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Famous people born on Leap Day. Leap Day babies make up a small percentage of the population, but several notable people have been born on Feb. 29 in even-numbered years. Here are a few notable names:
Celebrities born on February 29 Aside from Grand Rapids' own Lousma, many other celebrities are leaplings. Here is a list of some celebrities born on Feb. 29, according to famousbirthdays.com .
This is a list of selected February 29 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year.
The word is derived from the Latin celebrity, from the adjective celeber ("famous," "celebrated"). Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability, although the word notable is mistaken to be synonymous with the title celebrity, fame, prominence etc.
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The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
29 – Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986), Canadian-American poet, writer of first openly lesbian love poetry published in North America; 29 – Billy Tipton (1914-1989), American jazz musician, bandleader, and talent broker; 29 – Katherine Moennig (1977–), American actress; 29 – Lilly Wachowski (1967–), American film director, screenwriter ...