- Feb 1 Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
- Feb 2 José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
- Feb 3 George Harris, (4th Baron Harris), English cricket batsman and captain (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Kent CCC), born in St Ann's, Trinidad (d. 1932)
- Feb 3 Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz, Dutch general (ended Aceh War) and Governor General of Dutch East Indies 1904-09), born in Coevorden, Netherlands (d. 1924)
- Feb 8 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, American writer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1904)
- Feb 26 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 7 dismissals; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Kimberley, England (d. 1910)
- Feb 28 Samuel W. McCall, American politician (Rep-R-1893-1913), 47th Governor of Massachusetts (1916-19), born in East Providence Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)