- Feb 1 Joseph Gungl, Austrian composer, dies at 78
- Feb 3 Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40
- Feb 12 Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (batted in England's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies at 41
- Feb 13 João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (b. 1885)
- Feb 26 Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)