- Feb 2 Jascha Heifetz, Russian-American violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall debut -1917), born in Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) (d. 1987)
- Feb 15 James "Kokomo" Arnold, American blues slide guitarist, and singer, born in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia (d. 1968) [some sources give birth year as 1896]
- Feb 16 Wayne King, American saxophonist and bandleader, known as the Waltz King ("The Waltz You Saved for Me"), born in Savannah, Illinois (d. 1985)
- Feb 20 Fred Robinson, American jazz trombonist (Louis Armstong's Hot Five; Fats Waller; Cab Calloway), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1984)
- Feb 25 Federico Ghisi, Italian chemist, musicologist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Shanghai, China (d. 1975)
- Feb 28 Otakar Pařík, Czech pianist and conductor, born in Frýdek-Místek, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1955)
About February 1901
How Old? 123 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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