LGBT people born on 29th February:
1948 – Willi Smith – US Fashion Designer – Died 17th April 1987
1956 – Aileen Wuornos – US Serial Killer – Died 9th October 2002
1972 – Pedro Zamora – Cuban / US Reality TV [Real World: San Francisco] / Activist – Died 11th November 1994
And those who died:
1972 – Violet Trefusis – UK Author – Born 6th June 1894
1996 – Sinclair Ross – Canadian Author / Banker – Born 22nd January 1908
LGBT people born today:
1903 – Vincente Minnelli – US Director – Died 25th July 1986
1909 – Stephen Spender – UK Poet / Author – Died 16th July 1995
1939 – Tommy Tune – US Actor / Dancer / Singer / Choreographer / Director
1952 – William Finn – US Composer / Lyricist
1963 – Rosie Mendez – US Politician
1969 – Danielle Egnew – US Singer / Actress
And those who died:
1916 – Henry James – US / UK Philosopher / Psychologist – Born 15th April 1843
1917 – Edmund John – UK Poet – Born 27th November 1883
1987 – Stephen Tennant – UK Aristocrat – Born 21st April 1906
Events in LGBT history:
1977 – Gaysweek first published in New York, USA
2007 – Equalised age of consent comes into force in Jersey, UK
LGBT people born today:
1880 – Angelina Weld Grimke – US Journalist / Poet – Died 10th June 1958
1925 – Pat Bond – US Actress – Died 24th December 1990
1934 – Vincent Fourcade – French Interior Designer – Died 23rd December 1992
1936 – Sonia Johnson – US Author / Activist / Hotelier
1953 – Libby Davies – Canadian / UK Politician
1955 – Bevan Dufty – US Politician
1962 – Chiya Fujino – Japanese Author
1963 – Barbara Dare – US Porn
1971 – Derren Brown – UK Illusionist / Presenter
1974 – Matt Majors – US Porn
1975 – Christopher B Landon – US Screenwriter
1982 – Benjamin Bradley – US Porn 
And those who died:
1994 – Sir Harold Acton – UK Author – Born 5th July 1904
1998 – Annemarie Grewel – Dutch Politician / Columnist – Born 13th June 1935
2008 – Anthony Blond – UK Author / Publisher – Born 20th March 1928
2009 – Carol Philipps – Canadian Journalist / Activist / Editor – Born 5th February 1965
1564 – Christopher Marlowe – UK Poet / Playwright – Died 30th May 1593
1861 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria – Bulgarian Monarch / Author / Botanist / Entomologist / Philatelist – Died 10th September 1948
1879 – Mabel Dodge Luhan – US Columnist / Playwright – Died 13th August 1962
1951 – Christopher Gillis – Canadian Dancer – Died 7th August 1993
1951 – Jerry Mills – US Cartoonist – Died 28th January 1993
1965 – Andrew Olexander – Australian Politician
1965 – Josephine Wiggs – UK Musician / Singer
1989 – Jason, Jimmy & Joey Visconti – Hungarian Porn Triplets 
And those who died:
1993 – Constance Ford – US Model / Actress – Born 1st July 1923
1995 – Chris Burns – US Porn – Born 17th September 1958
1999 – Jose Quintero – Panamanian Director – Born 15th October 1924
On a linked note, I have unearthed another gay athlete competing in the Winter Olympics (well thanks to Outsports actually). Sanne van Kerkhof is a Dutch short-track speed skater (who is apparently also the partner of Ireen Wust). Oh, and Johnny Weir is definitely gay (allegedly).
