- Feb 2 Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (Senator for Wellington, Quebec), dies at 76
- Feb 2 Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
- Feb 4 Alex Harvey, Scottish rock and blues singer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), dies of a heart attack at 46
- Feb 4 Georg Konrad Morgen, German judge (b. 1909)
- Feb 4 Sue Carol, American actress (She's My Weakness) and talent agent, dies at 73 of a heart attack
- Feb 5 Dolores Moran, American actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies of cancer at 56
- Feb 5 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
- Feb 5 Wies Moens, Belgian writer and historian, dies at 84
- Feb 6 Ben Nicholson, English painter and sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
- Feb 8 John Hay Whitney, American financier, diplomat and publisher of the NY Herald Tribune (1961-67), dies at 77 [1]
- Feb 8 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (The Dating Game), dies at 65
- Feb 8 Kurt Edelhagen, German jazz pianist and big bandleader, dies at 61
- Feb 10 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), dies at 70
- Feb 11 Eleanor Powell, American stage and screen actress and tap dancer (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody films), dies of ovarian cancer at 69
- Feb 11 Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
- Feb 11 Victor Jory, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (A Midsummer Night's Dream; Kings Row; Manhunt), dies of a heart attack at 79
- Feb 12 Hal Hooker, Australian cricketer (world record 10th wicket 307 partnership with Kippax), dies at 83
- Feb 12 Kees Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
- Feb 13 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), dies at 93
- Feb 13 Zeng Jinlian, Chinese tallest woman ever recorded (2.46m, 8'1"), dies at 17
- Feb 14 Henk Schaer [Hendricus Schaareman], Dutch actor and conductor (Majoor Barbara, Lijmen), dies at 79
- Feb 15 Ralph Teetor, American automotive engineer (1st blind engineer in the US, inventor of cruise control), dies at 91
- Feb 17 Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), dies at 80
- Feb 17 Nestor Chylak, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL 1954-78; 3 x ALCS; 5 x World Series; 6 x MLB All Star games), dies at 59
- Feb 17 Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer ("Straight, No Chaser"; "'Round Midnight"; "Brilliant Corners"), dies of a stroke at 64
- Feb 18 Nathaniel Shilkret, American conductor and musician (Victor Salon Orchestra), dies at 92
- Feb 18 Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer and producer, dies at 82
- Feb 18 Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
- Feb 20 René Dubos, French-American microbiologist and author (1969 Pulitzer Prize, made famous "Think globally, act locally"), dies at 81
- Feb 21 Murray the K [Kaufman], American disk jockey sometimes referred to as the 5th Beatle, dies of cancer at 60
- Feb 22 Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan, dies at 83
- Feb 24 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
- Feb 25 J K Irani, cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
- Feb 26 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz guitarist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
- Feb 26 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese actor and director (Gate of Hell; A Page of Madness; Jujiro; Jigoku-mon), dies at 86
- Feb 27 Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, dies at 39
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