- Feb 6 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, German diplomat, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1912)
- Feb 15 Heinrich [Henry] Engelhard Steinway, German American piano maker (Steinway & Sons), born in Wolfshagen im Harz, Duchy of Brunswick (d. 1871)
- Feb 24 Samuel Lover, Irish composer, novelist and painter, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1868)
- Feb 28 Frederick, prince of Netherlands, general and admiral (10 day campaign), born in Berlin (d. 1881)
- Feb 28 Mary Lyon, American educator and activist for woman's higher education (set up and first Principal of Mt Holyoke Female Seminary), born near Buckland, Massachusetts (d. 1849)