- Feb 1 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister & daily newspaper publisher (Last News), dies at 69
- Feb 2 Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, dies at 52
- Feb 4 Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72
- Feb 5 Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77
- Feb 7 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54
- Feb 8 Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
- Feb 11 Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
- Feb 12 Dziga Vertov [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
- Feb 13 Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian and editor of Harper's Magazine, dies at 63
- Feb 17 Evert Gorter, Dutch children's pioneering paediatrician, dies at 72
- Feb 26 William Inge, English author, theologist and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, dies at 93