- Feb 7 Quincy Porter, American composer, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize winner (1954), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1966)
- Feb 11 Yves de La Casiniere, French composer, born in Angers, France (d. 1971)
- Feb 14 Jørgen Bentzon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1951)
- Feb 22 Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), born in Belize, British Honduras (now Belize City, Belize) (d. 1982)
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Feb 27 American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania