On This Day — February 29
1049 noted people were born and 494 died on February 29 in our archive, including Nicolai Rygg, Arthur Giry and Bart Stupak.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 29
Nicolai Rygg
1872 – 1957
Arthur Giry
1848 – 1899
Bart Stupak
b. 1952
Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri
1932 – 2020
Ene Ergma
b. 1944
Franklin C. McLean
1888 – 1968
Gene H. Golub
1932 – 2007
Gennady Mesyats
b. 1936
Gheorghe Duca
b. 1952
Herman Hollerith
1860 – 1929
I. Bartholomeos
b. 1940
Iwo Byczewski
b. 1948
Jean-Michel Jacques
b. 1968
Marcel Granet
1884 – 1940
Otto Fred Hutter
1924 – 2020
Seymour Papert
1928 – 2016
Andrew Montague
b. 1968
Andrzej Maria Deskur
1924 – 2011
Carlos Humberto Romero
1924 – 2017
Christian Frederik Hansen
1756 – 1845
Clarence Eugene Mickel
1892 – 1982
Dave Brailsford
b. 1964
David Beattie
1924 – 2001
Didier Talpain
b. 1960
Dietrich von Jagow
1892 – 1945
Dinah Shore
1916 – 1994
Domenico Tardini
1888 – 1961
Eugene Volokh
b. 1968
Frank Gavan Duffy
1852 – 1936
Germanicus Mirault
1796 – 1879
Gopichand Hinduja
1940 – 2025
Henry Dickinson Lindsley
1872 – 1938
Hugh Falconer
1808 – 1865
Jack R. Lousma
b. 1936
Lucian Grainge
b. 1960
Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn
b. 1940
Marin Sorescu
1936 – 1996
Martin Suter
b. 1948
Michèle Morgan
1920 – 2016
Oleksandr Saienko
b. 1984
Olexander Moroz
b. 1944
Paul Erman
1764 – 1851
Pedro Sánchez
b. 1972
Reri Grist
b. 1932
Rostislav Kaishev
1908 – 2002
Ruslan Horovyi
b. 1976
Rustem Vambery
1872 – 1948
Sergei Abramov
b. 1972
Stefaan Vaes
b. 1976
Séraphin Moundounga
b. 1964
Taiichi Ohno
1912 – 1990
Theodor Leber
1840 – 1917
Uri Milstein
b. 1940
Vilmos Apor
1892 – 1945
Vladimir Kryuchkov
1924 – 2007
Willibald Sauerländer
1924 – 2018
Ágnes Lehóczky
b. 1976
Abbad Yahya
b. 1988
Abby Joseph Cohen
b. 1952
Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford
1820 – 1887
Ajith C. S. Perera
1956 – 2020
Al Rosen
1924 – 2015
Alberto Ibargüen
b. 1944
Antonio V. Raquiza
1908 – 1999
Arnaud Valois
b. 1984
Arthur Marwick
1936 – 2006
Artur Janibekyan
b. 1976
Augusta Savage
1892 – 1962
Beltrán Urenda
1920 – 2013
Ben Cline
b. 1972
Bhadase Sagan Maraj
1920 – 1971
Cassius C. Dowell
1864 – 1940
Charles Farrar Forster
1848 – 1894
Charles Pritchard
1808 – 1893
Davide Zoggia
b. 1964
Deena M. Mistri
1924 – 2011
Dennis Clifford
b. 1992
Ellen Prince
1944 – 2010
Emer Martin
b. 1968
Erastus Newton Bates
1828 – 1898
Evan Pugh
1828 – 1864
Fanny Heldy
1888 – 1973
Francis L. Sampson
1912 – 1996
Francis Pakenham
1832 – 1905
Gareth Farr
b. 1968
Georges Romme
b. 1960
Gioachino Rossini
1792 – 1868
Gregg Brandon
b. 1956
Gustav Friedrich Dinter
1760 – 1831
Guy McPherson
b. 1960
Hannah Mills
b. 1988
Herbert Ihering
1888 – 1977
Hermann Schützenhöfer
b. 1952
Hermione Lee
b. 1948
Howard Tayler
b. 1968
James Joseph Brady
1944 – 2017
James Wilson
1812 – 1880
Jane Corwin
b. 1964
Janko Premrl
1920 – 1943
Jerson Lima
b. 1960
Jesse A. Wilson, Jr.
