- Feb 2 Max Schmeling, German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), dies at 99
- Feb 7 Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
- Feb 12 Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
- Feb 13 Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
- Feb 13 Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
- Feb 14 Najai Turpin, American boxer
- Feb 17 Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
- Feb 26 Ian Colquhoun, New Zealand cricket wicket keeper (NZ vs England 1954-55), dies at 80