- Feb 1 Ally MacLeod, Scottish soccer manager (Scotland, Ayr United, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Airdrie, Q of the South) and left wing (Blackburn Rovers, Hibernian, Third Lanark), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 72
- Feb 1 May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer, dies at 97
- Feb 2 Alan Bullock, British historian and author (Hitler: A Study in Tyranny), dies at 89
- Feb 2 Bernard McEveety, American film director, dies at 79
- Feb 2 Róbert Zimonyi, Hungarian rowing coxswain (Olympic gold USA men's eight 1964; bronze Hungary coxed pair 1948), dies at 85
- Feb 3 Cornelius Bumpus, American saxophonist and keyboardist (Doobie Brothers; Steely Dan), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Feb 3 Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
- Feb 5 Harry West, Irish politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (1974-79), dies at 86
- Feb 5 John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
- Feb 6 Jørgen Jersild, Danish composer and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1953-75), dies at 91
- Feb 7 Scotch Taylor, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal) and executive (president South African Hockey Union), dies at 78
- Feb 8 Julius Schwartz, American comic book and sci-fi editor, dies at 88
- Feb 9 Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
- Feb 10 Guy Provost, Quebec stage and screen actor ( La Famille Plouffe), dies at 79
- Feb 10 Margaret Stacey, English sociologist who helped shape the distinctively British genre of empirical sociology, dies at 81
- Feb 11 Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73
- Feb 12 Robert A. Bruce, American cardiologist and pioneer (exercise cardiology), dies at 87
- Feb 13 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen leader, is assassinated at 51
- Feb 14 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1998), dies of acute cocaine poisoning at 34
- Feb 15 Jan Miner, American actress (Crime Photographer), dies at 86
- Feb 15 Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)
- Feb 16 Doris Troy [Higginsen], American R&B singer and songwriter ("Just One Look"), dies from emphysema at 67
- Feb 17 José López Portillo, President of Mexico (1976-82), dies at 83
- Feb 17 Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 80m hurdles 1952, 56; 4 x 100m relay 1956), dies at 78
- Feb 18 Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
- Feb 20 J. J. Malone, American soul singer ("It's A Shame"), dies of cancer at 68
- Feb 21 Bart Howard [Howard Joseph Gustafson], American songwriter ("Fly Me to the Moon"), dies at 88
- Feb 21 Guido Molinari, Canadian painter, dies at 70
- Feb 21 Irina Press, Soviet 80m hurdles runner and pentathlete (Olympic gold 1960, 64), dies at 64
- Feb 21 John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
- Feb 21 Les Gray, English vocalist (Mud - "Cat Crept In"), dies at 57
- Feb 22 Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- Feb 22 Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
- Feb 23 Bob Mayo, American session keyboardist (Peter Frampton), dies of a heart attack at 52
- Feb 23 Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
- Feb 23 Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915)
- Feb 23 Don Cornell [Luigi Varlaro], American pop singer (Sammy Kaye Orchestra - "Room Full of Roses; solo - "Hold My Hand"), dies of emphysema and diabetes at 84
- Feb 23 Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Governor of Kerala, dies at 85
- Feb 23 Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
- Feb 24 Alvino Rey, American orchestra leader (King Family), dies at 95
- Feb 24 John Randolph [Emanuel Hirsch Cohen], American actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie), dies at 88
- Feb 25 Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
- Feb 26 Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
- Feb 26 Boris Trajkovski, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia, dies at 47
- Feb 26 Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor, dies at 94
- Feb 26 Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- Feb 27 Paul Sweezy, American Marxist economist and editor (Monthly Review), dies at 93
- Feb 27 Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928)
- Feb 28 Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
- Feb 28 Carmen Laforet, Spanish author, dies at 82
- Feb 28 Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, Librarian of Congress (1975-87) and author ("The Americans: The Democratic Experience" - 1974 Pulitzer Prize), dies at 89
- Feb 28 Gene Allison, American R&B singer ("You Can Make It If You Try"), dies at 69
- Feb 29 Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (Inherit the Wind), dies at 88
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