List of holidays commemorating individuals

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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
Errol Barrow Errol Barrow Day Barbados 21 January
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Day United States 31 March
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
Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi Jayanti India 2 October
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
Barack Obama Obama Day Kenya 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
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Day United States 10 March
Queen Victoria Victoria Day Canada last Monday before 25 May
George Washington Washington's Birthday United States third Monday in February
Wright brothers Wright Brothers Day United States 17 December
Malcolm X Malcolm X Day Berkeley, California either Malcolm's birthday on May 19 or the third Sunday of May
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