- Feb 4 Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846)
- Feb 7 Albert Apponyi, Hungarian politician (Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary), dies at 86
- Feb 12 Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
- Feb 16 Archie Jackson, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 164), dies from tuberculosis at 23
- Feb 17 Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
- Feb 18 James J. Corbett, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1892-97), dies at 66
- Feb 19 Arnold Mendelssohn, German composer, dies at 77
- Feb 21 Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician who identified the plague in Bombay, dies at 76
- Feb 24 Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish actor (The Birth of a Nation, The Avenging Conscience), dies at 65
- Feb 26 Antoni Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74
- Feb 26 Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)