- Feb 3 John Fane, British politician, diplomat (11th Earl of Westmoreland), and composer (Royal Academy of Music, 1830), born in Piccadilly, London (d. 1859)
- Feb 5 Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, born in Hampshire County, West Virginia (d. 1818)
- Feb 20 Adam Black, Scottish politician and publisher (A & C Black), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1874)