Friedrich Ebert (1871-1925)
Feb 4 German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic
- Feb 5 Jovan Dučić, Herzegovinian Serb poet (Blue Legends), born in Trebinje, Ottoman Empire (d. 1943)
- Feb 7 (Carl) Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1927)
- Feb 9 Fran Saleški Finžgar, Slovene folk writer (Our Blood, Service Girls), born in Doslovče, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1962)
- Feb 9 Howard T Ricketts, American pathologist (studied typhus fever), born in Findlay, Ohio (d. 1910)
- Feb 14 Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (The Saga of Gösta Berling), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1959)
- Feb 18 Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
- Feb 23 Theo Molkenboer, Dutch painter ("The Toilette"), and graphic designer of book covers and posters, born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1920)
- Feb 25 Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), born in Brooklyn, NY (d. 1953)