; [[William A. Wellman]], American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 1975)<ref>{{cite web |title=William A. Wellman |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/204015%7C156757/William-A-Wellman/#overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Dorsey]], American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957)<ref>{{cite ANB |last=Kernfeld |first=Barry |title=Dorsey, Jimmy |id=1802930 }}</ref>
*  1904   &ndash; [[Pepper Martin]], American baseball player and manager (died 1965)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martipe01.shtml |title=Pepper Martin statistics |publisher=Baseball-Reference |access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Balthus]], French-Swiss painter and illustrator (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weber |first1=Nicholas Fox |title=Balthus: a biography |date=1999 |publisher=Knopf |isbn=9780385352765 |page=6}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[Dee Brown (writer)|Dee Brown]], American historian and author (died 2002)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Courtemanche-Ellis |first1=Anne |title=Dee Brown (1908–2002) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dee-brown-1086/ |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |access-date=4 September 2021 |date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[Alf Gover]], English cricketer and coach (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=73 |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/73 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[Louie Myfanwy Thomas]], Welsh writer (died 1968)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Emlyn |first1=Hedd ab |title=THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY ('Jane Ann Jones '; 1908 - 1968), novelist |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-THOM-MYF-1908 |publisher=Dictionary of Welsh Biography |access-date=4 September 2021 |date=2001}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Kamil Tolon]], Turkish industrialist (died 1978)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kuter|first=Murat|date=2009|title=Bursa'da Bir Mucit: Kamil Tolon'un Yaşam Öyküsü|trans-title=An Inventor in Bursa: the Life of Kamil Tolon|url=http://www.kuterpr.com/e-kitaplar/bursada-bir-mucit/index.html#4|publisher=[[Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728044113/http://www.kuterpr.com/e-kitaplar/bursada-bir-mucit/index.html|archive-date=28 July 2022|url-status=live|isbn=9789756664025|language=Turkish|page=7}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[James B. Donovan]], American lawyer (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bigger |first1=Philip J. |title=Negotiator: The Life and Career of James B. Donovan |date=2006 |publisher=Lehigh University Press |isbn=0934223858 |page=23}}</ref>
*  1916   &ndash; [[Leonard Shoen]], founder of [[U-Haul]] Corp. (died 1999)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kroll |first1=Luisa |last2=Morrell |first2=Alex |title=Inside U-Haul's Rollercoaster Ride From Nastiest Family Feud To Market Dominance |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2016/02/10/inside-u-hauls-rollercoaster-ride-from-nastiest-family-feud-to-market-dominance/?sh=1552f8c73bb5 |access-date=4 September 2021 |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=10 February 2016}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Fyodor Abramov]], Russian author and critic (died 1983)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luebering |first1=J.E. |title=Fyodor Abramov |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-Abramov |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=4 September 2021 |date=1998}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Arthur Franz]], American actor (died 2006)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Raw|first1=Laurence|title=Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786490493|page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqBllx5lyuwC&pg=PA82 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[James Mitchell (actor)|James Mitchell]], American actor and dancer (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=James Mitchell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/13/james-mitchell-obituary |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=13 April 2010}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Michèle Morgan]], French-American actress and singer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blumenfeld |first1=Samuel |title=Mort de Michèle Morgan, légendaire actrice du " Quai des brumes " |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/12/20/mort-de-l-actrice-michele-morgan-rendue-celebre-par-son-role-dans-le-quai-des-brumes_5052118_3382.html |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Le Monde |date=22 December 2016 |language=French}}</ref>
*  1920 &ndash; [[Rolland W. Redlin]], American lawyer and politician (died 2011)<ref>{{CongBio|id=R000107|name=REDLIN, Rolland W.|accessdate=4 September 2021|inline=YES}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[David Beattie]], New Zealand judge and politician, 14th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (died 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hon. Sir David Stuart Beattie, GCMG, GCVO, QSO, QC |url=http://www.gg.govt.nz/utilities/popupimage.asp?ID=5 |publisher=New Zealand Press Association |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032308/http://www.gg.govt.nz/utilities/popupimage.asp?ID=5 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Carlos Humberto Romero]], Salvadoran politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Copley |first1=Gregory R. |title=Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook |date=1980 |publisher=International Strategic Studies Association |isbn=0531-03917-X |page=699}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Al Rosen]], American baseball player and manager (died 2015)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horvitz |first1=Peter S. |last2=Horvitz |first2=Joachim |title=The Big Book of Jewish Baseball |date=2001 |publisher=SP Books |isbn=1561719730 |page=145}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Joss Ackland]], English actor (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joss Ackland |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1caeb2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528035022/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1caeb2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Jean Adamson]], British writer and illustrator (''[[Topsy and Tim]]'') (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Adamson |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/honorands/jean-adamson/ |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=7 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Vance Haynes]], American archaeologist, geologist and author<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Eric |title=Caleb Vance Haynes |url=http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/fghij/haynes_caleb.html |publisher=Minnesota State University, Mankato |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528213159/http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/fghij/haynes_caleb.html |archive-date=28 May 2010}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Michael Henshall]], English Anglican suffragan bishop (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Henshall, Rt Rev. Michael|title=Who's Who 2012|location=London|publisher=A. & C. Black|year=2012|edition=Online|via=Oxford University Press|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U19871|accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Seymour Papert]], South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the [[Logo (programming language)|Logo programming language]] (died 2016)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stager|first1=Gary S.