List of holidays commemorating individuals

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

Person Holiday Observing government Date
Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony Day United States 15 February[1]
Errol Barrow Errol Barrow Day Barbados 21 January
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Day United States 31 March[2]
Jesus Christ Christmas Various December 25
Christopher Columbus Columbus Day Various second Monday in October (US); 12 October (elsewhere)
Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Night (or Day) United Kingdom 5 November
Malala Yousafzai Malala Day Various July 12th
Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi Jayanti India 2 October
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa Day Albania September 5
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day United States third Monday in January
Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's Birthday Parts of the United States 12 February
Nelson Mandela Mandela Day Various 18 July
Harvey Milk Harvey Milk Day California / United States / New York May 22
John Muir John Muir Day California April 21[3]
Barack Obama Obama Day Kenya, parts of the United States November 6
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Day Four states of the United States 4 February (California and Missouri); 1 December (Ohio and Oregon)
Casimir Pulaski General Pulaski Memorial Day United States 11 October
Casimir Pulaski Day Illinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc. first Monday in March[4]
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Day United States 10 March[5]
Queen Victoria Victoria Day Canada last Monday before 25 May
George Washington Washington's Birthday United States third Monday in February[6]
Wright brothers Wright Brothers Day United States 17 December[7]
Malcolm X Malcolm X Day Berkeley, California either Malcolm's birthday on May 19 or the third Sunday of May[8]
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen Saint Verhaegen Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium 20 November

References

  1. ^ Holly Matthews. "Susan B. Anthony Day". TeacherLINK @ Utah State University. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Presidential Proclamation – Cesar Chavez Day". whitehouse.gov. March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via National Archives.
  3. ^ "Ronald Reagan, John Muir, Harvey Milk: The Californian trinity". The Economist. July 8, 2010.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Proclamation 6107 - Harriet Tubman Day, 1990". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Proclamation 3315—Wright Brothers Day, 1959 | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ^ Knobel, Lance (2010-05-17). "Malcolm X Day -- more than a day off?". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
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