Do you know someone born on February 29?  

Yes, I do know someone who was born on that day. We often tease him considering that he cannot celebrate his birthday every year and most likely he is still very young considering that his birthday does not come all the time. But he does celebrate his birthday just like your student.

yes i had a classmate before that was born on Feb 29. she also celebrates her birthday on the 28th just like the people you knew. sometimes when i asked her age she said that she was 4 since 29th of feb appears only every 4 years (leap year) but actually she was 16 that time! hehe :)

My mom is born on February 29th. She celebrates on the closest Sunday to her birthday.

Hey dolce! I think that most people who were born on February 29th
or "Leap Year" as we call it here in the US do celebrate their
birthday on February 28th! They have to or they would only
celebrate once every four years! So, as your student said, to
be normal they would have to celebrate on February 28th or
March 1st and I think that most people pick the February date
to feel closer to their "real" birthday!

Here in our time zone, tomorrow will be January 31st. Then the next day is February first. But on February first it is my sister's birthday. It seems like I know a lot of people born in February. I do not know anyone with a birthday on February 29th, but I do know someone who has a birthday on February 28th. She missed the leap year problem by a day.

My step son Joe was born on February 29th 1980. Since his birthday is only every four years, he is going to be 7 1/2 this year.

We celebrate his birthday the day AFTER the 28th...because he was born the day after the 28th. So for three years we celebrate it March 1st, and every fourth year we do it on the 29th of February.

My step-daughter Ashleigh was born on February 29th. Every four years she has a big party, but we always aknowledge the "off year birthdays" on the 28th of Feb, or Mar. 1st. Ash doesn't live near us (we're in Canada, she's in the USA) so we aknowledge her birhtday over the phone, on the internet, and by mail.

No I don't I wish I knew someone that was born on that day. I was close to being born on that day, but instead I was born on February 27 and that's good for me because I would not know how I would deal with that. I know that people that are born on that day still celebrate their birthday every year.

I have a friend who was born on the 29th of february. He celebrates it on march 1. He said he had the option to either celebrate it on the 28th or 1st of march. It must be really special for them if they get to celebrate it on a leap year.

I do really have no such a friend born in Feb.29. If yes,they do celebrate their birthday in TRADITIONAL CHINESE CALENDAR.And they would never miss any birthday.
Being born in Feb.29 is not a big thing, the key is how you look at it.

That is my opinion.