- Feb 13 James P. Carrell, American hymn composer, born in Washington County, Virginia (d. 1854)
- Feb 16 Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, born in The Hague (d. 1870)
- Feb 23 Emma Willard, American women's rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for women's higher education in the US, born in Berlin, Connecticut (d. 1870)