- Feb 1 Alexander Ogston, British surgeon (discovered Staphylococcus), educator, and military doctor, dies at 84
- Feb 1 August Halm, German composer, dies at 59
- Feb 3 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (b. 1878)
- Feb 5 Siegfried Ochs, German composer, dies at 70
- Feb 8 Maria Christina of Austria, Austrian born Queen and Regent of Spain, dies at 71
- Feb 12 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist, dies at 66
- Feb 12 Lillie Langtry (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton), British-American artists' model, stage actress (His Neighbor's Wife), theatrical producer, thoroughbred owner, and socialite, dies at 75
- Feb 14 Tom Burke, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 400m 1896), dies at 53
- Feb 17 Maurice Read, English cricket batsman (17 Tests, 2 x 50; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1890; Surrey CCC), dies at 70
- Feb 24 André Charles Prosper Messager, French organist, composer and conductor (Les Deux Pigeons, Véronique), dies at 75
- Feb 27 Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), dies at 65
- Feb 28 Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Pirquet’s skin test for tuberculosis, coined the word 'allergy'), commits suicide at 54
- Feb 28 John Ebenezer West, English composer, dies at 65
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