|title=Seymour Papert (1928–2016) Father of educational computing|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|location=London|publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |volume=537 |issue=7620 |year=2016|pages=308|pmid=27629633|doi=10.1038/537308a|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Tempest Storm]], born Annie Banks, "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers", American burlesque performer and actress (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlesquehall.com/tempest-storm/|title=Tempest Storm|publisher=[[Burlesque Hall of Fame]]|date=2013-09-26|access-date=2016-07-31|archivedate=2016-06-11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611091031/http://www.burlesquehall.com/tempest-storm/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Gene H. Golub]], American mathematician and academic (died 2007)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Obituary: Gene H. Golub (1932–2007)|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=450|page=962|year=2007|doi=10.1038/450962a|first=Lloyd N.|last=Trefethen|author-link=Lloyd N. Trefethen |pmid=18075573|issue=7172|bibcode=2007Natur.450..962T|s2cid=4413569 |doi-access=free }}.</ref>
*  1932 &ndash; [[Masten Gregory]], American race car driver (died 1985)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cox |first=Michael |date=2000 |title="The Kansas City Flash": The Lives & Times of Masten Gregory |url=http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/aut/cox.html |magazine=Atlas F1 |volume=6 |issue=29 |location= |publisher= |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1932 &ndash; [[Reri Grist]], American soprano and actress<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=LaRue |editor-first1=C. Steven  |title=International Dictionary of Opera |date=1993 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558620810 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1643000255/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ac0b1dfc |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Reri Grist}}</ref>
*  1932 &ndash; [[Jaguar (cartoonist)|Jaguar]], Brazilian cartoonist (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaguar |url=https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa1734/jaguar |publisher=Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural |access-date=11 September 2021 |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
*  1932 &ndash; [[Gavin Stevens]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Gavin Stevens |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/gavin-stevens-7674 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Nh. Dini]], Indonesian writer (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=Author NH Dini dies following car crash in Semarang |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/04/author-nh-dini-dies-following-car-crash-in-semarang.html |access-date=5 December 2018 |work=Jakarta Post |date=5 December 2018 |author1=Muthi Achadiat Kautsar |author2=Suherdjoko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003756/http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/04/author-nh-dini-dies-following-car-crash-in-semarang.html |archive-date=5 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1936 &ndash; [[Jack R. Lousma]], American colonel, astronaut and politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nmspacemuseum.org/inductee/jack-r-lousma/|title=Jack R. Lousma|date=February 12, 2019 |publisher=New Mexico Museum of Space History|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1936 &ndash; [[Henri Richard]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindeman |first1=Tracey |title=Canadiens legend Henri Richard dies at 84 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-montreal-canadiens-henri-richard-obit-1.5488245 |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=cbc.ca |date=6 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1936 &ndash; [[Alex Rocco]], American actor (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=David |title=Alex Rocco, "Godfather" star, dead at 79 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-rocco-godfather-star-dead-at-79/ |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=CBS News |date=19 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Sonja Barend]], Dutch talk show host<ref>{{cite news |last1=Funnekotter |first1=Bart |title=Gewone Mensen aan het Woord |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2006/12/29/gewone-mensen-aan-het-woord-11251623-a620751 |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=29 December 2006 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
*1940 &ndash; [[Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], current [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church |url=https://www.goarch.org/-/biography-ecumenical-patriarch#:~:text=His%20All%20Holiness%20Ecumenical%20Patriarch%20Bartholomew%20was%20born%20February%2029,Archontonis%20who%20christened%20him%20Demetrios. |website=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Dennis Farina]], American police officer and actor (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,49,00.html |title=A Sweet Second Act |publisher=Cigar Aficionado |first1=Joel |last1=Drucker |date=1 August 1999 |access-date=23 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806001953/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,49,00.html |archive-date=6 August 2010 }}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Nicholas Frayling]], English priest and academic<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kay |first1=Richard |title=IS IT me or are [...] |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A281538565/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d8fbf6bc |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Daily Mail |date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Phyllis Frelich]], American actress (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Phyllis Frelich, Tony-Winning Actress and Deaf Activist, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/arts/phyllis-frelich-deaf-activist-and-actress-dies-at-70.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/arts/phyllis-frelich-deaf-activist-and-actress-dies-at-70.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 April 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Steve Mingori]], American baseball player (died 2008)<ref>{{cite news |title=Steven Bernard "Mingo" Mingori |url=https://www.morningsun.net/article/20080716/NEWS/307169931 |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=The Morning Sun |date=16 July 2008 |archive-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905092936/https://www.morningsun.net/article/20080716/NEWS/307169931 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri]], Italian author and illustrator<ref>{{cite web |author1=Loïc |title=Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri |url=https://www.gralon.net/articles/art-et-culture/bande-dessinee/article-paolo-eleuteri-serpieri-8.htm |website=gralon.net |access-date=5 September 2021 |language=French |date=8 January 2007}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Lennart Svedberg]], Swedish ice hockey player (died 1972).