- Feb 1 Johannes "Frits" Bakker Sr., Dutch actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap), (d. 1943)
- Feb 7 Jindřich Šimon Baar, Czech pastor and writer (Jan Cimbura), born in Klenčí pod Čerchovem, Austria-HUngary (d. 1925)
- Feb 10 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), born in Yevpatoria, Crimea (d. 1942)
- Feb 11 Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
- Feb 11 Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)
- Feb 12 Hendrik Marchant, Dutch politician (VVD), his private member's bill led to women's suffrage), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1956)
- Feb 14 Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel), born in Glencorse, Scotland (d. 1959)
- Feb 17 Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Portuguese cartographer and aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1959)
- Feb 23 Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (Central Committee member, Soviet Minister for Education, wife of Vladimir Lenin), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1939)
- Feb 26 Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1939)
- Feb 27 Alice Hamilton, American physician, scientist and social advocate (workmen's compensation laws, occupational illnesses), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1970) [1]