- Feb 3 Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
- Feb 5 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
- Feb 8 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, German chemist (Chinoline), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1867)
- Feb 8 Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, Austrian satirical writer and journalist, born in Lovasbereny, near Budapest (d. 1858)
- Feb 10 Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1858)
- Feb 15 Charles Niellon, Belgian general (Liberation of Antwerp during Belgian Revolution), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1871)
- Feb 18 George Peabody, American merchant and philanthropist (Peabody Trust and Institute), born in South Danvers, Massachusetts (d. 1869)
- Feb 21 Francisco Manuel da Silva, Brazilian composer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1865)