From Wiki: February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth’s revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in most of the world.

1812-0229 James Milne Wilson* engineer/ politician/to Tasmania at age 17 – Banff, Scotland (1880/68)

1884-0229 Richard S. Aldrich* politician – Washington D.C. USA (1941/57)

1892-0229 Augusta Savage* (b Fells) sculptor  – Green Cove Springs, FL USA (1962/70)

1992-0229 Sean Abbott* cricketer – Windsor, NSW Australia
1992-0229 Eric Kendricks* Am. football player – Clovis, CA USA
1992-0229 Jessica Long* (b Tatiana Kirillova) Russian-American Paralympic swimmer/adopted to U.S. at age 1 – Bratsk, Russia
1992-0229 Jessie T. Usher* actor – Silver Spring, MD USA

1996-0229 Nelson Asofa-Solomona* rugby player – Wellington, New Zealand
1996-0229 Reece Prescod* athlete (sprinter) – London, England
1996-0229 Claudia Williams* tennis player – Wellington, New Zealand

2000-0229 Tyrese Haliburton* basketball player – Milwaukee, WI USA
2000-0229 Ferran Torres* football player – Foios, Spain

2004-0229 Lydia Jacoby* swimmer/OG – Anchorage, AL USA

Updated 26.1.2023

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Pre-1600[edit]

• 1468 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)[40]
• 1528 – Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1579)[41]
• 1528 – Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (d. 1604)[42]
• 1572 – Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (d. 1638)[43]
• 1576 – Antonio Neri, Florentine priest and glassmaker (d. 1614)[44]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1640 – Benjamin Keach, Particular Baptist preacher and author whose name was given to Keach’s Catechism (d. 1704)[45]
• 1692 – John Byrom, English poet and educator (d. 1763)[46]
• 1724 – Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (d. 1822)[47]
• 1736 – Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founded the Shakers (d. 1784)[48]
• 1792 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
• 1828 – Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1921)[51]
• 1836 – Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)[52]
• 1852 – Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1936)[53]
• 1852 – Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (d. 1912)[54]
• 1860 – Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (d. 1929)
• 1896 – Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, fourth Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)[58]
• 1896 – William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1975)[59]

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957)[60]
• 1904 – Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)[61]
• 1908 – Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001)[62]
• 1908 – Dee Brown, American historian and author (d. 2002)[63]
• 1908 – Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (d. 2001)[64]
• 1908 – Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (d. 1968)[65]
• 1916 – James B. Donovan, American lawyer (d. 1970)[66]
• 1916 – Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999)[67]
• 1920 – Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (d. 1983)[68]
• 1920 – Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)[69]
• 1920 – James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (d. 2010)[70]
• 1920 – Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (d. 2016)[71]
• 1920 – Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)[72]
• 1924 – David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001)[73]
• 1924 – Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2017)[74]
• 1924 – Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)[75]
• 1928 – Joss Ackland, English actor[76]
• 1928 – Jean Adamson, British writer and illustrator[77]
• 1928 – Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist, and author[78]
• 1928 – Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (d. 2016)[79]
• 1932 – Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)[80]
• 1932 – Masten Gregory, American race car driver (d. 1985)[81]
• 1932 – Reri Grist, American soprano and actress[82]
• 1932 – Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist[83]
• 1932 – Gavin Stevens, Australian cricketer[84]
• 1936 – Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer (d. 2018)[85]
• 1936 – Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut, and politician[86]
• 1936 – Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)[87]
• 1936 – Alex Rocco, American actor (d. 2015)[88]
• 1940 – Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host[89]
• 1944 – Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (d. 2013)[90]
• 1944 – Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic[91]
• 1944 – Phyllis Frelich, American actress (d. 2014)[92]
• 1944 – Steve Mingori, American baseball player (d. 2008)[93]
• 1944 – Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian author and illustrator[94]
• 1944 – Lennart Svedberg, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1972).[95]
• 1948 – Hermione Lee, English author, critic, and academic[96]
• 1948 – Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer[97]
• 1948 – Patricia A. McKillip, American author[98]
• 1952 – Tim Powers, American author and educator[99]
• 1952 – Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier[100]
• 1952 – Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician[101]
• 1956 – Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (d. 2021)[102]
• 1956 – Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture[103]
• 1956 – Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)[104]
• 1960 – Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter[105]
• 1960 – Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (d. 2013)[106]
• 1964 – Dave Brailsford, English cyclist and coach[107]
• 1964 – Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host[108]
• 1964 – Mervyn Warren, American tenor, composer, and producer[109]
• 1968 – Chucky Brown, American basketball player and coach[110]
• 1968 – Gareth Farr, New Zealand composer and percussionist[111]
• 1968 – Pete Fenson, American curler[112]
• 1968 – Bryce Paup, American football player and coach[113]
• 1968 – Howard Tayler, American author and illustrator[114]
• 1968 – Eugene Volokh, Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator[115]
• 1968 – Frank Woodley, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter[116]
• 1972 – Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl[117]
• 1972 – Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach[118]
• 1972 – Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor[119]
• 1972 – Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain[120]
• 1972 – Dave Williams, American singer (d. 2002)[121]
• 1972 – Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter[122]
• 1972 – Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist and educator (d. 1994)[123]
• 1976 – Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player[124]
• 1976 – Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker[125]
• 1976 – Terrence Long, American baseball player[126]
• 1976 – Ja Rule, American rapper and actor[127]
• 1980 – Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach[128]
• 1980 – Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player[129]
• 1980 – Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist[130]
• 1980 – Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league player[131]
• 1980 – Taylor Twellman, American soccer player and sportscaster[132]
• 1980 – Peter Scanavino, American actor, who is well-known for his role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[133]
• 1984 – Darren Ambrose, English footballer[134]
• 1984 – Rica Imai, Japanese model and actress[135]
• 1984 – Cullen Jones, American swimmer[136]
• 1984 – Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player[137]
• 1984 – Lena Raine, American video game composer and producer[138]
• 1984 – Rakhee Thakrar, English actress[139]
• 1984 – Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player[140]
• 1984 – Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician[141]
• 1988 – Lena Gercke, German model and television host
• 1988 – Benedikt Höwedes, German football player
• 1988 – Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules football player
• 1988 – Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor

From Finnish Wiki:

• 1820 – Lewis A. Swift, yhdysvaltalainen tähtitieteilijä (k. 1913)
• 1824 – Washington Bartlett, yhdysvaltalainen poliitikko (k. 1887)
• 1888 – Einari Merikallio, suomalainen lintutieteilijä (k. 1961)
• 1896 – Vladimir Vogel, venäläinen säveltäjä (k. 1984)
• 1908 – Mies Reenkola, suomalainen gynekologi (k. 1988)
• 1920 – Kosti Klemelä, suomalainen näyttelijä (Tuntematon sotilas) (k. 2006)
• 1920 – Heimo Lampi, suomalainen hovioikeuden presidentti, kirjailija ja taistelulentäjä (k. 1998)
• 1920 – Simone Renée Roussel (”Michèle Morgan”), ranskalainen näyttelijä (Pastoraalisinfonia) (k. 2016)
• 1928 – Ivan Bogdan, neuvostoliittolainen painija (olympiavoittaja)
• 1940 – Bartolomeos I, Konstantinopolin patriarkka
• 1940 – József Szabó, ukrainalainen jalkapallovalmentaja
• 1944 – Oleksandr Moroz, ukrainalainen poliitikko
• 1952 – Marianne Backlén, suomalainen kirjailija
• 1956 – Kari Eloranta (”Piri”), suomalainen jääkiekkoilija ja jalkapalloilija
• 1960 – Khaled Hadj Brahim (”Khaled”), algerialainen rai-muusikko (Kutché
• 1976 – Jeffrey Atkins (”Ja Rule”), yhdysvaltalainen rap-laulaja ja näyttelijä
• 1984 – Henri Palmroth, suomalainen jääkiekkoilija
• 1984 – Anna Vanhatalo, suomalainen jääkiekkomaalivahti
• 1988 – Bobby Sanguinetti, yhdysvaltalainen jääkiekkoilija