List of holidays commemorating individuals

This is a list of government-sanctioned holidays commemorating individuals.

PersonHolidayObserving governmentDate
Bhanubhakta Acharya Bhanu Jayanti Nepal, India 13 July[1]
B. R. Ambedkar Ambedkar Jayanti India 14 April[2]
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony DayUnited States15 February[3]
Errol BarrowErrol Barrow DayBarbados21 January
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Netaji Jayanti India 23 January[4]
Robert Burns Burns Night (or Day) Scotland 25 January[5]
Cesar ChavezCesar Chavez DayUnited States31 March[6]
Jesus Christ Christmas Various 25 December
Christopher ColumbusColumbus DayVarioussecond Monday in October (US); 12 October (elsewhere)
Leif Erikson Leif Erikson Day United States, parts of Canada 9 October[7]
Guy FawkesGuy Fawkes Night (or Day)United Kingdom5 November
Mahatma GandhiGandhi JayantiIndia2 October
Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr. DayUnited Statesthird Monday in January
Fred Korematsu Fred Korematsu Day Parts of the United States 30 January[8]
Abraham LincolnLincoln's BirthdayParts of the United States12 February
Nelson MandelaMandela DayVarious18 July
Harvey MilkHarvey Milk DayCalifornia / United States / New York22 May
John MuirJohn Muir DayCalifornia21 April[9]
Barack ObamaObama DayKenya, parts of the United States6 November
Rosa ParksRosa Parks DayFour states of the United States4 February (California and Missouri); 1 December (Ohio and Oregon)
Maharana Pratap Pratap Jayanti Rajasthan 9 May[10]
Casimir PulaskiGeneral Pulaski Memorial DayUnited States11 October
Casimir Pulaski DayIllinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc.first Monday in March[11]
Shivaji Shiv Jayanti Maharashtra 19 February
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa Day Albania 5 September
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman DayUnited States10 March[12]
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen Saint Verhaegen Brussels 20 November[13]
Queen VictoriaVictoria DayCanadalast Monday before 25 May
George WashingtonWashington's BirthdayUnited Statesthird Monday in February[14]
Wright brothersWright Brothers DayUnited States17 December[15]
Malcolm XMalcolm X DayBerkeley, Californiaeither Malcolm's birthday on 19 May or the third Sunday of May[16]

References

  1. ↑ Chakravarty, Tanuj (2022-07-12). "Bhanu Jayanti: History and its significance for Gorkha community". EastMojo. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  2. ↑ NEWS, SA (2025-04-10). "Ambedkar Jayanti 2025: Date, History, Quotes, Significance". SA News Channel. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  3. ↑ Holly Matthews. "Susan B. Anthony Day". TeacherLINK @ Utah State University. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "23rd JANUARY: NETAJI JAYANTI". Vivekananda Mission School. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Global appeal of the Bard endures with 2,500 Burns Suppers plotted on world map". The Scotsman. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Presidential Proclamation – Cesar Chavez Day". whitehouse.gov. March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via National Archives.
  7. ↑ Little, Becky (2015-10-11). "Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  8. ↑ "AB 1775 Assembly Bill - CHAPTERED". www.leginfo.ca.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  9. ↑ "Ronald Reagan, John Muir, Harvey Milk: The Californian trinity". The Economist. July 8, 2010.
  10. ↑ Köpping, Klaus-Peter; Leistle, Bernhard; Rudolph, Michael (2006). Ritual and Identity: Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-8042-2.
  11. ↑ Greenberg, Julia (March 5, 2012). "Casimir Pulaski Day Closings: Chicago Public Schools, Government Agencies Closed for Holiday". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Proclamation 6107 - Harriet Tubman Day, 1990". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  13. ↑ "Saint Verhaegen — Patrimoine - Erfgoed". erfgoed.brussels. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  14. ↑ Strauss, Valerie (February 16, 2014). "Why Presidents' Day Is slightly strange". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Proclamation 3315—Wright Brothers Day, 1959 | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  16. ↑ Knobel, Lance (2010-05-17). "Malcolm X Day -- more than a day off?". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
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