- Feb 1 Marguerite Audoux, French novelist, dies at 73
- Feb 3 Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887)
- Feb 5 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75
- Feb 7 Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91
- Feb 8 Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer and librarian, dies at 75
- Feb 13 C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
- Feb 14 Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (Juhlamarssi; Summer Symphony; Fantasia Apocaliptica), dies at 62
- Feb 18 Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, dies at 50
- Feb 20 Barlow Carkeek, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests, 6 dismissals; Victoria), dies when struck by a car at 58
- Feb 23 Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies