How many people were born and died on February 29?

Question

To clarify, I am wondering how many people were born on February 29 and also died on February 29 so far.

To clarify, I am wondering how many people were born on February 29 and also died on February 29 so far. (i.e. They died on the same day as their birthday)

Answer 1

February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. A year which has a February 29 is, by definition, a leap year. This date only occurs every four years, in years evenly divisible by 4, such as 1992, 1996, or 2004, with the exceptions in century years.

Births

See also: Category:Leap day births

* 1468 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
* 1692 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
* 1736 - Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
* 1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
* 1840 - John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914)
* 1852 - Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936)
* 1860 - Herman Hollerith, American statistician (d. 1929)
* 1896 - Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
* 1896 - William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975)
* 1900 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
* 1904 - Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957)
* 1904 - Pepper Martin, baseball player (d. 1965)
* 1908 - Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
* 1908 - Dee Brown, American writer and historian (d. 2002)
* 1908 - Alf Gover, English cricketer (d. 2001)
* 1916 - Dinah Shore, American singer (d. 1994)
* 1920 - James Mitchell, American actor
* 1920 - Michèle Morgan, French actress
* 1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
* 1924 - Al Rosen, baseball player
* 1928 - Tempest Storm, actress and burlesque performer
* 1932 - Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist
* 1936 - Jack Lousma, astronaut
* 1936 - Henri Richard, Canadian hockey player
* 1936 - Alex Rocco, American actor
* 1940 - Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
* 1944 - Phyllis Frelich, deaf American actress/Tony Winner
* 1944 - Dennis Farina, American actor
* 1944 - Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian illustrator
* 1952 - Tim Powers, American writer
* 1952 - Bart Stupak, American politician
* 1952 - Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
* 1956 - Bob Speller, Canadian politician
* 1956 - Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer
* 1956 - Jonathan Coleman, Anglo-Australian radio and television personality
* 1960 - Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
* 1960 - Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker
* 1964 - Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player
* 1968 - Bryce Paup, American football player
* 1968 - Pete Fenson, American curler
* 1972 - Antonio Sabato Jr., Italian-born actor
* 1972 - Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
* 1972 - Pedro Zamora, Cuban AIDS activist (d. 1994)
* 1976 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
* 1980 - Simon Gagné, Canadian hockey player
* 1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer
* 1984 - Cam Ward, Canadian hockey player

Deaths

* 1528 - Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1504)
* 1592 - Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer
* 1604 - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530)
* 1744 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
* 1820 - Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
* 1868 - Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
* 1940 - Edward Frederic Benson, American writer (b. 1867)
* 1944 - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
* 1956 - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
* 1968 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
* 1980 - Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914)
* 1992 - Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897)
* 2000 - Kayla Rolland, school shooting victim (b. 1993)
* 2004 - Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)

Answer 2

February 29 didn't begin existing until 1582. This is when Pope Gregory XIII instituted the Gregorian Calendar Reform.

So, you could only calculate how many were born or died on February 29 in the last 404 years.

Take into consideration the fact that not everyone around the globe follows the Gregorian calendar, to further complicate your calculations.

Factor in, also, that birth and death records around the world are not accurate. Not every culture keeps them as scrupulously as other cultures--and the ones that are more scrupulous still make errors due to imperfect data and imperfect recordkeeping.

I hope this information helps you determine that "I have no frickin' idea" is a good enough answer to your question. As far as an estimate goes, I am not willing to undertake the massive amount of research needed to make one. But you can. Good luck.

Answer 3

Sir James Milne Wilson was the only person to be born on feb 29 1812 and died on feb 29 1880

Answer 4

Births
1468 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
1692 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
1736 - Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
1840 - John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914)
1852 - Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936)
1860 - Herman Hollerith, American statistician (d. 1929)
1896 - Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
1896 - William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975)
1904 - Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957)
1904 - Pepper Martin, baseball player (d. 1965)
1908 - Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
1908 - Dee Brown, American writer and historian (d. 2002)
1908 - Alf Gover, English cricketer (d. 2001)
1916 - Dinah Shore, American singer (d. 1994)
1920 - James Mitchell, American actor
1920 - Michèle Morgan, French actress
1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
1924 - Al Rosen, baseball player
1928 - Joss Ackland, English actor
1928 - Tempest Storm, actress and burlesque performer
1932 - Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist
1936 - Jack Lousma, astronaut
1936 - Henri Richard, Canadian hockey player
1936 - Alex Rocco, American actor
1940 - Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
1944 - Phyllis Frelich, deaf American actress/Tony Winner
1944 - Dennis Farina, American actor
1944 - Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian illustrator
1944 - Ene Ergma, Estonian politician
1952 - Tim Powers, American writer
1952 - Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
1952 - Bart Stupak, American politician
1956 - Jonathan Coleman, Anglo-Australian radio and television personality
1956 - Bob Speller, Canadian politician
1956 - Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)
1958 - Michael Dempsey, American musician (The Cure)
1960 - Ian McKenzie Anderson, British musician and record producer
1960 - Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
1960 - Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker
1964 - Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player
1968 - Pete Fenson, American curler
1968 - Gonzalo Lira, Chilean-American novelist and filmmaker
1968 - Bryce Paup, American football player
1972 - Antonio Sabato Jr., Italian-born actor
1972 - Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
1972 - Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American AIDS activist (d. 1994)
1976 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
1980 - Simon Gagné, Canadian hockey player
1980 - Taylor Twellman, American soccer player
1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer
1984 - Cam Ward, Canadian hockey player


Deaths
1528 - Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1504)
1592 - Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer
1604 - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530)
1744 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
1820 - Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
1868 - Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
1940 - Edward Frederic Benson, American writer (b. 1867)
1944 - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
1956 - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
1968 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
1980 - Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914)
1992 - Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897)
2004 - Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)

Answer 5

The answer is 1 in 365.25 of them. Times 1 in 365.25 chance of dying on same. The math is left as an exercise for the student. lol

Answer 6

Since this wasn't a leap year, zero.