- Feb 4 A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)
- Feb 6 Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis), born in Zakynthos Island, Greece (d. 1827) (26 Jan Greek calendar)
- Feb 12 Franz Joseph Volkert, Austrian composer, conductor and organist, born in Vienna (d. 1845)
- Feb 14 Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist, and composer (Twelve Studies), baptized in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1839)
- Feb 22 Rembrandt Peale, American portrait and historical painter (Margaret Irvine Miller ,1805; Court of Death, 1820), and museum keeper (Baltimore), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1860)
José de San Martín (1778-1850)
Feb 25 Argentine General, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule, born in Yapeyú, Argentina
