John L. Sullivan
Feb 2 John L. Sullivan, American boxer (first heavyweight gloved champion, de facto 1882-92; last heavyweight bare-knuckle champion), dies at 59
- Feb 4 Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, dies at 49
- Feb 6 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55
- Feb 7 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, dies at 68
- Feb 9 Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends), dies at 30
- Feb 10 Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), dies at 75
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Feb 10 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 84
Wilfrid Laurier
Feb 17 Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1896-1911), dies of a stroke at 76