- Feb 1 Fleetwood Lindley, American man & last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face, dies at 75
- Feb 2 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright (Sailor's Wives), dies at 77
- Feb 2 William Gaxton, American actor (Destry, Convoy), dies at 72
- Feb 6 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
- Feb 6 Abd el-Krim [Mohamed ibn Abdelkrim El-Khattabi], Moroccan political and military leader (Republic of the Rif), dies at 85
- Feb 7 Learco Guerra, Italian road racing cyclist, dies at 60
- Feb 8 Abd al-Karīm Qāsim, Prime Minister of Iraq (1958-63),, assassinated in Baghdad at 48
- Feb 8 George Dolenz [Jure Dolenc], Italian actor (Scared Stiff, Count of Monte Cristo), dies from a heart attack at 55
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Feb 11 Sylvia Plath, American poet/novelist (Ariel), commits suicide at 30
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- Feb 13 Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies
- Feb 16 László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethno-musicologist and conductor, dies at 70
- Feb 16 Friedrich Dessauer, German physicist (radiologist), dies at 81
- Feb 18 Monte Blue, American silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73
- Feb 18 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56
- Feb 20 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor, dies at 48
- Feb 20 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (Jalousie ; Cinema Music), dies at 83
- Feb 26 Artturi Leinonen, Finnish journalist and writer (Kati), dies at 74
- Feb 27 William Auchterlonie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1893), dies at 90
- Feb 28 Theodore Newton, American actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58
- Feb 28 Rajendra Prasad, Indian leader, First President of India (1950-62), dies at 78
- Feb 28 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer dies of a heart attack at 37