- Feb 2 Leopold Eugen Mechura, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1870)
- Feb 5 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland's national anthem "Maamme"), born in Jakobstad, Finland (d. 1877)
- Feb 6 Regnerus Livius van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch politician, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1813)
John Deere (1804-1886)
Feb 7 American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company), born in Rutland, Vermont
- Feb 8 Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer, born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1834)
- Feb 12 Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
- Feb 14 Otis Tufts, American machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1869)
- Feb 16 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
- Feb 17 Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1883)
- Feb 19 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
- Feb 19 David Wark, Irish-born Canadian senator (1867-1905) who served almost 38 years in office, born in Derry, Ireland (d. 1905)