- Feb 2 Richard Vance Maxfield, composer
- Feb 2 Stan Getz [Stanley Gayetski], American jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- Feb 3 Val Doonican [Michael Valentine], Irish singer and entertainer, born in Waterford (d. 2015)
- Feb 7 John Buller, British composer, born in London (d. 2004)
- Feb 7 Juliette Gréco, French singer (Sous le ciel de Paris) and actress, born in Montpellier, France (d. 2020) [1]
- Feb 8 Zdenek Zouhar, composer
Leontyne Price
Feb 10 Leontyne Price, American opera soprano (Porgy & Bess), born in Laurel, Mississippi

Leontyne Price
- Feb 15 Gottfrid Grasbeck, composer
- Feb 21 Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer (Kaléidoscope), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1966)
- Feb 22 David Ahlstrom, American composer, born in Lancaster, New York (d. 1992)
- Feb 22 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999)
- Feb 23 Ivan Hrušovský, Slovak composer and educator (Rytmus), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2001)
- Feb 25 Jacques Monod, composer
- Feb 25 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, born in Dickenson County, Virginia (d. 2016)
- Feb 26 Donald Gramm, bass-baritone, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
About February 1927
How Old? 93 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No