- Feb 2 Wendy Barrie, British-American TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
- Feb 4 Bergen Evans, American professor of English ($64,000 Question), dies at 73
- Feb 5 Annie Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian and author (Low Countries by the Sea; Erflaters - both written with her husband Jan), dies at 83
- Feb 5 Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68
- Feb 9 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
- Feb 9 Herbert Kappler, German head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre, dies at 70
- Feb 9 Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian pasillo and ranchera singer, dies of peritonitis at 42
- Feb 9 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City, Florida at 12
- Feb 11 Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist and poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974), dies at 73
- Feb 11 James B. Conant, American chemist and President of Harvard University, dies at 84
- Feb 14 Paul Governali, American professional football player (b. 1921)
- Feb 15 Alex Bradford, American gospel composer and singer (Your Arms Too Short To Box With God), dies of a stroke at 51
- Feb 15 Ilka Chase, American actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 72
- Feb 16 E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
- Feb 18 Derrick De Marney, British actor (The Girl Was Young, Inheritance), dies at 71
- Feb 18 Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara, American actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies of a barbiturate overdose at 49
- Feb 21 Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
- Feb 22 Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74
- Feb 22 Phyllis McGinley, American children's author and poet (Pulitzer Prize 1961), dies at 72
- Feb 25 Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
- Feb 27 Vadim Salmanov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 65
- Feb 28 (Pil Lip) Philip Ahn, American actor (Kung Fu - as "Master Kan"; Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies from pneumonia at 72
- Feb 28 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
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