List of holidays commemorating individuals
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This is a list of government-sanctioned holidays commemorating individuals.
| Person | Holiday | Observing government | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhanubhakta Acharya | Bhanu Jayanti | Nepal, India | 13 July[1] |
| B. R. Ambedkar | Ambedkar Jayanti | India | 14 April[2] |
| Susan B. Anthony | Susan B. Anthony Day | United States | 15 February[3] |
| Errol Barrow | Errol Barrow Day | Barbados | 21 January |
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose | Netaji Jayanti | India | 23 January[4] |
| Robert Burns | Burns Night (or Day) | Scotland | 25 January[5] |
| Cesar Chavez | Cesar Chavez Day | United States | 31 March[6] |
| Jesus Christ | Christmas | Various | 25 December |
| Christopher Columbus | Columbus Day | Various | second Monday in October (US); 12 October (elsewhere) |
| Leif Erikson | Leif Erikson Day | United States, parts of Canada | 9 October[7] |
| Guy Fawkes | Guy Fawkes Night (or Day) | United Kingdom | 5 November |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Gandhi Jayanti | India | 2 October |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | United States | third Monday in January |
| Fred Korematsu | Fred Korematsu Day | Parts of the United States | 30 January[8] |
| 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 | 22 May |
| John Muir | John Muir Day | California | 21 April[9] |
| Barack Obama | Obama Day | Kenya, parts of the United States | 6 November |
| Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks Day | Four states of the United States | 4 February (California and Missouri); 1 December (Ohio and Oregon) |
| Maharana Pratap | Pratap Jayanti | Rajasthan | 9 May[10] |
| Casimir Pulaski | General Pulaski Memorial Day | United States | 11 October |
| Casimir Pulaski Day | Illinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc. | first Monday in March[11] | |
| Shivaji | Shiv Jayanti | Maharashtra | 19 February |
| Mother Teresa | Mother Teresa Day | Albania | 5 September |
| Harriet Tubman | Harriet Tubman Day | United States | 10 March[12] |
| Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen | Saint Verhaegen | Brussels | 20 November[13] |
| Queen Victoria | Victoria Day | Canada | last Monday before 25 May |
| George Washington | Washington's Birthday | United States | third Monday in February[14] |
| Wright brothers | Wright Brothers Day | United States | 17 December[15] |
| Malcolm X | Malcolm X Day | Berkeley, California | either Malcolm's birthday on 19 May or the third Sunday of May[16] |