- Feb 5 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)
- Feb 9 Alfred Moore Scales, American politician (45th Governor of North Carolina), dies at 64
- Feb 11 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
- Feb 16 Henry Walter Bates, English naturalist and explorer in South America (described mimicry in animals), dies at 67
- Feb 19 Monty Bowden, English cricket wicketkeeper and captain (2 Tests; youngest England captain at 23 years, 144 days), dies of epilepsy at 26
- Feb 20 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
- Feb 22 Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (b. 1828)
- Feb 27 Anne Clough, English suffragette, promoted higher education for women, first principal of New College, dies at 72
Louis Vuitton (1821-1892)
Feb 27 French founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, dies at 70
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