- Feb 1 Wade Wilson, American NFL quarterback, 1981-1998 (Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl 1995, Minnesota Vikings - Pro Bowl 1988, and 3 other teams), dies of complications from Type 1 diabetes on his 60th birthday
- Feb 3 Bob Friend, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; MLB wins leader 1958), dies from cardiac arrest at 88
Matti Nykänen (1963-2019)
Feb 3 Finnish ski jumper (4 Olympic gold 1984, 88), dies of diabetes complications at 55
Frank Robinson (1935-2019)
Feb 7 American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder, manager (14 x MLB All-Star; NL MVP 1961; AL MVP 1966; World Series 1966, 70; Baltimore Orioles), dies of bone cancer at 83
- Feb 12 Gordon Banks, English soccer goalkeeper (World Cup 1966, 73 England caps), dies of kidney cancer at 81
Gene Littler (1930-2019)
Feb 15 American golfer (1961 US Open, 29 PGA Tour titles), dies at 88
- Feb 16 Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (Olympic gold 1960), dies of a stroke at 83
- Feb 18 Kelly Seymour, South African cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), dies at 83
- Feb 19 Don Newcombe, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers; NL MVP & Cy Young Award 1956), dies at 92
- Feb 27 Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), dies at 80
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