b. 1964
Joey Greco
b. 1972
John Avery
1824 – 1914
John Byrom
1692 – 1763
John Patrick
b. 1968
John Philip Holland
1840 – 1914
John S. Richardson
1828 – 1894
John Stuart Mackenzie
1860 – 1935
Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando
1772 – 1842
Julie Emerson
b. 1988
Juozas Urbšys
1896 – 1991
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
b. 1940
Korede Bello
b. 1996
Leandro Arpinati
1892 – 1945
Lena Raine
b. 1984
Lewis A. Swift
1820 – 1913
Louis Fischer
1896 – 1970
Mamunur Rashid
b. 1948
Maria Jakub Próchniewski
1872 – 1954
Mark Donnelly
b. 1960
Martin Janecký
b. 1980
Masashi Nakano
b. 1948
Mike Fong
b. 1976
Nejat İşler
b. 1972
Otto von Pfeilitzer-Franck
1788 – 1844
Paul Giel
1932 – 2002
Paul III
1468 – 1549
Paul Rosenthal
b. 1960
Paul Wilhelm Magnus
1844 – 1914
Pedro Zamora
1972 – 1994
Phil King
b. 1956
Prince Yamashina Akira
1816 – 1898
René Beaumont
b. 1940
René Cortázar
b. 1952
Ricardo Barroso Agramont
b. 1980
Richard Steere Aldrich
1884 – 1941
Robert Friend
1920 – 2019
Rukmini Devi Arundale
1904 – 1986
Serhiy Bebeshko
b. 1968
Silva Bendrāte
b. 1956
Steven Cree
b. 1980
Taylor Twellman
b. 1980
Teofilo Sison
1880 – 1975
Tim Powers
b. 1952
Tony Robbins
b. 1960
Tyrese Haliburton
b. 2000
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen
1908 – 1985
Vonteego Cummings
b. 1976
Wladimir Vogel
1896 – 1984
Adam Sinclair
b. 1984
Agustín Hernández Navarro
1924 – 2022
Aileen Wuornos
1956 – 2002
Al DeMao
1920 – 2008
Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
1528 – 1579
Albert Welling
b. 1952
Alex Rocco
1936 – 2015
Antonio Sabàto Jr.
b. 1972
Artem Morozov
b. 1980
Arthur H. Taylor
1852 – 1922
Aude Amadou
b. 1980
Barton Childs
1916 – 2010
Ben Hampton
b. 1992
Benedict Wells
b. 1984
Benedikt Höwedes
b. 1988
Benjamin Hardin
1784 – 1852
Blagoj Strachkovski
1920 – 1943
Blaine Scully
b. 1988
Bligh Madris
b. 1996
Bobby Sanguinetti
b. 1988
Brad Snyder
b. 1984
C. Vance Haynes
b. 1928
Cam Ward
b. 1984
Carl Langhein
1872 – 1941
Carl Lotave
1872 – 1924
Chan Yun Lung
b. 1988
Choe Chang-ik
b. 1896
Chris Conley
b. 1980
Christopher Perkins
b. 1968
Colby Mitchell Chester
1844 – 1932
Cullen Jones
b. 1984
Cuthbert James
1872 – 1930
David Bretherton
1924 – 2000
David P. Dobkin
b. 1948
DeAndre Pinckney
b. 2000
Dragi Stamenković
1920 – 2004
Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon
1572 – 1638
Edward Latter
1928 – 2016
Elisabeth Tankeu
1944 – 2011
Eric Kendricks
b. 1992
Evgenia Smolyaninova
b. 1964
Ewen Alison
1852 – 1945
Frank Bowling
b. 1936
Fyodor Abramov
1920 – 1983
Fyodor Truhin
1896 – 1946
Gan Yao-ming
b. 1972
Gehad Grisha
b. 1976
George D. Perkins
1840 – 1914
George E. Allen
1896 – 1973
George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg
1852 – 1912
George Young
b. 1980
… and 849 more
Died on February 29
Albrecht von Stosch
1818 – 1896
Alf Brodal
1910 – 1988
David Bordwell
1947 – 2024
Eugenio de Ochoa
1815 – 1872
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin
1845 – 1904
Melvin Purvis
1903 – 1960
Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig
1943 – 2024
Wilhelm Sponneck
1815 – 1888
Alexander Murray Drennan
1884 – 1984
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
1925 – 2024
Armando de Ramón
1927 – 2004
Brian Mulroney
1939 – 2024
Charles Gordon Hewitt
1885 – 1920
Elpidio Quirino
1890 – 1956
Fatma Gadri
1907 – 1968
Giuseppe Vitali
1875 – 1932
Harold Bernard St. John
1931 – 2004
Heinrich Nissen
1839 – 1912
Henry S. Dennison
1877 – 1952
Jacob Nahum Epstein
1878 – 1952
John Bigelow, Jr.