LGBT people born today:
1912 – Richard Wattis – UK Actor – Died 1st February 1975
1937 – Severo Sarduy – Cuban Poet / Author / Playwright / Art & Literature Critic – Died 8th June 1993
1942 – John Saul – US Author
1947 – Jorge Donn – Argentine Ballet – Died 30th November 1992
1955 – Rodger McFarlane – US Activist / Author – Died 15th May 2009
And those who died:
1945 – Mario de Andrade – Brazilian Poet / Author / Historian / Critic / Photographer – Born 9th October 1893
1983 – Tennessee Williams – US Playwright – Born 26th March 1911
1987 – James Coco – US Actor – Born 21st March 1930
LGBT people born today:
1890 – Marjorie Main – US Actress – Died 10th April 1975
1939 – Doric Wilson – US Playwright / Producer
1951 – Tony Holiday – German Singer – Died 14th February 1990
1956 – Judith Butler – US Philosopher
1962 – Jennie Livingston – US Director
1963 – Laurent Ruquier – French Presenter
1965 – Nitzan Horowitz – Israeli Journalist / Politician
1971 – Jolie Justus – US Politician / Lawyer
1975 – Ashley MacIsaac – Canadian Actor / Fiddler
1977 – Jose Galisteo – Spanish Singer / Musician / Actor
1979 – Julio Vidal – Brazilian Porn / Dancer / Model
1985 – Gwen Araujo – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 3rd October 2002
And those who died:
1990 – Malcolm Forbes – US Publisher – Born 19th August 1919
1990 – Johnny Ray – US Singer / Songwriter / Pianist – Born 10th January 1927
LGBT people born today:
1931 – Robin Wood – UK / Canadian Film Critic / Teacher – Died 18th December 2009
1948 – Sugar Lee Hooper – Dutch Singer / Musician
1952 – Glen Maxey – US Politician / Activist
1954 – Michael Hardwick – US Barman / Activist – Died 13th June 1991
1959 – Karin Wolff – German Author / Politician
1962 – Olivier Ducastel – French Director / Screenwriter
1969 – Vaginal Davis – US Drag Queen / Painter / Author / Performance Artist / Composer
1972 – Michael Ausiello – US Journalist / Actor
And those who died:
1996 – William Bonin – US Serial Killer – Born 8th January 1947
2009 – Tuulikki Pietila – Finnish Artist – Died 18th February 1917
2009 – Scott Symons – Canadian Author – Born 13th July 1933
Events in LGBT history:
2009 – The Colorado House approves a domestic partner benefits bill that would make it easier for unmarried couples (incluing LGBT) to make medical decisions for incapacitated partners and leave property to their partners [or 24th February 2009]
LGBT people born today:
1892 – Edna St Vincent Millay – US Poet / Playwright – Died 19th October 1950
1917 – Jane Bowles – US Author / Playwright – Died 4th May 1973
1926 – Kenneth Williams – UK Actor / Comedian – Died 15th April 1988
1937 – Joanna Russ – US Author
1938 – Barry Dennen – US Actor / Singer / Author
1938 – Pierre Vallieres – Canadian Journalist / Author / Publisher – Died 23rd December 1998
1940 – Billy Name – US Photographer
1942 – Ed Savitz – US Businessman – Died 27th March 1993
1944 – Felice Picano – US Author / Poet / Critic / Playwright / Publisher
1947 – Karla Jay – US Professor / Author / Activist
1958 – Didier Lestrande – French Activist / Author / Publisher
1964 – Gigi Fernandez – Puerto Rican / US Tennis
1966 – Brian Greig – Australian Politician
1966 – Aiden Shaw – UK Porn / Poet
1969 – Hans Klok – Dutch Illusionist / Actor
1969 – Melissa York – US Musician
1975 – Drew Barrymore – US Actress / Director
And those who died:
1945 – Sara Josephine Baker – US Author – Born 15th November 1873
1987 – Andy Warhol – US Painter / Printmaker / Photographer / Director – Born 6th August 1928
1987 – Glenway Wescott – US Author – Born 11th April 1901
1994 – Elliott Hayes – Canadian Playwright – Born 22nd June 1956
2006 – Gisberta Salce Jr – Brazilian Homeless Murder Victim – Born ??
LGBT people born today:
1907 – W. H. Auden – UK / US Poet – Died 29th September 1973
1926 – Humphry Berkeley – UK Politician – Died 14th November 1994
1936 – Barbara Jordan – US Politician – Died 17th January 1996
1940 – Keith Prentice – US Actor – Died 27th September 1992
1942 – Sam Garrison – US Lawyer / Activist – Died 27th May 2007
1943 – David Geffen – US Producer
1946 – Peter Hitchener – Australian Presenter
1949 – Phil Reed – US Politician – Died 6th November 2008
1960 – Isaac Julien – UK Artist / Director
1962 – Chuck Palahnuik – US Author / Journalist
1968 – Jenny Hiloudaki – Greek Model / Author
1981 – Ramy Eletreby – US Actor / Journalist
And those who died:
1908 – Harriet Hosmer – US Sculptor – Born 9th October 1830
Events in LGBT history:
1903 – 1st recorded raid on a US gay bathhouse at the Ariston Hotel Baths, New York. 26 men arrested on sodomy charges and 12 brought to trial. 7 later sentenced to between 4 and 20 years imprisonment.
