Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/February 29

Births

 * 1468 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549) (pictured)
 * 1692 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
 * 1724 - Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)
 * 1736 - Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
 * 1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
 * 1896 - Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
 * 1904 - Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957)
 * 1908 - Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
 * 1924 - David Beattie, New Zealand Governor General (d. 2001)
 * 1924 - Carlos Humberto Romero, President of El Salvador (d. 2017)
 * 1936 - Alex Rocco, American actor (d. 2015)
 * 1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer

Deaths

 * 1528 - Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1504)
 * 1604 - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530)
 * 1740 - Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
 * 1868 - Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)