1854 – 1936
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
1860 – 1908
John Theophilus Desaguliers
1683 – 1744
John Whitgift
1530 – 1604
Ludwig I of Bavaria
1786 – 1868
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
1861 – 1944
Quo Tai-chi
1888 – 1952
Robert More-Molyneux
1838 – 1904
Sergio Erill
1938 – 2020
Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart
1856 – 1920
Adriana Fiorentini
1926 – 2016
Akira Yamada
1922 – 2008
Amadeo Sabattini
1892 – 1960
Armando Diaz
1861 – 1928
Betty Holzendorf
1940 – 2024
Charles A. Berry
1923 – 2020
Dorothy Jewson
1884 – 1964
Dudley Aman, 1st Baron Marley
1884 – 1952
Edward Frederic Benson
1867 – 1940
Edward Mason
1899 – 1992
Elizabeth Gilmer
1880 – 1960
Ewart John Arlington Harnum
1910 – 1996
Ferenc Karinthy
1921 – 1992
Florence P. Dwyer
1902 – 1976
Frank Albertson
1909 – 1964
François Sevez
1891 – 1948
Fridtjuv Berg
1851 – 1916
George Huddleston
1869 – 1960
Grover Loening
1888 – 1976
Halil Sezai Erkut
1908 – 1988
Helias Doundoulakis
1923 – 2016
Henry Snyder
1929 – 2016
Howland H. Sargeant
1911 – 1984
James Simpson, Jr.
1905 – 1960
James Wilson
1812 – 1880
John Durham Wing
1882 – 1960
John Joseph Bennett
1801 – 1876
John Leighton Nanson
1863 – 1916
John Storrs
1846 – 1928
José Manterola
1849 – 1884
José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira
1937 – 1996
Louis-François, Baron Lejeune
1775 – 1848
Ludwik Landau
1902 – 1944
Marcelino Serna
1896 – 1992
Mario Zagari
1913 – 1996
Odile Pierre
1932 – 2020
Patrick Hamilton
1504 – 1528
Pietro Ubaldi
1886 – 1972
Prasanta Sur
1923 – 2008
Raymond C. Fisher
1939 – 2020
Sadahiko Hirose
1943 – 2020
Tanomogi Keikichi
1867 – 1940
Tore Ørjasæter
1886 – 1968
William Estel Potts
1935 – 2004
William Morton Pitt
1754 – 1836
Winifred C. Stanley
1909 – 1996
Witold Rudziński
1913 – 2004
Yigal Allon
1918 – 1980
Abe Ruef
1864 – 1936
Adolphe Appia
1862 – 1928
Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
1401 – 1460
Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin
1837 – 1916
Anthony Schuyler Arrott
1928 – 2024
Benjamín Herrera
1853 – 1924
Betsie Verwoerd
1901 – 2000
Buddy Dial
1937 – 2008
Cecil Lambert
1864 – 1928
Charles F. Cleveland
1845 – 1908
Charles Grant Robertson
1869 – 1948
Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain
1800 – 1848
Dieter Laser
1942 – 2020
Don Heinrich
1930 – 1992
Eddie Wares
1915 – 1992
Friedrich Wilhelm von Götzen the younger
1767 – 1820
Félix Fénéon
1861 – 1944
George Rich Jones
1862 – 1936
Gertrude Jenness Rinden
1901 – 1992
Giovanni Battista Santoni
1529 – 1592
Giuseppe Monti
1682 – 1760
Henry Armytage Sanders
1886 – 1936
Henry H. Kendall
1855 – 1943
Hilarius
415 – 468
Hugo Benioff
1899 – 1968
Ina Coolbrith
1841 – 1928
James M. Gudger, Jr.