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/var-varldens-baste-da-korde-han-ihjal-sig/|title=Lennart "Lill-Strimma" Svedberg |publisher=Expressen |language=Swedish |first1=Thomas |last1=Kingdahl|date=5 October 2018|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Saeed Poursamimi]], Iranian actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviemeter.com/celebrities/1298007/saeed-poursamimi|title=Saeed Poursamimi}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Hermione Lee]], English author, critic and academic<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000058409/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=46766482 |access-date=6 September 2021 |format=Collection |chapter=Hermione Lee}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Manoel Maria]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/manoel-maria-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/manoel-maria-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Manoel Maria |accessdate=19 October 2018}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Patricia A. McKillip]], American author (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nicholls |first1=Peter |last2=Clute |first2=John |title=McKillip, Patricia A |url=http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mckillip_patricia_a |publisher=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |access-date=5 September 2021 |date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Sonny M'Pokomandji]], Central African basketball player and politician, Minister of Equipment and Transport (2003–2005)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yepassis-Zembrou |first1=Félix |title=M'POKOMANDJI SONNY. L'HOMME ET SON HISTOIRE (Par Félix Yepassis-Zembrou) |url=https://www.sangonet.com/afriqg/PAFF/Dic/actuC/ActuC25/mp-s-basket-fyz/MPOKOMANDJI-SONNY-L-HOMME-ET-SON-HISTOIRE-Par-Felix-Yepassis-Zembrou.html |website=sangonet.com |publisher=Sango Net |access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Tim Powers]], American author and educator<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=WonderCon Special Guests |url=https://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/ccmag_winter2010 |magazine=Comic-Con Magazine - Winter 2010 |location= |publisher=San Diego Comic-Con International |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=5 September 2021 |page=20 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314205231/https://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/ccmag_winter2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Raisa Smetanina]], Russian cross-country skier<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/raisa-smetanina-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417111032/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/raisa-smetanina-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Bart Stupak]], American police officer and politician<ref>{{CongBio|id=S001045|name=Stupak, Bart T.|accessdate=5 September 2021|inline=YES}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Knut Agnred]], Swedish singer, actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/prime-video/actor/Knut-Agnred/amzn1.dv.gti.2e759c7a-140d-40e1-84c6-9fb4e373808c/ | title=Knut Agnred: Movies, TV, and Bio | website=Amazon UK }}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Jonathan Coleman (presenter)|Jonathan Coleman]], English-Australian radio and television host (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Jonathan Coleman: Tributes paid to radio and TV presenter |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-57788328 |access-date=5 September 2021 |work=BBC News |date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Bob Speller]], Canadian businessman and politician, 30th [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (died 2021)<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14690|nolist=yes|2=The Hon. Robert (Bob) Speller, P.C., M.P.}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Aileen Wuornos]], American serial killer (died 2002)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm |title=Aileen Carol Wuornos |website=Clark County Prosecuting Attorney |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]], Algerian singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sullivan |first1=Steve |title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3 |date=17 May 2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442254497 |page=692}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Richard Ramirez]], American serial killer and sex offender (died 2013)<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica 2017 v666">{{cite web | title=Biography, Night Stalker, Death, Childhood, & Facts | website=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=2017-09-20 | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez | access-date=2023-09-06}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Tony Robbins]], American author and motivational activist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2024-02-29 |title=Famous birthdays list for Leap Day, February 29, 2024 includes celebrities Antonio Sabato Jr., Tony Robbins |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/02/famous-birthdays-list-for-leap-day-february-29-2024-includes-celebrities-antonio-sabato-jr-tony-robbins.html |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Dave Brailsford]], English cyclist and coach<ref>{{cite news|last=Shuttleworth|first=Peter|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7533548.stm|title=Cycling's Taff at the top|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=17 August 2008|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1964 &ndash; [[Carmel Busuttil]], former Maltese footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmel Busuttil |url=https://matchcentre.mfa.com.mt/player/68890/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=matchcentre.mfa.com.mt |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=50 Shades of Greats: 'Talent is not enough to achieve success' - Carmel Busuttil - The Malta Independent |url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-02-20/local-news/50-Shades-of-Greats-Talent-is-not-enough-to-achieve-success-Carmel-Busuttil-6736231185 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.independent.com.mt}}</ref>
*  1964 &ndash; [[Lyndon Byers]], Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russo |first=Eric |date=July 5, 2025 |title=Former Bruin Lyndon Byers Passes Away at 61 {{!}} Boston Bruins |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/former-bruin-lyndon-byers-passes-away-at-61 |access-date=July 22, 2025 |website=[[NHL]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lyndon Byers |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=711 |website=hockeydb.com |publisher=The Internet Hockey Database |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1964 &ndash; [[Mervyn Warren]], American tenor, composer and producer<ref>{{LCAuth |id=no2002020589 |name=Warren, Mervyn}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Chucky Brown]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who Among African Americans |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |issn=1081-1400 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1645542460/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=67c4f8c1 |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Chucky Brown}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Gareth Farr]], New Zealand composer and percussionist<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous New Zealanders |url=https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids/famousnewzealanders/gareth.asp |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Pete Fenson]], American curler<ref>{{cite web |title=Pete Fenson |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/941 |publisher=World Curling Federation |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Bryce Paup]], American football player and coach<ref>{{LCAuth |id=n97084585 |name=Paup, Bryce, 1968-}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Howard Tayler]], American author and illustrator<ref>{{LCAuth |id=n99254258 |name=Tayler, Howard}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Eugene Volokh]], Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator<ref>{{cite book |title=Directory of American Scholars |publisher=Gale |issn=0070-5101 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1612547793/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2faae761 |access-date=9 September 2021 |date=2002 |format=Directory |chapter=Eugene Volokh}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Frank Woodley]], Australian actor, producer and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lloyd| first1=Tim | url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23267989-5016434,00.html | title=Quite Frankly |work=Adelaide Now |date=25 February 2008 | access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016061533/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23267989-5016434,00.html |archive-date=16 October 2008}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Sylvie Lubamba]], Italian showgirl<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dell’Arti |first1=Giorgio |title=Sylvie Lubamba |url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=LUBAMBA+Sylvie |website=cinquantamila.corriere.it |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018170424/http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=LUBAMBA+Sylvie |archive-date=18 October 2014 |language=Italian |date=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Mike Pollitt]], English footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 | year = 2010 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 9781845966010 | page = 337 }}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Antonio Sabàto Jr.]], Italian-American model and actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2006 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609020629/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=dfee68c5 |access-date=9 September 2021 |format=Collection |chapter=Antonio Sabato, Jr |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=69}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Pedro Sánchez (Spanish politician)|Pedro Sánchez]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]]<ref>{{LCAuth |id=no2019098882 |name=Sánchez, Pedro}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Dave Williams (singer)|Dave Williams]], American singer (died 2002)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simmonds |first1=Jeremy |title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns and Ham Sandwiches |date=2012 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago, Illinois |isbn=9781613744789 |page=479 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Saul Williams]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/saul-williams|title=Saul Williams|work=[[Academy of American Poets]]|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Pedro Zamora]], Cuban-American activist and educator (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book |title=Newsmakers |date=1995 |publisher=Gale |issn=0899-0417 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618001858/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a954816e |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Pedro Zamora|journal=Newsmakers. Cumulation. }}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Vonteego Cummings]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vonteego Cummings |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cummivo01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Katalin Kovács]], Hungarian sprint kayaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Katalin Kovács|work=ICF - Planet Canoe |date=October 5, 2016 |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/katalin-kovacs|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Terrence Long]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who Among African Americans |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |issn=1081-1400 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1645545886/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c7bcc276 |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Terrence Deon Long}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ja Rule]], American rapper and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Birchmeier |first1=Jason |title=Ja Rule Biography, Songs & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ja-rule-mn0000120675/biography |website=allmusic.com |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Çağdaş Atan]], Turkish footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Cagdas Atan |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/6567/cagdas-atan |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Simon Gagné]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Gagne #12 |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/simon-gagne-8467346 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Rubén Plaza]], Spanish cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruben Plaza Molina |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/ruben-plaza-molina/ |website=cyclingnews.com |date=November 9, 2019 |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Clinton Toopi]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daly |first1=Phil |title=TOOPI CELEBRATES 7TH BIRTHDAY ON WORLD STAGE |url=https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2008/02/28/toopi-celebrates-7th-birthday-on-world-stage/ |website=therhinos.co.uk |publisher=Leeds Rhinos |access-date=11 September 2021 |date=28 February 2008}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Taylor Twellman]], American soccer player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/taylor-twellman|title=Taylor Twellman|website=Major League Soccer|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Peter Scanavino]], American actor (''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariska Hargitay on Instagram: "Happy Birthday @peterscanavino I celebrate your first-rate mind, your journeying soul, your RIDICULOUS talent—and most of all, your beautiful heart. Oh, and wait, actually most of all your totally spectacular family!" