Which birthday has the most famous people?
Within chance
33 people, about twice an average day: a lucky day rather than a law. March 8 is the quietest, with 5.
The ten busiest birthdays
Spread the same people across the year at random and a day as busy as February 21 turns up about one time in 16. Each goes to everyone born that day, with the day’s Sun sign.
And the quietest
February 29 has 6, where a day that comes once in four years would expect 4.
Month by month
Each month against its share of the year’s days. The spread is within what chance gives: no month makes more famous people than its length would.
- January503, chance gives 504.487
- February490, chance gives 459.734
- March514, chance gives 504.487
- April481, chance gives 488.214
- May486, chance gives 504.487
- June498, chance gives 488.214
- July516, chance gives 504.487
- August496, chance gives 504.487
- September513, chance gives 488.214
- October500, chance gives 504.487
- November482, chance gives 488.214
- December465, chance gives 504.487
How it was counted
5,944 famous people with a page on this site, each counted on the day of the year they were born. The baseline is an even spread, February 29 counted as a quarter of a day. Real births are not quite even (more fall in late summer in many countries), which this does not allow for.
How unusual the busiest day is: each day’s count is set as chance would give it around the average day, and the question asked is how often a whole year of 365 such days has one as busy.
To cite this page: Which birthday has the most famous people?, Under Your Stars, https://underyourstars.com/numbers/famous-birthdays
Who was born on your day?
Every day of the year, with the famous people born on it and the day's Sun sign.