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Famous people born on February 29

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Well-known people born on February 29 include Gioachino Rossini (1792), Pedro Sánchez (1972), I. Bartholomeos (1940) and Ferran Torres (2000). Our list below has 33 people for this date, most widely covered first.

This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives February 29 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1784 (Leo von Klenze) and the most recent is 2004 (Abdukodir Khusanov). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, singer.

Who was born on February 29?

  1. Gioachino Rossini 1792 Italian opera composer
  2. Pedro Sánchez 1972 Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
  3. I. Bartholomeos 1940 Ecumenist ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991
  4. Ferran Torres 2000 Spanish footballer
  5. Morarji Desai 1896 Prime Minister of India
  6. Benedikt Höwedes 1988 German association football player
  7. Herman Hollerith 1860 American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）
  8. Tony Robbins 1960 American author, professional speaker
  9. Michèle Morgan 1920 French actress
  10. Khaled 1960 Algerian musician
  11. Abdukodir Khusanov 2004 Uzbek association football player
  12. Dinah Shore 1916 American singer and actress
  13. Seymour Papert 1928 MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator
  14. Ene Ergma 1944 Estonian politician and astrophysicist
  15. Dennis Farina 1944 American actor
  16. Lewis A. Swift 1820 American astronomer
  17. Ja Rule 1976 American rapper, singer and actor
  18. William A. Wellman 1896 American director, actor
  19. Alex Rocco 1936 American actor
  20. Tyrese Haliburton 2000 American basketball player
  21. Leo von Klenze 1784 German architect and painter
  22. Jack R. Lousma 1936 American astronaut and politician
  23. Rukmini Devi Arundale 1904 Indian dancer and choreographer
  24. Saphir Taïder 1992 Algerian and French footballer
  25. Jesper Lindstrøm 2000 Danish footballer
  26. Vladimir Kryuchkov 1924 Soviet politician, chairman of KGB
  27. Joss Ackland 1928 English actor
  28. Fyodor Abramov 1920 Soviet writer
  29. Mikel Balenziaga 1988 Spanish footballer
  30. Tim Powers 1952 American science fiction writer and actor
  31. Jawad El Yamiq 1992 Association football player
  32. Raisa Smetanina 1952 Soviet cross-country skier
  33. Saul Williams 1972 American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor

Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on February 29 share the 29th of February as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.

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