- Feb 1 Clinton Davisson, American physicist (Nobel 1937- discovery of electron diffraction in the famous Davisson-Germer experiment), dies at 76
- Feb 3 Henry Kuttner, American sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies of a heart attack at 42
- Feb 3 Johan Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer and clown (1 great dog), dies at 81
- Feb 4 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince and International Red Cross executive, dies of a thrombosis at 46
- Feb 5 H. M. Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
- Feb 6 Billy Whelan, Irish soccer forward (4 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United 79 games), dies Munich air disaster at 22
- Feb 6 Charles Morgan, English writer (Fountain), dies at 64
- Feb 6 David Pegg, English soccer outside left (1 cap; Manchester United 127 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 22
- Feb 6 Eddie Colman, English soccer winger (Manchester United 85 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 21
- Feb 6 Frank Swift, English soccer goalkeeper and journalist (19 caps; Manchester City 376 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 44
- Feb 6 Geoff Bent, English soccer fullback (Manchester United 12 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 25
- Feb 6 Mark Jones, English soccer defender (Manchester United 103 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 24
- Feb 6 Roger Byrne, English soccer fullback (33 caps; Manchester United 245 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 28
- Feb 6 Tommy Taylor, English soccer striker (19 caps; Manchester United 166 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 26
- Feb 6 Walter Crickmer, English soccer executive and manager (Manchester United), dies in Munich air disaster at 58
- Feb 7 Betty MacDonald [nee Bard], American humor writer (The Egg and I), dies of cancer at 50
- Feb 7 Walter Kingsford, British actor (Carefree, My Favorite Blonde), dies at 76
- Feb 10 Billy Vine, American actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
- Feb 11 Ernest Jones, Welsh psychoanalyst (biographer of Freud - Life & Work of Sigmund Freud), dies at 79
- Feb 12 Douglas R. Hartree, English mathematician and physicist, dies at 60
- Feb 12 Marcel Cachin, French politician and co-founder of the French Communist Party, dies at 88
- Feb 13 Dame Christabel Pankhurst, a leading suffragette (English) "Queen of the mob" (b.1880)
- Feb 13 Georges Rouault, French expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre), dies at 86
- Feb 14 Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (b. 1899)
- Feb 17 Hugh McCrae, Australian writer and poet (Satyrs and Sunlight: Sylvarum Libri), dies at 81
- Feb 20 Thurston Hall, American actor (Roaming Lady; In Society), dies at 75
- Feb 21 Duncan Edwards, English soccer midfielder (18 caps; Manchester United), dies from injuries sustained in Munich air disaster at 21
- Feb 22 Abul Kalam Azad, 1st Minister of Education in the Indian government, dies at 69
- Feb 22 Theo Harych, German writer, commits suicide at 54
- Feb 24 Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at 86
- Feb 26 Vlas Chubar, Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician, executed as part of Josef Stalin's 'Great Purge' at 58
- Feb 27 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
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