The 52nd day of the year
Born on 21 February
Every 21 February birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Pisces, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- PiscesWater, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- AmethystThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Violet, PrimroseUsually taken today to mean faithfulness and young love.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 21 February in any year.
Which weekday 21 February falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 21 February falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Tuesday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Sunday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 21 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,799 babies were born on 21 February in each year of the twenty, making it the 208th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 21 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Corbin Bleu | 1989– | American actor |
| Robert Mugabe | 1924–2019 | President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017 |
| Harald V | 1937–2026 | King of Norway from 1991 to 2026 |
| W. H. Auden | 1907–1973 | British-American poet |
| Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | 1980– | fifth and reigning King of Bhutan |
| Alan Rickman | 1946–2016 | British actor and director |
| Anaïs Nin | 1903–1977 | French-born American author |
| Peter III of Russia | 1728–1762 | Emperor of Russia in 1762 |
| John Rawls | 1921–2002 | American philosopher |
| Nina Simone | 1933–2003 | American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist |
| Elliot Page | 1987– | Canadian actor |
| Sahle-Work Zewde | 1950– | President of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2024 |
| Riyad Mahrez | 1991– | Algerian footballer |
| Jeanne Calment | 1875–1997 | French supercentenarian, person with the longest confirmed lifespan |
| Sophie Turner | 1996– | British actress |
| Sacha Guitry | 1885–1957 | French playwright and filmmaker |
| Jennifer Love Hewitt | 1979– | American actress and singer |
| Chuck Palahniuk | 1962– | American novelist, essayist |
Died on 21 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Baruch Spinoza | 1632–1677 | Dutch philosopher |
| Malcolm X | 1925–1965 | American Black rights activist |
| Mikhail Sholokhov | 1905–1984 | Soviet writer |
| Pope Julius II | 1443–1513 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 |
| Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | 1853–1926 | Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner |
| Gertrude B. Elion | 1918–1999 | American biochemist and pharmacologist |
| Billy Graham | 1918–2018 | American Baptist evangelist |
| Pope Benedict XIII | 1649–1730 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730 |
| Frederick Banting | 1891–1941 | Canadian medical scientist and doctor |
| Howard Florey | 1898–1968 | Australian pathologist |
| James I of Scotland | 1394–1437 | King of Scots from 1406 to 1437 |
| Inge Lehmann | 1888–1993 | Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core |
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