- Feb 5 Alexandre Brongniart, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary), born in Paris, France
- Feb 18 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
- Feb 20 Ferdinando Carulli, composer
- Feb 22 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
- Feb 26 Antoine Reicha, Czech born French composer and teacher, friend of Beethoven, born in Prague (d. 1836)