Did you know
From April 1984 to August 1985, Ramirez murdered at least fifteen people during various break-ins.
Famous Birthdays on February 29
1960 — Richard Ramirez
American serial killer and sex offender (died 2013)
February 29 has 132 recorded notable births across history, from 1468 to 2008. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1468 – 2008
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Major events on February 29
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1712 February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar. Source
- 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations. Source
- 1920 The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution. Source
- 2020 Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis. Source
Did you know
Ja Rule signed with Irv Gotti's Murder Inc Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings to release his debut studio album Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), which spawned his first hit single, "Holla Holla".
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After struggling to create a successful band in his early twenties, Foster finally had his big break as the founder and frontman of Foster the People in 2009, which he formed alongside his two friends Mark Pontius and Cubbie Fink.
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By the early 2000s, most of his acting credits were guest appearances, reality television, and budget films.
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At international level, Höwedes won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, and was one of only three players to play every single minute of the tournament.
More major people born on February 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1976
Ja Rule
American rapper and actor
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins, better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.
1984
Mark Foster
American singer, songwriter and musician
Mark Derek Foster is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Foster the People.
1972
Antonio Sabàto Jr.
Italian-American model and actor
Antonio Sabàto Jr. is an American model and actor. Born in Italy, he rose to fame in the 1990s as an underwear model for Calvin Klein and playing Jagger Cates on the soap opera General Hospital from 1992 to 1995, and as…
1988
Benedikt Höwedes
German footballer
Benedikt Höwedes is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
1952
Tim Powers
American author and educator
Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
1904
Jimmy Dorsey
American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957)
James Francis Dorsey was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You " and "It's the Dreamer in Me".
1936
Henri Richard
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
Joseph Henri Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975.
1980
Simon Gagné
Canadian ice hockey player
Simon Gagné is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1836
Dickey Pearce
American baseball player and manager (died 1908)
Richard J. Pearce, known as Dickey Pearce, was an American professional baseball player and one of the sport's most famous early figures.
1980
Clinton Toopi
New Zealand rugby league player
Clinton James Te-Whata Toopi is a New Zealand former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.
1828
Emmeline B. Wells
American journalist, poet and activist (died 1921)
Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney Wells was an American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate, and diarist.
1964
Mervyn Warren
American tenor, composer and producer
Mervyn Edwin Warren is an American film composer, record producer, conductor, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee.
1912
Kamil Tolon
Turkish industrialist (died 1978)
Kamil Özdemir Tolon was a Turkish businessperson, industrialist and inventor, known for the first manufacture of an electric engine in Turkey. Tolon was born in 1912 in Istanbul.
1920
Rolland W. Redlin
American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
Rolland William Redlin was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota, who served between 1965 and 1967.
1956
Aileen Wuornos
American serial killer (died 2002)
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot, killed, and robbed seven of her male clients.
1920
James Mitchell
American actor and dancer (died 2010)
James Mitchell was an American actor and dancer. Although he is best known to television audiences as Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera All My Children (1979–2010), theatre and dance historians remember him as one of…
1940
Sonja Barend
Dutch talk show host
Sonja Maria Barend was a Dutch television personality. She hosted one of the nation’s first talk shows, Sonja, in 1974–1975.
2004
Lydia Jacoby
American swimmer
Lydia Alice Jacoby is an American professional swimmer. She was the first Alaskan to qualify for an Olympic Games in swimming, competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, where she won the gold medal in the…
1904
Pepper Martin
American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
Johnny Leonard Roosevelt "Pepper" Martin was an American professional baseball outfielder, third baseman, and minor league manager. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St.