| 23101 | February 29 | Death | 1968 – Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1886) |
| 23102 | February 29 | Death | 1968 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1886) |
| 23103 | February 29 | Death | 1972 – Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896) |
| 23104 | February 29 | Death | 1976 – Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (b. 1902) |
| 23105 | February 29 | Death | 1980 – Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918) |
| 23106 | February 29 | Death | 1980 – Gil Elvgren, American painter and illustrator (b. 1914) |
| 23107 | February 29 | Death | 1984 – Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903) |
| 23108 | February 29 | Death | 1988 – Sidney Harmon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907) |
| 23109 | February 29 | Death | 1992 – La Lupe, Cuban-American singer-songwriter (b. 1939) |
| 23110 | February 29 | Death | 1992 – Ruth Pitter, English poet and author (b. 1897) |
| 23111 | February 29 | Death | 1996 – Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939) |
| 23112 | February 29 | Death | 1996 – Shams Pahlavi, Iranian daughter of Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran (b. 1917) |
| 23113 | February 29 | Death | 1996 – Ralph Rowe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1924) |
| 23114 | February 29 | Death | 2000 – Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961) |
| 23115 | February 29 | Death | 2000 – Kayla Rolland, American murder victim (b. 1993) |
| 23116 | February 29 | Death | 2004 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (b. 1923) |
| 23117 | February 29 | Death | 2004 – Jerome Lawrence, American playwright and author (b. 1915) |
| 23118 | February 29 | Death | 2004 – Toni Onley, Manx-Canadian painter (b. 1928) |
| 23119 | February 29 | Death | 2004 – Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1931) |
| 23120 | February 29 | Death | 2004 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (b. 1943) |
| 23121 | February 29 | Death | 2008 – Janet Kagan, American author (b. 1946) |
| 23122 | February 29 | Death | 2008 – Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1917) |
| 23123 | February 29 | Death | 2012 – Roland Bautista, American guitarist (Earth, Wind & Fire) (b. 1951) |
| 23124 | February 29 | Death | 2012 – Dennis Chinnery, English actor (b. 1927) |
| 23125 | February 29 | Death | 2012 – Davy Jones, English singer, guitarist, and actor (The Monkees) (b. 1945) |
| 23126 | February 29 | Death | 2012 – Sheldon Moldoff, American illustrator (b. 1920) |
| 23127 | February 29 | Death | 2012 – Violet Wood, English super-centenarian (b. 1899) |
| 23128 | February 29 | Death | 2012 – P. K. Narayana Panicker, Indian social leader (Nair Service Society) (b. 1930) |
| 23129 | February 29 | Holiday and observance | Christian Feast Day:Auguste Chapdelaine (one of Martyr Saints of China)Oswald of Worcester (in leap year only)February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics): Saint John Cassian |
| 23130 | February 29 | Holiday and observance | The fourth day of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith) |