1855 – 1920
Jerome Lawrence
1915 – 2004
Jerry Groom
1929 – 2008
Johann Joachim Eschenburg
1743 – 1820
John McMaster
1830 – 1924
John Quine
1857 – 1940
Joseph Édouard Bommer
1829 – 1895
Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea
1919 – 1972
Karl Haffner
1804 – 1876
Kevin O'Donnell
1925 – 2012
La Lupe
1939 – 1992
Lee Reherman
1966 – 2016
Margaret Thompson
1911 – 1992
Mary Ann Day Brown
1816 – 1884
Matsudaira Katataka
1806 – 1852
Mauricio Amster Cats
1907 – 1980
Mevhibe İnönü
1894 – 1992
Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman
Nikita Moiseyev
1917 – 2000
Nyrki Tapiovaara
1911 – 1940
Oleksandr Beresch
1977 – 2004
P. K. Narayana Panicker
1930 – 2012
Paolo Taviani
1931 – 2024
Pat Garrett
1850 – 1908
Patrick O'Sullivan
1818 – 1904
Paul Ramsey
1913 – 1988
Paul Vachon
1937 – 2024
Pietro Ottoboni
1667 – 1740
Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg
1887 – 1940
Ram Singh
1816 – 1885
Ranginui Walker
1932 – 2016
Robert H. Brower
1923 – 1988
Robert Sengstacke Abbott
1870 – 1940
Rudy Bukich
1930 – 2016
Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai
1930 – 2000
Shams Pahlavi
1917 – 1996
Shamshi Kaldayakov
1930 – 1992
Simón Radowitzky
1891 – 1956
Sir Charles Blunt, 4th Baronet
1775 – 1840
Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet
1849 – 1940
Spiros Marketos
1931 – 2012
Thomas H. Ford
1814 – 1868
Thomas Price
1820 – 1888
Tom Davies
1896 – 1972
Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
1622 – 1656
Veniamin Myasnikov
1936 – 2004
Vierling C. Kersey
1890 – 1980
Vincenzo Durazzo
1635 – 1724
Violet Keppel Trefusis
1894 – 1972
Vitaly Fedorchuk
1918 – 2008
Władysław the White
1327 – 1388
Éva Székely
1927 – 2020
Ada Colangeli
1913 – 1992
Agnes Buntine
1822 – 1896
Alfred Velghe
1870 – 1904
Alfredo Fiorani
1953 – 2016
Alice Arden
1914 – 2012
Anchise Brizzi
1887 – 1964
Anton Freissler
1838 – 1916
Antonia da Firenze
1401 – 1472
Auguste Chapdelaine
1814 – 1856
Bill Bunten
1930 – 2020
Casimir Roumeguère
1828 – 1892
Charles Scrope Hutchinson
1826 – 1912
Clara Erskine Clement
1834 – 1916
Clara Pasvolsky
1895 – 1976
Daniel Dobbins
1776 – 1856
Davy Jones
1945 – 2012
Denham Sutcliffe
1913 – 1964
Durward Lely
1852 – 1944
Edward Joseph Baines
1815 – 1880
Eleanor Martin
1951 – 2020
Eleanor Palmer
Emily Ruete
1844 – 1924
Emília Eduarda
1843 – 1908
Enrico Pistolesi
1889 – 1968
Ernie Courtney
1875 – 1920
Ernst Wilhelm Stibolt
1742 – 1796
Erwin Kohlund
1915 – 1992
Eugène Leclercq
1832 – 1908
Eva Verbitsky Hunt
1934 – 1980
Fiona MacCarthy
1940 – 2020
Frederick Alexander Macquisten
1870 – 1940
Frederick Colin Courtice
1911 – 1992
G. P. Mellick Belshaw
1928 – 2020
Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao
1883 – 1960
George Claridge Druce
1850 – 1932
George Courtauld
1830 – 1920
George John Rehring
1890 – 1976
George Morikami
1886 – 1976
Hannes Löhr
1942 – 2016
Haydar Aşan
1906 – 1996
Henry Carroll
1772 – 1820
Henry Livingston, Jr.
1748 – 1828
Henry O. Fairbanks
1852 – 1928
Hidehiko Matsumoto
1926 – 2000
… and 294 more