- Feb 1 Anne Mäkinen, Finnish soccer central midfielder (118 caps; AIK, Stockholm), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Feb 1 Mat Rogers, Australian rugby league winger (11 Tests, Cronulla Sharks) and rugby union utility back (45 caps; NSW Waratahs), born in Sydney, Australia
- Feb 2 James Hickman, British swimmer (5 x World C'ship [SC] gold 200m butterfly), born in Stockport, England
- Feb 5 Brian Moorman, American football player, born in Wichita, Kansas
- Feb 5 John Aloisi, Australian footballer, born in Adelaide, Australia
- Feb 5 Nancy Feber, Belgian tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico), born in Antwerp, Belgium
- Feb 6 Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast (Olympics, 1992), born in Houston, Texas
- Feb 6 Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder, born in Bern, Switzerland
- Feb 7 Sreto Ristić, German footballer
- Feb 8 Holly Manthei, American soccer midfielder/forward (23 caps; FIFA Women's World Cup bronze 1995), born in Edina, Minnesota
- Feb 8 Jim Parque, American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Norwalk, California
- Feb 8 Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer and captain of Bangladesh, born in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Feb 9 Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
- Feb 9 Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican Baseball HOF right fielder/DH (9 × MLB All-Star; AL MVP 2004; 8 × Silver Slugger Award; Montreal Expos; Anaheim/LA Angels), born in Nizao, Dominican Republic
- Feb 10 Lance Berkman, American baseball player, born in Waco, Texas
- Feb 11 Tony Battie, American NBA forward (Denver Nuggets), born in Dallas, Texas
- Feb 12 Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer, born in Paraparaumu, New Zealand
- Feb 15 Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist, born in Torrelavega, Spain
- Feb 16 Eric Byrnes, American baseball outfielder and broadcaster (Oakland A's, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in Redwood City, California
- Feb 17 Scott Williamson, American baseball player
- Feb 18 Chanda Rubin, American tennis player (1996 Australian Open doubles), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Feb 18 Jason Podollan, Canadian NHL center (Florida Panthers), born in Vernon, Canada
- Feb 20 Rohan Gavaskar, Indian cricket batsman (11 ODIs; son of Sunil Gavaskar), born in Kanpur, India
- Feb 21 Robin Confer, American soccer forward (8 caps; Raleigh Wings, NJ Lady Stallions, Boston Breakers), born in Clearwater, Florida
- Feb 21 Ryan Smyth, Canadian NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers), born in Banff, Canada
- Feb 22 Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player, born in Bethlehem, South Africa
- Feb 23 Jeff O'Neill, Canadian NHL center (Hartford Whalers), born in Richmond Hill, Ontario
- Feb 23 Scott Elarton, American baseball player, born in Lamar, Colorado
- Feb 24 Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
- Feb 24 Zach Johnson, American golfer (Masters 2007, British Open 2015), born in Iowa City, Iowa
- Feb 25 Samaki Walker, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
- Feb 26 Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver, born in Athens, Greece
- Feb 27 Tony Gonzalez, American football tight end (KC Chiefs), born in Torrance, California
- Feb 28 Angie Kennedy, Australian swimmer (World C'ship SC gold 4×100m medley 1995; Olympic silver 1996), born in Nambour, Australia
- Feb 29 Katalin Kovács, Hungarian canoeist (Olympic gold K-2 500m 2004, 2008; K-4 500m 2012; 30 x gold ICF Canoe Sprint World C'ships), born in Budapest, Hungary
About February 1976
How Old? 48 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: Yes