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Ktf0ZnlnO/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Instagram |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Darren Ambrose]], English footballer<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA footballers' Who's Who 2002-03 |date=2002 |publisher=Queen Anne |isbn=9781852916480 |page=18}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Rica Imai]], Japanese model and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Rica Imai |date=December 20, 2018 |url=https://www.lespros.co.jp/artists/rica-imai/ |publisher=LesPros Entertainment |access-date=8 September 2021 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Cullen Jones]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |volume=73 |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606004349/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=060c09b9 |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Cullen Jones}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Nuria Martínez]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nuria Martinez |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/nuria-martinez/ |publisher=Women's National Basketball Association |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Lena Raine]], American video game composer and producer<ref>{{cite tweet |user=kuraine |last=Raine |first=Lena|number=968877816019222529 |title=heya it's my birthday (observed)! |date=28 February 2018 |access-date=4 September 2021 }}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Rakhee Thakrar]], English actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/St-Matthew-s-Mitchells/story-20459595-detail/story.html|title=From St Matthew's to the Mitchells... Leicester's Rakhee Thakrar is the new face on Eastenders|work=[[Leicester Mercury]]|accessdate=31 January 2015 |date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402192642/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/St-Matthew-s-Mitchells/story-20459595-detail/story.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Cam Ward (ice hockey)|Cam Ward]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite news |title=Cam Ward |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player-bio/cam-ward/bio |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=TSN |agency=STATS, LLC}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Mark Foster (singer)|Mark Foster]], American singer, songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hautman |first=Nicholas |date=28 February 2021 |title=Leap Year Babies! Celebrities Who Were Born on February 29 |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrities-who-were-born-on-february-29-during-leap-years/mark-foster/ |magazine=[[US Magazine]] |location= |publisher= |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Lena Gercke]], German model and television host<ref>{{cite news | title =Lena Gercke - Karriere nach der Castingshow | work=[[Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag]] |language=German | date =3 July 2008 | url =http://www.shz.de/artikel/article/142/lena-gercke-karriere-nach-der-castingshow.html | access-date =17 April 2009 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120216145218/http://www.shz.de/artikel/article/142/lena-gercke-karriere-nach-der-castingshow.html | archive-date =16 February 2012 }}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Benedikt Höwedes]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy birthday, Howedes! |url=https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/happy-birthday-howedes |website=juventus.com |access-date=11 September 2021 |date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Coco Khan]], British writer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Coco |title=I'm a leap year baby – but please don't ask me my real age |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/01/leap-year-birthday-dont-ask-me-my-real-age-coco-khan |access-date=16 September 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=1 March 2019}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Brent Macaffer]], Australian Rules footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/player-profile/brent-macaffer|title=Brent Macaffer|website=Collingwood Football Club|access-date=February 27, 2019|archive-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228005909/https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/player-profile/brent-macaffer|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Hannah Mills]], Welsh sports sailor<ref>{{cite web|title=Hannah Mills|publisher=Team GB|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/hannah-mills/3D1tZhiuDl5rhJMAjstE0m|accessdate=2021-08-04}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sean Abbott]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sean Abbott|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/398666.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Eric Kendricks]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Kendricks|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/erickendricks/2552312/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Jessica Long]], American [[Paralympic swimming|paralympic swimmer]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tarasenko |first1=Ivan |title=Американская паралимпийская чемпионка Джессика Лонг приехала в Россию, чтобы встретиться с матерью |url=https://www.sovsport.ru/olympic_games/news/665077-amerikanskaja-paralimpijskaja-chempionka-dzhessika-long-priehala-v-rossiju-chtoby-vstretitsja-s-materju |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=Sovetsky Sport |date=4 December 2012 |language=Russian}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Jessie T. Usher]], American actor<ref>{{LCAuth |id=no2014133533 |name=Usher, Jessie, 1992-}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Saphir Taïder]], Algerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Saphir Taïder|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/saphir--sliti-taider/131271/|website=[[Soccerway]]|access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Nelson Asofa-Solomona]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nelson Asofa-Solomona |date=June 9, 2020 |url=https://nzrl.co.nz/players/nelson-asofa-solomona/ |publisher=[[New Zealand Rugby League]] |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Norberto Briasco]], Argentine-Armenian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Norberto Briasco|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/norberto-briasco/449725/|website=[[Soccerway]]|access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Reece Prescod]], British sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Reece Prescod|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/reece-prescod-283327|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Claudia Williams (tennis)|Claudia Williams]], New Zealand tennis player<ref>{{cite news |title=Claudia Williams |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/tennis/players/67081-claudia-williams-playerprofile |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=[[NDTV Sports]]}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Tyrese Haliburton]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/halibty01.html|title=Tyrese Haliburton Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Ferran Torres]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/265869/ferran-torres |title=Ferrán Torres: Overview |publisher=ESPN |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Jesper Lindstrøm]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jesper Lindstrøm|url=https://sscnapoli.it/en/player-details/?id=26802|website=[[SSC Napoli]]|access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Lydia Jacoby]], American swimmer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/christinebrennan/2021/07/25/17-year-old-lydia-jacoby-first-us-olympic-swimmer-alaska/8085670002/|title=17-year-old Alaskan swimmer Lydia Jacoby makes history before she races at Tokyo Olympics |work=USA Today |date=25 July 2021 |accessdate=July 29, 2021 |first=Christine |last=Brennan}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Abdukodir Khusanov]], Uzbek footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Abdukodir Khusanov|url=https://www.mancity.com/players/abdukodir-khusanov|website=[[Manchester City]]|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[468]] &ndash; [[Pope Hilarius]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Raymond (trans.) |title=The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis) |date=2000 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=9780853235453 |page=40}}</ref>
