| 22981 | February 29 | Birth | 1920 – Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer |
| 22982 | February 29 | Birth | 1920 – Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (d. 1991) |
| 22983 | February 29 | Birth | 1920 – Ivan Ivanovich Petrov, Russian opera singer (d. 2003) |
| 22984 | February 29 | Birth | 1920 – Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 22985 | February 29 | Birth | 1924 – David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001) |
| 22986 | February 29 | Birth | 1924 – Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador |
| 22987 | February 29 | Birth | 1924 – Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015) |
| 22988 | February 29 | Birth | 1928 – Joss Ackland, English actor and singer |
| 22989 | February 29 | Birth | 1928 – Vance Haynes, American archaeologist, geologist, and author |
| 22990 | February 29 | Birth | 1928 – Terry Lewis, Australian police officer |
| 22991 | February 29 | Birth | 1928 – Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-created the Logo programming language |
| 22992 | February 29 | Birth | 1928 – Tempest Storm, American actress, singer, and dancer |
| 22993 | February 29 | Birth | 1932 – Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist |
| 22994 | February 29 | Birth | 1932 – Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and academic (d. 2007) |
| 22995 | February 29 | Birth | 1932 – Masten Gregory, American race car driver (d. 1985) |
| 22996 | February 29 | Birth | 1932 – Reri Grist, American soprano and actress |
| 22997 | February 29 | Birth | 1936 – Jack R. Lousma, American astronaut, engineer, and politician |
| 22998 | February 29 | Birth | 1936 – Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 22999 | February 29 | Birth | 1936 – Alex Rocco, American actor (d. 2015) |
| 23000 | February 29 | Birth | 1940 – Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople |
| 23001 | February 29 | Birth | 1940 – William H. Turner, Jr. American horse trainer |
| 23002 | February 29 | Birth | 1944 – Ene Ergma, Estonian physicist and politician |
| 23003 | February 29 | Birth | 1944 – Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (d. 2013) |
| 23004 | February 29 | Birth | 1944 – Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic |
| 23005 | February 29 | Birth | 1944 – Phyllis Frelich, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 23006 | February 29 | Birth | 1944 – Steve Mingori, American baseball player (d. 2008) |
| 23007 | February 29 | Birth | 1944 – Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian author and illustrator |
| 23008 | February 29 | Birth | 1948 – Jirō Akagawa, Japanese author |
| 23009 | February 29 | Birth | 1948 – Gérard Darmon, French-Moroccan actor and singer |
| 23010 | February 29 | Birth | 1948 – Ken Foree, American actor and producer |