Born on February 21st, 1908
Weekday
Friday
February 21st, 1908 was a Friday.
Age
People born on February 21st, 1908 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 116 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
♓
Pisces (The Fish)
February 20th, 1908 - March 20th, 1908
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 42,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 564 days, exactly on November 13th, 2025, people who were born on February 21st, 1908 will be 43,000 days old!
42,436 Days
6,062 Weeks
1,394 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on February 21st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st
Born on February 21st, 1908
Hans Ertl
German mountaineer and cinematographer
*February 21st, 1908, Urschalling †October 23rd, 2000, ChiquitaniaSame Day
Who's birthday is on February 21st?
75 Friedrich Karl Kaul
German screenwriter
*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin.jpg "Corbin Bleu")
35 Corbin Bleu
American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter
*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn
106 Hans Erni
Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)
*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne
95 Robert Mugabe
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital
Ernst Meyer
German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)
*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich
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69 Alan Rickman
British actor and director (1946–2016)
*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London
Edwin L. Marin
American film director
*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los Angeles
96 Marian Anderson
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
*February 21st, 1897, Philadelphia †April 8th, 1993, PortlandW. H. Auden
British-American poet (1907–1973)
*February 21st, 1907, York †September 29th, 1973, Vienna
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Same year
Born in 1908
78 Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
*January 9th, 1908, Paris †April 14th, 1986, 14th arrondissement of Paris
64 Lyndon B. Johnson
President of the United States from 1963 to 1969
*August 27th, 1908, Stonewall †January 22nd, 1973, StonewallArnaldo Momigliano
Italian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)
*September 5th, 1908, Caraglio †September 1st, 1987, LondonMyron Waldman
American animator (1908-2006)
*April 23rd, 1908, Brooklyn †February 4th, 2006, Bethpage
100 Claude Lévi-Strauss
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
*November 28th, 1908, City of Brussels †October 30th, 2009, 16th arrondissement of Paris.jpg "Louis Jordan")
66 Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)
*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles.jpg "Salvador Allende")
65 Salvador Allende
28th president of Chile (1908–1973)
*June 26th, 1908, Valparaíso †September 11th, 1973, Santiago
96 Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna
52 Richard Wright
American writer (1908-1960)
*September 4th, 1908, Natchez †November 28th, 1960, Paris
83 Olivier Messiaen
French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)
*December 10th, 1908, Avignon †April 27th, 1992, Clichy
81 Bette Davis
American actress (1908–1989)
*April 5th, 1908, Lowell †October 6th, 1989, Neuilly-sur-SeineEthel Merman
American actress and singer (1908-1984)
*January 16th, 1908, Astoria †February 15th, 1984, Manhattan
91 Amintore Fanfani
Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)
*February 6th, 1908, Pieve Santo Stefano †November 20th, 1999, Rome
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82 Robert Cummings
American actor (1910–1990)
*June 9th, 1908, Joplin †December 2nd, 1990, Woodland Hills
85 Raymond Scott
American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994)
*September 10th, 1908, Brooklyn †February 8th, 1994, North Hills
Birthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on February 21st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 21st.
Armed Forces Day (South Africa)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_DayBirthday of King Harald V (Norway)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_VFebruary 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Father Lini Day (Vanuatu)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_VanuatuLanguage Movement Day (Bangladesh)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Movement_DayInternational Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_DayThe first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (Bhutan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_BhutanThe first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. (Tagum City, Philippines)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TagumDate as a Roman numeral / digit
21.2.1908
Legend
| M = 1000 | CM = 900 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1908 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).