- Feb 1 Sven Thofelt, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pentathlon 1928; silver team épée 1936, bronze 1948), dies at 88
- Feb 2 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), dies at 84
- Feb 3 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish contemporary classical and minimalist composer (Zomerspelen/Summer Games; Aquarius), dies at 69
- Feb 3 Reid Miles, American photographer, and album cover art designer (Blue Note Records, 1955-67), dies at 65
- Feb 5 Jack Young, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies at 80
- Feb 5 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and film director (All about Eve), dies at 83
- Feb 5 Marcel Léger, Canadian politician, dies at 62
- Feb 5 Tip Tipping [Tim], English film stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)
Feb 6 American tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1970, Wimbledon & WCT Finals 1975; Davis Cup 1963, 68, 69, 70), dies of AIDS related pneumonia at 49
- Feb 6 Frances Hunt, American actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
- Feb 7 W. Sybout A. Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
- Feb 8 Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
- Feb 8 Douglas Heyes, American director and writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
- Feb 8 Eliot Janeway, American financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
- Feb 8 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
- Feb 8 N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
- Feb 8 Paul Brickhill, Dutch-American WW II pilot and physician, dies
- Feb 9 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
- Feb 9 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator and college president (Sarah Lawrence College, defended academic freedom against McCarthyism), dies at 78
- Feb 9 Kate Wilkinson, American actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
- Feb 9 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
- Feb 10 Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
- Feb 10 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
- Feb 10 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (1957), dies
- Feb 10 Rip Repulski, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1956; World Series 1959), dies at 64
- Feb 11 George Stephen, American inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
- Feb 11 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
- Feb 11 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident
- Feb 12 James Bulger, English child abducted, tortured and beaten to death at 2, by 10-year-old boys
- Feb 13 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
- Feb 14 Buddy Pepper, American pianist and composer ("Vaya Con Dios"), dies of heart failure at 70
- Feb 15 George Wallington [Giacinto Figlia], Italian-American jazz pianist, composer ("Lemon Drop"; "Godchild"), and bandleader, dies at 68
- Feb 16 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship), dies of AIDS at 61
- Feb 16 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
- Feb 17 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
- Feb 17 George E. Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
- Feb 17 Leslie Townsend, English cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies at 89
- Feb 18 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
- Feb 18 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
- Feb 18 Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- Feb 18 Leslie Norman, English director and producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
- Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
- Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, American actor (As the World Turns - "Caleb"), dies of acute intoxication of combination of alcohol and illicit drugs at 33
- Feb 18 Patrick Waite, British reggae-rock bassist (Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"), dies of heart defect at 24
- Feb 19 Gerhard Gesell, American judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916-1993)
Feb 20 Italian auto-designer (Lamborghini), dies at 76
- Feb 21 Dick White, British intelligence officer (Director General of MI5 1953–1956; Head of the Secret Intelligence Service 1956–1968), dies at 86
- Feb 21 Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine, dies at 68
- Feb 21 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, dies at 104
- Feb 22 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
- Feb 22 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63
- Feb 23 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
- Feb 24 Bobby Moore, English football defender (108 caps; captain World Cup 1966; West Ham United), dies of bowel & liver cancer at 51
- Feb 24 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 75
- Feb 25 Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), dies from a heart attack at 79
- Feb 25 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
- Feb 25 Mary Walter, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle and Roll, Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa), dies at 80
- Feb 25 Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cocaine induced cardio-respiratory failure at 45
- Feb 26 Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
- Feb 26 Fletcher Knebel, American author (Seven Days in May), commits suicide following long bout with cancer at 81
- Feb 26 Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter and photographer, dies at 92
- Feb 27 Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
- Feb 27 Lillian Gish, American silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
- Feb 27 Marģeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer, dies at 82
- Feb 27 Marlena Davis, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"; "South Street"), dies of lung cancer at 48
- Feb 28 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
- Feb 28 Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70
- Feb 28 Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
- Feb 28 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
- Feb 28 Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street; Dames), dies of kidney cancer at 83
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