Louis St. Laurent (1882-1973)
Feb 1 12th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1948-57), born in Compton, Quebec
- Feb 2 Andrew, Prince of Greece and Denmark, born in Monte Carlo, Monaco (d. 1944)
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Feb 2 Irish novelist and poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Feb 3 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma; oldest person in the Netherlands (d. 1991)
- Feb 5 Felice Lattuada, Italian composer and educator (Civica Scuola di Musica, Milan, 1935-62), born at Caselle di Morimondo, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1962)
- Feb 7 Wilbur Sweatman, American ragtime and dixieland jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, born in Brunswick, Missouri (d. 1961) [1]
- Feb 8 George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), born in New York City (d. 1928)
- Feb 8 Thomas Selfridge, American army officer, 1st person to die in an airplane crash, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1908)
- Feb 9 James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1950)
- Feb 9 Tom Campbell, South African cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 8 dismissals), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1924)
- Feb 11 Gheorghe Cucu, Romanian composer, born in Puiești, Romania (d. 1932)
- Feb 12 Walter Vaes, Belgian painter and etcher (d. 1958)
- Feb 14 George Jean Nathan, American editor, author and critic (American Mercury), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 1958)
- Feb 14 Ignaz Friedman, Polish pianist and composer, born in Podgórze, Kraków, Austrian Poland (d. 1948)
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Feb 15 American actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Feb 17 Kurt Schindler, German-American composer and conductor, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1935)
- Feb 22 Eric Gill, English sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill sans), born in Brighton, England (d. 1940)
- Feb 23 Ladislav Vycpalek, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1969)
- Feb 25 Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philologist (Language boundary), born in Wuustwezel, Belgium (d. 1963)
- Feb 26 Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral, commander of the Pacific Fleet during Pearl Harbour Attack, born in Henderson, Kentucky (d. 1968)
- Feb 28 Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (Story of American Singer), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
- Feb 28 Jose Vasconcelos, politician, essayist, philosopher, born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1959)
- Feb 28 Richard Stein, German composer, born in Halle, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1942)