- Feb 8 Edgar Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer (Padu), born in Willemstad, Dutch Colony of Curaçao (d. 1998)
- Feb 10 (William) "Chick" Webb, American jazz drummer and big band bandleader (introduced Ella Fitzgerald), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1939)
- Feb 10 José Muñoz Molleda, Spanish composer and politician, born in La Línea de la Concepción (d. 1988)
- Feb 10 Vilko Ukmar, Slovenian composer, born in Postojna, Slovenia (d. 1991)
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
Feb 15 American composer ("Over the Rainbow"; "It's Only A Paper Moon"; "Stormy Weather"), born in Buffalo, New York
- Feb 17 Orville "Hoppy" Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1944)
- Feb 22 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1996)
- Feb 23 Leonidas Zoras, Greek conductor and composer, born in Sparta, Greece (d. 1987)
- Feb 24 Guillaume Landré, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1968)
- Feb 26 William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), born in Canton, Missouri (d. 1992)
About February 1905
How Old? 119 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No