* [[992]] &ndash; [[Oswald of Worcester]], Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (born 925)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Oswald (archbishop of York)}}</ref>
*[[1460]] &ndash; [[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albert III]], Duke of Bavaria-Munich (born 1401)<ref>{{cite web |title=Albrecht III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich, 1401-1460 |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90718818 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)|Patrick Hamilton]], Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (born 1504)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Hamilton, Patrick}}</ref>
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Striggio]], Italian composer and diplomat (born 1536/1537)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fenlon |first1=Iain |title=Striggio [Strigi, Strigia], Alessandro(i) |journal=Grove Music Online |date=20 January 2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26957|isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 }}</ref>
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Caspar Hennenberger]], German pastor, historian and cartographer (born 1529)<ref>{{cite book |title=Neue Preussische Provinzial-Blätter, Volume 6 |date=1848 |page=371 |language=German}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[John Whitgift]], English archbishop and academic (born 1530)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Whitgift, John}}</ref>
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Johann Conrad Peyer]], Swiss anatomist (born 1653)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huard |first1=Pierre |last2=Imbault-Huart |first2=M. J. |editor1-last=Gillispie |editor1-first=Charles Coulston |title=Dictionary of Scientific Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=0684101211 |page=567 |volume=10}}</ref>
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[John Theophilus Desaguliers]], French-English physicist and philosopher (born 1683)<ref>{{Citation | title=Announcement| newspaper=Daily Post | location=London | date=7 March 1744}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Johann Andreas Stein]], German piano builder (born 1728)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Latcham |first1=Michael |title=Stein, Johann (Georg) Andreas |journal=Grove Music Online |date=20 January 2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26631}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Johann Joachim Eschenburg]], German historian and critic (born 1743)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Eschenburg, Johann Joachim}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Louis-François Lejeune]], French general, painter and lithographer (born 1775)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lejeune, Louis François (Baron and General) |journal=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=31 October 2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00107113}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Auguste Chapdelaine]], French Christian [[missionary]] (born 1814)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Paul A. |title=China and Christianity |date=2013 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674283633 |page=67 |doi=10.4159/harvard.9780674283633}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] (born 1786)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kraus |first1=Andreas |title=Neue Deutsche Biographie, Volume 15 |date=1986 |isbn=3428001818 |page=367 |publisher=Duncker & Humblot. |language=German}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[James Milne Wilson]], Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (born 1812)<ref name="milne" />

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Patrick O'Sullivan (Queensland politician)|Patrick O'Sullivan]], Irish-Australian politician (born 1818)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=H. J. |last=Gibbney |title=O'Sullivan, Patrick (1818–1904) |volume=5 |year=1974 |id2=osullivan-patrick-4349 |access-date=11 October 2022 }}</ref>
*  1904   &ndash; [[Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin]], French astronomer (born 1845)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lévy |first1=Jacques |editor1-last=Gillispie |editor1-first=Charles Coulston |title=Dictionary of Scientific Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=0684101211 |page=528 |volume=10}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Pat Garrett]], American sheriff (born 1850)<ref>{{Cite ANB |title=Garrett, Pat |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001221 |first1=Leon C. |last1=Metz |date=2000}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow]], Scottish-Australian politician, 1st [[Governor-General of Australia]] (born 1860)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Chris |last=Cunneen |title=Hopetoun, seventh Earl of (1860–1908) |volume=9 |year=1983 |id2=hopetoun-seventh-earl-of-6730 |access-date=6 September 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[John Nanson]], English-Australian journalist and politician (born 1863)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=O. K. |last=Battye |title=Nanson, John Leighton (1863–1916) |volume=10 |year=1986 |id2=nanson-john-leighton-7724 |access-date=11 October 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ernie Courtney]], American baseball player (born 1875)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernie Courtney |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/courter01.shtml |website=Baseball-reference.com |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Frederic Chapple]], Australian educator (born 1845)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Alan H. |last=Dennis |title=Chapple, Frederic (1845–1924) |volume=7 |year=1979 |id2=chapple-frederic-5559 |access-date=11 October 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Adolphe Appia]], Swiss architect and theorist (born 1862)<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=LaRue |editor-first1=C. Steven  |title=International Dictionary of Opera |date=1993 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558620810 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1643000013/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b0281be9 |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Adolphe Appia}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Ina Coolbrith]], American poet and librarian (born 1841)<ref>{{Cite ANB |title=Coolbrith, Ina |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600353 |first1=Robert L. |last1=Gale |date=2000}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Arthur Mills Lea]], Australian entomologist (born 1868)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=E. G. |last=Matthews |title=Lea, Arthur Mills (1868–1932) |volume=10 |year=1986 |id2=lea-arthur-mills-7130 |access-date=11 October 2022 }}</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Vitali]], Italian mathematician (born 1875)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tricomi |first1=F. G. |editor1-last=Gillispie |editor1-first=Charles Coulston |title=Dictionary of Scientific Biography |date=1981 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=0684169622 |page=46 |volume=14}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[E. F. Benson]], English archaeologist and author (born 1867)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Basu |first1=Sayoni |title=Benson, Edward Frederic |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30713}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]], Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd [[President of Finland]] (born 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pehr Evind Svinhufvud |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pehr-Evind-Svinhufvud |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Online |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Robert Barrington-Ward]], English lawyer and journalist (born 1891)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Neville |first1=Peter |title=Ward, Robert McGowan Barrington- |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30620}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Sarah Ann Jenyns]], Australian entrepreneur (born 1865)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Margaret |last=Maynard |title=Jenyns, Sarah Ann (1865–1952) |volume=14 |year=1996 |id2=jenyns-sarah-ann-10711 |access-date=11 October 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Elpidio Quirino]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of the Philippines]] (born 1890)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/556950/lifestyle/elpidio-quirino-reinterred-at-libingan-ng-mga-bayani-after-60-years|title=Elpidio Quirino reinterred at Libingan ng mga Bayani after 60 years|publisher=[[GMA News]]|date=February 26, 2016|access-date=February 26, 2016}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Melvin Purvis]], American police officer and [[FBI]] agent (born 1903)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631009633/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=06769305 |access-date=9 September 2021 |format=Collection |title=Melvin Purvis |volume=31}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Walter Yust]], American journalist and author (born 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Walter Yust |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Yust |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Online |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Frank Albertson]], American actor and singer (born 1909)<ref>{{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601030469/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=cd7f004d |access-date=9 September 2021 |chapter=Frank Albertson}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tore Ørjasæter]], Norwegian poet and educator (born 1886)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helleve |first1=Eirik |title=Tore Ørjasæter |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Tore_%C3%98rjas%C3%A6ter |publisher=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]] |access-date=6 September 2021 |date=13 February 2009}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Tom Davies (American football)|Tom Davies]], American football player and coach (born 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Davies |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1429 |publisher=National Football Foundation |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Florence P. Dwyer]], American politician (born 1902)<ref>{{CongBio|D000587|name=DWYER, Florence Price|inline=YES}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Yigal Allon]], Israeli general and politician, [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yigal Allon |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yigal-Allon |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Online |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Gil Elvgren]], American painter and illustrator (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gil Elvgren |url=https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/272339 |publisher=RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History |access-date=12 September 2021 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ludwik Starski]], Polish screenwriter and songwriter (born 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludwik Starski |url=https://jewish-lodz.iu.edu/items/show/69 |website=jewish-lodz.iu.edu |publisher=Jewish Life in Interwar Łódź |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Ruth Pitter]], English poet and author (born 1897)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ridler |first1=Ann Margaret |title=Pitter, Ruth |date=8 January 2015 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/41102}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Frank Daniel]], Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gelder |first1=Lawrence Van |title=Frank Daniel, 69, Film Maker Who Fled Prague |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/06/nyregion/frank-daniel-69-film-maker-who-fled-prague.html |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 March 1996 |page=D21}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Wes Farrell]], American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)<ref>{{cite magazine| last = Lichtman| first = Irv| title = Songwriter/Exec Wes Farrell Dies| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume = 108| issue = 11| date = March 16, 1996| issn=0006-2510| page=13| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=songwriter+wes+farrell+dies+worked+early+rock+hits+billboard&pg=PA13| access-date = 8 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Ralph Rowe]], American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ralph Rowe |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rowe--001ral |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Dennis Danell]], American guitarist (born 1961)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=DEATHS |magazine=Billboard |date=8 March 2000 |volume=112 |issue=12 |page=54 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A60903288/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d27d00d1 |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Kagamisato Kiyoji]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd [[Yokozuna]] (born 1923)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_7/Rikishi_of_Old6.htm |title=Kagamisato Kiyoji (1923-2004) – the 42nd Yokozuna |first=Joe |last=Kuroda |magazine=Sumo Fan Magazine |issue=7 |date=June 2006 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Jerome Lawrence]], American playwright and author (born 1915)<ref>{{cite news|title='Inherit the Wind,' 'Auntie Mame' Co-Author Jerome Lawrence Dies|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-161540.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911111437/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-161540.