LGBT people born today:
1872 – William Lygon – UK Politician – Died 14th November 1938
1880 – Jacques D’Adelsward-Fersen – French Author / Poet / Aristocrat – Died 5th November 1923
1895 – Robert Andrews – UK Actor – Died 1976
1927 – Roy Cohn – US Lawyer / Politician – Died 2nd August 1986
1943 – Dr Joel Weisman – US Physician – Died 18th July 2009
1947 – Torstein Dahle – Norwegian Politician
1947 – Andre van Duin – Dutch Actor / Singer
1948 – Lord John Browne – UK Businessman
1949 – Mab Segrest – US Poet / Activist
1953 – Gaetan Dugas – Canadian alleged to be Patient Zero in the AIDS epidemic – Died 30th March 1984
1965 – Philip Hensher – UK Journalist / Author
1966 – Stephen Gendin – US Author / Activist – Died 19th July 2000
1970 – Stuart Miles – UK Presenter
1971 – Calpernia Addams – US Author / Activist / Actress / Musician
1972 – Aditya Bondyopadhyay – Indian Lawyer / Activist
1978 – Jeremy Jordan – Canadian / US Porn
1981 – Adrian Lamo – US Journalist
And those who died:
1959 – Laurence Housman – UK Playwright / Author / Illustrator – Born 18th July 1865
1968 – Anthony Asquith – UK Director – Born 9th November 1902
2002 – John Paul Hudson – US Activist – Born 28th April 1929
1917 – Carson McCullers – US Author / Playwright – Died 29th September 1967
1920 – George Rose – UK Actor / Murder Victim – Died 5th May 1988
1921 – Dudley Cave – UK Activist – Died 19th May 1999
1947 - Stuart Challender - Australian Composer - Died 13th December 1991
1947 – Jackie Curtis – US Actress / Poet / Playwright – Died 15th May 1985
1948 – Pim Fortuyn – Dutch Politician – Died 6th May 2002
1952 – Lari Pittman – US Artist
1953 – Stephen F Kolzak – US Director – Died 19th September 1990
1959/61 – Justin Fashanu – UK Footballer – Died 2nd May 1998
1965 – Jaime Bayly – Peruvian / US Author / Journalist / Presenter
1968 – Dallas Angguish – Australian Author / Poet
1981 – Beth Ditto – US Singer
And those who died:
1951 – Andre Gide – French Author – Born 22nd November 1869
1972 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Born 19th July 1892
1988 – Eric Stryker – US Porn – Born 24th September 1954
1994 – Derek Jarman – UK Director / Screenwriter – Born 31st January 1942
2001 – Charles Trenet – French Singer / Author – Born 18th May 1913
2002 – Sylvia Rivera – US Activist – Born 2nd July 1951
Events in LGBT history:
2009 – North Dakota Senate votes to include LGBT in the Human Rights Act
2010 – Football V Homophobia launches in the UK
LGBT people born today:
1917 – Tuulikki Pietila – Finnish Artist – Died 23rd February 2009
1925 – David March – UK Actor – Died 25th August 1999
1931 – Ned Sherrin – UK Presenter / Author / Director – Died 1st October 2007
1932 – Duane Michals – US Photographer
1934 – Audre Lorde – US Author / Poet / Activist – Died 17th November 1992
1947 – David Ehrenstein – US Film Critic / Journalist / Author / Blogger
1961 – Margaret Smith – UK Politician
1969 – Christopher Sieber – US Actor / Singer
1979 – Ben Harvey – US Presenter
And those who died:
1564 – Michelangelo – Italian Sculptor / Painter / Architect / Poet / Engineer – Born 6th March 1475
1876 – Charlotte Cushman – US Actress / Singer / Playwright / Director – Born 23rd July 1816
2006 – Laurel Hester – US Police Officer – Born 15th August 1956
2007 – Barbara Gittings – US Activist – Born 31st July 1932
1653 – Arcangelo Corelli – Italian Composer / Violinist – Died 8th January 1713
1854 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp – German Businessman – Died 22nd November 1902
1911 – Oskar Seidlin – US Poet / Author – Died 11th December 1984
1934 – Alan Bates – UK Actor – Died 27th December 2003
1958 – Claudia Schoppmann – German Historian / Author
1961 – Angela Eagle – UK Politician
1962 – Cheryl Jacques – US Politician / Activist
1965 – Peterson Toscano – US Playwright / Actor / Blogger / Comedian / Activist / Minister
1966 – Peter Karlsson – Swedish Ice Hockey – Died 11th March 1995
1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong – US Singer / Musician
1974 – Antton Harri – Spanish Porn 
1975 – Harisu – South Korean Singer / Model / Actress
1976 – Eric Magyar - ?? Porn / Director
And those who died:
1974 – Jack Cole – US Dancer / Choreographer – Born 27th April 1911
1994 – Randy Shilts – US Author / Journalist –Born 8th August 1951
2006 – Sybille Bedford – UK Author – Born 16th March 1911
LGBT people born today:
1893 – Katharine Cornell – US Actress – Died 9th July 1974
1926 – John Schlesinger – US Actor / Director – Died 25th July 2003
1937 – Paul Bailey – UK Author
1938 – John Corigliano – US Composer
1953 – Steve Kmetko – US Presenter
1962 – John Balance – UK Musician – Died 13th November 2004
1963 – Truong Tan – Vietnamese Artist
1973 – Michele Clarke – Trinidad & Tobago / Canadian Director / Author
1973/75 – Aaron Tanner – US Porn [or 1st February 1973/75]
1978 – John Tartaglia – US Actor / Puppeteer / Singer
1986 – Cameron Jackson – Czech Porn
And those who died:
1931 – Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden – German Photographer – Born 16th September 1856
1990 – Keith Haring – US Artist / Activist – Born 4th May 1958
2005 – Karlien Carstens – Namibian Murder Victim – Born ????
