- Feb 2 Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-48), born in Vigevano, Milan (d. 1557)
- Feb 4 Francois Rabelais, French satirist (Gargantua and Pantagruel), born in La Devinière, Touraine, Kingdom of France (d. 1553)
- Feb 20 Johan Friis, Danish statesman (Chancellor of Denmark, helped establish Lutheranism), born in Lundbygaard, Sweden (d. 1570)