- 1959 William Axt, American film scores composer (The Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 70
- 1967 Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian pre-eminent poet and film director, dies in a car crash at 32
- 1968 Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
- 1976 Lily Pons, French opera singer (Met Opera) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies at 71
- 1977 Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
- 1980 David Janssen, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
- 1982 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), dies at 93
- 1983 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78
- 1990 Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
- 1991 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
- 1991 Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
- 1991 Ronald "Ron" Pickering, British athletics coach and BBC sports commentator, dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
- 1996 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), dies of a stroke at 76
- 1997 Antonius "Ton" Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen), dies at 74
- 2003 Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (Pretty Woman, The Parallax View), dies at 88
- 2006 Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
- 2007 Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
- 2009 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), dies at 81
- 2011 T. P. McKenna [Thomas Patrick McKenna], Irish actor (Rivals, Holocaust), dies at 81
- 2014 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons), dies at 85
- 2017 Seijun Suzuki, Japanese cult film director, dies at 93
February in History
Why 'SuperMac' was Banished From Number 10
War hero, Edwardian gentleman, academic, friend of the Kennedys, former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was born on this day.
February 10, 1894Ancient Dresden Reduced to Rubble
The blanket bombing of Dresden in East Germany which began on this day, cost thousands of lives and remains highly controversial.
February 13, 1945Last Adventure of Captain Cook
Explorer James Cook was the first European to set foot on Hawaii, where he was thought to be a god. But he would never leave the island alive.
February 14, 1779Nat King Cole's Struggle With Racism
Sure, he had unique talent and a golden voice, but as Nat King Cole, who died on this day, was to discover, that wasn't enough for American racists.
February 15, 1965
