- Feb 2 Bryan Valentine, British cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100; Kent CCC, Cambridge University CC), dies at 75
- Feb 3 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian racing cyclist and inventor (quick release skewer patent; founder bicycle component company Campagnolo), dies at 81
- Feb 14 Lina Radke, German 800m runner (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 79
- Feb 22 Romain Maes, Belgian road cyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 69