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 |
| Malala Yousafzai | Malala Day | Various | July 12th |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Gandhi Jayanti | India | 2 October |
| Mother Teresa | Mother Teresa Day | Albania | September 5 |
| 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, parts of the United States | 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 |
| Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen | Saint Verhaegen | Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | 20 November |