- Feb 1 Edmond Hamilton, American sci-fi author ("City at World's End"; "The Star Kings"), dies at 72
- Feb 3 Pauline Starke, American actress (Dante's Inferno; Dance Magic; Sun Up), dies at 76
- Feb 4 Brett Halliday, American writer (Dividend on Death), dies at 72
- Feb 5 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
- Feb 5 Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
- Feb 7 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher (suite of fifteen aspects), and legal scholar (Vrije Universiteit, 1926-65), dies at 82
- Feb 8 Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 75
- Feb 8 Josef Schelb, German pianist and composer (Sinfonia Apocalytica), dies at 82
- Feb 9 (Woodrow Wilson) "Buddy" Johnson, American jump blues pianist, bandleader, and songwriter ("They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool"; "Since I Fell for You"), dies from a brain tumor and sickle cell anemia at 62
- Feb 9 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
- Feb 9 Gaus, an orangutan who lived to be 59
- Feb 9 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (designed Il-2 Shturmovik - world's most produced military aircraft), dies at 82
- Feb 10 Grace Williams, Welsh composer (1st British woman to score a feature film), dies at 70
- Feb 11 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Feb 11 Louis Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
- Feb 13 Jack Gardner, American actor (The Secret Code; Three Russian Girls), dies at 74
- Feb 17 Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
- Feb 17 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
- Feb 18 Andy Devine, American character actor (Roy Roger's sidekick - "Cookie"; Stagecoach; Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, 1951-58), dies of leukemia at 71
- Feb 18 Maria Realino [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curacao), dies at 87
- Feb 18 Ralph Graves, American actor (Dirigible, Extra Girl, Flight, Dream Street), dies at 77
- Feb 19 Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
- Feb 19 Mike González, Cuban baseball player, dies at 86
- Feb 21 Henry Jordan, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (Super Bowl 1967, 68; 7 × All-Pro; 4 × Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns, GB Packers), dies from a heart attack at 42
- Feb 22 Edith Barrett, actress (Molly & Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64
- Feb 22 Jack O'Connor, English cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Derbyshire CCC), dies at 79
- Feb 25 Billy Coutu, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1924; Montreal Canadiens; only player banned from NHL for life, attacked referee 1927), dies at 84
- Feb 26 (Booker T. Washington) "Bukka" White, American country and Delta blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("Shake'Em On Down"; "Parchman Farm Blues"), dies of cancer at 70
- Feb 26 Maxime Jacob, French composer and organist, dies at 71
- Feb 26 Sherman Garnes, American rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), dies of a heart attack at 36
- Feb 27 Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), dies of leukemia or lead poisoning at 47
- Feb 27 John Dickson Carr, American mystery writer, dies of lung cancer at 70
- Feb 28 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American comedian and actor (The Jack Benny Program), dies at 71
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