- Feb 3 William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (modern x-ray tube), dies at 101
- Feb 4 Julian Fuhs, German-American jazz pianist and bandleader (Follies Band), dies at 83
Louis Jordan (1908-1975)
Feb 4 American musician, songwriter and bandleader ("Caldonia"; "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"; "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Feb 5 Åke Persson, Swedish bebop jazz trombonist (Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, 1963–71), dies at 42
- Feb 7 Brendan Fay, American actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54
- Feb 8 John H. Secondari, American author and newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55
- Feb 8 Martyn Green, British actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh), dies at 75
- Feb 8 Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
- Feb 9 Constant Burniaux, Belgian writer (The Abandoned) and art historian (Temps Inquiets), dies at 82
- Feb 10 Dave Alexander, American rock bassist (The Stooges, 1967-70), dies of pneumonia exacerbated by alcoholism at 27
- Feb 10 Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)
- Feb 11 Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931)
- Feb 13 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, dies at 74
- Feb 13 Henry P. Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77
- Feb 14 Heintje Davids [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist (Zandvoort by the sea), dies at 87
- Feb 14 Julian S. Huxley, English biologist, 1st director-general of UNESCO, dies at 87
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
Feb 14 English-American writer (Bertie Wooster novels), dies at 93
- Feb 16 (Adanelle) "Norman" Treigle, American operatic bass-baritone, dies of an accidental sleeping pill overdose at 47
- Feb 16 Morgan Taylor, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1924; bronze 1928, 32), dies at 71
- Feb 18 Chivu Stoica [Stoica Chivu], Romanian politician (Premier of Romania 1955-61), dies at 66
- Feb 18 Nazir Ali, Indian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; first Indian Test 1932; Southern Punjab, Sussex CCC), dies at 68
- Feb 18 Raymond Moley, US advisor to pres Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88
- Feb 19 Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer (Il prigioniero; Ulisse), dies of Pulmonary edema at 71
- Feb 20 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, American bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
- Feb 20 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88
- Feb 20 Robert Strauss, American actor (Stalag 17, The Seven Year Itch), dies from a stroke at 61
- Feb 24 Nikolai A Bulganin, Soviet-Russian marshal and 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (1955-58), dies at 79
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
Feb 25 American religious leader, and Black separatist (Nation of Islam, 1934-75), dies of heart failure at 77
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