- Feb 1 Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
- Feb 16 Charles Pichegru, French army general and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon, born in Arbois, Franche-Comté (now France) (d. 1804)
- Feb 22 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer
- Feb 22 Jacob Kimball, composer