The 60th day of a leap year
Born on 29 February
Every 29 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
- six weekdays tie4 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 29 February in any year.
Which weekday 29 February falls on
29 February exists only in leap years, one year in four, so there are 27 of them between 1920 and 2026: Sunday 4, Friday 4, Wednesday 4, Monday 4, Saturday 4, Thursday 4, Tuesday 3.
All 27. Every weekday →
How common a birthday 29 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,788 babies were born on 29 February in each year that had one, the five leap years, making it the 243rd 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 29 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Gioachino Rossini | 1792–1868 | Italian opera composer |
| Pedro Sánchez | 1972– | Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 |
| Pope Paul III | 1468–1549 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 |
| Bartholomew I of Constantinople | 1940– | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991 |
| Morarji Desai | 1896–1995 | Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979 |
| Ferran Torres | 2000– | Spanish footballer |
| Benedikt Höwedes | 1988– | German association football player |
| Herman Hollerith | 1860–1929 | American statistician and inventor |
| Tony Robbins | 1960– | American author, professional speaker |
| Michèle Morgan | 1920–2016 | French actress |
| Khaled | 1960– | Algerian musician |
| Aileen Wuornos | 1956–2002 | American serial killer |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | 2004– | Uzbek association football player |
| Seymour Papert | 1928–2016 | MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator |
| Richard Ramirez | 1960–2013 | American serial killer |
| Dennis Farina | 1944–2013 | American actor |
| Ja Rule | 1976– | American rapper, singer and actor |
| Balthus | 1908–2001 | French painter |
Died on 29 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Pope Hilarius | 415–468 | pope |
| Ludwig I of Bavaria | 1786–1868 | King of Bavaria |
| Brian Mulroney | 1939–2024 | Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993 |
| Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | 1861–1944 | President of Finland |
| Elpidio Quirino | 1890–1956 | President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953 |
| Yigal Allon | 1918–1980 | Israeli politician, general, acting prime minister of Israel |
| Ali Hassan Mwinyi | 1925–2024 | Tanzanian statesman |
| Éva Székely | 1927–2020 | Hungarian swimmer |
| Davy Jones | 1945–2012 | British musician |
| John Theophilus Desaguliers | 1683–1744 | French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman |
| Albert III of Bavaria | 1401–1460 | Duke of Bavaria-Munich |
| Pat Garrett | 1850–1908 | American sheriff |
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