February 29 Famous Birthdays

The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces ♓ (The Fish) – a mutable sign with Water as element. February 29 is also known as leap day. It is an additional day added to a calendar if the year is divisible by 4 and not divisible by 100 but divisible by 400. Examples of leap years are 1600, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. Examples of years that are mistaken to be a leap year are 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, and 2300.

Famous Feb 29 birthday celebrants include Dinah Shore, Rakhee Thakrar, Chris Conley, Caitlin EJ Meyer, Reri Grist, Phyllis Frelich, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Joss Ackland.

The following famous people celebrate their birthday on February 29^th. The list is arranged in chronological order and includes celebrities like actors, actresses, models, singers, rappers and producers. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info and know the meaning of their life path number.

The epic list contains 121 persons. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1468
  Pope Paul III (d. 1549). Life path number 5
• 1692
  John Byrom, English poet and educator (d. 1763). Life path number 22
• 1724
  Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (d. 1822). Life path number 9
• 1736
  Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founded the Shakers (d. 1784). Life path number 3
• 1792
  Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1868). Life path number 5
• 1812
  James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880). Life path number 7
• 1828
  Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1921). Life path number 5
• 1836
  Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908). Life path number 22
• 1840
  John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the ''HMS Holland 1'' (d. 1914). Life path number 8
• 1852
  Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1936). Life path number 2
• 1852
  George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Russian son of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1912). Life path number 2
• 1860
  Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (d. 1929). Life path number 1
• 1884
  Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941). Life path number 7
• 1892
  Ed Appleton, American baseball player (d. 1932). Life path number 6
• 1892
  Augusta Savage, American sculptor (d. 1962). Life path number 6

• 1896
  Morarji Desai, Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (d. 1995). Life path number 1
• 1896
  Roy Parker, American baseball player (d. 1954). Life path number 1
• 1896
  William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1975). Life path number 1
• 1904
  Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 1986). Life path number 9
• 1904
  Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers, The Dorsey Brothers, and The Charleston Chasers) (d. 1957). Life path number 9
• 1904
  Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965). Life path number 9
• 1908
  Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001). Life path number 22
• 1908
  Dee Brown, American historian and author (d. 2002). Life path number 22
• 1908
  Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (d. 2001). Life path number 22
• 1916
  Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994). Life path number 3
• 1920
  Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (d. 1983). Life path number 7
• 1920
  Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006). Life path number 7
• 1920
  James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (d. 2010). Life path number 7
• 1920
  Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer. Life path number 7
• 1920
  Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (d. 1991). Life path number 7

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