- Feb 1 Jahangir Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests India; Pakistan selector), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 1988)
- Feb 1 Michael Kanin, American director, writer and actor (Woman of the Year, Teacher's Pet), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1993)
- Feb 2 Charlotte Auerbach, German-born British geneticist and zoologist, born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1994)
- Feb 3 Blas Galindo, Mexican composer (A la Patria), born in San Gabriel, Mexico (d. 1993)
- Feb 3 Nelson Case, American TV host (Trash or Treasure), born in Long Beach, California (d. 1976)
- Feb 3 Robert Earl Jones, American actor (The Sting, Witness, Sleepaway Camp), born in Senatobia, Mississippi (d. 2006)
- Feb 4 Uys Krige, South African playwright and novelist (Orphan of the Desert), born in Bontebokskloof, Cape Province (d. 1987)
- Feb 5 Charles Leblond, Canadian Cell Biologist (d. 2007)
- Feb 5 Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (played for Argentina 1930-37), born in La Plata, Argentina (d. 2010)
- Feb 6 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster, born in Tunis, Tunisia (d. 1993)
- Feb 6 George Poyser, English soccer defender (Brentford) and manager (Notts County, Manchester City), born in Stanton Hill, England (d. 1995)
- Feb 6 Irmgard Keun, German author, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1982)
- Feb 9 Herbert "Peanuts" Holland, American swing jazz trumpeter, born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1979)
- Feb 9 Jacques Monod, French biochemist (1966 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine - genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
- Feb 10 Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar (1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding WW II refugees), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1969)
- Feb 10 Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), born in Princeton, Illinois (d. 1960)
- Feb 10 Joyce Grenfell, British actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily), born in London, England (d. 1979)
- Feb 10 Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1988)
- Feb 12 Forsyth Hardy, Scottish documentary film pioneer and critic, born in Bathgate, Scotland (d. 1994)
- Feb 12 Gunnar Höckert, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1936), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1940)
- Feb 12 Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist, founder of Samsung, born in Uiryeong County, Korean Empire (d. 1987)
William Shockley (1910-1989)
Feb 13 American physicist who helped invent the transistor (1956 Nobel), who was also known for his racist eugenics views, born in London, England
- Feb 15 Irena Sendler [née Krzyżanowska], Polish nurse, social worker, and WWII heroine who helped smuggle Jewish ghetto children to safety, born in Warsaw, Russian Poland (d. 2008) [1]
- Feb 16 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), born in Morelia, Mexico (d. 1956)
- Feb 17 Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer, and conductor (Romanian National Opera, 1944-63), and teacher, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1966)
- Feb 17 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (El Dorado, Big Sky, Apache Uprising), born in Gravelly, Arkansas (d. 1979)
- Feb 17 Marc Lawrence [Max Goldsmith], American character actor (Man With Golden Gun), born in New York City (d. 2005)
- Feb 20 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter and collage maker, born in Dorking, England (d. 1988)
- Feb 21 Al Sears, American jazz and R&B saxophonist (Duke Elllington Orchestra; Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock"), born in Macomb, Illinois (d. 1990)
- Feb 21 Carmine Galante, Italian-born gangster (d. 1979)
- Feb 21 Douglas Bader, British pilot and WWII flying ace during WWII, born in London, England (d. 1982)
- Feb 21 Eddie Waring, British sports commentator (d. 1986)
- Feb 22 Vaughn Taylor, American character actor (Jailhouse Rock; Johnny Jupiter; Psycho), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Feb 24 Arthur Hazlerigg, British peer and cricketer (d. 2002)
- Feb 24 Clyde Hart, American swing and bebop jazz piano player and arranger (Stuff Smith; Lionel Hampton; Roy Eldridge), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1945)
- Feb 25 Millicent Fenwick, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury), born in New York City (d. 1992)
- Feb 27 Joan Bennett, American actress (Little Women, Disraeli), born in Palisades, New Jersey (d. 1990)
- Feb 27 Kelly Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works, Lockheed U-2, SR-71 Blackbird), born in Ishpeming, Michigan (d. 1990)
- Feb 27 Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
- Feb 27 Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
- Feb 28 Roman Maciejewski, Polish composer (Requiem - Missa pro defunctis), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1988)
About February 1910
How Old? 114 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No