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|date=March 5, 2004 |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Harold Bernard St. John]], Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Barbados]] (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoyte |first1=Harold |title=REMEMBERING BREE: Most resilient politician |url=https://www.nationnews.com/2014/11/20/remembering-bree-most-resilient-politician/ |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|The Daily Nation]] |date=14 March 2004}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Lorrie Wilmot]], South African cricketer (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorrie Wilmot |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/lorrie-wilmot-47981 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Janet Kagan]], American author (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |first=Gardner |last=Dozois |authorlink=Gardner Dozois |title=RIP: Janet Kagan (1946–2008) |date=March 1, 2008 |work=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc |url=http://www.sfwa.org/2008/03/janet-kagan-1946-2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809115344/http://www.sfwa.org/2008/03/janet-kagan-1946-2008/ |archive-date=August 9, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Erik Ortvad]], Danish painter and illustrator (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Erik Ortvad |url=https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/61008 |publisher=RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History |access-date=8 September 2021 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Akira Yamada]], Japanese scholar and philosopher (born 1922)<ref>{{LCAuth |id=n85371057 |name=Yamada, Akira, 1922-2008}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]], English singer, guitarist and actor (born 1945)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Rogan |first1=Johnny |title=Jones, David Thomas [Davy] |date=7 January 2016 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/104817}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Sheldon Moldoff]], American illustrator (born 1920)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slotnik |first1=Daniel E. |title=Sheldon Moldoff, Batman Comic Book Artist, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/books/sheldon-moldoff-batman-comic-book-artist-dies-at-91.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/books/sheldon-moldoff-batman-comic-book-artist-dies-at-91.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 March 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[P. K. Narayana Panicker]], Indian social leader (born 1930)<ref>{{cite news |title=NSS president Narayana Panicker passes away |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/230935/nss-president-narayana-panicker-passes.html |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=29 February 2012}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Wenn V. Deramas]], Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1966)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2016/02/29/Direk-Wenn-Deramas-dead.html|title=Director Wenn Deramas passes away at 49|publisher=[[CNN Philippines]]|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=February 29, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301094926/http://cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2016/02/29/Direk-Wenn-Deramas-dead.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Gil Hill]], American police officer, actor and politician (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Gil Hill dead: Former 'Beverly Hills Cop' actor, Detroit councilman was 84 |url=https://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/2016/03/gil_hill_dead_beverly_hills_cop_actor_detroit_police_councilman.html |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=Syracuse.com |agency=The Associated Press |date=1 March 2016}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Josefin Nilsson]], Swedish singer (born 1969)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lind |first1=Marie Nilsson |title=Nya detaljer om Josefin Nilssons död |url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/systern-bekraftar-josefin-nilsson-begick-sjalvmord/ |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=[[Expressen]] |date=4 August 2019 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Mumtaz Qadri]], Pakistani assassin, executed (born 1985)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/erasmus/2016/03/02/worryingly-a-liberals-killer-is-honoured-in-pakistan|title=Worryingly, a liberal's killer is honoured in Pakistan|date=2 March 2016|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|access-date=28 Dec 2019 |author1=J.B. |author2=ERASMUS}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Louise Rennison]], English author (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardagh |first1=Philip |title=My hero: Louise Rennison (1951-2016) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/04/my-hero-louise-rennison-young-adult-author-philip-ardagh |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 January 2020 |date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Dieter Laser]], German actor (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pulver |first1=Andrew |title=Human Centipede star Dieter Laser dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/10/human-centipede-star-dieter-laser-dies-aged-78 |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Éva Székely]], Hungarian [[International Swimming Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] swimmer and [[Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|1952 Olympic champion]] (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Brigit |title=Éva Székely, Holocaust Survivor and Olympic Champion Swimmer, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eva-szekely-holocaust-survivor-and-olympic-champion-swimmer-has-died-180974345/ |publisher=Smithsonian magazine |access-date=8 September 2021 |date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[2024]]   &ndash; [[Ali Hassan Mwinyi]], 2nd [[President of Tanzania]] and 3rd [[President of Zanzibar]] (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanzania's former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi dies |url=https://www.trtafrika.com/africa/tanzanias-former-president-ali-hassan-mwinyi-dies-17176169 |publisher=TRT Afrika |access-date=29 February 2024 |date=29 February 2024 |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301005856/https://www.trtafrika.com/africa/tanzanias-former-president-ali-hassan-mwinyi-dies-17176169 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; [[Brian Mulroney]], 18th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Mulroney, one of Canada's most consequential prime ministers, is dead at 84 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brian-mulroney-passes-away-1.7130287 |first=John Paul |last=Tasker |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=29 February 2024 |date=29 February 2024}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* As a Christian [[feast day]]:
**Saint [[John Cassian]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Farmer |first1=David Hugh |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199596607 |page=488}}</ref>
**[[February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|February 29]] in the Orthodox church
*[[Rare Disease Day]] (in leap years; usually celebrated in common years on February 28)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurordis.org/article.php3?id_article=1593 |title=29 February 2008: First European Rare Disease Day |publisher=European Organisation for Rare Diseases |date=December 2007 |accessdate=14 February 2009 |first=Jerome |last=Parisse-Brassens |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523053347/http://www.eurordis.org/article.php3?id_article=1593 |archivedate=May 23, 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Bachelor's Day (tradition)|Bachelor's Day]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[United Kingdom]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Irish history and traditions behind Leap Day |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/leap-year-2020-irish-tradition-proposal |website=irishcentral.com |access-date=21 September 2021 |date=29 February 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[February 30]]
* [[February 31]]
* [[March 0]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/29/ BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=29}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/29 Historical Events on February 29]

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[[Category:Days of February]]
[[Category:Old Style leap years]]