- Feb 4 Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
- Feb 5 James Otis, American lawyer and patriot, born in Barnstable, Massachusetts (d. 1783)
- Feb 25 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (Geistliche Kantaten)
- Feb 26 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor who designed and built 1st automobile, born in Void, France (d. 1804) [or born September 25]