- Feb 2 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
- Feb 2 Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1920), dies at 53
- Feb 5 Johann Blaskowitz, German general (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64
- Feb 6 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
- Feb 7 Red McKenzie, American jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies at 48
- Feb 9 Karl Valentin, Bavarian comedian and film producer, dies at 65
- Feb 10 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), dies at 59
- Feb 11 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
- Feb 14 Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1907, 08; NL wins leader 1909; MLB ERA leader 1906; Chicago Cubs), dies at 71
- Feb 19 Bob Groom, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 St. Louis Browns), dies at 63
- Feb 21 Frederick Lamond, Scottish pianist and composer, dies at 80
- Feb 23 John Robert Gregg, Irish-American inventor of a shorthand system Gregg Shorthand, dies at 80