- Feb 3 Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
- Feb 5 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
- Feb 8 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
- Feb 8 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
- Feb 10 Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
- Feb 15 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
- Feb 18 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
- Feb 21 Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer