List of holidays commemorating individuals

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

PersonHolidayObserving governmentDate
Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony Day United States15 February
Errol Barrow Errol Barrow Day Barbados21 January
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Day United States31 March
Jesus Christ Christmas VariousDecember 25
Christopher Columbus Columbus Day Varioussecond Monday in October (US); 12 October (elsewhere)
Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Night (or Day)United Kingdom5 November
Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi Jayanti India2 October
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day United Statesthird Monday in January
Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's Birthday Parts of the United States12 February
Nelson Mandela Mandela Day Various18 July
Harvey Milk Harvey Milk Day California / United States / New YorkMay 22
John Muir John Muir Day CaliforniaApril 21
Barack Obama Obama Day KenyaNovember 6
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Day Four states of the United States4 February (California and Missouri); 1 December (Ohio and Oregon)
Casimir Pulaski General Pulaski Memorial Day United States11 October
Casimir Pulaski Day Illinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc.first Monday in March
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Day United States10 March
Queen Victoria Victoria Day Canadalast Monday before 25 May
George Washington Washington's Birthday United Statesthird Monday in February
Wright brothers Wright Brothers Day United States17 December
Malcolm X Malcolm X Day Berkeley, Californiaeither Malcolm's birthday on May 19 or the third Sunday of May
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen Saint Verhaegen Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium20 November