George VI (1895-1952)
Feb 6 King of the United Kingdom (1936-52), dies of a coronary thrombosis at 56
- Feb 7 Pete Henry, American College/Pro Football HOF tackle (Washington & Jefferson; First-team All-Pro 1920–23, NFL C'ship 1922, 23; Canton Bulldogs), dies at 54
- Feb 9 Norman Douglas, British novelist and travel writer (South Wind), dies at 83
- Feb 10 Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1880)
- Feb 11 Charles Scribner III, American book publisher, dies at 62
- Feb 13 Alfred Einstein, German-American musicologist (Mozart catalogue revision), dies at 71
- Feb 13 Josephine Tey, English author (The Daughter of Time), dies of cancer at 55
- Feb 14 Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
- Feb 19 (Percy) Lawrence Grant, British silent and sound screen character actor (Bulldog Drummond; Shanghai Express), dies at 81
- Feb 19 Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1920), dies at 92
- Feb 27 Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and dictator (1926), dies at 74
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