Born on February 29

2 figures in our catalog were born on February 29, from the earliest to the most recent.

Gioachino Rossini

1792 — 1868

Italian composer (1792–1868), Rossini is one of the masters of 19th-century opera. His most celebrated work, The Barber of Seville (1816), remains a masterpiece of the world operatic repertoire.

Michèle Morgan

1920 — 2016

Performing Arts

French actress born in 1920, Michèle Morgan is one of the greatest stars of French cinema. Discovered by Marcel Carné in Port of Shadows (1938), she won the Best Actress award at Cannes in 1946 for Pastoral Symphony.

Only figures whose birth day is known for certain appear here. Dates are given as the sources record them.